MC Battle Blog

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.

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

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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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.

Kid Twist (KOTD) and Fresco (GTMW) meet at BOTB5 in Oakland California for this heated battle. This was thought to be a mirror match due to their many similarities (both are incredibly buff hardcore death rappers with imposing physical traits), but I think this battle goes on to highlight just how different they are. Fresco is a much more technical and polished rapper, while Twist is much better at the setup + punch approach with more jokes thrown within.

With that said, both are incredibly talented writers and definitely top tier in each of their divisions. This was an excellent battle and both of these guys deserve tons of props for their performances.

From Battle of the Bay 5 in Oakland, California.

Interesting battle. Continue reading the post to view my detailed breakdown of the match up.

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A pretty nifty little cypher video of some sick GT emcees trading verses.

Read my thoughts and break down on the battle after the break.

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