This one’s done the rounds already but it’s so enjoyable that I’m posting it here again. It’s a poetry battle between a 17 year old upstart who calls himself Blizzard (no personal website) and a teacher called Mark Grist. The occasion is a youthful venue, entitled Rap Battle and the audience is definitely aged closer to the boy with the fancy name. That doesn’t stop them laughing out loud for the older man, whose punchlines, wordplay and lyrical mastery humiliate the lad. All the judges voted for Grist over Blizzard. Watching this made me think of seeking out a poetry slam, as these things used to be known as (showing my age). Haven’t been to one for a while.
Meanwhile, here’s something a little more lighthearted and, perhaps, more accurate to political life on our planet in 2012. Yes, folks, it’s the 11th edition of Rap News which proves that Blizzard is wrong to imagine speaking quickly is somehow clever. This edition contains a special guest appearance by Noam Chomsky. His gravitas means he doesn’t have to rant, although he is being thrown the feeder lines…
Might as well bring Rap News up to date. Know I won’t be offending my own Australian family with this hard look at their national day…