Recap: No Mexican bars from Don Marino in a 1-round, GMDW battle where the theme was wrestling. Nonetheless, still a solid effort filled with a gang of filthy punches from the Florida hombre. Then it was Jerry Wess’ turn and that was pretty much it. The EFB squad member using his turn to get busy with a bunch of sterling build-ups, sturdy punchlines and a kaleidoscope of sublime, wrestling-themed punchlines to score more than enough haymakers for the win.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “We are not in the same tax bracket, I will finish this dude, scam your bank statements for Photoshop….make ya signature move!”
Recap: One thing one has learned from years of recapping battles: when everybody and their mother says it’s a 30, it’s usually not. Not to take anything away from Jerry Wess here, because he’s always been a dangerous opp for any battler. But this URL Summer Madness 13 against DNA was still close and competitive throughout. DNA scoring with a gang of dope 4-bar punches, some fire rebuttals (esp. during the start of his round 2), hitting personals and potent/mayhem-lit darts, came to win. While the underdog Wess’ performance-lit punches, jaunty name flips, props, hardbody boasts and full embrace of his ‘scammer’ rep also lit up the scoreboard. Still, a slow start of both battlers in round 1 ends up with the more haymaker-lit Jerry edging the opener before the trio of aforementioned rebuttals by DNA edged him round 2 to tie things up going into the 3rd. And while DNA had another pretty solid round, the deciding 3rd saw Wess go ham with the punches, performance and variety during a more steady showing that earned him the win.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “You wanna be a nigger’s top 5?, cool, but Mt. Rushmore this bitch buggin, when it comes to legends we don’t really consider you DNA…5th cousin!”
Recap: Seeing Jerry Wess back on the stage here on this URL Civil War 2 card after a long hiatus (apparently due to an injury) against Lu Castro and I was immediately reminded of a couple of things: Wess’ performance game can easily compete with Lu’s, his losses are almost always close and Jerry’s punch acumen doesn’t get near the appreciation it deserves. Add to the mix a Castro who’s been in quite a slump of late and it’s no wonder that Wess gets the 30. The Brooklyn-based EFB member utilizing a plethora of stinging/mocking personals, rigid gun bars, stifling wordplay, fiery punchline/set-ups/schemes and rich performance bars to preserve the shutout after a topsy-turvy Castro (who may be battling too often these days) choked in round 1, before coming back with two solid and competitive, but still a bit flow-challenged turns that all in all may leave Big Lu having to go back to the drawing board.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “Find him in a hole, Cast dead, Golden Girls, he paid a heavy price, buried him dark-skinned, by the time they fimd him Betty [bet he] White!”
Recap: A matchup that wasn’t high up on the URL N.O.M.E. card, but still turned out to be a competitive goodie regardless, Jerry Wess vs. Loso featured a boatload of spirited personals, colorful punchlines, witty soundbites, rigid (almost exclusively from Jerry) gun bars and feelgood punchlines/schemes. A close bout throughout, after a well-themed, but elongated turn from Loso cost him round 1 to his more condensed and punch-heavy opponent, the Christian rapper would pick it up on bar efficiency, set-ups and angles to edge both of the latter rounds for the win.
Verdict: Loso (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Loso – “And of course Nitty gonna put you on…you fake J!”
Recap: Hard fought 3-rounder from We Go Hard stands out with it’s variety of gritty punchlines, but also due to the underlying theme of two WGH vets who’ve reached very different levels of success when it comes to their battle rap career. And while the at times righteous-spitting Carter served up yet another splendid outing here, once again warranting bigger plates, it’s the slightly punch-heavier, rugged Brooklyn touring, metaphor/performance/scheme-stunting and personal-lit Wess who takes both of the latter rounds for the win after a first round debatable.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “I get a nigger in Red Hook, stab him with something sharp bro, big knife, cut out a nice part in Brooklyn…Park Slope!”
Recap: One too many ‘Paige’ name flips and a bit of a flow-challenged Jerry Wess, who was slightly better overall with the personals than the punches (where he was a little predictable in the opening rounds, before he came through with a dope 3rd), leaves Swamp, who steadily finessed throughout this Ultimate Madness 3 first-round battle with a bunch of ill street rhythms/set-ups, witty/shrewd personals and steely gun bars with the edge in rounds 1 and 2 for the win.
