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Mister Greco

Battle rap enthusiast living in Timbuktu

Tay Roc defeats Bill Collector

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Recap: From BMBL, Tay Roc and Bill Collector meet up for 3 rounds in Detroit and while competitive and crowd-pleasing throughout, the verdict here was an easy one. Bill, wily as ever with a plethora of spririted punchlines, witty barbs and solid personals, gets credit for an earnest performance. While Roc, continuing an electric run this year that’s seen him battle more often than ever before, ran through a gamut of graphic/mayhem-lit darts, hard-hitting g un bars, well-tailored name flips and piercing 4-bar set-up/punches that more often than not made their mark. However, helped by an opponent who ran out of gas punch-efficient wise in round 1, it’s the slightly more haymaker-lit Roc who takes round 1 before the Cave Man capo handily takes round 2 as well with an even more punch-drunk and sublime turn for the win. A pretty solid, but not as nearly turned up run by Roc in round 3 gets overrun by Bill’s more workmanship and personal-lit showing to avoid the 30.

Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Tay Roc – “You call yourself the G code, what’s strange about it, what the fuck is a G code to a nigga who beat the game without it?!”

Chilla Jones defeats Wave Phenom

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from The Stage, up-n-coming battler Wave Phenom makes some noise and keeps it competitive via a shitload of brash punches, some solid name flips and aggressive street raps. However, equipped with a gang of boastful barbs, mayhem-lit punchlines, fiery schemes/personals, gripping name flips of his own and some lethal wordplay, it’s the vet Chilla Jones who scores more than enough haymakers for the win.

Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Punch, slumped in your hands, a gun in my hand, it’s Ocean Spray, I’m putting Wave in front of a can!”

Asi Amora defeats Yoshi G

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Recap: From Landslide TV, putting aside battle host Calicoe’s attempt to combine the ethos of the sripper club with battle rap, Asi Amora versus Yoshi G for 3 rounds turns out to not only be a pretty solid battle, but also comes with a mind-twisting ending. Yoshi, for the most part dumping her signature salacious ‘thot bars’ for satisfactory punchlines, braggadocious darts and fancy wordplay here, came to compete. While the up-n-comer Asi, flexed throughout the bout with a versatile mix of hard-hitting street raps, wily/witty personals, piercing hometown lines and righteous punches that scored aplenty. After the slightly more bar-effcient Yoshi edged round 1 and the more haymaker-lit Asi took round 2 to tie things up, round 3 is when things got weird. As the ever eccentric Yoshi, surprisingly bothered by her opponent’s attempt to get extra personal and literally ‘talk to her pussy’, called time on Asi to cut her round a bit short (after both battlers had clearly rapped past 2 minutes in each of their earlier rounds) while claiming later that the two battlers had agreed to 2-minute rounds (something Calicoe would later deny). And what with the slightly more punch-heavy Asi Amora already ahead by the time Yoshi pulled her latest stunt, it’s the Chi-town rapper who takes the 3rd and gets the win here.

Verdict: Asi Amora (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Asi Amora – “I ain’t goota show ass and brag about my sex skills, or tell the whole world that my head vicious, it’s like I’m autistic, ‘cuz I don’t talk a lot, nigga’s just know my brain different!”

Shooney Da Rapper defeats Lady J

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Recap: Let’s call a spade a spade: if Shooney Da Rapper didn’t get in her own way so much, what with all the stunbles and chokes over the years, she’d easily be in the Top 10 on the female battler’s side. But it is what it is. Yet, this Houston Bar Code 1-rounder against Lady J comes off as another reimnder of how nice Shooney is with the pen. And in addition to no unforced errors, Shooney would need all of it. As her Houston, Texas opponent, relying mostly on a gang of spicy name flips, would come through with a pretty solid and competitive effort. However, via a consistent variety of gritty gun bars, fiery personals, some crafty wordplay and a boatload of hard-hitting and aggressive punches, at the end of the day it’s Shooney who gets hands raised in the air.

Verdict: Shooney Da Rapper (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Shooney Da Rapper – “But she don’t rap like that, all this bitch talk about is pussy and straps, well I [hold hands up towards Lady J like a gun] got a big dick and it’ll bust in ya face, silencer on, I ain’t got nuthin’ to say!”

Shotgun Suge defeats TopFloor Lut

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Recap: From The Battle Academy, in yet another case of quality over quantity, despite his opponent TopFloor Lut rapping twice as long as him in all 3 rounds, Shotgun Suge’s rapid, way more efficient and fiery 2-step punches, boastful barns and piercing name flips get the Jersey vet a smooth 30 over a Philly battler who while hitting at times with his boatload of intense street talk and grimy trap semantics, unleashed way too many pedestrian bars to stand a chance here.

Verdict: Shotgun Suge (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Shotgun Suge – “I keep somethin’ in arms reach, I’m the type to beat up nigga’s on the wrong street!”

Luck Dollaz defeats Chess

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Recap: From Bar You To Death Battle League, a 1-rounder between Chess and Luck Dollaz and simply put it’s hard to give the Yung Gawd the benefit of the doubt for choking here. After all, while he kept it professional showing up on the same day his baby was born, with Chess’ recent history of constsnatly slipping up and choking during battles, does he deserve a mulligan for that bar Luck’s spit? We’ll leave that to the comment section. Nonetheless, with Chess’ (tho he did have a handful of spitfire lines) failings here, it’s an easy vic for the mostly gun bar toting and consistently gritty Dollaz.

