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Originally Posted by Kiwi Peewee
I completely agree with this, and getting my flow right is one of my main challenges at the moment, but I think flow needs more than just syllables to work right. Because it's a text verse you're relying on the person to read it smoothly, which means you also need to have a logical flow for them to follow. What I mean by that is that they shouldn't be stopping feeling confused or distracted by what you're saying, until the punchline hits and they stop with the impact of it. That means your vocabulary and turn of phrase has to be words people commonly use and understand; your setups have to be believable and the things you're saying have to make sense.
I think rhythmic flow and logical flow tend to go hand in hand, and together they're what constitute "execution". Not disagreeing with what Punk said, just adding to it.
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Agree with this. I typically put that under structure though. As for execution, I only consider how efficiently they made their bar (Didn’t waste Space that didn’t help the bar), how good their bar was compared to their concept, and set-ups. After all, execution is simply short for “Execution of the concept”, how they chose to go about writing the concept. Someone could have a shitty concept and great multi’s and set-ups, but still get a high count for execution since the concept itself was the only thing that was bad, not how it was executed. However, I believe that rhyming, and concepts are the 2 most important things in a rap battle, and I mark accordingly.