wow no mention of hollow da don? dirtbag dan? nocando?
no way i rank loe pesci that high. his swag/style is not that fresh. he's a less wiggerish version of arcane. both arcane and he vary between completely boring to annoying to wack. i just don't like them as battlers. i heard pesci makes dope music though. they just aren't that good to me. it's not all about writing. you gotta have some presence. that's the reason real deal for example ranks super high on my top ten. he's got crazy presence "on the mic". his personality doesn't reek of bitchmadeness and he isn't corny. and they (pesci/arcane/some others) don't do anything dope enough with their flows to make up for it (even on a basic level like jackal's manipulation of his delivery)
that whole sesame street shit thun keeps saying about dirt fucked him up a little for me. he is easily a top 3 writer though when it comes to these battles. he's super anal about his syllable work and i love that shit when he executes it. he does SOUND
though. if only stainless could write like dirt.
bender is easy top 5
illmac with his latest battle just definitely solidified mention in a top 10 way for me
24/7 is easily top 10. he might have the most "wtf? dot dot dot...OH SHIT" lines of all these dudes and even though a wigger from the florida suburbs should irk me, he never does, his personality comes off as earnest
if marvwon didn't pause and rap so low so often, i'd def put him top 10. but he puts my ass to sleep sometimes
qp is WACK, bro. then again i've only seen him get murdered.
uno lavoz is funny but he's no great battle rapper. he's just hilarious. he should do standup or become an angry character actor of some sorts in comedy.
soul khan is really fucking clever and doesn't sound as wack as he looks. he's gotta get mention. this exact statement fits rone as well. on a sidenote i was super impressed by the euro kid who beat rone last. i mean his off-the-dome shit was incredible and barely missed a beat to his written shit.
dirtbag dan is easily top 3 right now. ya kidding me? he manipulates deliveries, personals, punchlines, wordplay, changes tempos effortlessly, works the crowd, he's the fucking man at this shit.
nocando is easily a top 5 most talented but also the laziest when it comes to writing (or maybe busiest) but i still love watching him fuck kids up who spent weeks on a verse with throwaway freestyle lines lmao
hollow da don, his flow on "bomb and the generator, calm like a meditator" the pause before "yea in call of duty", his personals when he killed illmac by jumping in place while emphasizing his style of punchline rhymes, AND i've seen him flip what a dude said and incorporate it on the spot, not as skilled as some do it with the rebuttals, but still dope as fuck
dizaster has to get some mention. he's fucking ruthless, and he blacks out all the time during a verse. he is possibly the most personal.
dumbfoundead is easy top 5 when he's active and trying. he completely sonned PH, but i gotta mention that PH has shown me something, especially his last battle at KOTD, he is fresh and he's got that sermon's voice for rapping, gotta love it
one guy that i think is incredibly clever especially even on a subtle 24-7 way, but is also super weird in terms of how nonchalantly and casually and at times QUIETLY he delivers his verses, is that dude who battled uno lavoz when lavoz started going at fox who was just supporting on the sidelines. it was that dude with some voltage electricty name cuz i remember lavoz kept doing those punchlines...oh yea, WATTS.
there are some we're forgetting. it's not really fair to leave out thesaurus cuz he writes his ass off for the battles and he also has great freestyle rebuttals.
