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Recap: In this 1-rounder from CMC Battle League, in lieu of a pedestrian at times but pretty solid overall, gritty and occasionally rebuttal/personal-lit performance from opponent Bandit Bandit, Tay Roc utilizes a bunch of wild, violent-prone set-up/punchlines, a variant of hard-hitting name flips and flippant gun bars to score more haymakers and earn the win.
Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Tay Roc – “I got gun like Contra-BAN, you can’t tell that I snuck it in?!”
Recap: From URL’s Final Exam 2 card, Ryda and Bandit Montana put on a competitive show filled with hard-hitting punches, spirited gun bars, unbridled street talk and righteous personals. After the slightly more haymaker-friendly Ryda edged round one and the more punch drunk and consistently spicy Montana handily took the middle round to split things up going into round 3, a fly rebuttal by Montana would be offset by struggles with his flow, allowing an equally efficient Ryda (despite a few dry spots) Ryda to score with just enough heat to make this one a debatable.
Verdict: TIE
Favorite line: Bandit Montana – “Son boring, a nigga like you in my hood get extorted, what you got?, what’s in ya pocket?, would’ve asked you them same questions every week like unemployment!”
Recap: In a competitive 1-rounder from GOTG, although struggling a bit with his transitions and some subpar heat, Bandit Montana’s palette of hardbody punches (esp. liked the ‘God…CashApp’ bar), grip and gore still made their mark. But it’s a brazen 40 B.A.R.R.S., consistently flexing with some sublime name flips, hitting wordplay and braggadocios/stinging punchlines who scores more than enough haymakers to get the win here.
Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 1-0
Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “You been here for 9 years but no one knows you, how the fuck you get your name?, I mean what kind of Bandit can’t even find a way to break into the Gates?!”
Recap: Main event 1-round battle from GOTG sees Bandit Montana and Nu Jerzey Twork trade a bunch of raucous street missives throughout their turns. But while Bandit kept it a bit entertaining too, pulling out a ‘old lady’ stunt double in lieu of Twork’s alleged robbery days, a lack of consistent heat from Montana and a gang of stifling name flips/gun bars by NJT ends up being the difference here.
Verdict: Nu Jerzey Twork (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “You ever seen the bullet would of a double-barrel?, it look like a Ferragamo belt!”
Recap: Solid, gritty and mocking effort by Bandit Montana gets beat back by a more consistently spicy, name flip-lit, mayhem-dishing and wordplay/set-up heavy Th3 Saga in this competitive 1-rounder from Gates of the Garden.
Verdict: Th3 Saga (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Th3 Saga – “So can I please get the respect I deserve?, after this round, or is there shade when I wig on Ban…I’m trying to skip town!”
Recap: Well, you had to know that was coming. After an uber-gritty and aggressive Bandit Montana dished his best bar of the night, a dope, 2nd round, 4-bar set-up that ended with an emphatic ‘…barber chair’ punch, you just knew that Chef Trez was plotting an even flyer rebuttal. And that he did with a raucous ‘since they wanna boost a nigger, I’ll keep the baby in the seat’ dart that along with a gang of head-ringing gun bars, other feisty rebuts and piercing name flips/punchlines, gave the Chef a 30 in what was still a mostly competitive battle from GOTG.
Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Chef Trez – “Don’t run, these bullets ain’t seen you in a minute…they good for catching up!
Recap: The guy willing to sing usually wants it more anyway. Crooning at times when he wasn’t spitting hard punchlines as well as some fire personals and fiery gun bars, a more versatile Bandit Montana edges a solid, but a little too gun-crazy and Avatar-bar lit Holmzie Da God in this 1-rounder from the NY.
Verdict: Bandit Montana (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Bandit Montana – “You know what got me fucked up, you go like public about your mental issues my nigga, I hope you find somebody in that field for help, you remind me of that nigga who used to just text his bitch, if you don’t come home now I’m a kill myself!”
