To help manage fan expectations and emcees performance, leagues/platforms should adopt the emcee time and space continuum. Until there’s an established standard we will continue this cycle … so how can we fix it? Hardcore fans still talk about the Prez Mafia vs. Emcees were given two-minutes to spit in front of an interactive, yet captive audience but their content did not disappoint. No longer were emcees rocking over beats in front of Terrance and Roxy for 30 seconds. Most notably was URL’s Ultimate Freestyle Friday battle. There are very successful battles that strictly enforced a time clock and were very well received by the battle rap community. Sheesh!) The Solution … Transparent Clock Management Hollow Da Don vs Joe Budden (Stop my time! Forgive me … scratch this off the list. Notable Battles Where Time Played a Positive/Negative Role Some fans and respected bloggers view both battles as classics however, highly contested on who won and who lost based on the observed content differential between each emcee. Stand out cases include Lux vs Cal and BDot vs Myers. The rationale? More time rapping equals more content (bars) which results in a swayed opinion in the mind of the observer. In certain instances, emcees were vehemently criticized by fans or their opponent for exceeding the “agreed” upon time allotted within each round. Over the past 5-years, several notable battles have been scrutinized because of time. I probably should reference BiggK here but I may get blocked. Bottom line, whether it’s in-person or watching on YouTube the fans feel cheated. Only BiggK knows the actual reason but it only leaves the audience in limbo? Whose fault is it? I will yet again channel my inner Tsu Surf and say, “it’s like basketball … if Kawhi Leonard quit playing in the middle of the third quarter, and Durant still in the game, it doesn’t matter if Kawhi is defensive player of the year … because Durant is going to keep shooting! The clock still running … I mean #Jersey. The general consensus from fans and bloggers was one of two causes: 1) He choked Or 2) He wasn’t prepared. On the other hand what happens when an emcee obviously stops rapping sooner than expected? Recently BiggK was criticized on his battle with Cortez because he only rapped for approximately 48-seconds in the third round of a scheduled 90-second per round battle. (Stay tuned for the BARS “Crowd Control” BLOG)
Sure, the emcee plays a huge role in the amount of crowd reaction he or she receives but that should not directly influence the amount of stage time an emcee has over their opponent. Nowadays, excessive crowd reaction also plays a part in an emcee’s total stage time causing some battles to become fatiguing in-turn decreasing the battle’s replay value over time. It’s not only the emcee that contributes to the length of a battle. I’m hungry bro, let’s gooooooo …” Contributing Factors Nick Young: “Ummm … yes I was and I’m still here. Kobe: “You wasn’t with me shooting in the gym!” Imagine if one personal on a team kept trying to score after the final buzzer … how crazy would that look? All sports have limits, with equally important rationale of maintaining them, not just combative sports. Subsequently, due to the physical nature of combat sports we all understand why limits are important. What do they all have in common? Time! Each sport has its own empirical time limit that the fighter cannot exceed without penalty, fear of disqualification, or risk of unnecessary injury which may lead to an early retirement. Verbal combat is often compared to its physical counterparts (boxing, MMA, etc.), but more often than not it looks like the WWE. While the pen may not be literally mightier than the sword, it can cut deep – but only in a finite space. There is a universal understanding that battle rap is a war of words only. Lights out in the venue and that league’s universe in the multi-verse is extinguished – sometimes eternally.
Remember Pauli’s exclusion principal? No? In short, two objects cannot occupy the same time and same space … and we’ve seen what happens when someone tries to put their fists through their opponent’s face. In the battle rap universe (multi-verse not to be confused with MyVerse) space and time are two independent variables that can have career or life altering implications. WRONG! I mean in a rap battle, that sounds good but what do you do when the clock runs out and you still have bars on deck? Does it influence how you judge a battle when an emcee continues passed the time limit? What about when he or she stops abruptly and #Jersey Let’s talk about it …įrom a scientific perspective, space and time are joined at the hip. “There ain’t nothing between us but air and opportunity!”
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