DON'T FLOP - Arsonal Over Hyped

 

This is going back a few months now but I'm just sifting through some battles till I get my hands on the DF 5th Birthday event battles.
So the one I was checking out today was Arsonal, DNA. First funny thing was just before his opening round DNA revealed an Arsenal F.C. shirt under his coat before putting on an Arsenal hat. Ha! Nice touch. He even pulls out a wig later on in the battle which is well worth the watch alone. So The battle for me was one sided on two different levels. Stay with me I'm going to start making sense any minute now.
DNA killed him. I though it was a clean sweep in all three rounds. His content was just so much more advanced. I always judge a battle on three things, and I'll list these things in terms of importance. First is lyrical content, what your saying about your opponent specifically that is damaging to him. Second is lyrical skill, how complex your syllables and rhymes are and third is performance. Feel free to contest me on that but that's how I think a battle should be judged. If your in a battle and the aim is to smash your opponent the content needs to be personal to them, tailored and relevant. Now DNA always has this in his Arsonal (pun intended). Arsonal, well, he rarely does in my opinion. For me Arsonal is Mr. Generic. What he does have is bags of performance, charisma that mask his generic content. He literally raps the same thing in every battle I've seen him in. He might throw in some personals but they are usually obvious angles and he doesn't bring a lot of intelligent wordplay. He also has lyrical rapping skill on a decent level. DNA has lyrical skill on the same level, maybe to a lesser degree, but his performance although not as aggressive is just as convincing.
All three rounds he topped Arsonal in terms of content, roughly matched his performance and lyrical skill. And even if Arsonal edged him in lyrical skill and performance he didn't say enough damaging stuff. To me that's what's important.
However it was one sided on another level. Crowd reaction. Arsonals hyped up performance won the crowd. They were going crazy for them generic bars meng. He wasn't terrible, but he was ok. Maybe I'm just not an Arsonal fan, (I'm actually a Chelsea fan) but he tends to put me to sleep with his raaah raaah style but not actually saying anything hot. I sat back and analysed what was being said, not how animated he was saying it. I saw the wood through the trees. I'm afriad, DNA's performance was strong enough that he held his own and pretty much bodied Arsonal. Although the majority of the DF crowd will be booing my decision.

[My Verdict: 3 zip DNA]




What do you guys think? How do you judge a battle? What's most important to you? Post your opinion.