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Chilla Jones defeats Charlie Clips

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Recap: Turns out that Charlie Clips and Chilla Jones had a battle like 4 years ago on KOTD that never made YouTube thanks to Clips being sick throughout the battle, presumably choking twice, but thanks to a biased crowd, Clips was awarded with the win (at least, that’s Chilla Jones’ version). Well, whatever you want to believe happened back then, it’s a godo thing they decided to try again as the two meet here on Black Ice and for the most part put on a quality, 3-round show that met the crowd’s expectations. First round was close and filled with hardbody (Jones: “I see everybody talking, well you can get the truth from me, no fronting, too many ego’s bumping, so I had to clear the block like Debo coming!”) punches and dope (Clips: “…since you got it in for Mills, now about the .9 back up whatever the semi lack?!”) schemes from both battles, but a more cohesive and versatile Jones edged would could’ve been a debatable round. 2nd round, which ironically turned out to be the worse, saw Jones score with a personal/mocking-themed turn that kept the match buzzing, but a couple of nice rebuttals, potent (“I’ll bang his head against the handle, till I unlock it with his face like an iPhone X!”) bars and a pretty pedestrian (for him anyway) and predictable round from Clips, got Jones another round. Some more nice personals and rich set-ups from Chilla kept things competitive in the final round before he floundered a bit towards the end. But with apparently plenty of gas left in his tank, Clips was able to turn it up, getting busy with charismatic haymakers, a couple dope (“Two leg shots, you’ll have to [points to guy in crowd in a wheelchair] ask him to his wheelchair!”) freestyle’s and rebuttals as well as intense storytelling bars and witty schemes, to take the final round and avoid getting 3-0’d.

Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Your mind different?, well, here’s an Atlanta hawk for thinking unique!”

Real Deal defeats D’Mon

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Recap: Washington rapper D’Mon displays moxie, versatility and steady aggression, but besides the aesthetics on the ‘bust the bottle’ line, little in the way of haymakers on his way to a loss against a more consistently nice and heavy punching Real Deal in this one-rounder from Skytier Northwest.

Verdict: Real Deal (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Real Deal – “Your wife is a slore and you let her skate despite getting hit, you hope she’ll care again [Kerrigan]!”

Dre Dennis defeats Swagga Staccs

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Recap: It’s a layup for Dre Dennis as his hardbody rhymes and vociferous punches easily take down the very average gun bars and schemes of Pittsburgh battler Swagga Staccs in this one-rounder from TrapNY..

Verdict: Dre Dennis (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Dre Dennis – “If you try to get up after I blaze gun’s nigga…[BOW!!!], now you’ll stay down like day one nigga’s!”

Yung Griz defeats Da Kid Clutch

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Recap: After getting flamed in the first round, a personal and punch-heavy (“You want beef with a nigger who keep metal in hand, but you ain’t Sabretooth!”) Da Kid Clutch manages to comeback and edge the 2nd for a split with the fiery (“I think Klutch [clutch] is soft, that’s a rubber grip, I’m holding heat!; “I’ll crack baby face with a crack baby, that’s a 4-pound!”) pen of Yung Griz. The deciding 3rd however, was basically a repeat of the 1st, with Gruz once again pouncing with steady heat and some dizzying haymakers, including an endearing tale towards the end of his turn that even his opponent had to give dap to. Altogether, a solid showing from Clutch, but a way more flexing performance from Griz in this dope West-coast PG match.

Verdict: Yung Griz (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Yung Griz – “I got the shit the PG’s wish they had…this is Smack’s number!”

Ru Bando defeats Bubba Forde

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Recap: Fierce 1-rounder from IBattle has Bubba Forde providing plenty of rambunctious heat that was reinforced by a steady stream of animated aggression. But Bubba’s lack of a consistent punch-game along with a Ru Bando who came equipped with plenty of piercing mayhem as well as rapid-fire punchlines that rarely missed their mark, would prove to be too formidable for Bubba in the end.

Verdict: Ru Bando (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Ru Bando – “I’ll catch him on the corner…you a rook!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Chetta

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Recap: It terms of a gritty bar-fest, it doesn’t get much better than this one as Chetta and 40 B.A.R.R.S. go toe-for-toe on the Queen of the Ring stage, dish the personals for the most part and go hardbody for 3 rounds with plenty of fiery gun bars, intoxicating punchlines, boastful barbs and rigid wordplay to boot. Aggressive on both sides with a little wit mixed in, this close and competitive bout, after draws in both of the latter rounds, comes down to the 1st, which a more haymaker-lit 40 took for the win.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “Find out where you stay in New York, I’m a clear the hotel-e out, this bitch won’t make it home like she came to R. Kelly’s house!”

