2nd Segment Of Blaze Battle 2000. If Riece didn't create enough of a "buzz" on the first part, she definitely added more and proved she didn't belong on stage period.
*"Coming to the Stage... Eyedea... Champion... Eyedea"!!* I met him and DJ Abilities in December of 2007, at the Hawthorne Theater in Portland,Oregon after a show. They were unbelievable. He signed my 'Carbon Carousel' album and gave me an unreleased CC cd(I could never get into Carbon Carousel,no matter how hard I tried). He seemed in good spirit at the time, little did I know that he was dealing with heavy depression and an opiate addiction. He died less than 3 years after that. I still have that CD he signed & I cherish it!! R-👁️-P Michael "Eyedea" Larsen!!
I have a similar story, I saw him the first and ever time(unfortunately) at Hultsfred 2004-2005(dont remember) in Sweden, I bought Eyedea & Abillities album and his Oliver Hart CD then.
At the time this was the biggest rap battle ever put together, and still stands as one of the most mainstream competitions ever thrown. This is a lot of people's first rap battle they ever watched.
suaved Breh... K.T. Straight up beat See4, Seefor shit was all written and it was whack af.. crowd saw straight threw it... K.T. And Eydea was the only two that was actually straight up freestyling everyone else shit was writ and prepared. I got K.T. Beaten Shellz too. If you actually look K.T. Did beat him then for what ever the fuck reason they ran it again and then the home town crowd gave it to Shellz...
+KimboDogg07 You've got to be the only idiot on earth who believes that K.T. won this battle. His lines were weak; he spit recycled lines; he was giggling too much; and ultimately, he did not finish his round. This is textbook robbery.
Why is Shells walking around like a grandma with a broken hip? Why did K.T. win against See For without bars? Why did Shells win against Young Zee when Zee was blazin him? Why people always gotta fight at hip hop jams?
+posajnejkwahb It's the crip walk that was popularized by Gangsters in L.A. As for your other questions, It's just stupid rappers doing stupid shit. Eyedea is the smartest in the group for sure.
i read and you can kind of see it in this version of the blaze battle that someone from the outsiders camp was flicking shells off all throughout his round against yougn zee... in retaliation someone from shells camp threw something at young zee during his round. Then the scuffle broke out and if you look closely you can see a guy in a wife beater that looks latino get punched in the face by a dude in a yellow jacket. That same wife beater guy can be seen flicking shells off..... shells was nice but he just really wasn't a battle emcee. He had supreme confidence which made even the nonsense he said sound hot. Kind of like head ice almost except less battle skilled. He was signed and was very close to drpoping an album on j records but he got shelved for soem reason. Totally different career path then eyedea who had a solid career but on teh underground.
E-Dub took that L like a champ, giving eyedea props and admitting he wasn't as good as he could have been, overall he was good in this battle but no match for eyedea
shells talks about guns and thugs and fighting. eyedea talks about how sad it is that a "rapper" uses guns and thugs and fighting. this is why the world needs Mikey.
I haven't seen this i years when it was on HBO...... But im glad this is the uncensored version............ With the fights and all...... I finally seen what happened after the RIECE battle..... She definitely wasnt focused!!!
Shawty really jumped off stage... i forgot about that!! And the Zee/Shellz battle n*ggaz was fighting in the crowd.. damn this shit nutz 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
20th anniversary analysis: Eyedea was the only consistent performer Young Zee and See For were robbed in their respective battles. Riese has the worst battle rap resume in history. Shells isn’t a battle rapper. Why we always fightin????
When it introduces Eyedea and it shows his record and his affiliations, it says that he won a blaze battle of 2000 in Chicago. The one we were just watching was the blaze Battle of 2000 in Chicago so how in the hell did the record on the screen know that he was going to win?
@@beastmode1980434 Yeah when young zee didn’t win against Shells I was tripping. Yet Young Zee looked hella blown, so I don’t think he’d be as good as See For vs Eyedea
To everyone saying the beats are different: these are the correct beats. What you saw on HBO was some heavily edited shit. As you can see this event went pretty horribly, so they had to fix it up and make it look good. The DVD shows it for what it is: everyone was terrible as fuck, the crowd was shitty as fuck, and Eyedea was the only one worth a fuck. Why do you think there hasn’t been another HBO battle since 2000? Shit was whack as hell. If Eyedea wasn’t there, this event would’ve been a complete disaster. Bunch of no names and Riece almost ruined the whole thing with her bullshit.
