POLITICS & BATTLE RAP
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY
BY THE CROW42
Most events under the RBE banner have been
held in Club Drom. For those of you who don’t know,
Club Drom was sort of the last stronghold of GrindTime
East. Last time I went to this venue, Poison Pen was
hosting the “Head I.C.E vs. Swave Sevah” card, which
featured a lineup of Dirtbag Dan, PH, Dirt, Jack S**t,
a then-unknown 40 B.A.R.R.S, QB, Real Deal and T
Money Bags.
The “Lift his Soul” card featured a lot of good
talent. “Bigg K vs. Big Kannon” — in particular — is
more appealing to me than say, the main event, “Math
Hoffa vs. O-Red”. The main event is going be a little
more interesting after the incident that happened at
BOLA 5. The event was accompanied by a few hit-ormiss trailers that — depending on who you asked —
were either corny or downright terrible. People shouldn’t
knock ARP for attempting to bring something different to
the table; even if he has his nose up the entire time.
So... I was off to Alphabet City solo, with a dub
of sour and a piece of paper that I waited until the last
minute to print out. SMH. This is what I observed…
r.b.e: lift his soul
rare breed entertainment
On July 5, 2014, Rare Breed Entertainment had
an event titled “Lift His Soul”. RBE started the year off
strong with the “New Years Order” event and now seems
like a viable alternative to the giant in New York City
— the URL. RBE isn’t like the amateurish leagues that
sprung up nationwide at the start of 2013; RBE attracts
respectable names to its platform.
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Whatever time that a battle rap promoter’s event
is listed to start, add an extra two hours to it. Then you
will have a realistic idea of what time things begin. The
turnout was somewhere between 40 - 60 people; small
for that particular venue.
Before and after a few of the battles, there was
a prediction and recap segment, which included wellknown bloggers Jay Blac, Angry Fan and Raine from the
battle talk radio show.
There were sound issues throughout the night,
but they were minor in nature. Most of the battles on the
card were 3-rounders. The only 1-rounder was a battle
that wasn’t advertised on the flier.