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Recap: Former URL mainstay Ryda makes his debut on iBattle and it’s an impressive one. The Maryland vet using a gang of hard-hitting set-up/punchines, potent name flips, filthy metaphors and boastful barbs to beat back a competitively punching throughout, but not as consistently hitting Deth The Kid in all 3 rounds for a well-earned 30.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Ryda – “Bombs away, this where the Kid dies like Jon Benet, he gonna hold onto this round like Jordan on Father’s Day!”
Recap: From URL’s Final Exam 2 card, Ryda and Bandit Montana put on a competitive show filled with hard-hitting punches, spirited gun bars, unbridled street talk and righteous personals. After the slightly more haymaker-friendly Ryda edged round one and the more punch drunk and consistently spicy Montana handily took the middle round to split things up going into round 3, a fly rebuttal by Montana would be offset by struggles with his flow, allowing an equally efficient Ryda (despite a few dry spots) Ryda to score with just enough heat to make this one a debatable.
Verdict: TIE
Favorite line: Bandit Montana – “Son boring, a nigga like you in my hood get extorted, what you got?, what’s in ya pocket?, would’ve asked you them same questions every week like unemployment!”
Recap: From OSBL, against a competitive, rebuttal-spitting and gritty-punching Kai The Poet, a slightly more condensed and efficiently hard-hitting uses a bunch of slick wordplay, fiery set-up/punchlines, solid personals and fierce name flips to take both of the opening rounds for the win, before a more direct and punch-lit KTP edged the 3rd to avoid the shutout.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ryda – “You got Ryda on ya resume dog, I’m a real killer, a Monster Indeed…this coul be a Career Builder!”
Recap: Thought Ryda was about to choke there near the end of his round. But in this 1-rounder from Purebars RBl, the DMV rapper not only managed to finish his turn, but his more consistently spitfire punches, graphic gunplay and hard-hitting name flips prove enough to beat a gritty and punch-heavy at times, but less steady effort from Ju$eboxx.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Ryda – “Your death, I could demonstrate it, eliminate it, Sistine chapel, I left his ceiling painted, he didn’t make it, body in a morgue, it’s just chilling [vaping???], but what else you supposed to do with juice?…keep it refridgerated!”
Recap: Ryda with a bunch of sizzling gun bars, fire name flips and hard punchlines makes for a dope showing in this Banned/URL battle versus Tay Roc. But helped a bit by his opponent’s so-so personals, all the while consistently spazzing with a gang of fiery back-to-back punches, stinging metaphorsical play, versatile name flips of his own, aggressive/flippant personals, lethal schemes and hard gun lines in a slightly more condensed and haymaker-lit turn, it’s the Gun Bar KIng who edges this highly competitive 1-rounder.
Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Tay Roc – “Shotgun for Ryda [rider], he got dibs on the fornt seat!”
Recap: Versus rising star and ‘Plug talk’ kingpin Kyd Slade in a gritty, gun bar-infested, punchline-lit and close One Off/3-rounder from URL’s Ultimate Madness 5 card, after the two split (w/ Ryda edging round 1 before Slade returned the favor in round 2) the first couple of rounds, a slightly more steady and punch-heavy Ryda adds in some mocking personals and witty barbs to take the 3rd round for the win.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ryda – “I predicted the future, the Silk one made waves, shit I know what it did, ‘cuz ever since I started fucking all these hoes, I knew eventually I had to come and talk to the kid [Kyd]!”
Recap: While the slick wordplay and fierce punches/name flips we’ve come to expect from E-Hart were for the most part there. In this 3-rounder against Ryda from Bring Ya Bars Battles League, the Bronx vet’s noted consistency and preparation weren’t, leaving the Maryland emcee, armed with a barrage of fiery punches, boastful barbs, scathing personals and flexing gun bars/name flips throughout the battle with a Gentleman’s 30.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Ryda – “Save it bitch, one bullet will turn Hart foundation into Make-A-Wish!”
