Did head ice ruin battle rap?

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Talking to my homeboi and head ice came up, everyone knows the rap battle parodies but i think this dude inspired it and killed the entire genre at the same damn time. Did it get any more cornballish than this?

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what ruined battle rap is giving dudes 6 fukkin months to research each others lives and write hour long verses overdelivered like some kinda rapping ass Nicholas Cage. I cant watch none of this battle shyt anymore. Give me 3 60 second rounds off the top of the head over this boring ass shyt anyday.

I really can't believe people like that off the head shyt more than writtens. Off the head freestyles are wack 99% of the time unless you Juice or SuperNat or some shyt
 

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Talking to my homeboi and head ice came up, everyone knows the rap battle parodies but i think this dude inspired it and killed the entire genre at the same damn time. Did it get any more cornballish than this?

3:00 mark

And battle rap is way bigger than it's ever been so how did he ruin it?
 

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I like prewrittens, although i would like to see some leagues or specific matches do freestyles...

But I got to cosign, the 20 minute long rounds where dudes just talk shyt and throw in a rhymes half the time, take water breaks, etc has got to go...
A lot of these dudes are not really rapping anymore, they are playing a really slow game of the dozens...
 

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And battle rap is way bigger than it's ever been so how did he ruin it?
I think its already peaked, now its a shell of its self. Plus non of those dudes seem to be capable of stringing together enough thoughts for a good* album

Head ice isnt a bad battler, but his formula got copied. Seeing the crowd hype up a punchline before its even finished being delivered isnt entertaining like that
 

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I think its already peaked, now its a shell of its self. Plus non of those dudes seem to be capable of stringing together enough thoughts for a good* album

Head ice isnt a bad battler, but his formula got copied. Seeing the crowd hype up a punchline before its even finished being delivered isnt entertaining like that

Biggest battle event of all time is about to happen in 3 weeks, how has it peaked?
 
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