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M. Ciddy

Pass and Ciddy [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Dope 3-rounder here from KOTD’s Season 1 tournament features Pass vs. Ciddy with both battlers bringing their A-games. What with an ever aggressive Ciddy scoring with sizzling multi’s, intricate/hardbody (“All I need is two fingers, Bruce Lee push-ups!”) punches and a bunch of hitting personals, while a just as combative Pass used a boatload of fiery name flips, boastful punchlines and piercing wordplay/style breakdowns to stay on pace with his opponent throughout the battle. Close throughout with barely any room for filler, had a slightly more haymaker-lit Pass edging round 1 before Ciddy returned the favor in round 2 to even things up. Last round might’ve been slightly edged by a still pugnacious Ciddy too if not for a hitting rebuttal by a still game Pass to start his round, therefore making this bout debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Pass – “You could never be on my level, you reaching still ain’t get it, he know this Town Bidness way beyond Ciddy [city] limits!”

Ciddy defeats XQZ

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Recap: Clinching it with a sublime, name flip exchange towards the end of his 3rd, in what was a dope 3-rounder from KOTD’s Season 1 tourney, after the two split rounds 1 and 2, Ciddy’s continually hitting wordplay, stickler multi’s/4-bar set-ups and rigid punches are enough to outlast the off-brand humor and oft-witty/mocking personals from opponent XQZ.

Verdict: Ciddy (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ciddy – “Doctor Strange…my capabilities follow me wherever!'”

Ciddy defeats Joey Gambello

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Recap: Still, a little dated with his punches but nonetheless intense, hard-hitting, consistent and ringing with the wordplay, before a 3rd-round debatable, a punch-savvy Ciddy takes both of the opening rounds to get the win in this KOTD 3-rounder over a solid with the mayhem/punches, but oft-lethargic with the schemes Joey Gambello.

Verdict: Ciddy (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ciddy – “Gully said you only got a week, you agree or not?, for the star bucks, I’m about to have Joe steaming hot!”

M. Ciddy defeats Ooops

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Recap: Sure, some of the punches can be a bit obscure, but think harder and don’t let that minor factor diminish M. Ciddy’s ability to land his bars effectively, Add to that some rigid personals and strong wordplay during the 1st two rounds here against Ooops and before the slightly more punch-heavy, righteous and condensed ‘Superman’ edged the 3rd, it’s a solid win for the Detroit vet.

Verdict: M. Ciddy (W) 2-1

Favorite line: M. Ciddy – “The whole truth is that you really out the whole loop, you style like Batman Beyond…it’s getting old Bruce!”

M. Ciddy defeats Bonnie Godiva

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Recap: From Michigan’s BBG Battles, M. Ciddy’s astute wordplay, shrewd personals and piercing punchlines, enhanced by persistent aggression with nary a dry spot, creates enough havoc to beat back a pretty solid and name flip/punch-heavy at times, but not always hitting (and a bit delivery-challenged) effort from Bonnie Godiva.

Verdict: M. Ciddy (W) 3-0

Favorite line: M. Ciddy – “How is you Godiva?, you don’t manufacture your own bars!”

Xcel defeats M. Ciddy

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Recap: Good to see the underrated (“I’m a fan of Team Homi, but you mad wack, if you sign?, the deal won’t include mad stacks, they’ll pay you in Newports and doo-rag packs!”) M. Ciddy back in the ring, but too bad here against an always dangerous opponent in Xcel, the long layoff may’ve hampered him a bit as throughout this battle too many of his punches just didn’t hit with the usual flair and intricacy that we’re used to seeing. On the other hand, except for a pretty standard 2nd, Xcel shined throughout with righteous (“I swear, these pussies niggas grow beards and think they like that, but nigga you play Samson, I’ll test the strength in here [hair], you’ll get your life snatched!”) personals, witty anecdotes and searing (“While you was watching Pokeman, I was poking niggas for mine!”) invectives that were backed by a versatile and aggressive gameplan that he executed to a tee.

Verdict: Xcel (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Xcel – “How you gonna win?, say I’m a bum, talk about how my apparel fits?, well since I’m bummy I guess it’s [only] right I keep the barrel lit!”

M. Ciddy defeats Anubis

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Recap: Some production issues in the 3rd round doesn’t ruin this competitive punchfest between M. Ciddy and Anubis, with the first couple of rounds highlighted by Anubis’ understated wordplay and Ciddy’s wide-ranging vocab that stayed potent even amongst other more recreative verbal gymnastics. And for a more consistent Ciddy, that was just enough leverage and zing to edge the first two rounds, couple with a win.

Verdict: M. Ciddy (W) 2-1

Favorite line: M. Ciddy – “See, I handle breaking crews, if the camera can’t review, can your pics are alike, I’m panoramic makes moves, Madagascar shit, I gotta animate the zoo!”