Recap: In this one round Banned battle from URL, while the performance-heavy material was there for Shotgun Suge, the preparation just wasn’t as a handful of slip-ups from Suge along with a gritty, versatile, punch-heavy and clean-flowing Ryda gives the latter the win.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Ryda – “The only time I care about what your life like is in an obituary!”
Recap: A bit of an overkill what with the extra length to his round, but in this competitive 1-rounder from OSBL, Ryda still manages to parlay a gang of fiery name flips, pointed vet talk, hitting personals and gritty gun bars/punchlines into a win over a versatile and witty at times, but not as steadily turned up Swervoo.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Ryda – “You went from being in the stands to trying to play in the field, now I gotta slide on the field like Jermaine O’Neal!”
Recap: Spicy, Christian-themed darts, fiery storytelling rhymes, fire set-ups, witty barbs and a gang of stinging gun bars/punchlines…for Ryda it’s a versatile and consistently hitting performance that altogether adds up to more than enough haymakers to beat back a freestyle-lit, but otherwise topsy-turvy (esp. on the name flips) A. Ward in this 1-rounder from House of Wolves.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Ryda – “I’m here to let you know I am the first Buddist battle rapper…now see how I’m already the best at that?!
Recap: Ryda versus Don Marino on URL’s Civil War for the most part is a goodie with the Miami rapper dropping his usual assortment of struggle bars and wily punches for more consistently hitting/spicier punchlines and a creative use of an angle in round 2 that was well lit with hitting personals. However, after getting handily beat in round 1, Ryda would step his punching acumen and via a barrage of witty darts, flexing/mocking personals, fire set-ups/storytelling bars and oft-Mexican themed, but either way still gripping bars that altogether edged both of the latter rounds to the Maryland battler and earned him the win.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ryda – “You got a great resume, low stock, your career’s been an odd one, you gotta be the only Mexican I know that can never get the job done!”
Recap: Never seen Alex Diamond before, but he’s definitely got a collection of gritty bars that combined with consistent aggression could make him a problem in future battles…if he can work on his sportsmanship what with all the touching and talking through his opponent’s rounds as we saw here during this Capitol Battlegrounds 1-rounder vs. Ryda. But battle vet that he’s become, despite the disrespect, The Silk Shirt kept his cool and with a gang of stifling name flips, rich storytelling bars, righteous darts and fierce punchlines/gun bars, It’s Ryda who handily took the win.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Ryda – “You only get one life, you won’t live again, they gonna find Diamond with the fishes, it’s all about the Benjamins!’
Recap: OK, I’ll just come right out and say it, I miss The Goonies…now back to our regularly scheduled recap. Besides the ever-excitable Drugz talking through his opponent’s round at times, ex-Goonies, Ryda vs. Drugz for 1 round on Battle Rap Trap, is a dope one. The Gun Show putting away the firepower for the most part and getting busy (and witty) with a fierce angle on his opponent’s alleged drinking issues, sex life and street cred. On the other hand, a more versatile Ryda was consistently on go what with a stellar round of shrewd name flips/metaphors, hard-hitting personals, righteous schemes and piercing punchlines/wordplay. A close one with enough intensity and skeletons coming out the closet to likely lessen any chance of the Goonies ever getting back together, the more haymaker-lit Ryda gets the edge here.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Ryda – “You got into the NBA of this shit and couldn’t perform well in the street?!, You had a one-on-one, with Moon, one the block, hands up, you was never supposed to be leaving your feet!”
Recap: Helped by a wayward bar spitting (rd. 1), but also aggressive and punch-heavy (esp. during round 2 which he edged) at times Nunn Nunn piggybacking themes that have been used on him aplenty in the past (i.e. the Silk shirt, the notorious Mike P battle and Swave Sevah’s ‘You pussy’ diss), a versatile, righteous when need be, spicy name flip-tossing, gun bar/punch-lit and witty Ryda does enough to take both the opening and deciding 3rd round for the win in this close App exclusive bout from URL.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ryda – “Nigga’s always talking about Ryda be drinking and treat ’em like it’s a fucking joke, but now I ain’t coming back until I get Nitty or Ill…I need my Rum and Coke!”
