Essential The Official Battle Rap Random Thoughts Thread (URL, KOTD, UW etc...)

[Tha Carter]

Waiting for Young X vs Dot...

I heard Young X body bagged Dot badly.

 

[Ronnie Lott]

That nikka went in

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

St. Louis fukkery about to be lit.

 

[ineedsleep212]

A casket is being bought

 

[theflyest]

I hope hitman shoots that nygga

 

[dutchie]

goddamn Lil Gerald about to knock Ali tf out

 

[Zero]

Can someone gimmie a recap on those deleted instagrams

Don't put the shyt up if you're just gonna take it down less than 24 hours later...flinchin ass nikkas

 

[EA]

Can someone gimmie a recap on those deleted instagrams

Don't put the shyt up if you're just gonna take it down less than 24 hours later...flinchin ass nikkas

Hitman called Ali a hater because the battle rappers in STL are more respected for their craft than the St. Lunatics were and that he's never showed love even though other industry guys have. He also called him a bytch because battle rap has provided Hitman with the money to look after his sick mother and there's no reason to try and downtalk battle rap's significance since it's helping people feed their families.

 

[Zero]

Hitman called Ali a hater because the battle rappers in STL are more respected for their craft than the St. Lunatics were and that he's never showed love even though other industry guys have. He also called him a bytch because battle rap has provided Hitman with the money to look after his sick mother and there's no reason to try and downtalk battle rap's significance since it's helping people feed their families.

 

[Ardamus]

This forum is entertainment, but I can admit the only time I get annoyed is when I go to the booth, see a thread on battle rap, & read the comments.

It's the same shyt. "Oh It's not over beats. It's not judged. They have months to prepare. They can't beat Cassidy."

I'll give them a pass on the beats. I'll give them a pass on judged battles. I can't understand why anyone would rather hear a sloppy ass freestyle over a well prepared/structured material. Writtens have always been better the freestyles. Being able to create material off the top of your head is admirable, but the quotables come from writtens.

I agree with this for the most part. BUT I think the skill level for freestyling varies and even some written material can come off sloppy if its not organized well. I'd say there's more people who can't freestyle that well to begin with that don't value it because their strength is in what they write. But you have those rare talents who can freestyle and make it sound like its written without a slip, stumble, or even a hint of sloppiness. The written format is a double edged sword because now, there are muthafukkas who cannot write for shyt which brings up the allegations of ghostwriters being thrown around (which is another topic).

As far beats go, I feel like back in the freestyle era, you had rounds here and there where the beat is cut off and you just go in with whatever. It wasn't as popular but there were a few battles like that. Big difference was rhythmically, you could hear it in the inflection of the battle rappers spitting to a certain point.

This.

I never said myverse not buzzing. But getting a jaz battle in sm6?

Right. I feel like Jaz needs to battle more period and MyVerse just needs another name or two to work with. It would be dope to see her on an SM card but I think that will definitely take a little time.

 

[MJ Truth]

I agree with this for the most part. BUT I think the skill level for freestyling varies and even some written material can come off sloppy if its not organized well. I'd say there's more people who can't freestyle that well to begin with that don't value it because their strength is in what they write. But you have those rare talents who can freestyle and make it sound like its written without a slip, stumble, or even a hint of sloppiness. The written format is a double edged sword because now, there are muthafukkas who cannot write for shyt which brings up the allegations of ghostwriters being thrown around (which is another topic).

As far beats go, I feel like back in the freestyle era, you had rounds here and there where the beat is cut off and you just go in with whatever. It wasn't as popular but there were a few battles like that. Big difference was rhythmically, you could hear it in the inflection of the battle rappers spitting to a certain point.



Right. I feel like Jaz needs to battle more period and MyVerse just needs another name or two to work with. It would be dope to see her on an SM card but I think that will definitely take a little time.

How many of those guys are there though? The only one that comes to my mind immediately is Dizaster. Even Hollow and DNA, who are incredible freestylers, I can tell when they're freestyling as opposed to when they're writing.

 

[MicIsGod]

There's times where hollow freestyles that we'll never know. Random but I saw y'all talkin bout it. He's probably the only one who weaves his freestyles into his round so random and clean that we don't always know.

 

[wizworld]

How many of those guys are there though? The only one that comes to my mind immediately is Dizaster. Even Hollow and DNA, who are incredible freestylers, I can tell when they're freestyling as opposed to when they're writing.

Yeah. It's pretty much Dizaster and Nocando as far as that category goes, and Nocan has no interest in battling anymore.
Big Kannon was up there, but then he did that round vs JC where he freestyled the whole thing & it was weak.

 

[FromBillionsCameOne]

lol @ female batte rap. these chicks don't even write

 

[Momentum]

Do we care about ARP and Frozenberg beefing or nah?