Recap: The activist bars of Oops versus the God-complex rituals and acute wordplay of Xcel makes for a fierce and close battle on the KOTD stage. A match that was almost a debatable, if not for the Oops struggling with his flow a few times during the decisive 3rd round after taking tying things up with a magnificent 2nd round after Xcel edged the 1st. Granted, this is the best (“I remember needing capital for an office, now my office is in a capital!”) Oops we’ve seen in awhile, but the decision here is a slightly more consistnet Xcel by a nose at the end.
Verdict: Xcel (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Xcel – “I was never rushing [Russian] to be in the stars, I ain’t a cosmonaut, I’m a rapper than been in the field since Rock ‘N Jock!”
