Chilla Jones Reviews Dizaster vs. Cassidy

Chilla Jones did a Write up for BattleRap.com bringing his full on personal review of the Dizaster Vs. Cassidy battle..check out a piece of it below!

Round 1

In the first, Dizaster begins by talking a little about the previous night’s events. A few bars later he switches into a monster rhyme scheme that he carries on for about 32 bars, showing flashes of vintage Dizaster. My favorite bar from Diz in his first round was the “You got famous for killing a Freeway and then a freeway almost killed you” bar. I appreciate that bar because in this era of wordplay and indirect material (that even I am occasionally guilty of) that’s one of those super direct bars that ONLY applies to Cassidy, a definite haymaker and in my opinion his heaviest bar in that round. Overall, a decent, but beatable round.

Cassidy starts off also with talking about the previous night’s events before getting into his bars. Instantly I notice one thing about Cassidy that stands out, which is his poise. Compared to Dizaster, he looks comfortable and unphased by any of his surroundings. He, not Dizaster, looks like the battle veteran that has been in 60 filmed battles and has spent the last four years travelling the globe, taking on the world’s best. In my opinion, this allowed Cassidy to come off a lot cleaner and more polished than Dizaster. He ends the round with a spot-on impression of Dizaster. Whether or not you thought it was well done, I think most of us appreciated the idea of it more than the execution because we realize that it meant Cass had actually studied Diz, and put effort into learning his style.

For me, he had just enough to edge the first round. But if you had higher expectations for Cass, I’d expect you gave Round 1 to Dizaster.

Go Check out the full review at :

http://battlerap.com/opinions/2014/12/7146-chilla-jones-review-dizaster-vs-cassidy

Posted on January 6, 2015 by DJ 2Thirteen and filed under Reviews, Articles and tagged Cassidy Dizaster Ether Lush One 2014.

BattleRap.com: Chilla Jones Speaks on the state of Battle Rap and whats to come.

The Boston emcee speaks on industry rappers stepping into the game, the mainstreaming of the culture and more.

Chilla Jones’ rise to popularity in battle rap parallels the macrocosm of the scene’s ascension into the mainstream arena over the past six years. Over the course of his career, the Boston-bred emcee has been able to dutifully straddle both realms as a recording artist in the mixtape circuit, and onstage backing up his words against opponents.

In an exclusive interview with BattleRap.com, Chilla Jones spoke about how he sees the scene’s evolution through 2015, the effect of the “Cassidy vs. Dizaster” hype in the mainstream, why he decries commercial rappers now entering the battle rap scene, where battle rappers need to improve on their skill set in this era, and what he believes battle rap fans look for in contenders to pick their favorites.

 

BattleRap.com: What do you see next for battle rap in 2015?

Chilla Jones: Well, it’s only going to the next level. You can kinda see that with that Cassidy and Dizaster battle, which I think could have definitely elevated battle rap to a more mainstream level. A more commercial level. I think we’ll see a lot more music industry involvement. Whether it’s throwing events, whether it’s industry rappers deciding to step in the ring. More money is going to funneled into the culture. For those of us who have followed the culture and been involved in it for a long time, I think a lot of us are afraid that it’s getting too watered down and soft. You know what I mean?

We don’t want it too commercialized to the point where it is battles bleeping out the swears. That’s kinda not where we want it to go. But at the same time we do want to see its growth. We do want to see it get bigger for everybody involved. I definitely think it’s going to reach more people than it’s ever reached. Whether that’s the demise of battle rap or not is something that remains to be seen.

Click here to read the full article on BattleRap.Com

Posted on December 31, 2014 by DJ 2Thirteen.