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Tech-9 defeats Jerry Wess

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Recap: Having more haymakers doesn’t always win battles and doing too much can make you lose battles. Case in point here with Jerry Wess versus a returning-to-the-Smack-stage Tech-9 in what overall was a pretty entertaining and close battle that was pretty much decided in the 3rd. 1st round went to Tech, who overcame a solid and (“…all he gonna see is the Tommy with the dagger, look like I’m calling for the Dragonzord!”) hot at times, but also a little convoluted/porous turn by Wess, with a standing tutorial on proper battle rap ethos that was assisted by witty (“You should’ve been a gardener, your flowers would’ve been the best one’s out!”) barbs, stinging performance bars and stretched-out punches that made their mark. 2nd round saw a performance-heavy Jerry Wess get more linear with his flow, thus sparking an at times boastful, but mostly spitfire barrage of (“Mr. Bean with gonorrhea…I’m dumb fire!”; “They mad I got to the URL hella fast…I got FIOS nigga!”) punches that altogether managed to edge Tech-9’s solid, but less-potent turn. An entertaining 3rd round from both battlers sees Wess get busy with a personal-heavy turn that was both (“He battled O-Solo and guess who loss that one?…Jersey!”) witty and set-up crazy. However, while Jerry’s round was more finessed to tailor his opponent’s past (albeit with a crowd-surfing move that would come back and bite him), a slightly more versatile, rebuttal/freestyle-dropping, (“Face shot, now he sound like Big T sleeping!”) braggadocio and still performance-drenched Tech-9 edges the round by a nose to get the win.

Verdict: Tech-9 (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Tech-9 – “Y’all thought I was dead, but your boy is back, back in the building, I was never dead, y’all should’ve checked my coffin, it had scratches on the ceiling!”

Ill Will defeats Charlie Clips

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Recap: Nice, close battle between Charlie Clips and Ill Will that could’ve been a lot better if it weren’t for some recycled bars/dry spots by Clips and plenty of filler from Will. Things started off great in round one with both battlers bringing their A-games. A cohesive Clips came nice with feisty set-ups/schemes and dope (“I be in my crib with all types of guns, in a heavy zone, today should I go with the .4 or the .9, I feel like Jerry Jones!”) punchlines that scored aplenty, while making up for a couple of recycled bars from his battle with JC. But the always aggressive Will came one better, starting out with an ill rebuttal to Clips’ ending ‘Kermit’ line and despite a handful of pedestrian bars, more than enough haymakers to take the round. Round two was more of the same…from Will, crazy performance bars, intense (“I’ll let ya uncle feel [Phil] the right, nah he don’t want these hands, then you’ll see Clips from Will’s pops like Why he don;t want me man!“) wordplay that hit hard and feelgood (“Why did you become a vegan awhile ago and you getting fatter?!”) personals that more than rubbed the funny bone–easily enough to beat a mostly dry turn from Clips and take the first two rounds. Thanks in part to Will Smith (who would’ve loved this battle considering how much his name and career was toyed with steady throughout) and an inconsistent Will, Clips managed to avoid getting 3-0’d, returning to basics with fiery schemes and potent (“Is Yaktown in this bitch? [points to dude in Will’s crew], you stand behind him because that’s your family nigga, well nigga’s die every day behind the wheel [Will] B, that’s word to Brandy nigga!”) bars to salvage the round and battle.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ill Will – “Hit him with a cig, ‘notha cig like you need the cancer, if I come knocking with a lil Roscoe, you better let Gina answer!”

Quban and Trey 30 [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: A tough one between Quban and Trey 30 with plenty of descriptive gun lines, stinging performance bars and gritty punchlines. Tied going into the 3rd, a spitfire turn by 30 is met by an equally potent turn by Quban and while 30 may’ve had a slightly more consistent flow, after somewhat of a slow start, Quban earns a debatable with some dope schemes and one more (“Oh, you street?, come and get a jumbo slice…then his head leak the sauce, yunno, the Mumbo type!”) haymaker.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Trey 30 – “Us battling makes no sense, like vegan’s beefing!”

Charlie Clips defeats Mistah F.A.B.

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Recap: Mistah F.A.B. does better this time. With really nowhere to go but up after a pretty disappointing effort against Arsonal, the Bay-area industry rapper’s 2nd appearance on the battle rap stage, here in a 1-rounder versus the renowned stylings of Charlie Clips, is for the most part pretty solid what with some heavy punches here and there mixed in with some nice schemes/personals. Still, way too many pedestrian bars from F.A.B. along with an opponent who pretty much stayed with his m.o. of fiery schemes, well-crafted lyrical heat, witty storylines and some hitting personals and freestyles delivered with plenty of moxie, makes for an easy win for Clips.

Verdict: Charlie Clips (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Charlie Clips – “Me and my nigga’s hiding out where ya sister be, I got a Hot 9 that go for nigga’s and bitches, for the record I let Mistah see [Mister C]!”

DNA defeats Rad B

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Recap: After literally (“New hammer, and I’m hoping there’s bucks in it like Christmas cards!”) spazzing on relative newcomer Rad B in round 1, DNA pretty much takes the 2nd round off while allowing his opponent to get turned up, dish some nice (“Head shot, like convo’s with old heads, it’ll pick ya mind!”) gun bars and even things up out. 3rd round is close as Rad’s pointed (“How the fuck is Eric gonna pass it down if it ain’t in his jeans [genes]?!”) personals and wordplay not only continue to excite, but makes up for a lot of pedestrian bars that made you wonder how he got a battle versus a vet like DNA in the first place. Still, a top of the round rebuttal, crazy (“If he don’t jet, I’m gonna give this G 5, unless something Tiny ring…T.I.!”) punchlines and a couple of sizzling personals/freestyles towards the finish allows to DNA to edge it.

Verdict: DNA (W) 2-1

Favorite line: DNA – “I’m about this, he’ll be dead soon as the pound spit, treat him just like his T-shirt, your nigga’s dying soon as that sound click!”

