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Freestyling the Streets: Styles P Reminds Us Why Mixtapes Built Hip-Hop
By Diony C.
•February 20, 2026
A new Styles P freestyle and a revisit to Ghost in the Shell remind us that the culture that built hip-hop is still alive and well.
Some things never lose their edge. Some sounds never get old.
Last week, Styles P dropped a freestyle with no rollout, no announcement, no campaign. Just raw bars. And it hit the way things used to hit, before algorithms decided what you should hear next.
This is what mixtape culture was built on. The freestyle was never a promo tool. It was proof.
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Styles P drops a raw freestyle, showing the same hunger that made mixtapes legendary.
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