The Rap of China 2025 Episode 1

Out with the Old, In with the New

New mentors. Young blood. Hell, Top Barry’s only 18 and doing his gaokao right now. ———————————I found Ep1 Part 1 to be really boring - not even mentor performances now? Come on. Why’d they introduce the 大魔王 first? That and the pre-acapella ranking system was unneccessary if you asked me. I did like the appearance of PACT as a 大魔王 though - not to mention CREAM D being a particupant. NOUS UNDERGROUND forever (can you tell I’m a fan of chinese rap?) Purely based on people I know, I’m excited to see Top Barry, Shark, Rapeter, DDG, and Capper! People I’m not-as-hyped for: Lodmemo (how is he back after that diss track??), Kito and Ga One - sorry for any fans.———————————Onto the fun Part 2. The acapellas I absolutely loved were from Rapeter, Top Barry, Cream D (姜还是老的辣) and AJ Lai. Honourable mentions to 马赫mood and Winjay. Cream D being up there made me so happy - WHAT DO YOU MEAN HIM AND CAPPER HAD A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT. AND PACT BEING NERVOUS FOR HIM IN THE BACKGROUND WAS SO SWEET. Thank you for spotlighting this IQiyi. I really hate how this year’s set up. I loathed how Tao gave Lodmemo a second chance; I definitely agree with Yamy that auditions should be one-shot. Even with the second chance, I don’t think he deserved it. I also think 42/232 is such unfair odds for the rest of the participants. ——————————— Overall 6/10, with Part 2 significantly raising the score.

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