In a new feature interview with BattleRap.com, Uno Lavoz breaks down his battle rap career, highlighting some of his more memorable battles and calls his upcoming "Summer Madness 4: Warm-Up" clash with Young X his toughest yet.
Addressing the battle, Uno Lavoz says Young X is able to “easily get reactions off of nothing,” which is a talent Lavoz also considers himself to have.
“[He’s] probably my toughest opponent and I say that because he’s able to perform with me,” Uno Lavoz says. “All of the dudes that I’ve battled really don’t perform as well as I do and it’s easy to outshine someone that’s just stiff or something like that. When people try to go super lyrical with me, it normally doesn’t end up too well because I just outshine them no matter what. This dude can’t out rap me or anything but he can perform right on with me so that’s why I say he’s my toughest opponent because he can easily get reactions off of nothing just like I can. It’ll be real close.”
When asked what he believes is the biggest distinction between the various leagues in battle rap, Uno Lavoz points to the crowd as the differentiating factor.
“The URL crowd is more like: do whatever you want just do it well," he says. "KOTD is more like: you’re known for doing this or we’re expecting this so you have to do this but just do it good. Don’t Flop is more like presence and personality [that] they really like. Everywhere is different. They all have their thing.”
Later in the interview Uno Lavoz speaks on battle rap’s progression over the last few years. Although he likes the evolution the culture has experienced, he's still unsure if battle rap is meant for the big stage.
“I fuck with it. Everything needs progression or whatever and I think as a culture we’ve progressed a lot,” Uno Lavoz explains. “Going from fuckin’ freestyling in the park to selling out arenas and shit. It’s definitely a good thing. But as far as mainstream, I don’t think battle rap is for that because the ‘Total Slaughter’ event is a perfect example of just how money can’t buy you a perfect event … With the mics and all that shit and just the way things were handled. I’ve seen smaller leagues that have kept themselves together a little bit better. That’s not to say that they didn’t make an impact or it was a shit event [but] just the basic stuff, it wasn’t the way it was supposed to be. But, I feel the way that it’s going is pretty good, it can’t hurt.”
Check out the full interview above and stay tuned for Part 2, coming soon.
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