Shotgun Suge defeats Shotti P

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Recap: Without the chokes, this one might’ve been up there for Battle of the Year as both Shotgun Suge and Shotti P came with their A-games in this 3-rounder from KOTD. First round saw Shotti P get off to nice start with frenzied (“You wanna talk guns, my nigga’s strapped ready to shoot the breeze, you try to run, that toy airing his back like Scuba Steve!”) gun lines and witty personals that scored with the crowd. But Suge wasn’t having it, coming right back with one his best rounds we’ev seen in awhile, what with intense performance bars and aggressive (“Oh, you wanna spar? I’ll put you under the car like an oil change!”) punches that landed hard and edged him the round. Intent on even things up, Shotti P turned it up in the second with wittier (“If this fat fuck ask me what my life like, then Lord help me….What my life like? Nigga, more healthy!”) punches and potent (“I’m killing purple niggers like San Andreas!”) wordplay that beat back what started to be a pretty solid turn by Suge, before he lost his way and had to spout ‘Jersey!’ at the end. The deciding 3rd round saw Shotti ably continue with the jokes before surprising choking at the round and the battle as all Suge had to do was get through his round without stumbling/choking, which he (“Me and mt team play in the D, we’ll come through and fuck his Place up like we the Pacers!”) aggressively gamely did, pardon the background chatter around the stage

Verdict: Shotgun Suge (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Shotgun Suge – “You look mad,  [but] this the thug way pussy, man I got this round in a bag like a Subway cookie!”.

Dougy defeats Luck Dollaz

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Recap: Not too long after a poor showing against Jai 400 Block on the URL stage, Dougy goes back to his home league, WeGoHard, and gets his grind back, dishing potent name flips, wicked (“I got paid for this faggot, I feel like Black Chyna side nigga, Versace robe on and I ain’t taking it off, this fat nigga must be Rob, ‘cuz you paid for the cloth!”) punchlines, sports bars that hit well and ridiculous guns lines at a solid overall, but (“You wear on your left, nigga, my flag stay on my face…the cloth different!”) bully themed and gun bar drenched Luck Dollaz–in effect, giving Dougy the well-earned win.

Verdict: Dougy (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Dougy – “I was born in WeGoHard, that mean I’m armed and crazy, these Pocket Rockers like fresh abortions..I could palm these babies!”

Riggz defeats C3

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Recap: After a debatable 1st round here in this QOTR/Bullpen battle against C3, Riggz’s more animated/spicy punchlines, swerving gun bars and piercing schemes in the latter rounds do enough damage to take rounds 1 and 3 from an opponent, who while dishing a punch-heavy and oft-witty pen throughout the match, when she wasn’t struggling with her flow, couldn’t muster the amount of heat in the following rounds as she brought in round 1.

Verdict: Riggz (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Riggz – “This ratchet do numbers out this world…it got Hidden Figures!”

Rum Nitty defeats Chef Trez

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Recap: In this 3-rounder from Smack/URL, a plethora of weak rebuttals/personals, inconsistent with the heat, a handful of reaches and elongated with his turns, despite a solid (“For his style you just gotta watch movies, to get my shit, you gotta go through something!”) showing overall, a Chef Trez that wasn’t on his A-game throughout the battle makes for an easy vic for a seemingly way more confident, consistent and over-the-top with the punches Rum Nitty. The Arizona spitter flexing hard for 3 well-crafted rounds with sterling name flips, eccentric (“Raise the arm on a Chef if he throwing salt, who the fuck want it!”) gun bars, ill wordplay, fiery personals, a fire rebuttal and spitfire, often back-to-back punchlines to beat back his former Writer’s Bloque brethren and score a well-earned 30.

Verdict: Rum Nitty (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Rum Nitty – “I barely gotta squeeze to let it off on ya set, ‘cuz the trigger like a hair on a meal…let me talk to the Chef!”

Rosenberg Raw defeats Big Hann

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Recap: A spitfire, punch-heavy 2nd round by Rosenberg Raw and Big Hann’s choice to pontificate and go postal on everybody but his opponent in the deciding 3rd round, add up to give Raw the win here.

Verdict: Rosenberg Raw (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Rosenberg Raw – “Now he got game, I got game, but he ain’t half as skilled, so when he act live, we don’t believe it, because we don’t think the graphic’s real!”

Dizaster defeats Oxxxymiron

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Recap: Dizaster versus Russian hip-hop artist/battler Oxxxymiron on KOTD gives us, amongst other things, something you rarely see: a battle rapper rapping longer than Diz. Nonetheless, this one is still a goodie with a pretty electric crowd that was treated to a gang of hard-hitting punchlines, spicy personals, impressive 2nd-language polemics, political waverings and witty barbs from both Oxxxymiron and Dizaster. However with the surprisingly more condensed Diz also mixing in some strong wordplay, mayhem, cadence switching and cultural references related to Russia within his raps, while opponent Oxxxymiron was often at times mired in filler and longwinded pontifications, tho the 2nd round was relatively close, it’s Diz who still earns the 3-0 here.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Dizaster – “Don’t get me wrong, I’m trying to be Putin’s friend, ‘cuz I know if I ever had a chance to be president, he gets to choose who wins!”

Tay Roc and Hollow Da Don [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Two battle vets who should arguably be in everyone’s Top 5, Hollow Da Don and Tay Roc, come together for a fire, competitive and highly entertaining matchup at URL’s Summer Madness 6. Roc, the self-proclaimed ‘Gun Bar King’, lets his whole arsenal off in the 1st round, a blazing and more condensed turn littered with armored (“Once they paid me my dough, this problem was all yours, Black mask, I’m flashing sticks, that’s Star Wars, sawed off, try to run, I’m all for it, I’ll chase you with it, runnin’ with the Thunder, I’m Paul George!”) mayhem. Still, Hollow would come right back with a more versatile turn that featured a host of eccentric, metaphorical and unorthodox stylings. And tho the di-da Don was able back come right back and land a gang of haymakers with a boatload of stinging punchlines, name flips and personals along with some added wit, despite being more one-dimensional, a more consistent Roc earns a draw in the opener.