Verdict: Swamp (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Swamp – “You always talking about your muthafuckin’ car, like that shit is cool…your car is a piece of shit, but my gun is a lemon too!”
Recap: Hopefully, while we can usually appreciate Jerry Wess’ loves for gimmicks, walkie-talkie recordings won’t become a staple when it comes to the future of battle rap. That said, a solid battle between the usually crazy punchline-spitting Wess and the ever-brash Arsonal comes down to a spitfire 3rd round from Wess (a flexing/performance-heavy comeback considering how mediocre his 2nd was) as well as a topsy-turvy and elongated 1st round from da Rebel (who also didn’t come as hard with the disrespectful bars as we’re used to seeing) which gave Jerry the edge there too for the win.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “The little .9 to his cranium, his wig gonna burst, I’ll put the baby [putts hand up like gun over Arsonal’s head] over this bitch like ‘my kids come first!'”
Recap: Impressing again with fiery punchline after punchline, but also adding a fierce scheme game to his arsenal, for the first couple of rounds here against Danny Myers, Jerry Wess effectively drops a hammer on his opponent all the while withstanding a barrage of piercing heat and solid personals from the Bar God. The ever-prolific Myers, battling once again on the big stage despite the challenging year that’s been 2020, did offer up a sublime 3rd round to avoid the shutout.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “All that drive, thinking 40 the new 20…till you get a speeding ticket!”
Recap: Well, he’s clearly a member of E.F.B. for reason as Jerry Wess not only displays his wizardry for consistently fire punchlines, spicy name flips/personals and sublime 4-bar setups in this 1-rounder verses a mostly solid, but a bit flow-challenged Joe Waters, yet even with a slight hiccup midway through his round, makes up for it with a couple of dope freestyles.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “But you know it’s like trying to put a leash on my dog, I’m chasing a bitch, it’s exquisite when I’m raising a 5th, Waters running like I don’t want nobody to hear me taking a shit!”
Recap: A punch-fest between Chilla Jones and Jerry Wess goes Chilla’s way as the Boston rapper’s (who also came with a handful of nice rebuttals) more intricate darts, stinging name flips, fiery personals and buoyant wordplay/schemes in the first two rounds gave him the win in this competitive 3-round matchup, before both combatants stepped up their versatility and bar efficiency in the final round to make that one a debatable.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Man I could see your man’s is nervous, every hand that lands stretch out Wess [West]…Louisiana Purchase!”
Recap: Coming unto this URL Quarantined Sterilizer 2 battle with a rep for choking, a slightly slower flow helps an overall solid B. Magic get through 3 rounds without a hiccup. But a gun bar-heavy and name flip/personal-lit Jerry Wess, after a debatable 1st round, delivers more than enough heat to take both of the latter rounds for the win.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “Let’s let this shit be clear, I don’t know how they got me to do this shit, but it literally took Magic to get me here, I put a blade on the top of your soul, blood and sweat seep through ya pores, you ain’t gonna have time to pull a rabbit out of ya hat, cuz I’m a pull a knife outta yours!”
Recap: From URL, against a Shotgun Suge who for the most part kept it pretty condensed and ordinary for all three rounds, Jerry Wess uses a barrage of performance-stunting mayhem, fiery punchlines/wordplay and heated gun lines to easily take rounds 1 and 3 (call the 2nd debatable) for the win.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “Yeah, go ahead and tap my pockets, you ain’t getting shit without the pin number!”
Recap: 1-round URL Quarantined battle between Geechi Gotti and Jerry Wess sees them both wreck havoc with plenty of gun bars-a-blazing to go with loads of spiteful mayhem. But with Gotti also equipped with a gang of gritty name flips, a creative and stifling cameo from his girlfriend, a steadier flow and more spicy punchlines, call this one another vic for Geechi.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “All my enemies in they grave turning over…now that’s a plot twist!”
