I’m thinking we should be bringing back Text Crews for 2021.
 

I think its time; there aren’t many active ones roving the board currently but small teams of 4-5 people with a crew name each, maybe a little three word slogan or something, we could get them popping for both the topical and text battle sides where it would help generate some fresh punchlines, maybe some new rivalries and even make for some diss drops in the open mic etc

It could lead to a little “this crew vs this crew” type bullshit. I figure we should try it at least, and see what pops.

Time to squad up, NC.

Let’s go!

Not enough voters. It would cause nothing but DRing accusations, IMO.

Let's get it!

Crews are the gateway drug for voting rings.

I do like the concept, but Zuch's point about voting problems stands. Maybe if you capped crew size at 3/4. And you might have to ban same crew votes.

free agent here. not joining any crews that don't have a crew sig

If you are actually going to do this, you might just want to have signups then assign the crews randomly and see what happens. Less likely to have bias issues and might have better parity to make things interesting.

Or better yet, pick crew captains and do a draft from signup list.


And to keep people motivated, could do a site diss competition to crown the best crew.

I like it.

@Sinacog

There’s already crews whatchu mean

I think with enough participation it'd be pretty cool to do a league with team captains that draft battlers for each crew and then pit them against each other to see who wins the most battles throughout the season with divisions and rankings. obviously crew members cant vote for each other. We could probably find a way to make it inclusive for both battles and topicals

I was gonna do a league before where it was just a panel of judges...3 or 5. They wouldn't participate in battling and their opinion would have to be relevant

I don't think there is many people for a full crew line up, it starts to get messed up when everyone is in the same crew, and more than one, not to mention the dickriding but that happens anyway lol.

it would be dope though if we can make it happen, only if you can only be in one crew at a time though.

Yes

I'm down.. talk with my manager for business inquiries

I was in a few crews back in the day

soundproof
mic cannables
original fam

forget the rest lol

Cannables Spanish for

You weren’t in soundproof

um yes I was, I was one of the core members, I feel like they used me because at the time I was the only member with powers.

they poached me from mic cannabals.

I tried bringing back the delirious nomads last year but no one else was into it

Me @evaD and @Bomb Bard are reppin SMP though

$.|\/|.p

to be honest, i was feelin' the anonymous tournament theme.

unaffected by buddy votes or crowdsourcing on discord.
just raw verses , unbiased
its too bad it didn't get the momentum it deserved.

This is all true @OP. I got it popping again back wen i introduced a.t.r and shit. Was fun.

Introducing The B.R.I.T.S
Best Rappers In This Shit


@sraL @MMLP @evaD @Flow @Enbombz

Brexit with that shit.

I'm j/k, that's a pretty cool lineup.

Can confirm I’m not British

Aka ur crew sucks @sraL


@Orc u kno how we bummin gang let’s get it

We in here. NCG's, copywrite.

Underrated post.

lmao Kung just PM’d me his opening 16 for you

you gonna regret that verse

Haha good one.

back in my day being in a crew meant something and you had to actually earn your spot, in mic cannibals I had to beat someone in the crew, I beat HD and earned my spot, these millennial crews there was really no qualifications, other than hey you wanna be in our crew? also everyone was allowed to join more than one crew so at the end everyone was in the same crew, and it made crews pointless when it came time for crew battles, I remember only wanting to be in that crew cuz they had dope crew sigs haha.

Lol idk why but this is funny

haha, crews that grew up after 2000.

I remember at tupac.com I was in a crew called 662 or 262 or some shit it was named after whatever that club was suge knight owned.

We did a Tupac tribute to, we had a chorus and all in text lol

We really miss you Tupac
I shed tears when the casket drop
World stopped when you got shot
You will live on
Through the verses in this song

This was like 98....

Lmao

Thank god he didn’t live on through the verses of that horrid text drop.

Are you even really a netcee if you’ve never been in a crew?

lol

Pretty much

if pac was alive he would probably be in prison tbh.

I think a Frac-hosted tourney here might be worthwhile

you’ve got my vote