@@Usdi1999 From a rap technicals pov I understand why he did it, but being a teacher you'd think he would've thought of a way of saying it grammatically correct.
8 years later, this still stands up as one of the deepest cuts. My boy Grist out here slaying all these Mancunian pups. Shits all over US battles that rely on music to be half-decent, too. 🧐
I’ve met him! He came to my school to do a presentation on poetry a few years ago, but did a sort of meet and greet after. He was a really cool and nice guy and even performed one of his verses in front of the whole of y9 😂
11 years later and still the best DFRB. Grist wins but Blizzard is on point throughout, and he constantly shows respect to Mark. The mutual respect is clear to see.
Man that was a slaughter xD Props to Blizzard though, not only did he take take his defeat like a champ, his verses weren't anything to sniff at themselves.
"To those at home who are sitting watching UA-cam - don't start clicking! I know this might look like some kind of extreme babysitting" Buahahaha ha! Hilarious & clever punchlines :DDD Respect for both Blizzard & Mark Grist! + really cool intro song - "61 Grace" by Booda French.
Can we just appreciate that a schoolboy and his old teacher went against eachother in a commercial rap battle.. Don't Flop was killing the game man, UK rap culture peaked at this very moment
I WAS THERE!!!! sorry, just got too excited lmao. Diztract was amazing!!!! He killed all of them. I would love to see him battle blizzard. And considering he is like 17/18 (giving a guess by the way he looks) he seemed so experienced like someone who had been battling for over 10years. I want to see him on DF. and thanks for providing the twitter name :)
watching this a year later after the mark grist hype has gone I've noticed blizzard was highly slept on, grist still took it but blizzard did get slept on a lot
@Serial Killa whole heartedly agree with you mate. For example you chat gas mark on varying degrees. If he was battling a lot of the rappers on df he probably woulda won. Just a shame mark is a world class poet.
dee bee Since when did truth stop counting as meaningful bars? He's right. The faster the pace of rapping, the more words and the harder it is to decipher the meaning of what is said, the more it all resembles inflation. And the "impressing" effect of it being said fast, I would also say, hides the fact that less is actually being said.
yes I get that, but the meaning of what he was was that blizzards bars make sense, as its a double negative, rap is about being smart, if you can insult and/or disrespect your opponent by using smart bars then that makes you a better mc, if there's "mc 1" and "mc 2" for example in a battle and mx 1 comes out with more insulting bars but aren't that clever, but mc 2 comes out with bars that aren't as insulting but are clever then mc 2 wins, that's how it works, so basically the smarter mc is the better mc, and being a victim of accidental-double-negative side of things is not a good/clever thing to be doing, specially when you're supposed to be a English teacher
dee bee I guess I understand your logic, ie. that the smartest bars always wins. I think I agree with that. Though I can imagine clever and unfunky bars losing to funky fresh ones, qua this also being a musical/soul genre. Principally, and from battle rap viewing experience, I completely agree though. Where I would disagree is weather double negatives are clever or not. I know formally, you ain't supposed to do none of that shit. But taking the history of rap into account, seeing as it has grown out of a ghetto culture, where this type of language is common, I think it's a type of flair and actually some kind of ability to listen to the form of the medium and adapt to it's informality and flowpatterns - and thus, really quite clever. Both Grist and Blizzard came correct though. Both where clever. I have to give respect to Grist for staying so much within the limits of regular battle rap though, iscold dissing Blizzards moms etc. Shit is tough. Peace.
this battle is what got me into battle rap, when I first saw it I honestly thought blizzard was great but now watching again 6 months later having learned a lot more about ive realized that he is actually rather poor
"All those nights out gathering STDs while Bradley stayed in collecting Pokemon, and you beat him by a landslide, because he only collected most of them" that is the most heavily underrated bar in Don't flop.
Mark’s 2nd verse was the most complex and well delivered “your mum” joke in history
Anyone here, 12 years later? Im back.
Still think of this battle once every while and look it up to watch!
Same here man. It's a proper classic
Same
I'm here. Just referencing this in a Reddit post.
Yes
blizzard had good bars but terrible delivery, incredibly rushed. Marks fluency while spitting earned him the win tbh
Be there and you will hear it with more open ears than you headphones. The crowd helps. Like watching a football game on tv or in the stadium!
