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!”
Recap: A fire battle from Bullpen sees a versatile punching Clone use a slightly more consistent variety of gritty punches, fiery schemes, some slick wordplay/name flips/wordplay, witty/hard-hitting personals and a solid rebuttal game of his own to score than more than haymakers and edge each round over the always formidable Chef Trez, who while keeping it competitive throughout with a plethora of piercing gun bars, a flexing freestyle/rebuttal bag and dope name flips/boasting barbs/rigid personals, just couldn’t quite keep up with an opponent on his A game for all 3 rounds.
Verdict: Clone (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Clone – “This ain’t me in the flesh, just the spirit against you, you said ‘making Clone like a scientist’…I came to experiment with you!”
Recap: From Bullpen Battle League, Georgia battler Clone does his thing, supplying a gang of gritty raps and fiery punches throughout this 3-rounder and make this matchup versus Ave competitive. But ever ready with a plethora of boastful punches, systematic haymakers that showed off his resilience, witty personals and stinging wordplay/name flips, it’s the Norfolk, VA vet who takes rounds 1 and 3 for the win.
Verdict: Ave (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ave – “That’s probably why this bluffing shit hit you, so don’t survive a Rico to die from another government issue!”
Recap: In this 3-rounder from WarTown Battles Clone delivers one of his best performances, 30ing a topsy-turvy Danny Myers with a boatload of hardbody punches, stinging similes, gritty street talk and piercing personals with nothing but sheer consistency to earn an impressive shutout.
Verdict: Clone (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Clone – “I’m not even flexing, you could see a grave right now, we not in Atlanta, don’t be cappin’ like you Brave right now!”
Recap: From round 1 of KOTD’s Season 1 tournament, a close one between hard street rhymes and gritty punches of Clone and the rich metaphors, sturdy name flips and boastful rants from Pass comes down to round 2 (had both the opening round and the 3rd as debatable) which turned out to be the clear turn thanks to Pass’ stinging off-the-dome stylings and overall harder hitting personals/punchlines.
Verdict: Pass (W) 2-1
Favoriet line: Pass – “They got me in front of a Clone, this whole season I’ve been battling my fucking self!”
Recap: From RBE, while he definitely served up some mediocre raps, 3 rounds with zero stumbles to go along with some gritty/dope punches/name flips here and there (esp. in round 2), all the while performing on one week’s prep: I’d say that as a last-minute replacement for Serius Jones, Clone did pretty well. Yet, for a Bigg K who’s almost never impressed by anyone or anything besides himself, backed here by a gang of flagrant personals, dismissive/bruising punchlines, a plethora of stinging wordplay and even a rarely seen rebuttal in the 2nd round, while The Dawg wasn’t quite on his A-game either (surely, Jones backing out like he did was going to effect both battlers) what with some low-grade punches of his own, overall he still manages to edge each round and make it a 30 nonetheless.
Verdict: Bigg K (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Bigg K – “You less than poppin’, second option, I ain’t ask for you homes, my other opp can’t travel, he ain’t ask to be home, he gotta see 3 PO’s [C3PO], now it’s the attack of the Clones.” !”
Recap: Consistently gritty with some solid personals and a bunch of fiery punchlines/wordplay/gun bars mixed in, Clone’s steady heat does enough to edge a gruff and witty, but slightly less turbulent Mackk Myron in rounds 1 plus 3 and get the win in this KOTD matchup.
Verdict: Clone (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Clone – “40s and up, bitch we got an old folk’s clinic!”
Recap: Dope 3-rounder from Bullpen between Clone and Snake Eyez stays close throughout with a fiery barrage of piercing punchlines, fiending name flips, rugged gun lines and witty barbs from each side. But after Snake takes the 1st round with an aggressive and more prolific on haymakers turn, a 2nd round that saw both battlers spout an equal amount of steady heat and punch-heavy theatrics is edged by a more condensed and personal-lit Snake Eyez. A more potent and consistent Clone avoids the shutout by taking the 3rd.
