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[Nghh11 - Joey Keys Vs Pig]

Another very close battle.

I had to listen to this one more than a few times before I formulated an opinion on it, and it really just depends on what you find important in battles.

The wordplay went easily to Pigpen. He took the Joe Frazier and spun smokin' joe around it, which is double appropriate since he's battling a dude already named Joe. The Ctrl Z line was the most clever spin of the battle, and in general, Pigpen was more personal.

That being said, I would rather listen to an album put out by JoeyKeys. I liked his flow better. But the punches didn't really hit as hard because the only thing really personal were the references to the AIM chats and the fact that he made 50 flash games is more of an accomplishment than an embarrasment. One observation I had that's neither good or bad was that Joey's second verse, I thought I was listening to Icon. You two have the same voice and the same flow.

pros:
pigpen: better wordplay, harder punches, more cohesive.
joey: more agressive,better delivery, more complex rhyme scheme

cons:
pigpen: better punches in this battle, but there's still room for improvement. i'm not a big believer in talking after your turn is over, but to each their own.

joey: most of it was pretty general and not directed at pigpen directly. Pigpen didn't claim to be street, and the AIM thing wasn't hard enough to return to twice.

from strictly this battle's perspective, i'd say pigpen edged it out.

PiGPEN responds:

>i'm not a big believer in talking after your turn is over, but to each their own.
It's the traditional thing to do in a battle.

[NGHH'11-HeIsAlive vs illmortal]

Good battle.

Solid battle that requires some heavy thought. ILL's flow was more complex and he had decent punches, but the whole thing depended on having the lyrics posted, because I listened to this 3 times without them and I couldn't understand half of it. Once the lyrics were posted, it even swayed my entire impression of the battle.

In short: I vote HeisAlive without the posted lyrics, and ILL when they are posted. But that's the problem. This isn't a text battle, and being able to enunciate to make your punches work is important.

pros:
iLL: more personals, better wordplay, more charisma
HeisAlive: more aggressive, more understandable.

cons:
iLL: gotta enunciate when you speed up your tempo. i understand that lazy adds more swag, but it has to stay understandable.
HeisAlive: it's becoming predictable. The rhymes are more powerful than the message with a bunch of "fucking's" mixed in. No personals except using his name.

All in all, this was one of the better battles to date. Well done.

HeIsAlive responds:

Thanks FLeX, the first REAL review, with legit pro's and con's.

I feel like people are taking my line, "Everything that i say is personal, now watch me get up undearneath this mother fuckers cuticle", the wrong way. That whole line is a metaphor, it saddens me that no one knows what I am talking about right there...

Also, can you tell me when he is being "personal", because im not seeing one personal attack/punch towards me, not one...

Great review bro.

[Cynic Nghh Hype Track '11]

...you did get robbed last year.

but this ain't last year.
..haha, good luck, man, good shit.

GloineFiodh responds:

It isn't last year. but we'll see goodlooks

[2nd Annual NGHH Hype Trac]

haha...

glad you showed up, homeboy.

Gasmasq responds:

Thanks for the welcome bro. Never seen you around before (been on hiatus) but it's good to have some more real competitors in the building man. See you in there! :D

[[C] Bow To Me]

nice.

that's mean, for sure. feelin when that chorus kicks in. keep doin it, man..both the beats and the flows come clean.

[Icon-nghh Hype Track!!!!!!!!!!]

Nice.

Don't let these kids hate on you, the first hype track was solid too. Happy Birthday. And don't worry, you won't have to bother with Nimbus if I get him first.;)

THEICONICICON responds:

thanks man! And yea i look forward to it! scored dont matter to me. i actually anticipate it being a 0.50 by the competition lmao hahaha

[2011 NHGG Hype Track]

i'll see you...

when i see you.
;)

NimbusTheGeneral responds:

Lmao I HAD to respond in at least some small way. We should have a good turnout this year. Hopefully all the bad apples will get weeded out early. I would hate to see epic battles too early.

[HW - On The Edge]

Clean, man. Very clean.

Very smooth. Sounds like something Common would throw something over...one of those reminisce kinda beats.

haywirehaywire responds:

thanks bro.