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Eazy The Block Captain defeats Big T

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Recap: How Ethan Hawke said it when they asked him about his part in Training Day?: ‘I’m just here so Denzel can get his Oscar’. Really now. That’s how I felt watching this Big T versus Eazy The Block Captain battle on Philadelphia’s Battle Academy League stage. Consider that Eazy during the battle admitted to wanting a YouTube drop in lieu of being signed to a URL contract and thus having all his battles drop on the app. And with Big T shall we say not performing well of late, can you blame URL for letting the Block Captain take a break from his contract obligations to show off on his home league against an opponent who hasn’t been competitive at all lately? Not really. As for the battle itself? Pretty one-sided and an easy 30 for Eazy as the Gutta City capo dished 3 rounds of pure heat, staying on T’s neck with a boatload of gritty street raps, boastful hometown barbs, sizzling trap talk, fire personals and hard-hitting punchlines. As for T, not that it provides much comfort but at least he didn’t get bodied. The Chi-town vet, despite a gang of dry spots, using his slick punches/wordplay and witty humor to hang in there in front of an away crowd that was clearly there to root for their hometown hero. That being said, with yet another ‘L’ in the books, I’m thinking going forward that Big T might want to stick to small room battles and lower tier opps until he gets his groove back.

Verdict: Eazy The Block Captain (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Eazy The Block Captain – “See for me, this is nothing, this a resurrection of your career if you clip me, and it’s a favor I’m the Captain, I’m used to nigga’s saying pick me!”

Big T defeats Bill Collector

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Recap: After a somewhat long hiatus from battle rap, good to see Big T back on the scene and more importantly looking much more healthier what with the huge weight loss. That aside tho, outside of a dope, more punch-heavy, wordplay-lit round 1 (that we’ll score debatable what with the dated personals by T on BC getting hit by Hitman Holla’s brother Showout), when it comes to who had the better, more shrewd and more consistently spicy material, that would be Bill Collector. Unfortunately for BC, a lack of preparation in both of the latter rounds which would each lead to chokes would hand Big T the win in this 3-rounder from URL’s Super Fight 3 card.

Verdict: Big T (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Big T – “Fuck all that, y’all wanna see blood hop out the whip? well it’s 6 9’s in the bitch and we ready to give Billy all those!”

Bigg K defeats Big T

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Recap: Had to get past getting out-punched by Big T in the 1st round, but in this 3-rounder from RBE ‘The Dawg’ certainly struck again, utilizing a more consistent array of piercing punchlines/wordplay, fierce schemes and a series of hilarious personals/anecdotes to take rounds 2 and 3 from an opponent who had his moments in the latter rounds, but not enough steady heat to win.

Verdict: Bigg K (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Bigg K – “‘Big titties!!!’…them bitches sitting like a bar stool!”

Big T defeats Tez Beastmode

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Recap: For as many hardbody punches and witty personals as Tez Beastmode dished out here in this 1-rounder vs. Big T, an almost equal amount of pedestrian bars and dated barbs from Tez along with T’s eccentric wordplay, boastful shiners and fiery performance bars, would give the Chicago vet the edge in the end.

Verdict: Big T (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Big T – “Bullets tearing you, it’ll be so many vegetables Aye Verb will be screaming ‘It’s a miracle!'”

Tay Roc defeats Big T

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Recap: As far as Quarantine rounds go, it doesn’t get much better than this one from Tay Roc. The Cave Gang capo going ham on an eccentric at times, but somewhat lackadaisical Big T with a sublime turn of fiery name flips, piercing gun bars, sizzling wordplay and gritty punchlines to take this battle easy.

Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Tay Roc – “Dump the shotty, up a body, like the selfie of a fat girl!”

Boogie defeats Big T

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Recap: Houston Bar Code 1-rounder between Flatline vet Boogie and Big T sees the former spout a versatile array of solid punchlines, ringing mayhem and fiery 4-bar set-ups to easily beat back an opponent who seemed disinterested from the jump and eventually backed up his rather lethargic showing by cutting his round short.

Verdict: Boogie (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Boogie – “You bad as me? Quit acting T, Walmart wouldn’t make it this graphic T [tee]!”

Rum Nitty defeats Big T

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Recap: Rambunctious with the punches, electric and performance-heavy enough to edge the 1st round, Big T gives Rum Nitty all he can handle in this 3-round, App Event 1 battle from URL/Smack. But assisted his opponent’s usage of old personals in the 2nd round as well as a lack of consistency with his bars in the latter rounds, Nitty’s continuous flexing via rapidly fierce punchlines, stifling name flips and an over-the-top paunch for sizzling gun bar recourse, would garner the Phoenix, AZ vet wins in both the 2nd and 3rd rounds for the come-from-behind win.

Verdict: Rum Nitty (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Rum Nitty – “Free gun smoke, I tell a nigga come see ’bout me, all gun lines, every chance I get I’m a speak my piece [peace]!”

