[Article] 5 Battle Rap Strategies You Never Thought Existed

[LetsBeef Magazine]

by Lizman


Passive Vs Active Punching

A Passive Punch is a paronomasia expressing the line’s subject as the patient of the action denoted by the structural indicators (innuendos and/or references). In other words, it is the subdued, almost ivaginated, version of the normal punch, or Active Punch, and strikes a healthy balance between a normal punchline and a punch-less set-up.
Both Active and Passive Punches are used with their own respective set-ups. However the Passive Punch is not always used in a self serving capacity but can be added to an active punchline to serve as the secondary set-up to an inline punch (where the line partition directly leading to the inline punch is its primary set-up).
When rating a verse containing passive and active punches in competition with each other, it is very rare to count the strength of a Passive Punch over that of an Active Punch although it often is better structured and more intricate. Passive punches are usually only counted on top of active punches, in a voting decision, when both competing verses are that closely matched that no other voting incentive suffices.

Excerpt out of Lizman’s Text Battle entry versus Homeskool:

"Got One Extra In The Cast And The Tray's The Special, Nan' Knows The Mac Airs Like The Makes of Apple"

The Passive Punch is marked in red while the Active Punch is marked in green.

Perfect Triple Entendre

1. The Perfect Triple Entendre
   The Entendre is an ambiguity or equivocalness with one interpretation that cannot necessarily be directly determined by its context. As such, the Double Entendre doubles the number of ambiguities et cetera. However, most battlers make no efforts in matching the direct and indirect implications in such a manner as that a sentence or punchline including set-up will read faultlessly either way.
   An example of a perfect double entendre is seen below.
   Excerpt out of Lizman’s Text Battle entry versus Mizz Ammo:
   

   "If You're Metal In With The Force And Your Boys Isn't Legit, I Spread The Cig Through Your Members, Poisonous Spits, And Have You And Your Po Cessions, Exploiting The Fifth"
   
   

   The Perfect Entendres are underlined. In addition, the Passive Punch is marked in red while the Active Punch is marked in green.
   
   The Perfect Triple Entendre does the same as the Perfect Double Entendre, where another ambiguity is added in such a way that the lines’ third interpretation works flawlessly.
   
   Excerpt out of Lizman's Text Battle entry versus Trutex:
   

   Use Ice Piece, Hammers, To Flat Them, Calves, And Have, Ragtime For Trumpets When I Wet Them Vegs, I'm Jazz; Your Bull Let Time Had Them Gas Your Head, So This Body'll Cause Mark Payne, Get The Macs Attached, Released On Two Nines, Tekken Tags, And Then, Beat Him Until Theres No More Chants Cat Has, 'T's A Rap"
   
   

   The Perfect Entendres are underlined.
   
2. The Perfect Imperfect Triple Entendre
   If you are wondering whether a mistake was made in the wording of the title, there was not. A Perfect Imperfect Triple Entendre is intentionally used when two entendres perfectly work throughout the set-up and punch and one only works with the entirety of the set-up and not the punch. The reason it is still a Perfect Triple Entendre is because the third entendre does not just act as a reference to the other two but also works with the entirety of the set-up. As such, its function is more appreciable when, for example, used with a lengthy set-up often seen in larger 16 or 32 line verses. However it can also be found in shorter versions such as the one below.
   Excerpt out of Lizman’s Text Battle entry versus Rosco:
   

   "Stable Taking This Bitch Trash Out Like A Dame With Horsewhips"
   
   

Over Punch Referencing

This strategy is not an easy task, especially when utilizing perfect scheme rhyming structures or other conceptual limiters. What this essentially entails is a system that allows for masking and unmasking of structural components due to spacial deterrents superseding visual enhancements. It would not be entirely wrong to favorably compare this to a text battle version of jeopardy where the answers are questions (/references over punches) and the questions (/punchlines) are clues in the form of answers. The Over Punch Reference is usually accompanied with another strategy called the Under Punch Set-up. Both parts are tightly knit together and are seldom seen in a separate manner. If broken down, the inline punch (that appears to be the set-up to the inline punch but in fact is the punch) serves as the set-up to the punch (that appears to be the set-up to the inline punch) and not the other way around. The Over Punch Reference is the punch that appears as a set-up, while the Under Punch Set-up appears as a punch (it is a punch however it only serves that purpose in a secondary capacity). See an example below.

Excerpt out of Lizman’s Text Battle entry versus Rican:

"Domes'll Break? From Complex Lines, Novocain, Nah…Root Toe That'll Kick Blows To Face, Split Wig Into Six, Scold Kids', Neck To Hide, His Throat'll Flay, Metal Hold For The Arm He Corpsed, Know Your Pain?”

The Over Punch References are marked in red while the Under Punch Set-ups are in green.

