yall are gettin shit mixed up. most of the freestyles you see on tv.. think of them as special edition joints. they a mix of prewritten stuff and simple off the top shit. the only true freestyles you will see is at the lunchtable, street corner, in the theater waitin for a movie to start, etc.

freestyle battles: look for a guy to point out shit about the other guy. the guy with the mic will most of the time be lookin at the other guy (sometimes blankly) or faced towards the other guy but lookin down. they arent really looking theyre tryin to ignore their vision and concentrate on rhyming and flowing.

somethin to help off the top skills... look at shit in a room. describe it, compare it to other things in your room. i built up my skills without ever listenin to beats. when theres no beat you have less to concentrate on. after you get good off the top put in the beat. well thats just me i always freestyle drunk or high anyways.