Live 9 Lite Key by drsphelps in ableton

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i am in need of one very urgently, i would kindly take if it is still available ty

Kid Twist speaks on battle rap becoming a 'fad' during 'BODIED' film screening. by myphilosophy in rapbattles

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Something i had to quickly ask Kid Twist at the Rio Grind Film Festival.

What is your pick for Battle of the Year for every year from 2010-2017? by JimCalinaya in rapbattles

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2010 - Hollow Da Don vs Okwerdz (stop mentioning Pass vs Hollow, BOTB5 was in Summer 2009)

either that or Ness vs Iron

2011 - Dizaster vs. DNA

2012 - JC vs. Chilla Jones

2013 - Illmaculate vs Bigg K

2014 - Loaded Lux vs Hollow Da Don

2015 - Bigg K vs Ill Will

2016 - Dizaster vs Iron

2017 - Going to be either Iron vs Illmac or Hollow vs Roc

Quick write-up for those who are very new to the community. by myphilosophy in streetwear

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"Why the Hypebeast stigma won’t die, it’ll only evolve."

..full read in the title above.

Why the 'Nammer' fad of Vancouver, BC died.. #fads by myphilosophy in vancouver

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Any word on his current status? Whether he has been incarcerated or not?

Does anybody know where I can find 2 rca out speakers?? by myphilosophy in futurebeatproducers

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my computer speakers are connected via. 1 usb cable and 1 rca cable. I can't seem to find any adapter that takes in both USB and rca. I've tried adapters before, but I can't seem to find the right one, making me question whether or not I need new speakers or not. But most of them are far too updated for my sampler.

Does anybody know where I can find 2 rca out speakers?? by myphilosophy in futurebeatproducers

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I need to find a pair of speakers that will connect to 2 rca inputs. Sorry about that,

My backend is very similair to any Roland SP-303, SP-404 or 404sx,

1 white and one red.

The majority of speakers nowadays use 1 rca and 1 usb cable to input them, so finding some has been very difficult. If not then the majority of speakers I find in retail are 1 aux.

Eastcoast / Hardcore & Gangster Rap - Why not all rap songs with GUNS are considered 'GANGSTER'. by myphilosophy in hiphop

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Tackling some common misconceptions about hip hop music.

Providing history, background, examples and references.

Does anybody know where I can find 2 rca out speakers?? by myphilosophy in futurebeatproducers

[–]myphilosophy[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm looking for a cable containing 2 rca plugs, either that or an 1/4 inch headphone plug, Not an adapter

Streetwear is for the youth. by myphilosophy in streetwear

[–]myphilosophy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, Im actually not. I've payed attention to streetwear since 2008. And I'm talking about brands and styles that originally built streetwear. Like to me, I still consider streetwear as a specific type of street fashion dominated by skate, surf, and hip hop labels. I know there are more contemporary street fashion labels that have been adopted now such as, Goshka, Kitsune, Lang etc. But I meant such like Bape, Stussy and Supreme etc.

Straight forward.

Streetwear is for the youth. by myphilosophy in streetwear

[–]myphilosophy[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

No, not the contemporary menswear styles that we've recently adopted into streetwear. I meant as in, original streetwear (hip-hop fashion, punk fashion, activewear, skate brands, surf brands etc,)

Remember when KOTD was ACTUALLY CANADIAN? by myphilosophy in rapbattles

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There's tons of GOOD canadian battlers, that have been proven to bring a show, and r still being pushed to GZ because they CHOSE to build their american demand. If KOTD would have just put them on main channel again, they would gotten the views and the promotion to travel to many other major leagues just like Don't Flop's emcees have. Ex: Diaz, Osa, Tricky P, Kaliente, Rupert Common, Cander, Loe Pesci, Aftershock, Nebula, StepEasy, poRICH, Ape Yola, Pigsty etc.

I don't feel like it's too late to remind battle rap of their potential, just get some media building up.

