Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast is the first podcast curated by Open Culture. This podcast is part of the Partially Examined Life podcast network. This episode includes bonus discussion you can access by supporting the podcast at /prettymuchpop. Hear Tyler talk about his many rap albums on Nakedly Examined Music #24. “ Flyting Was Medieval England’s Version of an Insult-Trading Rap Battle” by Tao Tao Holmes.“ A Brief Hip-Hop History of Rap Battles” by Jake Hall.
The Ruin Your Day YouTube Channel where battle rappers comment on notable battles.Immaculate is Tyler’s favorite battler, and Soul is Scottish. Note that the latter are “Christian-based” rappers. Perhaps the most viewed battle of all time Here are some matches Tyler recommended that also get mentioned: Roxanne Roxanne (2017) a biopic about Roxanne Shante depicting hip-hop rivalries of the 1980s.8 Mile (2002), a semi-autobiographical film starring Eminem, which displays the older, free-styling over a beat type of battle rapping.Not only was it one of the most anticipated battles at the time, it’s since amassed more than 13million views on YouTube. But it was his bout with New Jersey’s Arsonal in 2012 that was particularly legendary.
So what are the rules? How does modern battle rap compare to free-styling, the beefs aired on rap albums, and classic insult comedy? What’s the appeal of this art form? Is it because of or despite the aggression involved? Battle rap is regarded as a free speech zone, where anything’s fair game, but does that really make sense?Ī few relevant films came up in the discussion: Pretty Much Pop hosts Mark Linsenmayer, Erica Spyres, and Brian Hirt are rejoined by our audio editor and resident rapper Tyler Hislop (rap name: “Sacrifice”) to discuss a form of entertainment close to his heart: Two people staring each other in the face in front of a crowd and taking lengthy turns insulting each other in a loud voice using intricate rhymes, references, jokes and even some cultural commentary and philosophical spit-balling.