Grindtime just keeps getting bigger and better
 

The new GT Detroit division run by GT regular Quest Mccody holds it's first ever event some time in the next week or so .... a last minute battle just got added to the line up

Quest McCody v Kuniva from D12

It was only a matter of time before a main stream artist stepped in the ring since most of them follow the battle scene .... you know other D12 members are gonna be there and hopefuly this opens the door for others to step in the ring ... i don't think for a second Eminem would ever do it again .... but i'm sure other main stream artists might give it a go if this goes well ... whatever way you look at it .. it's a great look for GT

plus URL had just anounced they had the first ever mainstream artist lined up to battle ... so GT's kinda jumped in and beat em to it .. lol ... but still ... thats just even more shit to look forward to... pretty crazy shit really.

Lol UA. I'm sure you saw the shit about Eminem doing GT? I lol'd.

but on a side note this is a REALLY good look for Hip Hop.

on another side note; "Straight Spittin"..which is an app for Android that allows you to battle other people from across the world, freestyle, written, etc...

Will host a "celebrity appearance" on Jan 7th or 8th from 7 PM - 10 PM

I honestly don't see the advantage of a recording artist doing street battles.

Lmao ... i didn't even realise .... it's being held at "The Shelter" .... this some straight up 8 mile shit

you gotta remember... D12 pretty much met and formed on the battle scene in detroit ... so it's gonna be some nostalgic shit for them

No doubt. But I mean in general.
Should be dope

next time on GT
lil wayne Vs conceited lol

I know what you mean ... it's like a backwards step .... thats how it's seen anyway ... but i hope that barrier gets broken down and more get involved.... there's an element of bravado in battles .. testing your skills 1 on 1 ... it's a whole other area that i could really see a few more being tempted into.

plus ... i don't think it's only nostalgia thats hooked in kaniva .... D12 aint really doing much these days... shit.... i heard Bizzare was on craigs list selling collab verses for $500 ... lmao ... and if GT can pay Iron Solomon 10g to battle.... i'm sure Kaniva will pick up a nice lil cheque

Soon grindtime will be just one of the other battle sites.

I hear there is a new one coming out that is hosted by a cat that is known on multiple forums.
He said that the emcees he recruiting will kill everybody on grindtime easily!

Although that is just what i heard.

GT & rap battling is getting bigger than that. It's gone online too.

They actually have an online tinychat league (inspired by GT fans) and Mad Illz stops by every now and then. The other day he was talking about how its in his power to let anybody into GT, regardless if they tryout or not. & He said he's open to letting the tinychat battles count as a tryout, or something eligible enough to give someone a tryout opportunity.

another online chat league, I.C.E...which is run by people of here, LetsBeef..is willing to give a $50 prize to a battle's winner. :high:

Hip-Hop is bigger now more than ever, I think.

Kingofthedotcom is just jokes man ..... it's a fuck around .... and yeah .. mad illz can give anybody a battle.... but so can every single general manager from every single division ... which is a scenario that is way more likely ..... it's pretty easy to get a battle fam .... the hard part is winning and being asked back ... lol

you'd be surprised how serious KOTDC is. it started off as "just jokes" and it ended up getting serious, to the point that Mad Illz actually got upset over how it was run and how things were handled, etc etc... & yes I know being asked back is the hard part...but the fact that real life battling formats are being implemented onto a chatroom site is pretty cool. it's like the evolution of internet battling as we know it...started off as text, then mics, then video battles..now we got 10 people cammed up, 2 battling, 3 judges, 1 flipping a coin, 1 keeping time, etc etc etc. added to that the fact that Mad Illz might actually use some of those TC battles as someone's tryout? its pretty surreal...

i know.... it is pretty crazy ...wasn't nemesis lined up to battle dirtbagdan ... lol ... that alone is madness..... and with shit like this kuniva battle bridging the gap to the mainstream.... makes it even more surreal.

lol @ nemesis vs DBD...i havent had a brief convo with nem in about a week, so I wonder what thats all about. the last time I dropped by, they did mention somebody was funding them for a $50 prize.. shit, I'm actually due to battle in I.C.E. next friday or w/e

Grindtime is getting bigger, not necessarily better though, sure the Detroit event sounds sick, but for every Kuniva vs Quest McCody there's like 10 random garbage ass dudes battling, they need to get on there URL shit and do some quality control.

The things making it bigger also make it better ..... i never understood the complaining about qaulity control.... just watch the battles you wanna watch .... a seperate youtube channel would be all it would take to solve that for the people who care .... KOTD have done it already with ground zero

KOTD is pretty organized and they know where their head is at...I see KOTD lasting longer than GT tbh

Quality control is the reason URL>>>>GT really, you don't see the UFC letting guys have there first fight in there organization, and yes they definitely need a separate channel for lower tire battles because it takes forever to find a decent battle on GT that doesn't have a big name, if they would separate mid mid-tier with lower mid-tier and down shit would be a lot better.

lolol I doubt a whole lot of celebs will get too involved cause they will be asking for a huge amount of cash to even be on it most likley well most of the relivent artists at least

yess this is actually huge. i would love to battle drake in king of the dot lol

I See GT Lasting Longer Then LB, For Now.

Thats one of the reasons they have Real Deal in the main event.

lol

Lil wayne would suck ass in a battle, your such a dumbass...Lil wayne couldn't write a punchline to save his life

Ludacris, Lloyd Banks & the whole of Slaughterhouse would be really dope on the grindtime style.

There arent that many mainstream rappers who would do well.

I wonder if Poison Pen manages to talk Immortal Technique into battling... :eek:

banks would murder this

You peeped HFM2 yet?

ya - i got a boy thats attached to his nutsack so ive been on that for a minute now

Damn..in GT? I'd like to see Big L and Joell Ortiz..

pretty much every new york rapper - with the exception of a few - could tear this scene up

...Any good?

ya actually...hes got some great beats on there that really make some of the songs

Immortal Would Fuck Everything UP

Immortal Technique was never that good as a battler.... Iron solomon made him look even worse when they battled

Back then you had all the "who had writtens, who had free's" drama.

Like when Solomon battled Saurus.

IT in a written league? Would take some names. Absolutely.

yeah .. i suppose so .... student just over rates the hell outta him ... lol

lol i wish dude would drop a new album though.

I been waiting on Rev Vol.3 for 7 years!

Third World was dope tho.



Can you imagine if Bizarre from D-12 did a GT Battle? hahaha bet it would be he funniest verses!

i wanna see hell rell battle

bizzare was talking about getting a battle on twitter apparently.... dunno if he was joking or not ... but bizzare v madness would be fucking hilarious

Thats no lie either, that battle would be legendary!

And Madness is in lethal form right now. He & Storm ran thru everyone in that 2-on-2 tourney.