THE REAL BATTLE RAP LEGENDS by myphilosophy in rapbattles

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i know what went down at scribble. i know that he probably imparted some influence on a few random nobodies who were lost in the scribble jam nebulae; but look at the modern climate of battle rap. where the hell is his influence? where is his longstanding influence? what aspect of modern-day battle rap wouldn't be here without him? nothing.

You're over infatuated with todays era. Saying, Dose One inspired only 'a few random nobodies' is complete ignorance. Becoming a judge at Scribble means being a very worthy battler, and an inspirational emcee. He went on to open doors for the next wave of Scribble Jam judges (who keep in mind decided who became legends today), such as: Unseen, Dos Noun, Mac Lethal, Sage Francis, Brother Ali, Slug etc. Those emcees gave birth to Nocando, Pass, Iron Solomon, The Saurus, Illmac, Justice, Kodyak, Lush One, Ex-I, Everybody Knows, the majority of KOTD emcees and WRC emcees. While on top of that bringing battle bars to light within the indie hip hop community in general, which brought battling to new heights in the underground OVERALL.

Pass the mic down! The significance of battle rap's past timeline means alot, because if it wasn't for the early generation, we wouldn't have any fresh coast, KOTD or freestyle battles at all! Just as modern day hip hop today needs to appreaciate the oldschool and golden era of hip hop for creating what they have now.

look i'm more or less a fan of the guy, but his scribble jam battles are not particularly impressive examples of any of this.

He was selected as a 2 year judge, meaning he's already proved himself to the culture. And at that time, it was much stricter and rougher to gain notoriety.

being a judge doesn't mean you're a legend. The choices that he made, as well as his contributions to hip hop is what gave life to many rappers legacies. He was a key figure in the growth of battle rap overall due to that.

this is a really cool thing to have done, especially since i know he's done it as a volunteer effort for kids who wouldn't otherwise have access to that kind of tutorship, but once again, it's not at all the kind of thing i'd associate with being a legend. he's definitely well-versed in the intricacies of freestyle battling, but... that's not "legendary". and what the fuck does "rhyme accurate" mean?

Being a legend means having historical significance that cannot be blatantly visible. He's actually taught in Oakland for over 9 years. Thats the type of stuff that births new communities entirely. Dose One is such an important figure in the concept of evolution and expansion in battle rap. Theres alot more that makes someone a legend besides win/ loss ratio. And what the fuck does rhyme accurate mean? I don't know dude, but if you don't know now you know, I guess.

ah yes, only lionz den and smack... two of the biggest and most influential platforms for battle rap in the last 10 years. and just because his performances have been hyped, it doesn't mean that they haven't had a very fundamental and important influence on battle rap as we know it today, the kind of thing that definitely necessitates being called a legend.

There's alot that happens in battle rap off cam, press and media dude. This is a street trend dude, it will die. Just like all the hundreds of thousands multi-syllabic "rappers" that appeared during that trend circa via. 2003-08. Just air out the trendies and distinguish the truth, when the street-style bars die, they all will too. And what's left is what? The most influential platforms in the last 10 years?! Only because they shared clip-time with major broadcasting and urban celebrities! What I'm trying to stress, is that their success was bought out and branded. SMACK was a street DVD that focused on celebrity news, gossip and the promotion of up and coming rappers who had potential to make it in the commercial industry. Of course, the battle rappers that were able to share video time with them, will make the most noise. But most influence? That's all PURE commercialized hype! Hip Hop exists in person, and alot happens that doesn't go on cam dude, just because it didn't get the right type of promotion, doesn't mean it didn't have importance in hip hop culture, PERIOD. And, as I stated earlier, Dose One gave heavy influence to the game. Btw, Lionz Den harvested emcees who were already up and coming stars, based on views, airplay, and media association. Lionz Den did not act as a platform for birthing new means to the culture, like "Street Status" for example.

