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Chilla Jones defeats Arcane

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Recap: Some nice (“I’m cold Chilla, this ain’t a battle I’m here to coach Chilla, you ain’t headlining Coachella, you flying coach Chilla!”) quotables delivered here and there by Arcane. But too many pedestrian bars by the former KOTD champ, along with a crazy (“…who wrote that shit?”) rebuttal as well as solid (“I’m cold dog. slush puppy!”) wordplay/punchlines in the 2nd and 3rd rounds from Chilla Jones gets Boss-town the win in front of what sounded like an oft-times lethargic Toronto crowd.

Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “They don’t want to see Albino [Al buying bars], if they did I would’ve taken Villun!”

Cortez defeats Arcane

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Recap: Even tho he clearly overhyped some of his “Bars!” throughout, against the mostly basic lines and head-scratching spiels from Arcane, it’s Cortez, who after overwhelming his opponent in round one, has just enough jokes and personals to edge the second and hang in there for a dub, in what was otherwise a pretty lackluster battle.

Verdict: Cortez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Cortez – “He’s alright, he can craft lyrics and punchlines, he’s so nice, I asked him who’s favorite rapper? he don’t bite, Jay-Z, what a coincidence, he don’t write”

DNA defeats Arcane

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Recap: Both DNA and Arcane have been around long enough that you’d think this battle would be better, however thanks to Arcane’s mostly unimaginative lines/set-ups and DNA’s lack of focus, the names here failed to meet the standard set on the billing. Still, DNA wins with better punches and personals (the “When you battling Arcane you never really know who you going up against” angle worked) in front of a Canadian crowd that had a hard rooting for their own guy because he came so lame.

Verdict: DNA (W) 2-1

Favorite line: DNA – “Since recently it was Martin Luther King day I had a dream…that you wrote yoru own bars”

Pat Stay defeats Arcane

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Recap: With his chain on the line KOTD champion Arcane faces off with challenger Pat Stay for the title and the bout turns out to be as one-sided as a rap battle can get with Stay using fierce personals that included stinging lines on his opponent’s alleged pilfering of bars from another battle rapper in the past, witty schemes and a host of bodacious shiners, all the while commanding the stage, captivating the crowd and easily beating back Arcane’s pedestrian raps to become the new champ.

Verdict: Pat Stay (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Pat Stay – “His name is ‘Cane ‘cuz he don’t stand a chance on his own!”

Arcane defeats Dizaster

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Recap: Taking advantage of a Dizaster too spent on allegations of stolen bars from his opponent, but also scoring left and right with a shitload of spicy punchlines, fiery schemes/gun bars, righteous mayhem and piercing personals, Arcane registers more than enough haymakers to take the opening rounds before the Diz we all know and love comes back with a boisterous, punch-heavy and near-flawless turn in the 3rd round to avoid getting shutout in a title match that would see Diz would have to give up his KOTD title chain.

Verdict: Arcane (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Arcane – “The way you recycle bars, that’s a cop out…laziness, your shit sound incomplete with The Lox without Jadakiss!”

Arcane defeats Luciano Crakk

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Recap: Good battle, no stumbles, lots of nice bars/punchlines from Luciano Crakk and Arcane. But throughout the battle Arcane just came off more hungrier (“Since these emcees need a lesson I’ll give ’em a blessing before I bleed ’em like Halal food”) and potent, especially in rounds 1 and 2, so I agree with the judges decision.

Verdict: Arcane (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Arcane – “Let’s be honest you don’t spray cans, you spray tan”

Charron defeats Arcane

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Recap: SMH. Yet, another example of how bad judged battles can be as somehow 4 different dudes gave Arcane a win (one even had the audacity to knock Charron for rebutting several times) here despite a more versatile Charron clearly out-punching and/or outshining his opponent when it came to wit, racial angles and feisty personals in the opening and final rounds. Not that Arcane was that bad here, offering some hitting punches/personals in the 1st round and edging Charron in the 2nd with more steady shiners. But with Arcane spouting a totally bland and very basic bar-wise 3rd, even a mediocre turn by Charron was enough to take the deciding round easy.

Verdict: Charron (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Charron – “You’re in your mid-30s and you dress like a thug, you’re about as real as the ID I used to get in this club!”