Personal View

[Evolution]

What is the most important thing to you in a battle?

For example my battle with 'mac daddy', I feel as if i SMASHED that dude...


MY personal view is,
Punches = most important
Multies = 2nd most important
Metaphors = 3rd
Wordplay = 4th
Vocab = 5th

etc etc. Am I looking at this the wrong way???

In MY eyes, if somebody has 10 punches and no multies, and the other person had 6-7 punches and multies all around, the person with the punches AND multies won, because they had a better 'ALL AROUND' verse... Right?? Or wrong??


Get at me so I can know how I should do my shit for you letsbeef fucks...

[Evolution]

What is the most important thing to you in a battle?

For example my battle with 'mac daddy', I feel as if i SMASHED that dude...


MY personal view is,
Punches = most important
Multies = 2nd most important
Metaphors = 3rd
Wordplay = 4th
Vocab = 5th

etc etc. Am I looking at this the wrong way???

In MY eyes, if somebody has 10 punches and no multies, and the other person had 6-7 punches and multies all around, the person with the punches AND multies won, because they had a better 'ALL AROUND' verse... Right?? Or wrong??


Get at me so I can know how I should do my shit for you letsbeef fucks...

[Louie Dawgs]

1. Originality
2. Punches
3. Flow

Don't care about anything else.

[Louie Dawgs]

1. Originality
2. Punches
3. Flow

Don't care about anything else.

[Just C]

Originality.
Punches.
Flow.
Wording.


You get those 4 right and you can't go far wrong.

The rest are just snazzy extras to add a little spice and flair like

Wordplay. Don't OD on it.
Multies. The icing on the cake.
Vocabulary. Same as multies.

[Just C]

Originality.
Punches.
Flow.
Wording.


You get those 4 right and you can't go far wrong.

The rest are just snazzy extras to add a little spice and flair like

Wordplay. Don't OD on it.
Multies. The icing on the cake.
Vocabulary. Same as multies.

Originally Posted by ad hominem

1. Originality
2. Punches
3. Flow

don't care about anything else.

.......#winning

Originally Posted by ad hominem

1. Originality
2. Punches
3. Flow

don't care about anything else.

.......#winning

[Phracture]

1st Cleverness
2nd Flow
3rd Execution

"Punches / Wordplay / Concepts" is a must either or

[Phracture]

1st Cleverness
2nd Flow
3rd Execution

"Punches / Wordplay / Concepts" is a must either or

[Evolution]

Interesting.... Thanks everyone.

Tell me why I feel like I've wasted 7 years of my life OD'ing on multies.......

[Evolution]

Interesting.... Thanks everyone.

Tell me why I feel like I've wasted 7 years of my life OD'ing on multies.......

[Louie Dawgs]

I don't understand what you mean by having "multies" second. you mean like length, or what?

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Also, nobody gives a fuck about wordplay and vocab on their own merits. If they are part of a dope line, then cool, but they have no singular merit.

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FWIW, If you would have asked this four years ago, lots of cats would have said shit like "nameplay" or "flips" or "multies" or "personals" ect ect... It's nice to see the site has moved past that and just recognizes skills now.

[Louie Dawgs]

I don't understand what you mean by having "multies" second. you mean like length, or what?

---------- Post added at 04:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:20 PM ----------

Also, nobody gives a fuck about wordplay and vocab on their own merits. If they are part of a dope line, then cool, but they have no singular merit.

---------- Post added at 04:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:21 PM ----------

FWIW, If you would have asked this four years ago, lots of cats would have said shit like "nameplay" or "flips" or "multies" or "personals" ect ect... It's nice to see the site has moved past that and just recognizes skills now.

[Xplissit]

originality
punches
wording
flow



Agree with ad 100 percent

[Xplissit]

originality
punches
wording
flow



Agree with ad 100 percent

[RhetoriK]

Here's my GENERAL criteria for any rap battle...this translates between text, audio, and live...peep...

Originality - Easily (Commonly referred to as Concepts, etc.)

Wording - I think wording puts a lot of writers under their potential. In a text battle it's all about the 'read.' Wording takes major precedence. Subsets of this are flow, structure cadence, 'multis' (lol) all that shit falls in with how you word your verse. CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, the multi-syllabic shit and big vocab aren't as high on my radar because someone who schemes 2 syllables with relevant backing will eat a 10-syllable execution with no relevance any day. Same with vocab.

Versatility - Being able to display skill in more than one fashion (in the same verse or over multiple battles) This feeds heavily into ones originality. The new generation needs to pay attention to this because many of the 'legends' are successful because they had that ONE skill that put them over the top. Aside from being fundamentally sound, they had an area of excellence (ex. Chizzy-Wordplay, Multiple Madness-Multis, UA-Punchlines, DaDDiO-Character, personification). This is why I don't classify greats the same way 90% of the site does

Content Development - You can have a million ideas, but how you crescendo into the punchline or idea plays a huge roll with it's effectiveness. Where a line is placed in a 32 line battle can make or break the whole damn verse.

Character - The personality and imgery you provide is also a factor. Your turn of phrase or usage of regional slang can either flourish or decimate a hot bar or verse. DaDDiO, DNP and Mahv would be examples of that.

like i said this is where I start, most people don't make it to level 2 with me anymore, but there's some prospects out there.. just saying

[RhetoriK]

Here's my GENERAL criteria for any rap battle...this translates between text, audio, and live...peep...

Originality - Easily (Commonly referred to as Concepts, etc.)

Wording - I think wording puts a lot of writers under their potential. In a text battle it's all about the 'read.' Wording takes major precedence. Subsets of this are flow, structure cadence, 'multis' (lol) all that shit falls in with how you word your verse. CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, the multi-syllabic shit and big vocab aren't as high on my radar because someone who schemes 2 syllables with relevant backing will eat a 10-syllable execution with no relevance any day. Same with vocab.

Versatility - Being able to display skill in more than one fashion (in the same verse or over multiple battles) This feeds heavily into ones originality. The new generation needs to pay attention to this because many of the 'legends' are successful because they had that ONE skill that put them over the top. Aside from being fundamentally sound, they had an area of excellence (ex. Chizzy-Wordplay, Multiple Madness-Multis, UA-Punchlines, DaDDiO-Character, personification). This is why I don't classify greats the same way 90% of the site does

Content Development - You can have a million ideas, but how you crescendo into the punchline or idea plays a huge roll with it's effectiveness. Where a line is placed in a 32 line battle can make or break the whole damn verse.

Character - The personality and imgery you provide is also a factor. Your turn of phrase or usage of regional slang can either flourish or decimate a hot bar or verse. DaDDiO, DNP and Mahv would be examples of that.

like i said this is where I start, most people don't make it to level 2 with me anymore, but there's some prospects out there.. just saying

[Mayneak]

1. Decorations
2. Use of the word gat or strap
3. Most full stops.


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[Mayneak]

1. Decorations
2. Use of the word gat or strap
3. Most full stops.


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