I’ll get on that another time. Where’s there’s politics
there’s usually money involved.
Who You Know
It’s Always who you know. Facts!!!
Along with that comes favoritism, biasness, spotlight
etc. etc.
Image
If you don’t have an image then why bother. But some
images are more preferable and most importantly
marketable than others. Nobody wants the same
thing, nobody want’s a nothing either. You got to have
something that makes you stand ahead of the rest. If
your not viewable than radio hosting or some behind
the scenes work might be wavey for you. Politics allow
for certain images and styles to be seen or promoted
more than others.
Talent
Without Talent just stick to the who you know,
following and image category. You need this if your
trying to get noticed in this sport. Whether it’s bars,
performance, delivery or any mix of the few you’ll
need something if your looking to stand out in this
field. Politics seem to keep the more talented and
hungry down while keeping the old and washed up
high and praised.
Fuckery
It seems the more talented the less seen. The hungrier
the less fed. These politics that go on allow for these
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weak ass main tier events with sub par results. All It
seems to take nowadays is 1 or 2 good showings for
people to get there tier up. But then when it’s vice
versa there’s no tier drops at least for certain people.
We made it so the top stays the top and you can
never come down or follow when in Fact in sports
if you lose or have a bad showing you lose a tier and
rank. That doesn’t seem to happen no more cause
half of you are scared to give certain battlers lost and
constructive criticism instead of just wave riding.
Politics allow Battlers to stick to these tiers and use
them as shields and protection against the up and
coming hungry. How come the top tiers never fall a
tier after bad showings but a id tier could fall right
back in the PG with the low tiers of a slightly bad
performance or choke. Fame and Popularity got a lot
to do with that because if people don’t fuck with you
enough to get you through and past a bad showing
then politics say your not worth that shot, but these
top tiers can choke and not be fully prepped and still
return to a top spot and stage battle immediately.
As I said before the followings are everything so we
can’t complain when we made these tiers and kept
certain battlers more relevant than they should have.
We allowed for the big ego’s and shitty showings to
persist cause we don’t all speak up and let these league
owners know where watching and paying to come
to events for quality and professional performances,
and if we’re not getting that than let’s break these
tiers and put these bums in a spot with beast and see
if they can fight their way back to the top like the
beast they was that got them there. If we don’t get no
luck with that then let’s sit these vet down and bring
in a new class of warriors. Politics won’t allow that
though because we as the supporters won’t let it. Like
I said the following is the #1 subject in battle rap.
The more we speak the more our opinions get heard.
I’d say make the check match the showing and keep
bringing in the new and hungry, because everything
gets old and maybe its time for a new look and some
new faces on these main stages. We just have to be the
one’s to get our local artist to that point where they
can be seen as much as these tiers and replace them
in this new age of rap. Cause it seems like the tiers is
what cushions most these battlers and make them feel
comfortable at the top. If tiers aren’t meant to change
and be a revolving door then why have them if you