Recap: 3 elongated rounds from Snake Eyez, but nary a bar wasted as the Dot Mobb general puts on a fire and versatile show, dishing straight heat with gritty urban semantics, aggressive bully bars, rich personals and that tough jail shit that you ‘had to be there’ to truly grasp. In the face of Snake’s gripping polemics throughout, Mack Mel still came through with a performance and punch-heavy palette that at times shook the stage, when he wasn’t delivering stinging (“Spine shot [Bhow!], nah y’all too used to that, blade out, drag it down his back like a Yakuza tat!”) punchlines and some casual wit that made this bout competitive, while also edging him the 2nd round. However, after forgetting his bars at the start and almost choking away his entire 3rd round, the newest Goonie member pulled it together and stood tall with a solid, gun-savvy turn that gave him an honest chance at winning. But after getting off to a bit of a slow start in his final round, Snake Eyez, just as he did to take the 1st, used a steady stream of wicked punches, more grandiose (“The clip longer than an O-Red translation!”) heaters and some flexing performance bars to take the deciding 3rd and gain the win.
Verdict: Snake Eyez (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Snake Eyez – “Lying all in your raps, I’m with all that tho, you ain’t never been up North, nigga’s trying to get waves off Corcraft soap!”
