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JC and Danny Myers [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Two prolific battle emcees who almost always give it their all, it’s to be expected that JC and Danny Myers would put on a dope, bar-heavy and competitive showing. Myers goes 1-up with a load of rapid, versatile punchlines that were well-spiced with braggadocio rhythms and some fire (“You fucking with a 5th banger, I’ll take him to the top of the mountain and well…the rest is a cliffhanger!”) set-ups, before JC even things out grandiose heaters that along with some witty (“All my bars make you do shit you can’t do, like bring them lines back!”) barbs/personals, beat back a solid, but not-as-fire-as-his-first-round turn by Danny. The 3rd and deciding round was just a matter of who could more fortitude and with both battlers going in with an equal amount of sterling punches, fierce (Myers: “Point bank in your living room nigga, I’ll spray a slug, your forehead be all in ya carper like a prayer’s rug!”) gun bars, graphic schemes, potent wordplay and some seismic haymakers, it was only fitting that the end result be a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: JC – “Now I know, you love doing that gun talk until somebody stretch him with the shit, bunch of Young Thug’s, all about the money till you address [a dress] ’em like a bitch!”

Aye Verb and Danny Myers [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: A lazy 3rd round by Aye Verb allows Danny Myers to get a draw in this 3-rounder from KOTD. Indeed Myers, for all the energy and at times spitfire (“I’m appalled at the thought that this bitch would play me, ironic your name is Chaz ‘cuz you gonna hear that [Shhh] (Ch) in AZ!”) bars he could sap up from a raucous crowd that was really into the match, could never hit with any consistency on his punches to get ahead in this one. Yet Verb, after a dope, witty with the personals and hard-hitting 1st round and a pretty nice start to his 2nd (just ask Daylyt), just made for a lackluster effort during the rest of his turns, getting edged in the middle round and forcing a draw in the deciding final one with a shortened run.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Aye Verb – “Ride up, reverse it, shirts get rang out; that’s a purchase, do a nigga greasy for that chicken…that’s Churches!”

True Maserati and J. Murda [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: From TrapHouse NY, aggressive, mayhem-lit and gritty punch-fest between J Murda (“That’s word to Sara Lee, you’re a corn muffin, Mase can get the ox to his side like Paul Bunyan!”) and True Maserati comes with an at times heated barrage of sizzling street missives, righteous showmanship, fierce name flips and hard-hitting personals (esp. in round 3). A fealty too for witty bars on each other’s crew and Spanish-laced hijinks, after the two split the opening rounds, it’s only right that a blistering 3rd by both battlers makes this one a draw.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: True Maserati – “I got the grip, but I’m Spanish, I rather put the knife to his spine, then hang him from the top of the track…now ya life on the line!”

Jai 400 Block and Dan Barz [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Up against the hardbody, often cold and bullish raps of Dan Barz in this 3-rounder from Udubb, Jai 400 Block is still able to deliver a wide stream of solid name flips and piercing punchlines to take round 1, before Barz spouts a scheming, boastful and surprisingly (“…you love her, I’m trying to duck her, say that you trash in the bed, she say I’m cuter, ‘cuz you [puts hand over Jai’s head] look like Dame Dash in the head!”) witty 2nd round to even things up going into the 3rd. With the final round deciding the winner, both battlers were able to cue up an assortment of steely personals and widespread mayhem during their turns. But with a minor slip-up from Jai to go along with Dan wasting some bars on Shotgun Suge, an equal amount of haymakers and bar efficiency in round 3 makes this one a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Jai 400 Block – ” I already arm-stronged Lance nigga, so you know it’s gonna be easy for me to handle Barz!”

Nina Cruzae and Casey Jay [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Southern home fried cooking versus gritty, East-coast panache as Texas’ Casey Jay goes at it with  Brooklyn’s (“Everybody about to witness me put this star in a box like a Texas flag!”) Nina Cruzae for 3 rounds of gripping punchlines and rigid personals. Add to the mix some boastful barbs and flexing wordplay on both sides and you’re left with a slightly cleaner/condensed Nina edging round 1, before a more consistently spicy Casey Jay edges the 2nd round and with each lady landing an equal amount of haymakers in round 3, this one ends up a draw.

