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Young Kannon defeats Money Bagz

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Recap: Here we find a couple of old Grind Time vets, Young Kannon and Money Bagz, finally meeting up to go at it on the URL/Smack stage. 1st round is the only decisive round with YK’s usual emotive assortment of killer (“Make a Stone Cold entrance, yunno, the glass break when a bald head rush through the door?, I’m dancing with the sweeper, that’s Turbo in front of the store!”) punches and fierce wordplay easily beating back a staid turn from Money Bagz that featured way too many outdated bars. The middle round saw things get more competitive as Bagz lifted up his energy and delivered with some rich (“Oh, you got a gun up on your waist?, well that’s how you get your dome split, reverse psychology, I’ll take it from you and hit you with your own shit!”) set-ups and aggressive punchlines. However, coming off resoundingly consistent throughout this battle, YK hits right back with a potent mix of witty (“Your girl pussy taste like Starburst…the PINK one!”) bars, heated haymakers and piercing (“Do him dirty, then leave clean, that’s how I’m laundering Money!”) name flips. Behind 0-2 going into the final round, Money Bagz hangs in there with arguably his best (“How you in the field, but left your Shield like Roman Reigns?”) lines. However, a couple of slip-ups resort in the Team Homi member choking at the end, thus giving the round away to what was a pretty standard turn by YK.

Verdict: Young Kannon (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Young Kannon – “Catch him rolling up in his vehicle, throw 10 in a car, have half the body hanging out the whip like Kendrick Lamar!”

Xcel defeats Ooops

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Recap: The activist bars of Oops versus the God-complex rituals and acute wordplay of Xcel makes for a fierce and close battle on the KOTD stage. A match that was almost a debatable, if not for the Oops struggling with his flow a few times during the decisive 3rd round after taking tying things up with a magnificent 2nd round after Xcel edged the 1st. Granted, this is the best (“I remember needing capital for an office, now my office is in a capital!”) Oops we’ve seen in awhile, but the decision here is a slightly more consistnet Xcel by a nose at the end.

Verdict: Xcel (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Xcel – “I was never rushing [Russian] to be in the stars, I ain’t a cosmonaut, I’m a rapper than been in the field since Rock ‘N Jock!”

Mr. Mills defeats R Streetz

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Recap: Hey rules are rules, so seeing a veteran like Mr. Mills in a PG might be suspect to some, but he still made the most of it. Indeed, displaying consistent focus with steely raps and sanguine punches that kept in this matchup versus a rapid R Streetz. An equal amount of bullish raps makes for a debatable first round, before Streetz edges a fire-on-both-sides 2nd with a slightly more consistent flow, better performance and one more (“I load the clip like easy on the salt, a couple of tips for Mills [meals]!”) a haymaker. However, going into the 3rd behind by a round, Mills continues to score with some stifling (“Don’t look now but the ratchet got your back, that’s loyalty!”) punches and dope punchlines/personals that increase his chances of getting a tie…except when almost halfway through his round, out of nowhere R Streetz chokes. Unfortunately, the ultimate screw-up doesn’t just make for a loss of the round, but with a technical added to the foul, the battle as well.

Verdict: Mr Mills (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Mr Mills – “But in this telegraph, I figured I’d use murder to start the letter off, so when I put the nina to whom it may concern, think [points at R Streetz] ‘To Whom It May Concern’ when I start the letter off!”

Nunn Nunn and Born [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Sporting a plethora of fire punchlines from each battler throughout, Born and Nunn Nunn go tit-for-tat on the KOTD stage. That’s a harbinger for a close and competitive battle, that with some ample accessories (i.e. Nunn Nunn kicking a couple of dope rebuttals to edge the 2nd round after a solid freestyle garners a debatable first) and Born’s ability to still dispense a barrage of spitfire (“I was sleeping, but still coming [cumming] for a bitch like a wet dream!”) punchlines in the final 3rd round to beat back Nunn Nunn’s more pedestrian turn, makes for a draw at the end.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Nunn Nunn – “If I’m a white bitch, then Nuborn [new born] I’m Casey Anthony!”

Dre Dennis defeats Kaboom

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Recap: Continuously painting wreck with his illicit guns bars, while also mixing in a bit of able wordplay and fiery name flips, Dre Dennis does more than enough to get past Kaboom’s less steady heat.

Verdict: Dre Dennis (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Dre Dennis – “Shot his bitch twice with the toast that I’m squeezing, spell it out ‘Boom, two O’s in ya BM!”

Dre Dennis defeats RI 28Grams

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Recap: Maybe if RI 28Grams had stuck to what he seems to do best at: rich jokes/personals, he would’ve foregone the mostly pedestrian bars and stood a chance against the indistinguishable heat from Dre Dennis in this 3-round battle from Trap NY.

Verdict: Dre Dennis (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Dre Dennis -“I’m in a zone, I’m right with the chrome, the .9 to ya dome…oh yeah I’m treating Grams worse than retirement homes!”

Yoshi G defeats Tetsho Vintage

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Recap: A gang of scurrilous allegations on her personal life by Tetsho Vintage doesn’t stop a punchline-heavy, witty/nasty at times and mayhem-dishing Yoshi G (who also had a dope, mid-turn rebuttal during the 2nd round) from taking the first couple of rounds for the win in this 3-rounder from ABR.

Verdict: Yoshi G (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Yoshi G – “I had to convince my sister you wasn’t a stud, nigger!”

Bangz defeats Bubba Forde

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Recap: Offering up a barrage of doo-rag jokes along with plenty of freestyles and some able rebuttals, the ever-witty and wordplay-heavy Bangz pushes back the aggressive, but inconsstent stylings of Bubba Forde.