Recap: The stifling gun bars will always be there, but it’s really the tremendous bite and originality of Rum Nitty’s punches that make him so good. As seen here against a pretty solid punching (esp. in round 3, which he took) Jerry Wess in this competitive Genesis card battle from URL, Nitty’s ability to consistently spout prototypical darts and land haymakers with them are what makes him no ordinary rapper, while also allowing him to take both of the opening rounds here for the win.
Verdict: Rum Nitty (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Rum Nitty – “Aye, I used to rob niggas, pull a strap if I need that, you’ll lose everything if I go back to my old ways…factory reset!”
Recap: An equal amount of haymakers, fiery schemes, gimmickry, witty barbs and wicked punchlines throughout their battle make John John da Don versus Jerry Wess (from the URL app) a close and competitive one. But the veteran JJDD’s more condensed and name flip spazzing 1st round coupled with slightly more intricate wordplay and more pointed personals in the 2nd allows the ‘Other da Don’ to edge the first two rounds and gain the win before Mr. Wess, after a bit of a slow start, takes the 3rd with what was an onslaught of rich set-ups and righteous mayhem.
Verdict: John John da Don (W) 2-1
Favorite line: John John da Don – “This what you call a risk?…only the people that got the Apple watch!”
Recap: Yeah, he was cooking alright. In what, thus far, should go down as his most impressive performance over 3 rounds, Jerry Wess uses a flawless (and classic), half venting on URL business dealings/going ham with the punches on opponent Glueazy 1st round, a just as incredibly stirring and punch/wordplay/name flip/personal-heavy 2nd to go along with a performance-rich (esp with the sound effects), set-up-lit and versatile 3rd to beat the breaks off of one of the better mid-tiers (who btw turned in a pretty strong showing himself) in the game and establish himself as deserving of a bigger stage.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “White people making soul food…you about to get cooked bad!”
Recap: Punch-heavy, mayhem-drenched and gun bar-tooting battle between Jerry Wess and Swamptown’s DG Daparonta stays competitive throughout. But it’s Mr. Wess, showcasing more intricacy to his bars while also dropping more haymakers on the dime, who takes each round for a well-earned 30.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Jerry Wess -“All y’all nigga’s sound the same, who brought these lames in?, Undertaker and Kane, y’all nigga’s got the same pin [pen]!”
Recap: Super gritty, punch-lit and competitive effort from both Mack Mel and Jerry Wess in this Banned Legacy 2 battle from URL. A bout that also included several well-aimed cameos from various peers, some piercing personals, plenty of stinging name flips (tho Jerry did go overboard at times), a boatload of flashy gun bars, multiple Goonie mentions and even a couple of shots at the URL staff, with a debatable 2nd and 3rd round, this one comes down to the 1st, which a slightly punchline-heavier and more consistently spicy Mack edged to get the win.
Verdict: Mack Mel (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Mack Mel – “Whatever spot you on, I’ll clean up everything if the mop touch ya, won’t warn ya, just throw some old clips on ya corner, they Blockbusters!”
Recap: An astute ability to dish a wide load of fire 4-bar set-ups/punchlines, ringing gun bars and sizzling name flips has always kept the performance-heavy Jerry Wess in every battle he’s been in so far, thus making him a proven commodity for bigger stages on talent alone. That said, Wess doesn’t lose this dope and competitive matchup against Chess as much as his opponent’s ability to showcase a more versatile display of hitting punchlines, flexing schemes, visceral mayhem/boasts, dicey personals, lofty heat and more intricate wordplay allowed the newest Cave Gang member to stay in the bout, even when out-punched and force a debatable 2nd and 3rd rounds after taking the 1st with more potency to his raps as well as some filler bars from Wess. And for Chess, after recent bouts with his flow that caused him to look very minuscule in a couple of battles, managing to get back on his grind with nary a slip-up here, much less any room for error against an opponent on his A-game, is something he should be very grateful for.
Verdict: Chess (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chess – “I’m just here, giving the fade…ambre!, drag this nigga, bounce his head…Stronjay!”
