Damn guys, crazy ass battle. Nothing to criticize for either of you.
I'd call it a tie, you both went hard.
Reviews for "Kill Bill v Senator Dean"
Bill Won...
We can all argue about prewritten disses and shit, but anyone battling that tells me they DON"T use them I accuse of lying. Cause we all do it. Especially since none of us have a real mainstream public image.
And you don't get the greatest hype tracks to diss and no one cares about the diss anyways cause they didn't listen to the hype track or any of the competing artists tracks because, like is famous to say in these battles ("I went research so I googled your name, and the search came up like your cock... with nothin but blanks) <--------- free use right there, TAKE IT!!
In the end, maybe Senator did a lil more research and Bill used punches. Here's the thing. I didn't care Bill used prewritten punches, cause I fuckin felt em.
Senator was more relevant to the essence of "CLABTRAP" battling but where is my "OHHHHHH SHIIIITTT!!!" moment?
MC to me hypes and hypnotizes with wittiness and clever word play I can understand, whether it being socially relevant, personal, etc.....
I could take stabs at this battle all day, like everyone else and argue he did or didn't do this or that, or I can just say Bill won because his punches were fresh, his recording quality was better, and his voice translated onto beat. I don't care HOW witty you are, if you can't rap on beat, you can't battle (and I am not being specific to any artist at all, either in this battle or any other one, in fact both we very good about it).
Thats like having a million shells of ammunition with no fuckin cannon to fire it out of.
I think Mao said it after our battle: be mean, give ciritisizm, it's only going to help. SO: here are my only 2 critiques, one for each:
Bill: you use too much prewrittens. somehow they work just fine, a testament to your delivery. Thinkin you personalize every line, a force to be reckoned with. Great battle presence.
Senator: you were reaching on some of those simple rhymes and it killed momentum for me, cause it built up so nig then there were like 2 lines that lost a little of the flare you brought in. Also there was too much defense, I like a good offensive battle both ways, any back tracking to rebuttle is so so for me. otherwise, I think your delivery is really great and your intelligence shines through.
Bill was consistent with punches his whole battle, talking about the fact of the battle being for so much less lol. But John Dean gave a good punch to start it off basically calling him a spoiled kid, but it was his only punch that stood out that could even debatably top Bill's punchlines. So through his bars he rides that theme, to the point where when the battle end it's become old and tasteless. The spoiled white rapper persona is a good one to hark at in battle, but has been done a lot, and is only really good when done successfully. Repeating it over and over, makes his bars lackluster at best.
With that said i'd have to say Bill won, and for how open Bill is with his FB and Twitter, it's pretty pathetic John Dean couldn't come up with a better strategy.
Christopher Hitchens in a debate with Al Sharpton:
"You see what I mean. IâEUTMll be very brief. ThereâEUTMs an end to this, an end particularly to the cultural fringe that says that if someone can claim to be a religious spokesman, they are entitled to respect. I have to say it in your presence, sir, I think that the title Reverend is something people should be more concerned to live down than to live up to."
For me the clincher was the whack as fuck "I was marching last week" line. So much so. Can't give it to the senator after that I am sorry but just, my very moral principals of whack here are flagged.
(plus he had to go up against anonymous basically)
We get your black dude.
Kill Bill Vol 2 takes the win.
Fuck me this was quality.
After Bill's verse I was like, shit man The Senator's gonna have to come hard. Then he did.
I would give the win to Senator John Dean.