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One of you lot should just post one of those unwatchable epic rap battles of history videos and get it over with
That's what all this is dancing around
That's what all this is dancing around
Battle Rap
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I know and really and truly i do not care
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At least when you watch old vids of Reed Dollaz and Eddie Morris battle people they looked like they would pull out a gun in the middle of the battle then and there
qwerty south
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It was a lot more "real" in the good old days 🙃😉
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the soundcloud in my footer is mine - a feeble attempt to get some clicks.
your wish is my command
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This royal rumble battle is hilarious with some big names and a lot of racist bars
rubberdingyrapids
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this is a classic mid 80s battle
excellent juvenille disses
excellent juvenille disses
rubberdingyrapids
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saafir vs casual
at the time this was a big deal, not sure i really need to listen to it again though.
at the time this was a big deal, not sure i really need to listen to it again though.
rubberdingyrapids
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carly simon diss track for mick jagger
jagger was fully ethered so never responded, AFAIK (happy to be corrected)
jagger was fully ethered so never responded, AFAIK (happy to be corrected)
qwerty south
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@qwerty south as somebody who clearly is deep into battle rap where do you stand on tracks made by battle rappers?
Because the consensus on them is that they're generally terrible
Because the consensus on them is that they're generally terrible
william_kent
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Let's do this yes
And I'll starting saying that this stuff feels so divorced from the roots of what battling came from and how it was in its own way how the rappers worked on their craft in a outsized manner
The ones qwerty has picked out either feel like I have to excuse the awkwardness and terrible punchlines by way of the enthusiasm of them and the crowd (the exaggerated oooh's have been a much parodied element of battle rap) or its all just really technical for its own sake flashy but without any substance
mixed_biscuits
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Every style seems to lapse into technicality for its own sake once the motivating fuel has been burned through 
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poor Jin he tried but it was over when Jones says "aren't there 3 million people in China? You can't even go platinum over there"
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Oh sure at a certain point all the "my bullets leave holes the size of oil drums" talk became that but it especially doesn't help in battle rap when the rappers in questions got honking geese and look like they weigh less than 90 lbsEvery style seems to lapse into technicality for its own sake once the motivating fuel has been burned through
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Its sort of become a way for certain guys to call themselves rappers without really needing to make music
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Thinking of some of the rappers who came up via battling Nickelus F, Nocando, Cassidy, Rhymefest hell even Immortal Technique battle raping was a launch pad for other stuff they did they didn't just battle y'know
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The worst kind of battle rappers who made their own music were the ones who thought all it took for them to be heralded as the next Has was to string some punchlines together and that New York mid 2000s mixtape era was filled with those guys
Grafh, posta boy,Jae Millz,Murda Mook, Papoose all those guys who had alot of hype who didn't amount to anything
Grafh, posta boy,Jae Millz,Murda Mook, Papoose all those guys who had alot of hype who didn't amount to anything