"If he's Shox then you're thunder because I'm definitely seeing him, and the sound you make will let me know how far away from me he is". Bar of the event by Soul there. Close battle, Soul is clearly a better writer but Shox was punching every other bar. Crowd won 3-0.
The crowd. The sound they make, in other words reaction, will let him know how far away from Soul he is; skill-wise. Think of it in terms of thunder/lightning; it's an insane bar.
If judges are going to decide based on "punches" then the winner is always going to be the same Bigg K, Ave, Shox, quick punch style. Whereas the intricate, longer schemes and personal wordplay of a rappers like soul is just as fire... Soul the winner for me 2-1, there's no one like him anywhere, and he was at his best here.
Easily the best battle on Don't Flop to date. I've been watching battles on this channel for a long, but none gave me the emotions from each bar, 16, round that this one did. Shox is easily my favorite battler next to Possessed from RA from the old days. Big Ups to both Shox and Soul! What a fucking classic. Much love from the States!
honestly one of the best battles i've seen in a long time. Shox is something else, if only the uk battle battle scene wasnt on a decline then this wouldve got the recognition it deserved
I'll be honest I'm normally for jokes over bars but god DAMN this battle had me cursing out loud. Absolute fire. Shox pulling out Shakespeare and Greek mythology and delivery like a hammer. Best Don't Flop battle in a long time.
Football Stat’66 yeah, like a url handle... so he’s saying his username is shox he tried to @ him but soul was already taken. Double entendres. The angle of soul couldn’t handle shox like his soul was taken. And the url/username bar
10:39 - 10:55 "You supply the ticket link, I supply the reason to. They wonder if he can even win? They wonder: can I even lose? It's the only thing he's ever done, Or ever will to get decent views. I'll get a better offer than _this..._ in a week or two. It'a hands down, no question, the best battle *he* will do, So how's it getting _'pEaK fOr mE cUz'?_ *This is the peak for YOU!"* 😤🔥
Dont flop just wanted a new champion for marketing. Soul clearly dismantled shox. Shox just thought of loads of cool stuff And just spat it out. Soul broke him down damn!
I honestly can't understand how anyone has Shox winning. He did amazing, easily the best Soul has faced since becoming champ. Soul is just on a different level for me I guess, he breaks down people so well and uses their strengths against them. In his 3rd when he called out Shox being able to beat him up was best moment of the battle for me.
Agreed. Close battle but I had Soul with a strong edge when I watched the bootleg without the decision. Was stunned by Shox winning, but throw in parts of the crowd dick riding and company politics and it's not really about who's better as much as who can push the brand forward with new hype. Same with KOTD, shit's as 'rigged' as WWE.
Wiz Gaming i agree. first time watching it i game it to soul 2 -1 but shox was very consistent with his punches. but souls entire 3rd round kinda won the battle for me.
Wiz Gaming fully agree. Don't flop crowd are there for the hype. They want instant gratification. Not that shit that sits and makes you think. Soul speaking about what battle rap is now in the third round was ridiculous. The shox thunder crowd bar took the battle for me. Nothing shox said topped that
I'm not 100% sure, but just from context this is my guess. Soul says something along the lines of "when you beef and then you speak like you spark men out, and then you ended up on stage doing bars and pouting..." Then when he says "i'm not the type of chap who, you will see in interviews saying they stripped me of my manhood." So when he said you would have to beat me up, to me it meant that Soul at least has the balls to follow up and get his ass kicked instead of taking shit from someone.
Doesn't even matter who won, this is a masterful display of almost every attribute of battle rap. Best battle on Don't Flop that I know of, I think it will go down as one of the greatest battles overall. That being said, I think Soul got the 1st, Shox got the 2nd, and the 3rd comes down to preference.
