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Couture defeats Ms. Hustle

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Recap: While a more condensed and mostly scheme/punch-lit Couture did her thing (without much use of props btw) during this Chrome23 bout, Ms. Hustle may want to look in the mirror and blame herself for losing. A very close loss, but a loss nonetheless. And here’s part of the reason why: a creative and highly personal, but poorly executed 3rd round that was set-up well (tho Anderson Burruss or someone from her EFB clique would’ve been a better choice to play the commenter) and made plenty of sense when she brought out Ms. Pak (considering her and Couture’s notorious past on QOTR), but didn’t utilize her fully and altogether was topsy-turvy when it came to the punches. And with the battle tied (had Hustle edging round 1 and Couture edging round 2) going into the 3rd, after Hustle wrapped up her wayward turn, all Couture needed to do was stay consistent with her game plan, a versatile, well-themed, consistent, personal/aggressive when need be and witty at times effort that got her the final round for the win and locked down her top tier status.

Verdict: Couture (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Couture – “The East coast is popping, but you out here throwing up [tosses some nuts out on the stage] ‘Nut!’ like you from Compton!”

Couture defeats Vic Wallace

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Recap: After keeping her cool in lieu of a brazen, personally hard-hitting and mayhem-lit showing from Vic Wallace, in this dope 1-rounder from Rhode Island’s TakeOva Battle League, Couture lights up her opponent and her home crowd with a fire combo of slick wordplay, stinging punchlines, rigid schemes, boastful barbs and hardbody personals to earn the win.

Verdict: Couture (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Couture – “See, y’all think Bob the Builder, but I’m the landlord!”

Charlie Clips and Couture [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Very likely the most intriguing battle on the 2020 URL Kings vs. Queens card, seeing as they once were a real-life couple, Charlie Clips vs. Couture is not only a chance to see who can rap batter, but also witness the two air all their dirty laundry for all the world to see too. That said, outside of some slip-ups in each round by Clips (which were made up for with plenty of nimble freestyles and sound  effects), the bout certainly lived up to the hype with both emcees going all the way in when it came to stinging personals that included (esp. Couture during what was a stellar 2nd round) graphic sexcapades, battle rap couple life, rich storytelling and responsible parenting. Add to that a plethora of heavy-handed punchlines, some fierce wordplay, witty barbs, fire name flips/schemes and boastful shiners and you’re left with an entertaining and competitive matchup with a punch-heavier Clips taking the 1st round, the extra spicy personals of Couture taking the 2nd round and despite Clips getting off to a bit of a sluggish start, with an equal amount of haymakers in a final round that featured a variety of sizzling themes overall, we can call this one a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Couture – “Sike, I lied nigger, every time we had sex, you almost died nigger!”

Couture defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: Dope, competitive battle between 40 B.A.R.R.S. and Couture on the QOTR stage sees 40 gets busy throughout the match with a gang of shrewd lyrical stunting, rigid name flips and hard-hitting personals. While Couture flexed her versatility with a boatload of witty/scathing personals, clever schemes, piercing punchlines and a spitfire performance (esp. in round 3, which saw the Rhode Island emcee use both a human prop and a beverage prop to unleash a variety of impressions of your favorite male battlers with startling effect). In front of a crowd egged on by every hot bar, a slightly more clean with the flow, condensed and punch-heavier Couture takes round 1, before 40 gets downright mean with it (even going after her opponent’s kid) and with the help of a couple of more haymakers, takes the 2nd round to even things up. The ever calm, cool and collected Couture, however, would take the final round, what with the aforementioned electric performance to go with a continuously aggressive and stinging punch game that overall would beat back a pretty solid, but not as consistently spicy turn by 40.

Verdict: Couture (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Couture – “Oh I got you big mad Lisa, let me stop and show some true love, congratulations on the crib, bitch I can’t wait to drown you in your new tub, sometimes I’m too blunt and when I roll up it’s nothing less than two snubs, so who wants smoke with me, I’m about to split 40 into two dubs!”

Couture defeats Tori Doe

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Recap: Does any battler out there keep a better poker face while their opponent rap’s than Couture? Just saying ‘cuz it’s hard to recall Couture even nodding at hot bar thrown her way. Speaking of which, Couture’s QOTR opponent here, Tori Doe, certainly with a barrage of them. The petite Harlem emcee flexing her heart out with a wide load gritty wordplay and flashy gun bars while aggressively maneuvering around the ring to make her presence even more felt. But after a more haymaker-lit Tori took the 1st round, Couture would up the ante and get extra busy with a gang of her own lyrical stunting in addition to witty/hard-hitting personals, fiery wordplay and piercing 4-bar setups/punchlines to edge the 2nd round before handily taking the deciding 3rd round for the win.

