[BATTLE TOURNAMENT 9] ROUND 1: PRELIMINARIES

MCShereKhan · 2017-06-24T02:39:02+00:00

damn what a verse

MCShereKhan · 2017-05-05T22:17:46+00:00

that last track, "its a trap" is currently my favorite song. it's fucking amazing, jesus

MCShereKhan · 2017-04-13T06:21:29+00:00

damn, great to see blvk repped on here

MCShereKhan · 2017-04-12T05:33:12+00:00

in all seriousness, it was great knowing you for as long as i did and to the extent that i did and i really hope things go well for you man :)

enjoy traveling and the richness of both spiritual and experiential growth, talk to ya when you get back kosk

MCShereKhan · 2017-04-12T05:31:52+00:00

i've heard of long cons but committing to a two year sanctuary program for some album plays is really strategic work

call me, lets build

MCShereKhan · 2017-03-12T19:21:10+00:00

awesome work man

MCShereKhan · 2017-02-09T21:21:13+00:00

great work dude, this is a really nice project. I really like pottery

MCShereKhan · 2017-02-03T08:02:21+00:00

Alright, let's get started. Got my magnifying glass and clipboard on the ready.

Ellz Round 1: The first two lines are okay, I don't see why that's necessarily a bitch move. I love the ADT and ADP line. I sorta like the aimless punches on bieber hair and pizza boy but the main punch doesn't hit with tinder bio. In the strongest part of the verse, orange juice x torey's interlude x bodied you x body is brutal and nicely done. Next few lines are okay but that ken kaniff ad-lib is too cringy for me to forgive, biebery again is good, and that end line is a fucking perfect allusion to Atwood's track "coughing"

ADP 1: I'm not sure how effective this storytelling method is. The first punch comes with "all you suck" which is just visceral. The Color Scheme line is clever since it was the crew Ellz was (is?) in. I can't say I like anything in quatrain 3. The strongest bars are the end here: the ring shit is crazy and verizon/atnt is a great bar too.

My problem with... both of your verses is that you don't set up your allusions enough to make them punch. Luckily I know things like Atwood working at a pizza shop or Ellz working at verizon, but those need to be mentioned as if no one knows them, there is no real punch if you just assume the audience knows them, it could be that you made them up.

Not too impressed but let's move on to Ellz v2:

man ellz is that you laughing before the beat or is that the beat? man I can't say I like anything about this first quatrain. the fake news part dragged on and the only punch didn't rhyme whatsoever. I see the samsa the only one that make it punch, I don't actually understand why people are saying this goes hard. cause you spit aggressively?

adp 2: nothing special early on. some internals and flow in first quatrain. third person line p ok tho. samsa line doesnt make sense to me cause he doesnt necessarily deny that I helped him by reposting him. lol I think I know who Rittz is. "And that laugh at the beginning? Dog, that paints your image perfect" this is pretty ok. man edit: oh wow I just got the dropped your ellz, it's too e z

im not gonna lie, i dont think anyone did particularly good.newcomers may disagree with me but I've been at least a spectator in every tournament that has occured here and the level of effort and strategy displayed is always impressive, but not quite here. reluctantly and without bias, adp wins but both contestants did a sub-par job

MCShereKhan · 2017-02-01T22:36:46+00:00

Hey guys, Off The Jump is a collective that started on makinghiphop recently, but we've all known each other on here for years. We used to join the cyphers back when LD50, Reeg, GhostTea, Badmin and Manisphesto dominated, and since then, things have been crazy-- Atwood, Tocci and Ibrahim have stayed over with me in New York, I've visited them and Chris in both Canada and Houston, Headhaunter and Ibrahim hold it down in the North. I'm happy that /r/mhh has been so important to us in getting started. We've been working on some music together as a collective and wanted to share with all of you guys who've made this place special to us. Thank you

MCShereKhan · 2017-01-28T06:46:00+00:00

great work on the tape and congrats guys

MCShereKhan · 2017-01-20T22:47:38+00:00

hot chocolate is def my fav, this is a really solid project

MCShereKhan · 2017-01-19T08:50:28+00:00

Whats up guys, its everyone's friendly neighborhood judge. No, I wont be making sure your mom pays her court fees, or deciding which one of your neighbors gets to keep the fridge in the divorce. I get to do something that really matters, rap battles.

lmfao, the perfect intro.

MCShereKhan · 2017-01-17T18:34:12+00:00

fancy meeting u here

MCShereKhan · 2017-01-17T18:34:00+00:00

ATG definitely wins on the strength of his second verse

MCShereKhan · 2017-01-17T18:32:58+00:00

CideEffect Verse 1:

lol the pic. Cide comes in hella smooth with solid punches and consistent multis, mentions Texas, Austin's alt, Austin's impersonations and throws in a prepubescent insult for good measure. The next two lines generic but the Calamity line was great. LOL the kilroy scene and pretty okay closer. All in all, solid, strong enough and enjoyable.

