Recap: Punching with superlative conviction for 3 straight rounds while flexing with a boatload of righteous single black mother semantics, piercing/scathing personals, stunted lyrical heaters/schemes, boastful barbs and well-executed wordplay, Yoshi G lessens the thot bar antics for pure emcee idolatry while beating back a snapping, punch-heavy and hitting at times, but a bit personal-redundant and lethargic Tori Doe in what was still a competitive 3-rounder from URL/QOTR’s Watch the Throne 4 card.
Verdict: Yoshi G (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Yoshi G – “Me swallowing babies, you killing babies, no way you’re matching me!”
Recap: With Tori Doe it’s never really been a question about ability. As Doe’s highlight reel would surely attest to, when the Harlem emcee is on top of her game, she can spit hot punchlines and stinging wordplay with the best of them and that’s probably what earned her this battle with Chess. But what also almost always comes into play with a Tori Doe battle is effort or lack thereof and once again her lack of preparation continues to be her kryptonite as after a flexing, (“Guess I am a dirty little bitch, ‘cuz I’ll [points arm out like gun] get a nigga hit before I let a nigga hit!”) spitfire turn in the 1st round (that only got edged by a more heavy-handed on the punches and condensed turn by her opponent), in what might have been her biggest battle yet, Doe proceeds to let the fans down with a solid, but shortened 2nd round before literally giving up her 3rd round midway in lieu of a minor slip-up. And while Doe disappointed again, a confident, at times belittling (“My gun, just like Tori, mad pretty, but got a nasty bang! to go with it!”), raucous, name flip spazzing, scheme-heavy and flexing with the punchlines throughout Chess just stayed consistently nice with his, scoring a 3-0 in his first intergender match and coming out with nary a scar.
Verdict: Chess (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Chess – “I ain’t gonna talk about you aborting your child ‘cuz maybe you just wasn’t ready, but don’t talk like you could son me when you couldn’t even do that for the one in your belly!”
Recap: Take out a minor slip-up that occurred due in part to his opponent talking through his round and Quban, flexing throughout with fiery name flips, righteous personals and stifling punchlines. manages to beat back a lyrically fierce, gritty and wordplay-lit, but not quite as consistent with the bars Tori Doe in this solid 1-rounder from Bring Ya Barz Battle League.
Verdict: Quban (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Quban – “Synthetic weaves, your hair not real but you real…oh we gonna laugh at that, ‘cuz if I hold and spray, let’s see this will help keep ya wig intact!”
Recap: Not the best you’ve seen from O’fficial. But while the gritty Tori Doe came with some hot lines/wordplay here and there, her lack of a consistent effort in addition to O’s ability to dish just enough heated wordplay and stinging (“I would give you some breasts, but you don’t want the brisket!”) punches gets the New Orleans vixen the deciding 3rd round and the win.
Verdict: O’fficial (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Tori Doe – “Small at the bottom, wide at the top, how you shaped like the wifi?”
Recap: Does any battler out there keep a better poker face while their opponent rap’s than Couture? Just saying ‘cuz it’s hard to recall Couture even nodding at hot bar thrown her way. Speaking of which, Couture’s QOTR opponent here, Tori Doe, certainly with a barrage of them. The petite Harlem emcee flexing her heart out with a wide load gritty wordplay and flashy gun bars while aggressively maneuvering around the ring to make her presence even more felt. But after a more haymaker-lit Tori took the 1st round, Couture would up the ante and get extra busy with a gang of her own lyrical stunting in addition to witty/hard-hitting personals, fiery wordplay and piercing 4-bar setups/punchlines to edge the 2nd round before handily taking the deciding 3rd round for the win.
Verdict: Couture (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Couture: “I was ducking who?, who the fuck are you?, let’s get one thing clear, I told Debo before I wouldn’t make it, I had to get a tooth extraction, that’s the only reason I wasn’t around bitch, You would’ve watched the throne, I been the queen, even my dentist said I need a crown bitch!”
Recap: That “smell like a free clinics” line in round 2 by 40 B.A.R.R.S. here was mean…and funny. And damn if 40 didn’t kill that 3rd round, name flip-spazzing and punching with authority throughout what was a spitfire turn. Then too, for all the heat 40 took for those chilling personals towards Tori Doe on the topic of abortion? Hey, it’s battle rap. On the other side of things, she might just be 85 pounds, but when she’s on her A-game Tori Doe can spit like a giant. Indeed, in this fierce QOTR 3-rounder, Tori straight stunted on her opponent throughout the battle with a versatile, consistently spicy, performance-rich, NYC-scheme lit, brazen, condensed and personally salacious showing that with nary a dry spot edged her the first couple of rounds for the win.
Verdict: Tori Doe (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Tori Doe – “I’ll flash the heat on this old bitch so quick she’ll think it was menopause!”