True
plus Mark is an English teacher
@@alsadig6727 & yet he still said don't mean nothing. He certainly won this, but you would think he knew his double negatives.
@@Ethan-Entah he said that because it rhymed and fit the meter...
@@Usdi1999 From a rap technicals pov I understand why he did it, but being a teacher you'd think he would've thought of a way of saying it grammatically correct.
This is still my favourite don't flop battle on UA-cam
my man mark grist, went to school with him
2019 still fucking good
Suggest you watch more battles....
@@mezalong I didn't say this was the best just my favourite
@@tyqwe45qe 2022, still still good
8 years later, this still stands up as one of the deepest cuts. My boy Grist out here slaying all these Mancunian pups. Shits all over US battles that rely on music to be half-decent, too. 🧐
man, 4 years and it is still awesome to watch
even 6 years!
Even 7 years
James Hackney even 8 years
Even 12 years
Major props to Blizzard for being a good sport. They both seem like cool guys.
I’ve met him! He came to my school to do a presentation on poetry a few years ago, but did a sort of meet and greet after. He was a really cool and nice guy and even performed one of his verses in front of the whole of y9 😂
(Grist that is obv)
@@T-fq6vythat’s cool as. Is he still rapping?
Mark's vocab was much more extensive, and the wider variety of angles in which he disses was far superior.
This is the friendliest rap battle I've ever seen. Refreshing.
Can’t believe this was 11 years ago. Blizzard’s wordplay is fantastic. Grist is legendary.
Agreed. They were both good and both appreciated each other, that's how it should be.
this teacher must be the coolest teacher in d world....
***** chill bro, you mad because the other guy loses?
Yeah Mark Grist came to my school
@@jayblueridgesumilhig he isnt shit at maths
@@sticktour6323 same
He came into my school before
....And to think that Mark came to my school today and started rapping....
Always come back to this battle. Funniest and most entertaining, had me in stitches and still does 😂
Come back to this 5 years later. Still awesome.
Same
2011?
Same
Mark grist came to my school today and started rapping.
ME TOO
Asia Llama You went to someones school and started rapping?
nice selfie Amon
Matthew Tam Thanks, it's what all the non-benders do these days.
He came to mine too
This kid is going to class without even knowing it
Still the best Don't Flop video, 6 years on. Mark Grist - What a legend
Deviant Killer I met Mark Grist yesterday he was amazing!
i met mark grist yesterday at my college haha, hes an amazing guy
blizzard- thinks hes amazing
Mark- knows hes amazing
🥴
Give blizzard time to grow he's gonna be the best ever
I still remember Blizzard calling Lowkey wack. Meanwhile he got slaughtered by a fucking teacher hahahaha
KnownEpidemic yeah but Blizzard did ok in this one
+KnownEpidemic But really Mark kills it almost every single time
Nathan Reed I'm only fucking around man. But I still can't respect Blizzard, ever since I heard him spout that bullshit about Lowkey.
Aye agreed!
KnownEpidemic have u seen blizzards freestyle on Westwood. That was next level I will never have ran out of respect for him
Mark Grist's second verse completely slaughters me every time. Love it.
-FT
11 years later and still the best DFRB. Grist wins but Blizzard is on point throughout, and he constantly shows respect to Mark. The mutual respect is clear to see.
I feel like, if Blizzard has to keep stopping to explain his lines, there's no way he was going to win.
I've watched this battle hundreds of times and its not enough
Man that was a slaughter xD Props to Blizzard though, not only did he take take his defeat like a champ, his verses weren't anything to sniff at themselves.
"To those at home who are sitting watching UA-cam - don't start clicking! I know this might look like some kind of extreme babysitting" Buahahaha ha! Hilarious & clever punchlines :DDD Respect for both Blizzard & Mark Grist!
+ really cool intro song - "61 Grace" by Booda French.
Can we just appreciate that a schoolboy and his old teacher went against eachother in a commercial rap battle.. Don't Flop was killing the game man, UK rap culture peaked at this very moment
i remember watching dont flop when i was in middle school🙏🙏
He wasn’t actually his teacher
@@AA-tl8im yes he was i wss in their class
@@poolbwoy6585 ok sure. Cool story bro.
