yes it’s a NEW YORK thing and you wouldn’t understand. It wasn’t always about a record deal this was before record companies even felt rap was profitable. Remember Rap started in the STREETS and that is how you made a name for yourself by your skills..that defined who you were..not just in your area but other AREAS if you were good.

Word of mouth meant EVERYTHING and the better you were the farther your name traveled to other neoghborhoods to other boros, to other states, to other cities.

although it was potentially lucrative, Not all Graffiti artist desired to be in art galleries, some just loved the rush of going to the yard and Bomb the trains.

It’s fine not to agree but there’s no need to be sarcastic about things that are beyond your understanding. Street battling was an art and should be respected as one. Those who went on to get record deals GOD BLESS THEM but the streets was a different world and a different beast.

If it wasn’t for our NY street battles back on the days many of the things that you appreciate today in rap would not exist so please show respect to the craft and the warriors that lead the way.

I hope that helps.

@percycarey MF GRIMM

Maybe because I’m not from new york I cant really see how street battling can be definitive enough to be that important

I mean unless one dude is really good and one dude is really garbage, it seems like its still just a matter of preference who is better

I guess there is the thrill of getting the crowd behind you for whatever reason,
usually a better punchline,
but that could be just as much because you brought your posse with you or your from the neighborhood

I mean yeah I agree that rap shouldn’t just be made for records and coming up battle rapping against other dudes is probably the best way to build a foundation

But I dont see how it could be more serious or proves a lot more then just doing it for fun just to do it

Does winning a rap battle on the street get you laid more then dropping a single?

Or even a moldy old mixtape for that matter?

Would be nice to preserve the history… there was a site I used to go to and it had interviews with Rakim, G Rap, Kane, etc. but one day they stopped updating it and then the site just totally went down and now all those interviews seem to have disappeared forever!
So it would be cool to be able to properly save a lot of this information in published form, as it’s important stuff!

Yeah, I rocked another alias on here for many years…..HAHA…

Respect to you Robbie for the GRIMM interview, he is in my top ten list of MC’s (I’m not just saying that because we make music together)…

Be on the lookout for ” GOOD MORNING VIETNAM 2 – THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE ” in a few months….

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I did all the beats on GRIMM’S new project, “GOOD MORNING VIETNAM”…

You can cop the wax at VENDETTA VINYL VIETNAM .COM

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