Geechi Gotti defeats Big T

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Recap: Ruin Your Day charity 3-rounder from URL sees a performance-heavy Big T spout a gang of sporty rhymes, mocking heaters, some blazing sound effects and thrifty (“I’m close to the .9 like Baccarat!”) punchlines that mostly scored, kept things competitive throughout and also allowed him to edge round 3 with a more condensed turn. However, the two previous rounds here were all Geechi Gotti, who was not only able to parlay his opponent’s rounds into some spicy rebuttals, but took each round with a flexing series of robust (“I’m about “5’8, every nigger that I ever had beef with was taller than me…they 6 feet!”) punches, fiery personals, real street talk and resounding schemes.

Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Your mama, your bitch, your kid, they all know you was coming to Cali to die, so seeing you go on that plane had to be a sad moment…but see funeral’s is like iPhone’s now, they a whole lot cheaper when your Family Plan on it!”

Danny Myers defeats Big T

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Recap: In this 3-rounder from URL, Big T provides plenty of hilarious hijinks, including an over-the-top funny scheme on opponent Danny Myers kids in round 2. But a slightly more consistent with the punches Bar God, helped a bit by T cutting his round short in the deciding 3rd, but also lit during the same turn with spicy wordplay, punchlines and personals, edges this one in the end.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “You was on Twitter askin’ niggas for beats to get your music done, cool…I’ll show up to your studio, and produce a gun!”

Big T defeats Nu Jerzey Twork

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Recap: App Gang exclusive from URL features a strong, wordplay-lit and gun bar-heavy come back from Nu Jerzey Twork after he choked in the opening round. But consistently thrifty with the play on words throughout the battle, well lit with his personals/name flips/sound effects and spicy with the gun bars and personals as well, after getting edged by a punch-heavier Twork in round 2, it’s a resilient Big T who hangs in there and beats another pretty solid turn by his opponent to edge round 3 and get the win.

Verdict: Big T (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Big T – “Strap popping like when Urkel flirt!”

Big T defeats Mr. Mills

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Recap: Long armed with a sizzling performance game that’s now a staple of his resume to go along with a boatload of feisty punchlines, stunted wordplay and fierce name flips/personals, in this entertaining 1-rounder from Streatz Entertainment, a consistently scoring Big T handily beats back the gritty, but flow-challenged raps from Mr. Mills.

Verdict: Big T (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Big T – “I’ll bring Mills to ya door super cheap…like Uber Eats!”

Jakkboy Maine defeats Big T

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Recap: With similar compositions of rich, anecdotal bars, performance and a shared love for sonically-inclined, verbal hijinks, Jakkboy Maine facing off against battle veteran Big T was only a matter of time. And besides a lopsided 1st round that a more consistently spicy, frequent Chicago-dissing and oft-mean with the punches Jakk clearly won, this one was a competitive one with Big Terrence coming back from a somewhat lackluster showing in the previous round with a performance-heavy, name flip friendly and wordplay (“Now Smack gonna lose Ciroc sponsoringship, ‘cuz Jakk spilled with the 5th and the blood in the mirror smeared off [Smirnoff]!”) sizzling turn that forced a debatable 2nd after his shirtless opponent’s intricate and flashy punchlines equally made their mark in the round. Still up a round going into the 3rd, Jakkboy continued to flex, dishing rapid mayhem with visceral punches that contained some nasty set-ups, crafty wordplay and heated (“Pistol in his mouth, now he Quiet…on the set!”) gun bars, another fire turn that beat back a solid and personal/punch-heavy, but not as consistently potent turn by Big T.

Verdict: Jakkboy Maine (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Jakkboy Maine – “…and fuck Kanye West, ‘cuz if slavery was a choice, so was his mother dying!”

JC defeats Big T

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Recap: Rare 1-rounder for JC sees Big T put forth a nice, solid effort with some wily/witty punches and fiery heaters/name flips here and there that made their mark. But with a more consistent JC firing on all cylinders, whether they be piercing personals, sturdy gun bars, stinging braggadocio lines or rapidly spitfire punchlines/schemes, Big Terrence really had no chance.

Verdict: JC (W) 1-0

Favorite line: JC – “Do you believe in a higher power? [Bwoh!], ask him again after one enter T [entity]!”

Ill Will defeats Big T

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Recap: Resorting to too many nonsensical gun sounds and weak name flips, even if you want to give a way-too-anecdotal Big T the benefit of the doubt and credit him for some so-called ‘over-your-head’ bars (Ya gotta catchup!), the funny Team Homi disses and other unorthodox punches, this version of Ill Will, flexing throughout with exquisite bully bars, mean schemes, wicked personals and righteous wordplay/punchlines might have proven too much for Big Terrence to deal with even if he was on his A-game, which he clearly wasn’t here.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Ill Will – “You good T, but I think they feeling Ill more, I could shoot him, or run up on T and swing, like Happy Gilmore!”