Roc would get more resourceful in round 2, using some over-the-top performance bars, more uplifting gun heat, lofty personals and righteous schemes/punches to edge a turn by Hollow that after a slow start and thanks in part to a late flurry of braggadocio bangers, almost got the L.O.M. honcho the round. 3rd round produced yet another aggressive, exhilarating and punch-heavy turn from both battlers with Roc going back to ringing (“My left hook will wobble your shit, it’s a leg shaker, then my right hook? A farmer’s tool, it’s a haymaker!”) mayhem with some piercing personals mixed in. But still behind one round, it’d be Hollow who would turn it up even more, using a plethora of searing rebuttals, hardbody schemes and agile (“I drive different, like a Tesla car engine, I’m the reason the line outside longer than an Escobar sentence!”) punchlines/personals to take the round and gain a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Hollow Da Don – “You act tough in blogs but when I see you, you change instantly, take the fatigues off in 2K, I want to see the same energy!”

Nunn Nunn defeats Young Bmore

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Recap: When you rap for about twice as long as your opponent as Young Bmore does here, you should be able to score with some shiners here and there, which he certainly does. However, a way more punchline-proficient, consistent as well as condensed Nunn Nunn manages to take this one-rounder brought to you from the TrapNY.

Verdict: Nunn Nunn (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Nunn Nunn – “I’ll hit ya dame, running old game…Dreamcast, sleazebag, I’ll use her face as a skeet rag, she sucks so much she go on dates wearing kneepads!”

Craig Lamar defeats Q.P.

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Recap: A lame move by Q.P., distracting Craig Lamar while he was rapping into slipping up by pulling out a stack of $$$ in the middle of the 3rd round, is the only thing that prevents Craig from an flawless 3 rounds here. Indeed, that’s how bullish and multi-functional Craig’s punches were, gaining steam with each passing round, while his unnerved opponent became less and less caustic. With that, besides a too-close-to-call round 1, this one was pretty much all Craig.

Verdict: Craig Lamar (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Craig Lamar – “Special kids on a field trip, the whip short, but the bus[t] retarded!”

Madface defeats Habeeb

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Recap: It’s Habeeb versus Madface in this spirited 1-rounder from League of Champions. And while both battlers flex hard when it comes to wordplay and unorthodox punchlines, even while rapping almost twice as longer as his opponent, it’s a more consistent, intricate and gem-dropping Madface who earns the win.

Verdict: Madface (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Madface – “Then a suppressor in your bitch, they both making less noise, rubber grip, shit dishwasher safe like her sex toys!”

Bangz defeats Megadef

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Recap: A little funny to see Bangz back on KOTD after he literally (which he himself freely admits in his intro) got embarrassed by DNA last time he was on their stage. But by checking his ego at the door and instead running with his charismatic, off-the-dome, punch-heavy style, the Connecticut spitter is able to set the pace early and edge this one-rounder versus the oft-non-rhyming, but aggressive styling’s of Megadef.

Verdict: Bangz (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Bangz – “The only reason they consider you dope, is because you make them nod!”

E-Hart defeats Bad Newz

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Recap: Pretty solid, aggressive, raucous and competitive effort by Bad Newz here. But outside of a surprising 2nd round choke, E-Hart’s piercing pen game, fiery wordplay, gritty personals/gun bars and stinging name flips prove to be too much in both the 1st and 3rd rounds for her opponent, thus giving the Bronx, NY, spitter a win in her first intergender battle.

Verdict: E-Hart (W) 2-1

Favorite line: E-Hart – “Loso 3-0, now me, you been getting bodied since, there’s levels when you building and you been in the lobby since!”

Charlie Clips defeats The Saurus

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Recap: For the most part, Charles Clips leaves the schemes at home, replacing them with plenty of straightforward wit, righteous personals and a well-themed (“If you really Mr. 2-times everything, why God ain’t call you to build Noah’s ark?!”) 2nd round that along with a very solid 1st and 3rd, more than gave the KOTD crowd their money’s worth. The Saurus, nice with the punches despite some dry spots here and there, kept it competitive for the first two rounds, before choking on his own lines and faltering in the round in the bout Clips had won after the 2nd anyway.

Verdict: Charlie Clips (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Charlie Clips – “145 battles?!, you’re not a battle rapper, you’re a league!”

JC defeats Chess

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Recap: Confidently smashing his way to a total dismantling, for 3 rounds JC flexes on a seriously flow-challenged, but otherwise solid Chess with a righteous palette of stifling (“Jump stupid [raises arm like a shotgun], get violent, the pump gonna sit him down in the air like you zip-lining!”) gun bars, fierce braggadocio (“Shit, these ain’t words, I know nigga’s that can make it happen now, have you act it out, [but] he survived, but now he got real struggle shit to rap about!”) lines, searing wordplay and wicked personals. For the battle-tested JC, it’s a rich combo that may finally warrant that long wanton match against Loaded Lux. For Chess, embarrassingly choking away his 3rd round after a slip-up prone 2nd, even with a highly (“To beat Chess, you gonna have to take me out of the game, Glock .40, if I take it out he gonna get flamed, I’ll have a ratchet beating on him like ‘Baby, I can explain!'”) competitive 1st, overall it’s such a bad look that it could be time to consider removing him from the starting lineup.

