Battles have become watered down. Its the corporatization of the battle rap game. The leagues only care about selling out venues and youtube views so they doing shit like copyrighting battles so we can't watch them for free, battle rappers battling anybody just for a check (no fucks given about wins or losses). Niggas are clique-ing up and refusing to battle certain people, using their position to hold other niggas down etc. The passion is gone, its about trying to sell t-shirts and mixtapes now. That's why I ended up falling back for awhile.