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Kanye West and recent G.O.O.D. signee Pusha T took over Hot 97 w/ Funkmaster Flex this week and treated listeners to a candid interview and a scorching freestyle set. The blogs are on fire, and for good reason. Pusha's everything is on a hundred thousand trillion, and I'm glad because I've been nut-hugging him ever since I heard "Grindin."

Push paid Kanye lip service by introducing him as the best rapper in the world, but it ain't hard to tell that his wordplay, pacing and delivery are simply in another league. (Dare I say on Eminem's level?) Just watch Kanye's reaction after Pusha's first verse: there aren't too many MC's that would want to follow that up. "Wow" is right.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the freestyle that has the net abuzz. I'm out of words for this. Yeeeuck..