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#21 - Traser Interview (1Outs, Battle Rap, Writing Process, Choking,B Team, Hamilton etc.)


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Spoke with former 1Outs Battle Rap Champion Traser about his battle against Allenzo, the battle rap scene, his writing process as well as Hamilton and things around the area.

1Outs Battle Rap Scene

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/oneoutsaklnzofficial
Vimeo - https://vimeo.com/user70005919
Instagram - @1outsnz
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/538099143010610/

TIMESTAMPS

00:22 - How Traser Got Into Battle Rap

01:17 - Trasers Audition Rap
02:08 - Trasers First Battle In Front Of A 1Outs Crowd
03:04 - Driving Up To Auckland For Each Battle
04:41 - Organising A Battle Rap Event In Hamilton
05:52 - How Traser Writes His Bars
08:16 - Battle Rap Being A Performance
09:19 - Memory
09:50 - Traser Choking With Raw Thawt
12:11 - PFAK Being So Good
13:59 - Trasers Battle With Allenzo
15:31 - Evolution Of 1Outs
16:36 - Damasgus
17:13 - Trasers Battle With Stash/Writing For A Title Vs Non Title Battle
19:32 - Battle Rap & Rapping On Beats Are A Different Art Form
21:09 - Trasers Favourite Battle
22:11 - Dr Apocalypse
23:49 - Trying To Write Complex Material Without It Going Over Peoples Heads
24:35 - Writing A Punchline You Think Will Pop And Then It Doesn’t
25:43 - How The Crowd Affects A Battle
26:25 - Having More Than The Christian Angle Is Hard Against B Team
27:05 - JP80’s Body Of VIV
28:09 - JP80
29:32 - How The B Team Prep
31:32 - The B Team Are The Top 3 Battle Rappers
32:05 - Traser Wants To Battle JP80, Clue & Billz
33:30 - Traser Getting Into The Zone Before A Battle
34:11 - Billz Had Line Of The Night At STFU2
35:04 - Going Between Music & Battle Rap
36:17 - Big Boozy
36:54 - Ryan Lovins/T13
37:28 - Not Much Of A Hip Hop Scene In Hamilton
37:52 - Reece Learning About Politics From Political Guests
39:04 - Hamilton Is A Good Central Location
39:26 - Hamilton To Auckland Train
41:16 - Integrated Rail Network
41:37 - The Busyness Of Reece Doing Kiwi Talks
42:34 - Why Reece Started Kiwi Talkz
44:35 - Reece Trying To Get Dlar On
45:18 - Kelvyn Eglinton
46:05 - Reece Contacting People To Get On
47:16 - Kiwi Talkz A Great Platform For Politicians/Being Objective
49:02 - Your Views Are Shaped By Your Environment
49:51 - India
51:22 - How White People Are Viewed In India
52:30 - Different Cultures Dating Each Other Is Hard
53:39 - Auckland Vs Hamilton
56:03 - Hamilton Will Change A lot Over The Next Decade
56:54 - Ruakura Inland Port
58:13 - Some Battle Rappers Are Extremely Intelligent
58:45 - Reece Wants To Help Out Dlar & 1Outs
59:33 - 1Outs Is Still Underground
1:00:37 - B Team Don’t Use Cuss Words
1:01:02 - Reeces Marketing Tip For 1Outs
1:01:43 - TVNZ’s advertising Of 1Outs
1:02:41 - Xceed
1:03:50 - Xceed Rubbing Stormforce’s Sister Pic On His Balls
1:06:21 - On Camera Not Being What A Person Is Really Like
1:07:55 - Dlar When He’s Online Is Different To How He Is In Real Life
1:09:26 - Dlars Beefs
1:11:13 - How To Contact Traser
1:11:52 - Traser Spits A Verse

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