T Top defeats Eulogy

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Recap: Against a mostly subpar and elongated Eulogy, T Top for the most part trades the trap talk for stinging name flips, syrupy punchlines/personals and bodacious gun bars, more than enough heat to easily take this 1-rounder from Wilmington N.C.Rap Battle League.

Verdict: T Top (W) 1-0

Favorite line:  T Top – “I see your baby running around and I blast her in the face, the .40 left your daughter fucked, call it statutory rape!”

D.O.T. defeats Hoodie Cruger

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Recap: Because he supposedly ‘doesn’t even rhyme’ D.O.T. may be the easiest battle rapper to knock, but whatever, as his performance-heavy semantics which usually overshadows a barrage of fine understated (“If I reach, he’ll be running scared…Paul Walker!”) wordplay, are what really matters at the end of the day. So while opponent Hoodie Cruger stayed consistent with an aggressive flow and (“You’ll get something special from under my shirt…nigga I’ll polka dot [poke a dot]!”) shined at times, too much filler along with a higher bar quotient from D.O.T., gives the latter the win here in this one-rounder from IGrind Battle League.

Verdict: D.O.T. (W) 1-0

Favorite line: D.O.T. – “Soon as I back out, turn him to Yung Joc…just a nigga with his wig blown out!”

Carter Deems defeats Bonnie Godiva

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Recap: Being a comedian isn’t just about being funny, it’s also about timing–as in delivery, how you interact with an audience, rhythm, pausing, etc. Indeed, having great comedic timing often separate’s the greats from the so-so’s and the never-will’s. That said, Bonnie Godiva is a battle rapper who has shown at times during battles that she can be funny. While Carter Deems is a comedian who also happens to be a battle rapper. So if you’re a battle rapper facing a person who doubles as comedian and comedy isn’t really a part of your ammo, you might be better off sticking to your usual game plan instead of doing something you’re not used to doing. Not that Bonnie (at her best here when she deftly played the desired gf to Carter’s simp ‘character’) didn’t have some witty moments here against Deems while also spouting those aggressive darts she’s known for. But 3 topsy-turvy turns from Bonnie plus Deems ability to dish nifty punchlines, rich storytelling that heightened the effect of his jokes, nuanced personals, self-deprecating humor and thematic role-playing that excellently embodied his nerdy persona ran enough circles around his opponent to earn him a 30.

Verdict: Carter Deems (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Carter Deems – “She’ll turn on her squad for the diamond like Michael did in ’94!”

King Moneyy defeats J Morr

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Recap: J Morr comes nice with a gang of nifty punchlines, but a combo of too many slip-ups, political bars that went nowhere and a way-too-gritty King Moneyy–flexing throughout his one round with statuesque hood tales, salacious gun bars and potent punches that shook the room–was just too much for Morr in the end.

Verdict: King Moneyy (W) 1-0

Favorite line: King Moneyy – “You always talking about guns, you ever shoot bitch?, I’m stupid, I’ll hit you in the heart with a bow and arrow while bumping ‘Cupid’…with one .12 [112] just in case that bow and arrow don’t do shit!”

JC defeats Craig Lamar

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Recap: Another solid (“This queer try with me, pure irony, fuck apologies, I mean why would I patch things up when I could give him more A-Rs [ARs] than a weird pirate speech!”) turn by Craig Lamar gets upended by a more (“Bitch, I’ll lift the .4 like a Simpson waving!”) potent and versatile flow of spitfire bars/schemes from JC, who easily takes the first couple of rounds with confident and consistent (“Y’all see why I don’t debate with these nigga’s?, it’s not worth it, nigga’s will still criticize the form if the shot perfect!”) ether, before getting edged out to a more cohesive and (“Big Red how I toss the coward, then hang him off the tower, like ‘Yeah little nigga, what’s my office hours?!’“) thematic Lamar in round 3.

Verdict: JC (W) 2-1

Favorite line: JC – “But since you still here, I don’t believe in this clip stuff, how you squeeze and let clips bust?, I’m waiting, I got scary patience, Gary Payton, the first nigga [throws fist like punch] sneak will get zipped up!”

Minnix defeats Prez Mafia

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Recap: Minnix raps twice as long as Prez Mafia, catches him on his B-game and dispenses a lot of filler…still it’s a close battle that if not for a mid-round stumble by Mafia along with Minnix dishing one more haymaker than his opponent, might’ve went the other way around or at the very least could have been a debatable.

Verdict: Minnix (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Minnix – “There’s nothing that you could ever do to test Joshua, I’ll take your verses and spit it back to you…I’m Prez Mafia!”

Tink da Demon defeats Xman Xcon

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Recap: When your opponent doesn’t seem to understand the use of non-personals and gritty metaphors, much less has the gall to spit lame lines like ‘And I’m great like Alexander’, you know (esp. if you’re a URL rapper) that the battle has the potential to be a bodybag…and Tink da Demon does just that, dishing, from jump, hardbody (“Scream RIP to PH as I spark his pumpkin!”) punches, soul-snatching wordplay and a steady mix of fiery (“This gonna be overkill till the kill over!”) bars to take out a clearly overmatched Xman Xcon.

Verdict: Tink da Demon (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Tink da Demon – “I drown a chicken in warm water and bring a bird back!”

Xcel defeats Wooda Black

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Recap: Never let it be said that Wooda Black doesn’t love his (“Scope out, I got a good view of the ratchet, you gonna get some more views when they viewing your casket!”) gun bars, which for the most part, were pretty decent, all the while making things competitive here in this one-rounder versus Xcel. Still, unless you’re amongst the elite of Gun Bar aficionados like a Tay Roc or a Rum Nitty, beating a wordsmith like (“My camp fire, you just storytelling, see why I just advocate for the piece [peace] then protest whatever war he selling!”) Xcel will take much more than 90% one-note gun lines.

Verdict: Xcel (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Xcel – “You got a resume, I got a hit-list, that’s different goals!”

