Freestyle rap battle advice is hard to come by. As a ten year veteran battle rapper who wins about 80% of my battles, I decided to share some useful tips that have helped me survive the battle rap circuit.
Concentrate on specifics. In General, the more particular your punchlines are, the harder they affect. Attempt and chooes things about your opponent that aren't directly evident. For example, I once combated a guy with an Oakland A's baseball cap. Quite than speak trash about the A's- which wouldn't be a great idea in Oakland- I began to list off hard 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...
Succeed the crowd. Almost freestyle rap battle tournaments are based on audience 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 win the crowd. To do this, void saying silly things aimed at the interview. If I had bagged on the A's the crowd would have turned on me, which is why I kept it specific without losing the crowd in my freestyle.
Be prepared. 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 see every combat and effort to get up with punchlines about each MC. Apparently, I spend more time concentrating on the best ones, as there's a greater opportunity I'll battle them at some point! Having merely a a few minutes ahead getting up on stage can help you come up with a few one liners that just may acquire the rap battle for you.
Display no mercy... most of the time. There is a very thin line in a freestyle rap fight between entertaining and abusive. Generally, you can be as ruthless as you want supplied it's interesting. We all recognise someone who can say anything and take away with it; try and be that guy when you're on present. There are a few times when laying off a subject will score you big points. For example, MTV hosted a rap struggle 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 way. He didn't get fun of the kids sightlessness (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.
Concentrate on specifics. In General, the more particular your punchlines are, the harder they affect. Attempt and chooes things about your opponent that aren't directly evident. For example, I once combated a guy with an Oakland A's baseball cap. Quite than speak trash about the A's- which wouldn't be a great idea in Oakland- I began to list off hard 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...
Succeed the crowd. Almost freestyle rap battle tournaments are based on audience 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 win the crowd. To do this, void saying silly things aimed at the interview. If I had bagged on the A's the crowd would have turned on me, which is why I kept it specific without losing the crowd in my freestyle.
Be prepared. 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 see every combat and effort to get up with punchlines about each MC. Apparently, I spend more time concentrating on the best ones, as there's a greater opportunity I'll battle them at some point! Having merely a a few minutes ahead getting up on stage can help you come up with a few one liners that just may acquire the rap battle for you.
Display no mercy... most of the time. There is a very thin line in a freestyle rap fight between entertaining and abusive. Generally, you can be as ruthless as you want supplied it's interesting. We all recognise someone who can say anything and take away with it; try and be that guy when you're on present. There are a few times when laying off a subject will score you big points. For example, MTV hosted a rap struggle 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 way. He didn't get fun of the kids sightlessness (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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