Miserable Git Don't be soft? Give me a break. Battle rap now is weak. All it is is gun bars, and doing stupid shit like punching each other. It's lost so much of it's flair. This was back in the days when freestyling was valued as was creativity.
Eziokilla9595 I'm sick of hearing comments like this. Yeah, there are a lot of gun bars, but there are plenty of DOPE rappers who don't solely rely on gun bars. And yeah... you can literally, in the history of battle rap, count on one hand the times a rapper got punched in a battle, so that part is also invalid.
I still regard this as the best battle of all time. The jokes, the personals, the references... this battle had it all and it lived up to the hype. Not to mention , there aren't a ton of battles from this time period that stand the test of time like this one. It still sounds as good today as some of the newer shit we here. Illmac won it, but the bars Thesaurus came with would have won 90% of other battles. Also, despite the OT being the most memorable round for "That was me!", Illmac's second is definitely his best and most replayable.
"We met in 2005,06 and 07,that was a mountain to climb. it's been 2 years since then,i put 3 projects out in that time. do the math bitch it's 2009 and you still haven't been on an album of mine" That punchline was SICK.
the greatest, most respected battle of our time between 2 legends which defines what it takes to be an mc, an artist. holds projection, energy, lyricism and rebuttals and personals of a high level.
boogie504 Haha straight up man, depends on the person though. Cass was gassed UP, through the roof. Unfortunately some people do get away with that shit. Example: Pat Stay, Math Hoffa, Cassidy, etc.
il100374 agreed but you gotta have a good medium between the 2. sometimes dudes be saying shit thats way over peoples heads and get silence. gotta think of the audience and make sure they get most of what you're saying. thats why i love daylyt...he has a good mix of that shit!
il100374 fool.. this shit better then anything nowwadayz, fuck all y'all schemes an months of preparation an twenty minute rounds y'all new generation cats fucked the game up in all ways, this is the shit. fuck u.
I agree two of the top 5 , this is one of the illest battles I have ever heard too especially the personals because they were partners during their championships even though they both know its all just for a battle and respect so they stay cool. its crazy and one of the best battles I have heard
It is pretty crazy this battle only has 650k views and its been out since 2009. If you don't know the history between these 2 then it takes away slightly but battle wise for history this is def a top 10 battle if not top 5
Saurus' tick-tock nursery flow was hard to listen to. The punches were there but eventually the corniness just eclipsed everything else by the middle of the 2nd round. Mac 3-1.
Lord Leo so wrong on so many levels. This should of been a tied battle after overtime. Thesaurus had better delivery, better personal jokes and better flow/rhymes. Illmaculate had better personals in general, but had horrible delivery, and really bad rhyme schemes. 1/2 of his shit didn't even rhyme throughout the battle and if you can't keep a good rhyme schemes, back out of the battle. It was just overshadowed by his enormous personals.
They were a duo in WRC, they separated obviously during GT era... So they battled here. (it's something everybody wanted to see, two legends go at it) Everybody wanted to hear them come back again, so they did 2 on 2's in written format. Every so often they will.
fucking brilliant thesaurus's opening round, illmac's rebuttals, everything here is just the epitome of quality battle rap on the whole fam we need to revive this shit
Personally, I feel The Saurus won. I liked Illmac's personals but everyone over-shadowed the personal jokes that came from The Saurus. The WRC punchline regarding him saving Illmac is so true. And that Michael Jordan line was absolutely sick. All-in-all, best battle I've ever seen and both dudes killed it.
that intro song is called "I'm Grindin" by thesaurus, chase moore & okwerdz. and the beat was made by chase moore. its on that album that plex and lush were hyping b4 the battle called Fresh Coast Non-perishables Volume 1. its a great song and besides a couple low points that album its really good too
Best duo in battling history for sure Im a fan of both... Thesaurus was not ready tho. Illmac took both these rounds. "Its 2009 and u still havent been on an album of mine." That shit was bananas.
Can''t believe what i just heard. This is some real shit! That personal stuff beautifully crafted and hit hardcore! Definitely one of my favourites now.
