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0:00Bang. Hello everyone.
0:03[laughter] It's so weird. We're back.
0:05What a what a How do I even highlight
0:08this situation? GBB, we're back, right?
0:11Um for the people that are avid to
0:13watching it, you will already know about
0:15all of the uh results. And for people
0:17[snorts] that aren't, um I can break it
0:20down in the stream, but so expect
0:22spoilers. I don't really want to talk
0:24like micro details about battles and
0:27stuff because obviously all the videos
0:28will come out and I'll do loads of um
0:31analysis and stuff. I'm a return to
0:33battle now. So I'm I'm a new school. All
0:35right. First up, I'm a new schooler. You
0:37know, it's been a long time that I've
0:39been old school. [laughter]
0:43[gasps] So I'm a new school. I'm new
0:45school now. Maybe I've never received
0:47this much hate, which is mental to me
0:50because I just kind of smashed it. Tag
0:54teams, we didn't make it. We didn't
0:56pass. Solo second and crew second. So, I
1:01think the the hate comes from not
1:03winning, but you're not in my shoes.
1:06When I said you're not in my shoes,
1:08you're just not you're not in my life.
1:10You know, I honestly the only parent I
1:13know that's entered solo in a big battle
1:16is Napom last year. He had a I loved his
1:19limb, but he lost in the top eight to
1:21black roll. That [ __ ] is wild. I have to
1:23admit the fact that I even got on the
1:26stage and battled is almost miraculous
1:30under the circumstance of being a parent
1:32without a support system as well, I want
1:35to add. So essentially, it's just me and
1:37my partner. That's the first massive
1:39hurdle and difference in circumstance.
1:42Can you believe honestly? Listen, right,
1:44I will chat everything. I'll address the
1:46hate I'm getting. But like, how can you
1:48hate that bad? Like, was there not was
1:51that not entertainment? Was that was
1:53there not was that not peak? [ __ ] me. I
1:56just want you to think in my eyes and my
1:58brain for a sec. Yeah. So, this clearly
2:00means a [ __ ] ton in the beatbox scene.
2:03And I feel honored. I feel like a lot of
2:06pressure, nervous, excited, and all of
2:08the emotions to represent Beatbox and be
2:11able to change the game to some respect.
2:13So, I don't take that honor lightly, and
2:15I try my best. However, I just want you
2:17to know that I'm just a guy that's
2:19raising my kid, living my life, feeling
2:22pretty good, and thinking, "Oh man,
2:24there's this event coming this week. I'm
2:26going to get up on the stage and kill
2:27it." And then, and that's it. And then
2:29the dust settles, and I'm back to
2:30holding my kid, and life is different
2:32and continues. So, the extent of what
2:35this event is and means is very low.
2:38It's just it's it's a fun project. So,
2:40that's a bit of context I I want you to
2:43know. And just think about that. I'm
2:44different. It's different now. I'm not a
2:46young one that can commit everything to
2:49it. I just want to make people happy and
2:51and make myself happy. Uh would your
2:53baby [laughter]
2:55Would your baby beat River for revenge?
3:00I loved that. [ __ ] me, man. Um, right.
3:04So, thoughts on the seven of smoke.
3:06Yeah, I'm happy I didn't watch loads of
3:07it cuz everyone in that building got ill
3:10basically and I I didn't really I
3:12weren't there. I was outside um and I'm
3:15not ill so I'm pretty happy. What do you
3:18think of Wing versus Cfish? Didn't watch
3:19it was backstage.
3:25People look like they reacted. I was
3:27forced backstage, literally held hostage
3:29backstage two and a half hours before I
3:32have to go on stage just to make sure it
3:33all goes smooth, which by the way is a
3:35sacrifice that I would do. So, I'll talk
3:38about that. Right, we're here. So, let's
3:39chat. Um, I on a plane 2-hour flight.
3:42I've had to fly to Japan for these
3:43events. Now, I'm going to Poland. Easy
3:45light work. Um, how we doing? Right,
3:48we're doing good because I am feeling
3:50good. I've got my prep done. I listened
3:53to a lot of my voice notes. Realized
3:56that I had about
3:58150 I would say 150 routines and the
4:03ultimate challenge was I could only do
4:06seven. Can you imagine that ratio? 7 out
4:08of 150 is a little bit mindnumbing. Um,
4:12in terms of routine, we're talking about
4:13like a core frame. So, we're talking
4:16about something that has a minute of
4:18exclusive material. So trying to pick
4:21150 down to 7 was the impossible task. I
4:24know it sounds crazy, but for months
4:26that's become normal in my head. It
4:27sounds almost like funny to say out
4:30loud, but that's the truth. Uh, and it's
4:32on the more than that side as well. I'm
4:34trying to pick seven out of 150 odd. Um,
4:38it's a massive whirlwind. Um, I am not
4:41desperate like desperation to win and
4:45only win. Merciless direction only win.
4:48Uh, I'm not that. I am I want to enjoy
4:51it and I want to smack I said to you to
4:54this, I want to smash people up. I want
4:56to batter people in a battle. Get me ass
4:58handed to me. Batter people and just
5:01have a good one. So, I've made the sets.
5:02I'm happy with them. Um, I landed on
5:04them with the help of my mates. Just
5:06roll with some some of the some of the
5:09the ones I picked were the highest level
5:11and some were a mixed level. Just want
5:13to do them. We've locked the in for the
5:16tag team. Really? We locked in this
5:18year. So, big up to me and Frosty for
5:20locking in. I'll talk more about that.
5:22And the crew, we've got our sets ready.
5:23We're ready to roll. So, get there, see
5:26everyone. Lose my mind at how many
5:28people were there. I couldn't believe
5:30how many of the the scene actually were
5:32there. Um, of course, it's a GBB. There
5:35are loads are going to be there, but and
5:36I was thinking, man, beatbox house, the
5:38only ones missing really. And then Chris
5:40and Jean show up, my guys. I'm like,
5:43what? Everyone's flipping here. I was
5:44like, mate, though. Oh, mate's here.