Big T defeats Jai 400 Block

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Recap: How fitting is Big T’s ‘Quiet’ slogan in front of a dead crowd in New Jersey? Very much so. Tho to be fair, listless b attle rap crowds in Jersey seem to be a common occurrence. Still, professionals that they are, Big Terrence and Jai 400 Black still put on a good show for the crowd with Jai’s rapid punchlines and ad hominem sermonizing scoring here and there, while Big T’s noted gun sounds, pointed punchlines/personals and fiery wordplay also leaving their mark. So who gets the win? While overall Jai was solid and more condensed, it’s a more versatile, cleaner and hitting Big T who takes rounds 1 and 3 to prevail in the end.

Verdict: Big T (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Big T – “This a Uno match verse a Judo scrap and I don’t gotta break it or spell it out for you Jai, you do [JU-DO] that!”

Ooops defeats Big T

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Recap: With Big T unable to get in his bag while transfixed on hit-n-miss punches throughout this battle, a civic-minded and nice with the punches Ooops survives a couple of near-chokes to take advantage of his opponent’s mediocrity and edge rounds 1 plus 3 for a win on the KOTD stage.

Verdict: Ooops (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ooops – “I’m the man in my city and yours, you ain’t the one they admire, you Stefon Marbury you’ll have to move from the crib ti get your jersey retired!”

Cali Smoov defeats Big T

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Recap: Entertaining battle between Cali Smoov and Big T features plenty of jokes, witty personals, startling sound effects and resident gun bars. But tied through two, the moment you saw Big Terrence looking in his phone while Cali rapped in the deciding 3rd, you got a feeling that T was in trouble. And sure, while he dished a pretty solid 3rd, repeating earlier bars in the middle of his turn works against him here considering Cali also spouted a solid 3rd without repeating himself.

Verdict: Cali Smoov (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Cali Smoov – “See? I could dish it to him funny and I would say let that marinate…but the nigga might be hungry!”

Mike P defeats Big T

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Recap: A spitfire 2nd round, a sometimes lazy with the punches/performance bars Big T and just enough bite to a host of elaborate schemes in the deciding 3rd round leads to an also abstract-lit, gaming bars-dishing and spicy with the personals Mike P getting a close win in this time clock-constrained Born Legacy Supreme 3-rounder from Smack/URL.

Verdict: Mike P (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Mike P – “I stack bodies like Twork stack’s hoodies!”

Relly Rell defeats Big T

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Recap: Extra gritty and dope battle between Relly Rell and Big T featured plenty of brazen punchlines, boastful darts, Chi-town laced histrionics, stinging/graphic gun bars and wily personals. And while Big T kept it close and flexed at times with some extra spicy haymakers, a more consistently nice and versatile Rell, after a debatable 1st round, edges the latter two rounds for the win.

Verdict: Relly Rell (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Relly Rell – “See, I’ll come to where you stay at, and pop on him in front of his Toy soldiers, right in front of his hood, I’ll put a round in T grill like a Toyota!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Big T

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Recap: Consistently slick with the wordplay, but also mixing in some fiery name flips, meaty personals and flexing punchlines throughout her turn, in this 1-rounder from I Grind Battle League, 40 B.A.R.R.S. is also able to take advantage of a couple of slip-ups from an otherwise gritty and punch-heavy Big T, to win this battle.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 1-0

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “Gun in his face got Terrence talking to himself right before he die, I will blow the ultra-ego out a nigger once a Tip hit T eye [T.I.]!

Big T defeats Rob Wilson

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Recap: Those two white dudes on the left side of the screen in the front row never seemed to be impressed, but for the rest of the crowd Big T and Rob Wilson kept it entertaining in this 1-rounder for Don’t Flop. The two battlers trading plenty of witty/mocking personals when they weren’t attempting to mix it up with spicy punchlines and other linear crowd-pleasers. Still, while this grudge match was fun to watch, a more consistently lit with the wordplay as well as the performance Big T gets the edge for the win here.

Verdict: Big T (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Big T – “I’m 50 Cent favorite battle rapper, but tonight I’m gonna teach you How To Rob!”

Big T defeats Mr RE

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Recap: Big T aka “Big Terrence” wows the UK crowd in this Don’t Flop 1-rounder versus Mr RE, using stunted gun bars, a gang of fiery punchlines/name flips, witty personals and performance-laden darts to beat back a lyrically sharp, but mostly tedious opponent.

Verdict: Big T (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Big T – “I say, you’re not my type of guy, gotta sky dive just to give a high-five!”

Big T defeats Mi Tha Don

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Recap: After a couple of pedestrian turns, a dope 3rd round from Mi Tha Don. But by then it was way too late as a performance-heavy Big T’s room-shaking sound effects, spicy punchlines/wordplay and fiery name flips earned the big fella a nice 30 in this 3-rounder from DMS Battle Ring.

Verdict: Big T (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Big T – “You get the mic, what the hell do MI see [Mic], my Men in Black, I find the location where MI be!”

Big T defeats Danja Zone

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Recap: Impressive win here for Big T, who’s consistent variety of witty punchlines, sizzling gun bars, fiery personals, performance-rich schemes and gritty braggadocio lines allows him to take the 1st and 3rd rounds (call the 2nd debatable) and surpass an at times bar-heavy and mostly-solid-till-the-3rd-round Danja Zone in this dope battle from Black Ice Cartel.