Verdict: Bangz (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Bangz – “I don’t know what the fuck is worse, the way your cape hang all day or the fact that you graduated with your do-rag on, with your dumb ass!”

Jai 400 Block defeats Dougy

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Recap: Jai 400 Block impresses once again on the URL/Smack stage. This time using eerie name flips, flexing (“You a Jakkboy Maine [jack boy, man], well I’m a Ryda [rider] at the right time!”) wordplay and some elite guns bars to take out a (“I’m looking for him in his grandmom crib, screaming ‘You bastard, you soft!’, I let it ring in the house, now his granny dead in the living room, the plastic went off, [blows finger like gun] I left a stain in the house!”) hard-hitting at times, but overall flow-challenged Dougy on this Ascension card.

Verdict: Jai 400 Block (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Jai 400 Block –  “Ace Ventura, have them animals raiding your house, got him tripping like Ray Finkle, guess the laces was out!”

Real Deal defeats Afta

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Recap: If there’s one minor critique against Real Deal, it might be that he’s too smart for his own good. The Pittsburgh rapper sometimes getting a little too aberrant with his cultural references and similes in a battle rap world where while non-conformists are accepted, self-identity is not often varying. That said, here against West-coast battler Afta, after losing round 1 to his swift-rapping, witty and heavier-punching opponent, the ever reliable Deal ups his wordplay, personal vigor, wit and bar efficiency to edge both of the latter round for the win in this 3-rounder from PnR Battles.

Verdict: Real Deal (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Real Deal – “I talk different like when little kids pretend to be Beavis!”

Kyd Slade defeats Chris Mills

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Recap: From iBattleTV, after deadlocking with Chris Mills in round 1, Kyd Slade’s blistering trap talk, gritty storytelling, ill street bars and crispy punchlines offers up a sturdier turn in rounds 2 and 3 to give the CT up-n-comer the win over a competitive and oft-punch/wordplay solid, but not as efficient Mills.

Verdict: Kyd Slade (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Kyd Slade – “My little nigga had an old ass Mac for sale, was kind of rusty but I had to get it, like that’s your bitch?, I’ll place the hit and put a bag on her head like she was ugly but I had to hit it!”

Mike P defeats Nu Jerzey Twork

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Recap: Considering his growing popularity, Nu Jerzey Twork’s struggles with remembering his bars may get the headlines here, but a versatile showing from Mike P, what with dope (“You barely popping and that’s because you lazy Twork [twerk]!”) punchlines, bombastic schemes, witty personals, consistent showmanship and some finessed wordplay deserves all the praises, doing enough too with a cleaner flow to take rounds 1 and 3 (in which Twork cut short due to nearly choking) over an NJT who while edging the middle round with more (“I was on Chuck E. Cheese and I was a little nigga when that was open and I say that to say I never rat, the only thing I got from a rat was a bag of tokens!”) potent bars and some dizzying haymakers, needs to work on his preparation more if he wants to keep standing in with the big dogs.

Verdict: Mike P (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Mike P -“Blade weapon, you’re privileged to get it, it’s like your birth right, put a butterfly into your cocoon, i could reverse life!”

Swave Sevah defeats Heavy Half

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Recap: Dope 3-rounder from RBE between Swave Sevah and Heavy Half with the less experienced Heavy displaying a wide load of greasy gun bars, rugged street shit and some gripping storytelling with a spicy mix of piercing punchlines dipped in. Good thing for Swave he was all the ready for whatever his opponent brought him, the Harlem vet sporting a more versatile mix of witty personals, flexing boss talk, stinging punches/wordplay and wily name flips to edge the 1st and 3rd rounds for the win.

Verdict: Swave Sevah (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Swave Sevah – “I’m nice, hate it or love it I rap my way, name your price and I’ll slash in Half like it’s Black Friday!”

Chef Trez defeats Ness Lee

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Recap: Two of Southern battle rap’s finest, Ness Lee and Chef Trez, get together on ABR for a competitive 3-rounder that except for Lee’s mostly futile attenpt to match Chef’s rebuttal/freestyle game, stayed close with a gang of hardbody punchlines/name flips, witty barbs, gritty personals, dialed-up machismo fiery gun bars and stifling wordplay from both battlers. Still, helped by the aforementioned off-the-dome theatrics and a little more subdued 3rd round by his opponent, it’s a more punch-lit Trez who takes the deciding final round for the win.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “I hope you brought your best shit and some of the craziest Chef flips, but most of the shit you put on display plate been seen before…word to Netflix!”

Mack Mel defeats Quban

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Recap: An aggressive (on both sides), tight and competitive Proving Grounds match between Mack Mel and Quban comes down to the 3rd round, where after a solid turn by Quban, a slightly more versatile and performance-driven Mel literally hoists a couple of righteous shots/personals at Cuban and his entourage that not only gets the crowd hyped, but prove to be the difference-maker.

Verdict: Mack Mel (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Mack Mel – “The ruger shoot, you Crip and you Crip right?, well [points hand like a gun] this can will turn C&C to Juicy Juice!”

Th3 Saga defeats Tink Tha Demon

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Recap: In a battle that was 15 to 20 minutes longer than it should’ve been and was suddenly interrupted by Tink Da Demon literally throwing up backstage midway through his round 1, a mercurial Th3 Saga uses a boatload of God-fearing raps, stealth punchlines/wordplay and some shiny haymakers to beat back an opponent fanatically rich on diabolic behavior and witty barbs, but mostly underwhelming on angles that hit on Th3 Saga’s spirituality. For Th3 Saga, oft-elongated and unnecessarily combative at times with a crowd that went ham on his more eminent raps, coming off a raucous Chess battle that saw him stay competitive but humbly lose, a 3-0 here makes for the perfect bounce back.