OMG....How come Im just seeing this... Men I liked how these Cats ripped the WRC back in 06..But I never pictured them battling each other..this is sick.. Yo Illmaculate went hard too...
best battle I've ever seeen !!! that personal stuff is so raw!! "its been 2 years since then, I put 3 projects out in that time do the math bi***, its 2009 and you still haven't been on an album of mine"
Illmac/The Saurus/Real Deal/Soul Khan/Dizaster/Hollow/Conceited...any time any of these battle each it is sick.....Soul Khan VS Con wuld b CRAZY, Hollow VS Diz too
Hahaha, cheers;) on a serious note, I've had a lot of fun talking to you mate. I like a good trolling match, but most folk crumble after 2 messagesXD I respect the fact that you never give up.
@SuperBuckofama i think most of thesaurus' bars were so abstractly rhymed that most people didnt catch them, he was rhyming up to 13 syllables at the beginning and there was like no filler, and that shit was like all true. Both of them had very little filler, IMO Saurus only lost OT because it was mostly jokes
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It's ridiculous that this battle hasn't crossed a million yet! This is one of the greatest battles of all time!!!! WTF?!?!?!
+nmryda man i was thinking the exact same thing, then saw your post
+rcronico1 the first part at least should have crossed a mill. dunno why it's broken up
Mr. Thunder It's broken up because at the time of the battle's release, UA-cam didn't allow videos longer than 10 mins.
in old youtube's defense all the vids combined has over 1.3 mil if im not mistaken
Broot but most of those are probably the same people.
RIP golden era of battle rap
+SunkenDPr0 Battle rap is still going VERY strong. You sound a lot like those people who say hip hop is dead just because Tupac and Biggie are.
It's pro era now
This was a silver era
Golden era was battle on beats and freestyle.
Real talk
This battle has the highest amount of people covering their mouth with their hand. Classic.
and no covid yet.....magine?
Best Grind Time event ever. There were so many classics, and the crowd was nuts.
Back when battle rap was still fun.
Agreed
They call it battle rap for a reason, don't be soft
Miserable Git i'm not soft! Er, I'm not being soft with you. I'm just sayin this is a good battle, that's all
Miserable Git Don't be soft? Give me a break.
Battle rap now is weak. All it is is gun bars, and doing stupid shit like punching each other. It's lost so much of it's flair. This was back in the days when freestyling was valued as was creativity.
Eziokilla9595 I'm sick of hearing comments like this. Yeah, there are a lot of gun bars, but there are plenty of DOPE rappers who don't solely rely on gun bars. And yeah... you can literally, in the history of battle rap, count on one hand the times a rapper got punched in a battle, so that part is also invalid.
Haha this battle is so personal....two good friends and even teammates.....the crowd really enjoyed it...love this battle!
And they still friends even though they did alot of personals that shows there love for the sport in my opnion
Thesaurus is the diction lord. His rhymes are art. Dope cat. Illmaculate is raw too but that MJ line killed em
I legit can't understand why this STILL doesn't have a million views yet
STILL.......... 🤔
i love this battle, one of the 1st written battles i ever saw and has always been one of my favorites and one the top 3 battles of all time
Dizaster's reactions are priceless lmao 🤣
Illmac will be always the be one of the greatest of all time to me
thanks for clearly clearing that up
he will he be be will best greatest you all time... it's understandable
I still regard this as the best battle of all time. The jokes, the personals, the references... this battle had it all and it lived up to the hype.
Not to mention , there aren't a ton of battles from this time period that stand the test of time like this one. It still sounds as good today as some of the newer shit we here.
Illmac won it, but the bars Thesaurus came with would have won 90% of other battles. Also, despite the OT being the most memorable round for "That was me!", Illmac's second is definitely his best and most replayable.
An absolute fucking classic 2 legends.
PH in the background... RIP
2009 was the pinnacle of battle rap. Legends.
Intro said it all, Saurus was there to have fun. Illmac was there to show he was never in his shadow
ah man this is amazing
"You aint rolling w crooks and thieves or pushing keys, whatever" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Love that part
"He called up crying like i gave a fuck *i didnt*."
LMFAO!
This was definitely one of the best quality battles ive seen on here. Good job to both artists.
That Michael Jordan Line Crushed iLLmac. .
no illmacs bars about him not being on any of his albums shut shit down lol i bet thesaurus was like damn i aint never thought about it that way
That Jordan line was crazy yo, Killed mac. Haha
Jay Bee yeah, that bar is probably the coldest one out of all the battles i watched, from then to now.
thesaurus angles was too much in this battle, classic doe
This battle is still crazy to me even after so many years. 2 legends. This was so necessary. Alot of people emulated this afterwards
"We met in 2005,06 and 07,that was a mountain to climb.
it's been 2 years since then,i put 3 projects out in that time.
do the math bitch it's 2009 and you still haven't been on an album of mine"
That punchline was SICK.