John John da Don defeats Daylyt

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Recap: After a rumored new contract and a pretty dope battle recently versus Mike P on Smack/URL, one wouldn’t be too pressed to think that Daylyt was finally done with the antics along with other on-stage nonsense he’s become renowned for and was back to taking battle rap seriously. Well, it was a nice thought anyway. As since the aforementioned battle, Daylyt has pulled a no-show against DNA and then puts forth this mess…clearly winning round one here against John John da Don with some fiery bars and nice (“…and the only reason you got labeled an all-star is because you show up to battles with Con verses!”) personals, before completely falling apart. First, Lyt quits midway during round 2 (a round he could’ve easily won as an erratic JJDD didn’t put forth his A-game till round 3) before stumbling hard in the final round and practically quitting again after a weak ‘freestyle’. Altogether, a pretty ugly 2-1 for JJDD.

Verdict: John John da Don (W) 2-1

Favorite line: John John da Don – I’m surprised you ain’t suck Drake dick to get them Views from the 6″

Real Deal defeats Reverse Live

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Recap: While the mostly raucous punches from Reverse Live made their mark throughout this No Coast Raps 3-rounder, a more versatile, wordplay/similie-lit and personals-heavy Real Deal delivers enough heat to take rounds 1 and 3 (call the 2nd debatable) and earn the win over his fellow Grind Time alumni.

Verdict: Real Deal (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Real Deal – “There’s always one awkward fat kid breaking the skinny jean rules!”

Ryda defeats Chef Trez

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Recap: Featuring the birth of Chef Trez’s ‘3 of them things’, a boatload of elite gun lines, crazy performance bars, 3 consistently punch-heavy rounds from Ryda, some dizzying wordplay and a couple of Prez Mafia quotables, this PG matchup between (“Why Reepah Rell a nigga, when I could steal him and paint the whole face!”) the up-n-coming DMV battler and the returning-to-the-PGs Trez was dope till the end. Indeed, this was a close as for every terrific, punch-lit and bar savvy turn by Ryda, Trez would come right back with an aggressive and gritty turn that coupled with a handful of dope rebuttal’s/freestyle’s, kept him in the mix. This was especially highlighted by a sublime (“LeBron signing with Nike, I put a check on the witness!”; “Now they trying to figure out who killed the Chef…it’s like the Clue game!”) 2nd round by Ryda with so little filler that you wouldn’t be too off if you thought he had the round running away. But then, there was the Chef again, showing amazing poise, much less enough confidence in his pen (and brain) to meet his opponent at the end with enough hot boastful (“I feel like the cameraman with the Cheater show..I’ll catch him with the side piece!”; “100 rounds, let’s build a suspension, watch the drum roll!”) darts, freestyles and rebuts to edge the round. Ultimately tho, Ryda’s ability to stay on his opponent’s neck with stifling (“Head shot, flip the body, left the nigga San leaking like a hour glass!”) punchline after (“You a Chef, your occupation is to cook for other people’s pleasure, ain’t a secret food, but watch who you speaking too, ‘cuz Blood I’ll eat ya food!”) punchline, would be too much for even Trez as the La Familia capo’s contnuously fire wordplay/similes/personals during yet another haymaker-drenched turn, over what was a pretty solid and gripping round by Trez, would get him the win.

Verdict: Ryda (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chef Trez –  “You probably think you could hold a gun sideways and not miss a shot, well I’m honest, first time I gripped and popped, heart dropped, eyes closed…it felt like I was getting shot!”

Aye Verb defeats Bonnie Godiva

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Recap: Dildo’s, pussy checks, dope schemes, scathing personals, rich (Verb: “I’m doing this for every dope boy, that flew bags on hoes and when they jammed, none of them hoes showed up to his trial in court!”) storytelling bars and plenty of (Bonnie: “You just excited to see a bitch and ain’t gotta look in your reflection!”; “You see I’m colder with this, Ray Charles, I pick and roll from the wrist!”) haymakers from both sides equates to a highly entertaining battle between (“If you walk by the woods, niggas gonna mistake you and get they hunt on!”) Aye Verb and Bonnie Godiva on the RBE stage. However, overall a more consistent flow from Verb and too much filler/lame bars from Bonnie gives Verb rounds 1 and 3 and the win.

Verdict: Aye Verb (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Aye Verb – “Yeah [points to Bonnie’s crew] they cheering for you, but if I let this cannon [Canon] flash, bet none of these hoes gonna pose with you!”

Shotgun Suge defeats Tsu Surf

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Recap: WTF!?! After a near classic of a 1st round that saw both (“What y’all don’t know is Tsu Surf got him name from roller-blading, so you telling me you roller blade, moonwalk on skates and clap heat?!, nah that’s why I’m the shooter and driver, because Surf was always scared to get out the backseat!”) Shotgun Suge and (“Don’t ask me what my life like, nigga you already fucking know, savage shit, package flips, projects, pack of Crips, half a Grape, half a —, [bends down] on the knee with the .7…Colin Kaepernick!”) Tsu Surf bring their best heat and go toe-to-toe with hardbody punches, dizzing personals and sanguine gun bars throughout, out of nowhere Surf spoils this main event of a matchup by literally quitting on the battle in the 3rd round. Granted, from jump, there seemed to be plenty of tension (and a water bottle thrown from someone in Suge’s camp towards Surf’s entourage) on the stage what with two of New Jersey’s finest and former buddy’s going against each other after over a year of back and forth disrespect….bit still. Surf’s choice to chuck round 3 (after quitting halfway during a winnable 2nd round that had him seemingly hurting Shotgun’s feelings) was not only a huge let down, but was a serious disservice to himself, his opponent and most importantly of course, the fans.

Verdict: Shotgun Suge (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Shotgun Suge –  “He ain’t never did shit, he who murdering? How the fuck you making mixtapes about Newark and your hood in Irvington!”