Verdict: Th3 Saga (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Th3 Saga – “I get the call in, bodies disappear, I’m trying to leave the Matrix!”

Tink Tha Demon defeats Kid Chaos

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Recap: Drawing out the mayhem like he enjoys the kill, in this pretty solid 1-rounder from Body Bag Battle League, a loudly visceral Tink Tha Demon serves up a slicing of consistent and utter pandemonium on Kid Chaos to take it in the end. The rapid flowing, sound-effects slinging and at times punch-heavy Chaos put on a quality and competitive show overall, but besides his opponent’s comeuppance, he was also hurt by one too many predictable fat jokes and some pedestrian bars here and there.

Verdict: Tink Da Demon (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Tink Da Demon – “You know what happened to a nigger that get hit with a ghost pellet?, full body Tourette’s to let you know that the ghost felt it!”

Goodz defeats T Top

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Recap: If there’s one chink in T Top’s armor (and the same goes for his bro Brizz Rawsteen) it’s that too often he just raps too long, thus diluting rounds with unnecessary bars that while more often not still lean on being fire, don’t quite meet the standard of haymakers and in turn risk lowering his ratio of haymakers per round. But surprisingly, here against the always stylish, talkish and confident Goodz, besides a substantive time differential between the two battlers in round 1, in the latter two rounds, they spit for around the same amount of time. That said, with a more condensed and shit-talking Goodz edging the 1st round before a boisterous, punch-spazzing and (“Dog, I would’ve battled Yung Ill twice on the corner and then sold him what he needed, got him right on the corner!”) personal-heavy Top drops just enough more haymakers to take round 2 and tie things up. With the match on the line in the 3rd, T Top’s elongated turn still makes for a solid effort with a gang of spicy name flips, personals and punchlines. However, Top’s final round proves to be no sweat off the back for Goodz, who with the reliable cup of Henny in hand, unloads an extra witty, (“You sound like Jadakiss with cancer!”) personal-themed, punch-heavy and swagger-licious turn to beat back any chance of his opponent taking the bout.

Verdict: Goodz (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Goodz – “You ready T?, ‘cuz we don’t talk much, if it’s personal we park the car and do walk-ups!”

Snake Eyez defeats Tone Montana

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Recap: Surely, in lieu of his notorious ‘choke rep’, one could understand the thought of Tone Montana shortening his rounds so much here versus Snake Eyez in order to lessen the risk of choking. But other than a solid and gritty 1st round that while he still lost, displayed some competition, Montana’s condensed turns in the 2nd and 3rd, mixed with few fire punchlines here and there, but also questionable angles and random personals, stood zero chance against a Snake Eyez who consistently came hard throughout his 3 rounds with fierce struggle bars, fiery punches, heated gun bars and potent schemes. But hey, for what it’s worth, at least Tone gave you 3 straight rounds.

Verdict: Snake Eyez (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Snake Eyez – “100 in a drum, trying to leave 50 of ’em in you, and leave your body with a smell like Gwitty in the venue!”

Gwitty defeats Rad B

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Recap: Rambunctious with the grimy set-ups, segueing nicely between punches and fanatical with the gritty flow, Gwitty easily earns his paper with a dominating, one-round performance over a sputtering and eventually choking Rad B.

Verdict: Gwitty (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Gwitty – “He the type to snitch, call the cops after work, caught him nice and jewelry, he got picked on the cover, like the Madden curse!”

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!”

Tay Roc defeats Chess

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Recap: Old school and the new generation intertwine for a fire battle between Chess and Tay Roc on the URL/Smack stage. And here we see the two battlers give the fan’s their money’s worth starting with an aggressive Chess spitting a lyrically mammoth 1st round (i.e. classic) that shined throughout with its consistent bent for over-the-top punch (“This nigga’s pussy and he’s a frail ho, talking like he’s gonna creep up with his heater, hell no, we ain’t seen Roc put an arm on Chess [chest] since the People’s Elbow!”) acumen, grittiness and stinging wordplay, before Roc (who himself had a pretty solid 1st round) would come right back, after losing the opening round, with a sometimes witty, but brazen with the personals, (“You can’t handle that old Roc that was a teenager, I’ll put ya face in front of a MAC, that’s a screensaver!”) punchline-savvy and gun bar heavy 2nd round to beat a solid but not as potent turn by Chess and make it a draw going into the 3rd. The last round would feature yet another hard-bodied, mayhem-drenched, street endorsed, sometimes personal, braggadocios and rigid turn by both battlers. But with an equal amount of haymakers on both sides along with Roc dishing a more condensed turn with less dry spots, the edge here goes to the B-more vet.

Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Tay Roc – “My block? you would never dare pass, .38 and it hold dum dums, this a special ed class, aye they ain’t tell you my style type gutter?, give you a buck 50, now you and Steams can smile like brothers!”

Nunn Nunn defeats Top Ten

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Recap: Solid battle between a sporadically (“You done ‘fo, [blhhlhhlt] give him a drum roll, first round, I’m a split up Ten, it’s 1-0!”) potent Nunn Nuun and an aggressively (“Ayo Nunn Nunn, I don’t rock with you, because nigga you rep wrong, ain’t you get killed by Ave?, so why would I fuck with White that’s already been stepped on?”) nice at times Top Ten, sees them split the first two rounds before Nunn Nuun outshines his opponent in the decisive 3rd with more steady heat along with less predictable themes.

Verdict: Nunn Nunn (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Nunn Nunn – “These bucks will send him to God like collection plates, I’ll bring that shit to ya yard like septic tanks!”

