Freestyle Rap Battle Translated into Plain English

Posted by Alex in Music, Video Clips on October 4, 2008 at 1:20 pm


This went ’round the InterWeb a while ago, but as usual, I’m late to the party ;) If you’ve always wondered what those rappers in freestyle rap battles are rapping about, here’s the plain English translation: Hit play or go to Link [break]


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27 comments to "Freestyle Rap Battle Translated into Plain English"

  1. Johnny Cat
    October 4th, 2008 at 1:39 pm

    Oh, Snap! The swing music at the end...brilliant!

  2. CheeseDuck
    October 4th, 2008 at 2:02 pm

    L
    O
    L

  3. ted
    October 4th, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    Cute. If only all debates were this interesting.

  4. Sandman
    October 4th, 2008 at 3:08 pm

    That's probably the funniest thing I've seen in a while.

  5. Ali S.
    October 4th, 2008 at 3:14 pm

    Hahaha! Oh, how I love this! :D

  6. DOJ
    October 4th, 2008 at 3:49 pm

    music at the end is perfect

  7. biltmore
    October 4th, 2008 at 4:07 pm

    Hilarious!

  8. CourtC777
    October 4th, 2008 at 7:39 pm

    OMG. That was amazing. Did this person translate more into plain English? Awesome. The other week, I read aloud Mindless Self Indulgence lyrics to my boyfriend. Greatly hilarious.

  9. Bajapanties88
    October 4th, 2008 at 7:39 pm

    good stuff lol

  10. Yo
    October 4th, 2008 at 8:36 pm

    Why would you have to translate this into "plain english"? It's part of the fabric of American life and shouldn't be classified as something different and outcast.

  11. Christophe
    October 4th, 2008 at 9:06 pm

    Role models.

  12. Martha Allen
    October 4th, 2008 at 10:25 pm

    "Why would you have to translate this into “plain english”? It’s part of the fabric of American life and shouldn’t be classified as something different and outcast."

    HAHAHAHAHAHA

  13. Arden
    October 4th, 2008 at 10:40 pm

    I second that HAAAHAAAA

  14. Jerse
    October 4th, 2008 at 11:53 pm

    @Yo

    Ebonics < English

  15. jani
    October 5th, 2008 at 12:03 am

    "I brandish a 9 mm pistol."

    That's scary, motherlovers!

  16. MrEpilepsy
    October 5th, 2008 at 1:27 am

    I'm wondering why 20th and 21st century rappers (and singers) like to emphasize the squalid conditions of their upbringing. Did we have bards waxing lyrical about their horrible homelands in the past?
    How old is the idea of "street cred" anyway?

    "Many are the men who may testify to the dire conditions of my upbringing. Mine was a youth spent in the most splendid wretchedness. Behold my authenticity!"

  17. Kiryn
    October 5th, 2008 at 3:03 am

    @Yo: Where does it say that it -had- to be translated into plain English? It's just like those dubs of old Chinese movies.

  18. MoonCake
    October 5th, 2008 at 5:46 am

    holy crap that was hilarious!

    @courtc777-- i can only imagine spoken-word MSI lyrics. ellen degeres said the lyrics of her first known-by-heart song by salt-n-peppa on one of her comedy DVDs and it's HILARIOUS because it doesn't make any sense, yet, it's probably the most known salt-n-peppa song out there.

    language sure is a funny thing, isn't it?

  19. Lauren
    October 5th, 2008 at 7:49 am

    Is this the guy who did the cats & engineers video? He sounds the same.

  20. Drat
    October 5th, 2008 at 8:09 am

    Fail. Plain English or a bunch of fags with nothing to do?

  21. yo!
    October 5th, 2008 at 8:24 am

    my niggazzzzz!!!!!

  22. Thomas
    October 5th, 2008 at 12:17 pm

    And I am lucky enough to live in a city with paltry enough living conditions to support such artists' upbringings.

  23. JdF
    October 6th, 2008 at 10:31 am

    this has to be the most offensive thing i have ever seen Neatorama post! leave the inclusive deprecation to stuffwhitepeoplelike.com.for all the factoid intelligence that you post, i expect alot better than a post dedicated to this witless championing of white bread delivery trying to harness the EQUAL if not more poetically graceful form the ghetto talks. no more of this dodgy racism, i know you can know better.

  24. JivesTheButler
    October 6th, 2008 at 12:05 pm

    @JdF You are either being perfectly on-point, witty, and ironic, or offended and British.

    Either way, you are hilarious.

  25. wifi918
    October 10th, 2008 at 4:09 pm

    Haha. I loved it!

    And, to JdF:
    Despite your use of words like "dodgy", and "deprecation" to make your argument sound more intelligent, your claim has no backing. The English language is not a "white" language. Speaking the language properly, by using correct grammar and pronunciation, does make a person more "white". I think it's a bit of a stretch to accuse the makers of the video of being racist merely because they find it amusing to translate slang into formal English.
    I am not trying to insult rappers, but please explain to me how a song about having sex with another person's mother is MORE poetic than poetry written in formal English.

    -Nicole

  26. wifi918
    October 10th, 2008 at 4:10 pm

    to edit: I meant to say that using proper grammer and pronunciation does NOT make a person more white.

    My apologies!!

  27. alar
    March 28th, 2009 at 7:57 am

    hmm...i mean...correct grammar does not make a poem less poetic but neither does using a non correct form. languages live. and if some people are snobbish enough to denie the value of a living language, then its their loss.


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