Chess defeats Th3 Saga

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Recap: Chess versus Th3 Saga is like an hour long, but worth about every minute, especially if you appreciate not only a dope, competitive rap battle, but in this case the underlying themes of young, intellectual, urban street ethos vs. spiritual-laden Hip-Hop (sorta) elder statesman with a loaded dose of introspection to the bars. Then too, this battle stands out for presenting a rare case of having not just one, but two classic rounds in it. First, there’s Saga’s mega-lit 1st, an explosive turn that was littered with spicy faith-based punches and a load of head-ringing (“Steams, just make sure your man is good, boy my etiquette’s nice!”; “Pound Chess and throw him the deuce…Sammy Sosa!”) haymakers, making it not only a memorable turn, but unfortunately for Saga, a round so spitfire that he would have a hard time repeating as the battle proceeded.

And while, the ever-lyrical Chess came through with an opening round that contained enough (“A clip from these ratchets dumping will fuck you for life, like two girls with one cup!”) heaters to beat most opponent rounds, in this case there was just no way he’d have enough to overtake Saga’s unbridled heat. Round two saw Saga continue to bring it, tossing out real-life (“Talking about I don’t know the struggle when I was raised from it!”) shiners and fire schemes with focused abandon, but also an elongated turn that had a little more filler than his 1st. However, this wouldn’t matter in the long run as Chess would offer his own version of a classic round, actually getting better as the proceeded as proven here via a barrage of wicked (“Get dog-tagged, we’ll see who’s on top of the food chain when this man is neck-less [necklace]!”) wordplay, in-ya-face smack talk, witty barbs, steely (“Saga, why we gotta die to see heaven?”) rebuttals to his opponent’s spiritual-leaning adages and percipient dalliances on the (“Cutting squares out of the towel just to make extra washcloth’s!”) struggles within AnyHood, USA.

A highly competitive and spitfire battle going into the 3rd, while Saga again proved formidable in the final and deciding round with a solid showing of fiery (“Act up, and I’ll black and drag dog in a round like he stole from Martin!”) punchlines and potent darts, the Christian battle rapper would hurt himself a bit when he became too redundant with his themes ane too flagrant with his non sequitur’s (like comparing Chess’ rap style to Steams). On the other hand, Chess consistently stayed on point in round 3, mixing in some fire wit and personals themed around how much he didn’t want this battle, but more importantly, scoring endlessly with potent gun bars, gritty (“Fucking jerk-off, you really feeling yourself too much, you really willing to die for nothing!?!”) set-ups and more of that dope (“Nigga’s always swear they talk to me, but nobody see’s me, I’m an imaginary friend!”) wordplay to earn the win.

Verdict: Chess (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chess – “Get all 3 of y’all, bury DNA then replace T with K, that’s what I do to a bird, man [Birdman] respek [respect] it!”

Chef Trez and Bad Newz [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: The shitload of head nods alone should tell you that this one was a goodie as Bad Newz and Chef Trez go at it for 3 spitfire rounds on the Bullpen Battle League stage. The edge goes to Newz in round one, who even after a bit of a slow start and a consistently cooking turn from his opponent, uses the latter half of his turn to deliver righteous haymakers what with fire (“I’m that athlete on the bench in the suit, I did not come to play!”) punchlines, stinging wordplay and some aggressive personals. And even with Newz continuing to dish plenty of fiery punches in the middle round, it’s Trez who takes the 2nd with raucous gun lines, loaded schemes and some more fly (“The best gossiper, Newz not safe with me!”) name flips. Split going into the 3rd, both battlers stayed on point, with Chef sporting an entertaining/personal-heavy turn that even featured a game newscaster impression as well as some nice (“I do shit he can’t do and honestly nigga it’s over with bars, peep his shirt, you see the league right, why you put this bull over the stars?!”) freestyles that might’ve beaten most opponent’s if not for Bad Newz coming right back with a hardbody, street-savvy and wordplay/punch-lit round that mixed in with a couple of his own freestyles, allowed for a draw to the match.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Bad Newz – “Young nigga, with a lot of .40s, I’m where the cougars at!”

Eazy the Block Captain defeats Shiest Raw

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Recap: Scathing tutorials on his opponent’s personal like, a boatload of gritty punchlines, some witty darts and a gang of salacious gun bars allows Eazy the Block Capatin to handily beat back a personal-heavy and hitting at times (esp. in a condensed round 3 which helped earn her a debatable), but mostly pedestrian Shiest Raw in this entertaining 3-round intergender matchup from Step Your Ink Game Up.

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

Favorite line: Eazy the Block Captain – “A clip for a bald head bitch, I’ll let it bang here [hair]!”

K-Shine defeats Shogun

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Recap: K-Shine uses gritty name flips and aggressive punchlines to make quick work of Shogun, who besides a nice ‘Victor Cruz’ gun bar line, didn’t really have much to offer here in this 1-rounder from iGrind Battle League.

Verdict: K-Shine (W) 1-0

Favorite line: K-Shine – “When my guys pull at him [Adams] it’s not Yolanda, once a dead body’s on the ground, it’s not Rwanda!”

B. Magic defeats E Ness

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Recap: Credit to E Ness for keeping this one close, edging the second round with more potent (“Come and get this ass-whipping you been running from, I ain’t gonna lay you on the slab, I’ll tuck you under one!”) bars after a pretty basic 1st that a poised (“You looking for a monster?, well I got this shit on lock Ness [lochness]”) B Magic steadily took advantage of. Still, after starting off solid, the choice for an elongated 3rd hurts Ness in the long run what with some bouncy filler towards the end as well as a bad impression of his opponent. Left to face a quick (“I’ll spit on ya grave, this shit scary like…like being in a group with Dylan!”) roundhouse of punches from Magic, it’s the St. Louis emcee who’s left standing tall.

Verdict: B Magic (W) 2-1

Favorite line: B Magic – “Trash nigga, I see Brenda baby is all grown up!”

Hitman Holla defeats KD

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Recap: This one-rounder between a couple of St. Louis spitters with a $1K on the line and Goodz hosting sees Hitman Holla use a barrage of gritty punchlines to make easy work of a slip-up prone KD.

