Rap Battle

They killed me, and now I’m rising again
And I won’t stop until I got another true friend
And know I’ll keep rising like a Phoenix ‘til the stroke of midnight,
Surveying the whole world at the Great Noontide.
And if you’re a shrink with a couch I got something to say
And I’ll be sayin’ it loud even on your last day:
I’ve had it up to here with man’s most infernal mistake-
I say fuck Freud, and put the Spaceman to the stake.

-Impious (via pm)

(I think we have a major contender here) :-"

aww, sooki sooki now
eat da info-tainment
take a dooki dooki now
aww, look how the drain went
spiral spin ya
ying ta yang ya
dada movements in the early era
bomb in flight whistle dread like terror
mouth in O-shape
feel da wrath of da grape
Ernest shot an ape on safari
ford, then ferrari
Zelda got locked crazy, but yeah, she blaze free
F. Scott flow oh-so lovely, doesn’t he
got drunk, then peed his pants, dreamed a dance on unstable tables
nobody reads
short story fables
too much cable, too much cable
always drive, never able to walk
lay more highways, test four horsemen to balk
And so then, I talk dat book talk
and to any slow scanner I smother
dust cloud choke you with my chalk
Orwell hunched right
we all love to fight big brother, news on fox
until he pin us down
tap, tap, tap on our chest
like a type-writer
ding!
video games be da best
simulate all the rest, robot go getter
email over letter
bionic body over sweater
mars only getting wetter
alien suckas better bite my vandetta, comin at cha

Impious wants to accept your challenge.

[Deleted at Impious’ request]

EDIT: We need a judge too, right? I think I’m a bit too partial myself. Time to summon Wonderer.

What beat? We can just say any old beat will do, whatever works for your rhyme. He’s got a myspace, right? He could post his stuff there and link to it, and I’ll put my stuff at the place I mentioned in the OP.

BTW Carleas, this whole rigmarole of me reposting what Impious PM’s me is getting ridiculous. Surely you have the authority to un-ban his IP and instruct Faust not to ban him again without your express permission?

I will judge, but i am pretty specific about what lyrics i like.

It could work out…

Impious’ IP hasn’t been banned, I don’t know why he’s having trouble getting in. Have him email me, mike at ilovephilosophy.com

Righto. Let me track down a mike to use with my laptop…

Things i will be looking for- Volcabulary, Entertainment value, interesting lyrics. (Some Vulgarity)

Spittin’ off the top and lookin’ down with pity -
hittin’ you at terminal velocity/your reciprocity -
looks like a toff and me/discussed philosophy -
But by the end you were dead with two holes in your head -
And through smelting/your gold watch was used for my grill gilding-
So no sniveling/at a prophecy/with no chance of stoppin me -
your preposterous snipes at me -
will only help me sight you, and ignite you -
Like the straw man that you are -
No courage/like you’re a fat kid who dropped out of MOMAR.

I’m fine having Wonderer as the end-all and be-all of judging in this debate, unless others volunteer.

Sick. This is soooo sick.

You have to be able to laugh at yourself.

The best way to do it over the top (like "grill gilding") is to imagine it coming out of some corny famous rapper.

It makes it easier and shifts the embarrassment…

I propose some rules: 3 rounds, with 3 days to respond. Responses must be in the form of a link to an audio file playable by Windows Media Player. Choose any beats you like. Wonderer will be the sole judge. I nominate myself to go first. All good, Carleas?

Perfect. Let me get someone to make the thread, and you can post a link to your first rap there.

Sounds fun.

If you guys are having trouble, take inspiration from one of the greats.

2pac, (some biggie), some easy E, old school snoop dog, some jay z because he can say anything and make it sound like a rap, necro of course, and immortal technique for sure. Eminem is alright, but i only like his older songs…

Good luck gents.

Yeah, Eminem got lame later on.

A sketch of influences, in reverse chronological order: The Flobots, Big L, Kanye, a little Mos Def, The Transplants, some Eminem, Cypress Hill, un peu de MC Solaar (for you francophiles), Rage Against the Machine, and the Beastie Boys. Some traditional rap, but a lot of it is more alternative.
My beats are likely to be somewhat unconventional for rap, but I’ll try to work some more traditional stuff in. I’ll see what Impious is using before I make any final decisions, and I’m definitely going to take Wonderer’s tastes into account.

Big L was one i should have mentioned. cypress hill are more or less entertainment value. I like their sound but their lyrics could sue sprucing up. Sort of like Necro at times.

I shall have the debate thread up-and-running by the end of the week - watch this space! :happy-partydance:

We now have kick off people… :happy-partydance: