FlipTop Battle League
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| Industry | Battle rap |
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| Founded | 2010 |
| Founder | Alaric Riam Yuson |
| Headquarters | Philippines |
| Website |
FlipTop Battle League on Facebook FlipTop Battle League's channel on YouTube |
FlipTop Battle League on Facebook
FlipTop Battle League is the first and largest professional rap battle conference in the Philippines, founded by Alaric Riam Yuson (known as Anygma) in 2010. The league promotes Pinoy hip hop. FlipTop is heavily influenced by the original rap battle leagues in the West founded in 2008 – Grind Time Now, King of the Dot and Don't Flop, which inspired the creation of FlipTop and other battle leagues around the world. The league also branched out into several divisions after its success.
In general, the contest consists of three rounds with a time limit for each contender set by the referee. Overtime is applied if the battle is a draw. The first turn is determined by a toss coin. Written or non-written lines are allowed. Both sides can also bring props for the event. Filipino language is the primary medium although other languages or dialects can be used. The winner is determined by the decision of the judges. The criteria for judging are the usage of words, audience impact, delivery, and rapping style.
There are different conferences in FlipTop such as the Filipino Conference, Bisaya Conference, English Conference, and etc.
Aside from battle rap, the league has also had a beatbox battle competition, concerts, and seminars about hip hop culture commonly named as Mindfields.
FlipTop has three different battle formats which sometimes combined with Freestyle:
There are also different variations of rap battle within the FlipTop tournament:
* With Dos por Dos matches
** House party celebration. No battle is held.
In its early days, FlipTop initially gained criticism for its use of strong language, mockery and bullying, prompting the city government of Makati to ban rap battles in the area. As time passed, the events gained acceptance, with the official FlipTop YouTube channel gaining more than one million subscribers which they received Golden Play Button Award, and over two million likes on its Facebook fanpage. After it gained success and reputation via social media, many amateur and other rap battles arose such as Sunugan, Word War, Bolero Rap Battles, Versus Verses, Bahay Katay, Flipshop, Flipcap etc. Due to its freestyle and rhymed content, some academics considered it as modern-day "balagtasan" although some rap artists discourage the idea. It caught media attention in that some emcees involved in FlipTop have gained commercial success like Abra, Loonie, Smugglaz, Shehyee, and others.
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