This is all wrong. The beats from the edited version are totally different in some cases. Did they splice new music into the verses? I'm so lost now.... lol
i assume they did it for copyright reasons. Tony touch mentioned using those test pressers which sound like random instrumentals nobody has used yet but the records kept skipping. So i'm sure for the later rounds to not interput the battlers he used his own records but HBO wasn't going to put up the licensing money for htat music.
This show comes off as 2nd rate... DJs records skipping, MC's requesting to rap Acapella because they're unable to rap to the beat, Fights breaking out in the crowd, Undeserved wins due to a ridiculous voting system(see Prime vs. Riece or KT vs. See For), Inaccurate readings on the crowd voting meter, Having do-overs on said 'Crowd Voting Meter' because they didn't get the results they wanted(see KT vs. Shells)why do a 2nd vote when KTs meter registered higher than Shells the first time??... that reeks of outside interference & corruption... But I'm glad Eyedea won, he truly was the best & deserved the win!! 🎤🏆🥇
lol i don't like that the description is hating on Riece... she actually is pretty nice but she's not a battler. I never aw this version of this battle but it sows what looks like audition verses from the first rounds. i think whoever selected the talent didn't do a good job of picking battle emcees only. Some of the first rounders seemed like record rappers. Not battle rappers. always got love for shells. Would love to know where he's at now. RIP eyedea he's a legend for the freestyle witty joking style.
On October 16, 2010, he accidentally overdosed and died. The sad part is, he predicted his way of death in one of his tracks (Even Shadows Have Shadows)
They didn’t stop shit, she fuckin ran away scared cause she sucked ass lmao. She tried to play it off like she was gonna fight someone but everyone knew it was cause she was whack as hell
Man..that would've been dope but still would've given it to Eyedea based on his battles at ACTUAL tourneys since he won like 4 or 5 National tourneys. Only loss I can remember him taking was against Brother Ali at Skribble Jam.
Is it me or is the music different than what I remember when Eyedea battled E.Dub. Now that I’m on the final battle I know it’s off cause the last round when he battled Shellz had no beat.
*"Coming to the Stage... Eyedea... Champion... Eyedea"!!*
I met him and DJ Abilities in December of 2007, at the Hawthorne Theater in Portland,Oregon after a show. They were unbelievable. He signed my 'Carbon Carousel' album and gave me an unreleased CC cd(I could never get into Carbon Carousel,no matter how hard I tried). He seemed in good spirit at the time, little did I know that he was dealing with heavy depression and an opiate addiction. He died less than 3 years after that. I still have that CD he signed & I cherish it!!
R-👁️-P Michael "Eyedea" Larsen!!
@ Lurch Logan why and how the fuck would you know what he was going through you pretentious little nothing!?!
If it's the album that has sunspots. That's good. I enjoy that one and others.
I have a similar story, I saw him the first and ever time(unfortunately) at Hultsfred 2004-2005(dont remember) in Sweden, I bought Eyedea & Abillities album and his Oliver Hart CD then.
2023 and I’m still watching the Blaze Battle. RIP Eyedea.
Me too
Eyedea's mind worked so fast. RK started dancing and Eyedea instantly says I'm a rap enhancer, this guy wants to be my backup dancer.
😹😂🤣😅👻👼🤡
The best
At the time this was the biggest rap battle ever put together, and still stands as one of the most mainstream competitions ever thrown. This is a lot of people's first rap battle they ever watched.
Facts. Blaze battle, and the MTV thing reign man(rj payne) won always gets overlooked when discussing battle rap history
I knew somebody from the culture would be in these comments … peace and love Brody
Well at least they threw in one actual Battle rapper which was Eydea...
If anybody got robbed, it was See For. He actually did have rhymes; KT was the one who was short on rhymes.
suaved Breh... K.T. Straight up beat See4, Seefor shit was all written and it was whack af.. crowd saw straight threw it... K.T. And Eydea was the only two that was actually straight up freestyling everyone else shit was writ and prepared. I got K.T. Beaten Shellz too. If you actually look K.T. Did beat him then for what ever the fuck reason they ran it again and then the home town crowd gave it to Shellz...
+KimboDogg07 You've got to be the only idiot on earth who believes that K.T. won this battle. His lines were weak; he spit recycled lines; he was giggling too much; and ultimately, he did not finish his round.
This is textbook robbery.
Facts SeeFor destroyed KT
RIP Eyedea. You're dope.
Vicious Life how did eyedea die
@@dachieff2 overdose
Why is Shells walking around like a grandma with a broken hip? Why did K.T. win against See For without bars? Why did Shells win against Young Zee when Zee was blazin him? Why people always gotta fight at hip hop jams?