Recap: Outside of a spitfire 2nd round that bordered on immaculate with its cold set-ups, mocking personals, flexing heat and gritty wordplay, an ever confident JC, while not always on his A-game, still manages to deliver enough righteous punches in the deciding 3rd round to beat back a versatile (esp. those two stinging rebuttals to start his round 3), but a bit topsy-turvy in the latter rounds Ryda in this Born Legacy 11 battle from URL.
Verdict: JC (W) 2-1
Favorite line: JC – “Mr. Ryda, yeah you even spell your name lame, but I’ma show you why I [U, Y, !] am the difference!”
Recap: From URL’s Ultimate Madness 2, in a competitive battle filled with plenty of religious themes, piercing personals and gritty punchlines from both battlers, a cleaner-flowing, gun bar flexing and more consistently hitting Ryda takes rounds 1 and 3 from Loso (who seemingly pulled out the exact same shirt his opponent had on in round 3?!?) for the win.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ryda – “You give him all the glory and yourself none?, ok, well here’s the issue, 6th man, you feel like that shot only good if the spirit is with you!”
Recap: Before the recap starts, some friendly advice to up-n-coming battle rappers: never openly admit what your weaknesses are: whether that’s on social media, a popular podcast or radio show, anywhere…because as Mike P found out here, it will come back to bite you.
Now back to the battle…Ryda with a dope, punch/wordplay-heavier and more versatile 1st round and now what amounts to being a superbly-executed, all personal (and yes, hypocritical on Mike’s part to get all in his feelings here after what he did to Danny Myers in a previous battle) and now classic 2nd, clearly got this battle. No fault to judges Method Man and Iron Solomon for not being able decipher whether or Ryda’s 2nd round was real or just made up. But damn the 52% of fans that sided with Mike (who was really hit-n-miss with the name flips throughout the battle) on this one, much less the bloggers who had the audacity to question if Ryda went too far?!? I mean, it’s battle rap for chrissakes.
Oh yeah, for the record a more condensed and just as punch heavy Mike did manage to edge the 3rd.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ryda – “That y’all Street Fighter, that cap calm [Capcom], hearsay, y’all forgot I’m Scorpion I’ll swing the blade through the body and stop…midway!”
Recap: Scoring left and right with boastful punchlines, righteous gun lines, stunted schemes/name flips and a boatload of pointed personals, in this 3-rounder from SupaNova Rap Battles, Ryda keeps the heat on a gripping and punch-heavy at times, but also flow-challenged Ooops to easily take the first two rounds before a debatable 3rd allows his opponent to put one up on the scoreboard.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ryda – “Something just wasn’t sitting right, I could just tell you wasn’t living right, had the nerve to call your movie the ‘St. Louis Superman’ and the whole time the green was your kryptonite!”
Recap: Who doesn’t love a grudge match? With a storyline that goes back to each battler participating in a noteworthy URL 2-on-2 some years back, Ryda and Swave Sevah meet up again on the solo tip for 3 rounds on URL’s Smack Volume 5 and it’s a goodie. Team Homi capo Swave, bullish and aggressive as usual, scored aplenty when it came to flexing punchlines, witty barbs, brutal mayhem and gritty street raps. While Goonie squad chief Ryda, clearly bent on protecting his rep what with the ‘P’ word having been tossed around it in the past, kept things close with a gang of brash personals, rigid punches and fiery gun bars. A competitive battle throughout, it’s a slightly more condensed, original, funny and a little less filler-prone Swave who edges rounds 1 and 3 for the win.
Verdict: Swave Sevah (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Swave Sevah – “Real nigga’s don’t name my guns, we too busy trying to get rid of them!”
Recap: Gonna take a wild guess and opine that it’s probably some behind-the-scene politics that’s kept NJ vet Spee Dolla off the URL stage, as the talent and immense amount of work he’s put in over the years certainly warrants him a shot. That said, while Spee’s boatload of flourescent gun bars, aggression and gritty punches makes this Kill Switch Battle League highly competitive, it’s a slightly more condensed, versatile and punch/name flip/personal and mayhem-lit Ryda who also scores a couple of more haymakers to edge the win here.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Ryda – “You fucked today, I up and spray, as soon as he hit the ground [stomps foot] put my foot down on Dolla…this my lucky day!”