5:46Everyone's here. Every every beatboxer
5:49in their dog was at this event. So, I'm
5:52just chilling. Just keeping relatively
5:55chill. Have a couple beers on the first
5:56night. Chill with mates. Catch up. Have
5:58fun. Next day, pretty chill again. Doing
6:01some media. Doing a bit of for the
6:03video. Bang. Doing a sound check for the
6:05crew. Day three is the first of the
6:08event. So, my 3-day breakdown of the
6:10event goes like this. Day one, tag team
6:12elimination. Solo and crew elimination.
6:15Day three, every battle, every category.
6:18Little bit of a low up to the
6:19organization for that. That is not fun
6:22being a multicategory participant. Also,
6:24the cruise has previously been on a
6:26different day. So, I thought that I'd be
6:27able to get some of that energy out a
6:29different day. Uh, another thing is what
6:31you don't understand is the context
6:33matters than the paper reality. So, you
6:36can see results of things, look at it,
6:39and make assumptions and that's that.
6:41But things that are different that you
6:43don't think about are the following.
6:45Imagine performing after some energy and
6:47doing another performance. Imagine
6:48they're all skewed as well. So in my
6:51case, if you for anyone that's watched
6:53all of the stuff I did, imagine that I
6:55did verbal damage backyard [ __ ] and
6:59then less than an hour later is solo
7:01elimination. I have to do my song. The
7:04conflict of energy is actually I would
7:07go highly
7:09big. Like not even moderate. I would say
7:11that's extreme. And the way you have to
7:13perform and do it to two 3,000 people,
7:16three categories as well. I'm doing
7:18three categories and I'm going the
7:20distance and giving it all. Uh yeah. So
7:22that's um that was there's different
7:24context. Also, dry mouth, whether you
7:26have it or not, you can't tell. And it
7:28makes a unescribable
7:31difference. You only know once you've
7:34gone through that. So for any beatboxers
7:36that have genuinely got on stage and
7:38discovered the drym mouth problem,
7:40you've hit a reality, right? We no
7:42different to the people that have not
7:43done that. It's a different world when
7:45that happens. Things happen that you
7:46wouldn't believe. Um, all right. So
7:48anyway, we get there. Day one, it's the
7:50tag team. Day two, it's solo and crew.
7:53Day three, it's all the battles. The day
7:56after the final is the seven to smoke
7:58day. So it's a separate event. It's a
8:00seven to smoke format um where eight
8:03people battle and someone the first one
8:05to win seven battles in total and like
8:07the winner stays on, right? And the
8:09first one to win seven wins the whole
8:11thing. Uh and then the day after that I
8:12went home. I chilled that day and then
8:14went home. So that was my structure of
8:17events. Got home at about midnight and
8:19just grabbed Rege. It's been a week, you
8:21know. I'm just elated to see my kid. Um
8:24[snorts]
8:24so dad life since then. I've returned to
8:27the gym. have not been able to go for a
8:30couple months pretty much. Event
8:32opinions. I have to tell you to be
8:33honest. I have to say this GBB was
8:36wicked. It's no doubt about it. It was
8:39just simply wicked. Was it without its
8:42problems? No. There was there was
8:45problems but not many and not of any
8:48kind of severity. Happy with it all. GBB
8:51returning to Europe came with a
8:54hesitancy or a skepticism about have has
8:58the organization quality in things that
9:00have been a bit problematic previously.
9:03Have they been addressed and changed
9:04since the Japanese time? The answer is
9:07truly yes. They did a wicked job.
9:10Honestly, everyone they got employed and
9:12involved in the hundreds totally smashed
9:15it. I have to go like that. I do
9:17honestly to everyone involved for the
9:19GBB26.
9:21I just want to give my respect and and
9:23appreciation for that. Thank you for the
9:25pleasant event. Honored to be involved.
9:27The structure for someone that's
9:29battling multiple categories was tough
9:31to take. Like had I passed the tag team,
9:33I was cooked. And I said and I knew it.
9:35I to you guys it doesn't sound like
9:37much. Just do three categories, just do
9:39a few battles. Trust me, when you're
9:41when you have a stature and an
9:42expectation and a status like I do, and
9:45I'm supposed to deliver what you hope is
9:47a 10 out of 10 all the time. Three
9:50categories, multiple rounds, multiple
9:51categories, all in one day, all within
9:53hours. Guys,
9:56it's very insane to do that. It's
9:58insanely hard. And also to add the
10:01context, being a parent, being a busy
10:03man. Yeah, busy stuff. Still gave my
10:06best. What was your proudest moment on
10:08stage? And if you could go back and do
10:09something different for any category,
10:11what would it be? There's the few
10:12answers that came into my head, but I
10:14think the proudest one was winning the
10:16solo quarterfinal. Me versus Footbox,
10:19win that battle. There's it's close. I'm
10:21not sure that's the actual answer, but
10:23it's the first one. And the other
10:24question is, if you could go back and do
10:26something different for any category,
10:27what would it be? All right. So, if it's
10:29tag team, it's push harder. If it's
10:31crew, it's really check the mic levels
10:33cuz we were skeptical. And if it's solo,
10:36it's yeah, not a lot. I'm going to say
10:39it's the tag team and it's just push a
10:42bit more. Get that spot in the battle.
10:44That's what I would do differently. I
10:46also must say getting on the stage for
10:48free categories in such a short time is
10:50is definitely doable. It's not an
10:52impossible task, but the difference
10:54between doing it and doing it to a
10:56caliber that you're hoping, that's the
10:58biggest difference, guys. So anyway,
11:00it's a return for me. It's been 7 years
11:03since I returned to the battle stage.