Verdict: Big T (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Big T – “I’m the type to play Pokeman Go…on a block where I got beef with nigga’s!”

Big T defeats Head ICE

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Recap: Dishing proverbial (“Y’all see Wolf, I see a coat for the winter!”) wordplay, potent gun bars, nice angles and an epic 3rd round that spoke (“I just think your brain’s fly…LAX, Ice going over everybody’s head…ALS!”) directly to Head Ice’s penchant for nonsensical bars, Big T is able to fend off nice (“I’ll walk up on T like ‘Hey, give the charm up’!, you so fat that you willing to give me the money, but pitch me a fit ‘cuz you gotta put your arms up!”) but standard fat jokes in-between heated (“We don’t eat on china, but we eat off china!”) urban theatrics for a close win in what altogether was undoubtedly a fire battle from KOTD.

Verdict: Big T (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Big T – “What is it about a nigga throwing up on eggs, make him less criminal minded?, is it because he in a jam and the toast ain’t beside it?”

Big T defeats A-Kaza

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Recap: Bobbing and weaving throughout this 1-round battle with a boatload of rambunctious punchlines/4-bar set-ups, boastful darts, well-executed gun lines and witty barbs, Big T makes for a fine impression on the Houston Bar Code while beating back the gritty street narratives from a righteous-bent A-Kaza.

Verdict: Big T (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Big T – “Look, Big T ain’t the nigga that you try to trip on, I’ll have you in denial like ‘I ain’t fat, I’m big-boned!'”

Big T defeats The Calcium Kid

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Recap: Big T does The Calcium Kid greasy, using a bunch of daunting punchlines/storytelling, mocking personals, rigid name flips and descriptive gun bars/mayhem to beat back an opponent seemingly more interested in scoring laughs from the crowd than actually winning the battle.

Verdict: Big T (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Big T – “This little bitch, getting on my nerves…na na boo boo…nah nah [boo! boo!]!”

Knamelis defeats Big T

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Recap: Knamelis’ hard (“You’re a bad father with fat daughter, you probably shower with the plug in and make her re-use the pipe water”) personals and requisite fat jokes combine to put a hurting on Big T, who despite displaying more (“They say he’s Knamelis, I know he’s nameless, but who is he?”) versatility with his bars, for the most part left the electric gun sounds at the border and ultimately beat himself with a 3rd round choke.

Verdict: Knamelis (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Knamelis – “So now there’s T-Rex and there’s T-Top, you’re not even the top T, if Tall T didn’t get shot, you wouldn’t even be in the top 3!”

Big T defeats Rad B

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Recap: In this competitive 3-rounder from UDubb, hometown luminary Rad B delivers a strong performance with a host of gritty punchlines and boastful darts spread out thru his 3 rounds. But opponent Big T, verbally combative throughout the battle with a fiery mix of rich similes, stirring/witty vet talk, piercing wordplay and rugged storytelling bars/punches and personals, does more than enough to take the first two rounds for the win.

Verdict: Big T (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Big T – “I pull bitches and don’t say nuthin’ to ’em, I’m like Jason to these ho’s!”

Big T defeats Stumbles

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Recap: Stumbles combines a gritty flow with real street (“What you was booked for?, that nigga look more…see, I’m first shot, you already took four!”; “Pops was an addict [attic] before I even knew what the base meant [basement]”) talk, nice bully (“Nigga, I will kill you and raise your son!”) bars and rich storytelling lines to stay competitive throughout this battle with Big T. However, overall his semantics lack consistency and just aren’t enough to keep up with T’s more steady combo of nifty (“Driving around looking for Smoke, he like Big Worm!”; “Boy you a puddle, you’re trash, you’re doo-doo, you’re ass, you boo-boo, you’re P-U, you’re played out, you platinum FUBU!”) wordplay, potent name flips, fierce schemes and searing (“Dirt, steel barrel, all I need is a wheelbarrow, bury him alive the Kill Bill special, beat him to death the Emmitt Till special, ‘cuz all my boys got arms around me, they make feel special!”; “See I got the courage to take your ashes up out of the furnace and [smacks the air] LeBron James the remains after the service!”) performance bars.

Verdict: Big T (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Big T – “My pops will make you put those guns down like Craig daddy!”

Genocide defeats Big T

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Recap: In this one-round matchup from Body Bag Battle League, steady up-n-comer Genocide uses a plethora of raucous heaters, bully (“Bitch I want the money, I’m sack-chasing, gat-flaming, hospital gown…I’m back out with the strap hanging!”) bars and fiery (“I’ll have that .45 bustin in her mouth like a sugar daddy!”) punchlines to pull off an upset over Big T, who started off (“Ain’t you from the South, but you got a East coast flow when you actually spit it, so your fake ass took your whole flavor [Flava] from New York, now that’s Deelishis [delicious]!” nice, but lost his momentum and any chance of winning with a couple of slip-ups and what were mostly standard lines in the second half of his round.