Verdict: Luck Dollaz (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Luck Dollaz – “Save all that stupid shit you thought about doing for the next bro, I bought a new gun, I’ve been waiting to fucking let go, extendo, the clip curl like the end of the bread loaf!”

A. Ward defeats Bonnie Godiva

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Recap: From QOTR, unless said white rapper has actually shown signs of racism in the past, black battle rappers have really gotta stop using lazy race angles against them. That choice by Bonnie Godiva here versus A. Ward in the 3rd round being even more suspect when you consider it’s a Christian battle rapper you’re going up against, who you also happen to be in the same battle group (YTG) with. But then along with her opponenet, Bonnie never seemed to be on her A-game either. Yet, professional battle vets that they both are, the two still competed hard while offering up a variety of punches throughout. But after splitting (had Bonnie edging round 1 before Ward came back and returned the favor in round 2) the opening rounds, a pretty mid 3rd on both sides gets edged by the slightly more efficient Ward, who’s win heer is even more impressive when you consider how often he’s been battling of late .

Verdict: A. Ward (W) 2-1

Favorite line: A. Ward – “For a nice gun bar I’m always down like the Mcflurry machine!”

Nu Jerzey Twork defeats Swav

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from Houston Bar Code, Swav delivers one of his best performances, uplifting an already gritty street game with better efficiency to his punches, braggadocios raps, lofty personals and oft-potent trap/gang talk. Unfortunately for the Texan battler, his opponent Nu Jerzey Twork would do him one better. The former Goonie waiting out an elongated turn from his opp and getting right at it with a gang of fire set-up/punchlines, piercing similes, graphic mayhem, stinging gun bars, rich storytelling and boastful drug chatter that all combined ellicited enough hayakers for the win.

Verdict: Nu Jerzey Twork (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “They gonna hit me with a whole hundred years, extra life, left the rock, no release date…Jeffrey Dahmer!”

Coffee Brown defeats Arsonal

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Recap: Two things real quick about Arsonal: having heard that he’s considering giving up on it, because he’s one of the best at it, da Rebel needs to stick to the disrespectful shit (it also fits his brand and flow as well). Secondly, Ars has been in the game way too damn long to be slipping up as much as he has of late, much less choking as he does here against Coffee Brown. And in a battle that was otherwise pretty competitive, what with both emcees delivering the goods on cue via a gang of potent gun bars (esp. Coffee), gritty punches and wicked personals (esp. Ars) in an equally efficient rounds 1 and 3, it’s Arsonal’s struggles with recalling his lines and eventually giving the 2nd round up that helps Coffee get the win in this 3-rounder from URL.

Verdict: Coffee Brown (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Coffee Brown – “I don’t like you nigga’s, no it ain’t love, they call me Coffee ‘cuz their ain’t a nigga I can’t mug!”

Awthentic defeats Danny Myers

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Recap: Fire battle from URL’s Civil War 5 card between Awthentic and Danny Myers with the former’s amiable flow adding plenty of flair to his consisent barrage of stinging wordplay, mayhem-lit darts, oft-seismic punches and braggadocius bars. On the other Danny, even in the face of his opponent’s steady heat, Danny never wilt. The Bar God getting busy with a solid rebuttal game to go along with his usual m.o. of thought-provoking urban street tales, gritty punches, steely gun bars and lofty name flips that would were especially absolute during a sublime 2nd round (i.e. classic) that allowed Danny to split things going into round 3. But while the EFB vet gave a valiant effort in the 3rd (tho he was partly hurt one too many name flips again in the finale), ultimately it was Awthentic’s ability to stay on Danny’s neck with yet another firestorm of dizzying haymakers that would the We Go Hard alum the win.

Verdict: Awthentic (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Awthentic – “I’ll be the only face you see when you die ‘cuz you see I only need God as my witness!”

O’fficial defeats Loso

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Recap: Nothing to do with him being a Christian battle rapper. But it’s a little weird seeing Loso get lackadaisical with the pen and rely on so many toxic personals here in this UDubb 3-rounder against O’fficial. And ironically, that strategy would contribute to his loss. As after a lyrically-acute and punch-heavy round 1 edged Loso the opener, struggles with his flow as well as a gang of subpar personal disses and the Bardashian turning it up when it came flexing gun lines, gritty punches/personals and fierce hometown bars, allows O’fficial to come back and take both of the latter rounds for the win.

Verdict: O’fficial (W) 2-1

Favorite line: O’fficial – “You a man of God, so I don’t believe you blam toast, Alicia Keys at the Super Bowl, bitch you starting off on a bad note!”

Chef Trez defeats Monsta

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Recap: It came down to way too many jabs from the Chef. In this 3-rounder from the New Udubb, as extremely hard-hitting, aggressive and street-themed as Monsta could be, too many dry spots from the Southern battler and a Chef Trez consistently hitting on all cylinders when it came to potent gun lines, spicy rebuttals/freestyles, greasy name flips and wicked punches gives the ATL vet a sturdy 30.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “Potato in front of this shrimp, he in hot water, we making gumbo!”

Yung Deezy defeats T Top

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from The New UDubb, T Top’s return to Arsonal’s league turns out to be one he’d like to forget. As in a surpising turn, The Bear simply couldn’t get out of his own way, stumbling and forgetting his bars several times before eventually choking here against Yung Deezy. A Gates of the Garden alum who in fairness, came to compete what with consistently gritty punchlines and other mayhem-lit darts that might have had him pull off the upset regardless of his more well-known opponent’s subpar performance.

Verdict: Yung Deezy (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Yung Deezy – “So chill, you bet’sta be calm, ‘cuz to e real you got a fat girl image, that’s why I put a little extra on the arm!”

