Texting is Dead

Immolate · 01-10-2020, 03:56 AM

texting is dead as far as i'm concerned. i was around for its hayday, but that was friggin nearly 20 years ago now. fuckin crazy aye?

the progression we made from say, 1999 -> 2005 was leaps and bounds. going from the Tyson era to what I consider the end, the Namix era. Think about how vastly different those styles were. PJK introduced multisyllable rhymes, and we fuckin had a guide that showed you how to make em/be a textcee. I remember when we used to ADD to that book with new inventive styles and shit.

Topicals, too. I think Richard Corey laid down the foundation. Grimm.... folks like Raw. Duke & Bricks Build, Playedwords & mic boof, Inverse & me took it to some beatnik shit, around the time Diode was doing his own thing with topicals. Point is everyone had their own unique style. Now everyone is a clone.

Shiiit's stagnant. Reading any battle or topical here...there's nothing inventive at all. Everyones just doing the shit we already did. It'd be like if everyone still rapped in the 90s wu-tang style.

I've felt this way since I came here way back when, i've just always been too wasted to put it in a coherent post.

In conclusion, I think the only hope would be if we had a thriving audio scene like we did on b-boys. I think textceeing is just a dead medium, it's over, nothing more to be done with it. That'll never be true for music.

where are all the audio heads now? people used to kill it! yall remember Kuan? oof. & thr3 was on some next level shit. BlackJesus did his thing too. where are these folks these days?

Aero · 01-10-2020, 06:56 AM

Agreed but where's my mention?

Immolate · 01-10-2020, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Aero

Agreed but where's my mention?

Aero · 01-10-2020, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Immolate

LMAO one of my fav movies but if you don't know me I'm not sure you should be posting here.

Immolate · 01-10-2020, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Aero

LMAO one of my fav movies but if you don't know me I'm not sure you should be posting here.

Sinacog · 01-10-2020, 08:58 AM

Texting isn't dead.

Amen · 01-10-2020, 09:34 AM

Texting is dead.

New generation cats don’t even text one another. They all FaceTime each other lol. It’s crazy. Phone down and they just talking. Camera at all sorts of weird angles. Staring at nothing but wall or ceiling or at someone’s neck, legs or up their nose. Why not just call the other person? Idk man, weird society.

Victor. · 01-10-2020, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Amen

Texting is dead.

New generation cats don’t even text one another. They all FaceTime each other lol. It’s crazy. Phone down and they just talking. Camera at all sorts of weird angles. Staring at nothing but wall or ceiling or at someone’s neck, legs or up their nose. Why not just call the other person? Idk man, weird society.

This is the post that made me delete this site from my browser smh

namix · 01-15-2020, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Victor.

This is the post that made me delete this site from my browser smh

buhaha, what up Victor! :D

Immolate · 01-10-2020, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Amen

Texting is dead.

New generation cats don’t even text one another. They all FaceTime each other lol. It’s crazy. Phone down and they just talking. Camera at all sorts of weird angles. Staring at nothing but wall or ceiling or at someone’s neck, legs or up their nose. Why not just call the other person? Idk man, weird society.

the fuck?

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Originally Posted by Snitching is gangsta

Text been dead since like 2007 really....you just got a few places like this that's got ppl that can't let go of being a text head because they were never good at anything else....that's why most of the guys here use to be really good textcees...u don't see many guys here who sucked....the text heads that were really good can't let go

ha. not really. most of the people here were never good. actually quite the opposite, the legends who did come around here dipped long ago.

now it's just people who were dope as textcees and are dope at audio & still actually making shit. like @boof, uh-oh, and me obviously. dead poet also still doing his thing and has always been good.

@Ouch was super dope but he dont do shit now.

actually i remember we had a thread about this long ago, and we all decided we pretty much just hang out here cuz we're used to each other. i've known boof since i was 13 for instance.

Zuo · 01-10-2020, 09:44 AM

Texting is not dead

Blue Bayou · 01-10-2020, 09:47 AM

Lol at the summary

Finnydot · 01-10-2020, 03:33 PM

Pjk is not the godfather of multi syllabic rhymes. That's Rakim. In the 80s.

