1. Black Thought’s Funk Flex freestyle: “I’m sorry for your loss, it’s a body dead in the car and it’s probably one of yours…”

Over the instrumental for Mobb Deep’s “The Learning (Burn),” Black Thought delivered a 10-minute freestyle during a visit to HOT 97’s Funkmaster Flex. From the first two lines, The Roots frontman put on an unrelenting lyrical clinic that had social media on fire for days on end. In addition to receiving praise from peers and fans alike, Thought found himself talking about the incredible feat as a bandleader-turned-guest on Jimmy Fallon’s “The Tonight Show.”