Verdict: Hitman Holla (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Hitman Holla – “Don’t get me mad, I’m big-timing, strapped up, I’m big .9-ing. they find ya ass in the woods like you ziplining!”

T-Rex defeats Tsu Surf

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Recap: Hosted by Mistah Fab from Rap Grid & Dope Era’s No Mask event in Oakland, this 1-rounder between Tsu Surf and T-Rex features your usual assortment of brazen street rhymes and gritty punches. However, helped a bit by Surf struggling with his flow to the point of stopping his round short, the more consistently-lit Rex gets the win.

Verdict: T-Rex (W) 1-0

Favorite line: T-Rex – “I’ll bring a ratchet on TV…I’m Peter Gunz!”

Ish Mulah defeats True Indeed

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Recap: Ish Mulah vs. True Indeed on We Go Hard is nothing but a banger as the two battlers go off for 3 competitive rounds of mostly hard, gritty punchlines with nary any filler. A spazz-fest that also featured a gang of flexing wordplay, plenty of dope set-ups and a boatload of head-ringing heat/boastful barbs, it’s a more direct with the bars (indeed, True used way too many lines on dudes who weren’t his opponent), condensed and slightly more versatile Ish who edges both of the opening rounds for the win before a more haymaker-lit True took the 3rd.

Verdict: Ish Mulah (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ish Mulah – “Fuck a warning shot I really bomb, Scary Movie 2, I’m hanging out the window with the little arm!”

Chilla Jones defeats Thesaurus

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Recap: In this 3-rounder from Boston’s 413 Battle League, Thesaurus puts up a pretty dope fight, punching with the kind of crazy efficiency over the course of 3 rounds to remind you why he’s one of the most respected vets in the game. But with the battle split going into the final round and after withstanding another fiery turn from his opponent, the already scheme-heavy Chilla gets extra versatile and busy in the 3rd, dishing a rich palette of scorching lyricism, well-finessed wordplay and spicy punchlines/personals to edge the round and gain the win in what was a fierce and competitive battle all the way through.

Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “You getting screwed by this L, minus the Allen wrench!”

Yung Griz defeats LI The Mayor

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Recap: Not quite on his A-game overall, a personal and wordplay-heavy Yung Griz still manages to easily out-punch an inconsistent Li The Mayor for the win in this 3-rounder from West Coast Elites.

Verdict: Yung Griz (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Yung Griz – “I get to smoking different pieces of L [makes a sniffing sound] that’s a roach blunt!”

E. Farrell and Dizaster [TIE]

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Recap: Pretty easy to guess that battling in Australia motivated Dizaster to do a Steve Irwin impression for a battle. Aod for the most part, it works, to hilarious effect in this 2-round battle versus E. Farrell. After getting upended by Farrell’s more buoyant (“I’m like an ice cream sandwich paper…that’s a cold rapper!”) punchlines and set-ups/schemes in the 1st round, Diz, with beer in hand, a wig plus hat and a beginner’s Aussie accent to boot is able to use some fire punches, personals and comic relief to take the 2nd round for a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Dizaster – “You look like Dennis the Menace grown up!”

Anubis defeats Lexx Luthor

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Recap: In this 3-rounder from KOTD, a more direct, (“Yeah, they walk tough, but when I glove up, you see they stretch change, they know when this Alchemist app is all fire, I’m Roy Mustang!”) punch-heavy and bullish Anubis takes this bout from a (“Keep thinking shit sweet and we could square up Now or Later!”) solid overall, but too inconsistent Lexx Luthor.

Verdict: Anubis (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Anubis – “I notice that you yell ‘Team Homi!’ before every battle, I just got one question…are they aware of that?”

Brizz Rawsteen defeats Pass

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Recap: In a matchup that sort of came out of nowhere, as to be expected Brizz Rawsteen brings his rapid assortment of 6 million (“I’m back nerds, and it’s way worse and I’mma kill all you niggas and it ain’t a hate term, first I gotta write for him on the low like a Drake verse!”) ways to die, while veteran rapper Pass dishes his familiar palette of steady (“Nigga, I fucking hate when you rap, your voice is nails on a chalkboard, you sound like Craig daddy when he was talking on the toilet!”) jokes, nice wordplay and dope (“Ain’t no one checking for Brizz Raw, I can’t even continually say that Brizz raw, but a strong left will split the kid jaw, his muzzle will be a puzzle piece, this jigsaw!”) punchlines. And while a difference of styles bout is almost always intriguing, it’s an elongated Rawsteen’s showmanship, righteous name flips and splashier (“Please shorty, bring ya bitch, I’ll grow in 6 in ya bae [Bay] area with E-40!”; “You King of the Dot prostitute, but today Pass over, y’all better bring lot’s of juice!”) variety of bars that especially stands out during all three of his rounds, while Pass’ attempts of going outside the box with personals that mostly fell flat with too many going at T-Top and URL, instead of his opponent. For a consistent and performance-heavy Rawsteen attempting to make an impression on a loud West-coast crowd, there shouldn’t be any doubt that he’ll get an invitation back real soon.

Verdict: Brizz Rawsteen (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Brizz Rawsteen – “When he catch a head shot, I bet his neck roll, I told Smack for a pot of greens I’ll bring ya the nigga neck bone!”

Bill Collector and Bars The Animal [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: From Body Bag Battle League, a competitive 3-rounder here leads to a draw as a slightly more condensed Bill Collector’s action-laced punches and witty idioms/darts edges him round 2 (after he lost round 1) and earns him in a tie in the deciding 3rd against an often punch-heavy and lit with the gun bars/similes Bars The Animal in what altogether was a goodie.

Verdict: Tie

Favorite line: Bars The Animal – “Big Smif, tipping the stripper, Bill under the strap!”

Dizaster defeats O’fficial

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Recap: In between his usual odes to mayhem and fiery off-the-dome theatrics, the ever intense and aggressive Dizaster uses a plethora of misogynistic haymakers and witty/pointed personals to 30 an overall solid with the punches, but often hit-n-miss and a little predictable O’fficial in this epic 3-rounder from KOTD.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Dizaster – “This bitch look like that big ass bullet that used to chase us in Super Mario 1!”