As It was so gallantly explained on the RMBVA rap battle site: “It’s Not A Feat To Do Lines Where You Explain What Happens In A Movie Or Game. A Feat Would Be To Do Lines Completely Unrelated To A Game Or Movie That Clearly Reference Them”

Partially Sequential Punch Over Punch

1. Sequential Punch Over Punch
   To understand what a Partially Sequential Punch Over Punch is, one must first understand what a normal, or sequential, Punch Over Punch Is.
   A Punch Over Punch is a series of consecutive punches serving as partial set-ups to their own intentions. The most commonly used Punch Over Punch is a system of two punches which usually rhyme with each other. In a Punch Over Punch utilizing three punches, the first punch usually serves both as a punch to the leading set-up and as set-up to the immediate paronomasia or all succeeding punches in the system. The middle punch can also serve in the same fashion as the first punch, but is also used to strengthen the visual foothold of the entire series. The last punch in the series usually appears to be a set-up to the main punch while also serving in its own capacity as a set-up to its own conceptual reasoning.
   Excerpt out of Lizman’s Text Battle entry versus Daddio:
   

   "You'll Get Court With The Steal If You Uphold The Business, Goals A Stringing, Won Turn And Your Note Is Minim, If I'll Take Off With Your Belle While Your Dome Is Ringing, You'll Die Elect, Votes Depending Phones From Pigeons Like The Poem From Dickens; Know The Difference"
   
   

   The Punch Over Punch is underlined while the Passive Punch is in purple. In addition, the Under Punch Set-up is marked red while the Over Punch Reference is marked green. In this particular except, the purple part is also a Partially Sequential Set-up, which is something that will be abstracted in a more in depth manner in the last part of this article.
   
2. Partially Sequential Punch Over Punch
   Although its name may convey otherwise, its is the more difficult, but more rewarding and impressive out of the two, if executed properly.
   In a Partially Sequential Punch Over Punch the punches are usually found to be consecutively placed in a manner similar to the normal Sequential Punch Over Punch. The Partialness within this system lies in the series’ ability to be split into numerous individual parts and used with both one part of the inline punch or the entirety of the lines leading to the inline punch or even main punch. What it allows is a separation within the Punch Over Punch system to ensure asymmetrical punch structuring for quantitatively equivocal executions. As such, when used within a three punch series, the first two punches can serve as a set-up (1st punch) and punch (2nd Punch) in the Punch Over Punch’s first entendre and as a set-up (1st and 2nd punch) and punch (3rd Punch) in the system’s second entendre.
   Excerpt out of Lizman’s Text Battle entry versus Rican:
   

   "Domes'll Break? From Complex Lines, Novocain, Nah…Root Toe That'll Kick Blows To Face, Split Wig Into Six, Scold Kids', Neck To Hide, His Throat'll Flay, Metal Hold For The Arm He Corpsed, Know Your Pain?
   
   

   The Partially Sequential Punch Over Punches are underlined. In addition, the Over Punch References are marked in red and the Under Punch Set-ups are marked in green.
   

Partially Sequential Set-up

1. A Partially Sequential Set-up, in a fashion highly similar to the Partially Sequential Punch Over Punch, is a set-up that can act as both the set-up to its connected primary set-up inline punch or as the set-up to any or all parts leading through its implementation.Excerpt out of Lizman’s Text Battle entry versus Rican:
   

   "Flip Out Over The Piece He Guardin', He'll Be Mowed With Blades; Enclose His Base? Surround Him With The Band Like The Golden State, Holed Entrails, The Ray D' Ate Leaves Em Exposed To Waves, Shown To Graves, Axe Specked Bodies That Are Motes In Space, Most Displaced, Flex The Fours Wield Like Potent Snakes"
   
   

   The Partially Sequential Set-ups are green while the main inline set-ups are purple. In addition the Passive Punch is underlined. On this particular occasion "Shown To Graves" is both a Partially Sequential Set-up and an Over Punch Reference.
   
2. While it is true that Over Punch References are extremely seldom used without Under Punch Set-ups, they can also be seen with Partially Sequential Set-ups which can affect the appearance of the Over Punch Reference to seemingly assume the functions of its own structure rather than that of a separate punch. What actually happens is that the part of the set-up that is a reference is turned into (1) a punch of the first set-up before the second part and into (2) part of the entire set-up leading to the main inline punch.Excerpt out of Lizman’s Text Battle entry versus Kid Fisto:
   

   "If He Spawns An Ice Piece That Impedes Flow, I Come And Cover Mass With Metals, 3PO, Bury Fruit In A Cool, Ceasin', Chickweed, Sloes, After I Leave, Cedes In The Ground For Linseed Growth"
   
   

   The Over Punch Reference is marked in purple while the Partially Sequential Set-up is marked in orange. In addition the Perfect Triple Entendre is marked in red and the main inline punch is underlined.
   

The post 5 Battle Rap Strategies You Never Thought Existed appeared first on LetsBeef Magazine.


Read More...

[2FUEL]

Originally Posted by LetsBeef Magazine

by Lizman

.....Ahh, fuck this.

Originally Posted by 2FUEL

.....Ahh, fuck this.

thoughts exactly

[Subreal]

oh hell nah..

[Shodan]

no idea what I just read. I swear to God, there's apparent logic and reasoning here, but I don't understand it... Lizman, please explain your vocabulary to us

p.s. that title homie... this shit's the LB mag, not buzzfeed

[Godbody]

unprofessional as fuck