Week 5 chat and predictions

[YDK]

@breathless stop comparing text to audio bro, I don't write to make songs out of then therefore they wont always flow like it. I wrote an entire book of poetry an I'd say 98% of it isn't written like I would speak it or "rap" it. This is a competitive writing league on a rap site not a written rap contest ya feel me? There is a difference in everyone's style, the best overall verse usually wins. Story verses aren't need at all but they're more relatable to the readers normally so if a good story is against a good metaphor it just depends on originality and execution not on which a more thoroughly described story with character development imagery or anything else, its just personal preference and honestly metaphorical verses or symbolic verses are generally harder to execute by nature, its just a part of writing bro, but trust me stick with it and you'll grow as a writer

[Zen]

All I'm saying is I write topicals and my shit would still sound good on a beat.

[breathless]

Oh alcohol, how I didn't miss thee, sadly though, I agree with everything I shouldn't have said, to me, first and foremost, this is a rap league, just being text doesnt change that, otherwise this league should be in a poetry section

[PancakeBrah]

My flow was better. Rhymes were better. My story didn't have a twist. You're a butthurt faggot with a simple style trying to make yourself out to be Bob Dylan. Fuck your swaying, loser.

[Zen]

Originally Posted by Zenland

All I'm saying is I write topicals and my shit would still sound good on a beat.

Foh real. Zenmaster Fresh dawg.

[Split]

Originally Posted by breathless

This being a text league, as far as I can see, people want two names and a city with some stupid plot twist that m night shyamalamadingdongus could script while on ketamine... You seem, at least write like you do, verses that would still stand in audio. That's always been my problem with text leagues, people bitch about not catching the "flow" because they aren't proficient in it, and then give negative opinions because we aren't allowed to explain/audiate ourselves, yet still get labeled as needing to improve because fuckers are stuck in text format... And we also aren't given a set of symbols to denotedissonant syllables, expressions, run on lines, stops, extra "jazz style timing" ect. .. A pm with Adonis I had for example... I explained exactly why people dont catch his flow, and all he could say is... Well, thats not how I would write it it in real life, but he couldn't provide how it would sound/read in real life because these text heads are stuck on how they already want to interpret things, rather than how the writers want them to be interpreted

Sure, we are. It's called punctuation.

If you stick with a rhyme pattern, or general cadence, your reader will pick up on the 'flow'.

No matter how slow or fast you read a bar, the vowel sounds, hard and soft consonants, assonance/alliteration/ etc. all fall in the same order relative to one another.


sometimes you'll run into people who don't get your rhyming, and theres nothing you can do. but i will say that between when I started writing and now, ive developed more of a sense for flow...


that being said, bad flow only negatively affects your verse when the opponent does it really well, or you had very simplistic or dropped rhymes.

in any case, patience and an open mind will get you far

I MEANT POLIO CONVENTION.

@YDK i dont believe in chickpeas

[YDK]

Are you allowed to not believe in chickpeas lol

[Certain]

Chickpeas are delicious.

@Mr. J, I'm probably going to drop pretty late.

[PancakeBrah]

Can I write a whole essay swaying @Certain? Seems like the reasonable and mature thing to do and allowable in this league.

[Mike Wrecka]

ok what did i miss? investigating sway accusation now

[YDK]

Fuck a sway post, I read both verses an tbh pancake got it either way I just haven't had tome to explain a vote yet

[YDK]

Originally Posted by Certain

Chickpeas are delicious.

@Mr. J, I'm probably going to drop pretty late.

Yes they are, it takes a horrible person. To not believe in chickpeas

[Mike Wrecka]

Hummus is my jam for like the last month. just started eating it and im addicted

[PancakeBrah]

Originally Posted by Mike Wrecka

ok what did i miss? investigating sway accusation now

Certain deleted it. Split has it quoted in a post.

Im not calling for a DQ because I want voter feedback but it rustled my jimmies.

[Certain]

I deleted the more egregious of the two sway posts. The second one seemed more like a philosophical debate.

[Mike Wrecka]

ok i saw it. i can see deleted posts as well. the battle will stay open as per Pancakebrahs request.

[Certain]

I'm going to write next week's Certain's Corner about flow and rhyme scheme.

[Mike Wrecka]

@Certain , Beck is the shit. I reviewed that Guero album for Newsday. i really enjoyed it

[Certain]

I like Guero but love Sea Change and Odelay.

[Clutter Buck]

Originally Posted by Certain

I'm going to write next week's Certain's Corner about flow and rhyme scheme.

please do as it seems some haven't grasped what others are doing and doing far beyond their opponents capabilities