11:05So, I have to admit that on day one and
11:08two, it was pretty daunting. It wasn't
11:11as fun as I was expecting and hoping. I
11:14was nervous. I was a little bit
11:17secondguessing things. I was excited
11:20though. I was excited. Doing the tag
11:23team elimination and the solo
11:25elimination was a bit uncomfortable. I
11:28didn't get to enjoy the moment very
11:30much. It actually felt quite like the
11:32old GBBS I competed in. kind of like a
11:35lock in verbal damage. We blew the lid
11:38off the whole thing and that was so fun.
11:41That was my most fun part. I swear if
11:44you haven't seen verbal damage
11:46elimination, oh my days. Uh so yeah,
11:49that was insane. Can't wait to see the
11:51vid. Little bit stressed, a little bit
11:52nervous, hard to enjoy the elimination
11:55moments. Um and then the next day we do
11:57the battles. Okay. Yeah, now it's more
12:00in my zone. Um, over the last six, five
12:04or so years, I've done a lot of music
12:06performance-based stuff and I've become
12:08a lot better at that. So, it does feel
12:11quite weird to me that I was better in
12:14the battles than in the elimination
12:16phases because I've been doing
12:18essentially the elimination type of
12:20thing for years now in my shows. Um, and
12:24I haven't battled once. So, how was I
12:26way better in battles than I was in the
12:28Olympics? I still something I can't
12:30figure out. One more question. How'd it
12:32feel to get the that raw crowd energy
12:34back on your side after seven years? Um
12:36I don't even know how much I've
12:38processed that. Definitely felt good.
12:40Yeah. Anyway, so the results were uh we
12:43came fifth in the tag team out of eight.
12:46I feel like we came like sixth. So I
12:49seen fifth and thought that's not even
12:51that bad. We obviously wanted to pass.
12:54We obviously did. We made the set in the
12:56hopes to pass. We didn't land the set as
12:58good as we could. We came into our wild
13:00card set at the end of it in a lower
13:02key, so it made the whole thing lose a
13:04bit of energy. And we just I wasn't
13:06loose. I wasn't in the zone for it.
13:09Unfortunately, I was in the zone more
13:11for the solo. And I relatively nailed
13:14the arrangement, the placements, and the
13:16breath control. The pitch control,
13:19however, wasn't as strong. And that's
13:21[ __ ] because I've got much better at
13:23that. So, I don't actually know why I
13:26didn't I don't know. I This is the the
13:30solo limb is the biggest question mark
13:32in my head because I will spit you some
13:34unfiltered facts. Okay, I will I will be
13:38unfiltered and honest as transparent as
13:40possible to you guys down the camera. My
13:43solo elimination is so much better. I
13:46think I've got a decent gauge of beatbox
13:49perhaps. I don't know how much of a good
13:51gauge I have on my own stuff, but the
13:55reality of that set compared to what I
13:57shown in the lim is a major difference.
14:01Like the tag limb is not a million miles
14:03better than what we delivered. We just
14:05delivered it a bit not good, but the
14:08solo limb in my opinion is really good.
14:12Um, I just didn't land it. Pitches were
14:15not perfect. And I think this plays a
14:18bigger part than I realize. The
14:20pressure, the expectation is insane. I
14:23think there's never been more
14:26anticipation in beatbox battle history
14:29than my elimination because that is
14:32precisely 7 years later with no event
14:35returning to the same stage in the same
14:37moment and elimination. Now, I've
14:41obtained a fantastic status with my
14:43beatbox over these years. So, what I
14:45imagine is people were expecting a 10
14:48out of 10. Minds are blown cuz I've
14:51stepped back on the stage. And the
14:53reality is I did a track. So, I do think
14:56I weren't going to live up to the
14:57expectation regardless. Even if I
15:00murdered my elimination, I still think
15:02people would have gone, "Yeah, but that
15:03ain't the greatest thing I've ever seen.
15:04Must be the greatest deal." You know,
15:06that's the kind of thing I have to take
15:07on the on the chin really. So, I do
15:10think the expectation dampened the set a
15:12little bit, which I'm sad about, but
15:14it's I also think that I could have
15:16delivered it with a better energy if I
15:19enjoyed the moment more. I was focused
15:21on locking in, making sure I didn't
15:23fluff this limb up cuz we messed up the
15:25tag team one. So, I did the elimination.
15:27By the way, for the ones that don't
15:29know, I got seventh place. So, I made it
15:31in quite closely, not nearly out. Um, I
15:36wanted top four. I designed it to make
15:38the top four and I got seventh. That's a
15:41bit of a harsh reality. Um, a bit of a
15:43return to reality for me. It's not a
15:46great ranking. At the same time, I'm
15:48obviously happy to be in. Then it's a
15:50nightmare scenario for the battlers, for
15:52the other participants, unless they
15:54think I'm [ __ ] But you don't want to
15:56see me nearly out. Like, if you're
15:58wanting to battle and you're wanting to
16:00win, you want to see I was on the other
16:02side of that and got like ninth. And it
16:04was particularly rough for second place,
16:07which was Footbox G. Because your
16:09efforts of getting doing an insane limb,
16:12getting second place, your reward,
16:15seventh place. Who's that? Me. That
16:17ain't fun for anyone. Even people that
16:20think they can batter me. It's just not
16:22fun. The track record says it's not fun.
16:24Like I came in with a big win streak,
16:26you know? Um, so that's not ideal. It's
16:29my fault. I will release the track, the
16:32elimination track. I will release it and
16:34deliver it in a better way. For the
16:36people that think I should have ranked
16:37higher, thank you. For the people that
16:39think I should have ranked lower,
16:40understandable. Honestly, it's a bit sad
16:43to say this. It is a bit sad, but I'm
16:44just I like being honest. I think my
16:46favorite part of the solo limb was
16:48getting it done, getting over the hill
16:51of the return. I don't recommend taking
16:53seven years out the game. [laughter]
16:55I don't recommend that. So, we go into
16:57the next day, battle day, right? though
16:59all eggs go into the solo basket because
17:02our crew stuff is tied up. I know my
17:04layers. We didn't deliver strong in the
17:06crew. One of my only small amount of
17:08hitbacks in the event was the sound of
17:11the crew and ours particular our side
17:14our mics. We did do a pretty thorough
17:17sound check, but I'm not sure we did it
17:19thorough enough. I do feel like our mics
17:21might have been a little bit lesser. Um,
17:24but I'm not 100% on that and I'm not too
17:26salty about it either. But the overall
17:28sound for crew was a little bit lesser.