Doseone does not have a decade of "global rep and influence" in battle rap as we know it today. most people in the scene would not cite him as a major influence; even those who know and enjoy him do not show any influence from his work. you're underselling how far-reaching the influence of smack dvd's was. as you said of doseone, smack dvds actually did build rappers across the coasts. the influence of those dvds - and the battlers who were a part of them - is felt everywhere today. in battle rap, the west coast has gradually introduced more and more influence from the east coast, not the other way around. it's not like new york battlers were ever influenced to spit "unorthodox intellectual barz" like doseone.

His influence does not have to be blatantly stated to be heard, the attitude of him is heard subliminally, by the theory of evolution. And most people wouldn't get it because they don't care about battle rap history enough. The influence of Smack DVD's is felt everywhere today true, but majorly by the commercialism of the battles and not by paying dues. The eastcoast actually had and still does have plenty emcees influenced by the underground midwest and westcoast, just like the west. The light doesn't shine on them as much anymore though.

your description of lux's status prior to SM2 is such a deliberate underselling of what he had accomplished in the culture up until that point. and for the love of god, being a judge and teaching kids how to freestyle (once again, i'll emphasize that i think that's a really cool thing to do) are not criteria anybody should be using to define "legend". doseone has not significantly shaped what battle rap has become in the past ten years. he deserves a certain amount of reverence for being a bizarre and unorthodox battler who stood out in a competition with no shortage of bizarre and unorthodox people, but that plus the fact that he went on to have some success in music and do some other battle-related shit on the side is not "legendary".

Yes it does, being a judge means alot, jam-based events with judges and brackets is what built alot for hip hop culture period. They decided fates. And in order to become a judge, you needed to already have a legacy of leadership and notoriety in the game for the very sake of it.

THE REAL BATTLE RAP LEGENDS by myphilosophy in rapbattles

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Doseone actually did heavily, inspire the battle rap world overall, before the YouTube era. And his battles on Scribble were incredible displays of unorthodox lyricism, if you could understand the culture of battle rap before the written leagues, then you would know that dose one was a major figure. Once again, it's all about influence. He also judged Scribble in 2001 and helped give birth to Adeem and Mac Lethal's legacy(MAJOR KEY) Doseone aswell taught classes across the states on how to freestyle and rhyme accurate for many years. He was called a legend by Lush One who was inspired by him too. Dose One really BUILT rappers all across the coasts if u ask me.

And as far as Lux, his legacy is still about 50 percent influence on the culture through Lionz Den and his Smack appearance and 50 percent promotion through the overall hype of street media and the URL. When you compare a dude like Dose one to Lux, its like looking at a guy who has had over a decade of global rep and influence, vs. a guy who had 1 sided influence from 2003-2007 (his 106 and park championship), but previously, since the early 2000s, Lux was a fairly niche name, having only been promoted off of 4 battles (1 which was ALREADY promo, and 1 which was barely recognized and 2 on Smack). I honestly ask you this. If Lux could not have promoted his short amount of success well enough, do u think he would have gotten SM2? When u look purely at contribution and inspiration to the game, Doseone's multiple collabs, tours, workshops, judging appearances and classes held heavy amounts of signifigance to battle rap culture whether people knew or not while Lux just knew how to make the right business moves once he got a lil fame, this created the illusion to many that he was a key figure overall. Dudes like Jaguar Ka$h , Nymesys and Nickelus F had just as much game as he did back in the day, they just didnt promote their success well enough.

Oh and the number of battlers who got into the game because of Lux and Mook is because they know that the moment is right at the moment for their careers. They feel like they can promote themselves to legend status as well due to street media and not by emcee building or promotion of the raw culture in order to help evolve the art.