Verdict: Genocide (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Genocide – “Your mother bout as dumb as a spoon and I can’t stand her, I told that bitch to suck my dick or she’ll catch cancer, she got scared, the bitch got to sucking I face planted her, gave her all the energy out my balls…I Space Jammed her!”

Big T defeats Unanymous

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Recap: In their battle brought to you from Don’t Flop, Big T and Unanymous split the first couple of rounds with T relying on mostly banging schemes and animated (“i got a better boo, the baretta [BOO!], it’s undebatable”) gun bars to win round one, while Unanymous, who too often pontificated and took awhile to hit his mark on some of his schemes in round one, went extra with the fat (“Terrence has never seen any of his appendages, he gets a sensation in his body, but couldn’t point out where his erection is”) jokes to easily take round two. Neither battler said anything extraordinary in the 3rd round, but a more (“Last time barrels was spinning, I played Donkey Kong, but this time [makes hand like trigger finger] Texas singing, we making country songs!”) versatile and wordplay-heavy Big T takes it in the end.

Verdict: Big T (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Big T – “I heard you like to beat bitches, you use your hands a lot, till you get weak around the women you love, you like Hancock!”

Big T defeats Caustic

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Recap: Spirited matchup between Caustic and Big T sees the Cali rapper kill with the fat (“Look at him up here, acting like he a calm dude, you put some hot sauce on his grits, the shit will change his whole mood”; “One time this motherfucker did a somersault…shit took all summer!”) jokes, but fail to show much of anything else–an admitted bar deficiency that literally making him lean on what he does best: humor. In the meantime, Big T slowed down on the gun sounds and went instead with a steady mix of rich personals, potent (“This blade will scar bro [Scarborough] like a hood in Toronto”) wordplay and brash storytelling (“Nigga I’ll pull up to your door like it had a lift on it, and get to shooting at the door like somebody hung a plastic rim on it”) bars, all backed by a steely flow that stayed forthright enough to pull off the win.

Verdict: Big T (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Big T –  “Chest shot, expose his heart, he ain’t got nothing but love for me”

Big T and Shotgun Suge [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Big T and Shotgun Suge do what a couple of vets should be able to do every time they battle: put on a consistent and highly entertaining show. And while the always performance-heavy T did falter a bit in the 3rd round, running out of steam with the punchlines and thus allowing Shotgun to come back for a draw with an electric, brazen, punch-heavy and steadily raucous turn. T’s ability to finesse real-life drama with whimsical rhymes, get savvy with the breakdown’s on his opponent’s style, deliver a gang of {“We all scheme…then I ride through New York, bang bang bang bang!, ’bout to blow New Jersey up!”) fiery punchlines/personals/name flips and even pull off doing a witty version the Cha-Cha just in case you underestimated him, allowed the Chicago battler to edge 2nd round after a spitfire (tho a bit lengthy) turn in the 1st that was equaled by roundhouse, mayhem-lit and condensed run by Suge. 

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Shotgun Suge – “Before you act hard, you better strap hard cause I attack hard,
I’m like Kimbo Slice in the backyard!”

Big T defeats Dizaster

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Recap: Gotta admit  throughout his 3 rounds Dizaster killed (“I’d give this guy a hundred bucks just to see him try to double-dutch”; “You being overweight is starting to fuck with your ability to be a G cousin…you’re limited to drive-bys only!”) with the jokes and personals here against Big T–however, that one angle of comedy amounted to like 75% of his lines. On the other hand, after struggling a bit with his delivery in round 1, Big T got his groove back in the latter rounds, using a steady mix of nasty personals, crowd-pleasing punchlines, amiable (“This steel can get out of hand like a Logan sequel”) wordplay and fleeting (“I’m like damn Diz, y’all already controlling the gas”) jokes to come from behind and take the win.

Verdict: Big T (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Big T – “Fuck fairness, nigga I’m coming to kill your parents, off Terrence, I’ll grab a butcher knife, tear it, rib in your chest, Breast Cancer Awareness!”

Arsonal da Rebel defeats Big T (3 Rounds from Total Slaughter Event) [Rematch]

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Recap: Hey, battle rap has come a long way and I have no problem with Eminem, a former battle rapper himself, giving back to the culture by putting on this Total Slaughter event. Still, why Ebro was there is beyond me, considering all the shitting on battle rap that he’s been renowned noted for. And while the production was slick and on point, mic issues seemed to be a problem throughout the night I hope that someone approached host Sway after the battle to tell him what the meaning of ‘rebuttal’ is.

