This is probably my favorite "freestyle" battle of all time. The written battles today are good sometimes, but there's something about watching somebody come off the dome like Justice and The Saurus that is just a lot more impressive than battlers like Iron Solomon, who write most of their lines beforehand. You can really tell that both of them are just really talented in flowing off the dome.
there are two types of freestyles in hip hop those with "writtens" and those off the top of the dome....obviously the freestyles off of the top get way more props and respect
Something I just realized: At the end of Justice's 2nd, he said, "you can't bust through me"...which meant if he'd had a little more time, he would have used his prebuttal for the "Justice is served" line (as he did in Australia before), "yeah, he serves justice because he raps like Judge Judy."
Thank you so much for explaining that. But I don’t get his original rebuttal “justice is served just look at George bush” could you explain that one please. For years Iv been wondering
@J S that “moms period” line was actually pretty dope to me. I didn’t get it first time listening. When a women misses their period it’s a indication that they’re pregnant. Justice was tryna insinuate he got thesaurus’s mom pregnant. But yeah I think thesaurus would’ve won if he didn’t run out of punchlines last round 😞
@@nashairpowell3812 back in those days, George Bush was incredibly hated President because he got the US into a war with The Middle East against Al Quaeda and Taliban. It resulted in countless deaths of American military and Middle East civilians. It ended up all being pretty pointless because the reasons for why America entered the War on Terror were mostly bullshit That’s why you see George Bush be the butt of many jokes of this time period. I remember those days very well. People clowned him a lot. Hence Justice’s punchline “Justice is served? Just look at George Bush!” He’s saying there’s no Justice in the US because a man like Bush isn’t in Jail.
I've watched this probably 100 times and it's just as unbelievable every time. I can't believe people were booing TheSaurus at the end. They should have had nothing but respect for both battlers.
@@kingjimos They're mostly thought of at the venue when they see the competition, as opposed to thinking of them on the spot. Justice had just as many premeds as TheSaurus, if not more. You can hear him use several of these lines against other battlers.
it was defintely written. he must have forgotten to use it earlier since this was overtime. or he could have been saving it. thesaurus does have some of the best rebuttals ever tho
What's kinda funny is how right before he gets cut off in the second round (after the gasoline/acne cream line) he says "You can't bust through me," which is the setup to the "you serve Justice cuz you rap like Judge Judy" line he used against Anecdote in the Oz Battle for Supremacy '04. I wonder how an American crowd would have felt that line.
Listening to this again after a break, the crowd only turned on Thesaurus because he lost steam, nothing personal. They gave him enough time, he didn't get booed till toward the end. Incredible Battle, still.
truthfully. neither one of them deserved to be booed. I've heard pre writtens that weren't as good as Thesaurus last round. and you can tell by the finals that Justice was spent after this battle. Thesaurus pushed him to his absolute limits.
For all yalls debating the finer points of whether Saurus's day late punchline even make sense: it don't even fuckin matter fam. Real talk just appreciate this shit for what it is bruh. Couple cats squarin off, one uppin eachother, kickin rebuttals back when you HAD to be able to free off top, have flow and be quick witted. 'Stead of these days where half these newjacks can't even spit on a beat and wouldn't get shine if not for prewritten, prerehearsed a capella battle structure with 3 months prep. I aint even hatin on kotd niggas or smack or any that shit but god damn appreciate this ish right here bruh bruh. And yeah Justice earned the W, outlasted him. I was in the audience blunted but hangin on erry word. Indescribable vibe.
The face looking like the asteroid that killed you line is genius by Justice. Face joke, but also referencing Thesaurus' age, calling him a dinosaur (also reference to his name "saur" at the end) - and then referencing the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. Seems so simple, but so damn layered. And in a freestyle none the less.
@TheHipHopSpot actually thesaurus's time zone line makes perfect sense, the crowd was just over hyped and reacted huge to justice's flip even though it made no sense lol.