Recap: A battle that was a lot closer than the critics told you, thanks in part to a Ryda choke in the 1st round, Th3 Saga, with a gang of glistening punchlines, fierce name flips, frenzied schemes and religious barbs, still scores the 30. Ryda, who had a much more punch-worthy 1st round and would’ve taken the opening round if not for forgetting his bars at the end, still kept things close in the latter with some stellar punches, witty quotables, a dope church member impression in the 3rd and fiery gun bars/personals throughout. But in both the 2nd and 3rd rounds, a slightly more consistent Th3 Saga just happened to come one better to earn the shutout.
Verdict: Th3 Saga (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Th3 Saga – “I don’t need a vet, Jesus wept, I’m God tear [tier]!”
Recap: In this solid 1-rounder from Kill Switch Battle League, Gwitty’s mostly anecdotal bars/residual mayhem/name flips are hit or miss. But a more versatile and consistent Ryda, confidently segueing from witty barbs to stifling gun bars to dope set-ups/schemes to rich personals to righteous pontifications on the state of battle rap takes this one.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Ryda – “Bigger 9!…nah, I rather use some shit that’s mine, little blade…keep swiping like my shit’s declined!”
Recap: In this solid 1-rounder from Gates of the Garden, Chuck Book delivers a host of gritty punchlines, wily personals and local DMV gratuities. But one too may indirect bars from Mr. Book along with a more consistently nice, name flip scoring, personal-spazzing, gun line waving and scheme/punch-heavy Ryda gives the Goonie a check in the win column.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Ryda – “I’ll abuse you, this ain’t the shit that your used to, Ryda hop out of with a big bird like Liberty Mutual!”
Recap: From URL’s Banned Legacy 3, helped by a Mackk Myron who while dishing a mostly rambunctious punch game, couldn’t really get into his consistent bag of bullish/electic darts and witty personals until the final round, an aggressive, steady with the fiery heaters and stifling with the personals, angles, similes and punchlines Ryda manages to edge round 1 and handily take round 2 for the win, before getting edged by a more versatile, witty and more in control Mackk in round 3.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ryda – “The Goonies will turn into Black Market media, you won’t even get a chance to start pleading your case, I’m talking Banned Legacy, nigga’s be shooting for 3 days straight!”
Recap: Exciting Banned Legacy 2 battle between Ryda and Stuey Newton is high on the action, mayhem, punchlines, pontifications and gun bars. And if that’s not enough, Stuey also displayed a nice rebuttal game, while Ryda supplied plenty of witty personals to add some levity to the scene. A competitive battle throughout, it’s Ryda, coming back from a subpar performance in his last URL battle against Th3 Saga, who gets the win with a sublime 1st and 3rd rounds in which he flexed his versatility with nary a dry spot. And while the always fiery Stuey came hard with the punches and ringing wordplay throughout the match (esp. during a spitfire 2nd round), the West-coast vet hurt himself a bit with elongated turns in the aforementioned rounds that couldn’t keep up with his opponent’s overall potency.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ryda – “So I don’t wanna hear all that Black power shit that you be blabbing out ya mouth, because you can’t be on this stage screaming ‘Black Lives Matter’ when it’s ‘All Lives Matter!’ in ya house!”
Recap: Pretty solid 1-rounder between the visiting Ryda and Houston’s Tubbs features a whole lot of nifty punches/personals and mostly competent name flips from the latter and a wide array of staunch punchlines and righteous heat from the Goonie vet. And while both battlers had their missteps, during his turn Tubbs especially struggled at times with his flow and that along a couple of more haymakers as well as a nice mid-round rebuttal by Ryda, gives Mr. ‘I Like To Name My Guns’ the vic.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Ryda – “Life support, nigga that’s what you all on now…and when you pull on Tubbs that’s when it all goes down!”
