Sneaky.amxx Your premise is faulted. "Battle Rap" and "Freestyle Battle Rap" are not the same thing. The rap YOU'RE talking about is the current bullshit KOTD trend, while the OP was talking about FREESTYLE battles, which don't exist anymore. And the OP's point was that the old way is better than the new way, about which he is absolutely correct. Learn YOUR shit, dummy.
100% agree, I miss the days when you didn't really know who your next opponent is, you might have a couple lines but most was off the top, and both MC's give respect/props at the end. Saurus is ill.. and I miss Franco, whatever happened to him, he was a beast back in the scribble days? hope he's doing well
Hard to believe this was almost 10 years ago. The Saurus was on another level back then. I remember TheSaurus and Illmaculate being unstoppable back then, nobody was fucking with them.
He had a lot of prewritten/premeditated multis 'cause they've face off multiple times. It was sorta a known thing, around this time of 2004+ there was a transition in Scribble and battles where the new generation started coming with a lot more prewritten multis in battles, Franco was one of the last of that old era where everything was more "off the dome", so you see a clash of the old vs new style.
I think The Saurus's "you can go down on me and be a deep sea diver" retort to the "you look like you've been stabbed in every orifice by a swordfish" was the best line in this battle and one of the best flips of all-time.
Props to franco for paying respect at the end lol... yeah, he knew he was beat, Saurus was on fire this battle, on point in every single bar. I feel like these pass the mic's were where he was at his best.
"A Fullgrown lifesize living chucky doll" LOLLLL. "James Vanderbeek on 8 grams of Tweak* "This guys got the Rap repertoire of Pat Benatar" This shit was killer.
you can tell franco is a beast in freestyling/cyphers and you can tell that when he battles, but hes not a battler, i mean.. he can battle but hes not made for it, on the other hand thesaurus was made to battle
True, I completely agree.. Franco got so far in Scribble 'cause he could just RAP and FLOW nonstop for days, even if he didn't have a punchline his ability to rap so well carried him through to the final rounds, kinda like Adeem in the late 90's, just pure flow. In all respect, I think Franco is a much better battler than Adeem though, no knock on him.
man, this is probably my favorite rap battle vid. fuckin' fraqnco came out with some hilarious rhymes, but the one thing Saurus had over him was he flipped 'em all. tight as fuck tho, the "u look like BIC Zippo burned King Hippo" line had me lmao. Thing i like about Franco is his style's mad unique, always makes me crack up at least.
Cool video.. Thesaurus is really really dope glad I came across this and can't believe I hadn't heard more of him.. I didn't think much when he battled Iron solimon, neither of them were on point that night I guess.
Sorry bro but I don't think anyone knows any of these beats lmao. People have been asking for years and years and not a single answer in these comments. I used to be really insane at finding old freestyle battle beats but it's been a long time and none of them are ringing a bell unfortunately. It sounds kind of like a Premier beat ngl so could be something obscure. Maybe the DJ for this event was a producer and used his own beats lmao... who knows.
the funniest part about this battle is franco keeps on saying that the saurus is pre written anmd than he just murders everything franco sais with crazy multi-frees.
"His vision must be kinda blinded from the blunt smoke"
Franco's flow there was ridiculous!
and Thesaurus was killer! Best battle I've ever seen....
I come back to watch this video at least once a year. Rap battles have definitely lost their luster.
Me too!
Go ahead and watch it again lol
same here......and yes its kinda sad, tik tok and other social media apps ruined it IMO
Went to school with Franco in Humboldt county. He was always cool and humble
What's he up to nowadays ?
He prob has a regular job and kids and all
@@Vertex_0101last I heard he worked at a grow op and completely permafried from using psychedelics 😢
honestly they treated the shit like a cypher i wish battle rap was still funny, free and lighthearted
That's not what battle rap is about.. It's a MC battle.. its not a comedy skit.. learn your shit
Sneaky.amxx Your premise is faulted. "Battle Rap" and "Freestyle Battle Rap" are not the same thing. The rap YOU'RE talking about is the current bullshit KOTD trend, while the OP was talking about FREESTYLE battles, which don't exist anymore. And the OP's point was that the old way is better than the new way, about which he is absolutely correct. Learn YOUR shit, dummy.
@@sneakyamxx yeah Frak. Learn about battle rap. Gaaaaawd
100% agree, I miss the days when you didn't really know who your next opponent is, you might have a couple lines but most was off the top, and both MC's give respect/props at the end. Saurus is ill.. and I miss Franco, whatever happened to him, he was a beast back in the scribble days? hope he's doing well
They need to bring back beat battles more its more jolly
thesaurus' rebuttals were dope as hell ............
