Discovering Rap Forums exist

Vulgar · 12-05-2014, 10:53 PM

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Diode · 12-05-2014, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Vulgar

Okay so I've met a handful of people in real life who write rap lyrics over the years, or ones that just started doing it as a hobby. None of them ever heard of rap forums before, except maybe one.

How small is the window of actually discovering they exist? I think it's small because we haven't had an 8Mile this generation to create a cultural demand for more competitive spirit to be fostered.

We're lucky to have this perfect outlet (as perfect as the lime green can be) for our hobby.

Thoughts?

They all Facebook it now.

Vulgar · 12-05-2014, 11:13 PM

True, but they don't get any valuable feedback. They also don't know what it feels like to take an L. Humbling experience for writers IMO.

Wise Wiggles · 12-05-2014, 11:34 PM

Fool from hs put me onto em back in the day..

Inno · 12-06-2014, 07:53 AM

^^same here

I got on my first rap board back 99 from this dude
who was on a rapboard in class lol. told me to join. history the rwst is

uh-oh · 12-06-2014, 07:59 AM

i found rapleagues.com in 04-05ish? after searching melyssa ford/gloria velez/vida guerra/nancy erminia.

they had a hip hop honeys section with big galleries for all the video ho's. i seen on the sides of the site tho that they had battle rankings, as well as "classic bars" and threads to battles and discussions.

found it that way.

in high school my buddy posted on one too he's the only dude i know in real life who found them on his own, and we put our other buddy onto them.

Glossy Finish Dick Lips · 12-06-2014, 08:06 AM

yea. I started fuckin around on boards in '98 because a buddy of mine in school would always talk about him text battling and winning an shit. so I decided to see for myself, considering me an that same double would always freestyle battle in study hall and I'd always demolish him, lol.

Geno · 12-06-2014, 11:08 AM

Thoughts are.. just like anything else.. advertisement man.youtube video promotibg twxt and how dope the writers and battles are. Etc etc

Witty · 12-06-2014, 11:25 AM

I just googled rap battles and RB was the first result.

Certain · 12-06-2014, 11:39 AM

A real-life friend told me about a 2Pac website where people battled horribly on a horrible pre-EZ-Board template. He didn't stick around long enough to explore other sites.

Objective · 12-06-2014, 11:55 AM

I was looking for hiphop forums as a way to find new rap albums to listen to outside of the DC++ sphere and discuss it. I had tried to write some lyrics on my own, but they were wack. The first forum I found only had a battle-thread, it was pretty fun so I started googling for ''rap battle forum'' and found a couple. I also found a Norwegian hiphop forum with text battles on them that way and got involved. Been doing it on and off since.

Certain · 12-06-2014, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Objective

I had tried to write some lyrics on my own, but they were wack.

We know.

Orc · 12-06-2014, 11:59 AM

my friend was a moderator on some hiphop forum and got me to join when we were in school. i joined and starting text battling (he never did, just moderated). i remember we would check the score of my battles after school and get excited as fuck if i was winning. anyway i end up googling others, joined rapworlds, then illesty, then rb and then netcees.

Objective · 12-06-2014, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Certain

We know.

Lmfao. I suck at battles, but you can't honestly say I'm not good at topicals when I got time to do it right.

dull boy · 12-06-2014, 12:55 PM

This is a cool thought. We don't really think of the benefits of this place because it's generally so fucking negative around here.

I think it's a combination of things. Writing is sort of a loner hobby and the internet is obviously the loners outlet, among other things. Rappers tend to be more social. Most text people are writers influenced by Hip Hop. The outlet of these forums, while good for developing certain skills, also make it easy to remain in a comfort zone that can be limiting.

It's an interesting subgroup, for sure.

Spoken · 12-06-2014, 01:13 PM

I was just writing rhymes and j typed in rap battles... RB popped up it said forum I clicked it said register so I did...

Tom Sparks · 12-06-2014, 02:00 PM

I was looking for rap music to download back in 00 and I googled 'rap music' n one of the first things that came up was rm and that's how I got started

Badweather · 12-06-2014, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vulgar

Okay so I've met a handful of people in real life who write rap lyrics over the years, or ones that just started doing it as a hobby. None of them ever heard of rap forums before, except maybe one.

