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Chilla Jones defeats Gjonaj

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Recap: Replete with hitting personals, nifty (Chilla: “Think it’s funny, for you dropping tiers [tears]?, laugh now, cry later, die hater!”) wordplay, hard (Gjonaj: “I got your bitch on her knees, I don’t mean to use religion, but she attached to the wood like a Crucifixion!”) punchlines and, of course, some hardbody schemes, Chilla Jones and Gjonaj keep it tight enough to split the first two rounds here in this 3-round battle from KOTD. But after Gjonaj delivers a nice Super Mario 3 bar in the midst of a pretty solid 3rd round, it’s Chilla who spouts the rare middle-of-the-round (“And you right, the shit is Super Mario, I first thought it was strange, but nigga’s battle rap ‘cuz a good job is not in their range, and they don’t want to jump up to hit the block for some change!”) rebuttal to edge the round and earn the win.

Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Gjonaj – “Bitch you’re not Top Tier, stop the lies, Pay-Per-View sales are down this year, I’m not surprised, because it’s hard to skip his rounds when you’re watching live!”

Gjonaj defeats Danny Myers

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Recap: In what was a rousing and very close 3-rounder from KOTD, Gjonaj uses some filthy wordplay, intensely dramatic but also shrewd schemes and some fiery personals/punchlines/4-bar set-ups to beat back a Danny Myers who while providing another cold display of stinging punches and wild imagery with the mayhem, couldn’t quite keep up with his opponent’s more condensed efficiency in rounds 1 and 3.

Verdict: Gjonaj (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Gjonaj – “You’re Morgan Freeman, you narrate a story that is not yours!”

Dizaster defeats Gjonaj

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Recap: Long accused of being a Dizaster clone, Gjonaj finally gets to battle the man himself in this 3-rounder from KOTD. 1st round is close with Gjonaj airing fiery (“You’ll never get it together, stop trying, stick to being Lebanon-violent”) punchlines along with nice schemes in his noted rambunctious style. But a more amped-up than usual Dizaster comes right back with steady (“Time for you to face your master, your name is gjnalaggg[unintelligible]”) jokes, animated personals and repeated bully (“This Christian could die, I’ll put your wings in the sky like a Batman signal!”) bars to edge the round. After admitting to stealing a Diz bar in an earlier battle, the second round sees Gjonaj surprisingly choke, giving Dizaster an easy lane to steamroll him with a wicked impression of his opponent and more funny (“It’s Yassar Arafat in a New Era hat!”) wisecracks on Gjonaj’s style and persona. Credit Gjonaj for getting his mojo back in the 3rd round (arguably the best round overall of the battle) with the Detroit rapper delivering some winning (“We should’ve battled on the rooftop, cuz’ you ain’t had a decent punch since Billy Boondox!”) personals and feelgood punches, while Dizaster continued to score points with stinging performance (“You cats act like me till you have a crap like me, then your personality is revealed, one [lifts fist up] Sandy hook on the stage will prove this Dizaster isn’t real!”) bars and seismic wordplay to steal the round and score a 3-0.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Dizaster – “I am jealous of you, ‘cuz I could never get a cab driver like you, shit your cab drivers drive you to the battle then walk inside the venue and stand beside you”

Born defeats Gjonaj

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Recap: Versatility is the name of the game here as Born’s variety of winning personals, soaring (“Dumping off 9’s for practice out the van like soccer mom’s!”) punchlines, feelgood snaps and wicked wordplay overcomes Gjonaj’s aggressive (“I’ll snap his neck and have him looking over his shoulder like it ain’t happened yet”) dalliances and heated performance bars in both rounds 1 and 2 to take the win.

Verdict: Born (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Born – “The real Dizaster is him not using his own style!”

Gutta defeats Gjonaj

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Recap: Dope battle between Gutta (who easily makes up for his earlier poor PG against Blacksmif here) and Gjonga, a Michigan cat whose style and pedigree is like a flat-out combination of Dizaster and Uno Lavos. Close throughout with plenty of haymakers, crazy (Gutta: “I’ll chew a nigga while he hot, I can’t stand to eat my dinner cold”) punchlines, steady jokes, preachy (Gjonja: “Well honestly, save your fucking apology, I been down paths so fucking dark my shadow wouldn’t follow me”) wordplay and stellar performances on both sides. But Gutta takes it in the end for being a little more consistent overall with the flow while producing more heat with his stage time. All the while Gjonaj’s wordplay didn’t always match his aggression, tho his all-world first (“If by now you’re not a fan, I got holy punches that I promise land”) round should still be viewed as a classic.

Verdict: Gutta (W0 2-1

Favorite line: Gjonga – “Well now I’m mad and I can’t get past it so I’mma catch you leaving Summer Madness, talking to your fucking ratchet, knife you at a red light, tell your bitch you got stuck in traffic!”

JC defeats Gjonaj

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Recap: A rare choke from JC in the 2nd round still doesn’t stop him using some fiery schemes, ill personals and fire gunplay in the 1st and 3rd rounds and beat back the loud and boisterous, but often reaching raps of Gjonaj.

Verdict: JC (W) 2-1

Favorite line: JC – “I still spark the llama like Martin mama, if I reach, ain’t shit I’m raisin’ but a biscuit!”