Verdict: Couture (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Couture: “I was ducking who?, who the fuck are you?, let’s get one thing clear, I told Debo before I wouldn’t make it, I had to get a tooth extraction, that’s the only reason I wasn’t around bitch, You would’ve watched the throne, I been the queen, even my dentist said I need a crown bitch!”

Phara Funeral defeats Couture

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Recap: Snoop Gladiator School 1-rounder between Couture and Phara Funeral features plenty of illicit gun bars, residual mayhem, salacious personals and piercing punchlines. A goodie all the way through that kept the crowd engaged, a slightly more cleaner, scheme-heavy and haymaker-lit Ms. Funeral gets the win.

Verdict: Phara Funeral (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Phara Funeral – “This reach…God [Gawd] I’m about to hit her with the ‘Urn’ and ‘Ash’!”

Couture defeats O’fficial

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Recap: A direct contrast to O’fficial’s rambunctious and at times, overtly emotional demeanor, Couture’s cool and calm mannerisms along with her focused delivery gets your attention even more when her pointed personals, fiery schemes, salacious name flips, witty barbs/angles and flexing punchlines get under an opponent’s skin as we witnessed here. Not that O’fficial helped herself much with a couple of very elongated rounds as well as a boatload of punches that didn’t always land. But after easily out-pointing her opponent in rounds 1 and 3, but for a debatable 2nd round (thanks, in part, to a nice O’fficial rebuttal) and a too extra ‘prop’ drill sergeant in the final round, this one was pretty much all Couture.

Verdict: Couture (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Couture – “You a fake, a fraud, a phony, on top of that your flow sucks, these niggers got you gassed, you thought your shit was lit till I stepped on stage and stole your shine, you Slow Bucks!”

Couture defeats Norma Bayts

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Recap: Versus the aggressive, trap talking and hardbody stylings of Norma Bayts, Couture still doesn’t hold back, using a boatload of piercing punchlines, stinging personals, flexing schemes, fierce name flips and because it wouldn’t be a Couture battle without some props, a couple of homies to parrot a sizzling horror movie narrative in round 3 that capped off a 30 versus an opponent who’s gritty, but long-winded rounds weren’t helped by a gang of weak personals.

Verdict: Couture (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Couture – “You probably walk through the Bronx Zoo and get sedated by mistake!”

Couture defeats Jai Smoove

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Recap: After surviving a lyrically sharp, wordplay-nice, fierce calendar-scheme dishing 1st round from Jai Smoove, an elongated, but no split-hair having Couture still makes the most of her latter rounds with a boatload of fiery gun bars, spicy punchlines, boastful barbs and hard-hitting/witty personals to beat back her gritty, but less substantive opponent and get the win in this 3-rounder from QOTR.

Verdict: Couture (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Couture – “Now you taking this death for free and these views?, don’t get ’em confused, they just for me!”

Couture defeats Jada Raye

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Recap: In a battle that featured a gang of fiery schemes, nasty personals, fire set-ups, flexing punchlines and some dope wordplay/storytelling, after a debatable 1st round, a slightly more condensed Couture uses a vicious tranny-angled 2nd round, a host of indirect bars from opponent Jada Raye and some boastful barbs to take both of the latter rounds for the win in this 3-rounder from QOTR.

Verdict: Couture (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Couture – “But when the teacher said form a boy’s and girl’s line, Latrell sat in the middle…confused!

Couture defeats Ms Pak

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Recap: As personal and disrespectful as battle rap can get at times, once you decide to put yourself in the ring, emotions have to be checked at the door. After all, it’s battle rap, the ultimate sport when it comes verbal warfare. So Ms Pak getting exposed by a Monistat box tossing and Facebook picture of Pak on a dirty mattress exposing Couture (who on lyrics alone was already ad this QOTR battle in the bag) in what will go down as a 2nd round classic, should serve as yet another lesson to all battle rappers when it comes to being prepared for anything your opponent might bring. Including props. And while a tear-dropping, back-to-the-crowd Ms Pak, didn’t impress the fans or the “Sparring Session” judges by fleeing the scene right after the battle, the bodybag Couture put on Pak here did make WorldStar.

Verdict: Couture (W) 3-0

Favorite line:  Couture – “How the fuck is you a bad bitch when you got that luck of the Irish pussy smelling like corn beef and cabbage!”

Couture defeats Kashie Ty

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Recap: A solid, lyrical and hard-hitting effort from Kashie Ty in this 3-rounder from Queen of the Ring. But opponent Couture’s barrage of piercing punches/schemes and scathing/witty personals gets the Rhode Island emcee the first couple of rounds, before a 3rd round debatable for the win.

Verdict: Couture (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Couture – “Bitch, you look like Miss Piggy, I expected you to go ham!”