Anti-Gunplay

[sWORDz]

Originally Posted by Edgar Allan Flow

Also, I hate to hurt your feelings, you seem pretty cool, but this...

I’m ‘supreme’… u’re just BLATANT FORM OF WACKNESS And ‘ultimately’ based on BASIC FORMS OF INTERACTION ur rhymes have ‘no identity’ so now he think he ‘JASON BOURNE-born’ FOR CLASSICS- psh FREAKING TRAGIC/ Its funny how he ‘cheats’- yet he always got COMPLAINTS SWORN WITH TACTICS, ‘hot rhymes’ have him switchin FROM HATE TO DIRTY ACTIONS.. So if this ‘kid –beat me-’ and aint put in the ‘-heat seat-’ u can tell –letsbeef- COMPLACENT WITH ‘FORUM HACKIN!- im REEKING HAVOC!/ U think what u type ‘on screen’ is DYNAMIC AND FUNNY…psh! u’re ‘far from the best’ that’s PANORAMICS FOR DUMMIES- im SPEAKING GRAPHIC/

Sonnnn, that is a bore fest!!! And your 'supreme' in real life? I thought soooo. Im sorry if I'm coming off as a dick, but that explains what I'm talkin about I think.

agreed. I was expecting more out of this boiii talkin about a massacre lol.

[sWORDz]

Originally Posted by Edgar Allan Flow

Also, I hate to hurt your feelings, you seem pretty cool, but this...

I’m ‘supreme’… u’re just BLATANT FORM OF WACKNESS And ‘ultimately’ based on BASIC FORMS OF INTERACTION ur rhymes have ‘no identity’ so now he think he ‘JASON BOURNE-born’ FOR CLASSICS- psh FREAKING TRAGIC/ Its funny how he ‘cheats’- yet he always got COMPLAINTS SWORN WITH TACTICS, ‘hot rhymes’ have him switchin FROM HATE TO DIRTY ACTIONS.. So if this ‘kid –beat me-’ and aint put in the ‘-heat seat-’ u can tell –letsbeef- COMPLACENT WITH ‘FORUM HACKIN!- im REEKING HAVOC!/ U think what u type ‘on screen’ is DYNAMIC AND FUNNY…psh! u’re ‘far from the best’ that’s PANORAMICS FOR DUMMIES- im SPEAKING GRAPHIC/

Sonnnn, that is a bore fest!!! And your 'supreme' in real life? I thought soooo. Im sorry if I'm coming off as a dick, but that explains what I'm talkin about I think.

agreed. I was expecting more out of this boiii talkin about a massacre lol.

[JohnFloTrane]

Originally Posted by Edgar Allan Flow

What are you talkin about? Rap is ENTERTAINMENT! You can rap about fuckin aliens, fuckin summer vacation, fuckin bitches, fuckin monsters, fuckin war, anything you want to. It's limitless, if everybody just rapped about their everyday lives, unless they are secret agents, shits gonna be boring imo. And if you rapped about Cell Theory, you must be dope as fuck if you made that entertaining. Also, it's called the entertainment business, not the rap about your apartment and what breakfast you made business. Yeah, be real, but not on everything you write about, I listen to music sometimes to escape from reality, so why would I wanna hear about Cell Theory? Also, I hate to hurt your feelings, you seem pretty cool, but this...

I’m ‘supreme’… u’re just BLATANT FORM OF WACKNESS And ‘ultimately’ based on BASIC FORMS OF INTERACTION ur rhymes have ‘no identity’ so now he think he ‘JASON BOURNE-born’ FOR CLASSICS- psh FREAKING TRAGIC/ Its funny how he ‘cheats’- yet he always got COMPLAINTS SWORN WITH TACTICS, ‘hot rhymes’ have him switchin FROM HATE TO DIRTY ACTIONS.. So if this ‘kid –beat me-’ and aint put in the ‘-heat seat-’ u can tell –letsbeef- COMPLACENT WITH ‘FORUM HACKIN!- im REEKING HAVOC!/ U think what u type ‘on screen’ is DYNAMIC AND FUNNY…psh! u’re ‘far from the best’ that’s PANORAMICS FOR DUMMIES- im SPEAKING GRAPHIC/

Sonnnn, that is a bore fest!!! And your 'supreme' in real life? I thought soooo. Im sorry if I'm coming off as a dick, but that explains what I'm talkin about I think.

you just proved my point trying to disprove it... and yes i am supreme... lol you are missing the point of my post. and how are you gonna chill listening to "BANG BANG I JUST SHOT A NIGGA! I GO HARD IN THE PAINT! IMA TRAP STAR! REAL Gs NIGGA! FUCK YOU!" lol there's no way.

lol.. we're all on this site to improve right? so ayy.. instead of telling me my shit is boring give me tools to improve brah. I dont think u're a dick at all. I dont get offended easily when it comes to my rapping. Its constructive critism.

