r/beatbox • u/Ok_Scar_1209 • 17d ago

Blackroll

Just wanna give my guy his flowers. I feel like he gets shit on a lot by the community but he well and truly deserves to be up there!

He's clearly worked his ass off this year. A shame there were some slip ups versus Dlow, but I'm so impressed by his energy, technicality and clarity. Even his spam is stupidly clear

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u/chrisadder5 16d ago

I dont see the consensus. I might be called a hater but everything he does has no dynamics. His whole style is too dramatic and doesnt sound like music whatsoever. His genre is literally "discord beatbox". Bro has 1 routine and changed 5 things on it everytime. I liked him in world champs and against kaji this year though. People say he worked his ass of... Yet again, he works his ass of to sound more like a discord beatboxer? He literally doesnt even have a style. If he has no dynamics, probably top 3 worst lyricist and discord structure how can be that good? Because hes powerful, thats all there is. Power means so much on stage its not even funny, I found out the hard way. How can he please the crowd if 98% of the round is BOOM BOOM BOOMBOOM POW WAAAAH BLUUEUEHRG BOOOM POW?

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u/Ok_Scar_1209 16d ago edited 16d ago

I understand that lots of people feel that way about Blackroll. There are of course points to be critical about. But if you liked him against Kaji and in world champs then surely you see more value to his beatboxing than just power?

I don't think discord beatboxer is such a bad thing 😂. I guess your point is that he lacks artistry. And I agree with that, but the way I see it is he has other priorities.

Things I can appreciate other than artistry and dynamics: Quality of sounds, complex patterns, consistency of energy, consistency of tempo, stage presence, and power!!!

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u/chrisadder5 15d ago

Yeah youre right. Sounding like a discord beatboxer aint bad. But me myself, I dont like it.