iamaromolaeran:

nooo a bar is counted as 2 lines on internet rap battles dude/// thats the standard

peterrParker: just know: 1bar = 1line

iamaromolaeran:

nooo a bar is counted as 2 lines on internet rap battles dude/// thats the standard

airmark:

Ok i will set it up later today. 20 lines , Monday is it. No holiday excuses abeg.

peterrParker: just know: 1bar = 1line

kr0ne:
1 bar is one line o

peterrParker: sure

kr0ne:
Sorry, I meant to say it's NOT one line

gottoboy:
U got me thinking twice na, Lols. . . D negro go write half sh11 against Im opponent now

ojoawo: this has been debated rather too often.

in audio...
one bar is a sentence in lyrical hiphop songs. bars are hence sentences that rhyme with each other
300 bars is 300 sentences that rhyme, not all of them rhyming (you get my drift)

in Music notation, not just rap

There are 4 beats to every 'bar'. Bars in the rap music context are the lyrics that you can say over 4 beats. The amount of bars you can spit depend on how fast you can rap your lyrics. Most lyricists use a 16 bar for 1 verse of a song. Whilst singers commonly use 8 bar verses. Although there is a lot of variation.
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but in text.... there is confusion

A bar is a term in hip hop used for a line break

i have a big pile of cheese/
look at her shes gonna sneeze/

that is two bars
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but the idea is that in both audio and text
One bar is one measure. A measure or bar has four beats. When you hear the beat drop thats beat one. You can count to four from there. You can have one line or two per bar. Depending how slow or fast you spit.

since theres no beat in text, thus the confusion

so it was previously agreed here that one line is one bar... though some even use up to 4lines and call it a bar very often than not
other texting sites take 2lines as one bar

so until a general congress of Nairaland RBS make a consensus, use your discretion so you dont end up stretching or under scripting

kr0ne:
NL style for one bar:
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U better guard ya grill/ like Jax from Mortal Kombat, I pack arms of steel/ so lemme ask before we start, hope ya bars are real?

That's just one bar. If e pass like this na stretching, abeg

kr0ne:
For you vocalists, I guess. In textceeing, the lowest acceptable line (s) for a bar is two. . . .in every text battle site

ojoawo:

not every text battle site.... and what i wrote was inconclusive.
here on nairaland, you'll be shocked to see the amount of people that will tell you One bar is One line

gottoboy:
E.g
See lyrically Gotto is B.ad n ILL/ a Glad That Kills/ any opponent, so wen nxt u claim tu 'Deliver like a 'Psycho', imma prove u wrong, coz ah gat a Mad Man Skills/

kr0ne:
For you vocalists, I guess. In textceeing, the lowest acceptable line (s) for a bar is two. . . .in every text battle site

kr0ne:
Lol! But NL has a style already, initiated by Ibime, which corresponds with my given example



You're on point!

gottoboy:
It confused me a lot cudnt reallie diferentiate, I tried reading tru peoples post in em battles vets drop with different styles, buh ah dun dig am now wella

ojoawo:

even with that. go ask Ibime how may lines makes one bar

he has said it times without number that one bar is one line

kr0ne:
Nah! I don't think so. The NL style was birthed by Ibime himself. I've seen his old verses as far back as 2008. He was doing, at least, 3 lines for one bar

gottoboy: Ojaowo give 1bar example plz
Dis shi1 made me not to prepare well agaisnt Limerick, not as if ah wud win den sha. . Lols

GottoBoy:

use that format kr0ne discussed up there as one bar. its super clean

kr0ne:
Nah! I don't think so. The NL style was birthed by Ibime himself. I've seen his old verses as far back as 2008. He was doing, at least, 3 lines for one bar

Ibime: One bar is one line. The 2 lines = 1 bar thingy is a textcee misconception.

Each traditional (New York) hip hop beat follows four counts. Each count to 4 is one bar.

1,2,3,4/
1,2,3,4/
1,2,3,4/

Textcees stretch so they can display their multis and set up their punches properly. You can either keep to the beat using short lines and lose points for multis and flow. . . . OR. . . . many textcees stretch and use 3 or 4 audio bars for every 2 textcee lines. . . .




It's not Nairaland style. It's Dirty South cadence which emcees have been using before there was ever anything like textceeing. I use it in battles, not necessarily in freestyles. It helps me stretch my build up without committing any technical fouls.

Dirty South beat has a 6 count (or 3 count) cadence per bar. Using Dirty South cadence, you can build up better and score points on 'multis' without overstepping the line limit.

1,2,3,4,5,6/
1,2,3,4,5,6/

Every count to 2 or 3 can be followed with a slash, so I often use the format:

1, 2/ 3, 4/ 5, 6/
1, 2, 3/ 4, 5, 6/

As below:

I'm masochistic/ massacre ya district/ when I grab the biscuit/
I stand and kick it/ wit Jackie Chan. . . with my hands restricted/



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezb_61cXPyo

peterrParker: 1bar = 1line. And you guys kicked that

Ibime: One bar is one line. The 2 lines = 1 bar thingy is a textcee misconception.

Each traditional (New York) hip hop beat follows four counts. Each count to 4 is one bar.

1,2,3,4/
1,2,3,4/
1,2,3,4/

Textcees stretch so they can display their multis and set up their punches properly. You can either keep to the beat using short lines and lose points for multis and flow. . . . OR. . . . many textcees stretch and use 3 or 4 audio bars for every 2 textcee lines. . . .




It's not Nairaland style. It's Dirty South cadence which emcees have been using before there was ever anything like textceeing. I use it in battles, not necessarily in freestyles. It helps me stretch my build up without committing any technical fouls.

Dirty South beat has a 6 count (or 3 count) cadence per bar. Using Dirty South cadence, you can build up better and score points on 'multis' without overstepping the line limit.

1,2,3,4,5,6/
1,2,3,4,5,6/

Every count to 2 or 3 can be followed with a slash, so I often use the format:

1, 2/ 3, 4/ 5, 6/
1, 2, 3/ 4, 5, 6/

As below:

I'm masochistic/ massacre ya district/ when I grab the biscuit/
I stand and kick it/ wit Jackie Chan. . . with my hands restricted/



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezb_61cXPyo

airmark:
Mikuz' voters : Ibime, sosiqdude, Jigsawkillah, Icekidd, Siddogg,Thunderstorm,ojoawo, LooNat11kk, emaprince, Guykhena = 10

Fuckyouhard’s Voters : Elymaxiimuss, Teddybiyasi, Kr0ne, Limerick, yeyenatu, coogar, krizzkutz, Elvisonjack2 = 8

Nullified votes : Mikuz : peterrparker,
Fuckyouhard : kenwood002
Tie : Giyazz