+posajnejkwahb It's the crip walk that was popularized by Gangsters in L.A. As for your other questions, It's just stupid rappers doing stupid shit. Eyedea is the smartest in the group for sure.
+SirManDudeGuy1 I ain't never seen nobody crip walk like that, but I'ma take your word for it. Still don't look too cool to me.
posajnejkwahb He is just taking that to an extreme I'm guessing. Either that, or he is already crippled drastically from Eyedea's presence.
i read and you can kind of see it in this version of the blaze battle that someone from the outsiders camp was flicking shells off all throughout his round against yougn zee... in retaliation someone from shells camp threw something at young zee during his round. Then the scuffle broke out and if you look closely you can see a guy in a wife beater that looks latino get punched in the face by a dude in a yellow jacket. That same wife beater guy can be seen flicking shells off..... shells was nice but he just really wasn't a battle emcee. He had supreme confidence which made even the nonsense he said sound hot. Kind of like head ice almost except less battle skilled. He was signed and was very close to drpoping an album on j records but he got shelved for soem reason. Totally different career path then eyedea who had a solid career but on teh underground.
Because the crowd some sh!t.
As expected, Eyedea won the tournament
Damm I miss Eyedea r eye p
We all do.
The Outsidaz was in the crowd mobbin' on whoever threw that paper at Young Zee 😂
Facts!!!
@@mauricemartin7026 Jersey
Sadly, it cost him the match
@@mrdanyo1223 honestly you’re probably right, Zee probably could’ve pulled it out if his crew didn’t fuck up whoever in the crowd lol
@@fatfree31 unpopular opinion: zee would've destroyed eyedea
Man i miss Eyedea had to come back and watch this..
20 years later and I maintain that Shells is awful.
But he is the black Sprewell though. 😂
Young Zee got robbed BIG time
@@HiFi5280 bro I just laughed and embarrassed myself in a team's meeting at work lolol
They all was 🗑 🚮 🗑
But he’s Eminem and edea is dr Dre lol
Hey listen man, listen. Listen man. I'm na hot skippity cat. Lol.
😂🤣😹😅👻👼🤡
😂😂😂
Much respect to Doug E Fresh and his live ass performance! I don’t think the crowd was able to keep up.
I still have this battle in vhs
E-Dub took that L like a champ, giving eyedea props and admitting he wasn't as good as he could have been, overall he was good in this battle but no match for eyedea
23:12 commentator: "eyedea makes rk one of his back up dancers as he moving to the semi finals" savage 😂😂😂
young zee got robbed
Lol he robbed himself. You seen the faces he was making when he came out
The all time robbery in battle rap
But L.O.W.D. was robbed against Zee, so it's ok.
@@emmanuelmedina5535 No the fuck he wasn't 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@emmanuelmedina5535 Zee destroyed LOWD. He said "I'll sign you to a demo deal on suck my dick records", it was over after that.
Very sweet how eye dea thanked his mom at the very end and how he was so happy how excited she would be to see her son live on tv.
shells talks about guns and thugs and fighting.
eyedea talks about how sad it is that a "rapper" uses guns and thugs and fighting.
this is why the world needs Mikey.
Maitiu Jarrett I wish I could like your comment more, because i couldn't agree with you more.
Shells was funny tho too lol
Hip-hop was invented in the hood. They set the pace. Never forget that
@@TheForeignNationalBornNatural that's not true at all
@@baghousetechnician9815 100% true
See Four and KT was such a beautiful thing.
"This cat wants to be my fuckin backup dancer." There's no punchline like an Eyedea punchline. Pride of our home state. RIP Micheal.
E-Dub won just by saying clown ass bitch, that was fucking hilarious
i love how at the end of every eyedea verse KRS looks at him like “goddamn bro”
It's so genuine he can't even contain his excitement for him
See For got ripped off.
Yes he did.
Was all completely memorized lines anyways, just a performance, not a freestyle
Doug E Fresh warming up the crowd to have slick rick come in will always be awesome
Hope Eyedea didn't lose that backstage pass
He got the jacket idiot, he owned the backstage that night
KT and See For seem like they'd make great friends
Got damn, Doug E Fresh earns his paycheck in this performance. True MC.
26.50: KRS drop some wisdom.
5 minutes after: half of the crowd starts fighting for no reason.
