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Diabolic – I Don’t Wanna Rhyme

On March - 10 - 2010
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The first music video from the long awaited album Liar & A Thief from legendary battler Diabolic. The album drops on Viper Records on April 6th so be sure to cop it as it’s going to be absolutely insane.

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Yessss… finally. Everybody Knows is the shit and Blacksmith is constantly improving. This was a really entertaining battle. I really wish it would’ve happened on in the crowd and not on stage, but shit happens. A few minor slip-ups from both people, but still a really fun watch and great performances overall from both. I think it would’ve wound up being a closer match if Blacksmith projected his voice better with a stronger delivery. Blacksmith has a lot of really unique concepts in his lines and they’re written really well, something I’d also say in a description about E.K. This was a really great matchup and it definitely delivered.

Look out for new footage of E.K. in his recent GTNW performances which will drop soon, including a 1-on-1 promo against 9DM and two 2-on-2 battles with myself against Vokab & Mic Phenom and Reverse Live & Mic Phenom. Unfortunately his footage against Pariah from the Bridge City Battle 4 was recorded with distorted audio and isn’t salvageable. I am really, really bummed about this because E.K. undoubtedly had his best performance ever, didn’t slip up once, and improved his delivery and emotion in his style by about 10 notches. He freestyled his OT (something he planned, not a slipup, by planned I don’t mean it was all premed) and it came off very well. Pariah also did very well and put on his usual solid performance.

If anyone who was at the event recorded the footage on their personal cameras or cell phones or anything, please contact myself, Illmac or Avocado immediately.

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You know the deal. Another sweet little freestyle video of these guys killing it while driving around in Cali.

NoCanDo On NBCLA

On March - 6 - 2010

Well shit, this is absolutely awesome. NoCanDo is on NBC explaining how he began rapping, his battle career, winning Scribble Jam, and his excellent music video Two Track Mind which was directed and edited by our buddy Kyle Gray. NoCanDo is on the verge of blowing up and he definitely deserves it. If you’d like to support someone who’s provided you with years of excellent entertainment then go ahead and check out Jimmy The Lock and see what NoCanDo is all about.

Okwerdz & Dizaster Freestyle

On March - 4 - 2010
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It’s a freestyle video where people are actually freestyling. It’s great to see Okwerdz putting these out so often and if you like ‘em, subscribe to Okwerdz YouTube channel and get them as soon as they drop. Okwerdz has long been one of my favorite freestylers ever and Dizaster is also incredibly entertaining off the top. He puts lots of style into his delivery which is something not enough people do.

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I had to dig deep in the archives to find this one. This is footage from the finals of The Cypher’s 2 on 2 MC Battle in San Diego, CA. This marks the first time that Illmac ever went down to Cali and mingled with the battlers. I wish the footage was better, but that damn Phillip Drummond uploads in the worst qualities! Okwerdz & NoCanDo make a pretty great team up here, but in the end, the short one and Bo-Rat were too much for them.

If you crank up the volume you can hear some great quotable lines from these veterans in their primal stages. This battle was filmed during a time when calling someone a Keebler elf was a hot line.

Okwerdz Vs. Hollow Da Don (BOLA 3)

On February - 2 - 2010

Keep checking back as we’ll have Okwerdz’ thoughts on the battle very soon.

Hollohan Vs. King Don Juan

On February - 1 - 2010

It’s always fun to see a neat little freestyle stage battle.

The majority of these battles, if not all of them, have never been uploaded online as far as I know. The Scribble 2002 DVD is easily the worst one they put out so I don’t feel bad uploading their footage. I believe the final product wound up showing something like 13 minutes of footage total which is exactly what I have hear minus the final match between Dos Noun & Mac Lethal which can be located at the Top 15 Freestyle Rebuttals post.

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Dizaster Vs. Monk McNasty

On January - 29 - 2010

Awesome short notice battle between Dizaster & Monk McNasty. Dizaster perfectly weaves in and out of freestyle and written which is a ridiculous combo, reminiscent of old Iron Solomon battles. Monk also came very sick in this and put up a great fight against Diz who is one of the best in the Grind Time circuit.

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