Recap: Take away Glueazy surprisingly choking away his 2nd round and you have a fire battle between Glu and fellow Goonie squad member Ryda. Still for all the bout’s competitiveness, it’s Ryda who earned the most shine here, delivering a versatile palette of fiery self-deprecating darts, sizzling gun bars, witty personals, stinging punchlines/name flips and during a spitfire 3rd round, a host of flexing shots at his former Cave Gang team and even a couple of shots thrown Smack’s way for allegedly mishandling his battle rap career. And while Glu would also dish a boatload of flexing punchlines, witty/pointed personals and heated gun bars to keep things competitive in both a debatable 1st round and a fiery 3rd, Ryda’s standout performance throughout the bout would prove to be too much in the end.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ryda – “And everybody wanna know if Ryda still Cave Gang or not, well fuck Ave, you asked Roc to give your answer!”
Recap: In this fire one-rounder from Do or Die Battle League, bar-wise, both (“‘But I like to name my guns!’, where I’m from you only name a gun after a nigga you used it on!”) Quban and (“Try to run, just know that I peel with focus, I’m an Adderall lover!”) Ryda deliver the goods with an equal share of killer gun bars, momentous punchlines, stifling performance lines and dope personals. Still, while Ryda might’ve came with a little more consistency with the bars and more versatile material, a couple of mid-round slip-ups and a surprising choke by Ryda hands Quban the win.
Verdict: Quban (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Quban – “If Brian got a gun, he better pull it, ‘cuz while he was busy trying to name it, I was busy writing your name on the bullet!”
Recap: Not that he wasn’t bountiful with the haymakers, but a surprising freestyle/rebuttal game ends up saving Cortez from a loss here in what was a fire and competitive battle versus Ryda. Indeed, after an entertaining, (“I’m a hybrid, Ryda [rider], ain’t no gas in the clutch!”) personal-heavy/name-flip and braggadocio turn from Cortez to start things out in the first, Mr. I Like To Name My Guns comes right back with an aggressive, (“They say no fingers, no evidence, Gary Payton, O.J. Simpson, I brought both gloves for Cort!”) gun-savvy and spitfire turn of his own that with a couple of more haymakers, edges the Goonie member the round. Still, after a spazzing-on-both-sides first, things settled down a little bit in the 2nd round. But while Ryda was a little more consistently nice with his punchlines/personals/gun bars, a couple of solid freestyles by Cor towards the beginning of his turn and only one less haymaker gets him a draw for the round. With Ryda still ahead going into the final round, Cortez really gets in his bag of haymakers, crisply working his vaunted ‘Shit We Gotta Speak About’ angles to ill effect with some dope wordplay, fiery shots at Ryda’s team, a couple of rebuttals, fire Spanish idioms and more salacious (“I’m flaming out the projects, banging out with targets, 50 sparking, Ricky Martin, this shit just came out the closet!”) punchlines/gun bars mixed in to beat back what was also a turned-up and punch-heavy, but not quite as potent turn by Ryda.
Verdict: TIE
Favorite line: Ryda – “Just because you out of arm’s length don’t mean I can’t bring you pain, just because you out of reach, don’t mean you out of range!”
Recap: After about a 1-year layoff, Ryda’s return to battle rap is a sublime one as the babyface Goonie uses a consistent plethora of epic gun bars, solid name flips, steely performance bars and heated (“Knife in ya bitch weave, then turn it counterclockwise, I’m rewinding her tracks!”) punchlines to edge and beat back a dope and pretty (“Nigga, I will do a number on them arms like birthday punches!”) nice for two rounds Prez Mafia. This Survivor Series matchup, long in hype beforehand and well appreciated by a crowd that was into it throughout, stayed close and competitive until the middle of the 3rd round, when Prez surprisingly cut short what was beginning to look like another solid turn. Given an easy opportunity to get a 30, Ryda obliged with yet another versatile and strong final round that was laced with a handful of haymakers.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Ryda – “Nigga, I put in some of my best work with this Nina…Larenz Tate!”