How small is the window of actually discovering they exist? I think it's small because we haven't had an 8Mile this generation to create a cultural demand for more competitive spirit to be fostered.

We're lucky to have this perfect outlet (as perfect as the lime green can be) for our hobby.

Thoughts?

I didn't know they existed until after like a year of going into AOL chat room cyphers. Dude was recruiting people from there.

Pakistani Hand Cannon · 12-06-2014, 03:34 PM

majority of the people on these sites dont write 'rap' lyrics though

?????????????????????????????????????

~RustyGunZ~ · 12-06-2014, 03:52 PM

My sisters boyfriend when she was in college told me about rapforums.com. he meant a different site for hip hop news but I ended up there and had done AOL chat cypher shit so battled. Went 20-2 and just kept going with it. Had moderated general disc forums and shit was it wasn't hard to roll with it quickly

12-05-2014, 10:53 PM	#1
Vulgar Razor-thin derision Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 4,422 Battle Record: 40-25 Accomplishments - OM HOF Champed - Fight Night LIV - Gimmick Battle League (2x) - Write Week II - Art of Writing League - Storytelling And Topical Invitational Tournament - STI - Haiku Writer Challenge - GWL Picture Challenge(2x) Rep Power: 49604320	Discovering Rap Forums exist O Last edited by Vulgar; 12-06-2021 at 10:42 AM.

12-05-2014, 11:34 PM	#4
Wise Wiggles nok Su kow Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 4,505 Battle Record: 1-1 Rep Power: 51788022	Fool from hs put me onto em back in the day.. __________________ "black as midnight..black as pitch blacker than the soul of the foulest witch"

12-06-2014, 07:59 AM	#6
uh-oh DA GOD Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Canton Ohio Posts: 12,362 Battle Record: 1-0 Champed - Beat Battle II - Beat Battle V - Beat Bags Rep Power: 84181420	i found rapleagues.com in 04-05ish? after searching melyssa ford/gloria velez/vida guerra/nancy erminia. they had a hip hop honeys section with big galleries for all the video ho's. i seen on the sides of the site tho that they had battle rankings, as well as "classic bars" and threads to battles and discussions. found it that way. in high school my buddy posted on one too he's the only dude i know in real life who found them on his own, and we put our other buddy onto them. __________________ EVERYBODY I KNOW GOT WEED OR GOT POWDER BUT I AINT GOT EITHER. GOT ALOT OF DEMONS

12-06-2014, 11:08 AM	#8
Geno White Earl Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Philly Cat. Posts: 12,354 Battle Record: 10-15 Accomplishments - Open Mic HOF (4x) Champed - Netcees Writers League - Write Week I - Write Week 8 Rep Power: 50036761	Thoughts are.. just like anything else.. advertisement man.youtube video promotibg twxt and how dope the writers and battles are. Etc etc __________________ *-A.bove T.he R.est*

12-06-2014, 11:25 AM	#9
Witty Lime Life Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 16,978 Battle Record: 30-41 Accomplishments - Only Slightly Retarded Champed - Lyric Olympics - Summer Classic Rep Power: 85235118	I just googled rap battles and RB was the first result. __________________ He listens to voices inside of his mind Explicit and poisonous violent crime.

12-05-2014, 11:13 PM	#3
Vulgar Razor-thin derision Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 4,422 Battle Record: 40-25 Accomplishments - OM HOF Champed - Fight Night LIV - Gimmick Battle League (2x) - Write Week II - Art of Writing League - Storytelling And Topical Invitational Tournament - STI - Haiku Writer Challenge - GWL Picture Challenge(2x) Rep Power: 49604320	True, but they don't get any valuable feedback. They also don't know what it feels like to take an L. Humbling experience for writers IMO.

12-06-2014, 07:53 AM	#5
Inno Ad mini tator Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 10,024 Battle Record: 26-54 Champed - Lime Green Poetry Association - Black August - 1-2 Punch League Rep Power: 85899403	^^same here I got on my first rap board back 99 from this dude who was on a rapboard in class lol. told me to join. history the rwst is

12-06-2014, 08:06 AM	#7
Glossy Finish Dick Lips Banned Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Astoria, NY Posts: 1,417 Battle Record: 10-4 Rep Power: 0	yea. I started fuckin around on boards in '98 because a buddy of mine in school would always talk about him text battling and winning an shit. so I decided to see for myself, considering me an that same double would always freestyle battle in study hall and I'd always demolish him, lol.