Verdict: JC (W) 3-0

Favorite line: JC –  “I got the shovel at the plot for you and I’m digging up dirt like I’m prosecuting, get them all in tact, ain’t no calling back, the only thing you will ever get from my history are body’s…and those are the facts [artifacts]!”

O’fficial defeats Ms. Murk

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Recap: An ill-prepared Ms. Murk literally chokes for all 3 rounds, leaving O’fficial’s mostly hardbody punchlines/schemes and stinging wordplay with more than enough ammo to provide for an easy bodybag.

Verdict: O’fficial (W) 3-0

Favorite line: O’fficial – “Thinking she a sex symbol?!, red dot on her cheek, I’ll keep her blushing!”

Bill Collector defeats Pap G

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Recap: A competitive and gritty 1-rounder from Body Bag Battle league between Bill Collector and Pap G turns into an easy vic for BS after Pap dumps his more hard-hitting lines for one-too-many tag-ins and subpar jokes/personals, leaving an also witty and performance-punching/stunting BC with the win.

Verdict: Bill Collector (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Bill Collector – “I accidentally shot ya homeboy…7 times, when I seen who he was, I said ‘nevermind’!”

Jerry Wess defeats Bedaffi Green

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Recap: In yet another dope battle from We Go Hard, Jerry Wess stands out, mired in more versatility (“I’ll show you some gruesome shit, shotgun, baby mama drama, it’ll put you through some shit!”; “I can tell your shorty was going by the river, I was beating it by the lake, I ain’t hitting her wow, now I’m back at it like she deleted me by mistake!”) bar-wise than his braggadocio/gun line drenched opponent Bedaffi Green. With a steady mix of sturdy name flips, some jaunty wordplay and round two….haymakers galore, despite a (“If Green bug bug out, light up, then he’ll let the fire fly!”) rim-rocking turn by Green in the second round, Wess still manages to turn it up even more, take the first couple of rounds before getting edged in the 3rd thanks to a slightly more multi-facated turn by Green.

Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “Your chances of winning, vague description, you won’t be able to make it out!”

Teewhy defeats Brooklyn Carter

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Recap: An apparent grudge match between Brooklyn Carter and Teewhy gets decided by witty personals from the NJ rapper, who after proving his mettle and matching his opponent in steely name flips, crazy (“Y’all thought this would be a classic?, I don’t see why [C Y], stop comparing me, the similarity literally ends with Teewhy [T Y]!”) wordplay, fiery punchlines and potent bars, stood out more when he called out BC’s URL standing in a wild 3rd round and flipped on BC’s infamous YouTube rant against Cortez. No doubt, Carter was solid throughout, (“‘Cuz where I’m from, less is more, he usually the first to take flight, like the 2nd floor!”) punching and scheming hard with venom, especially in the 1st (which he won clearly after Teewhy fumbled to the point of embarrassingly having to pull his phone out at the start of his round) and 3rd rounds. But a lack of overall versatility from BC along with a solid, but none too spectacular 2nd round, before stepping up with a ferocious final round that would’ve beat most opponent’s, should give Carter another look on the ‘main stage’. But it just wasn’t enough to overcome Teewhy’s steadier comeuppance and more multifaceted bars.

Verdict: Teewhy (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Teewhy – “That’s punching, your shit Instagram likes, they all love taps!”

Loso defeats J. Murda

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Recap: Loso’s 1st appearance on the RBE stage is pretty impressive…for two rounds anyway. Displaying adept research skills that sparked some witty personals towards his opponent, a Supreme deity of Christian tribalism and a friendly dose of potent punchlines, only a surprising 3rd-round choke stood in the way of an easy 30 against an erratic and oftentimes lackluster J-Murda.

Verdict: Loso (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Loso – “See, it’s your fault, you accepted the battle without first seeing me arrive, it’s all on tape, who knew you could set murder up without giving 13 reasons why!”

Stuey Newton defeats Reepah Rell

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Recap: Stifling gun bars, visceral punchlines/4-bar set-ups, piercing name flips and rigid street missives, in this West-coast Traffic 3 matchup versus Reepah Rell, a consistently spicy Stuey Newton brings out the whole kaboodle and beats back an opponent who came nice with a variety of punches (esp. during a close 1st round) for the most part, but in the latter rounds succumbed to a couple of slip-ups, which in turn led to shortened turns and eventually a 30 for Stuey.

Verdict: Stuey Newton (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Stuey Newton – “You be painting your face like a weird bitch, tell ya makeup artist that bullshit don’t enhance your rounds at all, I mean you got your moments in the paint but it’s not enough…Pau Gasol!”

Mike P defeats Big T

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Recap: A spitfire 2nd round, a sometimes lazy with the punches/performance bars Big T and just enough bite to a host of elaborate schemes in the deciding 3rd round leads to an also abstract-lit, gaming bars-dishing and spicy with the personals Mike P getting a close win in this time clock-constrained Born Legacy Supreme 3-rounder from Smack/URL.

