you almost had half a point when you posted your conversation with shep...
battling is as integral to rap music and hip hop in general as any other aspect. however, it has to be carried out in a context. it's for this reason we have such thing as scribble jam, blaze battle, local clubs holding emcee battles, hell even netcee written battles.
doing it unprovoked, however, would just make Tech look like a dickhead.
I haven't heard the Chingy diss...but as long as he isn't 1) calling out Tech or 2) proclaiming he is the best rapper in the MO, then Tech has no reason to respond. If he or Nelly start talking about how nobody in the MO are touching then maybe Tech could respond, not with a personal "battle" track, but a track where he claims the throne and proves he belongs simply by making a dope ass song.
battling is as integral to rap music and hip hop in general as any other aspect. however, it has to be carried out in a context. it's for this reason we have such thing as scribble jam, blaze battle, local clubs holding emcee battles, hell even netcee written battles.
doing it unprovoked, however, would just make Tech look like a dickhead.
I haven't heard the Chingy diss...but as long as he isn't 1) calling out Tech or 2) proclaiming he is the best rapper in the MO, then Tech has no reason to respond. If he or Nelly start talking about how nobody in the MO are touching then maybe Tech could respond, not with a personal "battle" track, but a track where he claims the throne and proves he belongs simply by making a dope ass song.