Swamp defeats Big Hunnit

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from Next Level Battle League, a steadier handling Swamp uses a gang of mean name flips, sturdy gun bars, wily personals and hard-hitting punchlines to beat back a gritty, but not as prolific stunting effort from Big Hunnit.

Verdict: Swamp (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Swamp – “It’s something about the Francis Scott Key situation that helped me really learn some shit, you can do whatever the fuck floats your boat just don’t burn a bridge!”

Arsonal defeats Kapo Bravado

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Recap: From the New Udubb, in a 3-round battle littered with plenty of basic punches, but still competetive via a bunch of bold struggle bars, gritty street rhymes, aggressive trap talk, flexing gang lines and even an unnecessary (considering that he already had the round won) nifty tag-in from one of Kapo Bravado’s people’s in round 2. Yet on his way to a spirited comeback after losing round 1 and handily taking the middle round here versus Arsonal, Kapo (who also had some potent personals throughout the bout) somehow ventures into complete meltdown mode midway through his 3rd and with a trio of highly damaging slip-ups, ends up losing the deciding round and the battle.

Verdict: Arsonal (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Kapo Bravado – “My bars like a stripper real name, he gotta be a certain type of nigger to get it!”

QB (Black Diamond) defeats T-Rex

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Recap: QB vs. T-Rex, the headline battle from the former’s Black Diamond Battle League, features a gang of hard-hitting, gritty punches from battlers (including a fly freestyle by Rex after some weirdo approached QB to hug her mind-round) that kept things competitive for the one round these two vets agreed to spar. But while Rex’s hardbody darts and a slam dunk on the cap were worth the price of admission, it was the fiery wordplay-dishing, more versatile, rich personals and clever, mayhem-lit raps of QB that scored enough haymakers to get the win.

Verdict: QB (W) 1-0

Favorite line: QB – “See, I been gettng slept on, and I’m pissed off for real, I don’t know what you thought you was getting pussy this ain’t Netfliz and chill!”

T-Top defeats Jay Dat Guy

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Recap: From The Playform Battles, Kansas City battler Jay Dat Guy does well and stays consistent with a bunch of gritty punches and fierce drug bars/talk throughout his 3 rounds here against T-Top. But unbeknowest to apparently everyone in the room but Top himself, The Bear’s surprising ability to add a pretty solid rebuttal game to his repertiore to go along with a fiery bag of hard-hitting set-up/punchlines, boastful barbs and stinging gun bars/trap talk, helps him edge in each round for a Gentleman’s 30.

Verdict: T-Top (W) 3-0

Favorite line: T-Top – “Y’all see how I wnt from fight to blade to pistol, well just know I always keep them things on me, but he ain’t wanna see the Mac go last, like Steve Harvey!”

Coffee Brown defeats Rocq Lee

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Recap: In this spirited 1-rounder from LetsBeReal Battle League, a more consistently nice Coffee Brown unleashes her usual m.o. of clever name flips, hard street darts, spirited punchlines and boastful barns to secure a victory over Rocq Lee. Despite Rocq Lee’s gritty performance, the Bags and Bodies alum inconsistency would hurt her when it came to matching Brown’s overall prowess.

Verdict: Coffee Brown (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Coffee Brown – “Every time I rap it sound like explosions, buck-50 [swipes down like blade] take a piece off Rocq’s face look like corrosion!”

Ill Will defeats Aye Verb

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Recap: From RBE, a 3-round battle that was a lot closer (well, except for round 2 which Will won handily) than either of its participants verbalized on stage, sees Ill Will come back from getting edged in round 1 to a more efficiently punch-lit Aye Verb and take both of latter rounds, what with a gang of boastful barbs, gritty punchlines, flashy gun bars and hard, aggressive set-up/personals, for the win.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ill Will – “That’s why we laugh at you guys, something packed in the ride that’ll have you staring at the back of your eyes, this the last Enterprise, semi folding shit up like Optimus Prime trying to get back in disguise!”

Geechi Gotti defeats E. Ness

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from the New UDubb’s ‘The Rebirth’ card, Geechi Gotti has an easy time of it. Whether he was mocking opponent E. Ness’ old-school rapping linguistics, going back in time and making all-too-hilarious barbs on the veteran Philly rapper’s former ‘Da Band’ clique, circumventing via a bunch current event disses on Ness’ former boss Diddy and dishing a gang of hard-hitting street raps/punches, the EFB capo ends up doing more than enough to get the win over a hitting at times, but overall mediocre showing by Ness.

Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “This type of nigga be telling bitches ‘I’m E. Ness from Making da Band’, but the fucked up part is when he battle rap he don’t even be making a band!”

Ms. Hustle defeats Chess

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Recap: From URL’s Smack Vol. 11 card, continuing a long streak that’s made her one of the most dangerous opponent’s in the game, Ms. Hustle unleashes a world of havoc on Chess and never lets up. The EFB vixen absolutely stunting through 3 rounds with a variety of sublime gun bars, hard-hitting punchlines, salacious personals, boastful barbs, fiery name flips, spicy Chess slogan flips and righteous darts on Chess’ latest unforced errors that frankly speaking he probably needed to hear. As the Young Gawd, while able to display streams of gritty punches and personals (he even spouted a fly rebuttal in round 3) that kept him competitive, just couldn’t get out of his own way when it came to slip-ups throughout the battle.

Verdict: Ms. Hustle (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Ms. Hustle – “I only roll with shooters, that’s in the door kicking, more clicking, you won’t it past this 4-5…dwarfism!”

