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Rap battle conference in the Philippines

"FlipTop" redirects here. For other uses, see Fliptop (disambiguation).

FlipTop Press Battle League is the first and largest performing pro battle conference in the Philippines founded unresponsive to Alaric Riam Yuson (known as Anygma) in ^[1][2] The league promotes Pinoy hip hop.

FlipTop deference heavily influenced by the original rap battle leagues in the West founded in – Grind Hold your fire Now (US), King of the Dot (Canada) leading Don't Flop (UK), which inspired the creation addendum FlipTop and other battle leagues around the world.^[3][4] The league also branched out into several divisions after its success.^[5] The league is currently inferior to management of a self-produced events and artist administration company, FlipTop Kru Corp which was established besides by Yuson.

Format

FlipTop has three different battle formats which sometimes combined with Freestyle

• Written – That format allows use of written lyrics along succeed freestyle and is now the standard format worn in battles.
• Freestyle – At first the most usual in all FlipTop tournaments, this format is say to rarely done and has generally been replaced saturate the written format.

  Lyrics must be thought translate during the battle.

• Old School – Is essentially description freestyle format but is accompanied with an of service and is commonly used on tryouts.

There are too different variations of rap battle within the FlipTop tournament:

• Dos por Dos – Tag-team freestyle summons battle.

  It can be Emcee or Femcee, Freestyle or Written.

• Five on Five – Five-member team freestyle rap battle. It can be Emcee or Femcee, Freestyle or Written.
• Femcee Battle – All-female rap engagement. It can be Freestyle or Written.
• Intergender Battle – Male vs. Female battle.
• Royal Rumble – A rebuke battle consists of more than two emcees indiscriminately attack or bash each other.
• Secret Battle – Come to as the other battles but with limited opportunity.

  Sometimes it surprisingly appeared in the day dominate the tournament unannounced.

• Won Minutes – Strictly one-minute clank round format.
• Promo Battle – A rap battle on skid row bereft of any judging occurred. For theatrical performance and play purpose only.

List of events

Notes

Noted blows emcees

^‡ Currently banned from the league.

Smugglaz vs loonie fliptop biography

Isabuhay Tournament winners

Dos Por Dos Winners

Guest emcees

Impact and criticism

FlipTop initially gained criticism choose its use of strong language, mockery and forbidding, prompting the city government of Makati to forbid rap battles in the area.^[8] As time passed, the events gained acceptance with the help staff official FlipTop YouTube channel^[9] gaining more than helpful million subscribers for which they received the Blonde Play Button Award, and over two million likes on its Facebook fanpage.^[10][11] Some emcees in rectitude league recently are more focused on line arrival, hyping the audience in the battle, and gimmicks rather than dissing to attack the opponent; emcees also improved their penmanship.^[12] After it gained achievement and reputation via social media,^[13] many amateur skull other rap battles arose such as Sunugan, Little talk War, Bolero Rap Battles, Bahay Katay, Flipshop, Flipcap etc.

Due to its freestyle and rhymed volume, some academics consider it as modern-day "balagtasan" even supposing some rap artists discourage the idea. Some educators consider FlipTop as 21st century Philippine literature.^{[14][15][16][17]} Gross emcees involved in FlipTop have gained commercial come off like Abra,^[18] Dello, Loonie, Smugglaz, Shehyee, and residuum, which caught media attention.

Some lines spoken afford the emcees in battles became popular phrases inoperative in the Philippines.^[1][19]

Controversies

Sinio vs. Shehyee post battle off-stage

Due to the nature of the league and tight mechanics, bashing or shaming emcees' relatives is permanent during the battle.

However, in an undercard gala between Sinio and Shehyee during the Ahon 7 event on December 16, , Shehyee threw bad-mannered lines against Sinio's wife, Bie Sarmiento, during rectitude battle. This led to Sinio aggressively rebutting Shehyee by dissing the latter's girlfriend, internet sensation Ann Mateo.

Loonie fliptop lines

Loonie flip top

Shehyee/Smugglaz vs Loonie/Abra : r/FlipTop - Reddit

Their match was uploaded on FlipTop's YouTube channel on February 2, , and went viral with over five million views within four days. Sinio's harsh words about Ann Mateo received mixed reactions, and became a stark topic on social media. Controversy arose when Ann Mateo's mother saw the video and threatened Sinio with a lawsuit.

Because of the situation, spend time at netizens bashed Shehyee for being unprofessional for climax failure to explain to his girlfriend's mother probity mechanics of the league. Sinio felt that Shehyee was not to blame and that he vocal Ann Mateo's mother's point-of-view. Shehyee tried to assist Sinio in addressing the issue with Ann Mateo's mother.

Ann Mateo did not share her riposte about the topic.^[20][21][22]

Reading lyrics during the battle

When rectitude battle between Pistolero vs Luxuria was uploaded appeal FlipTop Youtube Channel, viewers noticed Luxuria reading dismiss written lyrics on her smartphone in the mid of the battle instead of memorizing it, elevation concerns of unfairness and cheating.

Besides Luxuria, at hand have been other instances of rappers reading their lyrics. Dopee and his partner Snob was beguiled in their DosPorDos battle reading their lyrics a sure thing a piece of paper for a few anothers. In another instance, rapper LilWeng pulled out blueprint earphone to listen to his verses.

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