"Summer Madness Rights and Wrongs"
As we all know the most recent Smack/URL event "Summer Madness" took place August 7th 2011 at the legendary Webstar Hall. This was by far the biggest battle rap event in history hands down. The card alone held some of the most anticipated battles of the year, but as more and more battles drop the more people say it is not living up to it's hype and it was a disappointment. Now every time somebody brings this topic up I have to strongly disagree. So far I've seen some of the most entertaining battles I have seen in a while. Now I'm not saying that the Summer Madness battles that have been released so far have a legendary status but they are not as bad as they may seem. Here are some reason why:
Too Much Hype and Too High Expectations:
Going into the event summer madness brought in the biggest wave of hype I have ever seen going into an battle rap event. Summer Madness had big name people that don't even battle rap following this event, such as Kevin Durant, Drake, and Nelly. With this type of following Summer Madness had to be legendary every second of every battle to even live up to the hype. People had way to high expectations going into the event, expecting a classic from the opening battle to the main event.
Too Many Battles In One Night:
Despite what anybody says I believe the Summer Madness battles that have been released so far were all good. The Hitman Holla vs Hollow Da Don battle to me was one of the best battles, but It was hard for me to get excited about the battle because the crowd wasn't enthused, and I can't blame the crowd because If I was standing for 4-6 hours I wouldn't be worried about anything Hitman or Hollow had to say I would be worried about finding a seat. If that battle was the first battle of the night the crowd would have been going crazy.
Audio Quality:
Due to the size of the venue the MC's weren't able to use the microphones that clip onto your shirt, they had to use the handheld mics. This topic is very controversial, because many people say some of the MC's didn't know what to do with a handheld mic. I agree with that statement 50% because some of these rappers do best when they are able to act and show off their bars and they weren't able to adapt, because when they were writing their rounds they were writing as if they were free handed and they could show some performance. When you have a handheld mic you have to adjust your bars and make them more lyrical and less performance. At the end of the day the audio wasn't that bad but it wasn't the best.
All in all Summer Madness was a historical event for battle rap, and set the standards sky high for all the other battle rap leagues.
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