Recap: Making it seem like practice, Ryda jumps (“Damn, he insane, just admit it I’m dope nigga, y’all thought I couldn’t go line for line with him because he a coke sniffa?!”) on Big Jinya’s neck early and from there, doesn’t hold back, using frequently fire set-ups, some piercing name flips and witty bars to outclass an opponent who judging from his ‘You ever see a rifle with diarrhea? well, I’, about to drop a load’ line alone, never really had a chance.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Ryda – “We know about your habit Jinya, but we don’t blame you, ‘cuz sometimes we gotta go to drugs just to deal with the stressing…but Jinya, the magic 8-ball ain’t gonna have the answer to none of your questions!”
Recap: Featuring the birth of Chef Trez’s ‘3 of them things’, a boatload of elite gun lines, crazy performance bars, 3 consistently punch-heavy rounds from Ryda, some dizzying wordplay and a couple of Prez Mafia quotables, this PG matchup between (“Why Reepah Rell a nigga, when I could steal him and paint the whole face!”) the up-n-coming DMV battler and the returning-to-the-PGs Trez was dope till the end. Indeed, this was a close as for every terrific, punch-lit and bar savvy turn by Ryda, Trez would come right back with an aggressive and gritty turn that coupled with a handful of dope rebuttal’s/freestyle’s, kept him in the mix. This was especially highlighted by a sublime (“LeBron signing with Nike, I put a check on the witness!”; “Now they trying to figure out who killed the Chef…it’s like the Clue game!”) 2nd round by Ryda with so little filler that you wouldn’t be too off if you thought he had the round running away. But then, there was the Chef again, showing amazing poise, much less enough confidence in his pen (and brain) to meet his opponent at the end with enough hot boastful (“I feel like the cameraman with the Cheater show..I’ll catch him with the side piece!”; “100 rounds, let’s build a suspension, watch the drum roll!”) darts, freestyles and rebuts to edge the round. Ultimately tho, Ryda’s ability to stay on his opponent’s neck with stifling (“Head shot, flip the body, left the nigga San leaking like a hour glass!”) punchline after (“You a Chef, your occupation is to cook for other people’s pleasure, ain’t a secret food, but watch who you speaking too, ‘cuz Blood I’ll eat ya food!”) punchline, would be too much for even Trez as the La Familia capo’s contnuously fire wordplay/similes/personals during yet another haymaker-drenched turn, over what was a pretty solid and gripping round by Trez, would get him the win.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chef Trez – “You probably think you could hold a gun sideways and not miss a shot, well I’m honest, first time I gripped and popped, heart dropped, eyes closed…it felt like I was getting shot!”
Recap: Good shit indeed as Fettuccine 20 and Ryda go blow for blow and keep it competitive throughout this too-close-to-call PG battle. The more bar and (“If I get Paid In Full for the hit, then I’m coming through with two new cigs, ya ace will walk in and find you dead, welcome to Lulu’s crib!”) punch-heavy Ryda (tho he did have some reaches) had more haymakers in round’s one and two, but only won the 1st thanks to more intricate schemes and a slightly higher bar quotient from (“Let me catch y’all niggas in the kitchen, while y’all whipping it all up. I’ll be a broke nigga in tax season, the first thing I’m doing is [waves arms like shooting guns] hitting them all up!; “Get out of line, a couple of bucks will straighten him out, that’s a Posture Fee!”) Fettuccine. 3rd round, came with huge replay value as both battlers stepped it up and came with hard aggressive lines, some ill (Ryda: “Didn’t you used to rep the Trap?, oh nigga they used to be buzzing, now it’s just a bunch if no-shows and some free vodka….ain’t that somethin’!”) personals, more dizzying haymakers and some crazy (Fettuccine20: “I blast off, any situation I got a gun involved, it’s just ironic, I had a blast but it wasn’t fun at all!”) wordplay…and that’s why at the end you can go either way.
Verdict: TIE
Favorite line: Ryda – “You was all on Facebook loud, talking about ‘that nigga Ryda not believable’,cool, till they gotta pull back that white sheet and ya mama can’t believe it’s you!”