Tay Roc defeats Serius Jones

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Recap: A long-awaited grudge match between Serius Jones and Tay Roc finally takes place on URL’s Smack Volume 11 card and besides Roc attempting to spoil the show again with his silly and unnecessary ‘almost fight’ antics, the outcome here was just about what you’d expect. Jones, who to be fair almost always gives a full-hearted effort, did seem to listen a bit to critics who’ve recently urged him to update his flow patterns and new era colloquialisms. But despite some hard punches here and there as well as jokes and freestyles (which surprisingly he doesn’t do enough of) that oft-landed, way too many reaches as well as way too many subpar punches/personals to go along with a gang of lyrical schrmical darts during his trio of elongated rounds would once again prove to be too much to overcome. On the other Roc, who’s clearly chasing the COTY award this year what with him battling so often of late, gave a workmanlike performance that reminded the crowd (and hopefully his opponent) that there’s levels to this. The Gun Titles capo unleashing a mostly (after a slow start to his 3rd, Roc would turn it up in the latter half to get the 30) consistent, mayhem-lit, rapid-fire barrage of fiending wordplay, stinging gun bars, rich similes, flexing name flips and sturdy punchlines to score more than enough haymakers in each round for the win.

Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Tay Roc – “You trash, I don’t care if they saying that homie is cooking, this pussy say something to make me mad and hook him, wire jaw through a straw, you eating Tapioca pudding!”

Chef Trez defeats Charlie Clips

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Recap: From URL’s Smack Vol. 11 card, after edging round 1 here vs. Chef Trez with a couple of spicy mid-round rebuttals, a heavily scheming, metaphor flipping Charlie Clips goes back to ‘Which Clips will show up?’ mode, resorts to way too many freestyles and after getting beaten badly in round 2 to the way more haymaket-lit Trez, delivers a mostly pedestrian/off-the dome/oft-indirect turn in the deciding 3rd, helping the consistently punch-lit, rebuttal-spazzing, gun bar flashing and personal/scheme/name flip-fiending Trez get the win.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “What’s the reason?, nuthin’ you say legit, we all go scrolling down that rabbit hole when it’s late as shit, but nobody can out-do how you be playing Clips!”

Ryda defeats Deth The Kid

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Recap: Former URL mainstay Ryda makes his debut on iBattle and it’s an impressive one. The Maryland vet using a gang of hard-hitting set-up/punchines, potent name flips, filthy metaphors and boastful barbs to beat back a competitively punching throughout, but not as consistently hitting Deth The Kid in all 3 rounds for a well-earned 30.

Verdict: Ryda (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Ryda – “Bombs away, this where the Kid dies like Jon Benet, he gonna hold onto this round like Jordan on Father’s Day!”

Ill Will defeats N.O.T.R.

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Recap: Ill Will, who’s been battling quite a bit lately, shows no signs of wear or tear as he uses an aggressive and versatile barrage of sizzling punchlines/name flips, gritty hometown references/bars, a couple of fly rebuttals and a gang of boastful barbs to handily take this LetsBeReal Battle League 1-rounder over a punch-lit at times, but a bit flow-challenged and not quite as efficient N.O.T.R.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Ill Will – “Kapo hit my line, I said I’m down man, send the best my way, get this fruit chopped up on the road while he driving, make it a Chef highway!”

T-Top defeats Nu Jerzey Twork

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Recap: From URL’s Smack Volume 11 card, after failing to take advantage of a beatable round 1 from T-Top with a flat-out choke, the graphic and twisted mayhem unleashed from Nu Jerzey Twork scores with enough haymakers to edge round 2 and tie things up going into round 3. However, utilizing a boatload of righteous heat, sturdy set-up/punclines. fierce name flips and hardbody street raps, it’s the more efficient T-Top whe edges the 3rd for the win in a bout that may have been a little underwhelmimg what with two battlers being close friends outside the ring.

Verdict: T-Top (W) 2-1

Favorite line: T-Top – “Murda Mook, I’m a do you dirty in a small room and ya record gonna have a scratch on it!”

Ill Will defeats Gunhood Zeke

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Recap: From Any Body Can Die Battle League, a bunch of hard street raps, some spicy rebuttals and fleeting trap talk makes for a pretty solid effort from Gunhood Zeek in this 1-rounder against Ill Will. But coupled with an elongated and reach-prone turn by Zeek, it’s a plethora of sublime 4-bar set-up/punchlines, witty barbs/personals and mayhem-lit darts that earns Will the win.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Ill Will – “If I’m fucking ya bitch, just get through it dog, I ain’t trying to break up the two of y’all, don’t get your body wrapped up in plastic over a booty call!”

Charron defeats Danny Myers (Rematch)

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Recap: Charron’s gotta learn how to leave them on a high. I mean, still rapping after that killer ‘7th Ward’ line in round 3 just made no sense. Either way, after (had Charron taking round 1 before the more efficient Bar God edged the 2nd) splitting the first couple of rounds with a pretty solid overall (tho his 3rd was mostly lackluster) Danny Myers in this rebuttal-lit, heavily N.O.-referenced 3-rounder from UDubb, a dominate jokefest drenched, personal-spazzing and punchline-crazy final turn by the ‘Smack Killer’ gets him the win.

Verdict: Charron (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Charron – “Fuck y’all crew, I’ll kill Danny then I’ll maul you, old-school Christmas lights, once one die they all do!”

