O man, I didnt know there was battle rap following here.
My quick two penny's:
Who ever said that guys like Dizaster wouldnt exist if wasnt for 8-mile is just ignorant in my opinion, and shows lack of appreciation for the history of battle rap. Go look up the blazebattle, iron mic and countless other tournaments and you'll see guys like Eyedea (arguably one of the best ever imo), Slug, Immortal technique all ripping it before 8 mile hit our screens.
Anyway current state of affairs for battle rap, I think it's in an ok place. Tbh I dont have enough time to follow this as closely as I do s I may but out sync with certain things that have happened.
B-Magic f*ck me this guy is great, I dont know do people generally have him in their top three? I mean what makes him so clever arnt the actual punches themselves most of the time (although some are nice) its his set up, his rhyme schemes make the impact of each punch hit like 5x harder then some of them should. I remember when I bodied DNA and dudes went crazy for the line "ride round looking for him like a parking spot" that line by it'self was meh, but WITH his set up was disgusting! Bar a few early battles, I really dont have him catching any L's, think he took Clips, JC, DNA (Charron is debatable) and even though he choked against BIg T I still think he got him. And as someone mentioned early him vs Chilla Jones is a classic imo "put a couple in his top like wedding cake" smh... dude is nasty.
I havent caught the hollow the don joe budden battle, what was the general consensus on that? Before he went to prison I felt he was the best and most rounded battle rapper (his rebuttles were legendary) since he's come back, I dunno, he came hard against lux (not even sure who won that).
T-rex is this dude still around, like I really really really dont get the hype with rex, his punches are so inconsistant and when they miss they miss so hard because his set ups are so poor (who the hell uses a one syllabel bar structure these days?!). Although I will say T-Rex vs Young Miles is in my top 5 battles of all time. The were both cooolllllddd (i felt miles bodied him though)
JC... I know its been said a thousand times but has anyone seen that video with him in some kind of high school battle dance? I dont know how recent it is but I was DYING. Anyway my problem is this JC is and can be nice as hell, however he suffers the same problem as almost ever punchline rapper who solely relies on punches is that your style can get boring very quickly. In terms of wordplay I think JC is right up there with the best however I've found his more recent battles so so, has he put up anything recently worth a watch? (Last I saw was him vs clips). And Obviously when you have arguably one of the best battles ever (him vs chilla jones, his 3rd round quite possibly one of the nastiest battle rap verses I've ever heard)
And also Cassidy is gunna get at Dizaster in my opinion.
And anyone who thinks industry guys cant battle are delerious, this stuff your seeing now is just a formalised vrsion of whats been going on for yyyyyyyyyeeeeeaaaaarrrsss. Like you may not believe it from his God awful bars but apparantly Meek is a very very nice battle rapper, Young Chris used to also be very very nice, again if new of him J.r writer had some stupid winning streak.
