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

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Battle was trash tho. As were the Shotty/Ars, Diz/DNA and Miles/Verb rematches
Trash? shyt was fire to me, I had a hard time calling it because I liked Ars' bars and energy more but he kept forgetting his lines at pivitol moments.
 

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No overly loud gassing, it’s about to be a goodie.
Was too empty out there for me. This battle needed a real crowd.

They battling in a Target parking lot?

I'm good on this $50 sparring session :camby:

Before my trolls come out, yes the bars are fire but I want SOME energy from the bystanders.
 

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I’ve always found this fascination with headlining a card weird.

I’m seeing this angle coming up in a lotta debates (Black Compass for example)

Like who gives a fukk.
if you ain’t getting a battler getting paid it’s none of ya business.

And it doesn’t mean anything to me from a ranking perspective.

Lux vs Cal was under Mook vs Iron, but which battle elevated battlerap?

JC vs Chilla was a one off that weekend, but outta that and Mook vs Iron which was a Top5 battle ever?

Yeah Surf might headline a lotta cards but the nikka LOST a lotta battles headlining.
It doesn’t mean anything to me how many events you headlined or who you faced if you lost when it mattered.

If that was the case Rich Dolarz and Midwest would be up there off resume.
Who gives a fukk when he got bodied everytime it mattered vb

This card headlining angle is silly imo
Headlining literally means you are top tier :dwillhuh:

You are literally at the top of the card :dwillhuh:

You are literally the battle most of the people came out to see :dwillhuh:

You are literally the reason there's enough energy & revenue to put on the entire event :dwillhuh:
 

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Headlining literally means you are top tier :dwillhuh:

You are literally at the top of the card :dwillhuh:

You are literally the battle most of the people came out to see :dwillhuh:

You are literally the reason there's enough energy & revenue to put on the entire event :dwillhuh:
You are litteraly choking regularly when most people came to see you :dwillhuh:

You are litteraly losing when it matters since it’s the top of the card :dwillhuh:

You litteraly can’t erase that L off ya record, cause it was uhmmm... recorded :dwillhuh:
 

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You are litteraly choking regularly when most people came to see you :dwillhuh:

You are litteraly losing when it matters since it’s the top of the card :dwillhuh:

You litteraly can’t erase that L off ya record, cause it was uhmmm... recorded :dwillhuh:
This is all true but once the PPV era started they stopped giving a fukk about what happens in the actual battles.

As long as you make it to the city and stand on stage for 3 rounds they don't care anymore.
 

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hollow/lux did live up to the hype though and was one of the better battles ever, hitman/verb was a headliner, there are situations where it lives up to it and in that case it usually ends up not only living up to it but being one of the best battles ever

then you have some that are good just not classic like hitman/surf, though they didnt let them go last which was smart imo
 

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Brizz vs DNA is a reeeeally nice back and forth

I’ve been sitting around for these past few days watching Brizz’s good battles (hence my Brizz/Ars comment) to see why he’s lost the crowd recently, and T Top went away from this too: you gotta sprinkle in more punchlines to get a crowd on your side. Neither of them have to specifically be punchers, but as they rose up in the URL, punches tended to be what woke the crowd up for each of them. Both already have comedy and projection, two factors that help command attention. Once the crowd is attentive, you gotta know they listening to what you saying. Don’t let it be some bullshyt
 

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Most likely, and SM is one of their flagship events, so I doubt they want to book some last minute battle.

URL have handled the last 6 months of this year terribly. I would have preferred if they pushed this event back to next so they could get their shyt together because everything they’ve done since SM7 has been shyt.
 

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brehs, should i take the earl bird? i know im gonna end up buying it day of anyway if not. but no jjdd vs hollow is pissing me off with the way url is handling it
 
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