I think that Thesaurus spit the 'day late' line one round too soon. Had he saved it til the very end, he likely would have won. Nevertheless, Thesaurus went last, so he had one more opportunity to regain the momentum -- but he ran out of gas. I still believe that the 'period' line completely blindsided him. But this is a testament to how great Justice's rebuttal game is. His rebuttals saved him in this battle.
@@SuperHns If Justice had been in America a day earlier to fornicate with Thesaurus' mother then she would have become pregnant and not had her period. It really isn't that hard to deduce...
The 2nd Round Thesaurus came out gun blazing, really really strong round, but then once Justice says "justice is served?? just look at George Bush!" it's almost like with just that one line he was able to take away/neutralize all of the insults Thesaurus said to him, crazy
"The only way that he would fit in(fitting) is if we were battling over a piece of chicken" .. Unbelievable wordplay, it goes missing, I've watched this hundreds of times over 10yrs and only just got the true beauty of that line. I used to think that it was a bit simple but it's actually genius.
Saurus is always sick! This Aussie cat really pulled some disgusting on point punchlines. This is one of the best off the dome battles I've ever seen. Jesus Christ.
This is the pinnacle of the Freestyle Battle Rap, Just non stop lines from both sides, and amazing flips from either side. I've seen a lot of fuckin battles, and in my opinion this is definitely in the top 5 greatest of all time
I love how crazy Mac Lethal is going throughout the whole thing. This is SUCH a sick battle. Both kill it with hilarious lines. Justice is a clear winner though, and it was sad to see Thesaurus fall off at the end.
Precisely, Justice is Australian as you know, so based in his time zone for example it would be 25th of june but the 24th in America, so if an event was on the 24th in America he would technically be a day late, kinda hard to explain.
Thesaurus has a tendency to ignore the beat, he just bellows over the top of it rather than riding the rhythm, hence Justice's line "Learn some timing and flow!" I loved the line "You might have some wit in you, but you're a pain in the arse to listen to!"
"a less distinguished version of an english person"...priceless...this was a sick ass battle...id like to see justice battle illmac if he hasnt already
First off classic battle, Thesaurus is my fav. battle rapper as well, but just the grab a taxi back to cali line did it 4 me. This is a flips battle played out perfectly. Big ups to both MC.s
You know what I think happened is The Saurus normally would look for flips when he ran out of lines...but Justice didn't give him anything in that last verse. You can't really flip a flip...and the only thing that gave him an opening was the "Michael Jackson" line but it came at the very end so he didn't have ample time to think of anything.
The "based on your time zone, you're a day late" line from Thesaurus was supposed to be the K.O Punch. Justice was supposed to lose. No one expected Justice to throw the hardest counter punch in battle rap history!
"Your names the saurus but your face looks like the asteroid that killed you"... its hilarious how in that part saurus is like nodding his head like ahuh yeah where is this going... and then hes just like oh shit... lol... sickest battle ever
It's 2023 and still watching this. This battle is timeless.
2024
2024
Still top three freestyle battle of all time.
Franco Flo Thesaurus 3 battle on YT - 100k views
Round 1: justice 10-8
Round 2: draw
Overtime
Round 1: thesaurus 10:9
Round 2 justice 10:8
This is probably my favorite "freestyle" battle of all time. The written battles today are good sometimes, but there's something about watching somebody come off the dome like Justice and The Saurus that is just a lot more impressive than battlers like Iron Solomon, who write most of their lines beforehand. You can really tell that both of them are just really talented in flowing off the dome.
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there are two types of freestyles in hip hop those with "writtens" and those off the top of the dome....obviously the freestyles off of the top get way more props and respect
@@v.blakheart2905 agreed
This is the best one I've ever seen in 30 years of following rap
Something I just realized: At the end of Justice's 2nd, he said, "you can't bust through me"...which meant if he'd had a little more time, he would have used his prebuttal for the "Justice is served" line (as he did in Australia before), "yeah, he serves justice because he raps like Judge Judy."
genius observation
I never thought of that
Thank you so much for explaining that. But I don’t get his original rebuttal “justice is served just look at George bush” could you explain that one please. For years Iv been wondering
@J S that “moms period” line was actually pretty dope to me. I didn’t get it first time listening. When a women misses their period it’s a indication that they’re pregnant. Justice was tryna insinuate he got thesaurus’s mom pregnant.