17:31Uh naturally that might be because it's
17:34the wireless mics. But the fe the
17:36response from the crowd was that the
17:38sound wasn't popping off as much. I'm
17:40designing. I'm changing up the script.
17:42I'm designing. I've got my rounds. I've
17:43got a a plan. I am relatively prepared.
17:46I'm prepared in a different way. I
17:47wanted to return to battling in a
17:49different manner. I'm not serious. I'm
17:51going to be real. And this is a really
17:53really this is like a the clippable part
17:55of my stream. I don't give a [ __ ] about
17:58traditional desperation for beatbox
18:00battles. I find it actually a little bit
18:03tired and cringey at this point about
18:06making your sound to the perfect second.
18:08Um, I wanted to bring something
18:10different, something that could be
18:11inspired by and something that people go
18:13rah when they see it. I'm happy with
18:15every single piece of my solo, every
18:18single bit of it. And I have to tell you
18:21truthfully, I am I [snorts] am not even
18:23slightly, that's not even the right
18:24word. I am quite largely shocked by how
18:29much controversy there seems to be from
18:32my final battles. Now, what I've come to
18:35realize is that my second round wasn't
18:38interpreted correctly, how it should be.
18:42So, for that, a part of that is on me. I
18:45should have done a more blatant way of
18:47proving my my intention in the second
18:50round, but the ones that were there live
18:53have a very differing opinion to the
18:55online. So, first and foremost, fair
18:57play to the people getting out to the
18:58event live and checking out everything.
19:00You support us as battlers and it's all
19:02for you guys. We do whatever we can for
19:04you live. But some of the things I got
19:07received from the live the solo final
19:10was this is the greatest battle of the
19:12night I got from pros saying this is the
19:15greatest solo battle they've ever seen
19:18and I also got off the final stage
19:21elated at my performance. I was well
19:24happy with what I did. So, it was so
19:28surreal to get such a great response
19:32from the moment and the live to then
19:35results announced and seeing the
19:38online's retaliation. All I can do is
19:41say it must be so different live than
19:46how it seemed in video. It really has to
19:49be because honestly, me and River were
19:51just hugging. We couldn't believe how
19:53good we both did and thought we did and
19:55everyone thought we did. I wouldn't have
19:57changed anything. But that solo final is
20:00a whole new talking discussion point.
20:03And when the video comes out, I'll be
20:05able to talk about it in all the micro
20:07details. The sound of the event in
20:08general was good. It was not the best
20:10one, but how come on? How are we
20:12supposed to set a realistic expectation?
20:14Greatest sound you've ever heard. There
20:16was a little bit of impact missing, but
20:18a massive part of that was the fact that
20:20they had to cap the decibel volume in
20:22the venue because authorities were going
20:25to be getting involved if the venue was
20:26too loud. It's not a traditionally music
20:29only venue. It was also used for like
20:31boxing and and sport events. So, we were
20:34being as loud as the venue could get,
20:36but the solo energy in the battles
20:38really ramped it up for everyone. Uh,
20:40that's a brief summary of the of the
20:42battles and the event. So, I had to
20:44battle Footbox G, then I had to battle
20:46Black Roll, then I had to battle River.
20:48Did they give it to me easy? Obviously
20:50not. Did I know that? Obviously, I
20:52weren't going to get an easy battle.
20:54Have you seen that lineup? Of course, I
20:55weren't going to get an easy battle. Um,
20:57and I have to say one more thing as
20:59well. It was a little bit strange the
21:01response and it says many things, but I
21:05got a lot of console when I didn't win.
21:07So, I didn't win, right? And people come
21:10up to me after. So, we're talking about
21:11the pro beat boxers, the the friends,
21:13the fans, um, and the online. And it'll
21:16coming up like this. Ah, man. Yo,
21:20[snorts]
21:21and and it feels so weird because
21:23there's two pieces of context in my
21:25head. So, I want you guys to listen in
21:27properly. First one, I'm so happy with
21:30my performance. So happy is that I
21:33actually thought I won the final. If
21:35you've battled or not, if you think
21:36you've done enough to win and you feel
21:38good in yourself, how can you really
21:40hate what you did? First and foremost, I
21:42loved it and I was so happy with
21:45smashing the comp and making the crowd
21:48go mental.
21:51Every battle, almost every moment, uh,
21:54I'm making impacts. So, I'm so happy
21:57with that. Um, and then the second piece
22:00of context, which is really important
22:02here, is something very different. I
22:05wasn't desperate to win. I wanted to
22:07win, but I didn't need to. So, to my
22:11surprise, I wasn't so disheartened when
22:14I lost the final. And the reason that's
22:16a surprise to me is because previously
22:19it's meant every pictogram of my brain
22:22to win. This time round, I was just
22:26happy that I proved my level through the
22:29comp. It's all funny to call me a goat.
22:32It's all funny to say I'm a battle king.
22:34And it's all funny to say I'm [ __ ] and
22:36whatever you want to say. It's all
22:38funny. It's all theory though, isn't it?
22:40Because I didn't do it in so many years.
22:43So to get back on the stage and wipe out
22:47Footbox G and then take out the 800 time
22:51third place black roll and go and do a
22:54final that I am proud of to their limit.