Verdict: Mike P (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Mike P – “I stack bodies like Twork stack’s hoodies!”

DNA defeats 7 Weaponz

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Recap: I’m sure that in the shower, while getting ready for this battle, 7 Weaponz went over his ‘dope’ bars again and thought he had a sure-shot chance of beating the likes of DNA. If he didn’t, he wouldn’t have showed up, right? 7 was going to pull the upset of the year, get an immediate PG and the big stage wouldn’t be too far behind. Plus it’s only for one round, so screw you if you didn’t think 7 had a shot at pulling off the unthinkable….and now that this bodybag is over with, screw reality for getting in the way of 7’s longstanding dreams.

Verdict: DNA (W) 1-0

Favorite line: DNA – “I got the .4 in [foreign] behind the counter and I’m a give 7, 11!”

Bonnie Godiva defeats Torture

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Recap: As Torture brutally found out in the 3rd round here, Bonnie Godiva doesn’t get enough credit for her rebuttal game. Other than that, a boatload of gritty bars an witty personals from both ladies at the very least made what was otherwise a pretty routine QOTR battle, competitive. However, it’s the more wordplay-heavy and slightly more haymaker-lit Godiva who edges both of the opening rounds for the win before a debatable 3rd.

Verdict: Bonnie Godiva (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Bonnie Godiva – “Bitch, when you put on a sundress, that look like your son dress!”

DNA defeats Murdock

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Recap: Dishing heat with some solid punches, fierce trap talk, bully bars and fiery personals, Murdock (whose rap stylings remind me of Calicoe) makes a nice bid to pull off an upset by beating DNA. Yeah, ok. No chance here, especially in a 1-rounder, as Mr. GHTFOH uses a consistent barrage of steely gun bars, flexing wordplay, congenial punchlines, some spitfire rebuttals and towards the end, off-the-dome darts to make your ears peek to send his opponent back to the drawing board.

Verdict: DNA (W) 1-0

Favorite line: DNA – “I’m packing a ton, shoelace on the back of the gun, and it s strung around the barrel like an African drum!”

Chilla Jones defeats Illmaculate

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Recap: Close, but a bit of a lethargic matchup between Illmaculate and Chilla Jones showcases some irony in that Illmac’s choice to go so hard on his opponent’s scheme-heavy rep is not only met with a versatile pallette punches, personal and schemes from (“Probably long nose, like it gotta be Gonzo, you’ll hear his [it] Pop so much, you would’ve thought it was Lonzo!”) Chilla, but Mac’s own standing for being one of the wittier battle rappers around, didn’t quite match his prestige here. Still, after edging the 1st round with steadier batch of punches and failing to take the 2nd due in part to Illmac’s comeuppance on the haymakers and dope (“Don’t Flop Chilla, or it’s no shots, you’ll get your soul swapper, Necrophiliac, dead-ass, you getting cold-cocked!”) wordplay, it’s Jones who edges the last, deciding round with a nice rebuttal and a more versatile alloy of heated zingers.

Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Nintendo Punchout the only time Little Mac was a star in the game!”

Ru Bando defeats E-City

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Recap: Even with a slip-up as well as facing off against a gritty, solid and condensed showing from E City, Ru Bando’s wide array of potent name flips, piercing punchlines and head-ringing gun bars combine for the win in this 1-rounder from iBattleTV.

Verdict: Ru Bando (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Ru Bando – “I’ll pound the 5th like [smacks hand] ‘Little nigga, stop touching shit!'”

B. Magic defeats Born

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Recap: A more condensed and punchline-savvy B Magic might’ve edged the round anyway. But Born pulling out his phone to seemingly recall his lines is a costly blunder to start what was ultimately the deciding 2nd round, after Magic dropped steady weight in round 1 to take that on while Born salvaged the 3rd with more fiery punches.

Verdict: B Magic (W) 2-1

Favorite line: B Magic – “If you plan to survive you gonna need the Lord, I ain’t the ONE to fuck with like Yuigi board!”

Pakistan defeats Gwitty

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Recap: Before Pakistan switches it up for a nice gangster movie scheme towards the end of his round, both he and Gwitty revel in unique ways to use their toolie’s. Altogether nothing epic, but less dry spots for Pakistan along with the aforementioned scheme warrants a little more versatility, a win and perhaps a forthcoming PG.

Verdict: Pakistan (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Pakistan –  “I’m in my bag, watch me flip, this a County move, ain’t nothing good about this plate, it’s like County food!”

King Esco defeats K-Shine

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Recap: Guessing that, when it comes to his battle rap career, that this one of those days K-Shine would like to forget about as the Harlem vet incredibly chokes and then when given a second chance, stumbles again before giving up on a 1-round bout versus a pretty hyped up, well assisted by his man’s and gun bar rocking, but mostly pedestrian King Esco.

Verdict: King Esco (W) 1-0

Favorite line: King Esco –  “After this murder y’all gonna watch the doc get rid of DNA!”

