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Recap: Honestly, never heard of this kid Automatik before. But judging from this 2-rounder versus E. Ness, the kid can spit some fire as he’s seen here dishing fiery mayhem, aggressive braggadocio lines and some subliminal wordplay all the while putting Delaware on the map and in this case, easily beating a mostly subpar Ness.
Verdict: Automatik (W) 2-0
Favorite line: Automatik – “Your family claiming your corpse, that’s Lost and Found, I seen your body before it came…ultra-sound!”
Recap: Exactly what you want to see in a PG battle: both rappers giving 100%, no slip-ups or chokes and best yet, a sterling matchup that’s almost too close to call (even with Gwitty’s constant interruptions). Steady heat from Teewhy and Whosane in the 1st round, but Teewhy with a richer performance, exquisite (“Angel spitting up crazy, that’s some fountain shit!”) wordplay and less filler edges it. 2nd round went to Whosane, overpowering his opponent’s most fierce bars with delicious bully/gun (“When these Clips get Loaded, it ain’t two Harlem nigga’s bitching on the stage!”) bars along with a couple of wicked haymakers. But Teewhy gets the win by edging the 3rd round with a little more consistent bars/wordplay overall, despite a pretty electric turn from Whosane that was coupled with some elongated set-ups and a ‘lil too much pontificating that proved costly in the end.
Verdict: Teewhy (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Teewhy – “I got a glock, the other side got a rugar strap, my nigga’s in your area code letting the toolie clap, 15 of them in a group, it’s like a booster pack, with 8 45’s [845] where you stay, you should be used to that!”
Recap: A swagger confident DNA uses a steady diet of righteous name flips, rigid schemes and surefire (“He gonna take an ‘L’ on this field, when I put a shell on his grill, Chipotle”) personals to beat Cojay in this one-rounder from Don’t Flop. Cojay provided some worthy competition with an aggressive flow that held up when he spit some decent punchlines and able (“When Chess moved, your set proved you ain’t rep for the streets, ‘cuz I thought when kings got checked, Queens went for the piece!”) schemes, but too much filler along with DNA’s more consistent punches, combined to do him in.
Verdict: DNA (W) 1-0
Favorite line: DNA -“I’m in a low ride, with arms out on both sides, if I drive through [points arm like gun] you gonna get the mill [meal] with no fries!”
Recap: In a fire, crowd-friendly and wildly competitive battle from Black Ice Cartel that saw Quantum Physics seemingly put his battle career on the line (he’s battled plenty of times since, so there’s that), the edge here goes to Chilla Jones, who for all the witty personals, rebuttals and fiery wordplay his opponent was able to throw at him for 3 rounds, still won the battle with a more consistent, angle-savvy, punch-spazzing, personal-hitting and scheme-heavy effort that edged the Kingpen rounds 2 and 3 after a debatable first.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “I’m just tryna beat my last performance; it seems cocky, got to make sure the punches heavy, the schemes godly, but you really think I’m focused on Q.P.?, hardly, I ain’t even see this bitch on the card; I’m Steve Harvey!”
Recap: Plenty of lyrical showmanship in this 3-round battle from RBE between Jai and ShowOff, which sees the two split the first couple of rounds, both of which were adept on wordplay with your resident mayhem, aggressive boasts and even a few personals mixed in. And while both battlers spit some solid punches and flexed some versatility in the deciding 3rd round, ShowOff’s more pointed personals and deft execution with the bars stood out a little more, thus giving him the win.
Verdict: ShowOff (W) 2-1
Favorite line: ShowOff – “I’m the same one hated by those who show me hell of love, bald head stay with a Shotgun…meet Elmer Fudd!”
Recap: Geechi Gotti’s more versatile punchlines, stinging name flips, real-life neighborhood drama and potent gun bars does a number on a blood and mayhem-obsessed and oft-nice-with-his Yung Pop for the 1st couple of rounds to take the win, before Pop gets more multifaceted during a fire 3rd round to avoid getting 30’d.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Nigga we ain’t nuthin’ alike, I already played that game, the first time I popped a nigga, I was young…I should have your name!”
Recap: Coma is aggressive, witty and perceptive, but spends way too much time (“You’re just another fake-ass rapper that’s responsible for all the kids who got a sentence, but couldn’t read one!”) pontificating here in this Don’t Flop matchup against Chef Trez, who in turn is given plenty of time to cook and dish out his usual rounds of spitfire gun bars, flatline (“You said you ain’t been drunk in years?, I’ll give you a shit from the .40 to bring your past back!”) rebuttals and persistent punches. Ironically, even though Trez was a last-minute replacement, the only thing that saves Coma from getting 3-0’d is Trez tripping over himself free-styling in round 3.
Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chef Trez – “I got a head head, don’t be the one I get to airing on, ‘cuz I’ll come to ya block and blow in the crib like the air is on, have you and bitch in the same casket…sharing stones!”
Recap: A solid but sluggish start by Charlie Clips gets him edged in the first round before Shotgun Suge returns the favor with another raucous, but shortened turn that got beat back by Clips’ more measured and versatile run (tho, one could argue that he borrowed Suge’s ‘Willie Manchester’ bar) in the 2nd to even things out going into the 3rd round of this URL battle. By the time the final round ensued, the two top tier battlers had already delivered a grand palette of raucous heat, piercing punchlines/personals/name flips, witty barbs, a pocket tap by Suge and some wily/real talk schemes by Clips that had the crowd buzzing. Still, the 3rd round would serve as the best overall round of the battle with both emcees on their A-game all the while spouting consistent heat. And while Suge supplied to terrific effort for the win, Clips’ clever and witty ‘Shaq/Suge’ career scheme coupled with some sublime 4-bar set-ups and fiery punchlines…just killed it.
Verdict: Charlie Clips (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Charlie Clips – “My name is all over the place, every time you turn around it’s burning the ‘Net, one minute I’m the G.O.A.T then I’m trash, they asking how he earning the check, well I recycled against Big Kannon, my bad, now I guess I’m not earning respect, y’all gotta remember I’m Shang Tsung, I made a mistake and turned into Rex!”
