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LA's first video battle like...
Slip - off the bat I liked that you were trying to add a lot of personality into your approach, I think long term that's a good way to push yourself and progress but in terms of this battle I wasn't particularly a big fan of the "your momma is a big brown cow, bom-chikka-wow wow" material...it was just, nope.
Your material then got much better, but personally I felt it wasn't delivered in a way that really maximised the damage...partially down to the 'blink and you miss it' approach & partially down to the way your were delivering the verse. Like if you look at those live battles on the internet people are using pauses and building up there punchlines to deliver the hits in a way that does damage. I felt like you had good solid disses but they came off as glancing blows rather than hammerblows. I'd also like to see less of the "cup cakes" and "sweating" type stuff as that just didn't feel particularly hard hitting.
I did feel like you got stronger as you built towards the end, could have been more aggressive in terms of the delivery but I did like the performance aspect of coming up close to the camera. I think if you'd mirrored that with some real aggression in your voice that could've been some real solid stuff. So overall, some real positives in there...I think the main two pieces of advice are think about how you construct your punchlines and try to match the delivery to your content. But all that said I do think you had a very good drop here, well researched, lots of angles of attack and better than a lot of other people could have done. Was a good introduction to the format on LA.
Ch3kk - off the bat you can tell you aren't one to be trifled with. Personally I thought you had a real presence, both through vocals and delivery but actual just physical presence and the hand movements. I think that gives you a real authority when you compare that with Slip who was giving it a much more animated performance. Loved that Alter Ego segment, very impressive. Generally I just felt like your material was more impactful, really dig the way you play with your schemes but you also have the confidence to leave your hits lingering for a second for the listener to absorb them in. Which I think just shows the level of composure you have. I think the only real gripes I have here are that you didn't come as personal & direct as Slip did...at least in terms of the content. That said, I felt you more than compensated for this with the way you delivered the material you did have.
Overall I have this one going to Ch3kk...I just felt like he was the more polished competitor all round and dropped a diss that I felt was more direct and compelling. Big props to both of you though as I think Slip gave a very good account of himself here & I respect anyone who'd step up and do a video battle. I hope we see more of them.
Vote = Ch3kk
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