22:57It says something about me that there's
22:59disappointment at second place. Second
23:03higher than inertia footbox black roll
23:07kaji. Honestly, you could have just took
23:10the pot and jumbled it and spilled out a
23:13different solution every time. And I I
23:18didn't even do [ __ ] at all. [laughter]
23:20I just killed it the whole way and and I
23:22proved to myself how good I think I am
23:25and hopefully to you guys. Now, if
23:27there's a bit of saltiness that I lost
23:28the final look, you're obviously holding
23:30a high bar to me and I just appreciate
23:32you for that, for thinking of me that
23:34way. And if you think I did [ __ ] then
23:36understand like you can't please
23:38everyone. Sorry if you think I I did
23:40[ __ ] in the comp. I really killed it. I
23:43disagree if you think I did [ __ ]
23:45basically. Um, but yeah, what I'm trying
23:47to say is the battle versus Footbox G
23:50did so much to my satisfaction that
23:54can't believe I'm saying this, but I
23:56just didn't care after that. I proved it
23:58all to myself. That one battle did it
24:01all. And that says a lot about Footbox G
24:04because he was deadly. He is top of the
24:08world level and I really did it.
24:12[laughter]
24:13[gasps] So I know that my hardcore fans
24:16would have wanted me to see a win. I get
24:18that. And I have to say, you know, it's
24:21my duty to admit I'm a very transparent
24:24person. I'm a very honest person. Yes, I
24:28could have done bone dust. I could have
24:31done a a different beat and got a more
24:34technical articulation of my set. Could
24:37have won the battle with a different
24:38beat. Truthfully, yeah, probably if I've
24:40got 143 routines to pick from and I only
24:45could pick seven of 150. Yes, of course.
24:48There could have been many different
24:49solutions to clinch the victory. That's
24:52the nature of the game. I didn't care to
24:55win the final as much as some of you
24:57cared for me to win it. I'm a bloke with
25:00a kid about to turn 30. Haven't battled
25:03in seven years. And I was just gassed to
25:07battle the best people and batter them.
25:10[laughter] Honestly, like I was just
25:13happy. So it felt so weird that people
25:18came up to try and console me and shake
25:20my hand and like ah when I've just got
25:22off the stage and like all the
25:23adrenaline and destroying beatboxers
25:26making drops then people are moshing
25:28their minds. My kids not here and that's
25:30too bad but these kids know that I'm
25:32their dad.
25:35Oh my days it was the atom bombs. I was
25:39so happy. [gasps] Yes, it it was a bit
25:42of sweet, you know. Of course, I want to
25:44win the end. I want to get the vote. Um,
25:46I thought it would go my way. Uh, it was
25:48a split decision. Uh, so that says a lot
25:51about philosophies. Any judge would have
25:54had a correct vote, voting anyway in
25:56that final. That final had two different
25:58sides of philosophy. You had a proper
26:01battler being responsive in the moment
26:04and doing a domination complex versus a
26:07proper battler in a different way doing
26:09more musical refined pieces and giving
26:11more uh combination information. You
26:14know, it really was chalk and cheese.
26:16You can really vote. However, I think
26:18that you're wrong if you think that it
26:20was obvious. Uh and I'll make my I'll
26:23plea my case. I'll talk my talk when the
26:25battle comes out. What doesn't seem
26:27right was how bad it some of you think
26:30or how it seemed that the I it went for
26:33me in the final versus how good I feel
26:35like it was live. There's a major
26:37difference here. I do realize now
26:39though. I didn't realize in the moment
26:41about the whole French streak thing. And
26:43I do wonder if that would have riled me
26:45up enough to turn up the aggression the
26:48aggre the aggressive stance and and shut
26:51the streak down. I just I was too busy
26:54enjoying it and locked in to remember
26:56that those kind of things mattered so
26:58much. It matters more to most of you
27:00than it does to me. I'm just happy to be
27:02involved. I'm happy to do what I can, do
27:05what I want. You know, it does matter
27:06more to you guys. I'm just happy that
27:08that thing happened, a piece of history
27:10that's now history, recent history. Uh
27:13happy for whatever comes next in in my
27:16career and life. The nature of that
27:18final. Oh, it's just it was just sick.
27:21You're just wrong if you didn't like it.
27:22I don't know.
27:24I learned something about myself as a
27:26beatbox battler. Don't piss me off.
27:28River was well nice to me. And we I know
27:31we were really happy to battle each
27:32other in the final. I was happy. Do you
27:34know the last time I was happy against
27:35Codfish? I lost. Do you know who I
27:38wasn't happy about? Tomz. I won. I was
27:40happy with Codfish. Happy that the I was
27:43I'm an I am I was just happy that my bro
27:45made the final. I was had more
27:47confidence than I would at the time
27:48because I'd done a lot of years of
27:50battling and [ __ ] So, I just enjoyed it
27:52with a mate in the final. I lost um
27:55battle tomas. Didn't know the guy. He's
27:57just a piece of battle opponent meat to
27:59me. So, bit more aggression and
28:01desperation. I won. And then back to the
28:04love and happiness with River in the
28:06final. Lost, you know. So, I learned
28:09something about myself there. Um, I will
28:11say that I think my weakest solo round
28:14might have been my first one in the
28:16final. If I had to critically rank all
28:18my rounds, that might have been the
28:20worst one, possibly. I hope that clears
28:22up some thoughts. I'm sad that you guys,
28:25a lot of the comments online, didn't
28:26like my second round in the final as
28:28much as I like my second round in the
28:30final. I think it was revolutionary.
28:32Imagine going in with a hook and telling
28:35everyone that you can do any beat. I
28:37will do it all. And that was the
28:39intention that was supposed to be
28:40delivered. And I think because the set
28:42was a bit too sety, it felt like a
28:45routine. But the reality of that round
28:47was, "What do you want? I can do it
28:49all."
28:52And I was prepared to do anything. I
28:55designed to answer everything. Right.
28:59But all but what I got in reality was
29:02nothing. And then as I pulled away, he
29:04did a spit snap. But I was already like
29:07in the in the hook now. [snorts] And the
29:10other response I got was the word wo.
