I battled for about 2 years and moved up to get on the same card as The Saurus. I watched him when I was a teenager and it was wild to meet him in person and have him know who I was. I retired soon after, mission accomplished.
I know this pod might not do similar numbers to the other ATB’s but I’m going to need a part 2 of this pod for my own selfish reasons. Been watching these two since 08, it’s great to hear the stories.
Grew up watching Illmac and Saurus during the WRCs/Grindtime, dope to see them still competing at a high level. Salute to Hitch for the fire episode 🤘🏽
Who here still watches the WRC battles from time to time? It was a golden age when battle rap wasnt pussified yet and freestyling was still the main thing. Im in the process of downloading and archiving all of the WRC battles, or at least the good ones. It would be a shame if that footage was lost forever. Its a piece of history now.
This is the best shit ever man!Never heard Illmac or Saurus talk this freely, and you did a an amazing job of third partying and asking good questions.
I wish i could find that clip of Pete playing online poker while freestyling about what hes doing. I saw it once and never could find it again. If anyone can post a link, i would appreciate it.
This is so ill....two of the best battlers...Illmac does put out insssssaaaaaaaaaaaaaaane music...so a little more well rounded, but thesaurus is a f'n animal...one of the best to ever do it
Don’t know much about battle rap but I do know and love Eyedea. Grands Sixth Sense is one of the most stylish hip hop records of its time. So MPC and so fuckin RAW. Definitely got some homework to do on these guys. Thanks Hitch!
Even though, I'm not familiar with the battle rap scene. These guys passion and the way they talked about it kept me interested from start to finish! Top tier leading the convo from the 🐐 Hitch!
Hitch!the next video with these guys should be a freestyle cypher off the top. Something like that. But this episode is definitely the best and i wanna see you show your freestyle skill to them.
1:06:32 a month later and Kendrick came out of it on top. Like just common consensus, not opinionated. Drake did amazing, but he got played BADLY. Kendrick played him like a violin, new all the angles he would use and just picked him apart. We got 100s of videos of people singing and dancing to Not Like Us.....a diss that is about drake being a pedophile. Like who would have thought?
IMO Kendrick got played like a violin but no one acknowledges it. Drake laid out the fake daughter thing and the ovo mole thing, discrediting two out of four of Kendrick’s diss tracks. Which begs the question, what else was Kendrick lying about? Then Kendrick came out with a banger and made everyone forget about that shit. Family matters bar for bar is a much better diss track than not like us as well, so many more disses, flows, angles, wordplay, rebuttals. Not like us has two angles, the pedophile shit which was addressed by Drake (and his so called victims) and the Atlanta thing which was fire and Kendrick’s only unique angle of the entire battle. Not to mention nobody including Kendrick himself mentions the domestic abuse allegations which is HUGE. Who would’ve thought that the so called hit maker rapper would’ve made the better diss track and the so called hip hop artist would make the better banger.
The best 2on2 team ever, with each participant being legendary and groundbreaking in the sport on their own too. This is about the best battle rap has to offer, in my opinion. GOAT(s) gets thrown around a lot these days, but with these guys it's actually true.
It’s so weird how i originally found battle rap because Cash Nasty was reacting to Conceited vs Charlie Clips on stream back in 2016 and just branched off from there. But to see gaming and battle rap actually overlap like Mike P has tried to bridge the two or now with this podcast makes me feel like im in the twilight zone lmao
@StrawHatPirates56 I've only seen a handful of episodes and really only started watching again when he had the Yard boys on I think. I've been a Sandpeople and Illmaculate fan for over 20 years, so seeing him and The Saurus on here right after them is wild to me.
I love these two, but they looking real goofy right now after kendrick went demon mode. Thinking this man doesn't understand battle rap as well as Aubrey 🤣
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No doubt wtf didn’t expect this ever in life but shoutout all four of y’all
The fact that Illmac and The Saurus don’t host a podcast together is a shame.
Imagine if they did a battle rap history podcast. Bring in ogs to battle rap and have them explain in detail their history with battle rap
Ruin your day usually has illmac on, thesaurus goes on there too on occasion
@@jakes9519 yeah and I definitely enjoy that too but a story format deep dive like this would be great
Just saying, "Two Time Podcast w/ illmac and TheSaurus" sounds incredible lol
The WRP lmao
No way Hitch got two of the GOATS. This is next level. ILLMAC is him.
