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

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Some cliffnotes on that Mook interview?
I just finished the first part. There's two hours left but some quick notes from what I can remember (this isn't in order)

He talked about the Arsonal battle. When Arsonal asked to battle him the first time he never turned down 70K he said Ars never really had the 70k because when he asked for half up front they told him "oh we'll get it for you" which he knew was bullshyt. The second time before this UDubb event, he called Mook before the poll and said he wanted to battle Mook and had 40K for him. But he didn't even have that, and he still put Mook's name on the poll knowing that even if Mook won he didn't have the bread to pay him. So Mook said he didn't want his name associated with losing in any way so he wasn't gonna allow Ars to lie and act like he lost a poll he didn't because it effects his brand. That's why on the Facebook live he broke down what happened. It wasn't meant to take away from the Ars/Lux battle. He said that battle made more sense to him anyway since they have real history

Broke down the Rex stuff, basically said Rex record he made wasn't a diss at all, and Rex had heard it before anyway so he didn't understand why Rex dissed him. He said it's the equivalent of me saying "I'ma slap you at 3 pm" and then I slap you at 3 pm and you ask "Yo why did you slap me?". Said he actually enjoyed Rex diss and hope that's a sign that he'll be back on his shyt. He said he's weird and that he enjoys listening to people diss him for the bars. He said him and Rex are two different types of people so when he says "I'm not Mook" he's saying that they're not a like at all. Rex is hard headed and never takes advice. He said even when he gives Rex advice on battles he doesn't take it because they just battle completely different. Rex is always on attack mode. Said besides the battle rap shyt, K Shine is a real man that lives off principles. Talked about Roc's supposed diss record and said he heard from Rex brother, who is Mook's cousin that Roc's record is more like "Both of y'all need to knock it off" record. Got into a long history of Dot Mob. He said he can understand why Rex might be jealous if he is. When they were growing up they all rapped, Mook was more reckless and doing more street shyt, he said Rex did shyt too but Mook kinda coerced him most of the time. He said he was stabbing people, selling drugs, etc because he literally had no parents in his household. He said Rex grew up with his mom so he had more stability. He left from that part of Harlem and was playing basketball but Rex and them were still rhyming and when they reconnected they thought Mook wasn't really rapping like that, so when Mook got all the attention as the best battler it might've made Rex feel a certain way because when Mook wasn't there Rex was considered the best rapper over there. He said think of it like this, you have a uncle or a friends father or someone that played with a current NBA player and in high school they used to bust the NBA players ass but now this guy is in the league and you sitting and watching him. It makes you question yourself. Also talks about how he tells Rex to stop running the streets because they have legit ways to make money now so being out here selling drugs trying to be a gangsta in your 30s is lame.

Talked about the Rain beef, said it started because Mook and DNA/Big T were going back and forth on Twitter. Mook said something about nikkas living in Beasley's house. It was meant as a diss to T and DNA because he would be at Beasleys house and see them, but he forgot that Rain was living there too. Now Mook said he's known Rain longer than all of them, since he was a kid. So when Rain was dissing him on Twitter he was pissed and so Mook and them had left the studio to go to where they thought Rain was because Mook wanted to fight him over what he was saying. They couldn't find him, Mook called Beasley so he could find Rain, Beasley got Rain and Mook on the phone, Rain explained why he felt a way about Mook and Mook realized why Rain felt that way and was like aight cool. Then he heard the Rex diss record and saw Rex had recorded their phone conversation after Mook told him to delete it because he thought it was sucker shyt to record phone convos but heard Rain's diss and said Rain did the same thing so it made them both look lame.


Talked about the Math situation, said it stems from them seeing a certain altercation prior and clowning the people involve not realizing Math and his people were the ones involved in it. Math must've took offense so Math and another one of his man jumped Mook at a club, one of them had a hammer on them and Mook was fighting them off. Said him and Math are on speaking terms and it's all in the past now. Said he understand why Math would feel a way about the situation. He said other things transpired after that and both parties agreed to let it stay where it is. He never got staples in his head lol but he said the situation was really serious though.

