...have you ever seen a battle? that shit you quoted isn't really registering in a battle. punchlines like "I'm burying heads like ostriches" ain't winning it. Unlike all this speculative shit, I have heard Com on tape battling cats face to face (Wake Up Show versus Wu Affiliates) and on studio-finished battle rhymes ("the bitch in yoo"). we're not talking about who is the nicest poet, we're looking for the illest with battle rhymes. You can be a dope rhyme writer, but might not necessarily have the illest battle rhymes.

Example: I don't think that Canibus is anywhere near the best songwriter in hip-hop, but he most certainly writes some of the illest battle verses.

Battling is about ripping your opponent, not speaking on random shit, no matter how ill the randomness sounds. It all comes down to who comes up with the coldest insults...with the wicked flows (twista's flow is super-sick though, let me say that).

Thoughtfully yours,

Spirit

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