Recap: DNA uses an exquisite palette of feelgood (“…yellow tape surround the block, weave the punch, counterblock”) schemes, cunning (“I’m old school, Aviator, these two 4’s, your favorite Laker, when these meals come out, it ain’t a Baconator!”) wordplay, witty personals, ill angles and fiery (“For them Knicks you’ll get robbed Early in Queens, this is not Uber!”) punchlines to beat Danja Zone, who at (“Don’t even think to compare him to this beast from Maryland, they ain’t seen a fly nigga drop bombs since Tuskeegee Airmen!”; “Right after I body Shine, that’s Bruce Leroy!”) times merited his consensus Battler of the Year acclaim, but overall settled for too much filler. That, along with his opponent’s incredible consistency and robust performance, made for a surprising 3-0 from DNA.
Verdict: DNA (W) 3-0
Favorite line: DNA – “See, we used to think you was tough when you was fat, but all that disappeared, I used to think the old Zone [ozone] would lay a han don me, but now all I see in him is fear”
Recap: After a careless slip-up in the first cost’s him a close round here against up-n-comer Cue Morgan, Brizz Rawsteen does what he does best getting back in his back with performance-heavy, spin-tingling, fire 2nd to pull even. However, after his oppenent’s mostly waste’s his round with a personal and well-themed, but utterly inconsistent deciding 3rd, a solid and just long enough turn by Brizz is able to shake off an upset by stopping his round short instead of falling victim to a choke.
Verdict: Brizz Rawsteen (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Brizz Rawsteen – “Your wife, dog, she put on a show when the lights off, she grab my meat then tap it twice like ‘Is this mic on?”!”
Recap: A highly (“Ol’ dirty water nigga, he even made a song about it, Section 8 support this nigga!”) entertaining first round from Squeako, filled with rich storytelling bars and plenty of jokes, makes one think that he’s going to give the ever-amusing Young X some serious comp in this battle from SevenCity Sharks. Well, you’d be wrong as some weak name flips, a startling round 3 choke and Young X’s consistently engaging (“Nigga you wack as shit, up here with that tough guy look like you gonna do something, knowing damn well I will whup your ass till about 2-something!”) personals, gives X the win in a battle that had the potential to be a back-n-forth slugfest.
Verdict: Young X (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Young X – “Then he had petty larceny, boy I wanted to hug him, ‘cuz that mean Squeak taking shit, but he ain’t taking shit over $200!”
Recap: An otherwise solid battle between Xcel and Bedaffi Green sees its biggest action occur when it gets interrupted midway by whom one can only guess was the venue’s owner. Still, after dominating the first round with wicked wordplay and hard (“This is battle, you said won’t be close?, bro you reaching, I’m Adobo with the sazon, I’m too seasoned!”) punchlines and barely losing the 2nd thanks to Bedaffi’s more resilient (“Don’t question or try to reason if it’s hot, just do the math and stop speaking in the spot, whatever X ask is Y I point and leave him in a plot!”; “The AR piece longer than a RBE intro!”) heat, Xcel delivers a cleaner, scheme heavy and more (“Mercy for you, I know this must be sad to see, tragedy, I hate it was him that you had to be, but you praised this bull and gave this golden calf to me, so the God must show I don’t tolerate the blasphemy!”) penetrating 3rd to take this one in the end.
Verdict: Xcel (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Xcel – “I’m on to you and if you disregard my rules, I’ll give your bull [bill] a right for this shit that you constitute!”
Recap: First, I love how Nu Jerzey Twork stepped in first and was like ‘We not doing that!’, basically doing what should’ve been the host’s job and preventing a fight during Quban’s round. Secondly, this battle was not only intense throughout, but lyrically fire all-around with there obviously being some history to these two battlers, thus sparking spitfire pen’s from both (“I came here for a clean body, Yusef, I’m trying to get drugs [Drugz] out your system!”) Quban and (“As far as nigga’s, we surrounded Quban’s [Cuban’s] just like the embargo line!”) Drugz that made for flexing personals, lofty punchlines, heated gun lines and some nice performance bars. Equal in haymakers and as close of a one-rounder as you can get without calling it a debatable, the feeling here is Quban, more potent with the set-ups and ever-so-slightly more consistent with less dry spots, gets the win.
Verdict: Quban (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Quban – “But you gonna tell me how you wilding on the block, you J. Reed, you pretend to be something you not!”
Recap: BOTZ Battles 3-rounder between a couple of witty, performance-lit battlers, Ncredable and Bill Collector, goes the former’s way as after the just-as-punchline-spicy, but slightly more condensed with the haymakers BC edged round 1, a 2nd round choke by Bill coupled with a personal-lit, flow-switching and versatile-punching turn by Ncredable would hand the Stockton, CA, spitter that round before a mostly pedestrian and a bit flow-challenged final round by BC would give way to a crowd-pleasing, performance-stunting and bar-heavy run by Ncredable which in turn would get him the win.
Verdict: NCredable (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ncredable – “Your life locked. you ain’t safe when I give you this combination, I’ll shoot you in your fucking mouth, spark up the conversation!”
Recap: Not that a handful of reaches and a shortened 3rd round by an otherwise solid (“Now y’all could look at Spee Dolla as Kerry Kittles, ‘cuz we know the nigga name but we don’t remember any highlights!”) YaBoyClip didn’t help, but Spee Dolla’s nimble execution of pent-up (“Gun so BIG, D-Roc took it to trial!”) gun bars and exhilarating (“Ask ya bitch, that booger knows [nose] I ain’t nuthin’ to sneeze at!”) wordplay steals the show and scores him a well-earned 30 on the RBE stage.
Verdict: Spee Dolla (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Spee Dolla – “It’s getting ugly…that’s Whoopie in boy shorts!”
Recap: A couple of We Go Hard’s brightest stars, Chess and Dougy, leave it all on the floor and put forth an epic show, both battlers using fiery (Chess: “Head tap, get one shot like you can’t do it over!”) gun lines, boastful (Dougy: “Cross both arms and box Chess, that’s a casket!”) punches, aggressive performance bars, sturdy name flips, gritty (Dougy: “You from the Bronx, right?, well if my hand cock the jawn, I’m a flatline Chess right next to the X with my signature arm, grab on him, it’s a grip in my palm, then dab on him, he get hit with the arm!”) street darts, potent (Chess: “I can lightly black on bodies, I’m two-toned!”) wordplay and even some spicy personals to make for a close and competitive showing during all 3 rounds. Still, for all the surplus in bar efficiency, mutual respect for each other’s pen and Gwitty and Steams in the crowd competing with each other for best reaction’s, it’s really not too hard to call a winner as for all of Chess’ grit and charming parlance, a confident and less flow-challenged Dougy just landed more haymakers in the 1st and 2nd rounds to seal the win, before Chess salvaged the 3rd with a much stronger turn there.