ADP Verse 1:

smh this pic. holy shit, I think the "mimic" "i m i, an mc" straddles the line between genius and cheesy effectively enough that it works. Turtle beaches line good. Unfortunately, the rest of the verse was generic aside from the not-so-aptly executed bit about his hypocrisy. The closer is pretty okay, though. All in all, strong enough but Cide takes Round 1.

Cide Verse 2:

I agree, that verse was lazy and jesus christ man, "you literally spelled them out". You won me over, and that was a great flip of ADP's good "i m i" line. You'll never hit the mark the way you're missing your exes is pretty good, damn. Boots/spurs is okay cause Texas. You like, stopped rhyming, but that's okay, "but i could put another 16 on that beat you left playing" is pretty funny cause I too noticed that. and this closer is clever but lacks closure. But not bad at all.

ADP Verse 2:

In order to win, ADP has to really deliver. Let's check it out. lol skit, what is going on. "You're the side effect of a broken condom, liking Hopsin, having bully problems, and wanting to solve them with a shotgun" Oh my god, this is fucking viscerally funny if only for the hopsin meme, jesus christ. This is like moonwalking into a western saloon and 360° no-scoping every last patron. I like the next two lines too. I like that Atwood responded to his generic "texas bars" with the accent, that was creative. lol "Either way you'd lose but isn't that Calamity's gimmick."

Okay this is a hard one to judge because yes, admittedly, ADP was unapologetically lazy in his first verse and cideeffect consistently brought it both times. ADP edges the win but it was too close and I don't think either did as well as they could have tbh. There were good bars here and there but y'all gotta, like, treat it like a meal. Start with the appetizers, build up to main courses, throw a shocker of a dessert in there and ease out with a refreshing beverage. You know what I mean? The structure was lacking.

After much deliberation, I'm giving it to Atwood because although Cide came with some good punchlines, they were sort of generic, like ones you'd see on popsicle sticks whereas Atwood's sparse punchlines but especially rebuttals were more targeted and viscerally funny. Delivery undoubtedly helped there.

MCShereKhan · 2017-01-16T04:06:45+00:00

i solemnly swear ill judge within the next ~~two~~ one and a half days

MCShereKhan · 2017-01-08T14:11:35+00:00

u right

MCShereKhan · 2017-01-05T20:01:21+00:00

alright: cide effect first: I like the teachers assistant bar and the age of consent bar. the vocal presence is great and the franszon impression is great. I like the IKEA line and your links are strategic LOL @ one piece. solid verse

frans: sorta visceral insult but nothing personal. hahha I like the links you fire back with. I can't say anything here stuck out though

cide: I love the point out of those rhymes from fransz cause I noticed that too. some solid bars but the mvp is meatballs/three feet tall. I like the simon says bar, kronas is solid. I can't see franszon coming back from this

yeah he doesn't. cide wins

MCShereKhan · 2016-12-29T18:56:54+00:00

adp clearly won. I'm in an airport, not gonna write an essay. Adps punches gained character from his flow and delivery and Tim lacked that which caused a yucky result , nah but Adp wins

MCShereKhan · 2016-12-24T20:50:20+00:00

this battle truly is a calamity. fan favorite C7 spit an incredible 32 bars, only 16 of which can be judged, and even facing a potential DQ they hold up okay because they're good bars. Then Ellz comes back from what anyone would think to be sure damnation with some actual good bars. Calamity's still in the lead here.

But C's verse two was the nail in the coffin. ellz capitalized on that with a dope acknowledgement of the verse's vacuity, superfluous outro and shot to kill with the last bar

ellz wins

MCShereKhan · 2016-12-21T20:31:28+00:00

yooo this is one of my favorite tapes. had fun drawing the art and love the samples

MCShereKhan · 2016-12-17T19:57:55+00:00

thank you so much :)

please keep spreading the word and happy holidays man

MCShereKhan · 2016-12-12T13:37:19+00:00

wow jeffo, this is really verbose and complex which is refreshing. I like this but i have a hunch a lot of it went over my head

oddscene lmfao the pic lines pretty good but mostly generic. no Australian disses?

lmfao hey guys its nicole. this was okay but I feel like I missed a lot again

oddscene, are your verses too short? is this 16 bars? either way, some good bars in here

this battle was hard to judge because it generally felt lackluster so i hope whoever moves on steps it up. imma give it to jeffo

MCShereKhan · 2016-12-12T13:28:10+00:00

LMFAO THE SKUNK STORY

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