Originally Posted by RULE

These are battles, you wanna talk about your job stacking shelves you aint coppin too many W's son lol

Trust me... their's a way to make that interesting. lol metaphors about filing papers n shit whoever does that is unique.

Originally Posted by Unyqe

Yeah be me bitches!!!!

lol fine.. be Unyqe.

AYO SERIOUSLY. THE WHOLE POINT OF MY POST WAS GUNPLAY LIMITS YOU AND MAKES YOUR RHYMES"TYPICAL" as Ask said.

[JohnFloTrane]

Originally Posted by Edgar Allan Flow

What are you talkin about? Rap is ENTERTAINMENT! You can rap about fuckin aliens, fuckin summer vacation, fuckin bitches, fuckin monsters, fuckin war, anything you want to. It's limitless, if everybody just rapped about their everyday lives, unless they are secret agents, shits gonna be boring imo. And if you rapped about Cell Theory, you must be dope as fuck if you made that entertaining. Also, it's called the entertainment business, not the rap about your apartment and what breakfast you made business. Yeah, be real, but not on everything you write about, I listen to music sometimes to escape from reality, so why would I wanna hear about Cell Theory? Also, I hate to hurt your feelings, you seem pretty cool, but this...

I’m ‘supreme’… u’re just BLATANT FORM OF WACKNESS And ‘ultimately’ based on BASIC FORMS OF INTERACTION ur rhymes have ‘no identity’ so now he think he ‘JASON BOURNE-born’ FOR CLASSICS- psh FREAKING TRAGIC/ Its funny how he ‘cheats’- yet he always got COMPLAINTS SWORN WITH TACTICS, ‘hot rhymes’ have him switchin FROM HATE TO DIRTY ACTIONS.. So if this ‘kid –beat me-’ and aint put in the ‘-heat seat-’ u can tell –letsbeef- COMPLACENT WITH ‘FORUM HACKIN!- im REEKING HAVOC!/ U think what u type ‘on screen’ is DYNAMIC AND FUNNY…psh! u’re ‘far from the best’ that’s PANORAMICS FOR DUMMIES- im SPEAKING GRAPHIC/

Sonnnn, that is a bore fest!!! And your 'supreme' in real life? I thought soooo. Im sorry if I'm coming off as a dick, but that explains what I'm talkin about I think.

you just proved my point trying to disprove it... and yes i am supreme... lol you are missing the point of my post. and how are you gonna chill listening to "BANG BANG I JUST SHOT A NIGGA! I GO HARD IN THE PAINT! IMA TRAP STAR! REAL Gs NIGGA! FUCK YOU!" lol there's no way.

lol.. we're all on this site to improve right? so ayy.. instead of telling me my shit is boring give me tools to improve brah. I dont think u're a dick at all. I dont get offended easily when it comes to my rapping. Its constructive critism.

Originally Posted by RULE

These are battles, you wanna talk about your job stacking shelves you aint coppin too many W's son lol

Trust me... their's a way to make that interesting. lol metaphors about filing papers n shit whoever does that is unique.

Originally Posted by Unyqe

Yeah be me bitches!!!!

lol fine.. be Unyqe.

AYO SERIOUSLY. THE WHOLE POINT OF MY POST WAS GUNPLAY LIMITS YOU AND MAKES YOUR RHYMES"TYPICAL" as Ask said.

[JohnFloTrane]

Originally Posted by sWORDz

agreed. I was expecting more out of this boiii talkin about a massacre lol.

lol... i have better coming.. sorry i was a disappointment.. but tell me what was wrong with my bars and what was right and i'll improve. thanks for the feedback brah.

[JohnFloTrane]

Originally Posted by sWORDz

agreed. I was expecting more out of this boiii talkin about a massacre lol.

lol... i have better coming.. sorry i was a disappointment.. but tell me what was wrong with my bars and what was right and i'll improve. thanks for the feedback brah.