Recap: Nice effort here made by the always (“Against Teewhy, you showed an awful flaw, sugar or not, spit out tea in my house, you drink it off the floor!”) combative, name flip/scheme-heavy and gritty Ish Mulah. But at the end of the day Jerry Wess just proves to be way too much, firing on all cylinders with crazy (“I does this, you move fast, I’ll slow you down with a slug Ish [sluggish]!”) name flips, fiery punchlines, ill personals and fly gun bars that even with a venue change, continued to score at ease and earn a 30.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “To me, you know what’s more gangsta than killing a nigga? Making him work for you!”
Recap: Setting aside a solid 3rd round that saw an otherwise pedestrian Thierry finally put it all together to deliver a pretty solid, punch-heavy turn that easily beat back a wayward round from his opponent, this one was all Jerry Wess. The Brooklyn battler killing it in a consistently spitfire, punch-heavy, witty and wordplay friendly 1st round, before dishing more of the same heat in a pretty solid 2nd to take the win.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “You’ll see fresh prints [Fresh Prince] if I black on T…Aunt Vivian!”
Recap: A couple of WeGoHard grads, Jerry Wess and Mr. Wavy, go at it on the Smack/URL big stage and put on what turns to be a mostly solid, competitive, grandstanding and bar-heavy showing. However, it’s Wavy, with seemingly more to prove lyrically what with the ‘performance’ stamp at the top of his resume, who arguably dishes his best and most consistently spitfire round ever, a sizzling first that contained a boatload of hitting punchlines, fire (“Jerry Wess?!, I be on the West side of Jerry, that’s how I name flip [bang!]”!) name flips, performance-rich and dope schemes that end’s up beating back an overall solid, hard-hitting at times, name (“My nigger’s steal on Wave like they don’t give a fuck if the beach closed!”) flip-spazzing and condensed, but inconsistent turn by Wess. 2nd round, while elongated, saw a more versatile Wavy dish a load of heat with fiery punches, some standout wordplay, well-amped gun bars that all matched well with yet another tight performance, once again depicting an earnest attitude towards changing the mind’s of those who’ve underestimated the strength of his pen and easily winning what was another stirring at times, but sometimes lackluster turn by Wess. Besides both spitting some fire schemes and nasty punchlines throughout the round, the duo finally address their shared home league turf and other intermediate situations/shenanigans/allegations in the 3rd, which Wess edges with a more consistently potent flow and better (“Nigga, my bitch will stab and shoot you, looks deceiving, he won’t even think, “danger”, she nice with the dagger and fuck with the Tommy, she the Pink Ranger!”) performance bars. However, with Wavy already taking the first two rounds, his opponent’s final round comeuppance would come a little too late.
Verdict: Mr. Wavy (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Mr. Wavy – “See, wherever he go, don’t become a runner, I follow every move that you make, I got the tracking number!”
Recap: A ‘Priorities’-missing and (thankfully) ‘pause’-less X-Factor returns to the URL stage from a brief hiatus and puts forth a strong showing here against Jerry Wess with a gang of stifling punchlines/schemes, heated (“That Glock .20, long clip, it’ll finally hit his scalp and bullets will spit out Jerry like Tom finally caught the mouse!”) gun bars and some fire name flips/metaphors that more than proved that if there was any questions about ring rust, the Detroit vet had none. That said, Mr Wess was just better here…in every round. Using an entertaining mix of fiery wordplay, witty (“If it wasn’t for me, Smack would be denying you, with a nose like that, I envy whoever supplying you!”) punches and sometimes with the help of his friends, salacious performance bars that had the crowd roaring, Jerry Wess does it all while earning a 30 in a battle that to give X credit was still closer than the final score indicates.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “Just ‘cuz you never seen me before, don’t make me new nigga, your new girl my old girl, I was X [ex] before you nigga!”
Recap: Speaking a wide load of ‘Jakkanese’ which seems to include stirring cartoon references, fanatical song bars, local hometown heat, explicit gun bars, dazzling sound effects that’d make Big T smile, yodeling and stinging (“I’m armed and reckless or put my dick in your bitch and make ya mother nut, giving her everything like blossom, bubble and buttercup!”) performance bars/schemes, Jakkboy Maine manages to outshine a witty, (“I was sneaking up on nigga’s before I heard of Chilla [Dome shot!], put Maine head on another body…Terrence Howard meme!”) punch-heavy, crowd friendly, freestyle loading and often wordplay spazzing, but also a bit filler-prone Jerry Wess in the 1st and 3rd rounds to take this entertaining and competitive ‘Survivor Series’ battle from Smack/URL.
