-Oh, my goodness, the one and only!
Now, Lin...
-Aah, aah! -...here's how this works.
I'm gonna hit this button here and activate
a random word generator.
It lands on three words.
It's your job to work them all into a freestyle rap.
Now, because I'm not really known for my freestyle skills,
you'll be facing off against --
-That's not what I've heard.
-[ Laughs ] Trust me.
You'll be facing off The Roots' own Black Thought right there.
Ladies and gentlemen.
Here we go.
-The greatest of all time, the greatest of all time.
-All right, you ready for this?
-No! Let's go.
-Here we go.
[ Musical beeping ]
-No whammies, no whammies, no whammies, no whammies.
-Flip flops, seared salmon -- these are easy ones --
prescription sunglasses.
-Great.
-All right, so you have to work this in --
flip flops, seared salmon, and prescription sunglasses.
He's not heard these words before.
-Okay.
Roots, can you give him a beat?
Let's see how he...
[ Hip-hop music plays ]
♪♪
-♪ Yo, en Español, Ingles, from "A" to zeta ♪
♪ Your grandmother would hit you with the el chancleta ♪
♪ Oh, it hits me in the head till my hip hops ♪
♪ But I got smacked in the back with some flip flops ♪
♪ Oh, yeah, you know that I be jammin' ♪
♪ You know I keep it smooth like I got that seared salmon ♪
♪ Or is it smoked? ♪
♪ I don't really know ♪
♪ I'm just freestylin' on "The Tonight Show" ♪
♪ But I guarantee I knock 'em on they asses ♪
♪ I hit you with the BluBlockers ♪
♪ Prescription sunglasses ♪
[ Ding! ]
-BluBlockers!
Bonus points!
Bonus points for BluBlockers!
-BluBlockers. -Oh, my gosh!
-Thank you.
-Oh!
Tough to top.
Tariq, you are up, my friend.
Here we go. -Okay.
[ Musical beeping ]
-No whammies. -It'll be easy for you.
Loofah, Daenerys Targaryen.
[ Laughter ]
Look at that, the reaction.
Daenerys Targaryen.
-Rastafarian.
[ Laughter ]
-Goodnight! [ Ding! ]
♪♪
-That's your whole freestyle?
Ugh, now you can't use that.
Okay, you got loofah, Netflix password,
and Daenerys Targaryen.
Roots, can you give him a beat?
Go for it, bud.
[ Hip-hop music plays ]
♪♪
-♪ Hey, yo ♪
♪ I'm still the answer, Mansa Musa ♪
♪ I'm just absorbin' it all in, loofah ♪
♪ Still I never let a scrub get the last word ♪
♪ On my watch like a Netflix password ♪
♪ As far as the bar is just rigorous ♪
♪ Makin' other rappers run like faras ♪
♪ Till y'all learn who the realest barbarian ♪
♪ I burn all y'all, Daenerys Targaryen ♪
[ Ding! ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
-[ Laughs ] -What?!
-You did not take the easy way out.
That was -- That's unbelievable, man.
-Whoo!
Delicious! -Soaking it all in.
Soaking it all up like a loofah.
Thank you, Tariq.
We have time for one more, I just heard from the booth.
Lin, you're up.
Let's see what words you get.
[ Musical beeping ]
-Oh. [ Beeping slowly ]
-Waffle fries, Pikachu, and Puerto Rico.
-Oh, all righty.
-Waffle fries, Pikachu.
These are random words.
-This is interesting. -[Bleep]
-Roots, go ahead.
Give him the beat.
[ Hip-hop music plays ]
♪♪
-♪ My mind is open like a lighthouse ♪
♪ Pretty scared about what's goin' on in the White House ♪
♪ Look around, those look like some awful guys ♪
♪ I want to hit 'em with some chancletas ♪
♪ And some waffle fries ♪
♪ Aw, yeah, too many plans, I can't hatch 'em all ♪
♪ But it's like Pikachu, I got to catch 'em all ♪
♪ What the "F" is goin' on? ♪
♪ I'm rockin' to the break of dawn with my Pokémon ♪
♪ Oh, but all things bein' equal ♪
♪ This is the freestyle sequel from here to Puerto Rico ♪
[ Ding! ] ♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ They're pickin' up what I caught ♪
♪ Now let's hear it for Mr. Black Thought ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Just hand it to me, please.
Mic is too expensive to drop.
The mic's too expensive to drop.
Thank you so much for doing that.
Lin, you've proven yourself an amazing rapper,
and you actually have an exciting freestyle project
coming to Broadway.
-Yes, that's true, Jimmy.
Before "Hamilton," before "In the Heights,"
my first time performing in New York
was with a freestyle hip-hop group called
Freestyle Love Supreme.
We are coming to Broadway this fall
at the Booth theatre. -Yes!
-It's an entirely made-up Broadway show.
You don't know who's gonna show up.
Black Thought might show up, I might show up one night,
Chris Jackson might show up one night.
You don't know what's gonna happen.
Come see us in September.
-That is major news.
Previews for "Freestyle Love Supreme"
begin this September at the Booth Theatre!