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Math Hoffa defeats Luciano Crakk

Recap: Rebounding from the clear URL loss to T-Top, Math Hoffa gets back to basics, combining righteous jokes with aggressive punchlines, real-life semantics and resident (“I’ll hit this pussy so hard, I’ll bring his period down!”) bully bars to score an easy 3-0 over S.O.N.S.’ often forgotten member Luciano Crakk, who sadly after all these years, still has trouble putting together 3 clean rounds in a battle.

Verdict: Math Hoffa (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Math Hoffa – “You in the mafia?, oh please, you sold crack? I bet it was on both knees!”

Lotta Zay defeats Luciano Crakk

Recap: Lotta Zay matches his swag with 3 consistently dope rounds filled with nice schemes (the Camp Lo couplets worked), crisp punchlines and lively wordplay to score an easy victory over an earnest, but unfocused Luciano Crakk.

Verdict: Lotta Zay (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Lotta Zay – “You think you designed for the crime life, really? you in my hindsight, hear me, this is how we equal out, me putting a two to this emcee like it’s Einstein theory”

Blackheart Adonis defeats Luciano Crakk

Recap: Subpar battle, which is not a surprise considering how much Luciano Crakk needs to work on his delivery and wordplay and how much Blackheart Adonis needs to humble himself and wake up to the fact that many of his bars are not as nice as he seems to think they all are. That said, with so many weak (Luciano stumbles while attempting to diss BA for supposedly choking twice in round 2) angles, lame (BA: “Dot his head like a Gandhi”) bars. forced wordplay and nonsensical rhymes, it’s almost like a default calling a win here, but based on performance, jokes, rebuttals and execution, the edge here goes to Blackheart.

Verdict: Luciano Crakk (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Blackheart Adonis – “My .38 spin and kick mid-battle like Dumbfounded”

Luciano Crakk defeats Kinaze

Recap: Very close battle between Luciano Crakk and Kinaze. Better jokes (that “Quack bitch” line/rebuttal killed) on Kinaze’s side, but tighter bars, metaphors and execution on Crakk’s. Those who think Kinaze clearly won might be caught up in the hype provided his cheerleaders.

Verdict: Luciano Crakk (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Luciano Crakk – “I’m like a real estate agent, as soon as she saw homes I had to give her that property”

Amzilla defeats Luciano Crakk

Recap: Amzilla goes ham for the first couple of two rounds, snapping on Luciano Crakk’s (“Plus he’s a waiter so when you see him at the steakhouse, that’s the only time this nigga beefing with the trey [tray] out”) gun talk and fashion cred while scoring with formidable punchlines. Crakk competed in the first two rounds, but was let down again by slip-ups and a lack of focus in round 3, making for an easy win by Amzilla.

Verdict: Amzilla (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Luciano Crakk – “Are you on black people’s time or do you do things in a hurry?”

Arcane defeats Luciano Crakk

Recap: Good battle, no stumbles, lots of nice bars/punchlines from Luciano Crakk and Arcane. But throughout the battle Arcane just came off more hungrier (“Since these emcees need a lesson I’ll give ’em a blessing before I bleed ’em like Halal food”) and potent, especially in rounds 1 and 2, so I agree with the judges decision.

Verdict: Arcane (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Arcane – “Let’s be honest you don’t spray cans, you spray tan”

JC defeats Luciano Crakk

Recap: A fairly competitive battle gets thrown off kilter via a wack move by Calicoe who cuts Luciano Crakk’s 3rd round short because he may or may’ve not been on his way to pulling an Earl. Forget the fact that entertng the 3rd round the kid was hanging in there with JC or that he might’ve been able to freestyle or do something to survive from choking, Calicoe, who was clearly rooting for his hometown brethren JC to win the battle, didn’t give Luciano a long enough chance to quit on the round or pull himself together. Not JC’s fault tho, and he still would’ve got the victory anyway.

Verdict: JC (W) 2-1

Favorite line:  JC – “We could visit the same doctor don’t make you sick as me nigga, with that DiGiorno ass swag that ain’t delivery nigga”