12-06-2014, 11:39 AM	#10
Certain Mad fucking dangerous. Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 12,066 Battle Record: 40-19 Champed - AOWL Season 3 - Art of Writing League (2x) Rep Power: 85899406	A real-life friend told me about a 2Pac website where people battled horribly on a horrible pre-EZ-Board template. He didn't stick around long enough to explore other sites.

12-06-2014, 11:55 AM	#11
Objective ( ͡º ͜ʖ ͡º) Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 3,868 Battle Record: 17-32 Rep Power: 52474192	I was looking for hiphop forums as a way to find new rap albums to listen to outside of the DC++ sphere and discuss it. I had tried to write some lyrics on my own, but they were wack. The first forum I found only had a battle-thread, it was pretty fun so I started googling for ''rap battle forum'' and found a couple. I also found a Norwegian hiphop forum with text battles on them that way and got involved. Been doing it on and off since. __________________ I'm not a slave for entertainment, I'm entertainments personal slave, So deep into writing I'm concerned bout the text on my grave. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV8ozGcGJ6o

12-06-2014, 11:59 AM	#13
Orc Certified Mother’s Boy Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 5,163 Battle Record: 5-1 Accomplishments - Hall of Fame Champed - NBL Season 4 - GBL Season 1 - Lyric Olympics - Fight Night LXVI - Fight Night LX - Fight Night (3x) - NBL Picture Roast - Netcees Battle League (8x) - NBL Picture League - Gimmick Battle League - BA Tag Team - 1-2 Punch League - NBL Cypher (3x) - Battle Arena League - OM HOF (2x) Rep Power: 85899393	my friend was a moderator on some hiphop forum and got me to join when we were in school. i joined and starting text battling (he never did, just moderated). i remember we would check the score of my battles after school and get excited as fuck if i was winning. anyway i end up googling others, joined rapworlds, then illesty, then rb and then netcees.

12-06-2014, 12:55 PM	#15
dull boy consults Lloyd Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 4,053 Battle Record: 0-8 Champed -1-2 Punch League Roast Rep Power: 39345604	This is a cool thought. We don't really think of the benefits of this place because it's generally so fucking negative around here. I think it's a combination of things. Writing is sort of a loner hobby and the internet is obviously the loners outlet, among other things. Rappers tend to be more social. Most text people are writers influenced by Hip Hop. The outlet of these forums, while good for developing certain skills, also make it easy to remain in a comfort zone that can be limiting. It's an interesting subgroup, for sure.

12-06-2014, 01:13 PM	#16
Spoken ...DA GAWD... Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,355 Battle Record: 13-34 Rep Power: 5860413	I was just writing rhymes and j typed in rap battles... RB popped up it said forum I clicked it said register so I did... __________________ WP Po'ethics

12-06-2014, 02:00 PM	#17
Tom Sparks Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 887 Rep Power: 0	I was looking for rap music to download back in 00 and I googled 'rap music' n one of the first things that came up was rm and that's how I got started

12-06-2014, 03:34 PM	#19
Pakistani Hand Cannon Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,230 Rep Power: 5303583	majority of the people on these sites dont write 'rap' lyrics though ?????????????????????????????????????

12-06-2014, 03:52 PM	#20
~RustyGunZ~ (ง'̀-'́)ง Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 15,844 Battle Record: 52-28 Accomplishments -50+ wins Champed -Summer Classic VIII -Netcees Battle League -BA Picture -BA TagTeam -Fight Night Cypher I -Fight Night XXXV -Key Grand Prix 2018 1/2 Rep Power: 85899406	My sisters boyfriend when she was in college told me about rapforums.com. he meant a different site for hip hop news but I ended up there and had done AOL chat cypher shit so battled. Went 20-2 and just kept going with it. Had moderated general disc forums and shit was it wasn't hard to roll with it quickly