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

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