Dizaster defeats Dwizofoz

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Recap: Pretty congenial, but sometimes flossing battle between Dizaster and Aussie rapper Dwizofoz goes the former’s way as Diz’s off-the-dome freestyle’s, witty barbs and jaunty punchlines combine with enough heat to beat back what was a pretty solid overall, but for the 1st two rounds, not as potent turn’s by Dwiz.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Dizaster – “”You’re whiter than the writer’s of Charlotte’s Web!”

Pep defeats Prez Mafia

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Recap: One-rounders do little to prove who the better battler actually is and who knows how seriously a short in time and erratic (“This New York shit, every gun I select bust, meaning bitch I could tick [tic] it [ticket], that’s no fear!”) Prez Mafia took this one. But all of that is no fault of Pep’s who doubles Prez’s length of time with a load of rambunctious bars, steely punchlines and loaded (“You know what’s odd, since you took a shot at my expense, now it’s time for the payback, they gonna say this pussy lost, like a stray cat!”) personals for an easy win.

Verdict: Pep (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Pep – “The trick to great aim, you gotta balance her first, them bitches they pop funny, yunno amateur twerk!”

Jey The Nitewing defeats Slambo

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Recap: Mostly a punchfest here as Jey The Nitewing and Slambo each kick a gang of exemplary and gritty punchlines to keep the crowd in tuned during this competitive 3-rounder from AHAT. Ironically, however, Caucasian rapper Slambo’s choice to spout some racial history (can’t blame him since so many black rappers bring up race when facing off against a white rapper) on an opponent who barely went there when it comes to race, would cost him a bit in the deciding 3rd round as the more steadily spicy JTN, after getting edged in round 1, would edge each of the latter two rounds for the win.

Verdict: Jey The Nitewing (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Jey The Nitewing – “Put my foot in the asses you kissing, won’t tell if he brown-nosing or boot-licking!”

Biz Barker defeats Brizz Rawsteen

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Recap: Biz Barker manages to catch Brizz Rawsteen in the office having a relatively slow day, thereby using hyper-aggressive gun bars and nimble jabs that left their mark to pull off a win in this raucous one-rounder from IGrind Entertainment.

Verdict: Biz Barker (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Biz Barker – “I’ll aim where his heart is, if he move this tool will clap, headshot so smooth, shit won’t even remove his hat!”

Chef Trez defeats Fonz

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Recap: Chef Trez visits opponent Fonz’s home league, Bar4Bar Rap Battles, and impresses throughout, delivering a gang of slicing punchlines, flagrant gun bars, some fire rebuttals and a boatload of gritty 4-bar-set-ups to beat back a pretty solid, raucous, witty and personal, but also elongated 3 rounds from Fonz. The Cleveland spitter, who kept things competitive for the entire match, did manage to put enough haymakers together in the final round to score a draw after getting edged in the prior two rounds.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “I warned him that my flow is dangerous, word to the Caution signs, I took a pay cut, you getting whipped for cheap nigger, it’s auction time!”

Young Kannon defeats Dre Vishiss

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Recap: Plenty of hot bars dished from both Young Kannon and Dre Vishiss adds up to a fiery one-round matchup from West Coast Elites. However, a more resilient with the punchlines and less-reaching YK does more than enough to get fitted the crown at the end.

Verdict: Young Kannon (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Young Kannon – “The toaster with me, load and empty, kill or wheelchair him, turn a Grape Street into a Rolling 60!”

Prez Mafia defeats Nunn Nunn

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Recap: Plenty of entertainment provided here in what was altogether a pretty dope and competitive battle between Nunn Nunn and Prez Mafia. In addition to dishing out some solid schemes, the-never-at-a-loss-for-punches Nunn Nunn amassed a slew of fiery personals/name flips at his opponent over the course of 3 rounds. All the while Prez spouted a piercing punch game that along with some self-deprecating barbs on his recent bouts with stealing bars (an issue his opponent went OD on), ringing name flips, righteous mayhem and a boatload of jaunty punchlines/wordplay that allowed Mafia to take the 1st round, make for a debatable 2nd and in the 3rd round, a turn that featured heavy-handed personals on both sides, thanks to a couple of more haymakers, Prez avoids a tie and gets the win instead.

Verdict: Prez Mafia (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Prez Mafia – “When I’m cooking I might kill myself…that’s a meth lab!”

Chilla Jones defeats Arcane

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Recap: Some nice (“I’m cold Chilla, this ain’t a battle I’m here to coach Chilla, you ain’t headlining Coachella, you flying coach Chilla!”) quotables delivered here and there by Arcane. But too many pedestrian bars by the former KOTD champ, along with a crazy (“…who wrote that shit?”) rebuttal as well as solid (“I’m cold dog. slush puppy!”) wordplay/punchlines in the 2nd and 3rd rounds from Chilla Jones gets Boss-town the win in front of what sounded like an oft-times lethargic Toronto crowd.

Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “They don’t want to see Albino [Al buying bars], if they did I would’ve taken Villun!”

QB (Black Diamond) defeats Flawless

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Recap: Closer than one would think going in as a bar-heavy Flawless for the most part stays away from the usual (“You wasn’t fucking with Jaz like Hillary!”) personals you see against QB, which makes for a solid performance and a competitive one-round match. But QB being QB, witty and disrespectful with personals, nice with the (“I click clowns with big rounds, I took you and everybody in your team out, y’all have permanent red necks now that  I’m in Hicks town!”)  wordplay and fly with the name flips, proves to overall be too consistently nice for her opponent to pull off the upset.

Verdict: QB (Black Diamond) 1-0

Favorite line: QB (Black Diamond) – “Get buck-fifty, scarred up, I ain’t talking a clothing line, when I take her weave and smoke on Von dutch!”