Verdict: Dougy (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Dougy – “Two different demeanor’s, you thinking about homework, I’m thinking about some new work…A Boogie daydreaming in the cleaners!”
Recap: Two battle rappers with polarized styles, B Magic and Bill Collector, both from arguably URL/Smack’s best PG class get together for a 1-round match on Krack Liberty Battle League’s stage. Magic’s punchlines are, as usual (“Magic, know the name when its death near, metal open up this pussy, that’s a pas smear”; “I’m back snapping like I don’t fuck with the fitted hats!”)…insane with a flow/delivery that never strays from the ingenuity of the lines he spits. Bill on the other hand, goes back to his old outrageous self with perfunctory performance bars, witty (“Magic you in my house, Smack dropped us both, I guess we back in the tryouts!”) lines on the two’s collective battle history and some dope (“Ness, D.O.T., Jai, all my battles matter of fact, was classic Magic like a rabbit out the hat”) wordplay. A close one-rounder that easily should’ve been a 3-rounder, it’s Bill’s overall versatility and the alleged claim that Magic already used most of these bars (I looked and Magic’s raps are no longer available on Soundcloud) last year in a “Triumph Instrumental 40 Bar Challenge” vs Mickey Factz that gets Bill the win. Indeed, the fact that almost all of Magic’s bars were pretty generic does lend to the idea that he was lazy writing original for BB Gun Bill.
Verdict: Bill Collector (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Bill Collector – “I’m in a different class Magic, that’s Gryffindor!”
Recap: In their battle brought to you from Don’t Flop, Big T and Unanymous split the first couple of rounds with T relying on mostly banging schemes and animated (“i got a better boo, the baretta [BOO!], it’s undebatable”) gun bars to win round one, while Unanymous, who too often pontificated and took awhile to hit his mark on some of his schemes in round one, went extra with the fat (“Terrence has never seen any of his appendages, he gets a sensation in his body, but couldn’t point out where his erection is”) jokes to easily take round two. Neither battler said anything extraordinary in the 3rd round, but a more (“Last time barrels was spinning, I played Donkey Kong, but this time [makes hand like trigger finger] Texas singing, we making country songs!”) versatile and wordplay-heavy Big T takes it in the end.
Verdict: Big T (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Big T – “I heard you like to beat bitches, you use your hands a lot, till you get weak around the women you love, you like Hancock!”
Recap: Thanks in part to a round 3 choke by Mr. Mills, a back on his mean grind J Murda survives a couple of slip-ups with a steady dose of gritty (“Hey yo, I almost couldn’t write for you bra, too busy getting that green off of the trees!”) anecdotes and eerie (“I’ll bust at ya mother, step pops, I’ll clean the room and have it stinking after, like a wet mop”) gun chatter to come from behind and get a much needed win. Mr. Mills came nice with consistently potent storytelling (“Who say chivalry is dead, I know a bad bitch that got a fucked up attitude and that hold big burners, but she’s ready to settle down and give you a ring…that mean she ready to commit, Murda [murder]”) bars and set-ups to take round 1 and some fiery OG talk in the 2nd made ti close. But in the end Murda’s persistent delivery and (“You like my wifey’s new Ford, my main focus, you could get a round within a round, a train token!”) execution was just too much to overcome.
Verdict: J Murda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: J Murda – “I’ll bang him and get back to work, a sick stripper!”
Recap: A spitfire shitstorm of a 3rd (“They say we sound alike…son, I ain’t giving him props, I’m giving him shots, that’s an ignorant Pop!, ‘cuz it’ll RAISE a nigga!”; “I keep my enemies in arms reach, don’t ask me why I’m playing you close, breakfast is the most important part of the day, and we was out there playing with toast!”) round by Bangz, as he literally made every line count with superbly nimble wordplay that coincided with fierce punches from an assortment of angles. Still, after edging a close (Bangz: “As soon as I recognize him, I’ll turn my nose up at the Reepah, bitch I am death-defying!”, “This is like two yellow niggas scrapping, I’m trying to tell you how light the bout is”; Reepha Rell: “You feeling like the shit?, well picture this, I get a call to catch you right?, [you] with ya bitch, then I’ll use the llama…[pllaacck] steel offender Futarama!”; “Nigga I came from God, you complain to God, it’ll be nuthin’ to lighten up his face…Charlamagne da God!”) first round with exquisitely potent bar after bar along with seismatic set-ups/schemes and dominating the 2nd round with more sizzling name flips and repeated (“His face I gotsa lean, the way the pump cross will look like Constantine!”; “I’m here to see you throw the tray [.3] better…food fight!”; “You got a dirty mouth? ooohh [points hand like gun in air] I Aim that!!”) heat, it’s Reepah Rell who hangs on for the win in this dope Proving Grounds match.
Verdict: Reepah Rell (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Reepah Rell – “Ooooh this bitch is kinky, extended clip, watch the stairs, the shit look like a slinky!”
Recap: An alarm ringing towards the end of the battle, an ill-prepared DNA resorting to freestyles in round 2 (but still making the round relatively close) and some ‘pause’-worthy bars from Brizz Rawsteen made for a buzz-worthy, but action packed matchup on URL. First round was pretty potent on both sides with Brizz overcoming a somewhat slow start with an elongated turn that gradually led to some (“I see now you trying to Shine with K, well Clips must’ve told you he needed time and space!”) haymakers towards the end. But DNA, dishing a newer, rapid-fire flow with fervid ease, edged the round with more spitfire (“The nina clean, the Wesson dirty, but still got both hands close to the 12…11:30!”; “Then step on a party scene, a new Dot, I brought a bean, that shit will be hitting Raw everywhere…I’m Charlie Sheen!”) punches in a shorter timeframe than his opponent. Brizz, keeping the steady aggression up in round two, but also displaying more variety to his bars with witty (“Ya fake ass rapping ’bout ya clapping biscuits!”) jokes and personals amply mixed in, looked to easily take the middle round with what was his best go around. Still DNA, who apparently was going through some personal issues at the time of this battle, failed to build off the momentum he gained from his lofty 1st round, literally free-styling the entire round with lines that were hit-n-miss and even resorting to playing word association with the crowd just to get through the round. And albeit, come might say he was entertaining and (“You lost to ya man on 106, but that’s cool with me!“) capable enough to make the round debatable, the feeling here is a more prepared Brizz evening things up. Last round saw Brizz still popping, if not with more loud (“What, you think you getting girls now because of your looks?!?, Negro Please!, that mustache look like you in the Negro League!”) personals that landed hard, but with frenzied bars that kept his consistency top-shelf. And while DNA came back to his written’s in the last round, his punches, while fiery at times, weren’t nearly as strong as those in his 1st, allowing for Brizz to earn the win.