As for this battle, a comfortable and clearly motivated Arsonal easily 3-0’ed a usually competitive Big T with a steady barrage of winning personals, feelgood (“What happened T, you used to be the man killing them, bars was heavy, but you got lighter over the years..Aunt Vivian!”) wordplay and rich set-ups and let to even (“I’m from where they say don’t pull your glock out if you don’t plan on it shooting, shhhhhhiiiiittttt I’m like Daylyt tattoo artist, I’m drawing on a nigga even if I don’t know what I’m doing!”) richer performance bars. And while Big T didn’t seemed to be intimated by the big stage, his lack of potent wordplay, persistent bouts of righteous (“Nigga I killed a lion, what y’all mad I ain’t spar hard with the kittens?”) filler and stumbles in the last round were a bit surprising to say the least. Too bad as Arsonal’s latter rounds weren’t nearly as crazy as his first, which lets you know that if Big T had brought his A-game, he would’ve had a chance good to win. But none of that was the Arsonal’s fault as Jersey gets another dub.

Verdict: Arsonal (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Arsonal – “Tahiry was like this with JR Smith [licks lips emulating sucking a –] it’s a boy!”

Rone defeats Big T

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Recap: Along with basically retiring Okwerdz from battle rap, Rone made a name for himself during the old Graind Time days with an eccentric delivery, congenial white-boy swag, self-deprecating bars and more-often-than-not wicked comedic timing. Add on the repeated name flips and while not much has changed strategy wise, it was still enough to beat an inconsistent Big T during his appearance on the KOTD stage. T takes the first round with a better performance and more variety to his bars, which included enough gun sounds to make one think they were visiting a gun range instead of a rap battle. Yet during a 2nd round that his opponent pretty much handed him on a platter, while Rone’s delivery was little off, he still managed to earn an unexpected dance from Big T with his caustic (“Bro, I can’t even hang with T cuz son stressing, he thinks everything is a drug or a gun reference, like I said Molly, Miley and Nina is in the back of the whip, he said pills, coke and a nine? I said no, actual chicks”) wit, hitting bars and some frenetic wordplay. Last round saw Big T hit with some dope (“You like Brad Pitt in Fight Club, they got you out here looking crazy beating yourself up”) personals, but his sardonic angle on Rone’s presumed lifestyle could’ve and should’ve hit a lot harder. And while Rone went predictable with the fat themes during round 3, he still killed it with too-funny one-liners and enough real life (“You are inconvenient to be around, how awful does that feel?) bars to gain the win.

Verdict: Rone (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Big T – “You king? I heard you was selling coke in college to all your rich white friends, shit I walk up to you like ‘Hi guys’ [slaps hands] giving high fives, I’ll fit right in”

Big T defeats Aktive

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Recap: Feet planted on a polished Belasco Theater stage in Los Angeles, Big T still brings the raw and gritty theatrics, rocking the crowd (and opponent Aktive) with a barrage of sizzling gun blasts, plenty of righteous mayhem, piercing wordplay and graphic punchlines/personals to easily catch a 30 over his mostly pedestrian adversary.

Verdict: Big T (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Big T –  “Nigga, we leaving bigger spagetti in they lap, I’ll have my dog split they noodle like Lady and the Tramp!”

Big T defeats Gemini

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Recap: Stellar round 1 from Gemini, but too many light bars, average punchlines and a lack of stage presence afterwards gave Big T a chance to catch up, wild out with weighty gun bars, dope wordplay and delirious (“I’m laying pipes like I’m designing basements”) punchlines to edge rounds 2 and 3 and take it this one at the end.

Verdict: Big T (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Big T – “You better hope that piece [peace] be with you, salam a lakum”

Arsonal defeats Big T

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Recap: Prior to their noted PPV Total Slaughter match, Big T and Arsonal had already met up, doing this half battle-on-a-beat/half microphones match for MC War. Round 1, which was on beat, went to a clearly punch-heavier while Big T, coming off a shortened turn earlier, was able to spit a couple of more haymakers to tie things up in round 2 which was also on beat. Battling with written’s and off beat for round 3, Arsonal’s flashy wordplay, sizzling gun bars and piercing personals would combine to edge a pretty solid turn from his opponent for the win.

Verdict: Arsonal (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Arsonal – “I’ll shoot at your house while you in it, you needed help bringing the mortgage down!”

Big T defeats B. Magic

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Synopsis: Damn, a battle that could’ve been so much better considering the names. And just when you thought B-Magic was on his way to an easy 3-0, he chokes in round 2 and had a couple slip-ups in round 2 to allow Big T (who stayed consistent throughout despite not being at his best) to steal a win.

Verdict: Big T (W) 2-1

Favorite: – B. Magic – “Besides your homies I ain’t see you with a bitch yet”

T-Rex defeats Big T

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Recap: A 1-rounder from the Road To Total Slaughter tournament, T-Rex delivers a beating on an inconsistent and flow-challenged Big T, wilding on the Chicago vet with a gang of rapid-fire/gritty/hardbody punchlines to handily get the win.

Verdict: T-Rex (W) 1-0

Favorite line: T-Rex – “Silencer, sound like the Uzi trying to tip-toe, he dead, I’m a keep fucking going like a nympho!”

Bender defeats Big T

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Synopsis: Close battle throughout, both played to their noted skills, but with all other categories not really coming into play, I thought overall that Bender just had the hotter bars.