Verdict: Debatable 

Favorite line: Casey Jay – “Yeah, I’m Tiny, but got Mayweather hand’s…you’ll see how Tip feels!”

Qleen Paper and Arsonal da Rebel [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: In this solid 3-rounder from Black Ice Cartel, Arsonal does a mean Qleen Paper impression and had his moments (“The closest you’ll ever get to being King is Tekken 4!”) bar-wise, but way too many reaches and pedestrian lines hurts da Rebel in the long run versus a Queen hellbent on talking past beef with Detroit rappers when he wasn’t tossing out a nice assortment of gang-related personals and lucid boasts/punchlines. Still, as challenging as this battle was when it came to mediocre punches, it had its share of comical stylings from both battlers and stayed close throughout, leaving us with a slightly more versatile Ars taking the 1st round, before a more consistently potent Qleen edges the 2nd, before the two, pretty equal on bar efficiency, turn out a draw in the deciding 3rd.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Qleen Paper – “Fuck that, I ain’t bring no 9’s and shit, I got a scope so I can find a hit, y’all know how it go, the softest grape on the vine get bit!”

Whosane and Sco [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Besides a hot 2nd round from Whosane, there’s really not much to see here. A dry 1st round from both battlers makes that one a toss-up. The latter two rounds sees too many dated/pedestrian bars throughout from Sco. Yet, Whosane, ahead going into the 3rd, forgets his bars midway and almost chokes, which allows the less flow-challenged Sco to steal the round and get a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Whosane – “I’m with your groovy bitch, she give me funny head…that’s Stewie Griffin!”

Bonnie Godiva and Dutchess [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Nothing too out of the ordinary here as Dutchess and Bonnie Godiva use pretty standard dishes of mayhem, personals, witty barbs and punches to get their point across in this 3-rounder from RBE. And while the ever-bombastic Dutchess had the best round of the night with a sizzling 2nd round after a debatable 1st, a pretty mediocre 3rd by Dutch would allow the slightly punch-heavier Bonnie to edge the final round and make this one a draw.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: Dutchess – “Bon-Bon, look around you, we all know you was sucking off John John!”

Steams and Brooklyn Carter (DEBATABLE)

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Recap: Hard to go against Steams again, as he always represents with the passion, delivery and the (“You can’t replace hot bars with…A…C…not even some of the time”) bars. But some of his schemes take too long to hit while not quite meeting his energy. Then too, as is the case here, sometimes his opponent just ups the ante and puts on a better show. But while Brooklyn Carter stayed in beastmode throughout, too many of bars could’ve been used against anybody and if you listen closely, there were definitely some line flips and filler. Bar wise I give it to Carter, but creativity and originality I give it to Steams. You can make a good case for either guy tho.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line:  Brooklyn Carter – “If I put that 5 on your back….[burps] I’m not trying to burp you!”

Young Gattas and Bonnie Godiva [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Dope, punchline-crazy 3-rounder from KOTD between Young Gattas and Bonnie Godiva stays competitive throughout with Bonnie matching Gattas with sublime haymakers and personals in round 1, before Gattas takes it up a notch with a even more superb 2nd round that displayed her moxie as one of the top tiers in the game and versatility with the bars. Behind a round going into the 3rd, Bonnie would have to go extra hard to beat another solid from Gattas and that she did with a witty at times, hardbody and (“Be a bitch and know your place before you get put like one, stupid, you was supposed to Think Like A Man, not look like one!”) personal-lit turn to edge the final round and call this one even.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: Young Gattas – “What I’m saying is, we can’t compare lines, ‘cuz in every battle another nigger fight for you, fuck Bonnie, I wanna battle all the nigger’s that write for you!”

Arsonal and Goodz [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: A couple of Lionz Den graduate’s, Goodz and Arsonal (“He still drinking that dark, he must ain’t seen what that Brown did till it got a hold of Whitney!”), take their skills to MC War stage, rhyming for two rounds over a beat before switching over for the final style to normal style, but with a microphone in hand. Definitely a goodie with a pair of captivating flows over a gritty beat that was backed by equally fierce punchlines, boastful darts, solid wordplay and blazing gun bars. In the end, we got Arsonal taking the 1st round before a punch-heavier Goodz edged the 2nd, while the last round was a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Goodz – “I hate bitch nigga’s, you the type get a ticket for an open container and snitch nigga!”