Ru Bando defeats YaBoyClip

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Recap: A few scattered shiners for YaBoyClip, but an inconsistent round filled with some lazy punches/set-ups stood little chance against Ru Bando’s delicious gun lines, witty barbs and repeatedly heated punchlines.

Verdict: Ru Bando (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Ru Bando – “He in the window?, that’s cool, now the beam pop, I’ll lock on his home…then I squeeze, he’ll get a screenshot!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats QP

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Recap: One would think a vet like QP wouldn’t be feening for crowd reaction as much as he does here throughout this RBE battle against 40 B.A.R.R.S. Of course, it could be that he’s just not used to battling in front of the laidback RBE crowd or he just doesn’t trust that, despite his notorious troubles off the stage, he still has one of the best pen’s in the dame (something you can tell even 40 acknowledged plenty of times during this battle). And yeah, Quantum was pretty nice here, dishing fierce schemes, witty barbs and loads of spicy linguistics with sometimes rapid abandon, that is when he wasn’t letting Qleen Paper tag-in to drop a couple of gritty haymakers in round 3. But when it comes to the pen, we all know 40’s no slouch either and the Boston spitter proved that once again via a gang of spicy wordplay mixed in with slick personals and righteous schemes with enough bite to edge rounds 1 and 3 for the win.

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

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “Niggas seen me lose to Jaz and they was mad, but they ain’t see my stock drop, ‘cuz 40 still cooking on the low for a minute like crock pot!”

Reepah Rell defeats Real Deal

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Recap: A strong 3 rounds laced with nice (“I told him from the gate, I’ll do a number on him like a Holocaust tat!”) punches/angles and witty (“You worried about the next opponent, the next card, trying to create some views, homie, this custody battle is the real deal and it’s judged, you’re right, maybe I’ll pray for you!”) personals from Real Deal gets taken out by a stronger two rounds from Reepah Rell, who even without the face paint, displays (before slipping up immensely in the 3rd) a versatile barfest that featured fiery name flips, crazy (“There’s a reason I ain’t wear the paint, y’all thinking Deal could change the game, cool, I brought the poker face!”) wordplay, potent old head bars and seismic (“See, I ain’t gonna knock you for being a teacher, honestly that’s big for you, but now it’s teacher lounge, I brought the cig for you!”) punchlines to hold on for the win.

Verdict: Reepah Rell (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Reepah Rell – “You not fucking with my gunplay, ways of dying?, here’s one way, I toss a round in his cap…you playing music on the subway!”

Coffee Brown defeats King Malcolm Jamal

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Recap: Competitive 1-round West-coast Elites battle between Coffee Brown and King Malcolm Jamal sees the two trade a boatload of nifty punchlines, when not spouting rigid name flips and other sport/braggadocios bars. But thanks in part to a slwo start by her opponent, but mostly due to her own ability to dish fire personals and a couple of nice rebuttals mixed in, it’s Coffee who edges this one.

Verdict: Coffee Brown (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Coffee Brown – “I will blow on this nigga, where your body gonna be the riddle, I’ll bury you 3 feet deep, that’s now I put Malcolm in the Middle!”

Brizz Rawsteen defeats Gritzzz

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Recap: Brizz Rawsteen takes a break from the big stage to literally school up-n-comer Gritzzz on the experience and form required to become a professional battle rapper. And after conducting a stifling lesson on delivery, performance, haymakers, stage presence and jaunty name flips, Brizz approves the yung’uns mostly meager effort, before departing the stage with yet another easy vic.

Verdict: Brizz Rawsteen (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Brizz Rawsteen – “We get off the chain with bro, all you seen was nigga’s killing everything in the house…it’s a slave revolt!”

Big Hann defeats Big Kannon

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Recap: The always aggressive and gritty with the urban (“Nigga, I got two guns [puts out each hand on the sides of Kannon], if I shoot, it’ll death on both ya sides like gang violence!”) grumblings Big Hann manages to pull off a mild upset as the usually on-point Big Kannon waits till the middle of the second round to get his A-game going (that’s proven even moreso by a [“But respect is what I better see from dude, if not I’m a see his group, I’ll make them all leak blood on the ground, and the leader, I’ll leak a leader too, but people, just know that the eagle, I’m ready to let the eagle loose…but I’ll open up Hann [hand] right in front of ya eyes, nigga ‘PEEK_A_BOO!’“] superlative 3rd by Kannon). But by then the more overall consistent Big Hann had already edged the match with a thunderous opening round that easily beat a feeble 1st from his opponent, while edging the middle round with more fiery bars.

Verdict: Big Hann (W) 2-1

Favorite line:  Big Hann – “I pack tools, the snub, you’ll get a wide nose in ya face like Papoose!”

K-Shine defeats Ty Law

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Recap: Punchline feen versus puncher sees a more rapidly consistent and a little more versatile K-Shine take this spirited one-rounder from an up-n-down and a bit filler-prone Ty Law.

Verdict: K-Shine (W) 1-0

Favorite line: K-Shine – “With the .40 I’m like a proud new dad…ready to Pop!”

