Bowks Talking Bouts #22: Dunsh

In the latest BTB episode, I spoke with battle rapper Dunsh about quite a few topics:

-First exposure to hip hop (0:44)

-First exposure to battle rap (2:26)

-Getting introduced to Lexx Luthor at his tryout battle…..Big shouts to Lexx (3:24)

-The alternative, smaller room vibe of I Battle (4:08)

-How the venue/ crowd set up affects performance (5:05)

-Attending law school in Brooklyn and how it makes him appreciate the creative outlet battle rap provides (7:22)

-Treading the line between putting in your best effort and not being a weird try hard in battle rap (9:11)

-Goals for the next battle…..Illmac? Compliment battle with Carter Deems? (10:52)

-Illmac and Chase Moore making unsavory comments about Lexx Luthor and I Battle (11:58)

-Fan of Ruin Your Day……Regular viewer watching in most live streams…….The Watch episode with him and Farrell’s battle (13:24)

-Big respect for Eddy I and goofing around on Talkback with Saynt (15:54)

-Talkback silliness and how Dunsh should delete Facebook off his phone (17:53)

-Potential plans for a two on two (18:31)

-Dunsh’s odd writing process (19:27)

-Love for Norm MacDonald, comedy in general, and how it informs his writing approach (20:46)

-Being inspired by things outside battling more so than battle rap (25:06)

-Not feeling the comedy of Anthony Jeselnik despite Farrell’s recommendation (26:00)

-Writing his angles…..The story behind writing the mole angle on Minnix……(27:36)

-The benefits of being hyper critical and not being able to watch older material (29:41)

-Being a casual fight fan (31:48)

-Dunsh’s dad being friends with DDP and Bam Bam Bigelow…….DDP telling an 11 year old Dunsh that he pisses blood every morning (34:01)

-If there’s any plans for a mix tape or some sort of future release (36:19)

-Being the only person on the planet who’s ambivalent about Tim and Eric……Bedtime Stories being great……..digs their darker material……The smug, elitist vibes Tim has given off lately (37:34)