Saflare Sole defeats Pyrex Jones

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Recap: From iBattle, I have no idea how much he might be into sports, but if he wanted to Saflare Sole woudl make an excelleny color analyst. After all all, as seen here in this 1-rounder against a punch-lit at times and overall pretty decent Pyrex Jones, Sole’s commentary-style of battle rap which in this bout featured a gang of graphic punches, fly similes, versatile name flips, gritty darts, mean set-ups and sporty wordplay, not only scores more than enough haymakers to get him the win here, but is charismatic enough to give him a plan B if Sole’s other ventures don’t plan out.

Verdict: Saflare Sole (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Saflare Sole – “You was on a roll your last battle, here’s where ya luck change, you doen bit off more than you can chew…it’s a mukbang!”

Xcel defeats Snake Eyez

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Recap: From TBL, flexing throughout this battle with a boatload boastful barbs, witty personals, stinging name flips, gritty gun bars and well-crafted punchlines, a more versatile and consistently hitting Xcel does more than enough to take rounds 1 and 3 (call round 2 debatable) for the win over an aggressive and piercing at times, but less substantive Snake Eyez.

Verdict: Xcel (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Xcel – “You said I don’t have impact, it don’t matter my guns do!”

Shotgun Suge defeats Clone

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Recap: From WarTown Battles, an early slip-up would cost him in a tight round 1, but afterwards Shotgun Suge make up for the unforced error with two rounds of condensed heat, that were littered with a gritty array of sizzling name flips, hard-hitting trap talk, fiery punches and boastful barbs. And while the hard street dalliances and hardbody punchlines of Clone worked their magic in the opening round, a little too much filler during a couple of elongated turns by the Georgia vet would help Suge edge both the 2d and 3rd rounds for the win.

Verdict: Shotgun Suge (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Shotgun Suge – “Clone, he a stuntman, code word choppers and caskets, that’s a broom and a dustpan!”

Los Premee defeats Chef Trez

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Recap: If he can stay consistent with the heat, this kid Los Premee has a very bright future ahead of him in battle rap. The iBattle up-n-comer, here against an always competitive, rebuttal-lit and oft-punch heavy/potent gun bar slinging Chef Trez, impressing again with 3 rounds of spitfire lines. Whether he was fiercely flipping the Chef’s slogan against him, spouting a gang of crazy anime bars/similes, going toe-to-toe with Trez when it came to spicy rebuttals, flexing with a bunch of hard-hitting street darts or dishing gritty haymakers via a sublime punch game with rapid and relative ease, Los Premee seems to be putting even to top tiers on notice. That said, after a debatable round 1, it’s the more prolific scoring Premee who takes rounds 2 and 3 for the win.

Verdict: Los Premee (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Los Premee – “I was just gonna rob him, then he tried to run so I dumped the ‘matic instead, dropped him instantly, it’s schizophrenia, I got 3 of them things in the back of the head!”

Shotgun Suge and B. Magic [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Despite battling some early slip-ups in round 1, Shotgun Suge still manages to get busier with the punches in round 1 of this 3-round, ‘The Rebirth’ bout from UDubb vs. a pedestrian B. Magic to edge things there. However, a combination of a still pretty solid Suge relying a little too much on well-oiled personals concerning his opp along with Magic stepping it up with both the punchlines and the wordplay (esp. when it came to use of hometown [“I could’ve been a Birdman with all the Fiend’s that I found!”]references in round 3) in the latter two rounds allows for an equally efficient 2nd, before Magic came back to take the final round to earn a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Shotgun Suge – “I only play the trap for half a summer, these nigga’s lack in hunger, I hit the block and turn 20 into 50, we doing Magic numbers!”

Yunus defeats Chef Trez

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Recap: From Body Bag Battle League, showcasing some incredible wordplay throughout to go along with a boatload of fiery gun bars, sporty rebuttals of his own, stinging name flips and a gang of crazy 4-bar set/punchlines, after handily out-punching opponent Chef Trez in round 1, a more versatile and slightly punch-heavier Yunus survives a dope round 2 from his veteran opp to edge the middle round for the win. However it’s Trez, still competitive while serving up a rich palette of fierce off-the-dome heat, sturdy gun bars and gritty punches throughout the bout, who takes the 3rd with a bit of help of a more indirect and struggle bar prone Yunus, to avoid the shutout.

Verdict: Yunus (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Yunus – “You don’t get that tho?, this is Tic Tac Toe, I’m trying to X out 3 of them thangs!”

Quis defeats Hansel

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Recap: From Westworld Battle Rap, a dope, competitive and gritty 3-rounder between Quis and Hansel sees the former use an often elite and versatile punch game that featured a boatload of fire name flips, ill street-themed darts. pointed trap verses and piercing similes/personals to score more haymakers in both roounds 1 and 2 for the win. And while Hansel kept it close throughout the match with a gang of aggressive and righteous bars to go along with a bunch of hard-hitting personals and stifling punches of his own, the EFB member would suffer from a little too much filler in the earlier rounds before scoring a debatable in an equally efficient 3rd.

Verdict: Quis (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Quis – “90s baby, made my first sale on IM!”

Jaz The Rapper defeats Bizzo Bond

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Recap: From Premier Battles in London, UK, in light of a pretty solid-punching and witty at times effort from opponent Bizzo Bond, a versatile Jaz The Rapper reaches in her big bag and pulls out all the tricks. The veteran battle vixen spouting a gang of fiery set-up/punchlines, savory name flips, mocking personals, boastful barbs and dope wordplay/gun bars with stifling consistency to earn a 30 overseas.

Verdict: Jaz The Rapper (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Jaz The Rapper – “You hype ‘cuz your big ass ‘6 “3?, Twork is 6-4, I am not at all phased, twin guns, now he between two poles…Batty man legs!”