Verdict: Brizz Rawsteen (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Brizz Rawsteen – “I’ll leave a tool sitting where ya tooth missing…that’s how I bridge the gap!”
Recap: Plenty of heated gun bars and nice set-ups to the punches by both Drugz and Holmzie Da God in this close battle from Spit Dat Heat. However, in the final analysis, it’s Drugz who stands out harder with more cohesive rounds, wittier bars and an aggressive performance. Granted, Drugz was a little over-the-top at times with his aggression, but his palette still stood out more, altogether giving the DMV spitter rounds 2 and 3 and a come-from-behind win.
Verdict: Drugz (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Drugz – “I get a kick out of Holmzes [homes]…I’m evicting this nigga!”
Recap: Don’t Flop battle between Chilla Jones and Tony D while smooth in delivery and punches came off a little lethargic at times as both Jones and Tony seemed to have left their A-game behind. Still, outside of an angle-prone and personal-bent 3rd round that easily got beat by his punch-heavier European opponent, the more versatile and consistently spicy with the punchlines Jones takes the first two rounds easy for the win.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Watch where you aim the cam, if there’s blood drying on the limbs, they’ll see Burgundy on the screen like Anchor Man!”
Recap: Highlighted by a trio of rare rebuttals-in-the-middle-of-the-round bars, DNA puts forth one of the most consistently superb 3 rounds you’ll ever see in battle rap to take out a mostly (“Your freestyle’s nice, but we don’t fuck with your writtens, I never met a toothless nigga that had trouble with spitting!”; “I’m official, Question: do you feel like trash? Clips standing there watching you get punched out, do you feel like Math?”) nice, but sometimes pressing at times Syahboy (who was probably still feeling himself a little bit from almost single-handedly beating DNA and K-Shine in a 2-on-2 battle with John John da Don earlier in 2015). Indeed, it was a complete showing by DNA: exquisite (“Y’all think this herb will peel on me?, y’all joking, he go to sleep and wake up to the ‘K’, Lamar Odom!”; “He don’t even know who to pop, his set DOA, but the more he [Maury] talk, he know not to test dna!”) wordplay, a wicked delivery, dope performance bars, delicious personals and fiery (“Send shots ya boo way, then have something dark liquor [dark lick her] D’ssue!”) punchlines that not only sunk any chance his opponent had of winning, but was probably the best DNA we’ve seen since the classic Dizaster battle.
Verdict: DNA (W) 3-0
Favorite line: DNA – “All your bars is useless, you think you smart but stupid, Immature, now You Got Served, that’s Marques Houston!”
Recap: Some hard (“Y’all just a bunch of battle rap strippers, y’all don’t accept the change”; “I’m Crip, but if he want the beef I’m [waves arm like guns] I’m hitting Five Guys!”) lines midway by Kiing Capo, but taking a little too long to get into his groove and a last-minute slip-up prove to be costly as they allow Snake Eyez’ somewhat inconsistent, but still mostly (“You wasn’t even on the radar, you got forced on the killer list, if you owe me bread and ain’t got it when I come to get the chips, Metro-North workers on the train, I’m a just walk through clipping shit!”) hardbody, aggressive bars/punches to eke this one out.
Verdict: Snake Eyez (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Snake Eyez – “He just a nigga that talk for the nigga’s that really put it in, you Paul Heyman!”
Recap: Nothing too rich or extraordinary, but still a pretty good battle between Syahboy and T Money Bagz on the RBE stage. 1st round was close, but Syah’s splendid (“I’m ’bout the shit, you swing, I’ll dodge ya shit, I heard Money fake, so I’mma make sure these counters fit!”) name-flips and wordplay were more condensed and outshined an earnest round from Money, tho he occasionally took too long to hit the mark on his schemes and angles. However, after the first round it was all pretty much Money Bagz–a more versatile round of dope (“I be banging the metal like my weave stuck in the grinder!”) gun lines, wild jokes and hitting (“…my heart different like John Q son after the surgery!”) schemes in the 2nd and a dope DJ scheme along with more wicked (” I hear you be tricking on these hoes, Syah you be wilding, I give bitches hope, I wouldn’t give them soap”) punches in the 3rd. All the while, while Syahboy had some (“I draw on a whiteboy face, now you Riff Raff!”) shiners here and there and his delivery stayed aggressive, overall his bar quotient couldn’t keep up with Money’s Bagz.
Verdict: T Money Bagz (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Syahboy – “Every battle, you be talking that tough guy shit, same outcome, niggas ain’t buying that shit….Rain album!”
Recap: Close 1st round, but thanks in part to a Jerry Wess slip-up, the edge goes to (“Couple rounds in the middle of ya whip…what’s that? cup holders!”; “Bitch you look like the lost member of Jagged Edge!”) Flip Grams. After that, it’s all Wess as despite having some hot (“The whole family going hard for the flag…that’s Double Dare!”) lines here and there, Grams’ half filler/lame bars had no chance against Mr. Wess’ dizzying (“But you know what we really got in common, my nigga?…[sniffs nose like snorting coke]…dope lines!”) performance bars, rich name flips and righteous (“I got an old Razr [razor] for whoever Flip phone!”; Once the .4 has [forest] fired, the victim can’t speak, boy scout this could get intense if ya can’t sleep!”) punches.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “I got a gun I only shoot Caucasians with…this my Cracker Barrel!”