QP (Qleen Paper) and Dre Dennis [Debatable]

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Recap: In this 3-round matchup from Trap NY, it’s a showcase of typical insular, braggadocio, anti-social gun bars spouted by both (“Like when you’re done watching porn online…Qleen [clean] your history!”) Dre  Dennis and (“When I get the chrome, he Chilla Jones, all that scheming for nothing!”) Qleen Paper that keeps the drama interesting throughout the battle. However, after a more condensed and spitfire QP edges the 2nd round (after a debatable first) to take the lead going into the final round, his penchant for Earl visitations along a very resilient Dennis, combines for a draw at the end.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Dre Dennis – “Your stock drop because you take gwap and you darting, dropping tiers because you fake son like ‘Sorry I lied to you Martin!’“

DNA defeats Haixian

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Recap: In between struggling with his flow at times, former Proving Grounds denizen Haixian displays a bit of the (“You know the type of shit that you in stupid?, I got a dog [points hand like a gun]…but when you inside my yard, the fence [defense] useless!”) talent that warranted him getting a PG. But after Haixian pretty much choked away his shot an upset over DNA, the Queens, NYC emcee goes ham, dispensing fiery gun bars, wicked (“Y’all named this event ‘All Eyes On Me’?, well I could relate to that, ‘cuz after taking out Law’s crew, we getting Haixian [Haitian] jacked!”) punchlines and righteous name flips with relentless abandon to easily take this one-rounder from Do Or Die Battle League.

Verdict: DNA (W) 1-0

Favorite line: DNA – “Y’all all got to see what I did to Danja, his streak couldn’t make it last, I mean I hate to brag, but didn’t you just see your partner cooked in a suit?, that’s Breaking Bad!”

Dougy defeats Pakistan

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Recap: Mixing up fiery street (“I was taught better, I’m old-school, the cloth leather!”) themes with sporadic drug talk, erstwhile sports bars and some dry wit that won the crowd over while flexing his versatility, Dougy earns a win over a pretty (“I don’t wanna hear that you on SMACK, that’s irrelevant, fuck I look like being on Smack, I like selling it!”) solid throughout, but mostly one-themed Pakistan in this 3-rounder from CGBL.

Verdict: Dougy (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Dougy –  “Since a yung’un I been playing with guns, I just like when it spark, put nigga’s on the floor when I draw…I was nice with the chalk!”

Swave Sevah defeats Shotti P

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Recap: When it ends up thisclose, the slightest mistake can cost you a battle. Such is the case here as an aggressively punch and extremely witty Shotti P takes the first round before just getting edged to a more versatile and aggressively potent Swave Sevah in round 2. Split going into the 3rd, both battlers keep it competitive with solid turns that were sparked by feelgood braggadocio bars and some dope punchlines. However, thanks to a Shotti P slip-up towards the end of his round, it’s a more steady with the flow Swave who manages to hold on and eke this one out.

Verdict: Swave Sevah (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Swave Sevah – “And yeah, I’m a Black belt, but people don’t fight with their fists now, so get down, when this Grandmaster flash…nigger get down!”

Krucial Ken defeats Prestige

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Recap: This 1-rounder from DfwBattleLeague sees Krucial Ken use fire punchlines, a few fiery personals and frequent gun-speak to out-punch a competitive, but too hot-n-cold Prestige.

Verdict: Krucial Ken (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Krucial Ken – “These bitches get to popping out of nowhere…fake friend request!”

Geechi Gotti defeats Madflex

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Recap: After getting overwhelmed in the 1st round by Geechi Gotti’s more slick set-ups and real-talk bars, a smooth, speed-rapping Madflex manages to edge the middle round with more consistently nice punches that combined well with a spitfire flow. But just in case anyone needs a reminder of the difference in talent here, a confident Geechi comes back with versatile mix of fiery name flips, flexing street barbs and consequential gully rap that along with an error-prone turn from his opponent, gave him what was ultimately an easy vic.

Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Geechu Gotti – “There’s a lot of pain when I rap, we call that passion bro, ‘cuz I come from a place where death so common that funerals became a fashion show!”

Cortez defeats Prez Mafia

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Recap: “You’re mid-tier!” Ummm, yeah. Prez Mafia can keep killing the Craig Lamar’s and Money Bag’s of the world, but until he can step up and beat a Top Tier like DNA or in this case Cortez, he’ll forever remain a mid-tier URL battler (or, at best, headlining a smaller league card). Which is a bit disappointing when you know that the talent is there (so much so that can’t help but wonder if the two chokes here were due, in part, to taking this battle too soon after his recent battle’s against the aforementioned Lamar and Bagz) as we’ve seen it in the past and he even had a few (“This nigga is gassed and pussy, he petro!”) moments here when he wasn’t slipping up or choking. Either way, another dope performance by Cortez. The downright Nasty! (“I know Bloods up in your hood, so play even, or I’ll them big hats up on Prez like Abe Lincoln!”) wordplay, lessons in Battle Rap 101, spitfire jokes, braggadocio (“This is a bird-ass nigga, a bozo, you know the type to wait on line for days for some Jays that’s finna drop?…I’ll skip him, ‘Shut up nigga, its been my spot!'”) bars and crazy punchlines…it was all there throughout his 3 rounds on an Ascension card that garnered so much talk for ‘Tez being on it in the first place. Now after this showing, URL needs to stop the insanity and give Cortez the Top Tier battle’s he so richly deserves.

Verdict: Cortez (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Cortez – “They said keep ya eye on the prize, I got a scope for that, ’bout to trump Prez like ‘fuck him’ I ain’t vote for that, Mr Hide My Bars, well good, I got a vault for that!”

Snake Eyes defeats Philly Haze

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Recap: A little shaky with his flow at times, but that still doesn’t stop Snake Eyez from delivering enough consistently spitfire punches and steely set-ups to beat back a solid and witty at times, but too filler-prone Philly Haze in this one-rounder from Bar Warz NY.

Verdict: Snake Eyez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Snake Eyez – “I need answers, you trading in EBT cards, smoking the shit up knowing your kid need pampers!”

Loso defeats Jimz

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Recap: The ‘I’m Here To Do The Devil’s Work’ t-shirt worn here by Jimz was pretty funny, but other than that this one was all Loso, who uses a plethora of fiery Christian-laced punchlines, life goals and witty personals to easily beat back the mostly basic bars dished by his opponent.

