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.

For those of you who either know me personally or who have known me through my online antics throughout the years, you’re probably aware as to how critical I am about certain things with regard to battles. If I hate something, I really hate and conversely, if I enjoy it, I really love it.

Frequently though, you will find me bitching about something or another in a half-assed manner because I’ve given up on explaining certain things in detail. Over the years, after constantly repeating the same stances and opinions into deaf ears, I’ve grown sick of the process. I now instead opt to simply tell people to shut the fuck up because they are idiots.

Two of the most frustrating things that I experience in the battle community are as follows:

1)       People who are incredibly wack who somehow receive props from the general populace.

2)       People who are incredibly dope who somehow receive hate or apathy from the general populace.

What I’m trying to explain through this rambling preface is that instead of simply telling you all to shut the fuck up, which I’ll likely continue to do, I will instead explain thoroughly why I believe certain people are either underrated or overrated (more frequently I will explain the former). To sum it up, I think its criminal for certain people to never receive the props they actually deserve.

Alright, now let’s get onto the article.

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KOTD battler Tiggz (I have no idea who this guy is to be honest) and Tantrum recorded some verses over the old Weatherman beat Gut You and half of it turned out really insane. I’ll let you decide which person absolutely kills this track (Hint: It’s not the guy who starts his verse off with, ‘I got a lyrical strong force.’)

While you’re listening to Tantrum absolutely demolish this beat, you might as well check the old Tantrum interview that took place shortly after his battle with dumfoundead happened.

This is a guest article written by RJ, a fan of the battle circuit. It deals with common themes in the battle scene which can either lead to a great performance or an incredibly basic and boring approach, depending entirely on the user of such methods. It’s a solid read so check it out. It’s posted in it’s entirety after the break so check out the full post to read it.

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Well this should be a fun little event. Unfortunately Engineer Vs. Only One isn’t going down, which really sucks ’cause that definitely would’ve been a barn burner. There’s some nasty matchups on this card and I’m really looking forward to Reverse Live Vs. 9DM. I think it’s one of 9DM’s toughest challenges since Evil can mimic that loud, aggressive, asshole-ish style that 9DM has become accustomed to.

I predict that somewhere in that match, each person will be wished death upon by cancer, AIDS, or perhaps a car wreck which is caused by a pinata filled with hepatitis infected syringes exploding and popping the tires, etc. You know, the usual stuff.

(“MarvWon seen here posing behind some dude in a blue coat.’)

MarvWon, the Detroit powerhouse is currently celebrating his day of birth so do him a favor and send your well wishes. And while you’re at it, check out his music video Stomp as it’s excellent.

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.

Since completing the Battle Of The Bay 5 saga on New Years Eve, Lush One, the Don Bossalino Conglomerato El Pacino himself has been busy working on his next new GTWC mega project. Unfortunately somehow the best name they could come up with was Massacre Of The Bay, but fortunately it is shaping up to be a completely ridiculous event. With incredibly high standards for the selection process of MC’s, this is looking like it will be one of the best Grind Time events ever.

so this is according to lush: day 1 (platnum edition), day 2 mob pt.2

to be part of day 1 required credentials:
to even be considered for a battle on this day u need:

1.100,000+ views on a battle.
2.5 wins or major battle accomplishment(scribble,smack, wrc,brainstorm)
3.best record in league, or top rapper in division
4.be able to rap minumum 2 minute rounds.

^^only 10 battles day 1

this event is aiming to pull the most buzz/views from one event , thats ever happened, alot of sponsers and celebrities in the building.
to be part of day 2
-anyone is able to apply, but the best will be chozen for 15 battles.

day 1 will be 15-20 $ at the door.
day 2 will be free and a gift to the community.

day 2 is expecting to have way morrrre people and is a big event that i will also particapate in along with day 1 after i crucify aresnol,
so day 2 is gonna be a HUGE event with by far the biggest crowd we ever had there will be an estimated 700 people at moss wood park.

day 1 will be located in the traditional place where it always has!!! expectin 650 at least. -Dizaster

Yeah, that sounds pretty nuts. Thanks to Untouchubul, the following list of battlers with 100k views on any single battle has been compiled, narrowing down the matchups. Keep on reading for the good stuff!

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The 2nd edition of Grind Time Florida’s Broward Beatdown event went down last night and by all accounts the event was a huge success. For the first time ever, Grind Time streamed some of the battles live from the event. The video is shoddy, but if you’re itching for some new battles you can watch High Collide Vs. Swave Sevah and Farnum go against Roosevelt. Continue reading for breakdowns from Medium Farnum, Rugged and High Collide.

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