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~Throw Back Verse~


Adonis: Years ago there was a growing phenomena called Scypt, now known more widely as topical writing. In this early stage of its creation however, there was a man named IKUE. He was one of the first to be published under the art form dubbed Scrypt, paving the way for those of us who have been published using these leagues as a platform. Here is that published work. In full disclosure, Ikue is the name I know him by and all rights hence forth are attributed to him.


A Homage to the Beat Generation
03-14-2006
Written By: Ikue



In the Arms of Slumber
The highway carries the night to hosts of places far and wide,
We sleep at it’s side; come morning time we catch our rides.
Nebulas support the skies, traces echo upon our weary eyes,
The moon sings lullabies to a sleeping road secreting sighs.

The Beat Awakens
And so a new day is born, the strong sun rises bold and warm,
Long curses are sworn, in fresh swarms the mosquitoes form.
All my clothes are worn, seams unravel and my jeans are torn,
I embrace this scorn, by God’s grace I cannot travel and mourn.
As my battered sneakers pace, I smile to be leaving that place,
While the sun hugs my face, it won’t matter iwho gives chase;
For I’ll leave no trace as I go, they've thrown their last blow,
Where I’ve been no-one knows; I have grown above my lows.
We all run from our past, wanting to hide, or find peace at last.
Never go back. With truth thrown aside at least freedom is cast.

From Whence it Sprung
Staggering home he swore, as he slurred and sung God’s law,
Alone and prepared I waited for him to throw a fist to my jaw.
Always pissed; Pop was a preacher, a poor community teacher,
Saw fit to love all creatures, but me; I had my mothers features.
One night he hit her hard, she left for good and broke his heart.
Despite my age I took her part; a young child hurt and scarred.
Years on punches were still flung, somehow I held my tongue.
Suddenly, after he swung, through his laughter my father sung:
’’Hit the road Jack (And don’t you come back…)’’
That night a small bag was packed.

The Beat
I’ve ridden with country hicks, fairy guys lusting for prick,
(They never got it) and rich white kids looking for kicks.
With smokes 'n' whisky shots, I’ve got buzzed and partied a lot,
The Beat’s always hot, but never found a place I'd like to stop…


…Until I reached Texas.

Glowing like a torch, that desert sun beat down and scorched,
And revealed a gorgeous girl, in the heat, sitting on her porch.
Her locks were blonde and long, her eyes green and strong,
I was lost to her as she sung her song:
’’Take me down to Mexico City,
Where the boys are fine n’ the gals are pretty,
Their hands are grubby and faces are gritty,
O Take me down to Old Mexico City’’
Upon her guitar she strummed, softly hummed then sung:
’’Take me down to Mexico City,
Where The Beat plays all day n’ all night
N’ the kids are all way outta sight,
And we’ll dance until the mornin’ light
You don’t need money Babe, that’s alright,
Just take me down to Old Mexico City.’’

The next morning she sure looked pretty,
As we hitchhiked down to Old Mexico City.
(Two thumbs up).




Interview

Innovator
Lars



Innovator:Today i have the pleasure of poking and prodding at what some would call a HOF of topicals and and overall live battle legend (go check the archives and Youtube) . @sraL himself aka Baron Mynd and so many others. just a quick little dive into the mind of a maniac lol.

Aight


Innovator: Hows the first season so far and why havent you competed more throught out the seasons?




Lars: It's been similar to a lot of recent topical leagues, interest the first week, waining by weeks 3-4. The RHYME suffered the same thing in it's most recent run at PR. I think right now there are only eight people signed in, and no disrespect intended to those involved, but they aren't the sort of 'names' that would draw people in. The battle scene has it right here lately in that they're now blooding new faces and they have a new generation of GOOD battlers to mix it up with the older heads. It's really competitive. I feel that the topical side pretty much has a monopoly of the top dogs and there's a vast gap between them and the next tier of writers. There are some noteable exceptions, Nigma (who just signed in) has a lot of potential. Ullr aka Baron X I can see sticking around for years once he finds 'his' style and a comfort zone. UnbornBuddah is ridiculously talented. You need to encourage more of these guys to step up though, a topical league with only eight people isn't interesting or competitive (to me at least) I thrive on competition. We need the likes of oats, deadman, Witty etc competing regularly. Those guys on their day are awesome writers capable of beating anyone, from any era. In answer to your later question, I'm not really a fan of the whole "seasonal" league format. I'm from the era of weekly on-going competitive leagues. When I was younger I maybe had time to compete for 16 weeks straight of whatever a season is, but not now I'm 29 with a job, house, wife etc. I've never really took part in any of the seasonal leagues bar a few weeks here and there, I much prefer the tournament formats where I can compete for 4-5 weeks and it's all resolved. It's not a long drawn out arduous process. It's short and to the point.



