Weekly Rap Battle Recap: Mar 8th - 14th

I hate to say it but this was another week filled with disappointments. To varying extents I was anticipating all three of this weeks major battles and while they were still entertaining to watch not a single one of them lived up to expectations. Hopefully you'll find them more enjoyable than I did. Maybe next week Grind Time will finally release one of the bigger battles from BOLA 4.

Battles:

Pat Stay v Arsonal

 

Pat Stay's comments on the battles many incidents can be found here and a live spectator at the event gives his thoughts here. Pretty much, Arsonal agreed to having the battle judged, then changed his mind and said only if unlimited time rounds were allowed. Pat said no to unlimited time rounds, hence the fact the battle was promo. Check the above links for a more detailed break down of the situation.

As for the battle itself, I found it to be pretty disappointing (though judging by the reactions across the net I'm in the minority). Arsonal has a great delivery and flow but anyone that's seen more than one or two of his battles starts to realize that these just cover up the fact that he rarely saids anything personal or clever. Half his bars are corny 'I fucked your momma jokes'. Pat Stay himself had a decent showing but it didn't compare to his last battle against Hollohan.

If performance is what you're looking for then you'll feel Arsonal won, if it's lyricism then Pat Stay. Personally I feel Pat Stay took it but the battle was a bit of a let down regardless.

Yung Ill v Rich Dolarz

Rich Dollar was a little better than expected...which isn't saying much. Looking at the performance aspect Yung Ill killed it. Unfortunately he was really weak lyrically. Pretty average battle all in all.

Cruger v Madness

I won't spoil it but this was a robbery. Which isn't to say that the person who should have won really did that well, it was just that the other person was that ordinary.

Miscellaneous:

How Dizaster v Dirt Almost Happened

And now for a little humour...What Thesaurus v High Collide would look like

Previously:  Weekly Battle Rap Recap Mar 1st - 7th

Weekly Rap Battle Recap: Mar 1st - Mar 7th

Well this week was certainly quiet. A couple of smaller battles were released but none i would really recommend viewing. There was quite a bit of news however.

Grind Time's 'Most Hated' Tournament:

Poison Pen and Immortal Technique announced in a video blog the upcoming GTEC tournament, where the final will be held at Immortal Techniques release party for his long awaited 'Middle Passage' album. The winner will be given the opportunity to tour all around the country with Immortal Technique on his 'Middle Passage' tour.

 

Pat Stay v Arsonal:

There was drama at KOTD's latest event with the main battle between Arsonal and Pat Stay. Promo versus judging, round times and promo OT's were all involved in the discussion. For a better idea behind what went down check out:

A Fan's Recap of the Drama | Here

Pat Stay's Response to the Battle | Here

Hollahan In Prison:

It looks like Hollohan has been on the run for the last couple of years and the law finally caught up with him. According to KOTD President Organik, Hollohan is going to be doing some 'hard time'.

Organik's Statement | Here

Release Schedules:

KOTD's Release Schedule | Here

Don't Flop's Release Schedule | Here

Previously: Weekly Battle Rap Recap: Feb 22nd - 28th | Weekly Battle Rap Recap: Feb 15th - 21st | Weekly Battle Rap Recap: Feb 8th - 14th

Weekly Rap Battle Recap: Feb 15th - 21st

Battles: 

This was a week of disappointments in some sense. All three of these battles were nice but none were quite as good as they were hyped up to be.

Thesaurus v Mac Lethal | Full Review

Prepare for some amazing freestyling flips and rebuttals. Considering the short term notice this battle was fantastic.

Soul Khan v Fox | Full Review

It's not even a spoiler for me to mention that Soul Khan bodies Fox, it's apparent from the first few minutes. One sided battle but this wasn't one of Soul Khans best performances either.

 

Dirt v Screem 

This battle wins biggest robbery of the year so far. It wasn't Dirt's best battle but it was still more than enough to earn himself the W.

Miscellaneous:

Flyers:

Yes, the main event featuring Pat Stay is against Arsonal to make up for the canceled match at Blackout.

Right down the bottom of the flyer in tiny writing is the info that you're looking for. The winners of each match face off for some yet to be announced prize.

Trailer:

Yes, that's right, a 44 minute long battle. Should be interesting to say the least.

Grind Time post a battle release schedule (and fall behind it straight away). Here.

Cortez & Math Hoffa list their 10 worst battle lines of 2010. Funny video. What's funnier is that there's no Math Hoffa or Cortez lines, who would of guessed? 

Not to worry though because Goodz makes his own video where he shows us Cortez and Math's 10 worst lines of 2010.

Previously: Weekly Rap Battle Recap: Feb 8th - 14th

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Weekly Rap Battle Recap: Feb 8th - 14th

Continuing on from the Weekly Hip-Hop recap's i'll be posting every Monday I thought I'd post a summary of the week gone by on everything relating to the battle rap scene, including the latest battles (of note), flyers and any others news relating to upcoming events or the scene in general.

Battles:

For a more in-depth look at any of the battles posted click the 'review' link above each battle.

Dirt v Skillet | Review

Definately worth checking it out just to see Dirt kill it.

Po’Rich v Illusion Z | Review

Illusion Z's final battle and a worth one at that. Po'Rich puts on possibly his best performance yet.

News/Flyers/Upcoming Event Info:

Great Line-up. Wrote my thoughts on it over here

This flyer's being posted purely for the Main Event, Dirt v Johnny Storm. Great to finally see Dirt get a big name at last.

Grind Time announces an Australian Division:

Grindtime Aust is official!!!

make sure you subscribe to www.youtube.com/grindtimeaust
to keep up with battles...

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this is gonna get crazy, we got some massive things lined up for the upcoming year, including your favourites like justice/60/dote/purpose aswell as alot of up and comers to definatly look out for....
aswell as bringing alot of unexpected names from ozhiphop aswell as plenty of international matchups

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Great look for the Oz battle community and i'm especially hyped to hear Justice will be battling again. Well, i'm about to prepare for the Soul Khan v Fox & Thesaurus v Mac Lethal battles dropping today, probably my two most anticipated battles to be released. It's a good day for rap battle fans.

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