Verdict: Bender (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Bender – “Just because you built like the Kool-Aid man doesn’t mean you’re running through bricks”

Big Kannon defeats Big T

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Recap: Doing their own version Hitman Holla vs. Aye Verb, Chi-town’s finest, Big Kannon and Big T, get together for a matchup that probably happened too soon considering the amount of hype that could’ve been built up for this one if given more time and a more proper stage. Still too, as seen on Total Slaughter and a couple of other recent battles, Big T’s been going through a bit of a slump lately and from the stunning choke he pulls here in round 1, it wouldn’t be unbecoming to say that T may need to think about taking some time off to get his shit together. Not to take anything away from Big Kannon tho, who while not at his best either, still put on a good show here, spazzing on Big T’s relevance in the game, making fun of his more noted gun bars, rebutting the choke and breaking down T’s supposed lack of effort in trying to get other local rappers on. Towards the end Big T tried to make a comeback, but mostly generic bars along with a lack of energy just showed you that the focus just wasn’t there.

Verdict: Big Kannon (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Big Kannon – “…..you’ll see a magazine, but read an obituary, and you don’t think I’m digging your grave? Wait…let it simmer terry [cemetary]”)

O-Red defeats Big T

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Recap: Sluggish battle between Big T and O-Red had the crowd and ring card girls flustered and rightfully so, what with O-Red spitting random bars at other battle rappers and using the same cookie props for jokes here that he used before against Big Kannon. While Big T lifted plenty of what was left of his sound schemes against K-Shine and relied on way too many name flips throughout the battle. Ironically, with most of the action taking place in the 1st (the edge there going to O-Red for dropping more hitting bars within his time frame than Big T) and 3rd (clearly a win for Big T) rounds, turns out that the most lethargic round, the 2nd, would be the difference-maker. And with Big T practically giving it up with some just ok bars within an abbreviated round, Red easily took it with his more potent punchlines.

Verdict: O-Red (W) 2-1

Favorite line: O-Red – “You the cheapest drink in McDonald’s, that means you Sweet T [tea]”

Big T defeats K-Shine

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Synopsis: A classic round is like a knock down in boxing, a 10-8 round, a knockout, or that rare round where a battler is just perfect, no filler, no stumbles, regardless of the angle/perforamnce/bars/storytelling, etc., the type of round that belongs in a time capsule for battle rap opulence. Well, score one for Big T here, as he put forth a round that exemplified what a battle rapper can do when he’s at his best, delivering personals, schemes, bars, name flips, a crazy performance, creativity and angles that pretty much deaded this battle (granted Shine’s 1st round was decent) from the opening gate. Credit Shine tho for showing up and he made it close with a dope (“fat bitch on Instagram all it take is head shots”) 2nd that relied heavy on some ill gun bars. Much as it was hard to live up to his classic 1st round, Big T got off to a slow start in round 2, but still dropped some haymakers, esp on Shine’s street cred (“fruit cup, a lot of flavors, sweet cakes, a lot of bakers”) that ended up making round 2 debatable. A restless crowd didn’t help Shine in round 3 and neither did his slip-up, but overall his round was decent, yet took away any chance he had of winning as Big T’s 3rd was clearly more polished.

Verdict: Big T (W) 2-1

Best line: Big T – “I ain’t giving up bunny ears when I hold this piece behind his head”

Charlie Clips defeats Big T

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Synopsis: I’ve always been of the persuasion that battling in front of your opponent’s home crowd can make it extra hard to pull out a win. After all, the guy battling at home is usually extra pumped to put on a great show and do well in front of his hometown fans, the crowd will almost always be biased for their guy and fair or not fair, it’s the road guy who has to come out and impress the most. That said, this was an easy win for Charlie Clips, who IMO clearly out-barred an amped up (and clearly gassed by his Chi-town fans) Big T in rounds one and two, while airing exquisite (those phone co. lines alone) schemes and personals with the same swag and confidence that we all saw earlier against Tay Rock and Aye Verb. Then too, all gassing up aside, this wasn’t Big T at his best, who tho he may’ve edged the third round with that “You know I be using barbers to pull hits instead of  clips on these faces cuz’ clips get in that jam and they usually leave behind cases” line. Despite of all that when Clips gives you three prepared rounds combined with dope schemes, he’s almost impossible to beat.

Verdict: Charlie Clips (W) 2-1

Best line: Charlie Clips – “Now I know I shouldn’t crack fat jokes, but this nigga is really fat, the type to kill himself just to see Left Eye cuz she know where Chili (chilly) at”

Tsu Surf defeats Big T

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Synopsis: I don’t know if I’d call this a great battle or a classic, but it was a pretty good nonetheless because of the fact that both Surf and Big T came with it during all three rounds, therefore making it close throughout. Yet the overall edge here goes to Surf for these reasons: while Big T had some great lines (the set up for the Keenan Ivory Wayans scheme in round 3 was dope), alomng the way he hurt himself quite a bit with filler. On the other hand Surf was more consistently hard (esp. in round a brazen, punch/wordplay-heavy and classic round 3) and aggressive. Then too, while rounds 1 and 3 were debatable, I thought Surf clearly won round 2 with better personals, jokes and clever bars, while Big T repeated a couple of lame schemes towards the end of rounds that he might have won. I didn’t like Surf talking a bit of smack during Big T’s round, but Jersey still got this one.

