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A freestyle battle is a contest in which two or more rappers or MCs compete or "battle" each other using improvised lyrics. It is a prominent part of contemporary Hip Hop culture and originated in the African-American community. [ 21] In a freestyle battle, each competitor's goal is to "diss" their opponent through clever lyrics and wordplay ...
Mumble rap. Chopper is a hip hop music subgenre that originated in the Midwestern United States and features fast-paced rhyming or rapping. [ 1][ 2] Those that rap in the style are known as choppers, and rapping in the style is sometimes referred to as chopping. The style is one of the major forms of Midwest hip hop, though by the early 2000s ...
Battle rap. Battle rap (also known as rap battling) [ 1] is a type of rapping performed between two or more performers that incorporates boasts, insults, wordplay and disses originating in the African-American community. [ 1][ 2] Battle rap is often performed, or freestyled, spontaneously in live battles known as Rap battles, where participants ...
There are three main ways prosecutors approach rap lyrics in court cases, said Nielson, a professor at the University of Richmond and a co-author of the 2019 book “Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics ...
The East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry was a dispute between artists and fans of the East Coast hip hop and West Coast hip hop scenes in the United States, especially from the mid-1990s. [ 1] A focal point of the rivalry was the feud between East Coast–based rapper the Notorious B.I.G. signed by Puff Daddy and their New York City ...
New Zealand rapper King Kapisi (Bill Urale) made a basketball-themed music video for his 2005 single "Raise Up". Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, [ 1 ]emceeing[ 2 ] or MCing[ 2 ][ 3 ]) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates " rhyme, rhythmic speech, and [commonly] street vernacular ". [ 4 ]
Road to the Riches is often cited as the beginning of the mafioso rap genre, laying the groundwork for future hip hop stars such as Scarface, Nas, Raekwon, Jay-Z, The Notorious B.I.G., and AZ, among others, however the bulk of the album features battle rap lyrics similar to Big Daddy Kane or Rakim without the explicit mafioso or gangsta rap ...
Lyrics must be thought of during the battle. Old School – Is essentially the freestyle format but is accompanied with an instrumental and is commonly used on tryouts. There are also different variations of rap battle within the FlipTop tournament: Dos por Dos – Tag-team freestyle rap battle. It can be Emcee or Femcee, Freestyle or Written.