Verdict: Jakkboy Maine (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Jakkboy Maine – “I’m equip the beam, yunno shit get hot from the red light like Krispy Kreme!”
Recap: A confident, versatile and punchline-heavy Jerry Wess makes his presence felt in readily beating back a pretty solid and aggressive, but not-quite-as-nice-with-the-pen Kadaphi in this 3-rounder from WeGoHard. Wess, who was consistently spitfire with his bars, angles, performance and set-ups throughout the battle, shined best when he walked Kadaphi’s salty crew member right into that fire “Y’all really got me battling Bedaffi [It’s Kadaphi!]…the Bizzaro version!” line.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “Niggers taught he had me cornered until they saw the beam flash, me lacking?, I got the ratchet always like she needs pads!”
Recap: Loud, witty, highly entertaining and (Jerry Wess with the arguable Bar of the Year during what was a flawless turn: ‘…the bullet will spill out Tee [tea] like ‘Ain’t no sugar in this shit!’ haymaker and Teewhy with the superlative ‘Rap like Jerry Wess’ impression in round 2) sublime battle between Teewhy and Wess certainly got the crowd reaction’s it deserved and the competitive stamp it warranted. Indeed, for all of Teewhy’s fiery punches, aggressive (“Tool draw, snap shot, I’ll do a burger sloppy like food porn!”) gun lines and nifty wordplay, on this particular day his opponent just has as dope a gameplan. Wess going performance bar-heavy and coming over-the-top with the (“Every game I had, I never been ejected, somebody should recognize, they just gave me a tech [Tec], I gotta stop fucking with the ref [points at Teewhy] I got T’d up a second time!”) set-ups/name flips to overtake a pretty solid turn in its own right by Teewhy in round 1, before a nice rebuttal to the start of his turn along with a little less filer gives (“For even thinking he on my level, Y know he must be drunk!”) Jerry the 2nd as well. And while Teewhy would pull out a sorta embarrassing picture prop and attempt to get extra personal, the 3rd round was still the least eventful round of the battle. Yet, with Wess firing off more consistently spicy shiners, the Brooklyn battler gets the final round too and earns the 30.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “Bang!, bang!, bang!, I lost count, I put a lot in the grave, I just killed everybody in the Colosseum…are you not entertained!”
Recap: In yet another dope battle from We Go Hard, Jerry Wess stands out, mired in more versatility (“I’ll show you some gruesome shit, shotgun, baby mama drama, it’ll put you through some shit!”; “I can tell your shorty was going by the river, I was beating it by the lake, I ain’t hitting her wow, now I’m back at it like she deleted me by mistake!”) bar-wise than his braggadocio/gun line drenched opponent Bedaffi Green. With a steady mix of sturdy name flips, some jaunty wordplay and round two….haymakers galore, despite a (“If Green bug bug out, light up, then he’ll let the fire fly!”) rim-rocking turn by Green in the second round, Wess still manages to turn it up even more, take the first couple of rounds before getting edged in the 3rd thanks to a slightly more multi-facated turn by Green.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “Your chances of winning, vague description, you won’t be able to make it out!”
Recap: Jerry Wess’ rambunctious name flips and fiery gun bars prove to be too much for a slip-up prone Milk Da General.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “They call you Da Gneeral, get hit with the Bill Russell, that’s plenty rings, these bullets will go in General…like this could be about anything!”
