This was really, really good, except for the fact that WSHH's shitty ass player meant I had to watch it over a period of 2 hours.
"I went in to prison when I was 18, and I got out at 56." Goddamn. I also feel really bad for that kid at the end that gets all tearful.
I think this is also the first we've seen of Rhymefest/DONDA's work. I wonder if they can get funding from the government like (presumably) how the intervention centre earlier in the video does.
I would love to see someone grill Common/Kanye/Lupe etc. about how they plan to help with this. Got Bars? is definitely doing their thing, but I remember when Common went on The Breakfast Club and talked a whole lot of nothing about how he was going to sit down and talk to Chief Keef. It can't just be music alone. All of those dudes must be scared as hell to even go to their home town. I almost don't blame them when you hear about these dudes talking about how they want to off people just to make their name better.
finally a plug with no wack battles
brehs I'm just not ready I guess. One day I'll jump on the hype train but I'm just not feelin' this battle stuff right now.
It's not for everyone, I just find it as a great avenue for entertainment.
Now that I think about where my tastes in rap have gone, I really care more about sonics, flow and rhythm more than I care about what anybody is really saying in rap. Maybe I'm experiencing a desensitization to lyricism late, but what got me more into battle rap was pretty much all the stuff I wasn't feeling in music at the time. Primarily wordplay and aggression.
There's something novel about listening to someone spit some of the gulliest shit and reacting like
OH DID THIS DUDE JUST SAY THAT. Or the comedic aspect in rap form. Not only that, but it's competitive.
Like 50 said, you have the best rappers in the world battling for mere thousands, the hunger is incomparable.
We need to EV train Chief Keef before he levels up too far.