Verdict: Snake Eyez (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Snake Eyez – “I don’t understand how you ever been booked but this how a veteran cook your bitch keep asking me how my scheduling look, when you get home, ask her do she miss me, John Wick 3, I’m a make arrangements for her neck to get booked!”
Recap: From WarTown Battles, up against a gritty, often punch/personal/name flip-heavy and hard-hitting Clone, after losing out on round one, Bill Collector pulls out all stops (including the Supa-Dupa-Scope all the way from Augusta) via a bunch of potent punchlines, jaunty name flips, witty barbs and stifling gun bars to edge both of the latter rounds for the win.
Verdict: Bill Collector (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Bill Collector – “I love to bring the block down, I’m a Tetris fan!”
Recap: A ‘trap game’ is a sports analogy used to describe a game that’s played against a seemingly lesser opponent before a big game that one might tend to outlook. With Loso recently having his NOME PG against Scotty and an upcoming bout versus the likes of Chef Trez, this battle here against a gritty and punch-heavy Clone is as close to a trap game. Don’t get it twisted because after round one, where Loso used a sizzling variety of flexing punches, fiery schemes and feelgood (“They told me ‘Oh no, Loso, your whole circle out in danger’, boy I ain’t seen a Clone with two straps since Urkel jumped out the chamber!”) name flips to overwhelm what was a mostly pedestrian turn from his opponent, it didn’t seem, at first, that there was any chance Loso losing. But the signs, like a more condensed Clone refusing to get into too much of a religious match with a Christian rapper and hitting hard with his punches when they did land and a solid Loso not always writing to his best when it came to haymakers and relying on one too many name flips the latter rounds. So when a more harder with the personals and consistently (“If he ain’t at the crib, then of course we hitting the church!”) nicer with the punches Clone edges a versatile, braggadocious and witty, but more (yeah, the fake-out on the Bad Newz babymama bar was hilarious) momentous than steady Loso to split things going into the 3rd and the momentum changes, it doesn’t come to that much of a surprise from an objective viewer to see Clone use some searing punchlines and fierce schemes to land one more haymaker and edge what was another solid, but just not as fire turn from Loso.
Verdict: Clone (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Clone – “I drop a clip, he never seen, like a movie getting leaked, it’s bad and bourgeoisie, that mean I shoot Migo with the oozie on the street, the toolie on the seat, pretty black thing, old magazine, boy it’s a Jet Beauty of the Week!”
Recap: We been hearing about B Magic screwing up his legacy and choking left and right for the last couple years or so. But for a guy already on the downhill, who still recently “un-retired”, at what point does he either bring a phone on stage with his raps in them so he can stop forgetting his bars or just be done with battle rap for good while he can still save face? To think, other than a pretty fire 1st round and a few hot bars here and there later on, Magic’s opponent Clone, was pretty average. Or in other words, very beatable. Yet, after 4 slip-ups led to the host John John da God having to cut Magic’s round short in the first, before a pretty pedestrian 2nd lost him that round (and hence, the battle) and a horrible 3rd that saw him slip-up again after like a minute before just flat out giving up, Magic needs to stop getting mad at perpetuated crowd reaction’s and start looking in the mirror and getting mad at himself, especially if he’s going to keep wasting people’s time and money with these lame showings.
Verdict: Clone (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Clone – “Keep running ya mouth, nah it won’t get you hit in the jaw, we shooting it….for no reason, consider it law!”
Recap: Bullpen Battle League and Queen of the Ring link up and have their best spitters go against each other on a Chival War card that featured Clone versus Casey Jay. A competitive battle that saw Clone deliver a dope effort what with a rugged mix of witty personals, gritty punchlines and solid name flips throughout the bout, it’s a more spitfire Casey Jay, crafty with every line, whether it’s via stifling name flips, piercing wordplay, fierce punches or sizzling gun bars, who takes rounds 1 and 3 (call the 2nd round debatable) for the win.
Verdict: Casey Jay (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Casey Jay – “You won one battle but nobody gives a fuck that you smoked Reggie!”