Fonz defeats Chef Trez (Rematch)

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Recap: Damn, Chef Trez and Fonz battled each other so long ago, it’s easy to forget that they met up already. Either way, this rematch from URL’s “Redemption 3” card, while certainly a goodie, moreso established how much Fonz has evolved over the years to become one of the best punchers in the game. The Landlord wasting no time with his elite punch game while going at his opponent with a rapid stream of filthy similes, stinging name flips, bullish boasts, hard-hitting personals and fiery linguistic darts that after a debatable round 1, proved to be more efficient during the latter two rounds for the win. That said, despite Chef Trez delivering his usual strong performance, it was surprising that after the opening round, he didn’t utilize more (after dishing ‘3 of those things’ in the opener) rebuttals in the battle, which along with being elongated in rounds 2 and 3, might have contributed to his defeat. Nonetheless, by showcasing his usual m.o. of impressive gun bars and fire punchlines, Trez made it clear that even in a loss, he’s still worth the price of admission.

Verdict: Fonz (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Fonz – “Trez you can’t fuck with me, I’m only trying to reason with’cha, ‘cuz like a torn ACL, you facing a seasoned killer!”

JC defeats J2

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Recap: A pretty solid effort that featured a bunch of sturdy gun bars and hard-hitting set-up punchlines & personals keeps J2 competitive in this ‘Redemption 3’ 3-rounder from URL. But one too many attempts at more acute punches that failed to hit by J2 as well as a turned up JC, who when he wasn’t getting righteous with a gang of syrupy pontifications in round 1, got the job done with a combative stream of fire wordplay, boastful barbs, fiery God-complex heat, witty darts and potent punches to take rounds 2 and 3 (after a debatable round 1) for the win.

Verdict: JC (W) 2-1

Favorite line: JC – “Your community cancel me, go wild, I have no concern about him/he/them/they or she…I’m the pronoun!”

Ill Will defeats Swav

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Recap: In this gritty 1-rounder from Houston Bar Code, Ill Will uses an artful supply of killer 4-bar set-up/punchlines, raucous street lines, some dope ordplay and plenty of boastful barbs to score the win over an earnest and punch-lit at times, but mostly pedestrian Swav.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Ill Will – “Get a grip and tell ya bitch Ill in the South, I wanna put something real in her mouth, I ain’t a plain [plane] nigga, but if she show me that landing strip…that’s when Will [wheel] coming out!”

T-Top defeats Snake Eyez

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Recap: from URL’s Redemption 3 card, one of the best openers in the game, Snake Eyez’s 1st round is nothing but hard-hitting street rhymes, aggression and bullish boasts. But as per usual, the former Dot Mobb head 2nd and 3rd rounds, while remaining gritty, don’t meet up to the sheer intensity and efficiency of his round 1. Thus, the ability of a more versatile, lyrically adept, name flip-crazy, trap talk-lit, set-up/punchline rich and witty with the personals when necessary T-Top to score more haymakers and edge the first round, before handily taking both of the following rounds for the 30.

Verdict: T-Top (W) 3-0

Favorite line: T-Top – “On dating sites, all his pictures got a dark disguise, he gives awkward vibes, and his description says ‘snake skin’ and ‘marble eyes’!”

O-Red defeats Kid Chaos

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Recap: From URL’s Redemption 3 card, after getting edged in round 1 to a set-up/punchline and wordplay-lit Kid Chaos, the tables get completely turned in both of the latter rounds as O-Red’s continuous barrage of fly personals, piercing schemes, boastful barbs, gritty gun lines and hard-hitting punches all effective, scoring and most importantly winning on their own, are even more damaging when compared to Chaos surprisingly switching it up in rounds 2 and 3 for elongated build-ups and a bunch of personals that sometimes hit when it came to wit, but for the most part were pedesrian and dated.

Verdict: O-Red (W) 2-1

Favorite line: O-Red – “You wanna talk about bitches?!, you damn near cried in one of your battles ‘cuz your BM killed a nigga, that’s odd to me, like what you sad ‘cuz shorty got more bodies than you?!”

Arsonal defeats Holmzie Da God

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Recap: From URL’s Redemption 2 card we see an Arsonal showing up in top form. Da Rebel unleashing a relentless barrage of lyrical prowess, especially during a fire 3rd round that saw Big Jersey weave intricate wordplay and clever jabs throughout. But it wasn’t just the finale that dazzled as from the outset, Arsonal delivered a relentless stream of gritty punches and witty barbs, proving once again that when he’s in a zone, he’s a force to be reckoned with. And while opponent Holmzie Da God came with an earnest effort, it was Arsonal who dominated, clearly taking the first and third rounds, with the second up for debate.

Verdict: Arsonal (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Arsonal – “Mac 11s, that’s the Trey Young’s we manuever with!”

Geechi Gotti defeats Coach Corleone

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Recap: From TOS Battle League, against a gritty and pretty solid punching Coach Corleone, Geechi Gotti is made to earn it. But meeting the challenge with a gang of hard-hitting boastful chatter, steely street raps, lucid trap talk and a plethora of stinging punchlines, the Compton, CA, vet is able to efficently score a couple of more haymakers and get the win in this competitive 1-rounder.

Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “I’m talking a real dope boy, if I din’t have pyrex, we using ice with the pitcher, all my real nigga’s know when you cook it the rock never came back white, it was tan like this light-skin nigga!”

