Brain Rot: Hip Hop Family Tree, Busy Bee vs. Kool Moe Dee pt. 2

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http://hame.ca/one/ Hamish Grant

for reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhuqTecycQQ
- http://www.wizzywigcomics.com Ed Piskor
  
  Here’s the complete version with both their full verses. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCQBiZgL6g0
  - http://maggiekb.com/ Maggie Koerth-Baker
    
    Holy shit. That’s amazing. It’s like Busy Bee got slapped in the face with the future.
http://www.facebook.com/tim.cameron.908 Tim Cameron

From what I understand, this was really a watershed moment in the evolution of what it means to be an MC. Previous to this, the MC really was a “master of ceremonies”, whose focus was on crowd interaction, highlighting the DJ and dancers, etc. Rhyming was there, but it wasn’t the most important thing. Afterwards, Moe D’s more musical, spitfire rap style really took over and the rhymes really moved to the forefront.
noah django

the huge irony is that when newer rappers had progressed to the next level of skill, Moe Dee, in much the same way as Busy Bee, didn’t recognize and was himself served by LL.
SoItBegins

I did a combo count on the recording of the battle. When Moe Dee gets into his final spiel he keeps going for at least 160-odd eighth notes (about 40 straight bars of music), if I heard right!

COMBO x160

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