M. Ciddy defeats DNA

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Recap: Much as I’m sure the hardbody fans of battle raps in Detroit must’ve appreciated Charlie Clips (vs. Marv Won on the same card) and DNA making an in-town appearance, there’s just too much experience, similarity in styles and chances of a classic matchup for a DNA vs. M. Ciddy matchup to be reduced to a one-rounder. Smh. Nonetheless, while they both went in on the personals, name flips, (DNA: “What you thought cuz you was on this card you was get the power?, well they kill whoever I Battle so they should’ve gave Ciddy [Citty] towers”), jokes and (Ciddy: “You slept on me for a long time…Charlie’s sofa”) punches, it’s M. Ciddy who edges this one with better angles (ex. calling out his opponent’s rhyme pattern), a couple of more haymakers and a slightly performance, home crowd notwithstanding.

Verdict: M. Ciddy (W) 1-0

Favorite line: M. Ciddy – “You name drop every punch about a current event, you Tanqueray, you just a cheap version of Jin [gin]”

M. Ciddy defeats V.I.

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Recap: V.I. carries with him an arsenal of consistently mean (“Grab that chopper and light Ciddy [city] up, have him looking like a Vegas strip”) bars, but after struggling somewhat with his delivery in round one, M. Ciddy returns to form and edges rounds 2 and 3 with a nice combo of potent bars, metaphors and rapid (“You live the wrong way like Benjamin Button”) punchlines.

Verdict: M. Ciddy (W) 2-1

Favorite line: M. Ciddy – “Trust me, it ain’t a car full of coins when that nigga say I roll with dimes [dymes]”

M. Ciddy defeats Danja Zone

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Synopsis: M. Ciddy makes use of frequent TV habits (“Charm School”), name flips, personals (“I bet you hear the floor squeak when ya’ mam fuck”) and punchlines along with steady aggression to make hay of Danja Zone.

Verdict: M. Ciddy (W) 2-1

Favorite line: M. Ciddy – “You use schemes for a crutch and you stretch crazy, and draw everything out, you Tex Avery”

M. Ciddy defeats Daylyt

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Recap: “This battle means absolutely nothing to me”….and from the moment Daylyt did the sign language stuff, you just knew where this battle was headed. Still, M. Ciddy did his thing and deserves credit for it: nice (“I could sleep and son Day [Sunday] like I’m late for church”) wordplay, hard-hitting bars, fresh schemes and winning personals to cop an easy win.

Verdict: M. Ciddy (W) 3-0

Favorite line: M. Ciddy – “Dammit dude you the lamest in the town, you about to battle Magic to tangle for this crown, he fatal with the sound, for you to get that B M W you gotta try angles [triangles] in the round”

M. Ciddy defeats Showoff

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Recap: M. Ciddy may not be a top tier battle rapper (yet), but he’s not a mid-tier either, more like somewhere in-between or better yet, a gatekeeper if you will for the top tiers, which should garner him respect wherever he battles. Like here against an able up-n-comer like Showoff, who had to know that he’d better bring his A-game if he was going to stand a chance against the likes of Ciddy. And barring a couple of minor slip-ups, Showoff does just that with fierce wordplay, name flips, performance bars, potent (“Why do you still write? I mean you had a couple of lines, but you don’t kill mics, made me wish I could fast-forward you in real life”) teasers and earnest bully (“You say my squad brought the singer with them, I give a right hook I ain’t trying to feature with him”) lines. Yet for all of his opponents efforts, M. Ciddy still does him one better with crazy (“Push was outshining you like Malice and Clipse”) personals, ill set-ups, a nice rebuttal in round 3, wordplay (“I’m blacking on the web like Eddie Brock”), aggressive punchlines and flat-out wicked (“We wouldn’t see Show guns with Japan leaders”) bars. A victory for M. Ciddy, but overall one of the better battles of 2013.

Verdict: M. Ciddy (W) 2-1

Favorite line: M. Ciddy – “John Heard you got bars and you probably nice, I let a shot go ‘By!’ [bi] like Wanda Sykes, and take herd out the game, Jumanji dykes [dice]”

M. Ciddy defeats Mark Miner

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Recap: M. Ciddy has never minded going first, attempting to get ahead early with his aggressive wordplay and stay there. Here he does exactly that, using “adversary rhymes” and nice punchlines to shake down Mark Miner and practically never letting up. Miner makes it close with rapid name flips, jokes and gutter (“I’ll slice you across your beer belly and give you a red stripe”) bars. But Ciddy’s 3rd, from reminding attendees of his mark in the game to delivering fiery personals to spitting witty metaphors, edges him a win here.