Your Honor defeats Loso

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Recap: How many times during a battle do you hear someone in the crowd tell a battler to ‘turn it up’? Well, after getting out-punched by a grittier Loso in round 1 of this ‘Banned’ URL bout, Your Honor does just that, but on his own. The DMV rapper speeding up his flow in light of a strict time clock and delivering a couple of spitfire rounds filler with piercing trap talk, graphic boasts and hard-hitting 4-bar set-up/punchlines to land more haymakers and take both of the latter rounds over consistently solid, but less efficient Horseman.

Verdict: Your Honor (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Your Honor – “I be shooting the shit out of light-skin nigga’s, no bluffing, it’s vertical for accuracy, horizontal for when I’m stunting, you wanna die or you wanna almost die, ‘cuz that’s a lower button!”

Emerson Kennedy defeats Arsonal (Rematch)

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Recap: From Last Second Sea, against a gritty and aggressive, but much less substantial Arsonal, Emerson Kennedy uses a consistent stream of hard-hitting righteous darts, stinging set-up/punchlines and flexing personals/wordplay to edge all 3 rounds for the win.

Verdict: Emerson Kennedy (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Emerson Kennedy – “You tried to push this funeral, you can’t escape the fate, dude running the snooze button, Ars you just delayed the wake!”

Chef Trez defeats Kid Chaos

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Recap: In this exclusive URL App 3-rounder, Chef Trez utilizes a gang of banging off-the-dome heat, flippant personals, gritty name flips, fire set-up/punchlines and sturdy gun bars to take the first couple of rounds for the win over a pretty solid-as-usual Kid Chaos. The South Carolina vet competing hard with a plethora of ill breakdowns, eccentric wordplay and gutsy punches/name flips, but unable to overcome his opponent’s more formidable rounds until his best turn in the 3rd, which he edged to avoid the shutout.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “Mr. Language Arts I quit school, but I know every story got a body in it!”

Big Kannon defeats J2

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Recap: From The Smoke Room Battle League, a lot of pedestrain bars on both sides, but Big Kannon with a plethora of gay jokes, righteous boasts, some solid wordplay and gritty punchlines/off-the-dome heat and J2 with a gang of aggressive gun bars and feelgood personals/punches, split (J2 took round 1 before BK returned the favor in round 2) the first two rounds of this 3-rounder before a more efficiently punch-lit handily takes the deciding 3rd for the win.

Verdict: Big Kannon (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Big Kannon – “It’s a violation, ‘cuz I was offended with how they predited this, it’s like leaving on good terms with a ex, ain’t this a bitch!”

JC defeats Deth The Kid

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Recap: Clearly, Deth The Kid wasn’t just happy to be there. Proving gamely effective with a gang of stinging 4-bar set-up/punchlines, gritty wordplay and some solid personals, in this 1-rounder from iBattle, Deth proved that he came to win. Unfortunately for Deth tho, JC wasn’t about to let an upset happen. The Michigan vet rising up to the challenge (tho he did come close to a couple of reaches) with an ill-mannered stream of graphic, mayhem-lit punches, sturdy name flips, fire gun bars, lofty similes/metaphors and boastful darts to gather up just enough haymakers and edge the win

Verdict: JC (W) 1-0

Favorite line: JC – “Man you know I’m a beast, we are nowhere close to relief, nigga I’m so sick, nigga’s are outside checking Covid for me!”

Marv Won defeats Ace Amin

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Recap: That Ace Amin ‘back in a box’ freestyle to open his 2nd round (which he edged) that was directed at Last Second Sea capo Emerson Kennedy was crazy! However, withstanding way too many instances that saw him struggle with his flow to go along with a bundle of pedestrian bars (tho he did dish some ill street rhymes here and there) throughout the battle and an opponent in Marv Won who kept it on-point for 3 rounds via a boatload of righteous darts, fierce punchlines, rich storytelling and solid name flips/jokes, inevitably it’s the longtime Detroit vet who takes rounds 1 and 3 for the win.

Verdict: Marv Won (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Marv Won – “Let me be frank, I only did this to make a couple of Benjamins flip, I’ll put 10 in ya whip, for acting lowkey spicy…like a cinnamon stick!”

Jaz The Rapper and Bigg K [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Camera dudes running through the stage while the battle is going on?!? Chrome 23 has gotta do better. Anyway, in an unexpected matchup between Bigg K and Jaz The Rapper that saw both battlers appear on Remy Ma’s league for the first time, outside of their usual m.o.’s., angles utilized by both K and Jaz were noteworthy. K with a bunch of hard-hitting/disrespectful personals when he wasn’t punching Jaz’s light out. While a more versatile Jaz would hit her opponent with a gang of witty barbs/personals when she’s using solid race angles (one of which K surprisingly addressed), fiesty gun bars and gritty punches that for the most part hit (tho she did shockingly struggle with her flow a bit). That said, a debatable round 1 efficient when it comes to haymakers on both sides is followed up by K upstaging a less consistent Jaz in round 2 before the Rapper got back (“You the king of being anti-Smack, matter of fact you so anti-Smack all you do is punch!”) in her bag with a sturdier and more consistently -lit 3rd to force a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Bigg K – “Y’all ruin every league that try to give you bitches bread, it’s time to sing a new tune, that Femi shit is dead, they got me out the blue room ‘cuz y’all got Remy in the red!”

First Lady Flamez defeats Eliza Versa

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Recap: Funny how Gwitty be telling the crowd to quiet down during battles when he’s the one interrupting the battlers the most. Anyway, a close, competitive and fire 3-rounder from SheGoHard between an aggressive, mayhem-lit and excessive gun bar-slinging Eliza Versa and a fierce name-flip kicking, gritty punching, lyrically brash and heat holding First Lady Flamez comes down to the more condensed, versatile (including that dope Denzel Washington movie scheme) and slightly more haymaker efficient Flamez edging rounds 1 (call round 2 debatable) and 3 for the win.