Verdict: Tsu Surf (W) 2-1

Best line: Tsu Surf – “What female would want to put her face between these knees?, that friction could only give off a ranch dressing smell or cream cheese, bagel things!”

Big T defeats DNA

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Recap: Through the first couple of rounds this was a pretty dope battle, what with DNA edging round 1 with mean (“It’s crazy cuz’ those 4 shots ain’t do as much damage as that one Hollow”/”We all respect the shooter not who gets shot”) bars on Big T getting shot, nice punchlines and winning (“You got the swag of my grandmother, old, dirty and wear the same shit!”) personals. While Big T used hilarious performance (“He got that ‘Reason Why I Tell’ face, Well? cuz he don’t wanna go to jail face”) bars, personals and hard-hitting (“Man, she talk about sucking my dick so much I thought I was in the Army during our last date, cuz’ every time we talked it was about face”) anecdotes to take round 2. Both came kind of light in round 3, but Big T wins with a roundhouse of jokes, rich (“Every day I have bullets hitting close to home like a touchy subject”) bars. nice set-ups and steady personals as opposed to DNA’s round of one-third filler and self-deprecating bars that sounded like they were inspired from Eminem’s final round in 8 Mile.

Verdict: Big T (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Big T – “Nigga, how you ugly and soft?”

Hollow da Don defeats Big T

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Synopsis: Hollow got the win here, but this battle was a lot closer than people give it credit for as Big T’s round 1 and 2 was pure fire and he definitely provided Hollow with some comp throughout. Still, tho it’s Hollow’s rebuttals, sublime bars (his 3rd round is an undeniable classic) and obviously the fat jokes that kept da Don lit. But then too Big T’s round 3, while equipped with a few shiners, was overall just too long, bland and repetitive (you could say that 7 times).

Verdict: Hollow da Don (W) 2-1

Best line: Hollow da Don – “You could ask my NYB niggas, I’m hot like Jay flow is in Marcy, and you gonna take the L like you about to go to Canarsie”

Hitman Holla and Big T (DEBATABLE)

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Recap: Dope Midwest matchup between Hitman Holla and Big T sees Mr. Chillackaboo take round one with richer performance bars, frenzied set-ups and more amiable (“He represent the Loo right?, everybody it’s history, not because I’m about to beat the shit out of him lyrically, y’all about to see a nigga put St. Louis out of misery [Missouri]”) wordplay. Holla stepped it up in round two, using rich (“Nigga, you soft-ass teddy bear, you wouldn’t swing on a Wie!”; “In high school all you did was beg for nigga’s lunches, ain’t even smoke, always had the munches”) personals and dope storytelling bars to edge what was a pretty (“you September 12th when the towers fell, everything’s watered down”) nice, but not as strong turn from Big T. Tied going into the last round, Holla’s turn is shorter than Big T’s but more condensed as his stellar delivery and flow add shine to ferocious bars that had him cutting up Big T’s grandma chest ‘like a violin’ in the midst of more jokes on T’s physique. Still, besides a little filler here and there, Big T came back nicely with delicious gun bars, gritty street chatter and some comical mockery of Hitman’s hometown style of lingo. Indeed, both did well enough to call this one a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Big T – “I let two hit me, then another two hit me. Then a fa-la-fa-FEW! hit me, I thinking ‘the fuck am I fighting for?, I got that chi-lacka-BOO! wit me, boo boo with me, boo boo boo boo with me!!!”

Big T defeats Deacon Frost

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Synopsis: First, nice of Smack to never, ever let Star host a battle ever again after this unprofessional debacle. Secondly, Frost doesn’t get near enough props for his bars or how funny (“Pockets lumped up crazy bee sting, Big T first nigga I seen make a ACG lean”) he can be. Third, while this was close throughout, at the end the edge goes to Big T for more consistent wordplay and overall, slightly better bars.

Verdict: Big T (W) 2-1

Best line: Big T – “Don’t let me hear you cremating her, (cuz) I’ll go to the crib and Lebron James the remains of her”

Big T defeats H-I

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Round 2

Round 2 1/2 & 3

Recap: A confident Big T doesn’t let the away crowd get him flustered, using some exquisite wordplay, brash (“Boy, don’t you ever come to me like I’m some small time…all these angry pits with me, you ain’t must seen that dog sign!”) heavy hitters and formidable gun bars to overwhelm and easily take out H-I, who’s penchant for (“This nigga knowing that I’m hot, the devil told me to chill”) elementary rhymes gave him little chance of winning throughout.

Verdict: Big T (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Big T -“You ain’t from ATL, but you’ll get your team stumped, I’ll knock A-town down if I’m holding this piece [peace] up!”