Recap: Having more haymakers doesn’t always win battles and doing too much can make you lose battles. Case in point here with Jerry Wess versus a returning-to-the-Smack-stage Tech-9 in what overall was a pretty entertaining and close battle that was pretty much decided in the 3rd. 1st round went to Tech, who overcame a solid and (“…all he gonna see is the Tommy with the dagger, look like I’m calling for the Dragonzord!”) hot at times, but also a little convoluted/porous turn by Wess, with a standing tutorial on proper battle rap ethos that was assisted by witty (“You should’ve been a gardener, your flowers would’ve been the best one’s out!”) barbs, stinging performance bars and stretched-out punches that made their mark. 2nd round saw a performance-heavy Jerry Wess get more linear with his flow, thus sparking an at times boastful, but mostly spitfire barrage of (“Mr. Bean with gonorrhea…I’m dumb fire!”; “They mad I got to the URL hella fast…I got FIOS nigga!”) punches that altogether managed to edge Tech-9’s solid, but less-potent turn. An entertaining 3rd round from both battlers sees Wess get busy with a personal-heavy turn that was both (“He battled O-Solo and guess who loss that one?…Jersey!”) witty and set-up crazy. However, while Jerry’s round was more finessed to tailor his opponent’s past (albeit with a crowd-surfing move that would come back and bite him), a slightly more versatile, rebuttal/freestyle-dropping, (“Face shot, now he sound like Big T sleeping!”) braggadocio and still performance-drenched Tech-9 edges the round by a nose to get the win.
Verdict: Tech-9 (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Tech-9 – “Y’all thought I was dead, but your boy is back, back in the building, I was never dead, y’all should’ve checked my coffin, it had scratches on the ceiling!”
Recap: A few too many dry spots in the 1st round allowed the freestyle-leaning, basketball reference utilizing and unorthodox stylings of a more consistent (and ever confident) Bangz to edge the first round. But afterwards, Jerry Wess was pretty much in total control here, using aggressive performance bars, fierce punchlines, some lofty name flips and witty/potent wordplay to beat back an inconsistent and elongated Bangz in the 2nd and 3rd rounds and take this entertaining Born Legacy battle from Smack/URL.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “This ain’t the same Wess, straight bars, and it isn’t filler, this a slave trade homie and you getting a different nigga!”
Recap: Who doesn’t love a fire PG? Well, that’s certainly what you got here as Utah’s Emerson Kennedy comes all the way out to the East coast to take on Brooklyn’s Jerry Wess. Despite a dope turn of fiery wordplay and fire punches from a slightly elongated EK in the first, Wess took the 1st with a sizzling and at times performance-heavy round that was backed by handful of well-stocked (“Bang, bang, you’ll be the first PG to get a ‘Don DeMarco!'”; “Pop the arm?!, you wouldn’t pull a muscle at a seafood bar!”) haymakers. Round two was another dope turn from both battlers, but EK’s fiery set-ups, standoffish (“No credit for the bullets, you not spraying nigga, we told you like we told Kobe, stop playing nigga!”) punchlines and raucous wordplay would edge an overall solid punch-wise, but too-often pedestrian turn by his opponent. Last round was nice on both ends with EK and Wess dropping an equal share of spitfire punchlines. But a nice rebuttal, fire struggle life bars and one more haymaker by Mr. Kennedy gets him the win here.
Verdict: Emerson Kennedy (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Emerson Kennedy – “I was living in guestrooms, whole family had to rent rooms with junkie roommates, paraphernalia, needles, ex-shroom’s, I felt like Neo, in the Matrix, when I was just 2, I knew this couldn’t be real life when I saw all them bent spoons!”
Recap: Close 1st round, but thanks in part to a Jerry Wess slip-up, the edge goes to (“Couple rounds in the middle of ya whip…what’s that? cup holders!”; “Bitch you look like the lost member of Jagged Edge!”) Flip Grams. After that, it’s all Wess as despite having some hot (“The whole family going hard for the flag…that’s Double Dare!”) lines here and there, Grams’ half filler/lame bars had no chance against Mr. Wess’ dizzying (“But you know what we really got in common, my nigga?…[sniffs nose like snorting coke]…dope lines!”) performance bars, rich name flips and righteous (“I got an old Razr [razor] for whoever Flip phone!”; Once the .4 has [forest] fired, the victim can’t speak, boy scout this could get intense if ya can’t sleep!”) punches.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “I got a gun I only shoot Caucasians with…this my Cracker Barrel!”
