Coast Contra - Breathe and Stop Freestyle (REACTION!) 

Coast is quickly becoming one of the greatest Hip Hop groups in our culture. They amaze me.

Funny how much people hate on Rio saying he is the weakest link but dude be truly spitting in Spanish. I’m Dominican and feel his every bar. Glad to see someone truly representing our culture like he does.

Ras verse is BANANAS!! "Stop, Breathe, Give and Receive" has been stuck in my head 😅

I'm a hip-hop DJ and audio engineer/producer from New York since 1984. Their skillset and styles are layered greater and deeper than you imagine! They are really "showing their chops," as musicians say.(flexing) Because... not only what they're saying is woven together so skillfully, full of layered double on-tondra's. Their lyrics sometimes referenced each other. Sometimes, their lyrics reference and honor their rap influences. But what's even more impressive is, the cadences they're using are peppered with the feel, flow, style and heart, that the original artists used in creating the song. They move and play strategically with words and the original cadence of a song in their music. Uniquely paying omage to the original artists and music. Lyrical Ninjas. Production Amazing. Coast, thanks for the fresh air. Haven't been able to breathe since the 90's

🎉 these guy's are so ridiculously talented. Its criminal how unappreciated they are. ( to clarify) obviously they bring decent views, and get pretty high praise. There's a weird lane for this type of rap though. It flies over so much of the core rap audiences head. I hope they are able to make it big financially off of their talents!

Studying Coast's lyrics could be an entire Lit. Class. Pure poetic genius. Great breakdown and reaction.

Eric is one of a very few who could use that scratching idea and it not be cringy. His high energy and substance allows that!

The way Eric came in on Ras' verse to say the first line of the rap of theirs that popped off while Ras was talking about the effect of poppin off is so creative and reflective and it really shows how much they've got each other's back for Ras to acknowledge it was Eric's verse that went viral while Eric is also comfortable taking that place in Ras' verse about chasing validation and rewards, while also explaining why they took 6 months off which is how Eric started this whole song. But also "y'all blade cut success" like cutting/diluting drugs mixing it with poison or empty filler.

Rio is using A LOT of Hispanic folk tale references. If you understand this, you know he absolutely BODIED this freestyle!

Mannnn… y’all have no idea how much I been refreshing my RU-vid for this drop! Thank you!

Dude left earth with that turntable flow 🔥

Rio is very underrated. This is probably the first time a lot of people got what he was saying because this is the first time his subtitles were in ENGLISH. He has great future potential to take over Reggaeton markets.

The grit and pain in all of rio's verses are so real. And how he switches from 2 langauges is unmatched. Its not said enough

Anybody who says “weak link” I say WHERE???? These boys are nice with it! Bringing everything you need to the Thanksgiving dinner, I am so full & need a nap after that! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Coast Contra are truly Lyrical Geniuses, they embody real and true Hip Hop.

I’m in my mid 30’s and have been CRYING OUT for something to break the current trends in hip-hop. This old school Wu-Tang/Tribe style group rap energy with truly exemplary bars and dynamic flows is what we’ve been needing for too long. The deepest breath of the freshest air 🔥

It was only a matter of time. This is an absolute must for the best breakdown channels on RU-vid. One of the best freestyles I've heard in a long time.

This was a murder. The twins had my favorite verses 🔥🔥

My hunch is that they been teaching each other. Eric was always the most animated and got the most timbres, but now everybody is coming animated and bringing different flows and timbres, even Rio who seemed to be the quietest before, now he brought the punch in his verses too. They must be taking a lot of feedback and working on themselves, great stuff.

The heal tomorrow bar relates to the line before, it's a Spanish saying people say to kids when the hurt themselves: "if you don't heal today, you'll heal tomorrow"

There are no words to describe the talent that these 4 men have incorporated into Hiphop. They are truly gifts from god.

That tear drop line is a triple, because you tat a teardrop for every person you've killed back in the day. So every time they drop it's another tear(murder)

This was a very thorough and enjoyable reaction! Also, they do have an album by the name of Apt 505 which was released earlier this year. Perhaps you brother's would be interested in checking it out track by track. They also have made individual tracks, which you can find on their YT channel. They've been solid for YEARS! They're just now getting more exposure ever since the Never Freestyle where Eric's verses garnered recognition on a larger scale for the collective.

