Scribble Jam was Dope

[~RustyGunZ~]

Originally Posted by dull boy

I’ve seen pretty much every Scribble Jam from ‘97 until it lost its relevance due to the internet increasing popularity in similar fields.

Scribble was a lot more about the vibe, though, for a while. Like a get together of all the rappers not attached to major labels. That was a cool moment in Hip Hop history.

When freestyles went the way of the double time flow it started going downhill. Grind time and shit was real good for a minute and overlapped with those last decent Scribble festivals with Illmac and Franco. Think the Justice win was the last one I watched.

Things have evolved obviously, but it’s sorely missing an aspect those early battles had. There’s no repartee. No flipping shit around on people. That’s the essence of a lunchroom verbal sparring. These new 200 bar prewrittens about dude’s entire past has gotten stale.

Was there a defining moment or event where it became clear people were prewritting verses in Scribble or was that more just how the more current leagues came to be with set up battles?

[dull boy]

Originally Posted by Knucklehead

Was there a defining moment or event where it became clear people were prewritting verses in Scribble or was that more just how the more current leagues came to be with set up battles?

Nah it definitely became a thing before Scribble faded out. Hell, a lot of Em’s battles had repeated lines or shit that ended up on SSLP.

Back then though it was heavily frowned upon. When prewriting became more accepted and out in the open is when I feel like the essence of the battles changed. Now it’s all about your performance. Your delivery of bars. Because everyone accepts you’re basically an actor performing a dialog.