Verdict: Loso (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Loso – “Wanna know what’s a real contradiction?, oh I don’t know…how about a fat guy named Jimz [gym’s]?!?”

O-Red defeats Showoff

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Recap: Like attempting a 3-pointer when your team’s already up 20 with a minute left in the 4th quarter, as shown here in a deciding 3rd round of what was for the most part a fire matchup versus an efficient and wordplay/punch-heavy, but not always potent Showoff, O-Red goes a little overboard on the extra bars in taking down his opponent. Still, besides a slip-up midway through the 2nd round and an elongated but consistently spicy 3rd, it was a pretty impressive and versatile showing from Red, who used gritty punchlines, aggressive heaters, some fly wordplay, a nifty translation, well-researched personals and some potent schemes to highlight a 1st and 3rd round that were both littered with haymakers for the win.

Verdict: O-Red (W) 2-1

Favorite line: O-Red – “And since you brought up my son, you know what?, all of your kids can get murked for what you talking bro, your oldest son [Bwoh!] to the neck, I mute his audio, your youngest son [Bwoh!] to the chest, reduce his cardio and then Bow’s [Bwoh’s!] will take your Princess from you, shoot for Omarion [more of you]!”

Eazy the Block Captain defeats Cool

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Recap: Against the unique, stylistic and wordplay-fervent bars of Cool, Eazy the Block Captain fights to earn his. And despite a couple of elongated rounds during this We Go Hard battle, the Philly rapper does so, dishing a fiery 1st and 3rd round of flexing punchlines, righteous gun bars, gripping trap talk and gritty street narratives to take each turn and get an away game win.

Verdict: Eazy the Block Captain (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Eazy the Block Captain – “Go ahead and swing, uppercut’s fucking him up, see we don’t throw hooks, Special Ed whipping the coke, I like to slow cook!”

Geechi Gotti defeats Reverse Live

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Recap: Consistent and rapid with the fiery name flips, stifling set-ups and requisite urban (“Buck-fifty across his Adam’s apple, then put the .3 [tray] in his face like…’You wanna have a sample?'”) flair, Geechi Gotti scores a relatively easy 30 over a too one-dimensional and often indirect Reverse Live.

Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Big straps, I heard he work at Five Guys…man, you serve nigga’s at drive-thru’s, we serve people on drive-by’s!”

Phara Funeral defeats Casey Jay

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Recap: One too many mediocre punches by Casey Jay in both of the opening rounds along with a condensed, punch-heavy, name flip-lit and wordplay-nice, witty and brazen bar spitting Phara Funeral gives the latter the win in this highly-anticipated QOTR matchup, before Casey gets back on her A-game with a fire, hard-hitting and consistently spicy 3rd round that handily beat a flow-challenged turn from Phara to avoid getting 30’d.

Verdict: Phara Funeral (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Phara Funeral – “This battle is like your lace front, Casey you ain’t gonna edge a round!”

Ill Will defeats Brizz Rawsteen

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Recap: A certified classic, that’s Brizz Rawsteen versus Ill Will. And that’s saying a lot in an age where popular battles are too often labeled ‘classic’ and fail to live up to the standard because popularity doesn’t always equate to a bout that will live on in infamy. Then too, classics aren’t just about two top tier battlers being on their A-game. Granted, Will’s ability here to spit a versatile array of spitfire bars via gritty (“.45 under the bed, I’m cheating on wifey wit’ a cougar bitch!”) punchlines, flexing (“Raw? Raw nothin’, if the Ross dumpin’, Raw runnin’, arm across his chest like, ‘Hold on bro, a car comin’!”) personals, dope storytelling bars, nasty gun lines and witty barbs/schemes (not to mention a killer Loaded Lux impression in the 2nd round that featured this banger: ‘Let me be honest, if you text out every hoe that I’ve stretched out, it’ll be nuthin new, just a double shot of smooth for ya boo and ya crew and I never have a bad drought, y’all niggas came here on planes…cool, y’all gotta go the hotel route, they didn’t even book my niggas rooms, I told ’em Brizz mama givin’ head out!”) for 3 consecutive rounds stands out, but having a heavy load of punches is what makes the Pontiac, Michigan rapper one of the best to do it. But it’s what Brizz does here that makes this one such a memorable battle, the Dark Side spitter surprisingly matching his energy, dripping mayhem and (“Aye Jaz, you want a Gucci purse? well you gotta give me some coochi first, it’s April 8th, how you feel about June the 1st?, I’m just puttin’ that in the universe!”) over-the-top wit with one of, if not his most consistent display of potent (“Live, In Living Color and sit ya face on the table like the Head detective, [BAOW!] I blow the brains everywhere, I mean, I’m not sure if you heard but that’s how I spread the message!”) punchlines along with a gang of fiery personals with little filler. And tho Brizz ends up losing the battle (I got Rawsteen edging the 1st with Will edging the 2nd and 3rd), with such a superb effort to go along with so many quotables/haymakes and an exceptional opponent who seemed to understand what an epic moment in time they’d both created, does it really matter who won?

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Brizz Rawsteen – “‘Cuz I’m a get Get Rich Or Die Trying and this .50 don’t Back Down, these serve all day, catch a MAC round, I’ll have his body hanging halfway out the bag like a hash brown!”

