This ain’t the Elmo you watched on Sesame Street. This guy is one dope emcee.
He started off a little rough, but once he got in his groove he was on fire. He rocked emcee after emcee to get to the finals, where he practically made Sosh beg for mercy. By the end, even Sosh was [...]

If you don’t already know, Madness is a Grindtime Champion Freestyle Emcee. This man knows how to rock a mic. And when he steps on the Tourettes stage, he’s gonna make sure you remember who he is.
For the March 2010 Tourettes he had a feature set, performing 4 songs from his albums, and then freestyling [...]

Newcomer Brian H. steps into the slam with the first slot of the night, usually the kiss of death, but he manages to rock the crowd and come out on top. Not bad for his first time out.
You can see him perform here:

Now here’s the magic of Tourettes:
Exactly one year ago, at the 2008 Christmas Tourettes, True Temper first stepped on stage, and Vokab took him out in the first round. Now, 12 months have passed, and after battling almost every month the tables have turned and True Temper defeated Vokab to take home the prize money [...]

Legendary stand up comedian Will Franken made a huge showing at the December ‘09 Tourettes. Known for bringing dozens of characters to life in the span of a few hours, he managed to keep the house on its toes through a 40-minute set.
From his manly-man turned transsexual to his schizophrenic awards show host to his [...]

“And no sweetheart, you’re wrong… I didn’t cut your break lines to kill you. It’s just that you take breaks your way, and I take brakes mine.”
Jamie asked Joyce to come back and perform one of his favorite poems for the 10th Anniversary Special. Joyce originally wrote this poem for the F*** Valentine’s Day show, [...]

No words can describe the brutal roasting that Jamie got from Tantrum and D-Lor in a half-written, half-freestyle hip-hop teardown. The audience was laughing so hard they were crying, and Jamie looked like he was about to die.
You have to see it to believe it:

There’s just nothing else that can compare!

“Yeah that sh** was groovy, man I’ll beat your ass with a silent movie!”
There wasn’t even gonna be a freestyle battle at the 10th Anniversary show, but nobody could pass up the opportunity to battle the legendary rapping pastry! With his dancing “Donut Ho’s” backing him up, Jelly Donut took down three emcees in a [...]

After some technical difficulties during their last fire-dancing set, indie circus performers Cosmic DonkeyPunch came back to Tourettes for a second try. This time they brought it bigger and badder than ever, with all three dancers spinning fire at the same time, including a flaming hula hoop!
Check it out:

“yo, dude, you’re the weakest hard fellow. Did you just take your grill off?! Man your teeth look even more yellow!” — Tantrum
2dub tore up the mic taking aim at Tantrum, but in the end he couldn’t beat the reigning champion.
Tantrum took a hiatus after being knocked off his winning streak by Thesaurus in April, [...]