But yeah I think thesaurus would’ve won if he didn’t run out of punchlines last round 😞
@@nashairpowell3812 back in those days, George Bush was incredibly hated President because he got the US into a war with The Middle East against Al Quaeda and Taliban. It resulted in countless deaths of American military and Middle East civilians. It ended up all being pretty pointless because the reasons for why America entered the War on Terror were mostly bullshit
That’s why you see George Bush be the butt of many jokes of this time period. I remember those days very well. People clowned him a lot.
Hence Justice’s punchline “Justice is served? Just look at George Bush!” He’s saying there’s no Justice in the US because a man like Bush isn’t in Jail.
I'm sorry for my speech impediment but I'm learning how to speak American! Kid got crazy skills!
I've watched this probably 100 times and it's just as unbelievable every time. I can't believe people were booing TheSaurus at the end. They should have had nothing but respect for both battlers.
Absolutely
"Australian? A less distinguished version of an English person" has to be some of the tightest rhymes ever kicked off the dome
+911Ranger1 most of these are not off the dome
If its freestyle its god like, if not its still the best aussie diss bar ever
@@kingjimos They're mostly thought of at the venue when they see the competition, as opposed to thinking of them on the spot. Justice had just as many premeds as TheSaurus, if not more. You can hear him use several of these lines against other battlers.
it was defintely written. he must have forgotten to use it earlier since this was overtime. or he could have been saving it. thesaurus does have some of the best rebuttals ever tho
Def wasnt off the dome.
"Australian a less distinguished version of an English person." That was clean as hell.
xD
What's kinda funny is how right before he gets cut off in the second round (after the gasoline/acne cream line) he says "You can't bust through me," which is the setup to the "you serve Justice cuz you rap like Judge Judy" line he used against Anecdote in the Oz Battle for Supremacy '04. I wonder how an American crowd would have felt that line.
This is arguably the best battle in scribble jams history.
One of the best battles i've ever seen. Eyedea will always be my favourite but these are 2 sick ass emcees.
“Ayo! I’m Ill dude, your name’s thesaurus but your face looks like the asteroid that killed you!” 😭😭😭
This is one of the greatest battles ever a definite top5
+Bizness ASusual definetely my fav of all time
Who here in 2022 still checking this classic ?
1@07 You know you've just done well if you make Thesaurus say 'Jesus Christ!'
Listening to this again after a break, the crowd only turned on Thesaurus because he lost steam, nothing personal. They gave him enough time, he didn't get booed till toward the end. Incredible Battle, still.
truthfully. neither one of them deserved to be booed. I've heard pre writtens that weren't as good as Thesaurus last round. and you can tell by the finals that Justice was spent after this battle. Thesaurus pushed him to his absolute limits.
Perfect place perfect time perfect beat perfect opponents for each other
cant believe they started booing thesaurus' last round.
He recycled that line
"Justice is served" is one of those lines that's so obvious and simple that it just works. Idk why that was my favorite line of the battle.
wow thats one of the few times ive ever seen thesaurus legidimately lose a freestyle battle. props to justice
scribble jam keeps real hip hop alive. all love and having fun.
This battle just never gets old
"Australian? A less distinguished version of an English person" That was the winning bar for me
Gasoline as an acne cream
Greeley sent me here
For all yalls debating the finer points of whether Saurus's day late punchline even make sense: it don't even fuckin matter fam. Real talk just appreciate this shit for what it is bruh. Couple cats squarin off, one uppin eachother, kickin rebuttals back when you HAD to be able to free off top, have flow and be quick witted. 'Stead of these days where half these newjacks can't even spit on a beat and wouldn't get shine if not for prewritten, prerehearsed a capella battle structure with 3 months prep. I aint even hatin on kotd niggas or smack or any that shit but god damn appreciate this ish right here bruh bruh. And yeah Justice earned the W, outlasted him. I was in the audience blunted but hangin on erry word. Indescribable vibe.
