Does this rhyme

[EtH]

I tend to read shit generally. In general, pull and skull is very off and I would never comfortably read that in text form.

Man and Smack work for me though. The A sound is all the rhyme

SMACK THIS DUDE
RAPPING GOOD
MAN IS CRUDE

Ironically when writing these you'll probably find one I'll always get off. In Scotland food, good, dude, rude all rhyme and even putting on accents those still sounds the same so it's always hard for me to catch.

But yeah, pull/stool/school/drool, skull/null/gul/cull

[EtH]

I tend to read shit generally. In general, pull and skull is very off and I would never comfortably read that in text form.

Man and Smack work for me though. The A sound is all the rhyme

SMACK THIS DUDE
RAPPING GOOD
MAN IS CRUDE

Ironically when writing these you'll probably find one I'll always get off. In Scotland food, good, dude, rude all rhyme and even putting on accents those still sounds the same so it's always hard for me to catch.

But yeah, pull/stool/school/drool, skull/null/gul/cull

[RhymeClops]

Originally Posted by S T O Y

I feel you with the rose colored glasses.. & some battlers did step it up I'm not denying that but voting was definitely more comprehensive then. You don't see new names climbing the ranks now like they use to (aside from kiwi or whatever from what I've seen) it's just the average to above average old heads who have stuck around & the other ppl around haven't exactly gotten better, just stingy lol.

Your government is only as good as your voting you know? You did have a lot of hate votes & dickriders back then which sucked but the general appreciation for creativity has dwindled alot. It is completely subjective but creativity for me is where the strength is in a verse. Fresh concepts are of utmost importance... then flow & delivery, then punches (but those two are way more interchangable). Complex multies, metaphors, wordplay, etc. Hell throw in alliteration, double timing, etc. I'd consider almost staples in every verse, but that's flexible. Ya'll more-so judge strictly on punches now, no matter how basic the concepts, how lack-luster the creativity overall, how boring the flow & lousy the set ups—like its a boxing match. It isn't, mostly lol. It's more mental. It's completely mental. This shit is an artform, there's suppose to be style points. A punch with a weak concept is tantamount to a swing & miss. Imagine a song with a weak flow & delivery, nothing else would matter bc the dude sounds like ass - the song would suck. You can't land punches if you don't know how to swing them. & a verse with no multis, metaphors, or wordplay is just boring. Just throwing jabs won't do the trick, you need hooks, you need uppercuts, you need bodyshots... feel me?

You use to see something a little different back then & be like ooooo. Now being different means youre harder to read. & yo deadass I'm trying to pronounce skull & pull in a way that doesn't rhyme & I like can't so its boggling to me that yall would really expect ppl to rhyme more precise than that & distinctly to your accent or else it's just written off. Use your imagination, be open minded. Voters think they're simon cowell out here, you're not, you're just readers.

Yo ill battle u bro if u think the sites dead. Set the terms. Im climbin the ladders tryna keep it alive. Respect.

[RhymeClops]

Originally Posted by S T O Y

I feel you with the rose colored glasses.. & some battlers did step it up I'm not denying that but voting was definitely more comprehensive then. You don't see new names climbing the ranks now like they use to (aside from kiwi or whatever from what I've seen) it's just the average to above average old heads who have stuck around & the other ppl around haven't exactly gotten better, just stingy lol.

Your government is only as good as your voting you know? You did have a lot of hate votes & dickriders back then which sucked but the general appreciation for creativity has dwindled alot. It is completely subjective but creativity for me is where the strength is in a verse. Fresh concepts are of utmost importance... then flow & delivery, then punches (but those two are way more interchangable). Complex multies, metaphors, wordplay, etc. Hell throw in alliteration, double timing, etc. I'd consider almost staples in every verse, but that's flexible. Ya'll more-so judge strictly on punches now, no matter how basic the concepts, how lack-luster the creativity overall, how boring the flow & lousy the set ups—like its a boxing match. It isn't, mostly lol. It's more mental. It's completely mental. This shit is an artform, there's suppose to be style points. A punch with a weak concept is tantamount to a swing & miss. Imagine a song with a weak flow & delivery, nothing else would matter bc the dude sounds like ass - the song would suck. You can't land punches if you don't know how to swing them. & a verse with no multis, metaphors, or wordplay is just boring. Just throwing jabs won't do the trick, you need hooks, you need uppercuts, you need bodyshots... feel me?

You use to see something a little different back then & be like ooooo. Now being different means youre harder to read. & yo deadass I'm trying to pronounce skull & pull in a way that doesn't rhyme & I like can't so its boggling to me that yall would really expect ppl to rhyme more precise than that & distinctly to your accent or else it's just written off. Use your imagination, be open minded. Voters think they're simon cowell out here, you're not, you're just readers.

Yo ill battle u bro if u think the sites dead. Set the terms. Im climbin the ladders tryna keep it alive. Respect.

[S A L T]

Not as much dead as just... simpler. Voter are either lazy dick riders or close minded. This place feels more like a popularity contests for accolades more so than artists tryna push their game. I don’t see artists or even individuals here as much.

I rly have little room to speak as I don’t vote but y’all gave me 50+ credits for voting on a tourney lmao & at least when I vote I VOTE. I read verses 3 to 10 times. I experiment with flows & rhymes. I break it down bar by bar, measure the complexity of the scheme, freshness of the concept, how it was delivered, if it comes back effectively later on. Etc etc. I do it empathetically & comprehensively. Y’all sit back & wait to be impressed like Eminem is suddenly gonna log on lol.