I just like Thesauru's style better in general. Illmac was great in this battle though.
I don't care who won, both the best in my eyes, evil battle XD
Honestly, I think this is the best fight i've ever seen on GT
the greatest, most respected battle of our time between 2 legends which defines what it takes to be an mc, an artist. holds projection, energy, lyricism and rebuttals and personals of a high level.
Man the simplest rhymes made people freak out back then haha
Whatya mean, they STILL do.. Didn't you listen to Cassidy, LOL
boogie504 Haha straight up man, depends on the person though. Cass was gassed UP, through the roof. Unfortunately some people do get away with that shit. Example: Pat Stay, Math Hoffa, Cassidy, etc.
il100374 agreed but you gotta have a good medium between the 2. sometimes dudes be saying shit thats way over peoples heads and get silence. gotta think of the audience and make sure they get most of what you're saying. thats why i love daylyt...he has a good mix of that shit!
I know they didnt even spit unoriginal gun bars automatically we got 3oed
il100374 fool.. this shit better then anything nowwadayz, fuck all y'all schemes an months of preparation an twenty minute rounds y'all new generation cats fucked the game up in all ways, this is the shit. fuck u.
These guys top two of all time
I agree two of the top 5 , this is one of the illest battles I have ever heard too especially the personals because they were partners during their championships even though they both know its all just for a battle and respect so they stay cool. its crazy and one of the best battles I have heard
Damn this hits different after the Diz Saurus rematch.. "I didn't beat you 12 years ago. Bitch I've been beating you for 12 years in a row!!"
That Scottie Pippen line was so hurt hurtful, but so was that Peter the sport stuff :)
east meets west ,grew up watching classics like this what a culture ,
Who in this battle is from the east...?
that event had many battlers who came from the east
R.I.P PH!
It is pretty crazy this battle only has 650k views and its been out since 2009. If you don't know the history between these 2 then it takes away slightly but battle wise for history this is def a top 10 battle if not top 5
Although this is a re-upload, I do believe it deserves multi-million views.
Bar for Bar, crowd, delivery, and presence and competatively....THE BEST BATTLE OF ALL TIME!
ILLMACULATES BEST PERFORMANCE I EVER SEEN- PROPER KIDNEY SHOTS
Wtf, Dizaster vs. Arcane has more views than this battle... Smh what has the world come to?
this was goku vs. vegeta
potentially the best back and forth battle ever
This battle seemed REAL personal, For obvious reasons. Amazing shit.
Illmac maybe 3-0. Jordan line was OK but Mac def got that round with that never been on an album of mine shit. Illmac Hollowman
Facts
no way, this was a robbery TheSaurus got this
Diurno MX biggest robbery. Thesaurus stay getting robbed his rebuttals alone won this. He rebuttal’d 5 bars in one round.
Saurus' tick-tock nursery flow was hard to listen to. The punches were there but eventually the corniness just eclipsed everything else by the middle of the 2nd round. Mac 3-1.
Lord Leo so wrong on so many levels. This should of been a tied battle after overtime. Thesaurus had better delivery, better personal jokes and better flow/rhymes. Illmaculate had better personals in general, but had horrible delivery, and really bad rhyme schemes. 1/2 of his shit didn't even rhyme throughout the battle and if you can't keep a good rhyme schemes, back out of the battle. It was just overshadowed by his enormous personals.
They were a duo in WRC, they separated obviously during GT era... So they battled here. (it's something everybody wanted to see, two legends go at it) Everybody wanted to hear them come back again, so they did 2 on 2's in written format. Every so often they will.
Grindtime needs to have comeback, with all the originals from back in the day battling again. siiigh, those were the good ol days
fucking brilliant
thesaurus's opening round, illmac's rebuttals, everything here is just the epitome of quality battle rap
on the whole fam we need to revive this shit
This video needs to hit 1 million views.
This should have more than a million views.
Grind Time still has the best battles
I feel that this is on of the first really really anticpated battles from Grindtime!!