29:13I was expecting bass, tech, time
29:16signatures, heck a ballad, country
29:19music. I was ready for everything.
29:23And what I got in reality was silence
29:25and wo.
29:28So it didn't paint a pretty picture of
29:29the concept, but it was designed I can
29:32do every beat. I can do what you think
29:34is my weakness. What do you think will
29:36make me lose? Tell me. I'll do it. I I
29:39I've been training for years to do
29:41everything that you can in beatbox. Um,
29:44so luckily I prepared stock rounds and I
29:47prepared moments for silence and and and
29:49stock inputs if needed and that's what I
29:52rolled with and I I really loved it. So,
29:55um, yeah. So, it did go as planned. It
29:58did cuz I was ready for everything. But
30:00imagine my opponent said something he
30:02they think I'm bad at. and imagine Scott
30:04Jackson had a more flamboyant response.
30:08[laughter]
30:10But yeah, I was ready for silence, so I
30:11made the hook and had a drop and I'm
30:13happy with it. Um, and then the latter
30:14drop at the end. Yeah, that was a nuke.
30:16That was probably the best moment in my
30:18solo. But what if River told you to do
30:20glip? Sander, I would have done glip.
30:22Uh, [laughter]
30:24oh, big up remix in the chat. Um, I said
30:27bro killed it in GBB. I was confused
30:28with the mindset of the final. Um, yeah.
30:31I don't know what the controversy is
30:33about the final. I don't know what I did
30:35that you people are questioning. Like,
30:38round one was a set with a like a funny
30:40skit and a big drop. Pretty solid round.
30:42Round two was a really good answer, a
30:45brazen skit with a decent drop and then
30:48the fattest drop and hook at the end. I
30:50wouldn't have changed anything. I don't
30:52I'm I'm fa like I hate that the thing
30:55I'm stumped at is my own thing. I really
30:58wish you guys were like hating on a zero
31:00wild card that I think's amazing or
31:03hating on something that wasn't me so it
31:05didn't look bias and I could just try to
31:07understand it and explain from a
31:09different lens. I hate the thing that we
31:11have a contrast opinion on is my own
31:12flipping [ __ ] cuz now it just makes me
31:14look like an egotistical arrogant [ __ ]
31:17I just I thought it was sick. Maybe
31:19instead of what do you want? Do you want
31:21you want baseline? You want flow? Maybe
31:23I should have just not done that and
31:25gone, I can do everything.
31:29What do you want me to do?
31:33Maybe I should have done that. Maybe I
31:34should have just been more boring and uh
31:36mono with it. [laughter]
31:39Yeah, if people wanted me to lock in and
31:41be serious. Cool. Don't care about doing
31:44the next nerdy combo. Oh my god. Yes,
31:46man. I could have done the NEXT
31:52I could have gone
31:55And the judges and the people. Wow. The
31:57complex text. I get you. I hear it. Yes.
32:00I could have won in a technical
32:02alternative stance. Maybe. Don't care.
32:06Couldn't care less. Just wanted to make
32:08people go [ __ ] nuts. [laughter]
32:11Just wanted to do something original. I
32:14didn't want to do six more combos. Yeah.
32:17Could have done six more combos and got
32:18a technical scorecard win. Maybe. I
32:20didn't want to. I wanted to make people
32:23lose their [ __ ] and do things no one's
32:25ever done in a battle. Asking your
32:27opponent, "What do you want me to do?
32:29What do you think I'm weak at?"
32:33Uh, but yeah, it came out a lot stronger
32:36live than live stream. I just seen that
32:37from Blesto. That's evident now because
32:39of the backlash I've got live uh online.
32:42There's a lot of backlash, but there's
32:43actually a lot of hate. I don't think
32:45I've ever been this hated. Didn't enter
32:47to want to do that. What to stress about
32:49the next combo? I'm bored. I've heard
32:52about 700 combos. I've done about 500 of
32:55them to get to this final. Just don't
32:57want to show a nerdy combo. The the non
33:00Beatbox fan don't care about six more
33:02combos. Do you know what they care
33:04about? Someone that says they can do
33:06any. And then a fat drop. [laughter]
33:10I wouldn't change it. Would you do done
33:13a backflip if he asked you? [screaming]
33:18That's the question.
33:20Oh [ __ ] [laughter]
33:25Oh my god. I love your I love your
33:27donation and question. Oh guys, oh my
33:31word. I did not prepare for that. I did
33:34not prepare for that. [laughter]
33:38Yeah, I would have. I haven't done a
33:41backflip in five plus years. I don't
33:44even think I can. But if River said do a
33:47backflip, I'd have done it. I would have
33:50definitely done it if he said it. I'd
33:53have dropped the mic, done a back flip,
33:55and done the second drop first, and then
33:58I would have done inward base one in the
34:01second.
34:02[laughter] Probably would have won.
34:08Oh man. Another thing I have as well is
34:11I've watched a lot of rap battles over
34:13these years and I've seen a different
34:16level of higher tier battling and I
34:19wanted to bring inspired higher tier
34:21battle energy all the way through the
34:23comp. And you know what? The beatbox
34:26community isn't ready. I can't believe
34:28I'm being this based, but I'm telling
34:30you the truth. The ones that didn't rate
34:32my round two from a beatbox technical
34:35perspective, I can understand. I did a
34:37lot of speaking, so I understand. Fair
34:39enough. I hold my hands to that. But
34:42none of you are ready for the depth of
34:45how um how battle can be. None of you
34:49are ready for the ones that think I was
34:51too brazen or too cocky or too arrogant
34:53or mean or the critiques I got for
34:56ripping the mic when my [ __ ] opponent
34:59is walking away from me when my round
35:02has begun.