One of my favorite breakdowns. Keep up the excellent work. Coast contra is young but they may go down as the most lyrical group in hip hop history.....they are killing it already

27:27 one of the best and wholesome moments in Coast Contra reactions history! 🙌

I'm binge watching reactions and just loving the sheer JOY that Coast and is bringing to people. Exact same way I feel when I'm listening to them. I have a non-stop grin from ear to ear the whole time. 😁

GIVE RIO THE RESPECT HE DESERVES

These Supa Emcees in the spirit of Hip Hop feed off of each other's levels of dopeness. Many times whoever has the last verse goes off the most. That may be why Eric is moved around on each freestyle. But they have all had first verse, they are students of the emcee element and it shows. They take their talents seriously, their pen game is next level and we should feel blessed that we get to experience artist on this level in today's climate of hip hop!

That last scheme that Ras did was deeply poetic 🔥🔥🔥🔥 I could see it in front of me AS he was rapping it.

NO other channel would do this freestyle justice! This is why we love yall!!!

I was hoping y’all would react to this and break it down!!! Super dope reaction great job guys. The fact that y’all know the original song as well and see what these young dudes are doing on this beat makes you really appreciate what they’re all doing. Super talented Hip Hop group!!!!

Gentleman, you are my favorite of all reactors. The way you breakdown these songs are unmatched

So I’ve got a 12 hr shift at the hospital I work at . My back is hurt and work in the most depressing part of any hospital. Cleaning and sterilizing instruments it’s a heavy job to get through . I’ve been listening to this review and laughing my AZZ of for the last 6 hrs listening to this great song and funny review …you guys are awesome! Thank you for making the day go by in a positive way 😊

Their transformation in voice and flow is God! The source of God. This is Legendary.

Coast Contra is the Truth!! They're like Infinity rings on a Gaunlet 🥶🥶🥶💎💎🔶️♦️🔷️🎵

Rio has the SOUND! So many of you don't understand how important that is in music.

Supreme reactors ! Coast ! Intergalactic Flows all around the Cosmos!!😮

They dropped an album, made visuals for a couple of the singles, and did a tour. Their story telling skills and imagination are top tier as well.

Coast Contra, Tobe Nwigwe, O.C.D, RJ Payne, & Nick Grant are my favorite lyricist of this new era... There are others but they make me fall in love with wordsmith-ing all over again every time they drop something.

I appreciate people like y’all. No good bars go unseen. Good work.

Ras 👑 of Flow They all killed it Eric wt that turn table 🤯

If they keep putting music out I feel like them not blowing up is just impossible. There's so much to admire about their approach to music, performance, just BEING an emcee that everyone's bound to be impressed by something. It's wild that they keep getting better, too. They could coast (heh) skill-wise where they're at for the rest of their career and be better than most, but they just keep pushing. It's crazy.

I've never seen y'all do a reaction this long. And I loved every second of it! Great group, great song, and a FANTASTIC reaction!💥💯🤗❤️✌️

Soon as this dropped I was hoping y’all would react to this. Straight up undeniable technical skill and understanding of the history. Love this.

i was waiting for this reaction finally y'all came thro this group has being silent for long but when they drop you know isaaa banger than u for the reaction and the breakdown love from Kenya 🇰🇪🔥🔥🤟

The Denzel line was also a play on the movie training day

Ras started off using the spoken word style of rapping which gives a slick reference to Freestyle Fellowship. True students of the craft. All these dudes have studied the archives of rap styles. Eric Jamal utilized Pharoah Minch, Kool Keith & others. Just dope.

Easily the best reaction to this piece! Its not even close! 👏

I love the way y'all guys break down bars

BEST REACTION OF ALL SO FAR!!! THX, THAT WAS FUN :D ... and if you pass these two dudes, you official! They call you out.. if your shit is weak!

Ras flow had mad heavy Kendrick vibes and I'm all here for this.

By far, your channel does the absolute best breakdown!!! And Cost I feel can actually reach a new level that probably hasn’t been seen in hip hop!!!

Great!!! breakdowns geniuses breaking down lyrical geniuses... I've been waiting... Kudos 👏

I dont comment often but this RIGHT HERE is easily one of the greatest hip hop performances ive ever seen/heard. REAL MCs right here. As a Bronx native, the birthplace of rap, I salute these brothers.

The best reaction so far to this thank you guys, you rock. I love when your heart and soul bleeds into your reaction.

"It makes me wanna get up and dance and shit" 😂😂😂😂 that was hard

I’ve heard this song over 50 times and many reactions but I still get chills with a lot of their verses and schemes, they the truth when it comes to hip hop!! 🙏🔥❤️💯💪

There's maybe one track a year i need to listen to over and over AND seek out every reaction to it. This is that track.

These brothas are so special. Great reaction!

