Recap: Need a reason not to pit two battle rappers against each other who are cool with each other outside the ring? Then look no farther than here as Hitman Holla and Hollow da Don face off in a battle that can best be described as listless and uneventful. Struggling to really diss each other (they both went the usual routes without getting too personal) or spit their best bars in front of a crowd that was clearly weary from a long day (this was a main event battle and thus the last one of the night), even Hitman and Hollow’s best lines were met with lukewarm applause. With Hitman clearly winning round one with better bars and Hollow clearly taking round 3 (on the fake dap alone), it’s round two that decided this one and despite an energetic and nice round by (“…chopper knock his section down, grab him by his neck and unload that whole second round”) Hitman, Hollow edged it out with nicer (“You’re about as useless as a hitchhiker with a broken thumb”) personals, solid rebuttals, steady aggression and dope performance (“Take his girl, poke her [poker] face, I’m not bluffing”) bars.
Verdict: Hollow da Don (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Hollow da Don – “I Brewed her, I Boozed her, you woulda thought the Bulls was playing, I mean, I ain’t Know Her, but when that D Rose, she was like, ‘Dang!’” (All references to the Bulls 2011 roster)