@@AA-tl8im ur jealous u werent learning maths with us :P
4:06
*raises hand in the air then claps*
"Okay, okay"
He is SUCH a teacher!
Grist has a swag level of 9 million
Such a good battle! Poor little fellow Blizzard dow, keep spitting anger and then just getting ripped by a teacher...
my word play is glorious,when i spit them bars it'll leave you stumped.........like Oscar Pistorius.
Hahahahahahahahahahahaahahahah!
Shots fired
Mark grist vs Daylyt. what could be the potentially the weirdest thing we will ever see.
Devon Guy Blizzard against Arsonal
Sino pumunta dito para malaman kung sino yung Mark Grist na makakalaban ni Loonie sa fliptop?
ako hahaha
hahahahaha
ako.
unggoy ka
ako haha,.tang inang malupet to,pinaglaruan lang ung blizzard,.kelangan na magsulat sulat ni loonie,..in english haha
I can appreciate this for sure!
I WAS THERE!!!! sorry, just got too excited lmao. Diztract was amazing!!!! He killed all of them. I would love to see him battle blizzard. And considering he is like 17/18 (giving a guess by the way he looks) he seemed so experienced like someone who had been battling for over 10years. I want to see him on DF. and thanks for providing the twitter name :)
Mark sounds like Derren Brown lol.
Well, they are both from Bristol.
I did not know that, but now i do, i am blessed by your intelligence, thank you.
when ur teacher teaches you a lesson
Good one
I saw Mark Grist preform at Frank Hamilton's gig the other night and I must say, the story behind this is brilliant :')
These guys would be great doing Shakespeare. I can just see them doing Tybalt and Mercutio.
I often come back to this crazy battle!
Damn who’s back in 2021
21 mins later, ol' Mr Grist - even now, he rinses all those in the venue
Mark is so poised, ridiculously calm and collected
I don't know why I've decided to pick this out, but, damn this dudes jumper is dirty as hell 15:00
That vein popping out of his forehead as well thoooo
mamz37
He probably shoots heroin into it.
no its not
Keep coming back to this video. Amazing!
He wears a suit to a rap battle, the definition of classy
watching this a year later after the mark grist hype has gone I've noticed blizzard was highly slept on, grist still took it but blizzard did get slept on a lot
You know you've lost when the MC throws his head back to laugh at your opponent's verbal jabs
13 Year Anniversary of this masterclass by Mark Grist being uploaded!
Who's here after Blizzards new road rage?
George 1 me
“Besides being date raped by Australian women” is a line I never thought I’d hear
Wowwww, people are so quick to comment on this saying how terrible it is. How about we sit back and respect how lyrically talented both battlers are?
I'm here in 2022 and this is still as good as when I first watched it 7 years ago
Blizzard won this battle
Said nobody ever...
@Serial Killa whole heartedly agree with you mate. For example you chat gas mark on varying degrees. If he was battling a lot of the rappers on df he probably woulda won. Just a shame mark is a world class poet.
Always come back to this time to time it’s too good😂
Back again 😂
welcome back
I actually think Bradley/Blizzard did well to keep his cool, and laugh at Mark's lines. *Apply cold water to the burned area*
12 years later. had to come back to this.
"hides the fact they don't mean nothing" he's supposed to be a English teacher and he comes out with this 😂😂😂
dee bee Since when did truth stop counting as meaningful bars? He's right. The faster the pace of rapping, the more words and the harder it is to decipher the meaning of what is said, the more it all resembles inflation. And the "impressing" effect of it being said fast, I would also say, hides the fact that less is actually being said.
holm81 I think he meant because it's a double negative...