Innovator: Given the slow start and relatively new cast of participants. How would you rank this season as far as talent goes.?(to early to tell?)


Lars: I kind of alluded to this in the last question I guess, but I don't want to disrespect those who are involved. Fuck it. There's a certain prestige about facing and potentially beating a 'name'. To know you could compete at their level. There really aren't many established heads in the AOWL currently, and nothing is going to match the first season of AOWL when everything was new and people had something to prove. I'm not going to look back with rose tinted glasses though, competition wasn't that great, it maybe had more numbers - but not talent. Franks season my favourite. An in-form Frank is a monster. Certain too. They were, what we called at RM, the leagues Iron Men. They had endurance to compete week in, week out. There are very few who do that, and even less in this era of text. I think these types of character often get overlooked in the leagues as their records maybe leave them flagging behind the champs at 5 or 6-0, but these staples are what make the leagues and they deserve credit for that. Zygote was one for the league here in recent memory. Copypat even. It is a little early to discuss talent but I'd like to see the se newer guys step up and take the reigns this season. Your Mr. J's, Ullr's, UnbornBuddah, Nigma etc... with the bigger 'names' procrastinating, the opportunities there for one of then to take it and establish themselves. That's not a slight on them either, they're undoubtably talented, but a win here could help solidify their spot with gorillas.



Innovator: Who do you predict will win this season?



Lars: Whoever it is will be someone in it for the long haul, I'll stress that. This isnt about who is the best writer, it's about who has that streak to show up consistently. Couple that with consistency, the ability to maintain a high standard week after week. Consistency is a huge factor here for me, and I think when you start looking at those things in particular you start to narrow down the field. For my money? Nigma or UnbornBuddah at this present time are the top picks. I like both, Nigma maybe hasn't been around as much recently and there's always that working against him. Ring rust and the fact he might not stick it out, BUT when he did show in his last run he stuck it out and proved himself as dope. If memory serves me well he had a battle vs Frank that I remember? The guy has huge potential. He reminds me of a younger me when I was more obsessed with carrying multi strings and whatnot. UB on the other hand is more like Vulgar, he has a very calculated and clever pen game. He has elaborate story arcs. He has a lot of strength in knowledge and is a versatile opponent. His other strength here is, he's been actively competing in leagues and tourneys so he has no rust. Plus I know he is consistently dope with his, probably the best writer I've faced this year to be honest. Ullr is my outside pick, the guy definitely has it in him to champ. He rules RR. He's creative. He has a superb writers voice. He maybe takes topics too head on which was always one of my flaws, but he'll be there or there abouts. I'm sticking with UB as my pick though.



Inno: Ok enough about the aowl lets ask some personal shit.

Your a big horror fan right, whats your ideal death scenerio. Whether it be you or some one else?




Lars: It's amazing how uncreative I am when thinking of my own death considering how many characters etc I must have killed off over the years haha! I'd want something quick and painless but that would get immortalised on sites like rotten.com or the old steakandcheese shit. Something like a harpoon gun to the head, splitting the brain in half would be dope to look at as my soul lifted from my limp lifeless body. I saw a picture once supposedly of this tall celebrity guy who stepped out of a helicopter while it's blades were still whirring, he stood up and the propellor blades split his shit to high heaven. That would be quick, relatively painless and legendary I think? Maybe that. On an enemy though, I'd want that motherfucker to be tortured to within an inch of his sorry life before he died. The death by a thousand cuts shit sounds good. Maybe take my time to somehow record shit from their viewpoint as I chainsaw their limbs off like the Korean "The Butcher" movie. Any motherfucker on the wrong side of me is dying as long, drawn out and painfully as your mind couldn't even imagine. I would literally paper cut their eyeballs until their was nothing left. I'd keep their pickled brain above my fireplace as an ornament and use their decapitated hands as ashtrays like those old gorilla paw ones you can't possess anymore. I'd love to hospitalise someone so they can't move at all, maybe crush their windpipe so they can't talk or communicate. Blind them with acid during the attack but leave them alive, that's worth than death IMO, then I'd get a job as their nurse or whatever and force feed them to eat my own shit mixed into their meals so everyday I haunted them into wishing they had died. That's more like it.



