In all of those Grindtime Battles Lock has been going to the other dudes Hometown and doing what he needs to do showing off his skills as an MC, Reppin for the West and the Bay plus promoting the new project and IMGMI as a label/ brand. Now the reason most battle rappers never make is because that's all they have is battle bars that don't appeal to the general public...I know that won't be the case with Lock's album. And if you really think about it most gangsta rappers, hyphy rappers, crunk rappers, underground rappers and mainstream rappers FAIL...so it's not just the Battle circut. Failure is apart of the game and we should know that quite well in the Bay with how many rappers we all know that didn't make it to even sniff the top or be seen. At the end of the day you have to make good music, hustle your ass off, then be lucky enough to catch a break and pounce on top of it.