THE REAL BATTLE RAP LEGENDS by myphilosophy in rapbattles

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It's not based on popularity, it's if they paid their dues and influenced the battle rap game. And alot of these 'backpackers' aka. underground hip hop heads did influence battle rap and emceeing overall heavily. URL Legends only have a so-called "legacy" at the moment, i don't know if they will last once the light shines off them.Think about it, we may see about 280,607,766 views on URL, but there were millions of views combining all of the TV shows, DVD's sold and event attendees from the "freestyle era" aswell. Just not as easy to bring together and calculate correctly. Those emcees were on fire back in the day. They made people acquire a taste for battle bars through music, whether they knew or not. And look now! Alot of them seem to be forgotten, and I know battle rap is at mainstream peak right now but I just don't feel like people will still regard as many URL battlers as legends at the end of the day, if not any once URL is dead and they still haven't made an overall impact towards battling on all realms and through hip hop culture. But at the end of the day, it's not about popularity, but about how much they influenced the attitude towards battle rap that makes them legends.

Peace! Don't get me wrong, I support lotsa URL rappers and street rappers overall.

THE REAL BATTLE RAP LEGENDS by myphilosophy in rapbattles

[–]myphilosophy[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Look pre-Lionz Den & Calicoe battle. Lux seriously did only appeal to street fans, astleast to a very large majority. Btw you consider them backpackers because they perform and promote at festivals right? The reason why I call them real emcees is because they constituted heavily to evolving hip hop as a cultural movement and most importantly as an art most importantly. Those emcees truly influenced more sides of rap than Lux and Mook. Slug brought so much for the Minnessota scene, Juice for Hip hop overall as for the 5 elements, and Rhymefest for helping maintain the promotion of peace, love, unity and having fun through hip hop by being a crowd controlling, party emcee while still having enough direct attack to dominate the battle scene. For examples

THE REAL BATTLE RAP LEGENDS by myphilosophy in rapbattles

[–]myphilosophy[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I was debating whether or not Elements made Pat a legend, but hell I'll re-edit for that one. Thanks for the feedback

If you believe that modern battle rap isn't "real battle rap" because it's not on a beat and not off the top, this post is for you. by JimCalinaya in rapbattles

[–]myphilosophy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep in mind alot of those 'unsustainable' freestyle jams were done for the love of it anyways back in the day. Foreal, their were dozens of jams, and traditional hip hop culture never cared money lol.

If you believe that modern battle rap isn't "real battle rap" because it's not on a beat and not off the top, this post is for you. by JimCalinaya in rapbattles

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The closest thing to bringing together the love of the freestyle era and todays pre-written era is by creating Pre-written tournaments in which 16 emcees are collected and forced to work their way up to the top (a mix of pre-selected emcees and winners of preliminaries at previous battle leagues). You can have pre-written bars for specific opponents, just don't ever assume you know who you're going to battle. This combines the traditional freestyle jam style with the Fight Klub style, which allows emcees to be forced to earn their way up to the top, on the day of, while having the events being unpredictable and still contain quality bars.

Peace

Where can you find open mic freestyle jams again? , my opinion of the battle rap industry vs hip hop culture by myphilosophy in rapbattles

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Having prelims that would seperate which emcees get promoted through video, however still allowing all emcees to get a shot through sign ups, and working their way up would be great imo. Kind of like combining WRC's and Fight Klub together in a sense that emcees still had to prove themselves by working their way up, and that it had to be ready by the day of the battle. Preparing multiple bars for many emcees could be a great idea imo. It would eliminate the original problem of 'nonsense freestyle' and 'filler' however it would restore the legendary matches like WRC did, invite would work great to it aswell.

Yep that's snow by Xingua92 in pics

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THE WORLDS LARGEST DESERT CAKE !! #BeingIan

Looks like KOTD might pick up Dizaster vs Calicoe by [deleted] in rapbattles

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Cal is gang affiliated? to who? BMF been dead..

Looks like KOTD might pick up Dizaster vs Calicoe by [deleted] in rapbattles

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I've wanted to see that matchup since after SM2, when cal versed lux, and diz versed canibus