Chef Trez defeats Barz Major

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Recap: If this was Chef Trez with one-day preparation, can you imagine what kind of annihilation he would’ve put down if he had…say, a week instead? Dishing witty rebuttals, dope freestyles and steady-as-you-go (“I dare a nigga try to break in my spot, don’t worry I’m loaded, scope beside the bed, i sleep with an eye open!”) haymakers with ease, for a performance-heavy and gun bar drenched, but not always consistent Barz Major, it’s an in-ya-face tutorial on the fact that they’re levels to this shit.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “But niggers be sleeping on me, but that I got a handle on, every round staid and strong, y’all gonna love what I’m whipping up, I’m like the uncle at the cookout with the sandals on!”

Chilla Jones defeats Gjonaj

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Recap: Replete with hitting personals, nifty (Chilla: “Think it’s funny, for you dropping tiers [tears]?, laugh now, cry later, die hater!”) wordplay, hard (Gjonaj: “I got your bitch on her knees, I don’t mean to use religion, but she attached to the wood like a Crucifixion!”) punchlines and, of course, some hardbody schemes, Chilla Jones and Gjonaj keep it tight enough to split the first two rounds here in this 3-round battle from KOTD. But after Gjonaj delivers a nice Super Mario 3 bar in the midst of a pretty solid 3rd round, it’s Chilla who spouts the rare middle-of-the-round (“And you right, the shit is Super Mario, I first thought it was strange, but nigga’s battle rap ‘cuz a good job is not in their range, and they don’t want to jump up to hit the block for some change!”) rebuttal to edge the round and earn the win.

Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Gjonaj – “Bitch you’re not Top Tier, stop the lies, Pay-Per-View sales are down this year, I’m not surprised, because it’s hard to skip his rounds when you’re watching live!”

Madface defeats Mizery

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Recap: Can’t go wrong with this one as both Mizery and Madface deliver an almost equal amount of time giving the crowd a huge plate of gritty punchlines, visceral heaters, rigid name flips and braggadocio shiners during this 1-rounder from Body Bag Battle League. Still, with a couple of more haymakers, a gang of stinging 4-bar set-ups and slightly more versatility with his bars, the edge here goes to Madface.

Verdict: Madface (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Madface – “Don’t dap me up, your rap sheet suck, your last 3 rounds couldn’t give my last 3 fucks!”

Franchise defeats Brooklyn Carter

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Recap: Long-awaited matchup between KOTD’s Franchise and Brooklyn Carter turns out to be pretty solid with a wide assortment of nice schemes, potent gun bars, righteous (BC: “I’ll treat him just like a Franchise, I’ll keep giving him bucks untikl the caps gone!”) name flips and fierce (Franchise: “Think Biggie in the studio, my ratchet lil Kim, we all know that you ate Lil pussy!”) wordplay/punchlines. However, after splitting the first two rounds, while both battlers continued to make it competitive what with plenty of gas left in their tanks, it’s Franchise, with a more consistent and steadier barrage of heated and aggressive lines than his opponent, that ends up taking this one home for Canada.

Verdict: Franchise (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Franchise – Head shot…make a body fly across the room like Twerk push!”

Bonnie Godiva defeats VIP

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Recap: From DMS Battle Ring, liked the performance-lit bars (esp. the homie’s line) from VIP in this 3-rounder, but an otherwise pedestrian showing from VIP to go along with Bonnie Godiva’s staunch gun bars, hitting personals and stinging punchlines gives her the 30.

Verdict: Bonnie Godiva (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Bonnie Godiva – “Fuck it, I ain’t Google Crome, but now he gonna be Googling me and how I’m doing this boy bad, I’m Troy Ave, I’m shooting through VIP!”

Ru Bando defeats Kyd Slade

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Recap: In a close and competitive battle of hardbody rhythms (Kyd Slade) versus a punchline/name flip enthusiast (Ru Bando), the latter wins out as despite an equal amount of haymakers in each of the early rounds, one too many dry spots by Slade gave Bando the edge in both. The 3rd round, kept an already entertaining matchup captivating as each battler not only kept their pen game sharp, but utilized tag-ins that while being more to Bando’s benefit, still made for a debatable round what with Slade doing more on his own.

Verdict: Ru Bando (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ru Bando – “I got a heart, so I hold the ratchet and let it tear, but that shotgun turn him into recess…Kid’s [Kyd’s] everywhere!”

Jey The Nitewing defeats 65 Hunnit

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Recap: Jey The Nitewing uses a plethora of rigid lyrical stunting, boastful commentary and other punch-heavy linguistics to make mincemeat of a mostly unprepared 65 Hunnit in this one-sided 3-rounder from Skytier Northwest.

Verdict: Jey The Nitewing (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Jey The Nitewing – “You gonna start your round talking my tits bro?!, I thought you was from Long Beach, not San Francisco!”

Relly Rell defeats Big T

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Recap: Extra gritty and dope battle between Relly Rell and Big T featured plenty of brazen punchlines, boastful darts, Chi-town laced histrionics, stinging/graphic gun bars and wily personals. And while Big T kept it close and flexed at times with some extra spicy haymakers, a more consistently nice and versatile Rell, after a debatable 1st round, edges the latter two rounds for the win.

Verdict: Relly Rell (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Relly Rell – “See, I’ll come to where you stay at, and pop on him in front of his Toy soldiers, right in front of his hood, I’ll put a round in T grill like a Toyota!”

Goodz defeats Jeffrey

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Recap: After barely battling the last couple of years, Goodz shows us once again that he’s firmly back on his grind with his 3rd battle of 2017 here against the generically designated Jeffrey, who while impressing with repeatedly witty (“I been doing numbers on people like Nazi brands!”) one-liners and some cool name flips, hurt himself with only a couple of haymakers for such a long turn. On the other hand Goodz, with some unapologetic vibes from his 2015 battle with Rone, spit a more condensed and altogether humorous round, spiced with lucid (“These [balls up fists] are A-1, for what’s at stake [steak], we could go Out Back!”) personals that overall was just enough to supply Mr. Half-A-Gallon a win.

