Freestyle rap fight advice is hard to get by. As a ten year veteran battle rapper who gains about 80% of my battles, I determined to share about usable tips that have helped me live the combat rap circuit.
Focus on particulars. Mostly, the more specific your punchlines are, the stronger they affect. Attempt and chooes things about your opponent that aren't at once obvious. For instance, I one time battled a guy with an Oakland A's baseball cap. Quite than talk trash about the A's- which wouldn't be a good idea in Oakland- I began to list off difficult words about him that get with the letter A, such as "arrogant, asinine, and atrocious" not to mention a a few others that don';t belong in print. This brings me to my following point...
Acquire the crowd. Most freestyle rap battle tournaments are resettled on interview vote. Even those that are determined by judges are still heavily influenced by the crowd. The lesson from this? You aren't there to beat a rapper; you're there to acquire the crowd. To do this, avoid pronouncing silly things aimed at the audience. If I had bagged on the A's the crowd would have turned on me, which is why I kept it special without losing the crowd in my freestyle.
Be willing. Anyone who's battled for a while knows the importance of scoping out the competitor. If I'm in a room full of MC's, think me, I view each struggle and try to get up with punchlines about every MC. Evidently, I spend more time concentrating on the best ones, as there's a larger prospect I'll battle them at some point! Having only a a few minutes ahead going up on present can aid you come up with a a few one liners that only may succeed the rap battle for you.
Show no mercy... most of the time. There is a very thin line in a freestyle rap battle between entertaining and abusive. Generally, you can be as ruthless as you want provided it's entertaining. We all know someone who can say anything and get away with it; try and be that guy when you're on stage. There are a few times when laying off a topic will score you big points. For example, MTV hosted a rap battle where one of the MC's was blind. The guy who battled him, Swan, poked fun at the guys small stature, his goofy clothes and weak style. He didn't make fun of the kids blindness (except saying "I'm a take you outside and rob you blind"). If he had, he would have lost the crowd in a nanosecond. But he didn't and won the battle based on merit. A dope freestyler can rap about anything; he proved he could steer it away from the most obvious points.
With this freestyle rap battle advice you should be capable to mark high marks the following time your on level.
Focus on particulars. Mostly, the more specific your punchlines are, the stronger they affect. Attempt and chooes things about your opponent that aren't at once obvious. For instance, I one time battled a guy with an Oakland A's baseball cap. Quite than talk trash about the A's- which wouldn't be a good idea in Oakland- I began to list off difficult words about him that get with the letter A, such as "arrogant, asinine, and atrocious" not to mention a a few others that don';t belong in print. This brings me to my following point...
Acquire the crowd. Most freestyle rap battle tournaments are resettled on interview vote. Even those that are determined by judges are still heavily influenced by the crowd. The lesson from this? You aren't there to beat a rapper; you're there to acquire the crowd. To do this, avoid pronouncing silly things aimed at the audience. If I had bagged on the A's the crowd would have turned on me, which is why I kept it special without losing the crowd in my freestyle.
Be willing. Anyone who's battled for a while knows the importance of scoping out the competitor. If I'm in a room full of MC's, think me, I view each struggle and try to get up with punchlines about every MC. Evidently, I spend more time concentrating on the best ones, as there's a larger prospect I'll battle them at some point! Having only a a few minutes ahead going up on present can aid you come up with a a few one liners that only may succeed the rap battle for you.
Show no mercy... most of the time. There is a very thin line in a freestyle rap battle between entertaining and abusive. Generally, you can be as ruthless as you want provided it's entertaining. We all know someone who can say anything and get away with it; try and be that guy when you're on stage. There are a few times when laying off a topic will score you big points. For example, MTV hosted a rap battle where one of the MC's was blind. The guy who battled him, Swan, poked fun at the guys small stature, his goofy clothes and weak style. He didn't make fun of the kids blindness (except saying "I'm a take you outside and rob you blind"). If he had, he would have lost the crowd in a nanosecond. But he didn't and won the battle based on merit. A dope freestyler can rap about anything; he proved he could steer it away from the most obvious points.
With this freestyle rap battle advice you should be capable to mark high marks the following time your on level.
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