Mickey Factz defeats Daylyt

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Recap: For all the talk building up to this battle, on Mickey Factz possibly ending Daylyt’s career by calling out all his battle rap antics (something he, ironically, hardly does anymore) over the years, this matchup actually ends up accentuating the idea that Factz might want to consider battling more often. That is, when he’s not taking himself a little way too seriously the preachy hijinks–as here we see Factz mixing righteous pontifications with fierce personals and lofty wordplay altogether with an aggressive performance. Take in Daylyt dishing a half-assed 2nd and 3rd round along with Factz gamely calling out his opponents propensity for sputtering (“He’ll say something like ‘If I could blink, with my ghetto eyes I’d see we’ve been hoodwinked!”) gibberish and you’re left with a clear bodybag for the BX.

Verdict: Mickey Factz (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Mickey Factz – “From the beginning [word] I saw D was an idiot with my two eyes, you 3rd string thinking your verb’s [or ‘verse’] clean, you and your hurt queen, verbal machete split him down the middle…he’ll B [be] in half looking like the number 13!”

K-Shine defeats O-Red

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Recap: In front of a UDubb crowd that seemed unusually enthused throughout the battle, a more versatile K-Shine utilizes just enough nifty punchlines, aggressive heat and gritty name flips to edge round 1, then survive a spitfire turn by Red in the 2nd before a more condensed turn in the final round (that featured an appearance by Therapist Red) gets Shine the win 

Verdict: K-Shine (W) 2-1

Favorite line: K-Shine – “They say try not to sleep on Red…I’m in a coma!”

Madflex defeats Rosenberg Raw

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Recap: Despite a mostly solid (“I’ll take ya Playstation, put you on punishment, I’m your stepdad!”) performance from the steadily aggressive Rosenberg Raw, the oft-witty, heated, (“No women giving him the Netflix and Chill option, me?, I’m Netflix’s real option, that means you haven’t done shit, so I question you, are you still watching?”) scheme-dazzling and wordplay-heavy bars of Madflex combine to edge each round.

Verdict: Madflex (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Madflex – “I’m sorry Tiger, you could mark me out?, man I’m sorry how? Your body-type is ‘I don’t play sports and I’m not starting now’!”

Big Kannon defeats Danja Zone

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Recap: Big Kannon survives getting creamed with ‘3 of them things!’ by Danja Zone in round 2, after just edging Danja with a more rambunctious, direct and less reaching 1st. That adds up to a deciding 3rd round, which Kannon edges with filthier bars, nifty wordplay and less filler.

Verdict: Big Kannon (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Big Kannon – “You ain’t gotta warn me about Danja [danger], I’ve already read those signs from the gate!”

Swave Sevah defeats Serius Jones

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Recap: An entertaining battle doesn’t always add up to a competitive battle as Serius Jones versus Swave Sevah prove here. Granted, the two vets came with the (Serius: “Yunno, what’s fucked up?, sometimes I like this nigga ‘cuz his flow is tight, but I hate you ‘cuz your face is baggy!”) jokes, piercing personals, some hot bars and just for added kicks Jones gets into it with a heckler in the crowd. But when he wasn’t spitting a few shiners here and there, Jones is either reaching, dispensing dated bars or in a 3rd round that he had the potential to win, going on way too long with a gang of righteous filler. On the hand, Swave stays cohesive throughout, what with a dope performance to match as well as an ill (“Team Homi, he foolish, I’ll blow a hole in ya image till they all able to see through it!”) angles that increased his viability as the battle continued.

Verdict: Swave Sevah (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Swave Sevah – [Bong! Bong Bong!] see, it’s the ego spitter versus the ego tripper, I see Red and knock you out before the Pops, it’s liek Debo hit ya!”

Xcel defeats Don Dollaz

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Recap: Hot start by a punch-heavy, performance-friendly Don Dollaz (aka Don Marino) in the 1st round gets dismissed by an overall more consistent, wordplay-spazzing and spirited Xcel in this solid 3-rounder from WeGoHard.

Verdict: Xcel (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Xcel – “Nickle to you head, now you leaking common sense!”

Bangz defeats Riddles

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Recap: Bangz uses some nice rebuttals, steady punches and in a move Hitman Holla would certainly approve…his little brother, to take out a punch-heavy, but inconsistent Riddles.

Verdict: Bangz (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Bangz – “You got the swagger of somebody I’d dump in the ocean, poke airholes all through the body, to prevent floating!”

DNA defeats Jimz

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Recap: A couple of Queens, NY dudes, Jimz and DNA, have to travel all the way to Massachusetts to meetup for a 3-round battle on the KOTD. But it’s still a goodie as a highly entertaining and bar-heavy Jimz edges round 1 despite a very solid turn from his opponent. Still, DNA manages to even things up in the 2nd, using a fire Queens scheme along with a couple of nice rebuttals to beat back a gimmicky round from Jimz, what with a backpack filled with hygienic products for a ‘Stop Being Dirty’ scheme that even Jimz seemed to admit went too long. Tied going into the 3rd, both battlers gave max effort with long rounds that proved their fortitude. However, a slightly more consistent and bar/wordplay/punch-crazy DNA, what with yet another rebuttal mixed in, manages to edge this one for Queens bragging rights in the end.

Verdict: DNA (W) 2-1

Favorite line: DNA – “Wayans family, I got a clip for all you bro’s, putting 5 down within arms reach, Jordan pose!”