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Like I see y’alls criticism & I respect it. I see how y’all want people to set up their multies, I see how y’all want words to rhyme one dimensionally, I see how y’all skip around concepts to maximize punches. I see y’all. & I saw RULES rookie how to rap thread too hahah & I think it’s great & all I just don’t agree. Ppl have grown alienated if they’re not textbook that’s boring to me.

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See like man & smack to me don’t rhyme but they’d be 100% fine for most internals. & even so depending how effective the delivery & concept & how easily it rolls off the tongue it could work.

[S A L T]

Not as much dead as just... simpler. Voter are either lazy dick riders or close minded. This place feels more like a popularity contests for accolades more so than artists tryna push their game. I don’t see artists or even individuals here as much.

I rly have little room to speak as I don’t vote but y’all gave me 50+ credits for voting on a tourney lmao & at least when I vote I VOTE. I read verses 3 to 10 times. I experiment with flows & rhymes. I break it down bar by bar, measure the complexity of the scheme, freshness of the concept, how it was delivered, if it comes back effectively later on. Etc etc. I do it empathetically & comprehensively. Y’all sit back & wait to be impressed like Eminem is suddenly gonna log on lol.

---------- Post added at 02:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:13 PM ----------

Like I see y’alls criticism & I respect it. I see how y’all want people to set up their multies, I see how y’all want words to rhyme one dimensionally, I see how y’all skip around concepts to maximize punches. I see y’all. & I saw RULES rookie how to rap thread too hahah & I think it’s great & all I just don’t agree. Ppl have grown alienated if they’re not textbook that’s boring to me.

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See like man & smack to me don’t rhyme but they’d be 100% fine for most internals. & even so depending how effective the delivery & concept & how easily it rolls off the tongue it could work.

[Benny Lectric]

A rapper rhymes words ... A lyricist makes words rhyme

[Benny Lectric]

A rapper rhymes words ... A lyricist makes words rhyme

[S A L T]

Hell poets don’t even rhyme sometimes & that goes for Kendrick.

[S A L T]

Hell poets don’t even rhyme sometimes & that goes for Kendrick.

[Óðinn]

Originally Posted by Champion EtH

pull/stool/school/drool,

You what? Lol. pULL stOOL... No, fam. lol

The 'ull' in both pull and skull match.

It isn't pool..."What happened your back, man?" Ah, i strained a muscle swimming at the pull...


Ya'll on some fucking drugs, i swear.

[Óðinn]

Originally Posted by Champion EtH

pull/stool/school/drool,

You what? Lol. pULL stOOL... No, fam. lol

The 'ull' in both pull and skull match.

It isn't pool..."What happened your back, man?" Ah, i strained a muscle swimming at the pull...


Ya'll on some fucking drugs, i swear.

[Óðinn]

Pull & Skull

[Óðinn]

Pull & Skull

[Manhattan]

Originally Posted by Benny Lectric

A rapper rhymes words ... A lyricist makes words rhyme

[Manhattan]

Originally Posted by Benny Lectric

A rapper rhymes words ... A lyricist makes words rhyme

[S A L T]

i STILL remember when Lil Wayne rhymed Rock with July in that damn Kevin Rudolph song

[S A L T]

i STILL remember when Lil Wayne rhymed Rock with July in that damn Kevin Rudolph song

[Benny Lectric]

Originally Posted by Manhattan

@Manhattan

that song made many charts.. plenty of money.. so rhyming those words was a smart move in my eyes...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%27...t_(T-Pain_song)

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I think the important thing to remember is that the crowd we are really appealing to on this site when it comes to battle rap is a body of other rappers... Everyone judging our lyrics are writers themselves. Of course there will be criticisms on word choice, style techniques, etc... To a crowd of people who aren't also battle rapping half of the technical factors we care about actually don't matter. People want to be entertained when it comes to music and lyrics. They don't want to analyze. As voters that are also battling, we analyze critically. With all honesty also, who can actually read someone's text battle and know the exact flow someone is using. If you can, you're lying... there's a big difference in reading and listening. Even without the accent of some of the foreign rappers I can still rhyme the words that they do. It looks funky when written, but delivered in speech it's perfectly fine.

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Originally Posted by S T O Y

i STILL remember when Lil Wayne rhymed Rock with July in that damn Kevin Rudolph song

@S T O Y

yeah.. because if you emphasize on particular sounds the words will rhyme.. it removes all limit from writing lyrics... another song that also made chart positions and plenty of money.. smart move..

[Benny Lectric]

Originally Posted by Manhattan

@Manhattan

that song made many charts.. plenty of money.. so rhyming those words was a smart move in my eyes...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%27...t_(T-Pain_song)

---------- Post added at 08:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:45 PM ----------

I think the important thing to remember is that the crowd we are really appealing to on this site when it comes to battle rap is a body of other rappers... Everyone judging our lyrics are writers themselves. Of course there will be criticisms on word choice, style techniques, etc... To a crowd of people who aren't also battle rapping half of the technical factors we care about actually don't matter. People want to be entertained when it comes to music and lyrics. They don't want to analyze. As voters that are also battling, we analyze critically. With all honesty also, who can actually read someone's text battle and know the exact flow someone is using. If you can, you're lying... there's a big difference in reading and listening. Even without the accent of some of the foreign rappers I can still rhyme the words that they do. It looks funky when written, but delivered in speech it's perfectly fine.

---------- Post added at 08:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:52 PM ----------

Originally Posted by S T O Y

i STILL remember when Lil Wayne rhymed Rock with July in that damn Kevin Rudolph song

@S T O Y

yeah.. because if you emphasize on particular sounds the words will rhyme.. it removes all limit from writing lyrics... another song that also made chart positions and plenty of money.. smart move..