EYEDEA WAS A BEAST ON THE MIC !!! R.I.P. EYEDEA
If you want to skip Doug E. Fresh round 2 starts @19:16
Blasphemous. There performance was Godtier represention of hiphop royalty at its finest and every living being needs to watch for the culture
I haven't seen this i years when it was on HBO...... But im glad this is the uncensored version............ With the fights and all...... I finally seen what happened after the RIECE battle..... She definitely wasnt focused!!!
I wanteded to see See For against Eyedea yo!
Eyedea killed that final battle though! RIP
Shells is funny, but 1-10 his freestlye gets a 3
Young Zee got STRAIGHT cheated...but oh well the Outsidaz won the battle in crowd tho lol
KT too..he beat shellz
This dude wants to be my backup dancer haha killed him
Shawty really jumped off stage... i forgot about that!! And the Zee/Shellz battle n*ggaz was fighting in the crowd.. damn this shit nutz 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
19:37 RK’s face and the fact that the “crew” stat says “N/A” is hilarious man.
Woman @6:07 with the white cap on has been my fantasy girl since this first aired on HBO!!
Man, what the fuck? Riese's first victory was shaky as hell but Infinity got robbed.
Young Zee killed it. Shouldve won the whole thing
+VisumOne Agreed!
VisumOne for damn sure
No way Young Zee would've beat Eyedea.
VisumOne agreed
@@BrendanSlob zee would've gave eyedea a run for his money
20th anniversary analysis:
Eyedea was the only consistent performer
Young Zee and See For were robbed in their respective battles.
Riese has the worst battle rap resume in history.
Shells isn’t a battle rapper.
Why we always fightin????
When Doug E. Fresh was doing his thing and asking questions they cut to that white dude and he looked so fucking confused 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Worst part of that format is when a biased crowd robs themselves of the best match ups. See for vs Eydea would've crazy
I was waiting tables back in 2006/7 and I waited on Doug E and his family. Super nice dude.
When it introduces Eyedea and it shows his record and his affiliations, it says that he won a blaze battle of 2000 in Chicago. The one we were just watching was the blaze Battle of 2000 in Chicago so how in the hell did the record on the screen know that he was going to win?
He battled Qwel in the Chicago blaze battle and this was the final competition in NY with all the differenf champions.
see for vs eyedea would've been dope!
Zee vs Eydea would've been better
@@beastmode1980434 Yeah when young zee didn’t win against Shells I was tripping. Yet Young Zee looked hella blown, so I don’t think he’d be as good as See For vs Eyedea
Man, I really enjoyed See For's style, and would love to find his music. Help?
This is all he ever did man. Enjoy it
@@weirdboo ua-cam.com/users/SeeforYourself
just watching the whole thing to watch eyedea slay everyone
Same here
Duh
Douge E Fresh is fire. Best crowd participation I've ever see
dont delete this video ever boy peace from greece! thank you for uploads
To everyone saying the beats are different: these are the correct beats. What you saw on HBO was some heavily edited shit. As you can see this event went pretty horribly, so they had to fix it up and make it look good. The DVD shows it for what it is: everyone was terrible as fuck, the crowd was shitty as fuck, and Eyedea was the only one worth a fuck. Why do you think there hasn’t been another HBO battle since 2000? Shit was whack as hell. If Eyedea wasn’t there, this event would’ve been a complete disaster. Bunch of no names and Riece almost ruined the whole thing with her bullshit.
Immortal Technique is in this crowd.
That girl really jumped off stage and tried to piece someone tf up 🤣
@30:23 that maggot who was jumping with his middle finger up got ko'ed LOL
"Clown ass bitch!" Lmao
This is all wrong. The beats from the edited version are totally different in some cases. Did they splice new music into the verses? I'm so lost now.... lol
+The3DSMaxinator Yea I noticed that too. I don't remember Dr. Dre's "next episode" beat on the final round from the original when I saw it on HBO.
+ArmaRes Maybe they edited it out for copyright reasons? Shells does say something about Dr. Dre in his verse...
i assume they did it for copyright reasons. Tony touch mentioned using those test pressers which sound like random instrumentals nobody has used yet but the records kept skipping. So i'm sure for the later rounds to not interput the battlers he used his own records but HBO wasn't going to put up the licensing money for htat music.
This show comes off as 2nd rate...
DJs records skipping, MC's requesting to rap Acapella because they're unable to rap to the beat, Fights breaking out in the crowd, Undeserved wins due to a ridiculous voting system(see Prime vs. Riece or KT vs. See For), Inaccurate readings on the crowd voting meter, Having do-overs on said 'Crowd Voting Meter' because they didn't get the results they wanted(see KT vs. Shells)why do a 2nd vote when KTs meter registered higher than Shells the first time??... that reeks of outside interference & corruption...