Watch on the PPV watching again to see how well it was edited, can't even give a loser the battle was complete fire, on a side note though shox was amazing he's progressing rapidly each battle, expected soul to have more to be fair.... the third seemed like he planned to give the title up so he could battle more on kotd and other leagues
“If he’s shox then you’re thunder cos I’m definitely seeing him and the noise you make will let me know how far away from me he is” Genuinely one of the best bars I’ve ever heard in my life. Souls the 🐐.
gemini best get the next title shot, he's not lost yet even out of don't flop, having him as the champ will respark the don't flop battle league, cause people are gonna have to bring there best to this man
I honestly see it Soul 3-0. No body though. Shox did his thing. Threw punches in bunches for sure. But to me Soul had the knee-buckling blows. "You're not the next one up, you're the last one left." Goddamn.
The battle I've been waiting so long for. We see these changing of the guard battles in all leagues and this one was always gonna be a 2-1 for me. Soul handed on the title with such integrity. Used the second to have fun and the third to pass the torch. Shox is a fucking machine and totally deserving of being the next DF Champ. Looking forward to the next "once only a year happening title match"
I've always thought soul won this but after the 30th rewatch I have to admit shox gave more effort in this battle than most battlers have in any battle. Props to shox.
On the real they are bith talented very much so, My opinion is shok out classed soul with sheer word play and finesse, But even so soul clearly shows great knowledge and actually humbled himself towards his opponent and united everyone in the room at on point which shows he is a worthy champion.
Unbelievable battle between the two of them, but big props to Shox man. Never seen someone with such constant improvement and progression in the UKBR scene and it defo doesn't look like Shox is anywhere near finished. If your even reading this Shox, it's been a crazy 10 months to the title, but no one can say that you weren't deserving of the title; that third round was God tier. All hail the new champ!!
Shox 2-1 comfy decision, both completely smashed the battle. Arguably the best upload in a while by some distance and that shox/ thunder bar might be one of the best if not the best bar I've ever heard never mind the bar of the battle, crazy. 🔥🔥👌👌
"How's it getting peak for me cuz? This is the peak for you!" I always rewind to hear that bar again everytime I watch this Soul takes this for me, but only because I appreciate wordplay more than constant punches
Souls, Shox/Thunder bar is fucking NUTS 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Shox took this 2-1 for me, in the building and on Re-watch. Far too many quotables, this battle is a fucking inferno 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Absolutely INCREDIBLE - massive respect to both rappers and grateful to the film makers for catching this! Need to go and lie in a dark room and contemplate these rhymes...
i feel it was a difference in energy. Shox was straight in, fire power from start to finish. It was almost to hard to keep up. Soul has more structure, a slower build to a clinical finish. Different styles, but i think the crowd fucked with Shox more and his punch count was higher for sure. agree with the judges.
Yo first time watching this battle, shox 1 round is 🔥 🔥 on any stage and it looks like his round 2 is going the same way If shox can learn to stay in that angry character and keep the intensity for all 3 round, he be one of the best.. I would love to see shox vs Ave, international battle of The punchers.
Battle of the year, I think ultimately Shox was that bit more hungry... but Soul's writing was mad - it's crazy how its at such a high level and still progressing - I mean, that third, damn!! I just hope Soul keeps that progression to his writing title or no title, because the guy been pushing the limits of battle rap!
Both these guys are lyrical geniuses I'd say soul took the first and shox took second and third don't care what anyone says souls third round was lame and cringe lol. Shox has just got better every time I've watched him. TBH when he battled raptor last year I didn't really like him but once I watched it over and over u just got to listen carefully to the bars and punchlines he's on some next level battling.🔥👌
I'm American and I've been watching battle rap for 5 years. I've never heard better rounds then what Shox had. His punches were fucking unmatched with minuscule set ups. His 3rd round was on like QP, JC, and Chilla level. Incredible. I'm glad Soul didn't roll over but Shox was bugging I've never seen someone pop off so intellectually. "you've got an animal in your boat. LIFE OF PI!"
Watching this in 2022, actually miss battles like this. Proper classic!! Need some battlers like these two back in the scene
eurgh: we have seven great judges
end of the battle-
yo! danny jaqq gonna keep this quick...
you lied to us eurgh
Soul's shox/thunder/crowd reaction bar is the bar of the year.