Verdict: M. Ciddy (W) 2-1

Favorite line: M. Ciddy – “You get numbers from nobody, you Mike in The Wood”

M. Ciddy defeats PH

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Recap: Considering how long he’s been around you’d think a veteran like PH would know better than to underestimate a quality opponent like M. Ciddy. Or maybe that “If he wins I’ll retire” line at the beginning of this battle was just a joke…yeah, that’s it. Anyway, displaying how a little research can go a long way against an opponent during a battle match, Ciddy breaks down PH’s whole rap/battle career, disrespectfully refers to him by his old moniker and adds rudimentary (“My bars die Namek [dynamic] like Piccolo’s death”) bars on top to show his mettle, much less prove in this battle rap game that he’s not to be played with. PH used some crazy name flips, heavy (“If Jay-Z were to witness my writtens, he’d pop a Molly stop rocking Tom Fords”) bars and personals to edge the 3rd round, but by then it was too late.

Verdict: M. Ciddy (W) 2-1

Favorite line:  M. Ciddy – “Hell, you 40 on Cam like the Diplomats”

Lotta Zay defeats M. Ciddy

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Recap: I agree with the crowds decision here as while M. Ciddy was more consistent with the bars and wordplay, on the bar front Lotta Zay kept it close throughout while dropping more haymakers to go with a better performance.

Verdict: Lotta Zay (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Lotta Zay – “I’mma have to show y’all caskets when he get tagged at the neck like his shirt on backwards”

M. Ciddy defeats Young Kannon

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Recap: Young Kannon had the hometown crowd, some nice (props to Denzel) schemes, a good performance and personals, but it wasn’t near enough to beat the total barfest put on here by M. Ciddy. From machismo (“This win is so clear like Jordan 11’s”) lines to intricate (“Topics I’ll address a couple like wedding planning, spark boom walk in a darkroom and develop Canon [Kannon]”) wordplay to precision (“You got killed by a dancer, nigga you Chris Brown in Stomp the Yard”) bars, one this day anyway Ciddy was that good.

Verdict: M. Ciddy (W) 2-1

Favorite line: M. Ciddy – “And you so corny and sensitive, you Chicago nigga, brush it off like Joe Torry”

M. Ciddy defeats Dirt

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Recap: Good performance by Dirt, but a nonsensical angle (guns bars are way down on the list as far as what M. Ciddy is known for) combined with Ciddy’s repeated (“I’m getting Dirt on track, Motorcross”) punchlines, name (“Run through Dirt like African feet”) flips, wordplay and witty personals didn’t give him much of a chance here..

Verdict: M. Ciddy (W) 3-0

Favorite line: M. Ciddy – “He so old I asked for his mixtape and he played a cassette”

M. Ciddy defeats K-Kendle

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Recap: Good iBattle League matchup between M. Ciddy and K-Kendle sees the two go toe-for-toe (M. Ciddy: “Way back I had a broke habit, blackhead, I was stuck and poor, then got Proactive”; K-Kendle: “You put your name on the line like acceptance sheets, everything’s falling into place like a Tetris cheat”) in the first couple of rounds before Ciddy decides to step it up with a steady and aggressive stream of wicked punchlines, metaphors and wordplay to take the final round and along with that the win.

Verdict: M.Ciddy (W) 2-1

Favorite line:  M. Ciddy – “I’m vivid and too hot, NBA Jam Ill show that I’m on fire if you give me a few shots”

Chilla Jones defeats M. Ciddy

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Synopsis: Dope battle, and close too what with Chilla clearly taking the 1st round (“An appetite for destruction I’m Al Qaeda (I’ll cater)”, while M. Ciddy spazzed so much in round 2 that not only did he even things up, but had to take some time to feel himself as well. But then Chilla shows off his sick pen game in round 3 delivering a nice rebuttal, then a killer haymaker (“Why is you even talking? I’m a fan favorite, I could let a chair speak for me like Stephen Hawking”), a biting zodiac scheme, superb wordplay throughout and an over-the-top Simpson’s scheme that pretty much wrapped it up. Granted, Ciddy came hard with his 3rd, but by that time it was long over (or like the fan said “Leave him alone, man!”).

Verdict:  Chilla Jones (W) 2-1

Best line: M.Ciddy – “A bullet can’t wait to get the Chill like the weekend”

Big Kannon defeats M. Ciddy

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Synonym: Even if you’re a fan of one-rounders, I can’t see how this one wouldn’t have been better over the course of 3 instead of 1. I mean, anytime you have non-top tier dudes rapping over 6 minutes consecutively you’re bound for a snooze-fest. That said, M. Ciddy, forever cocky, but always prepared with dope bars and personals, put on perhaps one of his best performances. If only his round was more condensed and he didn’t see the need to talk at times while Kannon spit his bars. Big Kannon, somehow the crowd fave here (despite being from Chicago while Ciddy’s from Michigan, where this battle took place), went second and while having a hard act to follow, still came through in the end by dropping a more steady stream of haymakers (that “get it like Tupac in the intersection” line was mean), less filler and a slightly better performance along with personals.

