Thread:Iamthelegion/@comment-26947829-20151204013956/@comment-25263388-20151204023101

First of all, you want two characters with lots of material for a first battle.

I would suggest Goku vs Superman, it being the easiest rap battle to write ever. However, you may not know Goku all too well, so maybe Superman vs SPider-Man.

THere are four key elements to a rap battle:

Flow

Disses

Brags

Comparisons/Counters

If you cannot flow, the battle doesn't work. You should have two lines, which rhyme, with the same number of syllables, or thereabouts, to achieve basic flow. This syllablity should be consistent.

Disses are shots taken at the opponent. Some time they've failed, something they did wrong, somewhere they needed help, reference that in a derogatory way. This is the key to a diss. The more you can string together into one composite diss, the better. Best done referencing the opponent's material.

Brags are used to elevate the particular rapper. Somewhere they did well, somehow they're flowing or dissing or rapping like another notable character, somewhere they saved the world, referenced in an uplifting way. This is key to a brag. Best used referencing their own material.

Comparisons and counters are two separate but equally useful thing. Where rapper says two things are alike that both did, but rapper did it better than the other, it's a comparison, and if used intelligently and concisely, it can win a battle on its own (with good flow). Comparisons should be concise but clear, don't go too long into explaining them. An example of going too long into an explanation of a comparison:

"Walk the plank man, ahem, take a dive like Gwen

So you can die the same way as your ex-girlfriend."

Whilst the first line in itself is a good use of comparison, the second line explaining it detracts from the cleverness of the first line.

Counters are used to defeat the argument of your opponent. For example, in a Superman vs Goku, Goku says:

"Ask King Kai if I Kaio-Ken, but it's pretty clear that Clark Kent."

and Superman's riposte is:

"You want to talk puns, well you can Kakka-rot in Kal-Hell!"

Then he's countered, by using the same basic diss, but more to the point, seeing as Kakkarot and Kal-El are their true names. Counters can be used to prevent an easy victory by an opponent.

If this came through understandable, ye.

TL;DR

Flow, Disses, Brags, Comparisons/Counters