+N1GWANAC1G OG this
100% agree
what makes no sense is the rebuttal from Jusstice, I am a day late that is the reason for your mother's period??? EH
Agreed with you, people that are afraid to freestyle around a group of three people always wanna nitpick
@@SuperHnsbruh he’s saying he got his mom pregnant , your period is “late” when your pregnant ,
This will always be a top 10 rap battle
"australian, a less distinguished version of an english person"
big line
i can never watch this video enough. definitely a scribble jam classic!
The face looking like the asteroid that killed you line is genius by Justice. Face joke, but also referencing Thesaurus' age, calling him a dinosaur (also reference to his name "saur" at the end) - and then referencing the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Seems so simple, but so damn layered. And in a freestyle none the less.
this video got posted when I was in the 5th grade
holy shit
MrNBA2KHighlights Damn dude we're probably the same age
MrNBA2KHighlights i was in 6th grade time flies
Holy shit me too
I was a senior in high school....you youngins
@TheHipHopSpot actually thesaurus's time zone line makes perfect sense, the crowd was just over hyped and reacted huge to justice's flip even though it made no sense lol.
i miss these old style battles with a beat and straight frees. none of that beatless writtens they do nowadays
My favorite battle of all time.
I think that Thesaurus spit the 'day late' line one round too soon. Had he saved it til the very end, he likely would have won.
Nevertheless, Thesaurus went last, so he had one more opportunity to regain the momentum -- but he ran out of gas. I still believe that the 'period' line completely blindsided him. But this is a testament to how great Justice's rebuttal game is. His rebuttals saved him in this battle.
but that period line didnt even make sense?
@@SuperHns yes, it did.
I get it that Thesaurus is your boy, but he lost this battle. Deal with it -- we've all moved on.
@@SuperHns If Justice had been in America a day earlier to fornicate with Thesaurus' mother then she would have become pregnant and not had her period. It really isn't that hard to deduce...
@@benjaminsmythe8967 oh like that... okay got it, seems a bit far fetched but okay, I think still TheSaurus took that battle though.
The 2nd Round Thesaurus came out gun blazing, really really strong round, but then once Justice says "justice is served?? just look at George Bush!" it's almost like with just that one line he was able to take away/neutralize all of the insults Thesaurus said to him, crazy
This is still my favorite battle of all time.
One of the Greatest Scribble battles
This has to be the best battle in Scribble Jam history no other battle comes close to this one
The amount of times I’ve watched this is getting out of hand
😂
definitley one of the best battles in the history of scribble
This battle is easily the best series of rebuttals EVER.. insane
I love these types of stage battles. Just pure fresstyled bars.
I love this battle
One of THE greatest battles EVER. Period.
Justice countered nicely. Great back and forth battle.
This is my all time favorite battle. Incredible.
"The only way that he would fit in(fitting) is if we were battling over a piece of chicken" .. Unbelievable wordplay, it goes missing, I've watched this hundreds of times over 10yrs and only just got the true beauty of that line. I used to think that it was a bit simple but it's actually genius.
one of the most classic battles of all time
This is such a fun battle. Justice did a great job as an Aussie.
THIS was awesome.
Bruh this battle was fucking fire. Such a classic
one of my favorite battles ever. so classic.
dude this is probably one of the greatest battles out there
Hands down best battle of all time.
Dawg justices day late flip was one of the best I’ve heard, but thesaurus didn’t even choke. They needed one more round.
One of the best battles of all time!
this was the best battle ever
both of them were unstoppable
Saurus is always sick! This Aussie cat really pulled some disgusting on point punchlines. This is one of the best off the dome battles I've ever seen. Jesus Christ.
This is the pinnacle of the Freestyle Battle Rap, Just non stop lines from both sides, and amazing flips from either side. I've seen a lot of fuckin battles, and in my opinion this is definitely in the top 5 greatest of all time
No doubt best freestyle battle i've seen
Man this is better than most of the written battles, So fucking good.
