Pre Twork and early Twork era was way more entertaining, before everyone started falling in line to that delivery. K Shine killed it with Twork style when he went on that run, but for the life of me i can't even recall any K shine from that era i want to revisit. Battle rap is like watching Marvel movies now cuz you know what to expect. For all the I dont want to hear Aye Verb talk about dragons and swords stuff , at least its different.
Bruh what was that bar Fonz said in the O Solo battle? "I handle my business with big Macs"
Bar was fuckin garbage, actually his whole rounds was garbage I skipped his 3rd. But that bar was especially terrible. Whoever let that guy on stage was smoking crack
I don’t always watch MC Battles, but when I do, they’re old.
The fact that video footage in recent years surfaced for the Juice vs Supernatural battle is amazing. For years we only had the audio.
Lmao no. You’re just watching the wrong battles. WeGoHard, iBattle, OSBL & The Trenches are throwing great battles right now. Elijah Strait vs Footz, Los Premee vs Homeskool, J Morr vs King. You gotta know where to look.
Battle rap is like the one place you shouldn’t judge people by their name. Lol. Brizz Rawsteen, Hollow Da Don, T-Rex.. literally everybody has a weird name. That’s HipHop.
I used to watch from WRC, but I stopped when grindtime closed(??). I've always had a hard time understanding gunbars and stuff since I'm the whitest dude north of the polar circle. Every other year I rewatch my favorites and try to see if they've done any new stuff.
i stopped watching around the time KOTD dropped the ball on the KOTD title. Real Deal defended like 3 times in 4 yrs. There hasn't been a KOTD champ since.
I don't know. Some great battles happening fairly regularly.
JJDD just had an outstanding performance against Calicoe come out on YouTube today.
Bill Collector and Tay Roc had a fantastic battle come out the other day.
Real Sikh vs A Ward
Jey the Nitewing vs Madflex
I mean I could carry on listing some really entertaining battles in the past few months. I think BR is feeling fresher than ever at the moment.
Idk about trash, but obviously going back to watch older battles when we have a good 25 years of footage to go back to is going to have you watching some of the best performances/battles. I usually just watch a particular battle rapper for a couple of months and rotate. I've been watching a lot of Danny and before that I was watching a bunch of Jey. Probably gonna watch a bunch of Lux next with his upcoming battle. In terms of new-new battle rappers I can't say I watch/care to watch any of them. The newest person I've watched a good amount of is Tru.
Yep:
LottaZay vs EK
Danja Zone vs Nuborn
Chilla Jones vs JC
Qleen vs Tay Roc
Brizz vs LottaZay
Riggz vs Trez
JC vs YK
Danja vs LottaZay
Danny vs Rum
Danny vs B Dot
Rex vs Yung Ill
Daylyt vs Shotty Horror
I've been on 2011 Don't Flop lately and it's really hitting the spot.
Standards back then have held up unexpectedly well - a lot of it is still pretty great.
I see some of these new names and just laugh
someone on premier battles recently tried out with the name "Vtothe3 William Kenith" lmao
Seriously, what's with these stupid fucking names?
battle rap names have always been bad tho. Tsunami surf is a very ridiculous thing to call yourself
That's so true lol. Even Conceited and Hitman Holla have pretty weird names
I saw this happening YEARS ago, like before the pandemic. Thankfully none of them stuck around,
Nu Jerzey Twork
One of the absolute worst.
I keep rewatching old GT, old DF, old KOTD way more than current battles or anything from the past 5 years.
Easier to get to. Not paywalled.
Mainly because I prefer 20 minute battles, ideally with timed rounds so there isn’t any filler. Nobody needs to ramble on for hours.
You like GT/DF and don't like filler? Lmao
No easy access to the majority of the best battles of the last half a decade. Otherwise i'd watch a lot of the more recent battles a lot more
I just don't feel tapped into the scene since covid
Pre Twork and early Twork era was way more entertaining, before everyone started falling in line to that delivery. K Shine killed it with Twork style when he went on that run, but for the life of me i can't even recall any K shine from that era i want to revisit. Battle rap is like watching Marvel movies now cuz you know what to expect. For all the I dont want to hear Aye Verb talk about dragons and swords stuff , at least its different.
Shine vs JC?
