Swann's battle style was one of the best of his era. Then the multi-syllable era came and overpowered his style. Then shortly after that, the freestyle battle era died and the written acappella era took over and left the freestyle battle MCs in obscurity.. Respect to Swann he definitely carved out a place in battle rap history. Salute.

Swann was my favorite back in the day.

@PintoSound

3 жыл бұрын

mine too he crushed quest mecody too

@lyricalstyles

3 жыл бұрын

I wish he would come out of retirement. I heard he battled murda mook back in the day on fight klub. They went 5 rounds freestyle vs written.

I remember these days yo. Swann vs Breez Evaflowin was my fav, bless!

We all know he should’ve won that MTV shit

@SwaggerLikeUz

3 жыл бұрын

Stacey Turpin word!!! I remember that battle on MTV like it was yesterday.

@CodenameHaswelly

2 жыл бұрын

nope not even close his raps sound like shit no one would listen to a song from him he doesnt sound good

@RyMicTheKing

2 жыл бұрын

@@CodenameHaswelly it's not a song contest, it's a battle. Most of the best battlers couldn't make a hit to save their life

@CodenameHaswelly

2 жыл бұрын

@@RyMicTheKing its a rap battle and his raps although funny are tone deaf and he sounds wack af, fury switches up his flow can sing and actually adapts to beats swan is a one tone malone

@CodenameHaswelly

2 жыл бұрын

@@RyMicTheKing a RAP battle and his RAPPING is poor

Respect from Detroit. Swann used to serve cats

swann would line for line body cats, called dude buzz lightyear lmao really did look like him

@the_lonely_winner2956

4 жыл бұрын

@Throwed Genji 😂😂 once Bias heard him spitting he knew he was done

Rhymefest was his best competition

Math hoffa, Marv Won and Quest brought me here

Does someone has the full mc battle 2003 with K Ceaser, Wrekonize, Swann etc? Message me pls

I wish Swan was in battle rap now. He'd own URL and KOTD.

I came up with him...i'm looking for him too........That's a battle rapper

Str8 freestyle.....no taking a month to write it.....show up and spit...off the top...

@astralmindny9055

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly!! Being a great freestyler myself, I HATE how casually and loosely the word is used.

He’s 🔥

2023

@wetsockdude

9 ай бұрын

Heck yeah!

that Nas baby mama line was the finisher. i’ve heard enough 😂

What's the beat at 14:14 and 17:00? Hard to call that battle against Wrekonize on just two rounds. I had it 1-1. Funny that Wrekonize did better in a free battle, than in his written battle against NoCanDo.

@sgtcreasegrease

2 жыл бұрын

First joint with Terror Squad - Bring it On - Prod Alchemist. Have doubles of the 12" for that actually.

Never understood why he never battled in the new era

@suave_d

2 жыл бұрын

Would have been dope to see him try his hand in the written battle era, but who knows. Life happens, and maybe he just moved on to other endeavors. Or maybe he felt that he didn't have anything else to prove. In my opinion, I think that he battled in a more competitive era anyway. Being a champion in a freestyle battle tournament like Scribble Jam meant something back then. To me, being the best battle rapper today isn't saying much because most of the battles aren't even judged.

There’s a video of Swann battling Subverse. m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/mIOWtZNycpyoZMY.html

@Maj0ra

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for linking that. Man, it's so surreal how funny Swann is. He's just like this mysterious fat dude who murdered everyone. The crowd got tired of him, I think. It was still classic stuff, though.

@suave_d

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this. I like Swann, and he's funny as hell, but Subverse served him in that video. Subverse had much better punchlines.

@30:07 anybody remember the name of that song playing in interlude?

@japplewhite1986

4 жыл бұрын

Freeway "Alright"

@Smitty089

4 жыл бұрын

@@japplewhite1986 good lookin out

Swann Get On Wilding Out!!!!

You're missing one battle, Swann vs Hostyle.

Shakira

Yo are you Mugen?

🤣🤣🤣

I wanna say they was referring to Talia the latina singer.

@flyestinvertebrate

16 күн бұрын

Shakira

Yo what's beat is that it 12:12????

@sameerk6306

2 жыл бұрын

I forgot the name of the song but the artist is Royce da 5’9”

Whatever happened to Swan???

@scribblejamfan1541

6 жыл бұрын

Really wished I knew dude. The last interview on this video was the most recent footage I could find of him.

@ega0117

6 жыл бұрын

Scribble Jam Fan he should battle Serious Jones... that will be a good battle

@scribblejamfan1541

6 жыл бұрын

Seeing him battle anyone would be awesome if you ask me. Guys got jokes for weeks!

@astralmindny9055

5 жыл бұрын

Had a few real battles then faded into the sunset!

@uncleclem7381

4 жыл бұрын

Scribble Jam Fan If you still wanna know, his names Owen Raines. Could prolly find something on facebook or sumn.

This video just hates to load.

wordplay good flow is bad this dude guaranteed cant make an actual song

I think Swann beat Illmaculate.

Wreckonize was better

@northoltbrudda8107

4 жыл бұрын

He's not. Swann was robbed.

@lordvader1437

3 жыл бұрын

No he wasn’t.

@barbarapaparella2282

3 жыл бұрын

Nah swan won easily but nowaday other dude is signed with strange music so good 4 him

@Mordecai154

3 жыл бұрын

Lol he was not

@billpulido

3 жыл бұрын

@@northoltbrudda8107 on that shit flow? It was garbage. Swan was really good on the others but was stuck on this one