Recap: In a one-rounder versus S.O.N,S.’ Heartless, Tez combines some mean (“Talking about he real, this nigga frail, how you gonna father figure you rep the SONS and hang with a Con that never been to jail!”) personals with animated schemes and gay (“When you and your man hug, you look like y’all doing a two-way back pocket check!”) riffs to make it close. But Heartless’ punchline-heavy arsenal doesn’t just pack plenty of (“My gun got a body on it like a piggyback ride!”; “If you think you winning tonight, nigga you dumb as fuck, oh wait this nigga came from the D, this nigga must be nuts!”) heat, but a couple of (“Nigga, I’ll aim at his brain, blew the Tek, got rid of all of the stuffy nose like Mucinex!”) in his nose like haymakers that had the home crowd gawking and a more consistent delivery that while making ti look easy, was simply what you’d expect from an able vet.
Verdict: Heartless (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Heartless – “If he say something wrong, I’m slapping him, that’s because I’m a man and I stand for something like an acronym”
Recap: A more consistent with the punches/schemes (“The light at the end of this [clicks finger like a gun] round is not tunnel vision!”) Bangz takes down a nice at times, but too sporadic (“You fell in love with your baby mother, I just get the brains in her mouth, you a stain on her life, I’m a stain on her blouse!”) Lexx Luthor in this dope one-rounder from Shock Value RBL.
Verdict: Bangz (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Bangz – “Y’all may not get what I say like when Shaq reading!”
Recap: Nu Jerzey Twork scores a rare bodybag, consistently using ferocious (“Sit your black ass down before I let my hawk speak, rip [Ripp] clothes on stage…Five Heartbeats!”) name flips, winning (“Fuck you and that bitch, that’s my fave phrase, machete on me, K on me, I gotta stay safe, Ripp get the K on sight, she get —-, I let it rip, once I let it rip, I give ya bae babes!”) schemes, fierce (“Drive-by, I’m coming to Ripp [rip] city in a Trailblazer!”) punchlines, rich angles/set-ups and even exposing Ooops sound-alike (and build-alike)/opponent (“You brought all them niggas from Trenton with you, you knew you wasn’t gonna make it alone, it looks bad for all these niggas…like the interviews with Raven-Symone!”) Ripp with pictures from a less ‘gangsta/precaher’ profession. And what with host Jaz da Rapper in the building along with a classic first round from Twork, one can guess that this was one the of the battles that impressed folks enough to eventually bring Twork to the URL stage.
Verdict: Nu Jerzey Twork (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “All that preaching just to be another nigga to die, you living a lie, I talk about guns because my Mac pack rounds…and Rosa Parks ain’t do shit but sit her black ass down!”
Recap: Olympia, WA, For MCs By MCs tourney battle with plenty of piercing wordplay and witty barbs/personals, sees a more punch-heavy Jey The Nitewing take the deciding 3rd round over a solid throughout A.M. to move to the next round against Famous.
Verdict: Jey The Nitewing (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Jey The Nitewing – “I’m a be real honest, your death tonight, real certain, I might no-show at the funeral tho…I’m not much of a morning [mourning] person!”
Recap: You want personals? Well, it doesn’t get much better than this as Bonnie Godiva and MyVerse, each battling for the 1st time on the URL stage, dish a host of insults, tall battle rapper behind-the-scene sex tales and other noteworthy gossip on who’s done who that kept the crowd highly entertained throughout. MyVerse takes the first round with more consistency, dope (“Just because you wear horse hair won’t make a black beauty!”) schemes/punches and variety on in her pen game, to take nothing away from Bnnnie whose name (“I don’t got a ghostwriter, the fuck I look like waiting on MyVerse [my verse]”) flips and personals hit at times, but weren’t delivered with the same uniformity and bite as her opponent. Second round clearly went to Bonnie, who stepped up with an elongated, but consistently fiery round that opened a literal Pandora’s box to MyVerse’s personal life, cell phone footage (“4 years ago you was fucking another battle rapper in his t-shirt, with no panties on?!”; “You was fucking Mad illz?, Bitch, Mad Illz?!?, I’m mad…ill!!!”) included. Going into the last round tied, both battle rappers came with it. Bonnie using some ill wordplay, bully (“I’ll smack this bitch on the bathroom floor, now she Versatile!”) bars and even (“Keep talking about Born in my last battle, I might have flashbacks and start choking Verse!”) self-deprecating humor to deliver a pretty solid round that would’ve won most battles if not for MyVerse’s more heated session that steady delivered on the haymakers, crazy (“I’m from East Orlando, but I could show you the West Palm [west palm]!”) set-ups/punchlines and animated (“You literally put everything but your vag on display, you’re one selfie away from catching AIDS!”) personals.
Verdict: MyVerse (W) 2-1
Favorite line: MyVerse – “I got that Erykah Badu pussy, you got that airing out a room pussy!”
Recap: Here against fellow battle vet Jay Dash, Moon flexes with that raw street shit and braggadocio lines that enhances his rep as a battle-tested, old hand in and outside the ring. That said, altogether, Moon’s urban palette is more than enough to take rounds 1 and 2, before a slip-up costs him a close 3rd.
Verdict: Moon (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Moon – “Nigga, I’ll give you that VIP treatment, ‘cuz you’ll be the first nigga to get a shit at the club!”
Recap: From the UK’s Don’t Flop league, a consistently-lit Pass dishes a boatload of fiery name flips, mocking personals and jaunty punchlines (esp. during a fire round 3) to take each round and beat back a lyrically solid effort from a gritty Raptor Warhurst.
Verdict: Pass (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Pass – “For real my nigga, be original, you know what I’m speaking is true, ‘cuz if Shotty Horror didn’t exist then neither would you!”
Recap: In layman’s terms, if Math Hoffa (understandably) is tired of hearing opponent’s use name flips on him, then veteran battle rapper that he is, he should certainly be able to understand white battle rappers who long tire of hearing lazy race angle’s used against them. Now onto the battle, Bigg K with steady (“It’s just me and the piece, I don’t meditate, bust his head to the white meat, that’s how I segregate!”) punches that landed well versus an albeit hard at times, but filler-prone turn from Math…took round 1. Raising his bar quotient with a better mix of more hard-body rhymes and fiery (“I still got that axe, I give nigga’s the grimy side, the scar will heal [heel] and bubble like an AirMax ’95!”) bully bars, Math evened things up in the 2nd by pummeling an up-n-down round by Bigg K. After that? All Bigg K. Saving his best round for the last, K just went straight in, putting aside his usual assortment of rapid punches for a most-likely embellished, but still entertaining, hard-hitting and (“You put the smack! in Smack, then the Knocked Out in KOTD!”) truth-telling round surrounding Math’s recent fight after his battle versus Dizaster that you could feel through the screen. And apparently, Math felt it too, stumbling to rebuttal K’s stirring personals at the start of his 3rd before seguing to his written’s that contained some nice struggle bars, but which if you’ve seen enough Bigg K battles versus black guys, when it comes to polemics concerning race, we’ve heard enough times before.