FACTSSSSSS
Shox's bar in Round 3 was fire too. "See bringing only two elements to the table,only gets a reaction periodicilly"
behave
Hands down one of the best bars I’ve heard in a battle
Shame he got bodied
These guys are phenomenal! Great battle.
"If he's Shox then you're thunder because I'm definitely seeing him, and the sound you make will let me know how far away from me he is".
Bar of the event by Soul there. Close battle, Soul is clearly a better writer but Shox was punching every other bar. Crowd won 3-0.
100% agree with you, that was the bar of the battle for me
i dont get it though, who is he adressing when he says your thunder
The crowd. The sound they make, in other words reaction, will let him know how far away from Soul he is; skill-wise. Think of it in terms of thunder/lightning; it's an insane bar.
omg that is a bar
Every Kingdom Fuck the event that was bar of the year. Fucking incredible.
That thunder bar from soul was fucking crazy holy shit!!
This is insane battle, Shox with a million punches a minute, Soul is just an incredible longform writer, sick battle we won this one.
If shox was a sandwich he would be literally two slices of bread. This boy has no filler whatsoever!
Yes I agree no filler and boring
Talk absolute shite man 😂
All carb, no bite
@@worldwar2briefhistorys162 lol you like soul but think shox is boring? 🤣
Because he's bland as fuck. Idk I'm not from the UK so I don't get the hype for guys like soul and bizzo bond, but I like guys like shox and unan.
Bamalam looking like a microphone.
Stang Geef Mic check 1-2.
Stang Geef legend has it you can turn gay just mentioning his name.... be careful
Eurghmish
Ranjan Crasta 😂
👌
“It’s just the flow that carries Soul like the River Styx” That shit was 🔥🔥🔥
"You're not the next one up, you're just the last one left!". I lost myself for a little while. Quote of the battle. Classic either way.
This should have 5x the views that it does by now... Absolutely one of the best back and forth battles I have seen in ages! Salute to DF.
Seriously how has this not got a million views? 2 of the best UK battlers of the last 5 years going bar for bar
2020
And I’m still replying this battle, know it word for word still can’t make my mind up who wins 😂
If judges are going to decide based on "punches" then the winner is always going to be the same Bigg K, Ave, Shox, quick punch style. Whereas the intricate, longer schemes and personal wordplay of a rappers like soul is just as fire... Soul the winner for me 2-1, there's no one like him anywhere, and he was at his best here.
How's that dude at front having the time of his life and his girl wanting to top herself
Already seen this on the PPV. Incredible battle. So much replay value.
Eurgh looking like the lost British member of Bone Thugs 'N Harmony
tuila lmao spot on
tuila Bone Eurgh
tuila Boneurgh
BornA Hawkeye IDK why exactly but reading your comment fuckin leaneddddd me son 😂 😂 I'm deceased rn my nigga 💀
Tone Capi haha looks like a hassitic Jew
Battle of 2017 EAZY 🔥🔥🔥🔥 from both but it was shox 's day
Easily the best battle on Don't Flop to date. I've been watching battles on this channel for a long, but none gave me the emotions from each bar, 16, round that this one did. Shox is easily my favorite battler next to Possessed from RA from the old days. Big Ups to both Shox and Soul! What a fucking classic. Much love from the States!
honestly one of the best battles i've seen in a long time. Shox is something else, if only the uk battle battle scene wasnt on a decline then this wouldve got the recognition it deserved
My Favourite battle of 2017!!
JSP Media so uh... best of shox part 2 is due
eurgh lookin like post malone
post malone in the arctic
host malone
DrillCraving 😭😭😭😭😭😭
someone needs to tell eurgh he's doing to much with his unorthodox Jew looking self
ratchford42 looking like asvp yams
Eurgh needs to stop eating a 8-course meal English Breakfast
Shox The Rebdel Got Some Sick Bars🔥
can already tell imma have to rewatch this fucking millions of times if I wanna catch everything 😂
Shox's reaction to the thunder / lightning bar says it all
amazing battle
I'll be honest I'm normally for jokes over bars but god DAMN this battle had me cursing out loud. Absolute fire. Shox pulling out Shakespeare and Greek mythology and delivery like a hammer. Best Don't Flop battle in a long time.