Big T defeats Mi Tha Don

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Recap: After a couple of pedestrian turns, a dope 3rd round from Mi Tha Don. But by then it was way too late as a performance-heavy Big T’s room-shaking sound effects, spicy punchlines/wordplay and fiery name flips earned the big fella a nice 30 in this 3-rounder from DMS Battle Ring.

Verdict: Big T (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Big T – “You get the mic, what the hell do MI see [Mic], my Men in Black, I find the location where MI be!”

Krillz defeats Fettuccine20

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Recap: After New Jersey’s Krillz dishes some hot (“So go ahead nigga, pop shit, I give a fuck what you got in store, I’ll [waves are to make like a punch] steal fettuccine, I’m trying to shoplift!”) punches to easily take round one, a more fiery (“Look at you, trying to figure out if I’m a really split ya shit, you fucking right [write] I [a] will, then ya fam gonna have to split ya shit!”) Fettuccine20 is well on his way his way to evening things up before he surprising slips-up twice and eventually chokes in round 2. From there, all that’s left is saving himself from an embarrassing 3-0, which Fetticcine manages to do with a more solid and consistent last round.

Verdict: Krillz (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Krillz – “Fuck the jokes, ‘cuz I’ll put these hands to ya face, like Macaulay Culkin!”

Skatez defeats Dre Dennis

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Recap: Steady from the go with his punches, Skates makes his name here in this one-rounder from Body Bag Battle League with just about zero filler, all the while dishing rampant heat that matched his aggression. On the other hand, while Dre Dennis kept it competitive throughout with an entertaining mix of fiery gun bars and sturdy name flips, a little too much reaching along with some lines that clearly fell more on the pedestrian side makes the difference for Skatez’ win.

Verdict: Skatez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Skatez – “I ain’t come with a bunch of name flips or clever shit to say, but you still might see your damn name flipped on the list today, ‘cuz after this they gonna say the best nigga’s in Loud is Bonus, Holmzie and then it’s [Dennis] Dre!”

JC defeats QP

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Recap: Dope punch-fest here on Black Cartel between JC and QP stays close and competitive throughout as the SONS member flexes throughout the bout with a gang of sizzling 4 bar-set-up, witty barbs and rigid wordplay. However, a more versatile with the punches JC, able to mix in some steely personals, crazy similes and righteous schemes along the way, does just enough damage to edge the first two rounds for the win before a more robust QP avoids getting shutout by taking the 3rd.

Verdict: JC (W) 2-1

Favorite line: JC – “Fuck your space, my whole circle clap like a huddle break!”

Mackk Myron defeats Stackboy Chuck

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Recap: Overall, Stackboy Chuck puts forth an aggressive and solid (“If you wanna box, I’ll knock your fat ass out just for sport, Charles got an ugly swing, that’s Barkley on the golf course!”) effort. But with too many average lines and dry spots in between his shiners, it’s an easy 3-0 for a more versatile, (“I’m sonning this white boy, I’m Bernie Mac in ‘Guess Who?'”) punchline-heavy and vociferous Mackk Myron.

Verdict: Mackk Myron (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Mackk Myron – “Your bitch fucking with a wolf and she liking that, I’ll take the bitch and pee [P] on her head like a Pirate hat!”

Big T defeats Danja Zone

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Recap: Impressive win here for Big T, who’s consistent variety of witty punchlines, sizzling gun bars, fiery personals, performance-rich schemes and gritty braggadocio lines allows him to take the 1st and 3rd rounds (call the 2nd debatable) and surpass an at times bar-heavy and mostly-solid-till-the-3rd-round Danja Zone in this dope battle from Black Ice Cartel.

Verdict: Big T (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Big T – “I’m the type to play Pokeman Go…on a block where I got beef with nigga’s!”

Geechi Gotti defeats Hemi

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Recap: It’s a tale of two Hemi’s and a fiercely consistent Geechi Gotti in this West-coast Porving Grounds match. What with Geechi getting off to a hot start with heated (“Fuck what you heard, I bust for nothing….that’s a courtesy ride!”) bangers and potent set-ups, Hemi matched his opponent’s heat with his own barrage of steady punches and some ill (“I dip in your set, you don’t know the hit come from, Jim Jones juice, you could die off one punch!”) wordplay, a fire round from Hemi that was only hurt by his going on for way too long. From there, however, it was pretty much all, Gotti as the Compton spitter stayed hype, dishing frequent shiners, witty (“Push his wig back, can’t fix that with Rogaine!”) punchlines and killer gun bars that easily got him the 2nd round when faced with a pedestrian turn from Hemi as well as the 3rd round, which by then Hemi was reduced to free-styling for half the round.

Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Bald head kissing his mouth….that’s Weezy’s pops!”

Bones Brigante defeats Rosenberg Raw

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Recap: A load of slept-on (“He ain’t really bout that smoke, he on some hookah shit!”) bars gets Rosenberg Raw the second round, but too many bully bars, fiending (“You look like an Action Bronson action figure, but you ain’t about that action!”) jokes and hitting personals from veteran battle rapper Bones Brigante in the 1st and 3rd rounds easily gets him the win here.

Verdict: Bones Brigante (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Bones Brigante – “You from a Jewish family and your daddy owns a business, he would’ve passed it on to you, but you keep fucking with these niggas!”

ZigZag defeats J Dose

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Recap: A robust ZigZag literally wilds out, dishing extended clips, residual (“Even if the medal ain’t round, you still getting beat…I love Go-go!”) shiners and flexing wordplay on a filler-drenched J Dose, who still after all these years later can’t survive the Math bars, much less the fake hand shakes.

Verdict: ZigZag (W) 3-0

Favorite line: ZigZag – “I got screws loose, I’m naturally with the shit…no prune juice!”

Pat Stay defeats John John Da Don

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Recap: This Don’t Flop 1-rounder between Pat Stay and John John Da Don features a solid and competitive performance from both battlers. But with more intricacy to his bars, schemes and name flips, nice with the boastful punches, shining with his well-known sarcastic wit and dishing slightly less filler than his opponent (who as predicted by Pat, went with a race angles throughout his turn), it’s Pat Stay who gets the edge in this one.