Verdict: Bigg K (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Bigg K – “Ever since that happened, our conversations getting hell’a short, it’s like he mad at me ‘cuz I didn’t teleport!”
Recap: The man who made ‘Performance’ an official category in battle rap, Hitman Holla, would be proud of this one as both Mo Mula and (“I’ll leave Mula [moolah] in the streets like Assassin’s Creed!”) Black Bread make a note to put forth a sublime show to go along with oft-fiery bars and schemes. Of course, as far as who’s the better battler, a one-rounder never says as much as a three-rounder does, but both battlers kept it pretty consistent throughout their rounds–only slights being Beard misstepping a couple of times with his flow, while a couple of Mula’s set-ups took a little too long when it came to landing the punch. That being said, call it a split.
Verdict: TIE
Favorite line: Mo Mula – “I’m about to body you, take this footage and flaunt it, but you still kinda get a win, that’s what you wanted, ‘cuz usually Black card’s get decline if Mula [moolah] ain’t on it!”
Recap: Dope battle between slick punchline fiend Minnix and the always punching up Glueazy. After Glueazy edges round one with a higher bar quotient, feisty (“Shot his neck, body on deck, we on a cruise ship!”) bars and more virtuoso performance (glasses and all), Minnix easily even things up with steadier (“Wet him up, I’m thinking how long I gotta wait for Glu to die!”) shiners that were doubled down by searing (“You got comfortable off other’s work ‘cuz you a freeloading prick, and you lucky I cut my beard down ‘cuz it would’ve 3-0’d your shit!”) personals. Split going into the final round, Minnix keeps throwing flaming darts and landing with some aggressive (“Where that gun’s supposed to come from, up from under ya tummy?, I’ll chase him up the block and rob him, give him a run for his money!”) bangers, however his last round is spoiled somewhat with a biteful of pesky filler and mediocre bars. On the hand, showing that he definitely came to win, Glueazy stays lit with lofty wrestling/guns bars, nicer performance and a more cohesive (“Why don’t you squares stop riding my wave, you’re not a boogie board!”) punch game to pull off the win.
Verdict: Glueazy (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Glueazy – “And you not great, you mediocre, I bet you white squares pop up when you see a toaster!”
Recap: Pretty much wasting his 3rd round, T-Rex still dishes just enough searing gun bars and hitting (“He trying to act all cocky and gimme some aggression, well I’ll map Quest [Qwest] like I’m looking for directions!”) personals to take the first couple of rounds and beat an often (“My nigga, you gotta learn to dress more appropriately for your weight gaining, that .8 bangin’, his whole middle disappear, that’s waist training!”) biting, but a little lush on the delivery and too misspent sermonizing Marv Won.
Verdict: T-Rex (W) 2-1
Favorite line: T-Rex – “The only reason Detroit respect you is because you flowed with Em, well I’ll have it so your next battle is with Soulja Slim!”
Recap: Painting a fine scenery with pointed set-ups, all the while dishing his punchlines with consistent flair, Holmzie da God takes this one-rounder from a gritty throughout, but way less intricate Billy Da Boss Don.
Verdict: Holmzie da God (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Holmzie da God – “We 4 deep, van full of .9’s, it’s like a soccer mom!
Recap: J. Murda may be falling victim to taking on too many battles as when you’ve proven that you can beat the likes of JC, you shouldn’t be losing to a relative unknown like Tapedeck. But that’s the case here as even a stellar round 2 can’t save Murda from a slip-up prone first and a short, subpar 3rd. For Tapedeck, outside of some average bars that were clearly gassed, his overall more consistent flow and performance were pretty good, Add to that some nice punchlines throughout and he manages to pull off a mild upset over an opponent he really had no business beating.
Verdict: Tapedeck (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Tapedeck –
Recap: J. Murda may be falling victim to taking on too many battles as when you’ve proven that you can beat the likes of JC, you shouldn’t be losing to a relative unknown like Tapedeck. But that’s the case here as even a stellar round 2 can’t save Murda from a slip-up prone first and a short, subpar 3rd. For Tapedeck, outside of some average bars that were clearly gassed, his overall more consistent flow and performance were pretty good, Add to that some nice punchlines throughout and he manages to pull off a mild upset over an opponent he really had no business beating.
Verdict: Tapedeck (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Tapedeck – “I’m the fucking man of all sorts, I draw over shorts, that’s Captain Underpants!”
Recap: When he wasn’t spouting fiery schemes on his knowledge of ‘Martin’ during a terrific 3rd, Pep’s over-the-top dalliances with gritty browbeat lines and sterling gun bars offers up a palette that overall is way too rich for opponent Chase Banks at times, solid, but less heavy punchlines, inconsistent raps that saw a sordid end when he choked in the final round.
Verdict: Pep (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Pep – “Skinny nigger, I’ll moonwalk off the kickback!”
Recap: Lyrically taking advantage of the ‘anything goes’ underlining of battle rap, Cadalack Ron (R.I.P.) goes there time and time again with racist bars on black people (women in particular) when he wasn’t spitting borderline xenophobic, but oft-witty personals and radical punchlines that would make your average redneck proud. Most of the crowd seemed to get it tho and Ron’s opponent, a solid, but slip-up prone Dre Vishiss (who ended up cutting his round short) seemed to take it all in stride. Notwithstanding a few dry spots from Ron, he gets the edge in thsi 1-rounder here for a tighter, longer and more consistent flow.
Verdict: Cadalack Ron (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Cadalack Ron – “I never had a baby mama that wasn’t a looker and I never fucked a black chick [female in crowd: ‘Couldn’t handle it’] that wasn’t a hooker!”
Recap: Sublime with the Godspeak, fortified with the personals and way better with the punchlines, a truth-spitting and steadily confident Loso easily takes out a mostly subpar Fred Ease in this 3-rounder from Enter The Dungeon Battle League.
Verdict: Loso (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Loso – “That’s why you can put me on any stage and I’ll beat odds, y’all got the nerve to put the Reach God against a person that can help you reach God!”
