A lot of battle rap fans turn to battle rap because they are searching for a certain level of lyricism that is lacking in music.
Before battle rappers problem was they tried to spit battle rap bars on beats all the time
Now battle rappers try to hard to sound like nikkas in the mainstream
But some make good music like Tsu Surf, Suge, Math (depending), Big T, Lux music is solid, Qleen Paper actually has some dope shyt too