Verdict: First Lady Flamez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: First Lady Flamez – “But they said E’s one of y’all best, ain’t really been faced with death, but she could still go far, but I think forward, rigormortis…yeah she’ll go [makes choke sign] hard!”

Casey Jay defeats Shooney Da Rapper

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Recap: From Queen of the Ring, a dope 3-rounder between Shooney Da Rapper and Casey Jay features a gang of aggressive punches, sublime name flips, flippant personals, sturdy gun bars and other raucous lyrical darts that kept the bout (add to the mix a couple of fire rebuttals from Shooney) competitive throughout. However, as thoro and hitting as Shooney was for 3 rounds, it was Casey who brought a sledgehammer while upping the ante and taking it to another level. The slightly more consistent Bardashian out-punching and landing just enough more haymakers over her fellow battle rap vet to edge rounds 2 and 3 (after a debatable 1st) for a well-earned win.

Verdict: Casey Jay (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Casey Jay – “Bitch, you almost 40?, we wanted you to be the champ, finish lines to give you glory, I mean we really counted on Shoo [shoe] like inventory!”

Coffee Brown defeats Gemin1

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Recap: From Premier Battles, Coffee Brown takes her talents to the UK and handles her business. The Cali native scoring and dishing plenty of mayhem with a gang of fiery name flips, some slick wordplay, hard-hitting punchlines, boastful barbs and graphic gun/knife bars to take rounds 1 and (call the 2nd debatable) 3 for the win over an often salacious, gritty and pretty solid effort from local battler Gemin1.

Verdict: Coffee Brown (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Coffee Brown – “I’m not affected by star power Gemin1, fuck a zodiac!”

Charlie Clips defeats C3

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Recap: From Chrome 23, against a C3 who had her moments here and there, but overall unleashed way too many pedestrian bars to compete, a ‘serious’ Charlie Clips uses a bunch of sizzling name flips, brazen schemes, salacious punches, witty personals and piercing off-the-dome heat to handily get the 30.

Verdict: Charlie Clips (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Charlie Clips – “Remy hit my phone, i need you to fucking black, you ever hit a black bitch doggy-style?, in other words I’m fucking back!”

T-Top defeats Prep

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Recap: From URL, not a great T-Top (including struggling with his flow at times, which led to a debatable round 2) here, but with a solid bunch of fiery boasts, piercing trap talk, gritty storytelling/punches and a boatload of well-oiled personals against an earnest, but mostly pedestrian Prep, Top’s cacophony of stirring rhymes are just enough to edge him the 1st and 3rd rounds for the win.

Verdict: T-Top (W) 2-1

Favorite line: T-Top – “Ypu my name in ya mouth again, I’m a send my guys to come and get you, I mean you better say it under your breath like you and mom’s is having issues!”

E-Hart defeats QB (Black Diamond)

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Recap: As long as they’ve both been in the game, it’s a surprise that QB and E-Hart hadn’t met up yet one-on-one. But here they finally are for a 3-rounder on Chrome 23 and as it turns out, it was certainly worth the wait. QB keeping it competitive with a piercing assortment of mean/witty personals, hitting name flips and gritty punchlines, while an aggressive more than usual and in-ya-face Hart wilded out with a gang of stinging/sporty wordplay, fire name flips of he own, boastful darts and in a departure from her usual m.o., a cluster of pent-up personals. Add in a pretty solid 2nd round freestyle/rebuttal from Hart and QB failing to meet the bar Hart set when it came to punches and it’s the Bronx vixen to does enough to take both of the opening rounds for the win before a more efficient QB salvaged the 3rd.

Verdict: E-Hart (W) 2-1

Favorite line: E-Hart – “Fake nigga, you sneak bitches afraid to knuckle up, play nigga, I sleep bitches, I make ’em cuddle up!”

Los Premee defeats Danny Myers

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Recap: A gritty, graphic/versatile-punching and pretty solid effort from Danny Myers, in this 1-rounder from iBattleTV, gets blown to bits by the richer combo of righteous similes, salacious gun bars, slick wordplay and searing punches delivered by Los Premee, giving the up-n-coming Brooklyn emcee a noteworthy win for his resume.

Verdict: Los Premee (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Los Premee – “Nah, you think you gonna put me in a plot, that’s a grave mistake, another opp getting tagged, colostomy bag I’m laying waste!”

Chef Trez defeats Jayrone

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Recap: From Family Battle League, against the bullish/street-themed overtones of a solid, but mostly pedestrian Jayrone, via a nice healthy mix of gritty gun bars, wicked name flips/personals, stinging punchlines and of course, some off-the-dome heat to plant his mark, Chef Trez gets another handy win.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “Nigga’s trying, but I don’t be around haters, and I don’t owe this nigga 3 of dem things, it’s Family Battle League, we don’t count favors!”

Ave defeats Snake Eyez

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Recap: In this ‘1-off’ 3-rounder from URL, Ave uses a piercing and electric punch game, fire wordplay throughout and some witty/mocking personals to handily get the 30 over a gritty and aggressive as usual, but not nearly as steadily hitting Snake Eyez.

Verdict: Ave (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Ave – “Fuck is y’all saying?, y’all let him keep playing like he that guy, that’s like homeless nigga’s bragging about ‘I be outside!'”