Personally, I feel The Saurus won. I liked Illmac's personals but everyone over-shadowed the personal jokes that came from The Saurus. The WRC punchline regarding him saving Illmac is so true. And that Michael Jordan line was absolutely sick. All-in-all, best battle I've ever seen and both dudes killed it.
with all the personals, this has to be the best battle of all time
one of the best battles on grind time
grind time was fresh as fuck when around the time this came out.
i haven't seen a compilation album in forever either
Thesaurus's rhyme scheme in the beginning of his first round is so fucking sick
2 legends 4 rings combined in scribble best battle of all time
Thesaurus has gotten SO much better since his ''All I know is'' early stuff
why doesn't this have over 1,000,000 views!?! LEGENDARY BATTLE!
The grind time scene and league was really cool … wish it had become a staple
this battle never gets old. my favourite battle of all time
good bars are heavily sleet on, after watching this and done a lot of research, all illmac's lines (references) are done, best battle ever
That battle was crazy, both Illmaculate and TheSaurus killed it!! No doubt..
Winner: Ones again Illmaculate ....
its weird how i decided to watch this exactly 3 years to the date it was uploaded
that intro song is called "I'm Grindin" by thesaurus, chase moore & okwerdz. and the beat was made by chase moore. its on that album that plex and lush were hyping b4 the battle called Fresh Coast Non-perishables Volume 1. its a great song and besides a couple low points that album its really good too
Very nicely put mate. You know your stuff, more so than me in fact. Salute!
So classic you can't even put the shit in HD...love it.
historic moment in Grindtime!
Best duo in battling history for sure Im a fan of both... Thesaurus was not ready tho. Illmac took both these rounds. "Its 2009 and u still havent been on an album of mine." That shit was bananas.
every few weeks i come back to watch this battle. illmacs 2nd is prolly the best he ever spat against anyone.
FlipTop - Batas vs Shernan brought me here
Im watching this again preparing for his Bender battle. Also can't wait for KOTD Grand Prix Finals.
One of the best battles to ever go down
Can''t believe what i just heard.
This is some real shit! That personal stuff beautifully crafted and hit hardcore! Definitely one of my favourites now.
Best battle ever right next to Hollohan vs Pat Stay imo
OMG....How come Im just seeing this... Men I liked how these Cats ripped the WRC back in 06..But I never pictured them battling each other..this is sick.. Yo Illmaculate went hard too...
Illmac/Saurus
Fresco/Kid Twist
Marvwon/Aye Verb
Dumb/PH
Passwurdz/Hollow
Pesci/Tantrum
This was the greatest battle event ever, RT
how the fuck is this not over 1,000,000 views? Still the best battle ive seen as far as performance from both rappers.
mos definitely one of tha sickest battles in GT history
Both are legends, classic battle right here.
best battle I've ever seeen !!! that personal stuff is so raw!!
"its been 2 years since then, I put 3 projects out in that time
do the math bi***, its 2009 and you still haven't been on an album of mine"
Best Battle of ALL TIME! i remember when i first watched it all battles after seemed weaksauce just cause the bar got set too high
One word to describe this battle..... Classic
both of these guys are just the best....damnnn
I'm sooo glad that they got a shot of Dizaster's reaction every time he was mentioned.
Best battle in the history of battle rap!
This is called breaking out of another man's shadow!
Illmac has some of the best delivery out there. Sand People is a beast group too
Great battle. I have Thesaurus winning rounds 1 and 2.
this gets more and more savage each time i watch it
Illmac/The Saurus/Real Deal/Soul Khan/Dizaster/Hollow/Conceited...any time any of these battle each it is sick.....Soul Khan VS Con wuld b CRAZY, Hollow VS Diz too
Watching this in 2021. 12+ years later Illmac won this battle but The Saurus definitely carried the team back in the WRCs
HahahaXD I never noticed that. Nice catch lad, I hold my hands up to that one;)
So rawr yet so tecnical f'ing love this battle... spect to both!
this battle had the best bars because theyre so close and know so much about each other.
Damn, The Saurus was rhyming his entire sentences in his first round.
Hahaha, cheers;) on a serious note, I've had a lot of fun talking to you mate. I like a good trolling match, but most folk crumble after 2 messagesXD I respect the fact that you never give up.
Holy fuck, I can't believe this was 2009? It feels like this event was just a few months ago for some reason
@SuperBuckofama i think most of thesaurus' bars were so abstractly rhymed that most people didnt catch them, he was rhyming up to 13 syllables at the beginning and there was like no filler, and that shit was like all true. Both of them had very little filler, IMO Saurus only lost OT because it was mostly jokes
Nice catch either way mate.
Top 10 battle of all time.
This is likea soap opera lmao. Miss 4hese days