whats with all the battle rap is dead talk?
Here's the deal, Total Slaughter was tryna create a gate keeper type situation, this event came off bad so now people are skeptical but if this would've went off like High Stakes then i could see MAJOR changes in battle rap because every damn promo/interview kept saying if Budden won this would change the landscape of battle rap.
Which probably would mean big venues like this for events like this [which would've been fine] but are more mainstream artists try their hand at it? probably, but not necessarily a good thing because they talking all this support the culture shyt, why is the culture only being supported this much because Joe Budden is doing it? Battle rap is apart of hip-hop period, all major battle rap events should be getting interviews like this and radio stations should be following at least major events. When Diz beat Canibus one of the most lyrical ever, KOTD ain't get a damn thing except a video on WSHH. And now that Budden lost this one, its gonna be the same thing, battle rap going back to the underground status quo and not being supported.