White LGI · 01-10-2020, 03:58 PM

Text been dead since like 2007 really....you just got a few places like this that's got ppl that can't let go of being a text head because they were never good at anything else....that's why most of the guys here use to be really good textcees...u don't see many guys here who sucked....the text heads that were really good can't let go

Aero · 01-10-2020, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Snitching is gangsta

Text been dead since like 2007 really....you just got a few places like this that's got ppl that can't let go of being a text head because they were never good at anything else....that's why most of the guys here use to be really good textcees...u don't see many guys here who sucked....the text heads that were really good can't let go

True.

Blue Bayou · 01-10-2020, 05:50 PM

True.

Ouch · 01-10-2020, 06:12 PM

I don't agree with the hayday being 20 years ago... WOW @ Tyson... I haven't thought of that name in a long time.

I do agree though, that at a certain point there were a lot of people like me. I was dope and better than most but everyone stuck to the same punchline type text. I champed almost every league on the internet. During its prime I can't say exact years but it was awesome that people like Kempo and RC took hours and hours of time to write mags to hype things up. Allah too.. he did a lot for that.

And so that was the best as far as I'm concerned and I get there was a lull and everyone did the super punchline stuff, and obviously theres a better or worse. But it got boring. But with doing to text theres limitations, only so much you can do with it.

The topical stuff I have to admit I never read, I wrote a couple that were real personal I think, but I didn't read anyone elses.

And Kuan was the shit I almost made a song with him. He had a brother too which was pretty good.

Immolate · 01-10-2020, 07:21 PM

@Ouch with the actual knowledge in this thread. you aint drunk enough homie!

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Think about the amount of time we poured into text battles,leagues, tournament and shit.... mothafuckaz spent years mastering a craft that leads absolutely nowhere....wtf was we doing or hoping to accomplish?

This shit was our version of dungeon and dragons

uh speak for yourself bro. i can say for sure that when we were pushing boundries and shit like that, and even learning the basics, textceeing helped me become a better artist.

now i got real multi-millionaire rap friends. i never drop names cuz yall niggas gay AF, but the real bboys know i always ran with the crewwww. would that shit have happened if i didn't learn to freestyle and do dope multi syllable rhymes and wordplay, and shaojin and RC werent dropping mind bending rap topicals and shit

hell na

no way jose

i can say fo sure that b-boys.com changed my life in a positive way. sorry the rest of yall are just losers

namix · 01-15-2020, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Ouch

I do agree though, that at a certain point there were a lot of people like me. I was dope and better than most but everyone stuck to the same punchline type text. I champed almost every league on the internet.

And so that was the best as far as I'm concerned

lol ouch

^^ fierce nameplay

Ouch · 01-10-2020, 06:13 PM

but yeah you're correct that theres only so far you can go with being versatile and new with text vs. actually making music, but if you still like doing it then do it I guess.. I haven't read a text verse from anyone else since I went to jail when I was on project rhyme... I'm sure its all still witty, just witty the same way with new references instead of old pop culture references

01-10-2020, 03:56 AM	#1
Immolate I'm UPset Join Date: Feb 2018 Posts: 1,705 Rep Power: 9888958	Texting is Dead texting is dead as far as i'm concerned. i was around for its hayday, but that was friggin nearly 20 years ago now. fuckin crazy aye? the progression we made from say, 1999 -> 2005 was leaps and bounds. going from the Tyson era to what I consider the end, the Namix era. Think about how vastly different those styles were. PJK introduced multisyllable rhymes, and we fuckin had a guide that showed you how to make em/be a textcee. I remember when we used to ADD to that book with new inventive styles and shit. Topicals, too. I think Richard Corey laid down the foundation. Grimm.... folks like Raw. Duke & Bricks Build, Playedwords & mic boof, Inverse & me took it to some beatnik shit, around the time Diode was doing his own thing with topicals. Point is everyone had their own unique style. Now everyone is a clone. Shiiit's stagnant. Reading any battle or topical here...there's nothing inventive at all. Everyones just doing the shit we already did. It'd be like if everyone still rapped in the 90s wu-tang style. I've felt this way since I came here way back when, i've just always been too wasted to put it in a coherent post. In conclusion, I think the only hope would be if we had a thriving audio scene like we did on b-boys. I think textceeing is just a dead medium, it's over, nothing more to be done with it. That'll never be true for music. where are all the audio heads now? people used to kill it! yall remember Kuan? oof. & thr3 was on some next level shit. BlackJesus did his thing too. where are these folks these days? __________________ A lot of top guys have dark moods. That Winston Churchill drank a quart of brandy before breakfast. Napoleon, he was a moody fuck, too.

