eyedea and abilities-exhausted love.
Quite liked the piano hook here, and a little anti-capitalism rant in there. I found it pretty snazzy, and it’s the type of lyrics that resonates a little better for me, I would listen to this one again - 9/10.
Daylight - Aesop rock. I liked the tune, didn’t care for the rap; while I don’t mind fast, this wasn’t understandable for me. 6/10
Funksoobiest: I love the hook. I won’t lie; a good hook is going to win me over much more than any lyrical skill, that’s what engages me. While it sounds like Christopher walken is rapping - I felt the rap really worked well with the hook, with a pretty catchy refrain. I’m not lost in thought when I give this one another 9/10 on the grounds that this is the type of rap I could listen to again.
Word burglar - sneaky neighbours: great hook again, loved the lyrics - this is really the only one so far that the lyrics and delivery stood out for me, as in that I thought the lyrics really popped (as opposed to the first one which were good). This one made me lol. Thus 10/10
Jedi mind tricks: the hook was good, the actual rap kinda blended in with all the others; though I found the more bouncy beat driven fly rap to be a little easier in the ear than the others. Not a patch on the others here though: 7/10
Immortal technique point of no return.
The 8bit synth string start made me lol a little. Felt very out of place; but the low piano notes made up for a little. I like the lyric complexity, but the content is immediately forgettable: 7/10
Sa-roc - forever. I didn’t hate this one, but nothing about it stood out. It’s okay, but to me this is the type of stuff I imagine hearing in Old Navy, of outlet stores. 5/10
Apathy I keep in: I liked this one better, it had a decent hook, and a decent refrain; I can bob my head along to this one: 9/10
k-rino: never loved you. Another fairly boilerplate generic rap. While the hook was a bit better than sa-roc, it doesn’t stand out in any substantial way. After listening to this one; if you played me a bunch of generic sounding rap songs, and slipped this one in the middle: I wouldn’t recognize it. 6/10
Jedi mind tricks: better, great hook here, otherwise the rap is about the same as the JMT track from BPD - as a result I have to give this 7.5/10 (it’s not worth an 8, but is better than BPDs)
BPD total: 41/50
Rm total: 34.5/50
Winner: BPD
Dude, I’m white, in my 40s, and my iPhone is full of weird al.
giving word burglar 10/10 and sa-roc forever 5/10 alone talks of the taste of ramshutu.
Enjoyed would be too strong a word.
I fully listened through all of them and not just the opening chorus or whatever. I liked some aspects of the songs.
you should have voted which you enjoyed more, as long as it was rap
My votes were based on the type of music, not what I enjoy.
I can't say I enjoyed a single second of that track.
I prefer bangers which none of those songs were.
Here’s a taste of what I enjoy:
https://youtu.be/JvGvqjWQSZA
your taste seems to prefer softer, emotional rap but I was banking on a voter like that showing up on a website that isn't as rap-oriented as this.
My selection would have included my Round 1 and 2 probably even for a hiphop oriented crowd but my latter 3 rounds may be different (thought my round 3 is impressive af, there's other Apathy or Pharaohe songs that are more 'wow factor' for the rap fan crowd).
To be honest I don’t prefer softer rap. And yeah I tend to enjoy EDM without a whole bunch of lyrics, though there are many that I like.
I dont normally look at rap battles but I may take a look later.
thanks for the votes!
I didn't expect a fan of hard EDM to prefer softer rap but I appreciate the vote and understand your type/taste. Do you prefer edm with very little lyrics then?
Anyone want to rap battle me? I have a few good songs.
I was invited to vote and I took the time to do so.
So why should you have won and not BPD?
Why are you the superior Rap critic?
If you want a lengthy appraisal give me a day or two....But the outcome will be the same.
curious if you'd want to vote on this
you always troll everything anyway, expected nothing more from you. You didn't possibly tie that many
ther'es so much more to rap than just instant aural pleasure, like lyrics and flow of the lyrics
I devoted precious time listening to all 10 tracks this morning. And as I stated, I rated track against track, based solely on aural effect.
My decision was honest and sincere.
"Troll" is a cheap insult.
I regard your remarks as nothing more than sour grapes.
you only won this by a troll vote.
curious if you'd care to vote, pls explain a tiny bit on each
joke of a vote. honestly just a joke.
pls vote
needs to be more focused on an element of rap tracks if we rematch, so that we can actually debate not just upload links. If we do too many of these rated, they'll ask to shut it down.
Ok. I will listen tomorrow and give an honest judgement, of which song in each pair appealed the most.
pls vote
I should have used jump by house of pain instead of sneaky neighbors.
that was fun! interested in doing another one?
Your Round 5 was very strong, I liked your Round 1 also. The rest are not at a tier of production and rapping that I'd land here but Aesop Rock is a skilled rapper, don't get me wrong.
Your round 5 I was considering to use but found the lyrics and delivery style may not please many.
not what i thought this was