Hard to believe this was almost 10 years ago. The Saurus was on another level back then. I remember TheSaurus and Illmaculate being unstoppable back then, nobody was fucking with them.
Unstoppable thats why justice beat him
Literally named one person after thesaurus won 2 scribble jams 2 world rap championships Lol
Also 2 time kotd champion
Hard to believe this was almost 20 years ago, lol
One of the most impressive freestyle sessions ever, the flips thesaurus comes up with are fucking unbelievable. Every single one is hardcore.
14 years later this is still the funniest battle I've seen
17 years old. God damn. Especially God DAMN to the person that reads this 3 years from now
Ive watched this countless times, epic every time, real freestyle FTW
''Youre GAME PLAN was WEAK, You Look Like JAMES VAN der BEAK on EIGHT GRAMS of TWEAK!!'' = Bodybag.
so funny man I miss these days
thats a hard one to come back from lol... great back n forth but TheSaurus was on another level.
This is so classic, really some of the greatest moments in the era.
Saurus' second round literally had a killer punchline at the end of every verse
love this classic battle...written league is great but I miss this type of stuff..thesaurus' performance was beyond spectacular
2024 check-in. Yup, still straight 🔥
"Your favorite drink is a freshly squeezed sperm milkshake."
LMAO!
Franco didn't get enough props from the crowd himself, but Thesaurus came with incredible relevant rebuttals.
Franco is dope as hell. But thesaurus might not be from this planet. His performance this night really was just beyond spectacular.
He had a lot of prewritten/premeditated multis 'cause they've face off multiple times. It was sorta a known thing, around this time of 2004+ there was a transition in Scribble and battles where the new generation started coming with a lot more prewritten multis in battles, Franco was one of the last of that old era where everything was more "off the dome", so you see a clash of the old vs new style.
From the days when battle rap was good. I watched this the day it was released. It's sad to see what real freestyle battle rap has been reduced to now
8:36 what's the beat?
edit: nvm just found it, it's a Slum Village song called "EZ Up"
I think The Saurus's "you can go down on me and be a deep sea diver" retort to the "you look like you've been stabbed in every orifice by a swordfish" was the best line in this battle and one of the best flips of all-time.
franco is a beast
+LMAO TV yeah no shit where is that guy?
I think he got tired of battling. In a battle against dumbfoundead and sahtyre he said he wanted to focus on music. I found his facebook a while back.
"This clown's so white, he gets sunburn on a cloudy night!" 🤣🤣🤣
It sucks so much nowadays all these battles are acappella.
Battles on beats is where rapping skills shows.
thesaurs got sum nice rebuttals
Haha Franco saying his moms dead is such bullshit, it’s hilarious 😂😂😂
Goddamn sometimes you really forget how well these guys could flow over beats when you look at the modern acapella battles. shiiit
Thesaurus got Franco every time but he held his ground. Props to Franco.
hahaha "he got stabbed in every orifice by a swordfish" thesaurus got franco, but that whole segment about the aquarium fucking killed me
"You're saying all that shit about my mother. Dude, my mom's dead." This line straight touched my heart.
Lmfao he lied though, in the documentary Where You From, you literally see his mom
@@uncleclem7381 link?
@@rulerzigzag taken off of TH-cam, you can watch it on Amazon
Props to franco for paying respect at the end lol... yeah, he knew he was beat, Saurus was on fire this battle, on point in every single bar. I feel like these pass the mic's were where he was at his best.
alltime favorite
pink zippo burned king hippo
thesauruses reaction was on point
This was awesome. Before the shit became big on youtube. Saurus was dope back then.
Franco's forever hollering " you got that written shit!". lmfao
All of them are sick. Flo, Franco and The Saurus was killin it off the head. I hope to see more of the three.
Of course, Thesaurus rebuttals were good but that shouldn't take anything away from Franco. He is an A-tier battler.
Illest battle i've ever seen. Just love Franco's energy.
" and i thought of this ahead of time ? i dont think of raps for kevin federline a step ahead of mine " fuccck
PLEASE whats the name of the instrumental that started in 3:35?
I'll appreciate any help.
A blistered bear with desentari shittin berries. Damn.
"A Fullgrown lifesize living chucky doll" LOLLLL.
"James Vanderbeek on 8 grams of Tweak*
"This guys got the Rap repertoire of Pat Benatar"
This shit was killer.
there is good quality version of this somewhere all the rap olympics were filmed , other years are on youtube in good quality were is this year???
you can tell franco is a beast in freestyling/cyphers and you can tell that when he battles, but hes not a battler, i mean.. he can battle but hes not made for it, on the other hand thesaurus was made to battle
True, I completely agree.. Franco got so far in Scribble 'cause he could just RAP and FLOW nonstop for days, even if he didn't have a punchline his ability to rap so well carried him through to the final rounds, kinda like Adeem in the late 90's, just pure flow. In all respect, I think Franco is a much better battler than Adeem though, no knock on him.