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Aero GOAT Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 4,825 Battle Record: 14-17 Champed - Site Diss Competition - Tag Tournament III - Lyric Olympics - Tag Tournament: "Omicron Variant" Rep Power: 0	Agreed but where's my mention? __________________ Too Rich IRL to Be Here. I'm Out.

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01-10-2020, 05:50 PM	#16
Blue Bayou Ukrainian Howlitzers Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 5,091 Battle Record: 41-24 Accomplishments - Hall of Fame Champed - NBL Season 3 - Alias Tournament II - Fight Night XLVIII - Fight Night XXV - Fight Night XV - Fight Night (3x) - Netcees Battle League (4x) - NBL Tag Team Season 3 - Lyric Olympics - 1-2 Punch League (3x) - Battle Arena League (2x) - Key Grand Prix 2018 1/2 - BA Tag - NPL Roast - Netcees Pic League Rep Power: 17502332	True. __________________ "I shit myself I had to throw my underwear in the dumpster outback Uve won" -kungfugrip

01-10-2020, 08:58 AM	#6
Sinacog Satan Join Date: Dec 2018 Posts: 2,156 Battle Record: 4-25 Rep Power: 8129212	Texting isn't dead.

01-10-2020, 09:34 AM	#7
Amen As-salamu alaykum! Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 8,470 Battle Record: 19-8 Champed - 1-2 Punch League Season 6 Rep Power: 0	Texting is dead. New generation cats don’t even text one another. They all FaceTime each other lol. It’s crazy. Phone down and they just talking. Camera at all sorts of weird angles. Staring at nothing but wall or ceiling or at someone’s neck, legs or up their nose. Why not just call the other person? Idk man, weird society.

01-10-2020, 03:33 PM	#13
Finnydot Senior Member Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 2,052 Champed - Beat Battle I Rep Power: 10457438	Pjk is not the godfather of multi syllabic rhymes. That's Rakim. In the 80s.

01-10-2020, 03:58 PM	#14
White LGI Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2019 Posts: 2,034 Battle Record: 3-3 Rep Power: 0	Text been dead since like 2007 really....you just got a few places like this that's got ppl that can't let go of being a text head because they were never good at anything else....that's why most of the guys here use to be really good textcees...u don't see many guys here who sucked....the text heads that were really good can't let go

01-10-2020, 06:12 PM	#17
Ouch Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2019 Posts: 5,684 Battle Record: 1-5 Accomplishments - Lost to Kill Spree Champed - Wall Talking Rep Power: 4052252	I don't agree with the hayday being 20 years ago... WOW @ Tyson... I haven't thought of that name in a long time. I do agree though, that at a certain point there were a lot of people like me. I was dope and better than most but everyone stuck to the same punchline type text. I champed almost every league on the internet. During its prime I can't say exact years but it was awesome that people like Kempo and RC took hours and hours of time to write mags to hype things up. Allah too.. he did a lot for that. And so that was the best as far as I'm concerned and I get there was a lull and everyone did the super punchline stuff, and obviously theres a better or worse. But it got boring. But with doing to text theres limitations, only so much you can do with it. The topical stuff I have to admit I never read, I wrote a couple that were real personal I think, but I didn't read anyone elses. And Kuan was the shit I almost made a song with him. He had a brother too which was pretty good.

01-10-2020, 06:13 PM	#20
Ouch Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2019 Posts: 5,684 Battle Record: 1-5 Accomplishments - Lost to Kill Spree Champed - Wall Talking Rep Power: 4052252	but yeah you're correct that theres only so far you can go with being versatile and new with text vs. actually making music, but if you still like doing it then do it I guess.. I haven't read a text verse from anyone else since I went to jail when I was on project rhyme... I'm sure its all still witty, just witty the same way with new references instead of old pop culture references