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

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Ru Bando vs NXT and a crucible battle on the app (Gamble vs some other dude. I watched round 1 and cut that shyt off)

i prolly got Bando 2-1.

NXT seems aight but i think a cardinal sin in battle rap is having a strong voice for the punch but then having your punches be weak as shyt

NXT is terrible smh cant stand that nikka.
 

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So the judge ruled in favor of Norbes to go to trial for 5 of the 16 charges against URL (fiduciary duties, promissory estoppel, unjust enrichment, quantum meruit, right of publicity are the charges that stuck). 11 of the 16 counts against URL have been dropped. The main one being Norbes being a "partner" in URL was dropped. The URL probably will try to settle out now. I feel Norbes will get a decent settlement at this point. I wouldn't be surprised if it's in the low 6 figures. Unless he REALLY thinks he can win millions (which I doubt), then he'll go through with the trial.
 
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So the judge ruled in favor of Norbes to go to trial for 5 of the 16 charges against URL (fiduciary duties, promissory estoppel, unjust enrichment, quantum meruit, right of publicity are the charges that stuck). 11 of the 16 counts against URL have been dropped. The main one being Norbes being a "partner" in URL was dropped. The URL probably will try to settle out now. I feel Norbes will get a decent settlement at this point. I wouldn't be surprised if it's in the low 6 figures. Unless he REALLY thinks he can win millions (which I doubt), then he'll go through with the trial.
The partner claim needed to stick for him to see any real bread...:francis:
If they dropped that with video footage supporting it, he will settle for sure.
 

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Yeah, I don't live in the US but I've always wanted to attend a URL event. That shyt looks lit :wow: I've been to concerts though, so I think a Summer madness with a crowd would have a similar feel
Somewhat lol. But most concerts everyone is happy and vibing together, plus you generally know the set the artist is gonna play. Plus more women. Battle rap events have a lot of variables so sometimes you cant predict what type of crowd you'll get, plus there's a lot more testosterone in the room, which allows for the air of potential violence to always be there lol.
 

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That Todd/Ace battle is already at 100k. The youtube crowd is hungry, specifically for newer battles that have a top tier such as this one.
Facts. I know people who haven't watched a URL battle since they started with the App.
 

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The App money is retarded though... URL isn’t giving the YouTube fan base a thought at all.
They are probably looking to sell URL at this point.
Oh, no question. Even if they only converted 5% of their URL channel subscribers to the App, that's still $480,000 a month/5.7 Million a year in revenue.
 

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Twork violating Mook lol

Twork my favorite battler but he talkin out his ass, that's the Hen talkin, he's probably writing for Mook now for the 2 on 2 so he naturally wants to air him, lol. Mook is nice...what Twork is saying may apply to the old Mook, like 10 years ago + Mook, back when all of them wasn't really that otherworldly with the pen like that...but listen to what he was saying against Verb. Against Roc. Nah, Twork drunk, lol.
 

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Twork my favorite battler but he talkin out his ass, that's the Hen talkin, he's probably writing for Mook now for the 2 on 2 so he naturally wants to air him, lol. Mook is nice...what Twork is saying may apply to the old Mook, like 10 years ago + Mook, back when all of them wasn't really that otherworldly with the pen like that...but listen to what he was saying against Verb. Against Roc. Nah, Twork drunk, lol.
I honestly think that's how he really feels. And he was bringing up his recent bars in the Verb and Roc battles as examples of Mook being wack to him. I personally can see it. If you notice, Twork's favorite rappers are the heavy haymaker types like Nitty and JC (I know some people wouldn't put JC in the category, but he is if you really break it down). Mook doesn't rap like that. Mook's punches are pretty dated, but he's great at angling and decent as stringing together a scheme. But some of Mook's writing can get a little corny when he tries to go the "lyrical" route.
 

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I honestly think that's how he really feels. And he was bringing up his recent bars (the Verb and Roc) battle as examples of Mook being wack to him. I personally can see it. If you notice, Twork's favorite rappers are the heavy haymaker types like Nitty and JC (I know some people wouldn't put JC in the category, but he is if you really break it down). Mook doesn't rap like that. Mook's punches are pretty dated, but he's great at angling and decent as stringing together a scheme. But some of Mook's writing can get a little corny when he tries to go the "lyrical" route.
To me, the lyricism displayed by Mook against Verb and Roc was out of this world (he was too overly complex against Verb tho, it was overdone and that's what made some people sleep). I know battle rap puts people in boxes like Punchline dude, Scheme dude, Pen dude, Performer dude, etc... but really what matters is just extreme top shelf lyricism, imo. I think Mook got that all day, I didn't always feel like that at all, I would have agreed with Twork prior to the Verb shyt.

How can someone listen to his shyt against Roc and say he's not an incredible lyricist? Besides the scheming, the actual rhymes is madd layered with wordplay and entendres all thru, he just doesn't emphasize when he's doing it like a JC or Rum or whoever so you can easily not notice and just focus on the scheming because it still makes sense and sounds fire even if you're not catching all the wordplay. One of them interviews after the Roc battle, I can't remember who it was with, he broke down his lyrics in detail...shyt was incredible bro.
 
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