Thought I was the only one. I literally agree with everything you said in this post
Essential The Official Battle Rap Random Thoughts Thread (URL, KOTD, UW etc...)
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T-K-G
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9 years ago. AyeVerb 4am in NY ushering in the biggest boom period in battle rap.
Dude's over gassed man . Who are these 60 MC's he talking about ?
I completely disagree. Aside from JC/Chilla and a couple others, bar fest are one and done for meBarfests usually have the most replayability tho
It's the joke/angle dependent joints i can only watch 1 or 2 times before they get stale imo
I can't even get through Ave vs. Rum anymore like that. It gets boring after awhile.
lyrical professor
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I don't even think Verb know, I think he just threw out a number to push his point home lmao...which is true...what he did that night put a light on the Midwest as a whole w/battle rap.
T-K-G
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i listen to em the same way i listen to bar heavy songs
lyrical professor
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Nah Dap is right on this one lol. I can't name 20 that spawned from Verb battling in Ny that night.
See bar heavy songs are different. Because there's a beat, and usually the rapper is switching flows and delivery. With battles, it's literally just complex bars but nothing changing to keep my interest.
That's why I think Lux is my favorite because he incorporates bars with breakdown opponents with delivery and performance. He has everything. Hollow would be high on my list if he didn't have so many corny lines and his voice wasn't annoying. But he's another one that does everything.
Two of my top 5 are mainly just bar guys (JC and Rum Nitty), so I do understand your point.
T-K-G
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depends on who the artist is, i heard a mix of Brizz's rounds vs. Showoff over a jazzy beat and that shyt sounded crazy
i don't need flows tho the wordplay is enough
and yea lux the only guy who can rap about anything and still have replayable bars all the way through
Verb's aura was crazy.
I remember a point when a lot of people wanted something bad to happen to him, just cause. Some dudes from NYC straight up resented him.
Diz dealt with it once, which is the story of the Swave battle. Hollow talked about how uncomfortable he was vs Verb in St. Louis, and how random people were threatening him. Verb dealt with it, over and over.
Nowadays you worry about choking, back then you had to worry about getting choked out.
I don't think any battler will ever be under that much constant pressure. And Verb embraced it, up until losing to Clips.
I remember a point when a lot of people wanted something bad to happen to him, just cause. Some dudes from NYC straight up resented him.
Diz dealt with it once, which is the story of the Swave battle. Hollow talked about how uncomfortable he was vs Verb in St. Louis, and how random people were threatening him. Verb dealt with it, over and over.
Nowadays you worry about choking, back then you had to worry about getting choked out.
I don't think any battler will ever be under that much constant pressure. And Verb embraced it, up until losing to Clips.
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Lool I'm good fam . I just feel Verb is highly overrated , all this 'Leader of the Midwest Movement' talk I hear is revisionist history .
ReasonableMatic
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All I know is this
Verb was the face, but Yung Ill was the nicest, Verb even said it during that era..
Son had everything
Verb was the face, but Yung Ill was the nicest, Verb even said it during that era..
Son had everything