January 04, 2004
New Emcee Battle Documentaries
We knew a truckload of these were inevitable after 8 Mile.. Hopefully there will be some degree of authenticity here, since they had enough sense to let Wordsworth choose the NY emcees. Plus enough sense to recognize NY emcees are better than Cali emcees! (just kidding. maybe.)
Rapping Each Other to Shreds
A pair of films gets down and dirty with hip hop's battling emcees
...Many fans got their first peek at such battles by watching Eminem verbally pummel his rivals in "8 Mile," a fictional movie based on the star's own experiences as a rookie rapper in Detroit. Now "The Battle for L.A." - a new documentary available only on DVD - lets viewers see the real thing. ("The Battle for New York" has also been shot and will be released theatrically later this year.)
The L.A. "Battle," filmed guerilla-style on a tiny budget, follows a number of talented emcees as they assault each other with rhymes in L.A.-area venues. "The battles have the excitement of live theater - if the rapper blows a line, there's no retake," says director Darren Doane. "A good battler is a poet, fighter, philosopher, actor and preacher all in one."
A veteran music video director for such bands as the Deftones and Blink 182, Doane became interested in rap battles after seeing "8 Mile." He wondered if he could find an L.A. equivalent. The man who became the movie's co-producer, Dax Reynosa, introduced Doane to what turned out to be a loosely knit, marginalized subculture...
...Doane's camera captured some amazing talent. emcees named Propaganda, IN-Q and Raphi stand out, inspiring the loudest "whoos" and "whoas" from the crowd - two measures of a win. The director says indie labels have been trying to sign some of these talents after seeing his movie. Doane features a diverse range of rappers. Propaganda, IN-Q and Raphi are black, white and Latino, respectively. Among the impressive female emcees Zane and Jamie, an Asian woman...
"...The Battle for New York" has better production values than "The Battle for L.A." Doane shot the West Coast edition fast to make sure nobody beat him to the punch. The New York flick features west coast verbalists battling local rappers, chosen by an emcee called Wordsworth, at the Nuyorican Cafe on E. Third St. Doane believes New York rappers have "a little more personality. They're funnier and they have that confidence that comes from being in the hip-hop mecca..."
Posted by jsmooth995 at January 4, 2004 08:14 PM
Sounds tight. U recon the UK'll get a drop of this or will we have to just wait for it to be online
Posted by: Jon Aka Shinoda at January 4, 2004 09:39 PM
Is that the same "Dax" that punks people with Ashton Kutcher?
Posted by: eric at January 4, 2004 10:47 PM
WHATTHAF...!
east coast rappers better than west coast rappers? well, overall i guess a can't disagree. they do have some probable perks. the rest of the country has emcees with more diverse styles and content.
(just kidding. maybe.)
Posted by: dialect at January 5, 2004 06:18 AM
There was a doc that dropped a few years back called "Freestyle". This was being heralded as the true school film on the form.
Posted by: lowendbrother at January 6, 2004 05:29 PM
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Posted by: Nick at January 8, 2004 05:15 AM
I think East Coast rappers are better than the rest because the battle has been part o the art form since its inception not just making butty records(like the South), or G' d up discs like the West
Posted by: sheepshanx at January 18, 2004 12:28 AM
i think juice is the illest.
he's from chi town.
Posted by: modenine at January 19, 2004 12:05 PM
this ya boy killa classic from Euclid Ohio and i wanna know whose up to battle with a ninth grader?? cuz im betta than all of ya'll niggaz oh and bitches
Posted by: Jamie Williams at January 30, 2004 11:52 AM
this ya boy killa classic from Euclid Ohio and i wanna know whose up to battle with a ninth grader?? cuz im betta than all of ya'll niggaz oh and bitches
Posted by: Jamie Williams at January 30, 2004 11:52 AM
i'm 36yrs young i lived in boston,ma with my mom and spent my summers in the bronx with my father and believe me living between the two i didn't miss a thing. even though boston is not the bronx boston was right there for the ride. the era of raps birth and growth at that time alone a foundation that can never ever be f____d with never mind the fact that the eastcoast has never been out for the count. eastcoast rappers today thrive off the spirits of a foundation no else have,i don't believe that feeling could ever be capture on film, you just would have had to be there, and of course a lot of people were not, the block parties, dj battles,rap battles, dance battles. the westcoast is to far away to feel it. it's not their fault they'r jelouse of their mama. the eastcoast knew and know better. mama said don't do me like you never knew me bow down you little hocker. matreana
Posted by: matreana at February 2, 2004 05:18 AM
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Nice is your message but you got to let us know your e-mail and Sweet is tha' juice truly
The Nigerian say Hi to you
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Posted by: Gee Sagajones at April 2, 2004 07:09 AM
juice is a hot mc, he can definetely freestyle. but if you wanna hear the best listen to eyedea. he won the scribble jam and blaze battle, and has not lost a battle to this day. rhymesayers. mpls. peace out war in.
