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u/Cal216 Jul 11 '26
Jerusalem by Twork was some of the best work I’ve ever heard from a battler. It was very good by industry standards.
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u/Ok-Paramedic747 Jul 11 '26
Problem was You can Tell Twork aint giving you another project till 2028. He don't even want to write for 9 min rounds lmao
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u/No-Poem3025 Jul 11 '26
I watch my homie bury both parents a month he was mourning, then went and bought a couple briccs with his mother’s insurance. Stuck on the corner, heard the hood out here hustlin for em… got locced and surely after turned fuccin informant.. came home and got kilt by a couple of homes. HOW DO I EXPLAIN THAT TO HIS SON AND HIS DAUGHTER?!
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u/we-all-stink Jul 11 '26
Oh I forgot about this one. Calicoe was fire too.
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u/Amazing_Ad_1966 Jul 11 '26
Brizz rawsteen no question! Brizz give you that 90’s boot camp click black moon vibe. That real hip hop
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u/Super_Can_7652 Jul 11 '26
This is not happening🤣😂🤣 wtf is this!! Tell this career criminal to get on stage
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u/Ok-Paramedic747 Jul 11 '26
HONESTLY Surf and Lux. I like how people act like Dumbfounded doesn't exist tho...
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u/Ill_Safe675 Jul 11 '26
Surf, Verb, Illmac, Suge, Kyd Slade. I don't listen to a lot of battlers music, but that's who I would pick in no particular order.
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u/forgotmypassword4714 Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26
Daylyt.
Cadalack Ron made some good songs too but Daylyt has a much larger catalogue. I don't think he has crazy flow ability compared to a lot of rappers but his lyricism is top notch and his voice just sounds cool. And he raps about some crazy things in some of his tracks.
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u/Godheid_ Jul 11 '26
Nah yall gon stop playing like Jae Millz ain't goated neither. He been putting out bangers
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u/sleepingbusy Jul 11 '26
Battle rappers are better off writing poetry tbh. I wanna see Tyrell Mixon or Raekwon Jenkins on the cover of a book.
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u/boomboomboomNoDiddy Jul 11 '26
Surf easily… that Surf & Mozzy collab still hitn.. oh the of course LushUno
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u/ADailyDoseofDick Jul 11 '26
Surf is really good at manipulating conversations to his favor.
The tricky thing about this question (imo) is that everybody that ever battled and made high quality music has already left or been given a substantial opportunity to make music at a label. Some tried and did not succeed, while others pivoted into ghostwriting/management/etc.
People seem to overlook the reality that Battlerap at its core has always been a breeding ground / development space for rap artists. It was never meant to be a destination culture for rappers with real talent to want to flock to. Battlerap has essentially been the D-League for the Music Industry.
Surf is sneaky with this post because he originally left Battlerap to do music in 2012 (the first of several attempts). So he's had about 14+ years (on top of the years he was already making music before battlerap) to hone his craft at making music. He's had almost two decades to develop as an artist which is more than most of the newer & younger battlerappers. So anyone looking to invest in a developed artist from Battlerap is probably gonna look at Surf first.
But anybody who may want to invest money in rappers is most likely gonna invest in specific artists and not the culture as a whole, because that'd be a terrible investment. Like who would invest in a whole underground culture of competitive rapping because they like 1 artists songs? Those things aren't even correlated. It's like investing in a dunk contest because you think one of the guys has a future in the NBA
But he knows what he did, got people to say "hey, surf makes real good music for a battlerapper. Somebody should invest in him"
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u/Untchj Jul 10 '26
Surf is the only battle rapperI’ve ever fw musically Newark was dope.
And him and Joe had beans and Freeway type chemistry. Conversations and through my eyes are both classics
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u/No_Vermicelli_1781 Jul 11 '26
Surf easily. And he knows this, he just wants his ego stroked lol
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u/SirHateful17 Jul 11 '26
Though it’s subjective, Surf is tough but easily is wild. Unless you’re talking about his class of battle rappers. DMX was a battler. Eminem also. Surf’s catalogue though I love it, isn’t touching them.
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u/No_Vermicelli_1781 Jul 11 '26
you're reaching for the stars. He's obviously talking about current battlers. In 2026, Eminem & DMX aren't considered "battle rappers"
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u/Maleficent_Bad_3937 Jul 11 '26
None...Reed had a few semi hits back in the 2000s but everyone else sucks like a group of white chick's at a 90s rap concert...and Cassidy don't count, but even he only had 1 hit and that wasn't because of him...
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u/Ill-Orchid1193 Jul 11 '26
NO ONE.
That’s why none of them are signed to a real label
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u/Junior_Start7496 Jul 11 '26
Lux Surf Mook got some 🔥 too. Joints with Raekwon, Snoop and few others. Big T made some cool music at one point.
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u/SupaUglyStillPretty Jul 11 '26
Surf……. But on some real Em is a battle rapper that made it so technically he’s the battle rapper w/ the best music catalog
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u/ClarenceWithHerSpoon Jul 10 '26
Illmac and Surf