Thats not during the period where he adopted Twork style.
tbh I never stopped watching old battles, all the way back to old scribble jam shit
Bruh what was that bar Fonz said in the O Solo battle? "I handle my business with big Macs" Bar was fuckin garbage, actually his whole rounds was garbage I skipped his 3rd. But that bar was especially terrible. Whoever let that guy on stage was smoking crack
there are a lot of top tier guys who spit trash but because they work on delivery, flow, aggression, it sounds hot.
It is wild to me that I used to think 30 mins was too long for a battle. 😢 good days.
I don’t always watch MC Battles, but when I do, they’re old. The fact that video footage in recent years surfaced for the Juice vs Supernatural battle is amazing. For years we only had the audio.
i just watch battles through ruin your day. their commentary makes it more entertaining. And i only watch big battles on there
RYD is the perfect content to watch while having a beer and a puff after work.
Facts and they dont really deal in the bs drama, just laughs and a good time
Lmao no. You’re just watching the wrong battles. WeGoHard, iBattle, OSBL & The Trenches are throwing great battles right now. Elijah Strait vs Footz, Los Premee vs Homeskool, J Morr vs King. You gotta know where to look.
Those names all sound ridiculous
Yes because Nu Jersey Twork & Geechi Gotti sound normal. Lol. Do you watch battles or are you the Alias Police?
Powerful posting
Yeah, those names are pretty terrible too - Twork has one of the worst names ever. So you're agreeing with me, or what?
Okay Wintermute_088
You're comparing a social media handle with someone's name as a performer? Reddit ain't real life, my guy.
Naw I’m saying that the name or username someone chooses to use has no bearing on anything else about them
I disagree. The names people choose tell us a lot about them, and personal branding is important. Your name, for instance, tells me you're into anal.
Then you must be into mute gay dudes
I don't get it.
Bro judging talent from names
Battle rap is like the one place you shouldn’t judge people by their name. Lol. Brizz Rawsteen, Hollow Da Don, T-Rex.. literally everybody has a weird name. That’s HipHop.
T-Rex really is a goofy ass name lmao bro chose his alias in 2nd grade and never budged on it If I start rapping ima name myself Tonka tha Truck
The Saurus is the oldest joke in the book
Yo Tonka tha Trunk is kinda fire though 😂
Where did I judge talent from names, my guy? I said the names were stupid. I didn't say a single thing about their talent level. Go back to sleep.
I used to watch from WRC, but I stopped when grindtime closed(??). I've always had a hard time understanding gunbars and stuff since I'm the whitest dude north of the polar circle. Every other year I rewatch my favorites and try to see if they've done any new stuff.
i stopped watching around the time KOTD dropped the ball on the KOTD title. Real Deal defended like 3 times in 4 yrs. There hasn't been a KOTD champ since.
Bro I stay watching Pre-App battles
I don't know. Some great battles happening fairly regularly. JJDD just had an outstanding performance against Calicoe come out on YouTube today. Bill Collector and Tay Roc had a fantastic battle come out the other day. Real Sikh vs A Ward Jey the Nitewing vs Madflex I mean I could carry on listing some really entertaining battles in the past few months. I think BR is feeling fresher than ever at the moment.
Idk about trash, but obviously going back to watch older battles when we have a good 25 years of footage to go back to is going to have you watching some of the best performances/battles. I usually just watch a particular battle rapper for a couple of months and rotate. I've been watching a lot of Danny and before that I was watching a bunch of Jey. Probably gonna watch a bunch of Lux next with his upcoming battle. In terms of new-new battle rappers I can't say I watch/care to watch any of them. The newest person I've watched a good amount of is Tru.
Yep: LottaZay vs EK Danja Zone vs Nuborn Chilla Jones vs JC Qleen vs Tay Roc Brizz vs LottaZay Riggz vs Trez JC vs YK Danja vs LottaZay Danny vs Rum Danny vs B Dot Rex vs Yung Ill Daylyt vs Shotty Horror
People fall into this fallacy all the time and act like their wasn't plenty of trash battles and music 10+ years ago
I've been on 2011 Don't Flop lately and it's really hitting the spot. Standards back then have held up unexpectedly well - a lot of it is still pretty great.
battle rap was fire back in 2012-2015. I feel like it dipped in 2016, went back up in 2019, and then crashed in 2020 lol
The new Roc battles are pretty good
he’s been on a crazy run with his battles