You can't compare the NBA to battle rapping, it's not the same. Creativity, especially in this form, is much different than basketball. Sure, you can be knowledgeable, but there's no one on LB who can't rap for shit that is more knowledgeable than those who actually have all the skills rap entails. Obviously there are good writers who still aren't good at judging battles. My point is having the mindset of a dope writer sets you up to be able to vote well since you have such an in depth wealth of knowledge / experience, but that'll obviously vary on a case by case basis. The real underlying problem is too many look at things subjectively without perspective or insight as you made obvious when you talked about peoples varying opinions on things.

You can't compare the NBA to battle rapping, it's not the same. Creativity, especially in this form, is much different than basketball. Sure, you can be knowledgeable, but there's no one on LB who can't rap for shit that is more knowledgeable than those who actually have all the skills rap entails. Obviously there are good writers who still aren't good at judging battles. My point is having the mindset of a dope writer sets you up to be able to vote well since you have such an in depth wealth of knowledge / experience, but that'll obviously vary on a case by case basis. The real underlying problem is too many look at things subjectively without perspective or insight as you made obvious when you talked about peoples varying opinions on things.