Every battle rap league has its own classics. Battles that ignite the entire community into discussion and debate — whether it be global or local — and that stick in the collective memory of those who watch them.
Over the last month, we've been listing 2015's best battles from many of the big leagues (including URL, KOTD, Don't Flop, QOTR, iBattle, Spit Dat Heat, and RBE) but smaller leagues have their classics too.
We asked as many leagues as we could find to submit their best battle from 2015.
Here are the best submissions we got from around the world (along with a few picks we made ourselves). Check out the best from America here.
Battle Of The Brave
Who: Hollow Da Don (Queens, N.Y.) vs. Pat Stay (Dartmouth, N.S., Canada)
Where: Battle Of The Brave's "Birth Of The Brave" in London, England
When: Dec. 6, 2015
Scrambles 4 Money
Who: Soul (Fife, Scotland) vs. Fungus (Cape Town, South Africa)
Where: Scrambles 4 Money's "Divergence" in Braamfontein, South Africa
When: June 27, 2015
Flip Top
Who: Aklas vs. Loonie
Where: FlipTop's "Ahon 5" at San Juan Gym, N. Domingo, San Juan City, Metro Manila, Philippines
When: Dec. 20, 2014
VersusBattleRU
Who: Oxxxymiron (St. Petersburg, Russia) vs. Johnyboy (Riga, Latvia)
Where: VersusBattleRU's event in St. Petersburg, Russia
When: April 5, 2015
Amped Up
Who: Dunn D (Hobart, Tasmania) vs. Big KOZ (Brisbane, Australia)
Where: Amped Up's “Southbound 2” in Hobart, Tasmania
When: Nov. 14, 2015
The Arena
Who: Dizaster (Los Angeles, Calif.) vs. Edd Abbas (Beirut, Lebanon)
Where: The Arena's one-off in Beirut, Lebanon
When: May 31, 2015
Rap Contenders
Who: Hermano Salvatore (France) vs. Freddy Gruesum (Canada)
Where: Rap Contenders 9 in Paris, France
When: April 25, 2015
WordUP!
Who: Monk.E (Montreal, Canada) vs. Freddy Gruesum
Where: WordUP!'s "TeamUP!" in Montreal, Canada
When: Feb. 27, 2015
They-See Battle League
Who: Xpolymer Dar (Islamabad, Pakistan) vs. Deikilluminati (Islamabad, Pakistan)
Where: They-See Battle League in Islamabad, Pakistan
When: Aug. 21, 2015
Battle Bars Bombay
Who: E.M.F. (India) vs. D'Evil (India)
Where: Battle Bars Bombay’s “Civil War” in India
When: Apr. 22, 2015
King Of The Ronalds
Who: EMC (Oxford, England) vs. Mac Sherry (London, England)
Where: KOTR’s “The End of a Beginning” in England.
When: Feb. 21, 2015
Gift Of The Gab
Who: Rivers (London, England) vs. Dialect (Leeds, England)
Where: Gift Of The Gab & EURL's "Order & Chaos" in London, England
When: Jan. 25, 2015
Don't Flop Extra U.K.
Who: Yorkz (Derby, England) Vs. JTC (U.K.)
Where: Don’t Flop Extra’s “Training Days” in London, England
When: Oct. 3, 2015
Poetic Warfare
Who: Immoral (Southampton, England) vs. Jayce (Winchester, England)
Where: Poetic Warfare’s “Corruption” in Southampton, England
When: Oct. 30, 2015
GZ Battles (Vancouver)
Who: Wildcard (Abbotsford, B.C., Canada) vs. Ape Yola (Vancouver, B.C., Canada)
Where: GZ Battles' "Surprise Party" in Vancouver, Canada
When: Nov. 7, 2015
GZ Battles (Toronto)
Who: Isaac Knox (Orlando, Fla.) vs. Illipsis (Vancouver, Canada)
Where: GZ Battles’ “World Domination 5” in Toronto, Canada
When: Aug. 23, 2015
Smoked Out Battles
Who: Madflex (Richmond, Calif.) vs. Stevie P (Vancouver, Canada)
Where: Smoked Out Battles' "Vol. 7" in Vancouver, B.C, Canada
When: Jan. 30, 2015
BeastMODE
Who: Joey Gambello (Toronto, Canada) vs. Franchise (Toronto, Canada)
Where: BeastMODE's "Call To Arms" in Toronto, Canada
When: Oct. 3, 2015
With files from Jonathan Velez.
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