[Wigsplit]

lol Horrorcore takes me to that special place, I like the vicious shit, not that soft shit. Thats prolly just me tho, tbh, that hard in the paint shit, I didnt like it lol, nor am I a fan of every BANG BANG song that comes out, or slang that crack rap. I was jus tryna explain that rap is about so much, so u can think outside the ordinary box and rap about whatever your mind allows. And your battle, it was boring to me, I thought the Jason Bourne line was alrite, but it just didnt make me wanna keep reading, hence the entertainment factor. The flow n multies was good, it just didn't appeal to me, maybe the next man thinks different. I can tell your an intelligent person, and maybe your overdoing it in the box. Like... It seems like somethin the guys from the Big Bang Theory might chuckle at it. If your smart, display that, but do it in a way that will wow or entertain a crowd. Like I said tho, jus my opinion, my opinion shouldn't mean that much to you. Thanks for understanding tho.

[Wigsplit]

lol Horrorcore takes me to that special place, I like the vicious shit, not that soft shit. Thats prolly just me tho, tbh, that hard in the paint shit, I didnt like it lol, nor am I a fan of every BANG BANG song that comes out, or slang that crack rap. I was jus tryna explain that rap is about so much, so u can think outside the ordinary box and rap about whatever your mind allows. And your battle, it was boring to me, I thought the Jason Bourne line was alrite, but it just didnt make me wanna keep reading, hence the entertainment factor. The flow n multies was good, it just didn't appeal to me, maybe the next man thinks different. I can tell your an intelligent person, and maybe your overdoing it in the box. Like... It seems like somethin the guys from the Big Bang Theory might chuckle at it. If your smart, display that, but do it in a way that will wow or entertain a crowd. Like I said tho, jus my opinion, my opinion shouldn't mean that much to you. Thanks for understanding tho.

[Askari]

Everyone on both sides are essentially proving my point.

There are millions of rappers and most concepts have been touched on at least a few times, but gunplay is the one that comes up in EVERY rap battle I see.

I think if LB used less gunplay and more complex/original topics then there'd be a lot more hype and excitement around battles because I wouldn't go in to read a battle and be able to predict what's coming.

Also, you can justify it as entertainment, but it's the "entertainment" factor that sees people like Flo-Rida and Pitbull - two decisively average emcees - at the forefront. I thought rap was all about being real and emotive, spitting what you know and unleashing your creativity. Gunplay's ok, but there are little or no rappers PERIOD writing fresh concepts about it.

It's not the fact that it's played, it's the fact that on LB it's more played than any other concept by a million miles.

[Askari]

Everyone on both sides are essentially proving my point.

There are millions of rappers and most concepts have been touched on at least a few times, but gunplay is the one that comes up in EVERY rap battle I see.

I think if LB used less gunplay and more complex/original topics then there'd be a lot more hype and excitement around battles because I wouldn't go in to read a battle and be able to predict what's coming.

Also, you can justify it as entertainment, but it's the "entertainment" factor that sees people like Flo-Rida and Pitbull - two decisively average emcees - at the forefront. I thought rap was all about being real and emotive, spitting what you know and unleashing your creativity. Gunplay's ok, but there are little or no rappers PERIOD writing fresh concepts about it.

It's not the fact that it's played, it's the fact that on LB it's more played than any other concept by a million miles.

[Askari]

Kinda danced around the point there. I guess what I'm trying to say is most of you are far more intelligent than your verses would reflect, limiting your vocabulary and topical punchlines to guns is just falling into that "Badass Rapper" stencil that rap battling has taught us to adhere to.

As rappers we're taught to act tough, pedal narcotics, shoot people and be "from da hood". Bullshit. I say get creative, get smart; prove you're not just another rapper, talking about guns and clips, unless you can do it in a way that doesn't portray you as a clone of Conceited or Murda Mook. We shouldn't be forced to dumb down verses to fit the Letsbeef mould & ensure the readership understands, and the readership shouldn't be forced to dumb down their intellect in order to make a punchline more exciting. It's stopping Letsbeef progressing as a site IMO.

It's a matter of opinion, and that's mine. Don't like it?.........

[Askari]

Kinda danced around the point there. I guess what I'm trying to say is most of you are far more intelligent than your verses would reflect, limiting your vocabulary and topical punchlines to guns is just falling into that "Badass Rapper" stencil that rap battling has taught us to adhere to.

As rappers we're taught to act tough, pedal narcotics, shoot people and be "from da hood". Bullshit. I say get creative, get smart; prove you're not just another rapper, talking about guns and clips, unless you can do it in a way that doesn't portray you as a clone of Conceited or Murda Mook. We shouldn't be forced to dumb down verses to fit the Letsbeef mould & ensure the readership understands, and the readership shouldn't be forced to dumb down their intellect in order to make a punchline more exciting. It's stopping Letsbeef progressing as a site IMO.