Eazy the Block Captain defeats Prep

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Recap: Even with the taste of gun residue still in the air from Prep’s delicious (“We shooting for captain like a pick-up game!”) gun bars, a more one-themed round along with a midway and able assist from Dre Dennis hurts his cause by turning a one-on-one match into a handicap bout. That said, would Prep have won anyway without the help? Probably not. As Eazy the Block Captain’s consistently fiery (“The DMV too far, ain’t appointments for beef, we take walk-ins!”) punchlines, along with valiant and versatile bars on real street semantics and the like, gets the Philly spitter an impressive win.

Verdict: Eazy the Block Captain (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Eazy the Block Captain – “….since my first bid, nigga I was hoping to quit, but as Juvenile I just knew that I could Slow Motion the wrist!”

Tyranny defeats Bangz

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Recap: A mostly unprepared Bangz still manages to freestyle and rebuttal his way to a closer-than-what-you’d-think match against the forever punchline-heavy Tyranny. The latter possibly allowing his ego to get in the way of an easy 3-0 by attempting to copy Bangz’s off-the-dome antics. But also hurting himself a bit with elongated rounds that dropped his bar quotient enough to be edged in the middle round. For Bangz however, overall this showing is a huge disappointment coming off that fire and most recent Daylyt battle.

Verdict: Tyranny (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Tyranny – “‘Get him a soda!’, nah nigga, if we get it shaking, nigga you’ll end up flat!”

K-Shine defeats Joe Scrap

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Recap: Credit to Joe Scrap for making it competitive against a top tier with a solid combo of nice storytelling bars and witty punches that could warrant a PG one day if he stays on point. But a rambunctious and consistently spitfire K-Shine, delivering heaters with steady moxie and relative ease, proves to be too much in this one-rounder from County Ground Battle League.

Verdict: K-Shine (W) 1-0

Favorite line: K-Shine – “They 9 deep, I swing on 8…Chris Childs!”

Casey Jay defeats Clone

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Recap: Bullpen Battle League and Queen of the Ring link up and have their best spitters go against each other on a Chival War card that featured Clone versus Casey Jay. A competitive battle that saw Clone deliver a dope effort what with a rugged mix of witty personals, gritty punchlines and solid name flips throughout the bout, it’s a more spitfire Casey Jay, crafty with every line, whether it’s via stifling name flips, piercing wordplay, fierce punches or sizzling gun bars, who takes rounds 1 and 3 (call the 2nd round debatable) for the win.

Verdict: Casey Jay (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Casey Jay – “You won one battle but nobody gives a fuck that you smoked Reggie!”

Charlie Clips defeats Gwitty

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Recap: The underlying message here: if you’re a lower tier battle rapper with a rare shot at battling a legend, don’t make a rookie mistake by predicting what said legend will rap about you. That and Gwitty mostly spitting a whole bunch of filler, gives a Charlie Clips, no less on his B-game considering that he battled earlier in the day, an easy vic what with is arsenal of jaunty punchlines, dope wordplay and witty (“You look like you get your shape-ups in the car seat!”) personals.

Verdict: Charlie Clips (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Charlie Clips – “Your grandmom’s is the next to die, for a peek at my rhymes I should run her over in an Access-A-Ride!”

Real Deal defeats Illipsis

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Recap: Illipsis scores with some nifty punches here and there, especially in a festive 2nd round that he edged with some killer personals. However, too many dry spots combined with elongated rounds cost him in the deciding 3rd round against a more resilient, witty at times and punch-heavier Real Deal.

Verdict: Real Deal (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Real Deal – “I was baptized in the walls of Galilee, blessed with the pen, but ‘Oh yeah!‘ I can coem off the stop with the savagery!”

Xcel defeats Jizz Brown

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Recap: IBattle League matchup with Qleen Paper hosting finds the rambunctious punches and schemes of Jizz Brown making for a solid performance. However, a few too many dry spots/redundant themes from Mr. Brown and a wittier along with a more versatile pen from Xcel, sets back any chances of an upset.

Verdict: Xcel (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Xcel – “For the green, I get him without letting the envy in, I see empty in, I’m emptying the simm he in, banana clip, ape shit, code name Simian!”

DNA defeats Young Herb

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Recap: Thought the Saga line towards the end of his turn by Young Herb was funny and the rest of his gritty raps made for a solid effort. But in this 1-rounder from Iron Mouth Battles, a DNA spazzing with a shitload of spicy personals, hard-hitting punchlines/name flips and flexing gun bars/wordplay, would prove to be too much for even Herb in the end.

Verdict: DNA (W) 1-0

Favorite line: DNA – “Now I did my research and they said you in the Army, I’m like nigga you tough, but you do know Donald Trump in teh President, right?, nigga, you fucked!”

E. Farrell defeats Dre Dennis

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Recap: After splitting the first couple of rounds with the prolific Dre Dennis, a less reaching and more condensed E. Farrell lands enough punches to edge the 3rd and get in the win in this 3-round battle from TrayNY.

Verdict: E. Farrell (W) 2-1

Favorite line:  E. Farrell -“Fuck a classic, class is now in session, ‘cuz you like Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump…playing stupid while you acting like a veteran!”

