I Don't Understand Battle Rap

[Sage Wonder]

Im cool with Poisen Pen. He invited me to a few of them. Only went to one where Gorilla Nems was performing. Last I've seen Nems was at The Pumpkinhead tribute about a year ago in the lower east side at Mercury Lounge. He performed a funny song saying everything is garbage. ya baby moms is garbage. ya instagram is garbage. ya whole damn life is garbage.... dude is funny

If Nems vs Head Ice was the last battle you seen then that makes sense... KOTD hasn't been doing great lately

 

[5th Letter]

Yeah but at the end of the day,the term freestyle didn't have to be off the head

Plus even if a nigga doesn't write it if you rap enough you probably know certain words rhyme or naturally got something you go back to in most freestyle rhymes

While I loved off the top freestyles and was good at it,as the culture got bigger,nobody wanted to pay for choppy simple raps

I like the written genre better as a viewer

Smack would never have gotten where he is with off the head freestyle battlers

The majority of these cats can’t freestyle to begin with so the written format makes sense.

 

[Duwop]

i remember i used to judge battles at local bars n shit like back in '03

 

[Duwop]

this dude used to be the battle king of bmore for a minute....

punchlines crazy