What was the 3rd instrumental by mc franco vs flo? (in 3:40)
What beats are used in this battle?
man, this is probably my favorite rap battle vid. fuckin' fraqnco came out with some hilarious rhymes, but the one thing Saurus had over him was he flipped 'em all. tight as fuck tho, the "u look like BIC Zippo burned King Hippo" line had me lmao. Thing i like about Franco is his style's mad unique, always makes me crack up at least.
man i never get tired of this....that james van der beek line is sooooooo dope....straight murder but franco did good to and even flo was dope
Franco is still my GOAT, thesaurus is a GOAT, and that was a fucking 10/10 slapper
How can both be the goat? I miss the days were goat was used for the goat….
@@HeliosDroneWorks maybe learn to read, i said franco is MY GOAT
Please whats the name of the instrumentals that start at 3:35?
What's the 3rd song that plays? It's dope.
Definitely. Franco was fire, but The Saurus was raging like a Charizard. Dope battle.
Damn wish cats still did this shit
you can tell that James Van Der Beek line really stung just by looking at Franco's face.
i wanna see the saurus and franco on a street battle team
7:45 and pure fire starts, omg this blowed my mind totally!!!
Please whats the name of the instrumentals at 3:36?
the very last beat they spit to is sick...any ideas of what it is?
hey can any one name any of the beats in the background?
Where does the third song come from.
Love Thesaurus and Franco both
This is one of my favorite set of battles ever. Saurus was just murkin shit left and right but Franco held his own also.
The Saurus was great, but give it up to Franco for actually admitting it was over his head. That made me laugh so hard.
I absolutely LOVE Flo's voice...his flow is beautiful.
@Shaq GasEngine loll
ARFGH, What beats are used in this battle?? noone knows?:/
Cool video.. Thesaurus is really really dope glad I came across this and can't believe I hadn't heard more of him.. I didn't think much when he battled Iron solimon, neither of them were on point that night I guess.
The dude in the back with the cigarette behind his ear looks like Aesop Rock
What are all of them beats?
What is the last beatin the Franco vs.flo battle
Yo @ultranattt is where is this video from?
That beat in the second set... Anyone know what that is?
what is the beat at 3:35 where does it come from
the beat at 8.35 is Slum Vilage 'EZ UP'
Somebody know what beats are here?
fuckin dial up......shit took over 3 hours to load
krucial707 Holy shit, a comment from 2006 about dialup internet? This is historical!
Yoooooooooo
one of the best battles!
what is the 3rd beat from 3.35
What did Thesaurus say at the beginning about Slim Shady and Haley Joel Osment?
One of my favorites battles ever! Both cats have real skills.
Dude, I couldn't stop laughing once The Saurus was on a roll. Guy's hilarious.
Anyone know the 4th song when saurus comes in?
2024 and still wondering what the beat at 3:34 is
Sorry bro but I don't think anyone knows any of these beats lmao. People have been asking for years and years and not a single answer in these comments. I used to be really insane at finding old freestyle battle beats but it's been a long time and none of them are ringing a bell unfortunately. It sounds kind of like a Premier beat ngl so could be something obscure. Maybe the DJ for this event was a producer and used his own beats lmao... who knows.
What was the third beat?
That was entertaining as hell!! Thesaurus is so good
wow. one of the best battles ive seen.
does anyone know what the beat is at 3.35?
Thesaurus is on battle rap MtRushmore look at his resumé there is no debate
He definitely is on the Mount Rushmore
"I dont think a rap from Kevin Federline is a step ahead of mine!" - The Saurus killed his ass!
does anybody knows the name of the first beat the saurus raps on? that sounds really nice,
What did Thesaurus say at the beginning about Slim Shady and Haley Joel Osment?
flo and fraco were saying some hilarious shit. real talented dudes. I wonder if franco ever met/battled eyedea
Can anyone tell me where the beats come from?
..yes...ALL of them...they own!
what beat is at 3:37? simple and smooth.
it's so funny to see franco get in flo's face like he's punking him, yet he's much smaller!
Damn, so many rappers are so much sicker over a beat in WRC.
FLO said too many generic lines IMO. those could have been directed at anyone and sound the same.
@B1AcKRaIn5 lmao
@@spookyboi317 lmao
@B1AcKRaIn5 he dead ☹
Best saurus verse on the fatlip beat
the funniest part about this battle is franco keeps on saying that the saurus is pre written anmd than he just murders everything franco sais with crazy multi-frees.
this shit is so classic, both battles were dope, flo's first round was the shit he killed that beat
THESAURUS IS SOOOOO FRIGGENN SIIIICKKK