Recap: Too much! That best sums up Ave’s complete annihilation of Mike P here in this Proving Grounds matchup from URL/Smack. Granted, not a body as besides a wasted round 3, Mike hung in there with some nice punchlines and performance (“But War Report, couple y’all on there showing me what the bums like, funny, after tonight snake eyes gonna say I won twice!”; “When you rap why you think they go that hard, and don’t act bored? you got a style that the PG’s are programmed for!”) bars. But just to show you how dominant Ave, his second round, which was easily his worse, still had enough (“Boy that’s crack, fuck around, find P in a box, Pandora act!”) shiners to beat what was a solid turn by Mike. Consistently punching with wicked name flips, ill braggadocio (“‘Cuz y’all know, I’m way better, every phrase clever and I could fight, I’ll give Mike a mean right [write] like a hate letter!”) bars, fierce wordplay and rampant (“He lying, don’t nothing about this queer pass as gutter, but you see the hood in my face, that’s Illmatic cover!”) haymakers that’d literally make Nas grin, Ave more than proves that he’s graduated from the PG class…with honors.
Verdict: Ave (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Ave – “Y’all seen how I get about vibes, it’s sort of like porta potties, I’ll make you hate to take the shit outside!”
Recap: After getting overmatched by some wild gun bars, spicy (“I’ll hit the stage and wig off on a Ratchet like a Springer fight!) name flips and loud shiners in round 1, a supposed grudge match between Rum Nitty and Ratchet seems like it’ll be an easy win the 4th Quarter rapper. But to Ratchet’s credit, after a pretty pedestrian 1st, he steps it up in the latter rounds with some nice (“I’ll stand there, broad day, letting it ring like missed calls!”) shiners/wordplay to make things competitive. Still, what with Nitty’s pen staying staunchly consistent in the 2nd round, the match is already settled before Ratchet can bounce for a debatable 3rd.
Verdict: Rum Nitty (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Rum Nitty – “Direct shit hit him, he’s getting more than grazed, try to run the medal popping off liek Forest leg’s!”
Recap: From Colorado Rap, could’ve went without the ‘Light work, bitch!’ line at the end of each round (besides, isn’t that Qleen’s slogan?) as a Bonnie Godiva on her A-game–as she was here versus a snapping-at-times, but flow-challenged Looney Divine–there’s no need to twist the knife in the back of an opponent you’ve already 30’d via a pristine, witty, gun bar-bent, personal-lit and punch/scheme-heavy showing for 3 rounds.
Verdict: Bonnie Godiva (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Bonnie Godiva – “These twin 9’s is judge and jury when I make these hits, ‘cuz the second one will a peel [appeal] just in case this missed [dismissed]!”
Recap: To wit, the presumptuous idea that John John da Don gets nothing but hate from certain crowds or URL fans just isn’t true. Take his Wavy battle for instance, where JJDD had the crowd eating in his hands, thanks of course to an epic performance, but also because 9 out of 10 battle rap fans just love hot bars…regardless of who’s spitting them. Of course, there’s some hate here and there and yes, Tay Roc has his legion of stans, but so does every top tier battle rapper. Don’t believe me? Just take a few minutes and look at the comments section of any top tier battle rapper and you’ll witness stans who swear their guy (or gal) won, no matter how much the evidence points otherwise.
That said, hate didn’t cause a pretty solid (“I’m like a scammer with some fresh gift cards, my piece is hitting!”) JJDD to lose this battle, a more versatile, performance/punch-heavy, gun bar hitting and consistent Roc (who didn’t use as many gun bars as we’re used to seeing), one too many dry spells (esp. in the 2nd round) and JJDD’s penchant for stealing bars/themes (a winnable 3rd round gets taken away by a failed attempt at a rebuttal, wasted bars pontificating to Smack and because he used the same ‘nonsensical bars’ theme Rich Dollarz used in his battle with Tay) did. Thus, a superb 1st round from both battlers makes for a debatable, while Roc’s personal, witty and punchline-crazy 2nd easily beat a mostly pedestrian turn by JJDD, before JJDD also loss the 3rd due to the aforementioned reasons, but also due to Roc’s continued ability to stay more consistent and dish (“I’m the type to walk in your crib, don’t even speak to mama, smack the plate out of her hand, like miss, I don’t eat lasagna!”) haymakers.
Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Tay Roc – “What’s this, light-skin vs. dark-skin?, well take Drake I Roc with Mill’s, tell the house nigga’s I rock with nigga’s in the cotton field’s!”
Recap: When you’re not shaking your head at Daylyt, who spends most of his time here splitting time between nonsensical filler, unrepentant reaches, deft (“The last nigga I pulled the nina out on, I told him I bet it sting, I treat that bitch like getting a call from ya side bitch when you with your main bitch, I silence her [silencer] than let it ring!”; “I’ll get a man chin [mansion] bigger than Quagmire!”) punchlines and actually pontificating somewhat sensibly (“It’s funny how all of these niggas got beef baking, but none of ’em willing to slaughter the pig!”) on matters concerning police brutality…appreciate the rebirth of O-Red. Segueing confidently between righteous (“That shotty have bodies looking like cheetah print, ya team ain’t cut too solid so when they see your Caesar split, ya C’s will split!”) gun bars, metaphorical (“”Reverse Kemp, that .40 bang after it point at him”; “I’m past nice, this hwere my bars School Daze [School’s Day’s], this G on ya head, Halfpint!”) wordplay, braggadocio (“I said I’m sick, when I write my three, my bars hit like a shotty begging, every word crafted for the kill, I’m speaking body language!”), conniving name flips and all-out (“Nah, matter fact fuck that [pulls back up ski mask] I could spit flame without the mask nigga, I’m Scorpion!”) personals throughout all three rounds, O-Red not only outbars Daylyt into a near submission, but puts his opponents on notice for 2016.
Verdict: O-Red (W) 3-0
Favorite line: O-Red – “If you try angles in your rounds you’ll get boxed, Red rounds over the top, I’ll pepperoni a pizza!”