35:04Beatbox battle a weren't ready. Beatbox
35:06community isn't ready for the highest
35:08tier of battling yet. If it seemed
35:10controversial to you, one day hopefully
35:14that's inspired more battle hearts to
35:16come out. And one day you'll see it all
35:18and realize, but right now I'm
35:21delivering a different tier of what a
35:23battle can be and what it should be in
35:26my opinion. And I don't think that the
35:28community is ready because some of the
35:31responses I got for some of the things I
35:33did and some of the feedback, by the
35:35way, again, I do this live stream with
35:38no filter. Some of the responses I got
35:40from the judges even make me realize
35:43that even the judgment and the people
35:46aren't ready to articulate battle at a
35:49higher perspective. There you go. I'm
35:51ripping hot takes everywhere. I I don't
35:54mind to admit. Um, I on a panel won't
35:57let S tier battle context go over my
36:01head. I won't let that happen. If
36:03someone is doing something to oneup the
36:05opponent in a battle mentality, won't go
36:08over my head. The amount of intellect
36:11that the the beatbox community currently
36:13has for battling is a four or a five out
36:16of 10, which is so weird because battles
36:19are its most hype thing. But there ain't
36:22enough battling and there ain't enough
36:23good enough battling yet. There's not
36:26enough of people that can. So, I'm happy
36:28to go up there and do that. And that was
36:30a big point I wanted to prove in this
36:33competition is that a battle is a
36:35[ __ ] battle. To me, it's not pretty.
36:37It's about this. Be better. Outwit the
36:41opponent. Battle harder. Battle better.
36:44And be the best in the moment. Be the
36:46one that did original things. Be
36:48something that no one did. That's my
36:50heartful rant on it. I've clocked things
36:52in panels that other judges haven't
36:54clocked because a battle isn't about
36:56only your sound design. You know, for
36:58example, like it's a battle. Listen to
37:01the title. Beatbox battle. There's two
37:05words in that. It's not beatbox and it's
37:08not just battle. You can't just be
37:10brutal. It's a mix. You can't judge it
37:13on just one. Listen to those words. Say
37:18no more.
37:20drop the mic. Um, and I also got some
37:23feedbacks from the judges about clarity
37:25and precision. And I can also admit, uh,
37:28that's definitely something that's I can
37:30take on board. Um, you there's a fine
37:32line between a battle aggression and an
37:34energy and trying to balance perfect
37:36clarity, too. So, I can do a more clear
37:39round with a lesser energy and deliver
37:41something with a bit more clarity and
37:43texture and stuff. I like to sacrifice
37:46it a bit and bring energy up to find a
37:48balance of the middle ground where I
37:49still sound full and clean but
37:51monstrous. And I've also said this for
37:53years that I like things to sound a bit
37:55human. I like breaths. I like
37:57imperfection. I'm not a fan of the
37:59robotic style clear and crystal clear
38:02beatbox. There's a there's an energy
38:04missing. There's a human missing. I
38:06don't think people should slave to
38:08perfect clarity, especially in a battle
38:10format. Uh but in a set piece,
38:13absolutely. Absolutely. In a showcase
38:15and a set piece. Absolutely. When you do
38:18these events, the most important thing
38:21is that you killed it. Everyone talks
38:24about it. That's the most important. You
38:25killed it. Then the second is the
38:28result. Depends who you are. For the
38:30ones that are cultured, there was a loop
38:32station battle. Inky versus Beatness.
38:36Beatness won. Inky stole the show. He
38:39stole the whole night. Keep it strange.
38:42He stole the entire momentum of
38:44everything. I I personally unfortunately
38:47don't remember a beateness round that
38:49night. Keep it strange was the best loop
38:51I've maybe ever heard. And so
38:53performance over result for me. If it
38:56was the goal was to win, this is what I
38:58would have done. I would have done the
38:59same against Footbox. Toned down the
39:01aggression a little bit to bring the
39:03clarity up a little bit to make it a
39:05little bit more conclusive. So instead
39:07of it being
39:10it would have sounded more like
39:16you notice the difference. I would have
39:18done that to be more clarity to remove
39:20those question marks and get the win
39:22probably still over to black roll. I
39:24would have not done much different. I
39:26would have picked the same approach to
39:28the stylistic choices. I might not have
39:31self reloaded in the second round. Uh
39:33the idea was to do the build of a drop
39:35this iconic go rewind it and then reload
39:38that. Actually, I don't think I would
39:39have changed it. No, I don't think I
39:41would have changed much. Um, but then in
39:43the final, yes, I would have obviously
39:44then uh if the goal was only win, I
39:47would have uh came in with the same
39:48aggression as before, ripped the script
39:50to round two instead of saying I'll do
39:52any beat and allowing a big moment for
39:54fun to happen. I'd have just done
39:56technical combos. I would have just done
39:58that. And I wouldn't have done the round
39:59one either. I would have done a more
40:01iconic set from me. I wouldn't have done
40:03a newer one that people don't know. I
40:05would have just done a more iconic set
40:07like um a hit the ground with an
40:09evolution or a bone dust to cause a
40:11scene in round one. Um and then
40:14technical combos that I've never shown
40:15the world in round two and got a more
40:18technical solution to the result. I
40:20didn't want to do that so I didn't. I
40:22wanted to do what I did and I'm happy I
40:24did. Uh the people that are asking, by
40:26the way, I said that Blackroll's breath
40:28smells in a battle. Listen, proper
40:29disclaimer, it does not. His breath
40:32don't smell. He is actually particularly
40:34clean. Um, battle tactics, that's that.
40:37Don't like it, that's fine. I don't
40:39care. I actually couldn't even care
40:42less. If you think I was mean or
40:43aggressive or ripped the mic too fast or
40:45was a knob,
40:48[screaming]
40:51>> bored, boring the battle off Mike. I was
40:55a proper dick to Footbox. I do feel a
40:58bit sorry. I I hope I said I did say it
41:00to him. Um, yeah, the mean, mean, bit
41:03mean. Um, but that says something about
41:06the way I approached him then, doesn't
41:07it? It means I know how good he is and
41:09how good he was going to be. I knew
41:10that, guys. Are we being like, let's not
41:14beat around the flipping bush. Me versus
41:16Footbox could have been the whole final.
