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Ish Mulah defeats AR-16

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Recap: Quick to segue from written’s to off-the-dome hijinks due to his amazing freestyle ability, the ever-witty and spontaneous AR-16 still makes for a memorable show. But in this 1-rounder from Kill Switch Battle League against Ish Mulah, a lack of steady heat from AR combined with a combative Mulah dropping a boatload of bruising punchline after punchline to go with some piercing personals and plenty of mayhem, gives Ish an impressive win when you consider too that his opponent rapped twice as long as he did.

Verdict: Ish Mulah (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Ish Mulah – “Quick to give him the first shot like loosen up!”

Craig Lamar defeats AR-16

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Recap: Nice, gritty effort here by the-returning-to-the-scene and off-the-dome feen AR-16. But one too many pedestrian bars by AR, plus a heavily loaded with the heat and punch-spazzing Craig Lamar gives the latter a win in this 1-round, Social Distance battle from RBE.

Verdict: Craig Lamar (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Craig Lamar – “It’s nice of us to meet 16, I will show up to your daughter’s birthday party with a gun just to show ain’t about me sweet 16!”

AR-16 defeats Red Dott

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Synopsis: AR-16’s ability to win battles with mostly freestyles either makes him an overall dope emcee, a guy doesn’t know how to prepare or a guy with enough confidence in his skills that it doesn’t matter who he faces or a guy who just doesn’t take battle rap seriously. Or perhaps it’s all of the above. Whatever the case, with ample jokes at the ready he’s still a crowd pleaser and as proven here, while he may never get top tier battles with this kind of m.o., somehow the dubs keep coming.

Verdict: AR-16 (W) 1-0

Best line:  AR-16 – “As a matter of fact, you gay, I’mma kill him (instead) cuz’ that’s your boo nigga'”

K Holla defeats AR-16

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Synopsis: There’s obvious reasons you have to respect the freestyle over the written when it comes to battle rap. After all anyone can take the time to prepare bars, memorize them and deliver them come battle time. But freestyling takes on a whole different mentality, what with on-the-spot spontaneity combined electrifying energy, an oft-difficult artform that takes you back to the neighborhood cyphers. It’s why this battle was close, because while K. Holla’s wordplay were genuinely nice and consistent, they weren’t superb or creative enough to warrant an obvious win over AR’s mix of funny hijinks and steady personals..all within freestyle mode. Too bad AR basically took the first round off, wasting freestyles on Jesse Rican instead of his opponent or he might’ve stole another win.

Verdict: K Holla (W) 2-1

Favorite line: K Holla – “Call my bluff, no ring, I’ll let it vibrate beside his click, his body drop without nobody knowing, that’s Beyonce shit”

AR-16 defeats Amzilla

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Synopsis: Nice to see AR-16 at least TRY to combine his wicked freestyle ability with a decent pen game. Hell, maybe if he did so more often he could catch more bodies as he does here against a guy who has no problem admitting that he mixes period juice with his Henny.

Verdict: AR-16 (W) 3-0

Favorite line: AR-16 – “You look like you got that hat from Sears”

AR-16 defeats KP

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Synopsis: This battle reminds me a little bit of Conceited’s match against Goodz, in particular Con’s inability to freestyle a bar on Goodz soaking wet armpits, which were there just begging to be styled on. But when you’re a freestyle champ like AR-16, styling on an obvious target like KP’s aesthetics not only comes too easy, but gives you an extra bullet to work with. Too bad for KP, who after a stellar first round just delivered a host of vanilla bars in rounds 2 and 3 that left you snoozing, allowing AR to catch up, go beastmode and take the W.

Verdict: AR-16 (W) 2-1

Favorite line: AR-16 – “I could say anything, because you didn’t say nothing”

AR-16 defeats Express Money

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Synopsis: With all the tension in the room, it’s no wonder they cut this battle off so quick after AR’s last round. One can only hope they dapped it up in the end (I mean it’s a BATTLE people). Either way I got AR’s freestyles and jokes over Express Money’s mostly bland bars.

Verdict: AR-16 (W) 2-1

Favorite line: AR-16 – “For that cheesy bread, I kill ‘Lil Caesar & ya Papa John”

AR-16 defeats Sco

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Synopsis: Comical is the only way one could describe this match in what appears to be a hot as hell basement full of white T’s, phones ringing during the battle and an apparently high-as-f–k host in QOTR’s Vague. Pitting Sco’s ok rhymes vs. AR-16’s alright freestyle’s, it’s AR who displays enough comic relief to edge the first couple of rounds and claim another win.

Verdict: AR-16 (W) 2-1

Favorite line: AR-16 – “Let bullets out the clip, they longer than Osama bin Laden’s chin hair”