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Philaflava wrote:The forum will take one month to find its grove.

Toronto, ON – I’ve worn many hip-hop Kangols. I’ve seen this insane and amazing art-form from almost every perspective imaginable, and it’s been a continually enlightening experience. People may know Mindbender from my so-called “MINDBENDER REACTIONS!!!” (peace to PVP) at the front of countless King of the Dot (KOTD) battles over the years, as I have listened to thousands of punchlines and bars from the hundreds of MCs who have stepped in the ring to do their thing.

In the last 5 years, KOTD has grown into arguably the world’s premier battle rap league. I have judged dozens of battles, weighing a variety of intangible elements as well as measurable impact from such factors as punchlines, jabs, set-ups, uppercuts, body bag bars, clever and witty wordplay, jokes, presence, power of voice and strength of spirit, entertainment value, freestyles and rebuttals, articulate enunciation, vocal projection, breath control, sense of showmanship and performance ability, similes/metaphors/alliteration other literary devices, social observations and clever media references, physical props, body language, hip-hop history knowledge, battle rap wisdom, HONOR and INTEGRITY, intellectual and poetic intensity, memorization accuracy, understanding of opponent, destruction of competition, chokes or stumbles, legacy/career momentum or underdog status advantage, courage to do something creative, and basic animalistic fucking hunger to eat mans food off they bloodclot plate right in front of their face. Those things are palpable in the air when you are near the infamous rhyming ring, right before a battle.

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battlecatmeowstab212 wrote:I interviewed Daylyt for the LA Weekly.

Very interesting dude - http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsoun ... rapper.php