Verdict: Goodz (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Goodz – “Put the money on the wood, we could see who the best team, but Jeff ain’t got the heart to play, I’m just trying to take Jeff Green!”

Dre Dennis defeats Bonnie Godiva

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Recap: Bonnie Godiva keeps her spark lit with an ill flow that’s matched by pretty solid bars, fierce (“Nigga, you choked, yelled ‘Jersey!’ and shouted out ‘Loud Boys’? then told Nick you’d get in his ass? pause, that ain’t allowed [loud] boy!”) personals/punchlines and a handful of jokes. But apparently motivated by his recent and notoriously bad Wild ‘N Out appearance, Dre Dennis’ more versatile round, complete with hardbody bars, lucid (“Child movie star, I love how the .12 acting!”) wordplay and some witty one-liners, are enough to get the win in this one-rounder from L County Ground Battle League.

Verdict: Dre Dennis (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Dre Dennis –  “When it come to battle rap bitches, you a 9 and that’s great shit, but in regular life you a 5…your rating change quick, you need work going from 9 to 5 like a day shift!”

Nunn Nunn defeats Rage Rush

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Recap: When you’re on another league and they refer to you as a ‘URL Rapper’, you might as well remind them why you got selected for ‘The World’s Most Respected’ battle league in the first place. So it goes for Nunn Nunn, as despite a (“This ain’t the return of Rage, I been back, drop a bad, I raise the bar, I done turned limbo into a shoulder press!”) solid, scheme-heavy performance from Cleveland’s Rage Rush, with a wide range of clever (“I’m posted with the pound like I’m setting trends!”) wordplay, lofty (“Each hand, got each piece blamin’, I keep it clean, ain’t gotta wonder if we be jammin’!”) gun bars, aggressive shiners witty personals and rich set-ups, it’s Nunn Nunn who displays the difference in talent between a wily URL vet and a relative newbie.

Verdict: Nunn Nunn (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Nunn Nunn – “But peep how the night ends, she more than a slight freak, I put my dick in her breasts, she call it a two-piece white meat!”

DNA defeats A.Ward

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Recap: Dope performance, along with solid (“The game don’t stop here, we could take it outside like Nintendo Switch!”; “I don’t believ a round till I see it like flat-earthers!”) bars and witty personals from Christian rapper A.Ward, makes for a competitive matchup here on the KOTD stage against DNA. However, a little too much filler as well as a handful of pedestrian bars in the first couple of rounds hurt’s the Tennessee up-n-comer overall, leaving the efficiently crazy punches, fierce name flips, nice gun (“If I’m getting to his team and the toolie jam, then its to the Mystery machine, that’s Scooby’s van!”) bars and stinging wordplay from DNA with plenty enough in the tank for the win.

Verdict: DNA (W) 2-1

Favorite line: DNA – “Y’all got DNA backwards trying to match A and D, the First 48 gonna be a cold case if y’all see A&E!

Geechi Gotti defeats Stuey Newton

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Recap: Legendary sports broadcaster Howard Cosell once said that ‘The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best’. That’s the takeaway you get here as despite Stuey Newton putting on a dope, repping-for-his-state, (“I heard somebody scream ‘Gotti coming!’, I said ‘So what, load up and tell God he coming’!”; “Flame to his nose, the only time I’m burning bridges!”) punch-heavy and versatile performance against Geech Gotti, for each round his opponent just kept doing him one better. Whether addressing hypocrisy in Newton’s more conscious raps or spouting some downright mean bars or dishing on real (“Where I’m from you can’t wear certain hats in certain hoods, we don’t give a fuck if you just like the team!”) gangsta shit or flexing with some ill wordplay/set-ups, for 3 rounds the ever confident and (“This, got a hundred rounds in the clip, you could pray all you want, bet it won’t save him, I’ll let off 50, even missed a couple of shots on purpose…I’m point-shaving!”) gun-savvy Gotti rose to the occasion to beat back a very worthy and fierce opponent. Indeed, a 30 on the books, but a well-earned one at that.

Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “You gonna try and condemn me for being a gangbanger?, but is you really in the streets making a difference?, I mean damn Newton, you promoting all this Black love but the fact at home you got a white bitch, got me questioning, if all that Panther shit is only for the Cam, Newton!”

J-Krooger defeats Daddy Mason

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Recap: Bobbing, weaving, jabbing and scoring heavy with gritty punchlines/boasts and righteous name flips throughout the first couple of rounds, until he ran into an unforced error via a 3rd round choke here versus a pretty solid, but less consistent Daddy Mason, this Trap NY 3-rounder is all J-Krooger.

Verdict: J-Krooger (W) 2-1

Favorite line: J-Krooger – “It’s fuck you, don’t be the nigga that my blade is getting stuck through, I’ll send him up…now the kids got a Daddy to look up to!”

Lexx Luthor defeats King Moneyy

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Recap: Fire rounds displayed from both sides in this one-rounder from WeGoHard between King Moneyy and Lexx Luthor. The former dishing grimy neighborhood tales along with stinging (“I don’t play fair, I just copped the baby ratchet out of daycare!”) punches that hit hard, while the latter scored with rapid punchlines, fire schemes and witty (“Retarded bitch in a bikini, the two-piece dumb!”) barbs throughout his turn. Definitely a close, but the edge here goes to Lexx for more versatile lines and a slightly more consistent flow.

Verdict: Lexx Luthor (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Lexx Luthor – “It’s like saying ‘thanks’ with a lisp, I’m nice when I’m spitting!”