It's a matter of opinion, and that's mine. Don't like it?.........

[JohnFloTrane]

Originally Posted by Edgar Allan Flow

lol Horrorcore takes me to that special place, I like the vicious shit, not that soft shit. Thats prolly just me tho, tbh, that hard in the paint shit, I didnt like it lol, nor am I a fan of every BANG BANG song that comes out, or slang that crack rap. I was jus tryna explain that rap is about so much, so u can think outside the ordinary box and rap about whatever your mind allows. And your battle, it was boring to me, I thought the Jason Bourne line was alrite, but it just didnt make me wanna keep reading, hence the entertainment factor. The flow n multies was good, it just didn't appeal to me, maybe the next man thinks different. I can tell your an intelligent person, and maybe your overdoing it in the box. Like... It seems like somethin the guys from the Big Bang Theory might chuckle at it. If your smart, display that, but do it in a way that will wow or entertain a crowd. Like I said tho, jus my opinion, my opinion shouldn't mean that much to you. Thanks for understanding tho.

every opinion that will help me reach my goal matters. thanks for the compliments though and the criticism. need more of it.

[JohnFloTrane]

Originally Posted by Edgar Allan Flow

lol Horrorcore takes me to that special place, I like the vicious shit, not that soft shit. Thats prolly just me tho, tbh, that hard in the paint shit, I didnt like it lol, nor am I a fan of every BANG BANG song that comes out, or slang that crack rap. I was jus tryna explain that rap is about so much, so u can think outside the ordinary box and rap about whatever your mind allows. And your battle, it was boring to me, I thought the Jason Bourne line was alrite, but it just didnt make me wanna keep reading, hence the entertainment factor. The flow n multies was good, it just didn't appeal to me, maybe the next man thinks different. I can tell your an intelligent person, and maybe your overdoing it in the box. Like... It seems like somethin the guys from the Big Bang Theory might chuckle at it. If your smart, display that, but do it in a way that will wow or entertain a crowd. Like I said tho, jus my opinion, my opinion shouldn't mean that much to you. Thanks for understanding tho.

every opinion that will help me reach my goal matters. thanks for the compliments though and the criticism. need more of it.

[King John]

Originally Posted by Askari

Everyone on both sides are essentially proving my point.

There are millions of rappers and most concepts have been touched on at least a few times, but gunplay is the one that comes up in EVERY rap battle I see.

I think if LB used less gunplay and more complex/original topics then there'd be a lot more hype and excitement around battles because I wouldn't go in to read a battle and be able to predict what's coming.

Also, you can justify it as entertainment, but it's the "entertainment" factor that sees people like Flo-Rida and Pitbull - two decisively average emcees - at the forefront. I thought rap was all about being real and emotive, spitting what you know and unleashing your creativity. Gunplay's ok, but there are little or no rappers PERIOD writing fresh concepts about it.

It's not the fact that it's played, it's the fact that on LB it's more played than any other concept by a million miles.

Whatever appeals to the masses is always going to sell more, and most people listen to music to be entertained, same way they watch movies to be entertained.

That's why huge summer blockbusters with lots of action and explosions make way more money than indie art house films, you can say one is better because it's more creative, but at the end of the day I'd rather watch 300 than Citizen Kane, or watch an Arsonal battle over a Bender battle, or listen to Wayne over Canibus.

[King John]

Originally Posted by Askari

Everyone on both sides are essentially proving my point.

There are millions of rappers and most concepts have been touched on at least a few times, but gunplay is the one that comes up in EVERY rap battle I see.

I think if LB used less gunplay and more complex/original topics then there'd be a lot more hype and excitement around battles because I wouldn't go in to read a battle and be able to predict what's coming.

Also, you can justify it as entertainment, but it's the "entertainment" factor that sees people like Flo-Rida and Pitbull - two decisively average emcees - at the forefront. I thought rap was all about being real and emotive, spitting what you know and unleashing your creativity. Gunplay's ok, but there are little or no rappers PERIOD writing fresh concepts about it.

It's not the fact that it's played, it's the fact that on LB it's more played than any other concept by a million miles.

Whatever appeals to the masses is always going to sell more, and most people listen to music to be entertained, same way they watch movies to be entertained.

That's why huge summer blockbusters with lots of action and explosions make way more money than indie art house films, you can say one is better because it's more creative, but at the end of the day I'd rather watch 300 than Citizen Kane, or watch an Arsonal battle over a Bender battle, or listen to Wayne over Canibus.