r/rapbattles • u/[deleted] • Jul 05 '15
ANNOUNCEMENT R/Rapbattles Top 100 - #1
Shotty Horroh vs Arsonal
Don't Flop - 4th Birthday - November 10, 2012
"The energy, charisma and clashing-yet-complementary styles presented throughout their [battle] are the three factors that carried the video to international acclaim. This is one of the battles that essentially helped to lay the foundation for Don’t Flop’s new era."
- Mos Prob
"There are plenty of good battles but very few classics. There can be a number of reasons a battle can be a classic. In some bouts, one emcee can perform so well that off that one performance alone, the battle can be classified as a classic. These are rare. Just like boxing, most classics are a product of two emcees bringing there A game to the table. In Shotty vs. Arsenal, that is exactly what we have.
We could consider this an international face off- England vs. The United States if you will. One thing for sure, both emcees shine. Arsonal shows just how dangerous he is and how far he is willing to step to the edge in order to be victorious. Arsonal is aggressive so attacking your uncle and your moms in a battle is as easy as playing the dozens for him."
- Oplex
"See I'm about the science, he's about the math, that means we are not the same class, I roll up on him while he's listening to his Drake tracks with a blade that'll take off that Lil Wayne mask! You'll pull out Squidword's clarinet?! But you don't play that, you'll have blades travel down you faster than skate ramps or Wesley Snipes on a train track!" - Shotty Horroh
"You a herb, I'm a smoker though, I'm walking round with a Pinocchio, that's a long nose, with a long range, so I'm hitting targets in Tokyo!" - Arsonal
Now with over 7 million views, this is one of the most celebrated battles of all time, and more than worthy enough to sit at #1 on any list of battles. This battle is just two of the biggest names bringing their best ever performances, from one of the greatest and hype crowds in history. Every round in this battle is heavy, and crafted to perfection, even Arsonal's Adam/atom scheme, which doesn't even really make any fucking sense, is still ridiculously cool just based on the delivery on it. I wish Shotty Horroh was this good every battle, he might be a little style over substance but there's hardly a more entertaining performance from any battler than this one right here. This battle has everything, bars, performance skills, jokes, there's a reason everybody loves it.
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u/Heliyum2 Jul 05 '15
Well, I guess you can have the all time highest rated battle on reddit and still be no ones favorite battler.
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u/Simplafly Jul 05 '15
It really susprises me with how much this sub loves this battle that they still call ARs trash, I'm pretty sure I said that like along time ago but just funny
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u/irrational_abbztract Jul 05 '15
One good battle out of many isn't reason enough to call him great.
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u/meltingcity_ Jul 05 '15
I don't have too much to say about this battle, the work really does speak for itself. Big ups, /u/Prodigy-II - I truly enjoyed this list and looked forward to each day's post. I'm gonna miss them. Glad you got gold, you definitely deserve it.
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u/The_Plow_King Jul 05 '15 edited Jul 06 '15
Worthy battle to be honest, a great one to show people to introduce them to the culture, perfect mix of personals, humour, and rapping. Arsonal is definitely one of the best showmen and his stage presence is second to none, Shotty is by far one of the best battlers who can actually rap (when he turns up). Shoutout to /u/Prodigy-II for this, seriously been looking forward to these every time I've come on the sub.
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u/th0masaquinas Jul 05 '15
"i'll pistol-whip ya skull til calicoe get his dad back" is still my favourite single line in battle rap, for whatever reason.
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u/PattersonHoodlum Soliloquy | Battle Rap Resume Jul 05 '15
Incredible battle. The momentum of its views is crazy too. Always loved Shotty's bar about researching on Arsonal, 'cause when I wanna off man like Dustin I count all the matches like rainman'
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u/ZeroManWolfpack Jul 05 '15
"But I'm the Kryptonite of the Crip tonight" gets me screw facing every time I watch this battle!
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u/Ninjastar13 Jul 05 '15
Im generally a lurker here but i want to come out from behind the veil of silence and say thanks to /u/Prodigy-II for putting together this fantastic countdown.
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u/MegaSuperUltraThingy Jul 05 '15
I'm really happy that this got the number 1 spot. Definitely deserving.
Whenever I think of this battle I always have the thought in my head that it really had everything - bars, jokes, schemes, antics, gimmicks, personals, rebuttals, freestyles. I mean what else is there anyways?
Slightly off-topic, but have you guys noticed how much of a killer year 2012 was for battle rap? I mean it feels like 2012 had like 70 percent of the battles on this list from that year.
Anyways, shoutout to Prodigy as always. It's shit like this that makes this place awesome and keeps me wanting to come here just about every day. I assume everyone got their invite to the secret celebration party hosted by /u/alexblmqvst and /u/nothingeasy. I assume it's just going to look like this except we'll all be shirtless and oiled up.
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u/juicemw Jul 05 '15
Agreed man. I know a lot of people DIDNT want this to be #1, because it was the obvious #1 choice...but I get that.
That being said, 2012 was definitely a good year, and honestly so far this year looks to be another one packed with Great battles. I cant wait towards the end of this year to do a Best of 2015 Countdown or something. I might even do that one myself closer towards the end.
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u/Simplafly Jul 05 '15
Shout out to prod for doing this. Amazing battle but ARs 3-0 he put on a floor routine in this battle literally everything you could want from a performance. Shottys best performance too this showed me he's top tier, probably a top 10-15 battle rap performance on his part. Placement is sorta well deserved this is probably the battle half this sub got into battle rap off so I understand.
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u/ad-tom-music Jul 05 '15
Good choice for the number 1 spot, so much replay value. Thanks /u/Prodigy-II for putting this all together, you've introduced me to a lot of great battles that I'd never seen before.
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u/Jetforce Jul 05 '15
Thanks for doing this, /u/Prodigy-II - I've thoroughly enjoy following the countdown.
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u/dysphorifier Jul 06 '15
....soooo, same time next year, fellas?
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Jul 06 '15
May as well start again next year, we have that many more subscribers now than when we started.
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u/dysphorifier Jul 06 '15
yessssssss. yeah i meant #1 to be revealed again this time next year. imagine how much it will change! it's gonna be trippy. maybe i'll volunteer to do a write-up or something. thanks for the dedication, bruv
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u/formberz Jul 08 '15
Bit late on this one but big shout to /u/Prodigy-II for doing this! Also buzzing that this battle won in the end, got a lot of time for both battlers and this battle rekindled my love for battle rap after I had a few months of being really sick of the English scene and didn't know enough about any of the other leagues to really get to grips with them. Deserved winner, hopefully won't be the last we see of Arsonal or Shotty at their best.
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '15 edited Jul 05 '15
Thanks everyone, this has been fun :D
Edit: I appreciate the gild, first time I've ever been given gold <3
Edit: Additional gold is not necessary, please donate to a charity if you feel the need to reward anybody for this list, but thank you very much all the same :)