Inno: Meek or drake?



Lars: LOL in all honesty, I haven't heard hardly ANYTHING by Meek. I'm not familiar with his work at all, he's not that big over here. Drake knocking in the clubs though, I can't lie. Plus he def won their little squabble and came out with more credibility even though they both kinda lost in a round about way. It got people talking about hiphop again though, which isn't completely a bad thing, even if it did seem like the poorest attempt at beef in recent memory. I'm glad it didn't escalate, it's better for the culture. We don't need another Big/Pac scenario blemishing hiphop ever again.



Inno: If you could troll anyone in the world and get away with it scot free who would it be and how would u do it?



Lars: I'll keep it a pound with you, I'd fake my own death somehow (harpoon to the face, I told you, quick/painless/looks dope!) and then I'd love to see the reactions of family members and friends to know who's really real and who's fake. It's maybe not the humorous answer you wanted, but it's a real one. I keep my circle pretty tight and like to think I'm a good judge of character, but it would be an interesting experiment I think.



Inno: Boxers or briefs?



Lars: LOL real talk I picked up some briefs by mistake a couple months back, threw a pair on, obv I had bought the wrong size and they were virgin tight on me man. Ended up walking for hours that day, my legs were sore and chafed and hurt up pretty bad. I got home to take a shit and as I pull them down, these briefs are covered in blood. It looked like a penile Polllock painting. Splashes of red all over. The briefs were that tight they had cut into my skin like cheese wire. Plus I'm a huge fan of the sweet science, Shame there aren't more knowledgeable heads here to discuss/debate it with besides Eddie. Boxers win hands down for that reason.



Inno: given your taste in movies do you consider jason, hallowen and movies like real horror?



Lars: Yeah, of course I do. I mean a lot of what I watch is extreme cinema, even stuff like Irreversible I don't consider a horror to be honest, but obviously due to it's graphic nature and "disturbing" scenes you'll find a lot of horror fans have checked it out even though it's not really 'my' category so to speak. Those hugely commercial horror flicks though are usually what have introduced people to the genre in their early years, they've found they liked those, and have then searched out the more harder to find/graphic/niche markets later on... but undoubtedly most people have started with seeing a movie they were too young to have supposed to or have found a copy of their older siblings etc and started from there. I love some of the bigger, more commercial stuff more than I do some of the more extreme. Infact, just yesterday I picked up the Scream! Comics versions of Halloween, issues 1-3, in mint condition for £10. They're pretty well sort after but I tend to keep my posts here about the extreme shit you guys wouldn't have seen rather than covering reviews on stuff you have. They wouldn't be as interesting if you already knew what they were about, IMO.



Inno: How much longer do you see your self doing this? And do believe theres any competition or hurdles you still haven't conquered?



Lars: I can always see myself writing in some fashion, whether that's here or for live battles or children's books which I've been asked to do by an illustrator friend. I don't think I'll ever lose touch of my writing, I really enjoy doing it. I'm maybe not as prolific as I once was, but I've definitely matured as a writer and found a style I'm entirely comfortable with. I turn 30 in October, I'm a married man, and I'm trying for a child. Obviously those things are huge and could take precedence but I feel I'll still find time to write amongst it all. It comes so natural to me I don't think I'll ever stop. There's not a whole lot more I want to accomplish, sometimes the mood takes me and I'll hit a vein of form and want to join a tourney or league here to test how good I am. I've a few people I maybe would like to face before I hung up the keyboard, Richard Corey especially as he's like the grandfather of this shit. I hold him in such high esteem as like, literally the best to do this. Ever. Beyond contention. I thought maybe it might happen in the last run at PR but he bowed out before we got to I at it and I lost interest and signed out once I saw he had dipped. RC def on my hit list though, bring him over and tell him we'll spot light that shit.


Inno: thanks for your time brother.

Lars: Thanks for the opportunity. Shouts to my boy @MMLP, my Word Perfect, Myrmidons and The Syndacate squads. Keg Party, waddup! Peace!
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