Recap: Other than biting an old (…’I’m a bomb threat’) Conceited line, it’s all (“It’s suicide time, he gonna skit his wrist watch [wristwatch], you ain’t gotta be constipated to get your shit rocked!”; “The difference between me and you? I’ll do things and never regret it, pull his card and swipe Paper, what’s that?, credit or debit?!”) Jerry Wess here in this one-rounder versus Gwitty. Who while more known for his sideline interruptions than what he actually does in the ring, delivered a solid (“I’ll punch him like the NBA logo, you’ll see Jerry Wess [West] leaning!”; “Lynch him, grab the rope if it’s meant to be, put the beats on him and tie the knot like Alicia Keys!”) first-half of his round, before succumbing to repetitious one-liners, some nonsensical bars and personals that had nothing to do with his opponent. Still, if this is the battle that really (to paraphrase Gwitty) ‘raised the stock’ of (“His team jump in?, head shot, roof blaming, Nick banging on the Wildin’ Out girls.,.I’m a loose Cannon!”) Wess, then it was well worth the look.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “If it’s about Dead Presidents then it’s a difference, I’ll swing that .22 over your head…[raises arms then points them at Gwitty] like Richard Nixon, I aim at his face, I’m trying to smoke somethin’…squeeze that .22 I’m trying to [squeezes fingers like quotes] quote somethinn’!)
Recap: Hard aggressive bars throughout from both (“Give a fuck if you with your man’s, nigga fuck your troops, you asking for war?, I’m like ‘nawm–umm‘ yeah I’m good like I ain’t got much to do, [points at dudes behind Jerry] cuz’ you could get it, you can get it, you can get it and you can get it, nigga I’m talking more rounds than the first Lux and Mook!”) Kyd Slade and (“Head shot, give him a nasty attitude, rolled eyes, I only send the Mac’s [Cinemax] like I can’t afford Showtime!”) Jerry Slade in this 3-round battle from iBattle League. But a too short round 2 and a case of stumbles in round 1 by Slade along with consistently fiery lines and relentless (“And he front on me bully style, liek he got the grip? watch how fast I support your clothing line…[flexes hand like punch] and rock your shit!”) punches/schemes across the board from Jerry gives Wess a well-earned 3-0.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “I’ll walk up right up to your whip, like you asked directions, and beat the bricks off this nigga…he won’t pass inspection!”
Recap: Honestly, but for a couple of 2nd round slip-ups, Ryda won this battle. Jerry Wess, who overall, despite a solid turn throughout, probably had his worse battle here with filler aplomb, edged the first round with a slightly better mix of (“I was at your girl house last night…I’m just here to give you her keys back!”) bars, rich schemes/personals and an ill performance. From there it was plenty of haymakers….but mostly from (“Hey Clip, you chose to put two dough on it?, I’ll make Jerry Wess feel like Jerry West, his front get the .44 [44] on it!”; “You start shit, I end shit…this is Genesis vs. Revelations!”) Ryda, who stepped it up in the 3rd to easily take round and would’ve had the 2nd too if he was better prepared.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “Wait, enough with the schemes, before he start thinking he punch better than I do, you gonna leave here on a bad note…like he lost on American Idol!”
Recap: Showing an ability to dispense hot bars (“You playing with health, so I can’t wait any sooner, so I bought a gun so big, the bitch came with the shooter!”) here and there, Harlem’s P. Jones undoubtedly elicits potential here against the ever-entertaining, (“I ain’t Top Tier or a PG, but I tear tops…off GP!”) punch-heavy and versatile Jerry Wess. However, a downpour of slip-ups in rounds 1 and 3 by Jones in addition to Wess’ continual prowess throughout the battle, equates to an easy bodybag for the Brooklyn rapper.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “Jones, you a two-percent discount…you’re not a big deal!”
Recap: Displaying his versatility early on, Jerry Wess uses nice schemes and hard-hitting (“I’m with your girl, she can’t stay long..now he wanna fight, but this hook better than Nate Dogg!”) punchlines to take out the sometimes (“Got niggas talking shit, mouth for a loosie, well I came to fix that with these Mac’s and these toolie’s, have them scream Uh Oh!, no I Love Lucy, and take shots on Jerry West [Wess] I’m the Celtics…Bob Cousy!”) alright, but oft-lackluster Dinero in a street battle that real fans of battle rap can surely appreciate.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “I’ll take your watch and give it to my bitch…that’s a timeshare!”
