No Bias. No Narratives.
Recap: In this gritty 1-rounder from We Go Hard, the alternately righteous and socially-conscious lines from Zeus while strong and impactful, still can’t hold a light to a consistently varied, at times witty, set-up savvy and punch-lit performance from a fiery Fettuccine 20.
Verdict: Fettuccine 20 (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Fettuccine 20 – “He got chopped up from limb to limb, pieces of Zeus everywhere, he gonna have to change his name from Him to Them!”
Recap: Plenty of gritty boasts, fiery street shit, livid struggle bars, rugged name flips and fierce punchlines in this dope 1-rounder from We Go Hard between Zeus Da God and Eazy the Block Captain. However, while a little lengthy with his turn, Eazy still makes it all useful and slightly more versatile, adding spicy metaphors, rich storytelling and intrepid jail shit to an already gripping arsenal for the win.
Verdict: Eazy the Block Captain (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Eazy the Block Captain – “See, the plug trust me, so every O is 800, it’s like my credit right!”
Recap: Intense, spitfire and competitive battle between a more condensed, gun-bar (“Drums on gun, look like I’m holding Mickey Mouse upside down!”; “So play it cool, it’s fucking nice, ‘cuz if I send a nigger to shoot, it’s nuthin’ nice, all you hear is a voice say ‘Hey Zeus!’ [Bwoh!] now you in front of Christ!”) savvy and punchline-heavy Bedaffi Green and a thought-provoking, (“I don’t have to body you, you loser, I just show half the body like Hooters!”) gritty, poverty-talking and bodacious Zeus Da God is littered with haymakers throughout, from both sides, thus making it no surprise that it’d come down to the 3rd to see who wins. And while you get a pretty solid turn from both sides, a little too much filler from the more expatiated, storytelling and impassioned Zeus along with an aggressive, loaded wordplay/punch dishing, condensed and (“She looked me in my face and acknowledged that, no joking, no slogan, she knew it was real because my eyes said that, I said that!”) vigorous Bedaffi earns Green the win.
Verdict: Bedaffi Green (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Zeus Da God – “Grandma was ting to get me off the couch to go to work, but she ain’t know my work was under the couch!”
Recap: Gwitty’s rampant and elongated anecdotes versus Zeus da God’s hard and schizophrenic (“You get cracked baby, I been known to live the 80 life!”) rap stylings make for lots of noise and some witty bars, but not much in the way of steady, consistent heat from either battler. Thus, call it a 1-rounder that didn’t really prove who was better.
Verdict: TIE
Favorite line: Gwitty – “I be rebelling, while smoking the weed I’m selling, I can take an ‘L’!”
Recap: Had this one tied after two what with the bars being pretty equal, but Zeus putting forth a slightly better performance with matching aggression in round 1, while J. Murda was more consistent with the punches (“Let that metal ring under your nose if I don’t accept him”) and had better wordplay in round 2. 3rd round was easily Murda’s, heavier with the bars, nice personals and a couple of haymakers mixed in to take the win.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: J. Murda – “I will cut you, and yeah I like to get a little violent and crazy, but I like gutting niggas, I’m still kinda precise with the .80, I’m talking c-sections like and y’all still can’t stomach how I get them outta here baby!”
