Pigpen sounded like he knew what he was doin so he gets my vote
Pigpen sounded like he knew what he was doin so he gets my vote
What beat is this!? ...
Pig wins on humor alone. Nasty ass battle! Both came very strong with disses and personals. I think i liked vins flow better but Pigpens disses were smarter.
Pigpen: Humorous material and clever lyrics (blame it on your ping). His 2nd verse was much more in touch and had a more battle approach. His flow bores me a bit, thus resulting in me not paying attention to his content (particularly in the first verse); delivery needs some attention. Overall I like his verses and thought his direction was effective; started lazy but ended confident.
Vinstigator: He had some good bars ("resurrected more than Ganon" and referencing SSB) ,his battle material has improved and is diversifying , that being said there were some iffy bars in their. Needs to work on his rebuttals, some were kinda bad. He's got a very punctual flow and the delivery was on point. The "beat-drop" bit was good. Overall his verses were easy to follow and I liked a lot of his content.
I'm gonna have to give it to Vin. It sounded like he wanted to battle, while Pigpen sounded like he was expecting to coast through. Pig had the more clever lyrics, but he lacked the energy to make em stick. good battle.
Got asked to drop a vote on this, and after a few listens, I can't come up with a winner. I'm sorry. So here's some of my impressions that led me to that conclusion.
Pigpen: Pigpen has a slow lazy flow, and that's not necessarily something I'm going to punish him for. it's his style. It's casual and smooth and I don't have a problem with it. He switches up his cadence a good amount and is substantially more entertaining than most from his presentation alone. The problem in this battle was definitely his motivation. The fat punches went long, but they were clever. The flips were clever.
Vinstigator: Basically, Vince's strengths were Pigpen's weaknesses, but vice versa as well. Vinstigator has a solid flow and rode the beat well and put some genuine emotion into his delivery. The punches need to be more creative. I appreciate and give credit to all the rebuttal attempts, but they need to be more clever than just, "fat jokes were weak". Use some wordplay and your content will really be solid.
That being said, Pigpen wins on content, but Vince was punching more. Vince wins on flow, but Pigpen varied cadence more. I'm stumped.
PiGPEN:
+Lil C opening/exit laugh
Vins:
-whack flow, just not a fan of the eunciation and style, sounds like a white guy trying to sound like a cholo
-'straight doped up' failed flip, proving to be a sober prohibitionist and the exact moment he lost my vote.
-can't think of anything less gangster then Smash brothers
Pigpen:
+has that Madness like swagger from verse 1 with the Lil C laugh echoing out of his last verse
Vins:
better then first verse
Vins is a good rapper in theory if his lyrics and eunciation weren't garbage. If he learns to write in the present tense, loses the cholo style (just use your regular voice) and then he'd be a upper/middle tier rapper.
However Pigpen is what makes this track re-listenable Vins verses are forgettable meanwhile Pigpens verse is the better written, more funny and has more replayability.
Swine Pencil gets my vote.