Arsonal and Aye Verb [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Elongated throughout the battle, but still stunting in his opponent’s hometown with enough gritty (“I’m Arsenal, I could teach you to be a winner, I’ll Coach Carter you, let a shotgun rearrange your eye, formation without an audible!”) punchlines, relentless mayhem/gun bars and fiery personals (towards Aye Verb and fellow St. Louis battler Hitman Holla), although amazingly lengthy throughout the battle, Arsonal survives some at-times scathing condemnations from a scheme/personal-heavy Verb to earn a draw (Ars took Rd. 1, 2nd round was a tie and Verb edged round 3) in this 3-rounder from Smack/URL.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Aye Verb – “There’s a bigger G than being a gangsta, it’s called being a grown man!”

Rich Dolarz and McKims [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: If Rich Dolarz is going to waste some bars and throw some shots at his peers in a battle, he might as well do it in a one-rounder here against a relative unknown in McKims. Still, for all of Rich’s (“It’ll make you commit suicide, not because you ain’t feeling well, my honey cocaine [Honeycomb] make a nigga wanna kill themselves!”) swagger-jacking, too many lines here just didn’t quite add up to the deft of his sheer intensity. Thankfully, for McKims that’s just enough room for his witty, but filler-prone banter to score a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: McKims – “I forever hold the peace [piece] like I didn’t have anything to say at the wedding!”

Danny Myers and Emerson Kennedy [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Even if it’s just for only one round, two battle emcees going at it on 24-hours notice is always impressive. That said, with Danny Myers taking awhile before he really got in his bag and Emerson Kennedy dishing consistently nice (“All of your nigga’s hitters, but ya didn’t often know, is they running trains behind ya back like Mister Rogers show!”) schemes/bars that was only spoiled by a slip-up towards the end, let’s call this one even.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “Beat you the fair way, he the type to tie his album to a kite just to get some airplay!”

Young Kannon and Lil Dave [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Lil Dave is funny as hell, came creative too with the “let me ask you a questions” lines, has some nice bars, knows how to storytell and can clearly play to the crowd. That said, while YK came hitting with the bars, there wasn’t much variety, he had a couple of slight stumbles and you’ve seen him hit harder as well as come with more consistent heat. So with all being fair, URL rapper vs. non-URL rapper and all, this one is a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Lil Dave – “And in your battle vesus JC you said some shit that was so untrue, you said you was blowing la with those Milwaukee niggas, Nigga we was smoking with YOU!”

Pat Stay and Shotty Horror [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: In a shortened 1-round battle that begs for a rematch, Shotty Horroh makes up for forgetting his rhymes by free-styling some solid punches and witty (“Who the fuck gave Organik loads of protein?!”) personals that had enough bite to earn a draw against a hitting at times, but also not on his A-game Pat Stay.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Pat Stay – “Only thing you have in common with Wolf, is your flow backwards!”

Syahboy vs. Lotta Zay (DEBATABLE)

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Recap: Damn! I hate declaring ties, but after a couple of watches it was clear that this one could go either way with Syahboy clearly taking round 2 and Zay taking round 3, you’re only left with a very close and debatable round 1. Close battles usually make for dope battles tho, so in this case you can’t lose no matter who you think won.

Verdict: TIE

Best line: Lotta Zay – “…Wiz could leave ya with a wig missing like Amber Rose”

Head ICE and Pat Stay [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Two top tier emcees with the ability to readily mix in searing bully bars, fierce punchlines with adept wit in their bars, Pat Stay and Head ICE battle to a highly entertaining draw on the KOTD stage with an equal amount of haymakers making round 1 a tie, before a more gamely comedic, personal-driven and consistently fire Stay edges the 2nd. Down one going into the 3rd, ICE makes what would be his longest round count with some classic stunting that was backed by some salacious (“You’ll get chased in my hood, I’ll put money on it, just for stepping in them Esco jeans with your spandex shirt like ‘Let’s go eat!'”), punches to beat back a solid, but elongated and beatable turn by Pat and force a tie.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Pat Stay – “I mean it’s just weird, he gets charged with a felon, but his record is crystal clear, it’s like he slipped and dropped in quicksand, he fell and [felon] he disappeared!”