JumpUpSoldier Point taken. :) But it's after all rap, which was born out of, and continues to use slang. IMO for the better.
yes I get that, but the meaning of what he was was that blizzards bars make sense, as its a double negative, rap is about being smart, if you can insult and/or disrespect your opponent by using smart bars then that makes you a better mc, if there's "mc 1" and "mc 2" for example in a battle and mx 1 comes out with more insulting bars but aren't that clever, but mc 2 comes out with bars that aren't as insulting but are clever then mc 2 wins, that's how it works, so basically the smarter mc is the better mc, and being a victim of accidental-double-negative side of things is not a good/clever thing to be doing, specially when you're supposed to be a English teacher
dee bee I guess I understand your logic, ie. that the smartest bars always wins. I think I agree with that. Though I can imagine clever and unfunky bars losing to funky fresh ones, qua this also being a musical/soul genre. Principally, and from battle rap viewing experience, I completely agree though. Where I would disagree is weather double negatives are clever or not. I know formally, you ain't supposed to do none of that shit. But taking the history of rap into account, seeing as it has grown out of a ghetto culture, where this type of language is common, I think it's a type of flair and actually some kind of ability to listen to the form of the medium and adapt to it's informality and flowpatterns - and thus, really quite clever. Both Grist and Blizzard came correct though. Both where clever. I have to give respect to Grist for staying so much within the limits of regular battle rap though, iscold dissing Blizzards moms etc. Shit is tough. Peace.
Best days of don't flop
I like when people do the rapping. it making my ears feels the nice :)
Tbh watching all of blizzards and grists battles they are both really clever. They would be a good dynamic duo
this battle is what got me into battle rap, when I first saw it I honestly thought blizzard was great but now watching again 6 months later having learned a lot more about ive realized that he is actually rather poor
No way this was 11 years ago????
"Because he only collected most of them" lmao I'm dead.
Some crazy talent !
Punchlines goin' everywhere
MuchLove !
Mark Grist absolutely smashed it! Need to see that guy more in Dont Flop
Marks face when blizzard was addressing the camera is so funny
blizzard aka devvo m8
1:06 to skip intro
Intro song I've never heard someone try and jack MF Doom's style so much.
Damn feels like only yesterday I watched this when it dropped! 2011😵
"slobberin like a doberman" Grist killed it
Lol. This was awesome. Thoroughly enjoyed :)
This was amazing.. Mark Grist is a genius.. and Blizzard is talented..really really talented. Loved it..
Teacher is great. The kid deserves respect too - razor sharp
Mark did mash it but blizzard came in hard too.
Big up blizzard being so humble for the loss
"All those nights out gathering STDs while Bradley stayed in collecting Pokemon, and you beat him by a landslide, because he only collected most of them" that is the most heavily underrated bar in Don't flop.
Cant believe its been nearly a decade since Blizzard started sixth form , kid got schooled 😅
When you have to keep telling everyone you done a punch line you already lost
Кто посмотрел этот батл после прочтения перевода интервью Окси?)
4qwertyqwerty7 учи язык, не нужно ждать перевод :)
What a good battle! Thanks for sharing :)
Honestly Mr Grist is the reason I miss school! He was the best teacher I’ve ever had!
did he show you all his rap battle in class?
"I'm going to get rid of mark like when germany brought the Euro in..."
That was actually pretty clever right there. Props.
The line was hot but blizz didn't play it up
Mark's 2nd verse KILLED it, SO GOOD xD
fucking love Mark Grist
Man thah teach is a frickin legend
How can you rate this kid? He has to explain half of his line
Hav u seen his other vids
Yes there all terrible
4alexsimpson They're*
4alexsimpson only because most people are not quick enough with out visual aids.but he can do that in ryhme
I wasn't expecting too much from Mark never hearing him before but he fucking destroyed Blizzard by miles.
2022 and there are now iphone apps that are older than some highschoolers
I used to think this was the shit when I was like 13
I wish he was my teacher
To think this guy came into our school and performed for us& chooses poetry over rap😂
"When it sits down it sounds like a sea lion applauding" best thing ever
The teacher was good in this, but that other kid 'Blizzard' if he is the future for Rap then i'm worried and we're all fucked
Loonie vs Mark Grist
Blizzard is a better rapper to listen to like on a song but the other guy was hilarious!
One of the classic Don't Flop battles
the teacher went to my school it's one of his students put a bet on him to go
no he didn't mark is a poet he's been doing performances for years you utter spastic.
+STAY PEAKED he's acc a teacher fam
He did, talked to him after he did a show about it.
missus green move in to the screen !
I'm gonna get rid of mark like when Germany brought the Euro in
That was a slept on line
It's a great bar
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