Recap: No wonder hardly anyone is clamoring the Top Tiers, what with hardbody PG’s like this one…who needs them? DMV’s Ryda versus Harlem’s Snake Eyez is straight fire throughout, haymakers galore with little room for filler. 1st round edged to Snake Eyez, as his ability to consistently kick (“Think Louis Vuitton when I head shot him, ‘cuz his family ain’t know he was dead till they read about [red bottom] him!”) flashy, urban street (“But ain’t shit changed in my hood, nigga’s love me, I’ll probably get you smoked for free, I’m at momma crib, she still got the old Kool-Aid picture with the scratches on it., that shit about as old as me!”) flair along with some nice personals and authentic (“If we was on the Island, I woulda took this nigga commissary!”) bully bars was literally too intense and enough to beat what was a solid turn from (“I’ll dig a ditch, can’t catch the body?, then my lady will do it, they couldn’t get Snake up out this hole with Arabian music!”) Ryda. However, after barely losing round 1, Ryda stepped up the versatility, outshining a still (“My freedom?, I enjoy with a different demeanor, ‘cuz I still could’ve been locked away, mad at breakfast that I woke up late and missed that coffee cake with the Verena!”) fiery, but a little too one-dimensional opponent with a litany of crazy performance bars, frenetic (“Jesus Christ!…I’m the one who brought that twelve to the table…last supper!“) wordplay, dizzying (“The gun like business with Diddy, it did them all bad!”) punches, fierce (“Ironic your name is Snake, but you have yet to wrap around and body something!”) name flips and (“You the type of nigga that want to go to war, but forgot that you left your clip out, the type that’ll buy a house but still let ya bitch tell you ‘Get out!'”) jokes to take round 2 and 3 as well as the win.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ryda – “I’m known to black, but keep one eye open, like the Raiders man!”
Recap: Some hard (“Lame fuck, I should chhhkkk, aim bust!, ‘cuz all I got is these….[points hands like gun at Ryda’s head] and you don’t want me to bring my grades up!”) gun bars spit by Truth Watson keeps things competitive, but overall it’s Ryda’s potent versatility, nice (“…when your tombstone reads ‘where the Truth lies’, it’s not a contradiction!”) name flips and aggressive (“Pinocchio lying in martial arts class, I got something with the long nose kicking!”) punchlines that scores him a 3-0.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Ryda – “I’ll put that on Grove Street, only time you can kill Ryda [a rider] is in a Graft Theft Auto mission!”
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: Despite all the loud and distracting crowd noise that went down throughout the battle, a more comfortable in his element, set-up and (“I came in armed the blade, you’ll get a baraacka slice”) punchline-heavy Ryda still manages to make quick work of a struggling Top Class.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Ryda – “As soon as I pull out [reaches for guns with both hands] Kid and Play, we gonna see how Class act!”
Recap: A composed and gritty Streetz Messiah has his best round in the (“Do something if you don’t like me bitch, and y’all gonna watch me straight break this nigga, that be your ‘Will he lynch?’, I mean I break nigga’s like Willie Lynch!”) 2nd, but other than that it’s basic gunplay, slip-ups and an unadulterated, (“You old Jay Reid-ass nigga, always shooting without the intent to kill!”) bar-heavy Ryda whose aggressive and consistent litany of fierce punchlines along with potent set-ups throughout his 3 rounds, scores him an easy 3-0.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Ryda – “Now you put your trust in the Lord, well for acting B.I.G. bitch, you could lose your faith in the night, now remember? Pac fucked B.I.G. bitch, he lost his Faith in the night
Recap: In a battle versus an opponent spitting mostly hit-or-miss comedic puns and substandard (“You a clown, but guess what?. but homey I don’t play that”) bars/freestyles, Ryda still makes it close by serving as his own worse enemy what with constant slip-ups throughout the battle, Indeed, if it wasn’t for dishing just enough hot lines along with ill schemes in rounds 2 and 3, this one would not of been a good look on the resume.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ryda – “Once Raheem get to Q, you gonna be dead soon after you yawning, he get to cooking with the Steel, meaning you gonna get that .40 with your eggs in the morning!”