I love how crazy Mac Lethal is going throughout the whole thing. This is SUCH a sick battle. Both kill it with hilarious lines. Justice is a clear winner though, and it was sad to see Thesaurus fall off at the end.
amazing battle..they both come so hard
Precisely, Justice is Australian as you know, so based in his time zone for example it would be 25th of june but the 24th in America, so if an event was on the 24th in America he would technically be a day late, kinda hard to explain.
Thesaurus 2nd round was goosebumps all the way through 🔥
This battle has some of the illest flips ever
Thesaurus has a tendency to ignore the beat, he just bellows over the top of it rather than riding the rhythm, hence Justice's line "Learn some timing and flow!" I loved the line "You might have some wit in you, but you're a pain in the arse to listen to!"
That’s why he excelled in a capella but he’s hard to listen to when there’s rhythm involved
@Nem3sis94 - The beat is Broken Language by Smooth Da Hustla & Trigger Tha Gambler
"a less distinguished version of an english person"...priceless...this was a sick ass battle...id like to see justice battle illmac if he hasnt already
best freestyle battle ever.
First off classic battle, Thesaurus is my fav. battle rapper as well, but just the grab a taxi back to cali line did it 4 me.
This is a flips battle played out perfectly.
Big ups to both MC.s
This battle was crazy!
You know what I think happened is The Saurus normally would look for flips when he ran out of lines...but Justice didn't give him anything in that last verse. You can't really flip a flip...and the only thing that gave him an opening was the "Michael Jackson" line but it came at the very end so he didn't have ample time to think of anything.
Incredible performance by Justice
You need to vacate, cuz based on your time zone you're a day late- that line right there should have wrapped it up.
well the USA is actualy behind AUS by a day lol but it was a killer bar, in OT nonetheless
swishmann7120 Yea, I was thinkin the same thing, but in a rap battle? It def works.
He's in America so he is a day later than in Australia
+The Onion lol. Right hes an Australian in america so hes a day late...
+schouvler15 yeah exactly :)
maybe the best freestyle battle ever!
arghhhblarghh! one of my favorite battles ever.
Love this era of rap battles.
One word... legendary!
Was cool but... we are actually a day early here in Australia !
still one of the sickest battles ever.
Man this is better than most of the written battle, So fucking good.
theres no scrib jam for 09 is what kevin beacham said ( the dude with dreads that takes the mics). rumor that theres going to be reopened in 2010
one of the best battles ive seen lol... good punchlines
Justice was just untouchable at this event.
my god, this battle was just too good
Why didn't the crowd like that "slash you with my Jason mask" line?
He'd either used it before or bit it from someone else. I knew at the time but have forgotten 😄
Geez, this battle was probably my favorite. I seriously can't say who won between the two.
The "based on your time zone, you're a day late" line from Thesaurus was supposed to be the K.O Punch. Justice was supposed to lose. No one expected Justice to throw the hardest counter punch in battle rap history!
The counter was weak af tho
watch this every day legit lol
@suaved See his benlamin button rebuttle to thesuarus in the 2x2? Best rebuttle EVER!
one of the best rap battles of ALL TIME.
"Your names the saurus but your face looks like the asteroid that killed you"... its hilarious how in that part saurus is like nodding his head like ahuh yeah where is this going... and then hes just like oh shit... lol... sickest battle ever
these two guys are real freestyle MCs, they actually deserved the scribble jam trophy's that they won, unlike some other stupid rappers that just suck
@TheStartingLine2 Exactly. He says Justice is a day late ie Late for Scribble.
one of the sickest freestyle battles ever so many ill flips in this shit
Welcome to the late crowd of scribble jams
it was said here before, that Saurus probably repeated the line with jason mask from some of his previous round in Scribble... but dk for sure
@HDibbles look up justice 360 vs thesaurus madness. You will see what happened to him wicked battle with one of the best flips I have seen!