Permanent stankface. One of the best battles of the year.
Only watched the first round so far and already so much fire from both!!
heavy! first battle I've watched in ages where I had to keep rewinding, both brought serious heat.
2mins in.. "You'll say soul was shakey, Couldnt HANDLE it, When shox got @ Him, his soulwastaken" DAMN, and so slept on, bang bang, shox a BEAST
such fire
Oh nice. Didn't catch that.
Yeah you’re gonna have to explain this. Is it like username was taken?
Football Stat’66 yeah, like a url handle... so he’s saying his username is shox he tried to @ him but soul was already taken. Double entendres. The angle of soul couldn’t handle shox like his soul was taken. And the url/username bar
Soulwastaken is souls twitter handle
10:39 - 10:55
"You supply the ticket link,
I supply the reason to.
They wonder if he can even win?
They wonder: can I even lose?
It's the only thing he's ever done,
Or ever will to get decent views.
I'll get a better offer than _this..._ in a week or two.
It'a hands down, no question, the best battle *he* will do,
So how's it getting _'pEaK fOr mE cUz'?_
*This is the peak for YOU!"* 😤🔥
one round in and it's already the best battle ever to drop on this channel
Dont flop just wanted a new champion for marketing. Soul clearly dismantled shox. Shox just thought of loads of cool stuff And just spat it out. Soul broke him down damn!
Yaz Saleem
I'm glad someone else spotted that. 7-0 has got cahoots written all over it.
No bruv lol, shox was just harder most of you don't flop fans are nerds thats why u don't understand shoxs style
I honestly can't understand how anyone has Shox winning. He did amazing, easily the best Soul has faced since becoming champ. Soul is just on a different level for me I guess, he breaks down people so well and uses their strengths against them. In his 3rd when he called out Shox being able to beat him up was best moment of the battle for me.
Agreed. Close battle but I had Soul with a strong edge when I watched the bootleg without the decision. Was stunned by Shox winning, but throw in parts of the crowd dick riding and company politics and it's not really about who's better as much as who can push the brand forward with new hype. Same with KOTD, shit's as 'rigged' as WWE.
Wiz Gaming i agree. first time watching it i game it to soul 2 -1 but shox was very consistent with his punches. but souls entire 3rd round kinda won the battle for me.
can someone explain that bar to me i didnt really understand? the "you would have to" bar
Wiz Gaming fully agree. Don't flop crowd are there for the hype. They want instant gratification. Not that shit that sits and makes you think. Soul speaking about what battle rap is now in the third round was ridiculous. The shox thunder crowd bar took the battle for me. Nothing shox said topped that
I'm not 100% sure, but just from context this is my guess. Soul says something along the lines of "when you beef and then you speak like you spark men out, and then you ended up on stage doing bars and pouting..." Then when he says "i'm not the type of chap who, you will see in interviews saying they stripped me of my manhood." So when he said you would have to beat me up, to me it meant that Soul at least has the balls to follow up and get his ass kicked instead of taking shit from someone.
Doesn't even matter who won, this is a masterful display of almost every attribute of battle rap. Best battle on Don't Flop that I know of, I think it will go down as one of the greatest battles overall. That being said, I think Soul got the 1st, Shox got the 2nd, and the 3rd comes down to preference.
This battle deserves more views.
Watching this in 2023 and still can't get over how good this bsttle is. Battle rap really missing Souls pen these days
Watch on the PPV watching again to see how well it was edited, can't even give a loser the battle was complete fire, on a side note though shox was amazing he's progressing rapidly each battle, expected soul to have more to be fair.... the third seemed like he planned to give the title up so he could battle more on kotd and other leagues
OH SHIT bout to rewatch the battle of the year
“If he’s shox then you’re thunder cos I’m definitely seeing him and the noise you make will let me know how far away from me he is”
Genuinely one of the best bars I’ve ever heard in my life.