Verdict: Pat Stay (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Pat Stay – “[pretending to be JJDD] ‘Yeah, white boy what you know about being poor and all you get to eat…is a gun!'”

Bill Collector defeats Rob Da Rippa

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Recap: In a battle from BBA that was only a bit competitive because Bill Collector never seemed to take it seriously, a zany punching and effortlessly freestyling BC also mixes in some mocking personals during his trio of rounds to score an easy 30 over a subpar Rob Da Rippa.

Verdict: Bill Collector (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Bill Collector – “4-5th to ya bitch’s lips, that’s extra gloss!”

Danny Myers defeats Young Kannon

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Recap: In this matchup of Chicago versus the West-coast, Danny Myers does prove to be ‘Too much!” for Young Kannon, consistently dishing righteous (“I don’t know what in the fuck made you think you could see my nigga, a shot through a Chicago knee, is really the PG killer!”) metaphorical wordplay, fiery rebuttals, potent (“You ain’t worth a punch, I got something special for you, I’ll backhand you so hard, cops can use the echo for proof!”) bars, steady angles (“Tupac whupped Joe Torry ass, if y’all seen Poetic Justice then you’ll know how we do Chicago on the West coast!”; “Small errors in this city and your soul get lift, you won’t make it to your 60s, you better watch who you Rolling with!”) and even political briefings to beat what was an overall (“I’m a universal charger, I got a plug for everything!”) solid (but filler-prone, esp. in rounds 1 and 2) turn from the ever (“The only thing worse than your performance is your music!”) reliable YK. Indeed, still showing plenty of heart going into the 3rd round, it’s Kannon’s hard (“Back shot…have him walking like he 9 months pregnant!”) punches and a roundhouse of hitting (“You told Bigg K ‘my crew is like nigga’s in Italian suits, we got mob ties’, you a bitch trying to fit in with the killers, you the Mob Wives!”) personals that edges the 3rd after what looked to be an insurmountable (“I’ll let the .4 ring on his face like brass knuckles!”) turn from Myers.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “I’ll come to the South side, aim at your throat and let the mill spark twice, them gonna be the ugliest shots in Chicago since Bill Cartwright!”

Real Deal defeats 100 Bulletz

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Recap: If hardbody personals are your thing then this sizzling 3-round bout between Real Deal and 100 Bulletz will more than fit your palette. To think, this isn’t even about 2 guys with a history of disliking each other as much as it’s about a couple of veteran battle rappers simply doing their research. And whether it’s Real Deal going after his opponent’s lack of a Top Tier status in the game or Bulletz going straight for the guts with allegations on Real Deal exploiting his family members deaths during rap battles, when it came to anything goes in battle rap, both competitors came with it. That said, a debatable 2nd and 3rd round makes for a deciding 1st round, which Real Deal dishing an elongated, but still potent and a bit more versatile turn that ultimately got him the win.

Verdict: Real Deal (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Real Deal – “I violate her with my spawn when I finish on her face, I got her eyeliner looking like a widow’s at a wake!”

Jakkboy Maine defeats Barz Major

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Recap: Can’t knock Barz Major’s Michael Jackson impersonation, but other than that too many lackluster bars versus Jakkboy Maine’s consistently stellar (“You did that Shawn Michaels shit and then bodied the pose, do it again, 9 in the win, this M bodied the pose!”) performance bars and steely gun bars/punchlines makes for a complete domination in this one-rounder from Body Bag Battle League.

Verdict: Jakkboy Maine (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Jakkboy Maine – “What you know about remodeling steel, putting this serial over this serial like we looking for bargain deals!”

Pat Stay defeats Serius Jones

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Recap: It’s funny how much criticism Pat Stay gets for being…well, yunno a funny guy. Because yunno battle rap was created for the sole purpose of mean mugs, ice grills, gun bars and 6 Million Different Ways On How I Can Kill You. That’s it, right? Nah, screw that. There’s as much room for the Pat Stay’s, Charron’s, Tech-9’s and Charlie Clips of the world in battle rap as there are anybody else. It’s called diversity and that’s a good thing. So sure, give Serius Jones the 3rd round here, thanks in part to a boxing-themed, word association round that was pretty solid as well as a personal-driven, but one-dimensional Pat struggling mightily with his flow. But no matter what Jones tells you, that’s all he got here with a punchline-savvy, more intricate and yes comical Pat easily taking the 1st round, before also taking the 2nd with another well-crafted, personal and scathing turn that beat back what was an at times, punch-heavy, but largely inconsistent turn from Jones.

Verdict: Pat Stay (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Pat Stay – “It’s ok to be vulnerable sometimes, let him be honest with you, his pockets are tight and for a rapper his age this is the only thing profitable, there, it’s out, it’s cool dog, my pockets are too, think about it, why the fuck would I go from Hollow to you!”

Bedaffi Green defeats Zig Zag

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Recap: Bedaffi Green hits with more than enough punches/name flips in the first two rounds to take this battle from a mostly staid Zig Zag. But what impresses most is Green’s ability to ably get through a 3rd round, he claimed didn’t write for, without any slip-ups, much less a choke.

Verdict: Bedaffi Green (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Bedaffi Green – “My rap fashion sound like the Future, my flow Designer [Desiigner] like that!”

Ha Style defeats ReeveyTown

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Recap: Ha Style (“Another guy to step, well the .44 won’t miss you, get wings from what’s outta that shell…that’s the Butterfly effect!”) and ReeveyTown (“Write your name on every bullet in the clip, you the hot topic!”) dish plenty of mayhem on each other, but it’s a performance-heavy and more consistent Mr. Styles who takes this one-rounder in the end.

Verdict: Ha Style (W) 1-0

Favorite line:  Ha Style – “My intellect is different, street talk, we could get into that, I don’t believe you, all I’m hearing is static like dial-up internet!”