iKingGodGivBiz;9019604 said:(Nope);9019587 said:iKingGodGivBiz;9019464 said:aka40Cal;9019417 said:Hollow is #1 right now and might be the best battle mc of all time. Can't think of anyone who can beat him.
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Supernat is cool, but his style isn't meant for that. It just isn't compatible. Battle rap is too different now.
Also--and this is anecdotal--I was VIP at one of his shows around 2000. I was too young to get in the Middle East, but I had herb to burn and Dilated let me carry in some merch and get a pass. I watched him kick the same rhymes at sound-check that he "came off the top" with during his show.
Few years later saw him again, still kicking the same shit.
As nice as he is, he might be the most overrated battle rapper of all time.
I'd take Juice and Rhymefest from that era before Supernat and neither of them could cut it in today's climate. What they did was great, but it's something completely different.
Didn't SuperNat beat Juice twice? Anyways Hollow already lost to Surf in most peoples minds outside of here, and I could see him losing to a Charron, Bigg K, MoneyBagz, Or even a Big Kannon. Maybe Head Ice also. Anyone can be beaten on any given day and it's also based on the match ups.
I believe that was split.
And the controversy was that Juice wasn't "freestyling the first time." But to me Juice was the illest in that arena at the time because his "freestyles" were way better than any song he released. Juice freestyles were something to look forward to.
Everything else you typed is true (aside from the Hollow and Surf battle that's subjective), but here's the caveat all those rappers would beat Juice or Supernat in the current battle format. Shit is too different now and that's the point I was making. Battle rap has evolved crazily over the past decade and more so over the past five years.