Bonnie Godiva and Star Smilez [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Yeah, that was awkward. That is, at the beginning of this QOTR battle vs. Star Smilez, Bonnie Godiva spitting a hot punchline before her intro and receiving next to no reaction (ironically, that would be a sign of things to come as Bonnie would also waste a 3rd of her final round throwing shots at Phara Funeral). Still, this one was a goodie tho as outside of a perfectly-executed 1st round that Bonnie clearly took thanks to a gang of versatile, witty and spitfire punches, the two battlers kept it close in the latter stages. A more condensed Star Smilez, mixing it up and hitting more proficiently with brazen (“If I told a bitch I was gonna slap her, everybody around her would’ve ducked!”) personals, fiery schemes, witty barbs and gritty punchlines did enough against a less consistent Bonnie to force a draw in round 2, before edging round 3 with another punch-heavy turn that with the help of Bonnie directing so many bars towards her peer, allowed this battle to end in a draw.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: Bonnie Godiva – “How the fuck you work at Best Buy and got a Home Depot swag?!”

RemyD and Hitman Holla [DEBATABLE] (Rematch)

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Recap: Classic Fight Klub battle between (“Your rims don’t turn, your lyrics don’t burn, so as far as I’m concerned, that’s as far as I’m concerned!”) Hitman Holla and RemyD didn’t allow for stumbling, hence a flow-challenged Remy having his 2nd round cut short, before a couple of nice freestyles by Remy in the deciding 3rd round got him a….sudden death OT, which while totally unfair, was no fault of Hitman’s, allowing for Holla to ‘comeback’ with a tie after spitting a solid OT round after Remy slips up once again in the extra round.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: RemyD – “You could tell that I’m the answer, like what come after the equal sign!”

Passwurdz and Skelly [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: From KOTD, after the two split the first couple of rounds (Passwurdz taking the 1st before Skeely took round 2), Passwurdz’s flow-istic punchlines and his opponent’s pointed, hardbody stylings/personals (“And I heard that bitch you got in Oakland will let the whole block bang, she be giving more neck than a King of the Dot chain!”) equate with enough heat in the deciding 3rd to make this one a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Passwurdz – “You bring a fat, black girl to every battle that you have and I think that’s just Precious!”

QB (Black Diamond) and Dutchess [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Dutchess has enough potent bars, wordplay and a dope delivery to be a problem for any female battle rapper. And the Bronx battler showed it here, going toe-to-toe with the forever disrespectful (as shown here, even the kids can get it too) QB on Queen of the Ring for two rounds of straight heat. I got an aggressive and straight venomous QB clearly taking the 1st round (a classic) and the more heavy punching Dutchess clearly taking the 2nd (“Talking about I suck dick and kiss my daughter and brother in the mouth, bitch you a yung’in, you suck dick and kiss your mother in the mouth!”). But after the ladies spent so much energy in the first couple of rounds, they both would barely limp through the deciding round 3. And without either one doing anything spectacular, we can safely call this one even.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: QB – “You got a 5 dollar foot long face!”

Dizaster and Caustic [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Similar styles, similar wit and similar intensity in this Grind Time battle between Caustic and Dizaste, which sees them both go equally at it with the meanest personals, hip freestyles, race (Caustic: “I am whiter than the flag’s you use to surrender!”) jokes and fierce braggadocio bars. A two-round battle that should’ve easily been a 3, when considering the level of talent, with a share of haymakers and off-the-dome one-liners mixed in by each battler, each round was pretty even.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Dizaster -“You’re a redneck, that gets nervous whenever he’s not near…a cold can of tall bear!”

