Recap: Ha Style (“Another guy to step, well the .44 won’t miss you, get wings from what’s outta that shell…that’s the Butterfly effect!”) and ReeveyTown (“Write your name on every bullet in the clip, you the hot topic!”) dish plenty of mayhem on each other, but it’s a performance-heavy and more consistent Mr. Styles who takes this one-rounder in the end.
Verdict: Ha Style (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Ha Style – “My intellect is different, street talk, we could get into that, I don’t believe you, all I’m hearing is static like dial-up internet!”
Recap: Steady aggressive bars throughout this one-round battle of raucous lines/wordplay from both Ha Style and Quban (“Knife work, I’ll leave it stuck in the middle…I’m still deciding!”), is separated by less filler, more variety, a Hulk Hogan impression and a tribute to ‘Radio Raheem’ by Ha Style.
Verdict: Ha Style (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Ha Style – “Just know that the dot calm a nigga like a semi-colon!”
Recap: With his rich comedic timing, cool kid confidence and searing performance bars, if he chooses to Mo Mula has the goods to go a long way in this battle rap world. Not to take anything for granted however, as Ha Style’s potent 3rd round here, an aggressive and delicious combo of grandiose (“Shit, I went up his projects steps and the chopper shined from the roof like Project X!”; “Dead body, what you see phew you [CPU] when I use the mac”!) wordplay and righteous gun bars showed that even the best up-n-comer can be beat. Too bad for Ha, his last round would end up being his best would only save him from getting 3-0’d as Mula’s aforementioned (“I got huge guns, that’s hi-tech, lasers beams in hi-depth [Ha death]…silencer on it [makes sound of bullet firing] got Ha thinking that hi-def [Ha deaf]” distinctive and highly {“Niggas said they clap nina’s and bang ratchets, but they ain’t bust a chicken head…y’all probably thought I had a chicken head [clicks] nope them chicken heads [Blak!] the kick back will have you doing the Chickenhead!”) entertaining style was on full display in the two earlier rounds, easily getting him the dub here over what was too many standard bully/braggadocio lines from Ha Styles.
Verdict: Mo Mula (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Mo Mula – “It’s a privilege being this dope, like when you mix Henny and loud!”
Recap: One of those battles where you should definitely NOT be paying attention to the comments section as so many got Ha Style this one winning…easy. Yet, upon watching the battle itself, it’s really a much different story as Drugz albeit had a lot of one-dimensional street flair, still sparked remnants of authenticity and enough (“Get these pussies stretched, somebody get him some vinegar!”) action/wordplay to easily take the first round and hang in there for the rest of the battle. Moving on, Ha’s aggressive, old-school flow was uplifted when he went (“That’s your style? A nigga can hit your girl as long as she don;t suck it, you give em dap and a smile?!”) personal on his opponent and repeatedly landed with spot-on jabs to the middle round. 3rd close wasn’t the best for either battler, however, despite Ha dishing a couple of loud haymakers and Drugz mostly going hit-or-miss, ultimately it’s still Drugz edging the win with slightly better (“I’m that pissed, you never seen me that like this before, I guess you did get Cat-fished!”) consistency to his bars, unlike plenty of ample reaches, spectator bars and righteous filler from Mr. Style that got tended to get lost in his amped-up performance..
Verdict: Drugz (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Drugz – “I’m a hype beast, white sheets, a fraud, it’s what you seem to be, those 7,000 views are not yours, so your chances of success without Roc are quite Bleek!”
Recap: Hot at times, but mostly dishing pedestrian bars, Streetz Me gives himself little chance to keep up with the vibrant performance, effervescent flow and lofty (“These punches hitting like Tyson messiah, you called that, T.I. son, Messiah?!”) wordplay of Ha Style.
Verdict: Ha Style (W) 3-0
Favorite Line: Ha Style – “So you a Blood, whatever this Blood sport, I got something kicking out the Van…damn!”