Souls the 🐐.
This battle makes me wanna drive the whip with a blindfold on
Solomon do it
Absolutely amazing battle. Shox's 3rd is incredible. Both guys continue to raise levels.
"The flow carry Soul like the river Styx"
Fucking nuts
that 3rd round hell bar...ffs! poetic. Soul went in!
Not sure how I missed this. No better time than quarantine & Chill 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Shox is fucking fire embodied.
THAT. WAS. FUCKING. LEGENDARY 🔥🔥🔥
i honestly think soul has the best pen ever! not just in don't flop. he could beat everyone at his best
john dohhe I've said this for years
Shox yammed him
Loaded Lux
gemini best get the next title shot, he's not lost yet even out of don't flop, having him as the champ will respark the don't flop battle league, cause people are gonna have to bring there best to this man
he doesnt want a title shot
this guy obviously doesnt
The most well-constructed six rounds in battle rap history
I honestly see it Soul 3-0. No body though. Shox did his thing. Threw punches in bunches for sure. But to me Soul had the knee-buckling blows. "You're not the next one up, you're the last one left." Goddamn.
The battle I've been waiting so long for. We see these changing of the guard battles in all leagues and this one was always gonna be a 2-1 for me. Soul handed on the title with such integrity. Used the second to have fun and the third to pass the torch. Shox is a fucking machine and totally deserving of being the next DF Champ. Looking forward to the next "once only a year happening title match"
I've always thought soul won this but after the 30th rewatch I have to admit shox gave more effort in this battle than most battlers have in any battle. Props to shox.
I'd love to see a sit down post battle discussion from both about how they felt during each other's rounds
32:40 line of the battle to me, that shit so real. I come back for Soul's rounds but this a classic imo, DF lowkey had the best title matches
Shox is actually on a different level
Nah as I get further on to the battle soul is back to his own self, big ups to both
CallumMB to everyone but Soul
On the real they are bith talented very much so, My opinion is shok out classed soul with sheer word play and finesse, But even so soul clearly shows great knowledge and actually humbled himself towards his opponent and united everyone in the room at on point which shows he is a worthy champion.
moodini99 bro...bruv....what?
CallumMB easily on a diff level shox
Soul's shox/thunder bar was probably my favorite of the battle.
i gave soul the win, but tbh not even mad that shox got it. crazy
Unbelievable battle between the two of them, but big props to Shox man. Never seen someone with such constant improvement and progression in the UKBR scene and it defo doesn't look like Shox is anywhere near finished. If your even reading this Shox, it's been a crazy 10 months to the title, but no one can say that you weren't deserving of the title; that third round was God tier.
All hail the new champ!!
This battle was Fucking sick. Shox is a deserving champ. watched this battle on PPV like 10 times.
Fake profile
Sajkoman DXR What Are you on about?
Shox 2-1 comfy decision, both completely smashed the battle. Arguably the best upload in a while by some distance and that shox/ thunder bar might be one of the best if not the best bar I've ever heard never mind the bar of the battle, crazy. 🔥🔥👌👌
Imagine if they got together and did two on two's. RIP to anyone who they would face.
Bar for bar, one of the BEST battles that's come out this year so far!!
such a great battle almost 4 years later. amazing rounds straight through
Possibly one of the greatest match ups there has ever been! I wish i could call it a draw ..
That chick with the glasses at the front didn’t react to a single bar I swear 😂🤦♂️
Best clash I've ever witnessed live. Anyone who's a fan get yourself to an event it's another level.
"How's it getting peak for me cuz? This is the peak for you!"