41:18Like, it could have been. It would not
41:20have made any down sense. I thought that
41:24versus Black Roll was the closest I came
41:26to losing in GBB this year. Mvi Footbox
41:29I thought I won with a little margin.
41:31Mvi River I thought I won with a smaller
41:34margin, but Mevi Blackroll I thought was
41:36kind of even. And I was worried for the
41:39result. I was worried. I was like, "Oh
41:42shit." When that battle ended, I was
41:44like, "Oh, he was louder. He was more
41:48consistent. He was probably
41:50traditionally more technical." I won the
41:53battle momentum. I won the battle, which
41:56to me means you win the battle. Um,
41:59because you can't just win the battle by
42:00being obnoxious. That isn't how it
42:02works. You have to back your [ __ ] You
42:04have to make combos no one made. You
42:06have to make the biggest drops. You have
42:07to do things to prove you're better
42:09still. But I respected the [ __ ] out of
42:12Black Roll stuff. And I knew he sounded
42:14better. And I I was worried. I was more
42:18sure I beat River than beating Black
42:20Roll. That's just me. But didn't smash
42:23the tags, did I? Oh [ __ ] man. Oh, man.
42:28You should You should have heard the
42:29cotcha, man. You should You should see
42:31it. Ah [ __ ] [laughter]
42:35Shout out to the SBX team. Sick event.
42:37Fair play. Shout out to my opponents.
42:40World's best beatboxers. Couldn't
42:41believe the levels. Unbelievable. Made
42:43me lock the [ __ ] in. Shout out to my
42:46mates the most. Shout out to Osis and
42:49Frosty. They really carried me through
42:52keeping my energy enough to battle. It's
42:54a lonely game doing the solo battles. So
42:57to have my bros with meant a lot. Shout
43:00out to Epos. Shout out to Biscuit. These
43:02guys helping me with my sets. That's my
43:04guys. Shout out to more of them. Just
43:07more and more. Shout out to my mates.
43:09Honestly, I wouldn't do the battles
43:11without my mates. And that's simple. I
43:13wouldn't do it. It would be too not fun
43:14for me. So, I love my mates getting
43:17involved, giving me opinions, the
43:18nitty-gritty, the reality, getting down,
43:21loving my beats, and I get all excited
43:23because they loved my beat. Um, but
43:25yeah, no bigger shout outs to Re and
43:27Theresa. My misses is the reason I can
43:29do any of this [ __ ] My misses is the
43:31reason I'm streaming because she's now
43:33handling Reggie and probably put him to
43:35bed by now and my kid and I wouldn't be
43:38able to do this. I get to come in here
43:41and train because she's looking after my
43:43kid. I get to come in here and listen to
43:44my content. train for it. Prepare for a
43:46battle. Go away for three days to meet
43:49Osis and Frosty to train for the the
43:52team events. Are you mad? I got the
43:54chance to go do that because she did it.
43:56She let me. Uh and obviously shout out
43:58to my kid who says that I'm the best. So
44:01I obviously am. Um I need to give out
44:05more particular shout outs, you know.
44:06Shout out to like um shout out to some
44:08of the you Oh, shout out to the UK lot.
44:11anyone from the UK that went to the
44:12event um prior to the next shout out. Uh
44:16shout out to all the UK lot shouting
44:17massive and bringing the flavors. You
44:19know, the French guys get a massive
44:21entourage of uh of hype every time at
44:24every event. And being a lonely UK man,
44:26it's been very lonely over the years
44:28where I've had like maybe three people
44:30UK lot in the crowd shouting. So UK lot,
44:34I turn up the [ __ ] I could for you at
44:37GBB and carried the flag. hopefully with
44:41pride. Uh, no bigger shout out in the UK
44:44though than Sam. So, big love the broki
44:46Sam. Uh, that's my mate by the way.
44:48That's the guy that recorded the vlog
44:50that's now out by the way. So, if you
44:51want to go catch the vlog, go catch
44:52that. But yeah, big love Sam. He's not
44:54even in the beatbox scene, per se. I
44:57mean, he is now, but he's not a
44:58beatboxer, but he's been rooting for me
45:00now since he came to beat city. So, just
45:03a little side shout out to Sam for being
45:05there uh with me. um keeping my head
45:07straight and and bringing good mate
45:10vibes. So, cheers to Sam. Um cheers to
45:13Orange as well for coming and doing the
45:14sound when we pre-prepared the week
45:16before the event. So many shout outs
45:18everywhere. But yeah, no more than the
45:20MS and kid. I without them too, it's
45:23raps. I'm just a guy that makes a bit of
45:25content and that'll be that. And even
45:26the content she helps me with. Oh, and
45:29shout out to you lot because you tell me
45:31to do my big beats. Shout out to the
45:33haters. Big up to them. I hear it. I see
45:36the comments. I seen BL's comment to
45:39that I lose. I seen you. I lose to foot.
45:41Can't wait for Footbox to crunch me. Was
45:43that uh shout out to Ghost um outside
45:45the top five? I am. Uh shout out to
45:48Nocial who I was going to lose. Going to
45:50lose first battles. Um happy to prove
45:53the haters wrong. And it's all love. I
45:55love them lot. I honestly wouldn't be
45:58real. Wouldn't be part wouldn't be uh um
46:01contenders. Wouldn't be opponents.
46:02Wouldn't be a battle. Wouldn't be a
46:04clash of competition without these
46:06opinions. Uh haha basically. Ha. Sorry.
46:10What are you gonna do? You're gonna say
46:11I lost the final. Fairs. I did. I lost
46:13the final. I lost. So I lost the final
46:15to someone who's exceptional. But all I
46:17will say is I'm better than you.
46:21Um I wished for DLO versus Astron and
46:24you saying to him, look at the crowd
46:25boy.
46:28Crazy.
46:30And you think I didn't think of that?

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