O-Solo defeats Serius Jones

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Recap: From the hilarious Scooby-Doo performance line to the solid wordplay displayed with the ‘crip’ bar, a way more comfortable in his skin O-Solo uses a load of wit to take rounds 1 and 3 and beat back a Serius Jones who needs to get out of his own way, with all the whining, pontificating, ego-tripping (esp. with that ‘fake Serius Jones’ sketch in the 2nd), and yunno…just rap.

Verdict: O-Solo

Favorite line: O-Solo – “You think you Lord of the Ring?!, bitch you just loitering!”

Jakkboy Maine defeats Primetime

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Recap: Solid turns from both (“You will get snapped on in one round, that’s a hubcap!”) (“Now I would call you a moolie, but you look like some shit I ain’t make up yet!”) Primetime and Jakkboy Maine in this one-rounder from Body Bag Battle League, gets edged by Jakk, who along with a gift for lofty punches and some crazy schemes, came one better when it came to fiery wordplay and overall, a more sporty performance.

Verdict: Jakkboy Maine (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Jakkboy Maine -“What, you talking shit because I’m out of town, well I got the pund up in here too, and since I’m the elephant in the room [Boww!], now who in here is a whom?!”

Charlie Clips defeats Hipnosis

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Recap: Seattle, WA battler Hipnosis displays his gift for fierce (“I mean I know you a top tier, but they you the GOAT, a great legend, well from 0 to 10, I give this nigga a 1…8 7!”) set-ups/wordplay and witty bars. But a slow start and a few dry spots here and there cost him against a more consistent, (“2 Tek’s and a hole in ya head, they think Rasheed back!”) hometown-scheming, freestyle-heavy and more versatile Charlie Clips in this solid one-rounder from Evry Lane Entertainment.

Verdict: Charlie Clips (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Charlie Clips – “How does it feel?, to know I came from out of town to kill you on your own stage, I’m a different kind of nigga, I hop out the car and then get road rage!”

Cortez defeats Ish Mula

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Recap: Choosing to run with like 80% punches allows Ish Mula to put together a very solid (“Bar for bar, you ain’t even in my class G, actually when I calculated these punches…I’d be better off with Math B!”) performance against the veteran Cortez. However, when Mula alludes to Spanish battle rappers not liking Cortez, you can’t help but wonder why he didn’t address that particular rumor more in his raps. Because if that’s the case, why is it that when given the chance to face Cor one-on-one, most Spanish battle rappers have failed…miserably. And considering too thut with a way more versatile and (“Two battles in one day, nigger I’m that hungry, I offed Run and Will hit a brick wall like Crash Dummies!”) haymaker-heavy Cortez takes this one here, he can’t help but give notice to all Spanish battle rappers again, that he’s the best one out there.

Verdict: Cortez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Cortez – “Lord forgive me, that chrome dumping, I’m dome hunting, it’s an everyday struggle waking up to Cyn [sin] like Joe Buddens!”

Syah defeats Bonnie Godiva

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Recap: Bullpen Battle League in collaboration with Queen of the Ring presents another goodie as this inter-gender matchup between Bonnie Godiva and longtime vet Syah was chock full of salacious/scathing personals, stirring punchlines, witty barbs, some well-oiled wordplay and braggadocios darts. A competitive battle through and through, a more consistently spicy, funny and hitting Syah wins the bout after taking both of the opening rounds, before a spitfire 3rd by Bonnie avoids the shutout.

Verdict: Syah (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Bonnie Godiva – “I just wanna put my dick in ya throat, fuck battle rap, you got flavor but I only want you for the top and that’s Snapple facts!”

Saynt defeats NXT

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Recap: A fiery back-n-forth between two of the better West-coast up-n-comers, NXT and Saynt, while the rigid name flips, sizzling gun bars, piercing punches and boastful barbs hold their own throughout the battle, after the two split the opening rounds, a slightly more consistently spicy and personal-lit Saynt edges the deciding 3rd round for the win.

Verdict: Saynt (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Saynt – “He half white, y’all bringing food to me without season!”

Moon defeats Holmzie Da God

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Recap: Tough one to decide here as Holmzie Da God. delivering a round of spitfire gun lines and fierce (“They trying to think about how I found this bastard, it’s Alaska, I seen moon every day for a month straight!”) punchlines in an incredible 1st to a dope 2nd that featured more of the same (without the predictable ‘old man’ jokes that his opponent predicted he’d have lined up for him) to an albeit pontificating, but hardbody 3rd that showcased the God’s real life struggles, overall did almost everything right to win here. However, for 2 rounds, the O.G. Moon just came one better. After a solid, but flow-challenged 1st, Moon’s gritty street bars, fiending set-ups, bully (“But don’t think ‘cuz you hang around a dentist [Dennis], he’ll be able to pull a gun [gum] out your mouth!”)  lines and witty personals finally caught up to the debonair of his  consistent swag in the both the 2nd round and an even better and more versatile 3rd. In other words, a testament to Moon’s experience in the game and a nice come-from-behind-win in a fire battle that really didn’t deserve a loser.

Verdict: Moon (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Moon – “Nigga, you set our people back 400 years the way Joe did you, nigga you had me thinking P.G. stood for ‘plantation ground’ the way the white boy whipped you!”