I always rewind to hear that bar again everytime I watch this
Soul takes this for me, but only because I appreciate wordplay more than constant punches
This must be the best dont flop battle
Shame the crowd weren't fucking with Soul's 3rd. I feel like another time that would have gone off. 'This a pen vs a paintbrush'
Guess it shows the priorities in judging there. Still love Soul either way, I definitely had him winning the third easy.
topboy coop 8
If you think Shox is only bars, bars, bars, you are not listening.
2020 and this is still one of the best battles from the UK in years
Shox first round pure 🔥
That shard/eye line was so nice! Unreal battle, love how they both enjoy each others verses purely because they're absolute fire!
best battle i've seen in a while! i really can't place a winner, quality from both.
Souls, Shox/Thunder bar is fucking NUTS 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Shox took this 2-1 for me, in the building and on Re-watch. Far too many quotables, this battle is a fucking inferno 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This was such a beast battle, all the rounds had solid bars
Absolutely INCREDIBLE - massive respect to both rappers and grateful to the film makers for catching this! Need to go and lie in a dark room and contemplate these rhymes...
Gah damn! Shox was punching the soul outta that man! Dope battle.
Pharaoh Chin right lol
SHOX VS BIGG K PLEEAAASSSEEE
he wont be allowed into britain on charges though same he cant battle in canada
Sam Brawn now that would be a battle!!
I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon, to my knowledge Bigg K is not allowed in the UK and Shox is not allowed in the US.
Stone cold classic. I got Soul 2-1 but it was close enough that I can't be mad at the decision.
Congrats to Shox.
this gas trick bypassed the ban cos you couldnt stomach the loss. WAIT!!! 🔥🔥🔥
crazy
This has been the best battle since Shotty Vs Arsenal
Shine Steven agreed👍🏽
Shine Steven I agree to a certain level but Shox Vs Tony D was a bar fest too.
nah
Best UK battle you mean?
Fire battle!!
i feel it was a difference in energy. Shox was straight in, fire power from start to finish. It was almost to hard to keep up. Soul has more structure, a slower build to a clinical finish. Different styles, but i think the crowd fucked with Shox more and his punch count was higher for sure. agree with the judges.
2-1 shox.... number 1 and 2 in the country still..!!!!!! DFAFD!!! RAAAARRR!!!!
Yo first time watching this battle, shox 1 round is 🔥 🔥 on any stage and it looks like his round 2 is going the same way
If shox can learn to stay in that angry character and keep the intensity for all 3 round, he be one of the best..
I would love to see shox vs Ave, international battle of The punchers.
criminally under-viewed
🔥🔥🔥 battle all around! Props to both emcees, they showed up. It was just Shox's time.
Most moving battle I think I've listened to. Maybe the deepest. Tuning out now. Might view again in another now.
This is in the top 3 DF battles ever
Battle of the year, I think ultimately Shox was that bit more hungry... but Soul's writing was mad - it's crazy how its at such a high level and still progressing - I mean, that third, damn!! I just hope Soul keeps that progression to his writing title or no title, because the guy been pushing the limits of battle rap!
Both these guys are lyrical geniuses I'd say soul took the first and shox took second and third don't care what anyone says souls third round was lame and cringe lol. Shox has just got better every time I've watched him. TBH when he battled raptor last year I didn't really like him but once I watched it over and over u just got to listen carefully to the bars and punchlines he's on some next level battling.🔥👌
We just watched this on our livestream.
Scored it on our scorecard. 45-37 total for Shox.
Rd 1 - Shox
Rd 2 - Tie
Rd 2 - Shox
I'm American and I've been watching battle rap for 5 years. I've never heard better rounds then what Shox had. His punches were fucking unmatched with minuscule set ups. His 3rd round was on like QP, JC, and Chilla level. Incredible. I'm glad Soul didn't roll over but Shox was bugging I've never seen someone pop off so intellectually.
"you've got an animal in your boat. LIFE OF PI!"
That guy screaming "fucking hell" after that Shox/thunder bar captured my essence
Yes!! Go on Shox! You, Cee Major and Gemini been my top 3 from day, deserve this title
too much to think about this batted! not been gast like this from dontflop in a minute....