Posted by: meck elite at May 5, 2004 11:51 PM
I love y'all expecially you my man MODENINE WE WILL ALWAYS BE You know that?
Keep ya head up!!!
sagajones
Posted by: Gee salami ganiyu gabriel A.K.A sagajones at May 14, 2004 10:45 PM
FUCK NEW YORK. them fake ass niggas, fuck them niggas. let them new york niggas come down here to la and talk shit yeah new york bitch WEST SIDE WE REAL NIGGAS. CUZ. yeah you talk all that shit on the net. but come down to crenshaw and say shit about la. yeah. fuck new york fuck eastcoast. hell south side better than them fake ass niggas.
FUCK BRONX fuck new york FUCK PHILLY FUCK EVERYONE FROM NEW YORK.
LA CUZ
WESTSIDE TO I DIE.
Posted by: WEST RIDER at June 6, 2004 05:23 AM
for the first and disgaced trunks of luck
Posted by: renee at August 11, 2004 05:41 PM
sagajones whut tha deal??????
nuff luv to all them real emceez , premo was rite ...we like cockroaches we neva die.
nuff respeck to supernat , juice , medusa , pry,young zee, em(of 1997),eyedea,sage frances and tonedeff keep it real
Posted by: modenine at August 23, 2004 06:40 PM
sagajones whut tha deal??????
nuff luv to all them real emceez , premo was rite ...we like cockroaches we neva die.
nuff respeck to supernat , juice , medusa , pry,young zee, em(of 1997),eyedea,sage frances and tonedeff keep it real
Posted by: modenine at August 23, 2004 06:40 PM
sagajones whut tha deal??????
nuff luv to all them real emceez , premo was rite ...we like cockroaches we neva die.
nuff respeck to supernat , juice , medusa , pry,young zee, em(of 1997),eyedea,sage frances and tonedeff keep it real
Posted by: modenine at August 23, 2004 06:40 PM
where do you go to battle the emcees. i want to battle too im from LA
Posted by: Tyrone Warner at August 27, 2004 12:07 PM
when emcees are testin me
the microphonth blessed me
a cyclone of words that'll preform a historectumy
especially
when whack raps are testin me
i shread rappers minds in a form of telepethy
step to me
O.D. off En like Extacy
you might be quick but im the CRUNCH in this game of nestly...
w/b ( only real emcees)
Posted by: enemy at August 27, 2004 12:13 PM
modenine wats happenin bro thot i was gonna see ya when u came to lagos but all well and good nice post there definetly reeping for naija but i think i will quote an emcee i've admired alongside xtralarge and u......"think a lot of emcee's are son of a gun"
cos dey ain't doing hiphop the way it's suppose to be done" lyrical overdose
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Posted by: Search Engine Cloaker at October 24, 2004 12:09 AM
Eyo wuss really good?this is art from the SOUTH WEST COAST,SAN DIEGO baby!!!
..even do I'm from the west,imma have to say that east coast rappers r nicer.they got more punchlines.I can't hate..but the WEST is comin back!! Look out for GAME,he b spittin flames!
..and fuck sage frances,eydea,all those wack ass foos..
......................r.I.p BIG L,sikist raper ever
..one
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Posted by: maxmen at November 11, 2004 07:15 PM
West coast is more gangsta east coast has way bettah rappers NYC and LA both hip hop meccas
Posted by: felonyeast at November 17, 2004 08:38 PM
two best rappers ever Notorious B.I.G and 2 PAc east west and rap also started on the east coast
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Posted by: nnamdi at January 22, 2005 11:58 AM
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thanks modey
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Posted by: online pharmacy at February 1, 2005 06:28 PM
"Fuck Sage Francis" the fuck are you talking about. Your trying to tell me that GAME is sicker than Sage. your out of your mind. i have both guys in my player and Sage is a far better MC than game. sage makes you think. game does not. think about that when you try to compair an underground hiphop artist and a main stream MC. different styles. ya fell me?
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