I battled for about 2 years and moved up to get on the same card as The Saurus. I watched him when I was a teenager and it was wild to meet him in person and have him know who I was. I retired soon after, mission accomplished.
2 LEGENDS of battle rap
I know this pod might not do similar numbers to the other ATB’s but I’m going to need a part 2 of this pod for my own selfish reasons.
Been watching these two since 08, it’s great to hear the stories.
For sure we need that
Grew up watching Illmac and Saurus during the WRCs/Grindtime, dope to see them still competing at a high level.
Salute to Hitch for the fire episode 🤘🏽
Shoutout Bum 🫡
Who here still watches the WRC battles from time to time?
It was a golden age when battle rap wasnt pussified yet and freestyling was still the main thing. Im in the process of downloading and archiving all of the WRC battles, or at least the good ones. It would be a shame if that footage was lost forever. Its a piece of history now.
Such a dope pod! ILL mentioning Vakill was wild. Haven't heard that name in a hot minute.
This is the best shit ever man!Never heard Illmac or Saurus talk this freely, and you did a an amazing job of third partying and asking good questions.
dude their 2v2 jumpoff battles are legendary. I cant believe you got these 2.
We've needed this interview for literal YEARS. Thank u
Yooooo good thing I went through the video history, who would've known The Saurus n Illmac were gonna be on this podcast. Wudufuuuu, respect!
These two guys are so important to battle culture. They're foundational.
Bro can’t believe I never knew you had thesaurus and mac on here. This is so sick
This was the best! I want more of them on podcasts
I wish i could find that clip of Pete playing online poker while freestyling about what hes doing. I saw it once and never could find it again. If anyone can post a link, i would appreciate it.
This is so ill....two of the best battlers...Illmac does put out insssssaaaaaaaaaaaaaaane music...so a little more well rounded, but thesaurus is a f'n animal...one of the best to ever do it
As a longtime fan of battle rap this was such a fire watch! Great chemistry and setting, props on getting both of these legends
one of the best so far!! more of this !!
Such a great and easy listen. Huge fan of battle rap. Would really like some more battle rap guests.
Ayo battle rap, we up!
Shoutout Saurus and Illmac!!! Two GOATS of the culture!
Don’t know much about battle rap but I do know and love Eyedea. Grands Sixth Sense is one of the most stylish hip hop records of its time. So MPC and so fuckin RAW. Definitely got some homework to do on these guys. Thanks Hitch!
2 of my favourite battlers, seem like top lads as well.
This was so natural and easy to listen to that the time went by and i realized i already 75% of it😅😅 Saurus and illmac legends!🔥
Great interview, legends!
Great interview 😂😂👍🏽
dope! this really took me back.
Love how they touched on the Freestyle crutch words/phrases.. its the ONE giveaway that can truly prove a flow as freestyle.. all i know is that
these guys need a podcast ASAP. both super intelligent - always forget how well spoken Saurus is
GREAT interview!
Perfect guys to have on for a podcast referencing bars 🔥
Man, this was just incredible. The word legend gets used way too much but these two are certified.
Even though, I'm not familiar with the battle rap scene. These guys passion and the way they talked about it kept me interested from start to finish! Top tier leading the convo from the 🐐 Hitch!
no fucking way. grew up on sandpeople/illmac and found optic later. this colab is wild. hitch you a goat
This made my whole day
Bro we got melee players and battle rap on the same podcast? What a beautiful intersection of taste.
These 2 dont get enough respect for adapting through each generation of battlerap and remaining top tier to this day
This is incredible
I remember when illmac came back after winning his first shift came back to Roosevelt what is chain talking about how he's the battle rap champ
Hitch!the next video with these guys should be a freestyle cypher off the top. Something like that. But this episode is definitely the best and i wanna see you show your freestyle skill to them.
1:06:32 a month later and Kendrick came out of it on top. Like just common consensus, not opinionated. Drake did amazing, but he got played BADLY. Kendrick played him like a violin, new all the angles he would use and just picked him apart.
We got 100s of videos of people singing and dancing to Not Like Us.....a diss that is about drake being a pedophile. Like who would have thought?
IMO Kendrick got played like a violin but no one acknowledges it. Drake laid out the fake daughter thing and the ovo mole thing, discrediting two out of four of Kendrick’s diss tracks. Which begs the question, what else was Kendrick lying about? Then Kendrick came out with a banger and made everyone forget about that shit. Family matters bar for bar is a much better diss track than not like us as well, so many more disses, flows, angles, wordplay, rebuttals. Not like us has two angles, the pedophile shit which was addressed by Drake (and his so called victims) and the Atlanta thing which was fire and Kendrick’s only unique angle of the entire battle. Not to mention nobody including Kendrick himself mentions the domestic abuse allegations which is HUGE. Who would’ve thought that the so called hit maker rapper would’ve made the better diss track and the so called hip hop artist would make the better banger.