But I'm glad Eyedea won, he truly was the best & deserved the win!!
🎤🏆🥇
Its so weird seeing this side of eyedea I never knew how cold he could be damn
That should be Prime against E Dub
Yup I wonder how would t y at would go down
lol i don't like that the description is hating on Riece... she actually is pretty nice but she's not a battler. I never aw this version of this battle but it sows what looks like audition verses from the first rounds. i think whoever selected the talent didn't do a good job of picking battle emcees only. Some of the first rounders seemed like record rappers. Not battle rappers.
always got love for shells. Would love to know where he's at now. RIP eyedea he's a legend for the freestyle witty joking style.
walkwithme eyedea died?
On October 16, 2010, he accidentally overdosed and died. The sad part is, he predicted his way of death in one of his tracks (Even Shadows Have Shadows)
IceCream9873 yeah I seen dat he ovadosed but wut track was that
@@Icecream9873 the song was chemical burns. Where he's like "Until I've died" and died 2 weeks later
26:11 best part of the entire battle, i loved it!!
any idea why she did that? was it cause people were booing?
@@justinunger3526 Its because E-Dub was motioning that she wrote her rhymes.
@@justinunger3526 because she’s extremely sensitive and shouldn’t be battle rapping.
Most famous moment of her life
18:00 is that Sage Francis?
Yup
RIP EYEDEA
I wanted to see Young Zee vs Eyedea
ZEE got robbed! Shells didnt deserve the w
Y’all make noise for Shells the crowds loud, Ya’ll make noise for Young Zee the crowds louder, the winner Shells 😐 😐 😐
I remembered when this first aired on HBO. I knew fights had broke out, but the network edited them all out, including the Shyne performance
that final verse from eyedea was fuckin killer! completely owned him.
The beats are different
Copyrights
I figured that
Shells lost the young see battle
He lost because his crew went ballistic on the guy that threw the paper at zee
1:00:00 for the real slaughter
Young zee ate SHELLS
What is the Eyedea vs RK beat?
I think that's a tony touch og beat
Battle Rap has evolved so much. It had to go to written because of consistency.
If that girls wassnt such a spazz she prolly would have won
So did they stop the battle between e-dub n Reese cus of the mo town lobe 🤷♂️🤔
They didn’t stop shit, she fuckin ran away scared cause she sucked ass lmao. She tried to play it off like she was gonna fight someone but everyone knew it was cause she was whack as hell
The difference between "freestyle battle" then and now
Yea man I miss this. It's a shame this style is a thing of the past. Smh
imagine being in the crowd when he calls for eyedea, bet people knew it would be some crazy shit
Crowd was louder for young Zee but they still gave it to shells.
Where did you get this? HBO never aired 2 hours worth.
Jin was supposed to be there..
can you imagine?
JIN VS EYEDEA!?
Man..that would've been dope but still would've given it to Eyedea based on his battles at ACTUAL tourneys since he won like 4 or 5 National tourneys. Only loss I can remember him taking was against Brother Ali at Skribble Jam.
@@BrendanSlob he lost to slug too.
But he was drunk asf lol
Is it me or is the music different than what I remember when Eyedea battled E.Dub. Now that I’m on the final battle I know it’s off cause the last round when he battled Shellz had no beat.
I think if See For wouldn't of got ripped off, he would of won.
See for and eyedea would have been a good battle if seefor wasn't robbed
Hey 995, can you hook this up in a video/dvd file?
28:57 pause. They’re expression tells you how terrible Shellz was, lol.
Rap battles with beats were just way more enjoyable. Does anyone know any rap battle leagues that still use beats?
I would also like to know this, for now I'll just rewatch scribblejam again lol
K.T. Beat Shellz
Yo Peace To EYEDEA! TRUE ARTIST!
Why ain't these the original beats?
Ikr I was tripping watching the last battle cus I remember it was acapella
Shells was the stereotypical run of the mill prototype of a New York rapper in the early 2000s.
@ 8:13 Was this blaze battle held in a church?
Sounds like somebody tried to add beats to some of the acapello rounds.
Yo When Doug E. Fresh Performed That Crowd Was Wack 🤣👎🏾
finals should've been zee vs eyedea. Zee got robbed big time on that shells battle. Biased ass crowd
Always had a crush on ol’ girl with the glasses and white cap @ 6:04!!!
Didn’t Shyne perform?
SHELLS BEAT EYEDEA BY CROWD REACTION
Dougie Fresh and Slick Rick 💀🔫🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