Essential The Official Battle Rap Random Thoughts Thread (URL, KOTD, UW etc...)
- Thread starter Brooklynzson
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Danny is a damn fool. Have the biggest battle of your life locked away behind URL pyramid schemes.
Its tough being a Myers fan, bro.
I just hope he bodies him and gets him out of there. It still counts. No matter the politics and bullshyt, showing up for opportunities like this helps.
Side note: Is Hollow really god tier anymore? Aside from the 2 on 2, this year was a disaster after Math hoed him. Even in the 2 on 2, Lux had the most memorable shyt, and a chunk of it was them re-battling each other, so that was recycled. I never liked him THAT much to begin with, but his aura is all but gone.
T-K-G
Veteran
It's a fail from the consumer standpoint, discussions are ruined cuz everyone isn't seeing all the battles, shyt hits youtube suuuuper late (with no discernable order to them) so future cards don't even reflect how the fans felt about battlers past performances. Half the battles i watched on ppv so what am I even paying again for? Having 3 different places fans have to pay attention to (youtube/app/ppv) is ridiculous
I get why we should attempt to understand it from their end but if it isn't enjoyable from our side of it idgaf how much money they makin
unless they developing some gas-cancelling technologyCancelled my app subscription this month actually
fukk em, nikkas double charged me and customer service is taking way too long to respond to the complaint
He's been ass for years but he still godtier. Mook been worse and he still is too.
Hollow been regular for a while now but that's kinda the thing about being considered god tier. Once you're there, you're there. Low key, Lux, Mook, and Hollow (and that was always somewhat considered a lesser degree) were the only ones pretty much everyone agreed as god tier artists. And Mook hasn't been a top level battle rapper in damn near a decade at this point in my personal opinion.
I would contend Mook and Hollow aren't in reality. Lux is the only one who has any god aura anymore, and no real legacy tarnishing bullshyt. I could hear an arguement for Mook, kinda.
T-K-G
Veteran
God tier = majority of battle rap(including other top tiers) viewing you as their championship trophy
Lux/Mook/Hollow are the only guys who met that requirement. That's about as far as that god tier shyt goes imo
Mook is legit trash
Hollow experiments too much
Lux gave us a few empty rounds when he's supposed to be lyrically dense
But as long as their peers treat them as that, it is what it is
Lux/Mook/Hollow are the only guys who met that requirement. That's about as far as that god tier shyt goes imo
Mook is legit trash
Hollow experiments too much
Lux gave us a few empty rounds when he's supposed to be lyrically dense
But as long as their peers treat them as that, it is what it is
Black Bolt
Superstar
On what metric? they’re making bank from it and fans are getting consistent battle releases.
Only issue is that the app itself needs updates, still on v1.0 which is serviceable but lacking
App itself is trash
RNT still a major factor
Bad for fan value
Bad for BR media
Segments fans
No free content as promised
Non battle content never came
Too many PG trash releases for a paid service, when you know they're sitting on all types of shyt that needs releasing
Them making money is the only success of the app.
Black Bolt
Superstar
‘Discussions’ don’t make money
YouTube adshare doesn’t make money
The problem here is we’ve been fed for free for 20 years so the sudden change to a paid model seems jarring (also black business are inherently devalued but that’s another topic)
if Netflix, Disney , Amazon, hbo etc can charge for their SVODs why can’t URL? Are they not providing a unique quality service?
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What you're saying is valid, but they are going about it half-assed, and it's all anti-consumer. All give, no take. Empty promises.
Black Bolt
Superstar
If you expect every battle to be Geechi vs Surf then sure its a failure. I’m getting over 12+ battles a month and I enjoy approx 75% so I’m more than happy with the service.
I respect that ymmv and appreciate not every one might feel the same. I personally just need the app to receive updates (scrolling, favourites, timestamps, better comment feed etc)
T-K-G
Veteran
Bullshyt. The ppv set up was fine the only issue was droughts lasted longer
And ppv costs more than the app
As a consumer if the only argument you can make is "the company is making good money" then you are LOSING
Atleast with ppv we got the benefit of seeing the shyt live
I've had the app for months and can't think of a single benefit for us, the consumers
Yall got some stockholm shyt going on
the app isn't doing any good for fans at all
Black Bolt
Superstar
Battles dropped in the 2 weeks on the app
Kid Chaos vs Ru Bando (nice especially Ru’s first)
Brooklyn Hanz vs Tru Foe (Nice gritty old skool feel)
K Shine vs Reed (Decent, Reed was cool)
Lu Castro vs Your Honor (Haven’t watched yet)
Cassidy vs Arsonal (5003-1)
Swamp vs Dan Marino (good battle)
If your after ‘names’ then sure, you might be disappointed but personally I feel they’re delivering
Kid Chaos vs Ru Bando (nice especially Ru’s first)
Brooklyn Hanz vs Tru Foe (Nice gritty old skool feel)
K Shine vs Reed (Decent, Reed was cool)
Lu Castro vs Your Honor (Haven’t watched yet)
Cassidy vs Arsonal (5003-1)
Swamp vs Dan Marino (good battle)
If your after ‘names’ then sure, you might be disappointed but personally I feel they’re delivering
Finn Baller
Superstar
the only way I'm paying for the app is if all the PPVs are included live like the WWE Network