Sy Ari Da Kid and John John Da Don [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Industry rapper Sy Ari Da Kid and (“Put the pound on you like the trending topic!”) John John Da Don  go at it for about 5 minutes in a freestyle battle that was pretty subpar all the way through. And with neither battler offering much in the way of haymakers, slip-ups from both sides and plenty of paltry lyrics to boot, best to call this one a tie and quickly move on.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Sy Ari Da Kid – “Look we got it all, want your pizza store?, I’m your Papa John!”

Shotgun Suge and Heartless [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: East-coast vs West-coast style clash between punchline/wordplay-feen (“When I start throwing bullets, nigger don’t think you can’t get open, so you better take a different route, or I’ll be in ya hood like LL, leave him with only one leg showing…while I shoot In The House!”) Heartless and an always about-that-action Shotgun Suge stays competitive throughout as both battlers stick with what they do best, while rarely missing a beat. A gritty and compelling battle that was enhanced by the small-room, crowd-right-up-on-you-to-taste-every-line atmosphere, a debatable 1st round followed by Heartless edging the 2nd round while Suge took the 3rd adds up a pretty succinct draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Shotgun Suge – “So don’t say shit, ‘cuz I don’t play bitch, I got the same shottie that Willie Manchester knocked J-Rock over the gate with!”

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!!!”

PC and John John da Don [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Pretty close 3-rounder from Grind Time with John John da Don facing off against PC in a battle that came with your usual assortment of festive (JJDD: “Top gonna crack when the rocket snap, I’ll blow his eyes from the spine, make him watch his back!”) gun bars, rugged boasts, solid punchlines and casual name flips. And while both battlers were prone for filler here and there, with the best bar of the round PC took a very close 1s, before a punch-heavier JJDD edged the 2nd round. The deciding 3rd round, even in length, was pretty mediocre on both sides with very little on the haymakers. making this one a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: PC – “Don’t hype him up, get him souped like Wan Tan, I’ll pull the shotty and have him smelling like a porta potty, that’s the definition of a john, John!”

Conceited and Cortez [DEBATABLE]

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Synopsis: No disrespect to Cortez, who came off with a killer instinct throughout here (esp. the BK scheme in round one), enough gumption to enter the last round with the lead. But you could watch this battle for Conceited’s round 3 alone, one of the Top 10 rounds in battle rap history in my opinion. Breaking down Cortez’s over-the-top “rah rah” style, dropping gems on his losses, getting his entourage to go quiet, exquisite punchlines and dope bars, it’s all there, arguably Conceited at his best.

Verdict: TIE

Best line: Conceited – “See I’m flyer than a cockpit, I pick up cats like a chopstick!”

Serius Jones and Murda Mook [DEBATABLE]

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Synopsis: Instead of the Lux vs. Mook rematch, it’s these two who I’d love to see square off again. That’s how close this legendary battle is, as Serius Jones and Mook showcase not only their tremendous talent, but their serious (no pun intended) dislike for each other. Jones’ first round is classic: storytelling, personals (“Your government name is Johnathan Ancrum/He went to Fordham Prep Catholic, that’s a private school”) and righteous snaps. But Mook brings it right back with aggressive bars, hilarious anecdotes (“Smack called me [while] I was getting some head, [said] we got a victim and it might involve you getting some bread…”) and noted Harlem swag (backed up by the entire 116th block that he apparently brought with him). The fun continues in round two as the two rappers continue to spit dope lines (Mook: “He probably ain’t wanna battle, just wanted to meet me in person”) while showcasing their competitive fab at times by finishing off each other rhymes. The last round has Serius continuing to go hard while showing off his infamous free-style ability, afterwards Mook continues to air out Serius’ street cred. However, while Serius’ rebuttals, nasty bars (“If you wanna get his bitch to run a train, just get her a sandwich from Subway and a Metrocard”) and off-the dome barbs are straight sick, it’s Mook’s closing “dot” scheme that will live on in infamy. I got the 1st round as a tie, Mook edging the 2nd and Serius taking the 3rd. All told, a classic battle.

Verdict: Serius Jones and Murda Mook (TIE)

Best line: Murda Mook – “We got barrels so long, you see ’em you pledge allegiance” AND Serius Jones – “Talking about coke?! The last time this nigga’ shaved an onion he was in his kitchen on Thanksgiving making stuffing”