My brain is melted. Just STOP IT!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Yo, as an older white guy, i wanna say thanks for this break down. There is so much I would have missed. These guys are insanely talented!! FYI I discovered you for your RUSH reviews.

Thanks for breaking down some of the bars I missed! Great Coast Contra reaction as always!

I knew you guys were gonna react to it so I deliberatly didn't check it, so I could react real time with you. Big ups from Greece! Keep it up. My dudes killed that beat. The turn tables flow from Eric was wooooooo.

I've been listening to hip hop since the very beginning of it, and this might be my favorite piece of hip hop music ever recorded. MASTERFUL!!!!! 🔥

Lost in Vegas been watching you guy's for a very long time yall one of my favorite reactors when comes to breaking down bar's keep doing yall thing appreciate yall content and great video

One of the best rap groups of all time already. Dripping with talent, these young men are the absolute truth

These boys are the TRUTH. Can't wait to see what they do cause they've got the ability to take this all the way.💯

Straight murdered..... Jesus, the cosmic cosmetics line is sending me.. 10/0.1🔥🔥🔥🔥

crazy... best freestyle in 2023 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Eric has always been crazy, but the growth and evolution of Ras is crazier. We have literally seen man turn into god in him.

You guys are one of my favorite music reaction channels i like how you guys catch all of the bars and break them down in real time alot of people dont be catching them

These cats MURDERED this beat. The Wu coming through. Absolutely 🔥🔥🔥 If only hip hop was held to this standard. OG shit with a new style vibe. This is KING

This was excellent lyrically and cadence wise. I thoroughly enjoyed this reaction. A great way to start my day.

I'm getting freaking goosebumps when RAS is spitting in his wierd flows! Oh My GAWD!

Listening to Coast is like one of those "count the triangles in this shape" exercices, you find 6-8 of them whereas there's 36 actual triangles in the shape...

This might be a reach but i think when Eric was doing the turn table scheme his reference to Denzel was also about Training Day the movie. Acting like Denzel.. OG...Training. Like i said it could be a reach but its a hell of a scheme regardless. Next level shit.

This was a crazy ride. Honestly. Y'all will love Lyrical Joe's 5th August 7

I knew this freestyle was gonna be a problem when Eric lead off the way he did.

There was no weak verse in this cypher. Everyone killed this 🔥🔥🔥

Was waiting on this one! Just so happen to be awake when it dropped lol

I can see & hope Eminem does something with Coast Contra, these guys are consistently, refreshingly nice🔥

video reminded me why you guys are one of my favorite reaction channels, just such knowledge and good takes. rio definitely impressed in his verse

Best reaction ever😂😂

My week has been made 🤞🏾, I’ve been waiting for you guys to jump on this joint😃. Cost Contra is the truth 🤞🏾🙏🏾🙌🏾🔥🔥🔥

They are super locked in and engaged with each other. Dope

I've been following you guys for a while now, I saw this freestyle the other day and when I clicked on this video I started remembering some of the fire moments. I haven't watched this video yet but I'm already hyped/laughing at how hard you guys are going to react to those fire moments haha. Thanks so much for all of your content, it's brought be so much joy, especially the loaded lux reaction. Sending love from London.

So good, hope to see them on tour asap - This jam is of the hook - amazing !

Great reaction!! All reactors stumbled and tripped on pi 3.14. Jamal scratching his own lyrics, next level freestyling!! 🔥 6 months of lyrical prohibition! Hope they bless us with new content soon.

I was waiting for your reactions, but I have to say you guys are always worth the wait. One love

Lol didn’t think y’all was gone do it so quick I’m happy Thou Love From Chicago

Guys! Check out Contradictions by coast contra when you have a chance. Since you guys were wondering where coast had been, they share it in that freestyle

Yall gotta check out their appearance on the come up show with cosmic Kev Truly next level

These dudes are on another level. Love HIP HOP

Great reaction guys! Yea these guys are True MCs .. Just in Awe over their talent and just how smart they all are

I love yall reactions, always so much insight and so much knowledge of music in general. I love every second.

These guys are so talented🙌🏾🔥

Pure Talent

I've been waiting for this particular reaction for waaaaaaaay to long. Breakdown of all breakdowns - 42mins 💥💥💥💥

As far as the traction around them breaking up, a lot of people have been saying Eric should go solo, or saying Rio cant hang with the group. They already said that would never happen, but newer people who just found Coast go on their page and see the solo songs they did and try to use it as "proof".

The best review I’ve heard! The Coast is other worldly!🔥