I know I'm forgetting shyt but yeah. Still two hours to go.
 

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Second half:

Said he still wants to battle Surf and Hollow and Hollow losing to Roc won't kill the battle. Said the Surf thing was signed off but again people didn't have the money

Said JC challenging Lux is blasphemous. Compared JC to Eric Bledsoe saying he's really good but comparing him to Lux is an insult. Said JC has really dope bars but the content disparity between the two is large. He said JC says a lot of dope lines but he's really not saying anything within the bars.

Talked about new fans not even knowing what they like and them cheering for the basic punchline shyt. Said he doesn't mind the new guys thinking they can beat the older battlers, he said as a competitor you should think that but there needs to be some respect. Said NBA new guys don't disrepsect Kobe and Jordan. He said the new fans don't even know shyt about battle rap prior he said not even like him and Lux but even Calicoe and Hitman. Said fans have been given Ramen Noodles and thinking it's good food so when they get real good food they don't like it because what they've been fed is bullshyt but that's what they're used to.

Talked about the movie Bodied and said they never contacted him for the movie and basically said Dizaster tried to black ball him from the film but he's still involved not as a personality but the main character in the movie is basically Murda Mook, they used his likeness. Started shytting on Diz. Said he's talented but a corny ass nikka. Didn't care about him saying the N word though.

Not calling a winner in the Ars/Lux battle, only watched it once but said it's a great battle. Only saw part of Hollow vs Diz

Started talking Dot Mob, he said he didn't know who Snakeyez was lmao. He went to go see his battle to see if he looked familiar, said he seen him before but didn't know he was Dot Mob, Snakeyez sent a message through Caps about him loaning Mook his sneakers one day and Mook started cracking up, as it jogged his memory and then he said Snakeyez said his life that day so he's definitely Dot Mob. Said he knows Bad News and Show Off. Said Daylyt has been Dot Mob since before the Smack DVDs. He said his brother and Daylyt went to high school together (his brother was in LA) and said Daylyt been down with them since the early early 2000s. Real Deal is Dot Mob. Said there's a Dot Mob group chat with like 30 different phone numbers so he don't be knowing who's who sometimes lmao.

Talked about Serius Jones gave him a lot of props and said he's 3-0 nikkas and actually gotten way better as a rapper but he's still not getting respect because he feels people think he's too comical. Compared him to Clyde Drexler and said he's someone that should be talked about but never gets his respect

Talked about the Diz shyt hurting Math only because it gave people an angle on him but he still thinks Math is top tier

Said on Total Slaughter Rex and Cortez both knew they were battling for 3 days before the battle

Snoop didn't even know who T Rex and Shine were, but he knew other people like Ars, Daylyt, Official etc.


Talked about the Ave situation he didn't really know the details they explained it and said he doesn't know if he stole or not but does look suspect. They told him the Prez shyt and he was disgusted that he's allowed back into battle rap. Said it's a disgrace.

Said he's friends with Hollow and Verb now. He's been to Hollow's crib. Said talks to Verb regularly. Said Verb doesn't give a fukk about battle rap anymore

He said most people talking about Mount Rushmore can't even tell you where the real one is at or what is for. Said just because you battle a lot doesn't give you GOAT status especially if you're losing all the time.

If I remember other shyt I'll add on later
 

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URL's 2017 run has been crazy! Outside of KOTD its lookin shaky for those other leagues:whew:
ARP has got to move to bigger venues and increase his production or no one (fans) will give a fukk about RBE in 2018.
 

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Mook also talked about Total Slaughter and said people try to discredit his win (I agree) also said people overstate the whole "Giving tickets away" because the venue is 3 times the size of any venue URL has ever done so of course they not gonna fill it to capacity.

and I was there live, I can vouch that besides SM 2, that was by far the most fans I've ever seen at a battle event.
 
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