Essential The Official Battle Rap Random Thoughts Thread (URL, KOTD, UW etc...)
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It’s not just the app. Top leagues don’t typically drop their biggest battle on the first drop.
EzekelRAGE
Superstar
I imagine her booking Hitman vs Ez made her an enemy anyway
Jaz had a couple of YouTube drops this year. It’s just that the average person does not care about small leagues like that.
I’m not sure what URL is supposed to do? They don’t get any YouTube money anymore because of the language and content of the battles. Maybe the battlers should promote the app more?
EzekelRAGE
Superstar
Is it because of that or because they trying to force ppl to use the app/caffeine?
So Remy, RBE, etc are putting their battles on youtube for nothing and get no money off it?
The key to battle rap is being able to introduce and brand your own talent.
RBE has never been a viable threat, because they’ve been unable to do this. The talent that ARP has taken a liking to (Showoff, jimz, jmurda, heavy hav, etc) aren’t those guys. He was lowkey bitter that a guy he built up like Jmurda would just run to the URL and do a PG. That’s why he said fukk that at one point and just embraced being a platform instead of a league.
Norbes understands the importance of finding talent, and would be an asset to a league like Chrome 23. However, if Chrome 23 does want to introduce their own talent, they have to incorporate contracts. Otherwise it’s pointless.
RBE has never been a viable threat, because they’ve been unable to do this. The talent that ARP has taken a liking to (Showoff, jimz, jmurda, heavy hav, etc) aren’t those guys. He was lowkey bitter that a guy he built up like Jmurda would just run to the URL and do a PG. That’s why he said fukk that at one point and just embraced being a platform instead of a league.
Norbes understands the importance of finding talent, and would be an asset to a league like Chrome 23. However, if Chrome 23 does want to introduce their own talent, they have to incorporate contracts. Otherwise it’s pointless.
JuvenileHell
Veteran
mhm, remember that no contract killer bullshyt that showoff was on back in the day ?
and turns out that he actually had signed a contract 
Folks who think that battle rap could function without contracts are delusional
They're overdoing it as a control mechanism, and people are getting hip to it. Unbias isn't the first to put those ideas out. URL refuses to put ANY battles out on YT because if they catch fire, whatever YT money is nothing compared to someone's profile going up, which means their price goes up. ETBC is the new hottest battler, if they put him and Chess' battle on YT, and it does a million or more, Eazy instantly asks for more money, and Chess, despite his issues, can't be argued down to take short pay. Using the app to completely privatize BR lets URL treat nikkas like whatever and pay them scraps, despite probably making millions off the app, BEFORE Caffeine/sponsors/3rd party shyt like BET/whatever. Pure greed. Just like when everyone was asking Beasley why the app couldn't include the PPV, and he kept giving the "we're not as big as WWE" excuse ad nauseum. They wanted to double dip. The app is a giant chess move.
OGBobbyJohnson
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MOOK AND LUX DIDNT PUT VERB ON MT RUSHMORE WHAT?????
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I’d argue they get the benefit of continuing to grow their leagues. If URL decides they’ve maxed out their popularity and can make more money taking 35% of their fanbase on a self made app I don’t think it’s terrible. I have no idea why Jaz doesn’t just tell her fanbase to sign up to the URL app to see her battle. If your argument is why make URL more money for free, she’s doing the same thing posting a YouTube link. It’s another thing if URL tells her they can’t pay her worth for a battle because they’re making less money or something… but by all accounts money is up from my understanding.
Didn’t that happen anyway?
ReasonableMatic
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Mook clarified that his view on Mt Rushmore was having a lineage after him. So it makes sense.@FreshAIGMOOK AND LUX DIDNT PUT VERB ON MT RUSHMORE WHAT?????
• Lux > Rum Nitty > Daylyt > Brizz > JC > Chilla > O-Red > Danny > Quantum Physics > Math > Steams
• Rex > Shine > Suge > Snake Eyez
• Mook > Surf > Chess
You could even make a stronger case for Conceited over Verb from that point of view.
Conceited > Surf > B Magic > JC > Chilla > Prez > Twork
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