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Four aspiring rappers traded rhymes Saturday night as part of Tuesday Magazine’s second annual freestyle competition, “Outwit.” Judged by professor Tommie Shelby, DJ Shiftee—also known as Samuel M. Zornow ’08—and Kousha A. Bautista-Saeyan ’08, the contest brought close to 50 students to Ticknor Lounge. As the title suggests, rappers tried to “outwit” each other with their clever use of language, usually in the form of witty insults...
...that I won this competition, next year I immediately go to one of the later rounds in the world finals,” Zornow says. “The light at the end of the tunnel is much closer...
...Zornow understands that being part of a niche subculture has allowed him to rise to the top very quickly...
...Zornow also possesses a sometimes-alienating, almost self-righteous old-school sensibility. He’s deeply nostalgic for the golden era of DJing in the late 1990s, and laments the rise of “custom records,” which DJs commission specially for their battle routines...
...Zornow may never enjoy mainstream pop success. But when you can excel at something that you love, who needs MTV anyways...