Verdict: Big Kannon (W) 1-0

Best line: Big Kannon -“What if I wanted a tour through the D?….what would you do? Take out an iPhone, start scrolling through the apps, ‘[I’m like] what’chu gonna’ do with that?’ I’m taking you to Google Maps”

M. Ciddy defeats Murda

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Recap: Never heard of Murda before watching this battle, thus couldn’t help but think it’d be an easy vic for M. Ciddy with his experience and especially after all the (“I’ll lay your ass flat like Nicole Ritchie”) fire he was spitting in his round 1. But out of nowhere Murda took his turn and came with straight heat, delivering aggressive (“I can cut you with spoons and bust your head with an over mitt”) bars with rapid precision to make it a pretty good and competitive battle. With both coming kind of weak in the middle round, it wasn’t until the 3rd that M. Ciddy was able to step it up, separate himself with some all-too-wicked (“Spark clap, give him all dat like Amanda Bynes”) bars and name schemes with potent deliveries and execution to grab the win.

Verdict: M. Ciddy (W) 2-1

Favorite line: M. Ciddy – “Call it Redrum because Murda [murder] got it twisted”

B. Magic defeats M. Ciddy

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Synopsis: B. Magic all day and that even includes one of the best saves you’ll see from a near choke. Then too, as much passion as M. Ciddy puts into his bars, more often then not they just don’t match (“everything you say is a joke, you Dave Spade” and basically his entire 2nd round) the aggression. In addition, there’s nonsensical drama like claiming B. Magic stole his style(?!?) and trying to dap him in the middle of your round right after that infamous Hollow/Hitman battle (even if he really was gonna smack his hand, who’d fall for that?). Meanwhile, Magic just stayed consistent throughout and stuck to script, landing continual punchline haymakers (“B. Magic hit ya’ back up, Plan B.”) and a steady stream of dope name flips to easily take the win.

Verdict: B. Magic (W) 2-1

Best line: B. Magic – “If I don’t fire the clip I was gone off the Henny, took time to battle my son, I put on for my Ciddy (city)”

Bill Collector defeats M. Ciddy

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Recap: If you want to be successful in battle rap charisma and personality not only count, but can make a difference between staying on small stages versus performing in the limelight that comes with the big stage. So course, if all you’re about is bars (and in this case metaphors), then M. Ciddy (“A bootleg how he stay leaking, with four 5’s all around your face you ain’t Abe Lincoln”) won this battle by a landslide, no debating. But thankfully, we live in an age where battle rap isn’t just about bars, but also delivery, execution, set-ups, rebuttals, creativity, jokes, angles, wordplay, punchlines and yes, performance. Which is why Bill Collector wins here, despite mostly average bars, but a stellar performance, delivery (“…but that mac I let it riiiiniiiigggg then hang up and call you back!”), aggression and execution to edge rounds 2 and 3 in this early PG battle.

Verdict: Bill Collector (W) 2-1

Favorite line: M. Ciddy – “I ain’t spelling under when I put you [U] in [N] the [D] ER”

M. Ciddy defeats Brixx Belvedere

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Synopsis: Despite getting wrecked in the 2nd round by S.O.N.S. teamster Brixx Belvedere, M. Ciddy edges the 1st (“I let 8 off on you and I ain’t Jewish, and let Brixx [bricks] disappear like Frank Lucas”) and 3rd rounds to take this one at the end by a nose.

Verdict: M. Ciddy (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Brixx Belvedere – “Don’t question my rank, you asking a boss, he get the same face my dentist get when they ask if I floss”

M. Ciddy defeats P.C.

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Recap: P.C. lands a few (“I’ll give one hundred like Newports, I clutch pounds, when that cig smoke, your wig’s open, I don’t bust down”) punches against M. Ciddy in this Grind Time battle. But overall his way-too-slow, jaunty style leaves for too many lulls while including a choke that takes away any chance for him to stand up against Ciddy’s relentless punch (“Magazines that’s XXL, got bodies like eye candy”) game.

Verdict: M. Ciddy (W) 3-0

Favorite line: M. Ciddy – “Against Ciddy, it’s 4 plus 4 [.44] on the ceiling, you getting 8 [ate] up”

M. Ciddy defeats Supreme Court

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Recap: His punchline game almost always on (“Bang hammers in Court, I’m Carlton dad”) point, when M. Ciddy mixes it up with some nice jokes, wordplay and righteous name flips, as a mostly lackluster Supreme Court finds out here, he’s almost impossible to beat.

Verdict: M. Ciddy (W) 3-0

Favorite line:  M. Ciddy – “Before you was a gay fag, on field trips your teacher wrote ‘Faggot’ on your name tag”