The best 2on2 team ever, with each participant being legendary and groundbreaking in the sport on their own too. This is about the best battle rap has to offer, in my opinion. GOAT(s) gets thrown around a lot these days, but with these guys it's actually true.
how tf did i miss this one??? Dope af
I’m 10 minutes in. This is the best episode by far!🔥🔥🔥🔥
yo i watched the RAce... were you the one playing slum village.?
I'll just say that battle rap, as a format and a genre isn't the same as a rap beef where the diss track is the main format.
I’ve watched twice lol 😂 love it !!
Ooh you managed to get battle rap legends on , touche hitch touche 🔥🔥
Sheesh what a crazy moment for hitch 😮
It’s so weird how i originally found battle rap because Cash Nasty was reacting to Conceited vs Charlie Clips on stream back in 2016 and just branched off from there. But to see gaming and battle rap actually overlap like Mike P has tried to bridge the two or now with this podcast makes me feel like im in the twilight zone lmao
I could have listened to two more hours of this
Wonder how illmac chooses what fingers to put his rings on each day
illmac and the saurus hell yeah
They even talked in bars and rhythm. Insane 🤯
I still wanna see a Mac n diz three rounder nowadays
Canabis has a crazy verse with Lost Boyz
Beasts from the East woooooooo
Killers of the Mic!!
You have to try to get Harry Mack on one of these!
Wild I remember being at Scribble when Illmac beat Swann
W POD !! 🔥
Can we please get an illmac and Saurus podcast!?!?
Ayo just tuning in now what’s up Mac and thesaurus
The intelligence of Diz is ridiculous
When esem is on he’s nice asf
I LOVE THIS!! YES, ALL CAPS.
well, damn, now I gotta get the patreon
itd be insane to see a 2v2 with maniac, illmac and someone vs thesaurus and someone
Manic and Illmac vs The Saurus and Spyte
my junior year of high school (04) I became OBSESSED with poker and the WSOP
The lack of respect for Canibus is sad. Theyll give people credit for contribution to pushing the art forward and then shit on Canibus.
Okay my bad toward the end they showed some love 😂. People are missing out if they havent heard FWTBT
Shout-out Eyedea. R Eye P
dope ep
Legends
MY goats.
DRAKE STILL LOST
Dope podcast
I see you drinking straight OJ hitch 👀🤣
Drake might get battle rap, but can't get a diss track. While Kendrick knows how to make a diss track.
Maaan let’s go!!!!!!!
6:50 😂🤣 Shouts ta Merk
Need that lush episode lol
🐐’s
Respect to the goats
LMFOA WHAT? THIS IS FIRE
Illmac is really him tho
Mac is hilarious
This is a crossover I didn't expect and that idk how I missed? Wtf
you didnt expect this? the host is a huge fan of battle rap, you should check out his interview with mike p👍
@StrawHatPirates56 I've only seen a handful of episodes and really only started watching again when he had the Yard boys on I think. I've been a Sandpeople and Illmaculate fan for over 20 years, so seeing him and The Saurus on here right after them is wild to me.
@@Hellyardsown that makes sense, ive only seen the one i mentioned and this one. i would highly recommend to watch the mike p interview👍
@@StrawHatPirates56 definitely will do
Goats
Goats 🐐🐐🐐
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Gregory Poe, and Rod used to hang out at my house, and drug me to sandpeople shows.
I love these guys haha him n rum nitty had a mandate after blackout 8 hahahah
Mac's canibus verse was fire lol
Bruh I legit thought this was they podcast
Lol I think this is before euphoria dropped
This is dope as fuck
'None of them want smoke with Drake'... boy that quote aged terribly.
I love these two, but they looking real goofy right now after kendrick went demon mode. Thinking this man doesn't understand battle rap as well as Aubrey 🤣
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Its that Toronto King of the Dot bias. Drake thought he know what he was doing too lol
How deep in the beef did this podcast happen? Had meet the Grahams come out yet?
This is fucking awesome lmao
How poorly aged those drake takes are lol
seek therapy bro, you need it🙏 (this has nothing to do with your drake comment)