Recap: Spitfire for 3 rounds with a nice combo of vigorous and oft-times intricate/witty/braggadocios punchlines, Prez Mafia commands the stage while teaching a class on ‘How To Comeback From The Controversy Of Getting Caught Stealing Bars’ here in this 3-rounder from We Go Hard. Prez’s standout return not only makes for a dope and competitive battle against fellow PG-stepper and a very solid (esp. in the 2nd round) throughout Dre Dennis, but with his opponent’s penchant for a little too much filler and pedestrian bars, even with an almost equal amount of haymakers, a close and deciding 3rd round goes to a more consistent Mr. Hide My Bars for the win.
Verdict: Prez Mafia (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Prez Mafia – “I’m the biter?, this right will shook, let’s fight, and a life get took, an uppercut mixed with a little me, he gonna bite the hook!”
Recap: Ah di Boom once again proves his mettle, dropping an array of dizzying (“My bars are something that the streets desire, Statue of Liberty, Clips every time I reach it’s fire!”) haymakers and potent performance (“And I’m roaring with a [grips hand like gun] pistol in my hand like ‘You trying to play me my nigga?’, 80’s prom picture, everybody going [shoots hand at Clips] out with a bang!”) bars to make this a close one-rounder against the favorite Charlie Clips. Still, it’s Clips who displays a better overall delivery and is more concise with his rhymes, while dishing consistently gregarious bars, exquisite (“You dated my ex-girl, now you broke, so where the cash at?”) personals, righteous (“I don’t want to hear how you left URL and talking this and that, your career dead baby, I know your ass is missing Smack!”) schemes and excellent wordplay throughout his half and in turn, winning this battle of two of battle rap’s elite big men.
Verdict: Charlie Clips (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Charlie Clips – “I got a right hook that’ll wake you up and make your neck crack, I’ll body you and then bury your body in the same place that Rex at, that ratchet shit, a ratchet a bitch, first the finger [waves finger] wave and then your neck snap!”
Recap: Slipping up twice in round 3 after splitting the first couple of rounds, Rosenberg Raw pretty much hands E. Ness a win. Indeed, all Ness had to do was spit a clear and decent round (after coming back with raucous (“”I’ll stuff your whole fucking head through a hub cap, take ya bitch and slide my debit card down her butt crack!”round 2 to even things out) and he would’ve scored a 2-1 dub. Yet, somehow the Philly battle rap vet not only slips up as many times as his opponent does, but ultimately ends up choking…and that was that.
Verdict: Rosenberg Raw (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Rosenberg Raw – “Big shit, get ya wigs split, you Donovan McNabb, you always came close, but you ain’t never did shit!”
Recap: From Detroit’s Barbarian Battle Grounds, after getting outscored by a punch-heavy and versatile Math Hoffa in round 1, a cadence-lit Quest Mcody gets busy and more substantive with the bars via stinging bouts of spicy lyrical warfare that with a few rigid personals and some flexing wordplay mixed in, allowed the Motor City vet to take rounds 2 and 3 for the win over an earnest, but much less hitting Hoffa.
Verdict: Quest Mcody (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Quest Mcody – “You see these Tek’s [texts] book, this ain’t Borders bitch!”
Recap: Anyone with an appetite for dick jokes will love this battle as Lil G and Dizaster, to often hilarious effect, dedicate most of their punches to the wonder’s of the third leg. Still, judging from the over-the-top crowd reaction’s and some of Dizaster’s rebuts, Lil G’s obsession with his member is pretty well-known. And tho the little guy was also able to spit some fiery punches here and there throughout the battle, as often the case against lesser-known opponent’s, Dizaster’s ability to turn your own bars against you, freestyle, joke and aggressively punch with a tilt for fiery personals, gets him rounds 1 and 2 here for the win.
Verdict: Dizaster (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Dizaster – “Looking like a rat with whiskers, they got me battling with a fucking Master splinter, action figure!”
Recap: Even with a boatload of filler from both rappers, Franchise’s lack of bite to most of his bars as well as 3 elongated rounds from the Canadian spitter hurts him more in the long run. That leaves a more condensed and wordplay-heavier Lotta Zay with enough room to edge this one.
Lotta Zay: (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Lotta Zay – “This the intervention, but I can’t find the pussy nowhere…like that pic of Calicoe skinny-dipping!”
Recap: In this aggressive one-rounder from We Go Hard, B-more’s Writtenz came with a bunch of fiery (“I’m sick as can be, I’ll beat shit down your knee, I’ll rock ya, like Red Lobster..the biscuits are free!”) bars to make his mark. But a shortened turn by the visiting out-of-towner and a (“When it comes to flipping packs, I’m nice with it, I been fucking with them big O’s before Stedman!”) systematically dishing, performance and (“That last line?, hyped from an ugly bitch, you might get it, I’m a fuck him up, but I wanted this bitch to fight back…I’m Ike with it!”) punch-heavy Dougy would prove to be too much in the end.
Verdict: Dougy (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Dougy – “My bitch got the grip, she always hold my arm…like she scared of the movie!”
Recap: Well, that was quite a turnaround. Granted, he spit like twice as longer than Rum Nitty, but Craig Lamar’s 1st round was still superb, dishing lethal (“I got that fire arm and I’ll put the straps behind ya baby like I did the diaper wrong!”; “Nigga please, don’t make finger this llama like animal porn!”) punches and finessing on wordplay with repeated flair…more than enough to beat a (“You get the line, this nigga dying, you’ll see this finger wave at his baby hair like Ginuwine!”) solid, but not spectacular turn from his opponent. The momentum continued for Craig in the 2nd, more potent (“We burst slugs, bullets will be in the back of ya mind like ya first love!”) punches that were only fragmented by a couple of near slip-ups and an elongated round. However, those minor slights would be the difference as a more aggressive Rum turned it up, getting bent with steely (“This nigag trash, split ya mask, get the mag, arm in his face…[whoop!] hit the dab!”, “40 Glock, let the lemon squeeze at his neck like Corona top!”) haymakers, nice personals and fluorescent shiners in a more condensed round that evened the match up. After a heated round 2, it’d come down to who’s pen had the most stamina and the Writer’s Block would prove himself more than capable, withstanding another decent (“I grip quickly, so talk if you would [wood] like Stick Stickly!”) round from his opponent with more sterling (“9’s striking him, hit his bean with the Wesson or let one sing out the desert…White Iverson!”; “Split ya partna, but a dip for this bitch, kick, nigga hit the Ronda!”) gun bars and delicious set-ups that completed a ferocious comeback for the win.
Verdict: Rum Nitty (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Craig Lamar – “Aim sloppy, so I got to lean in with the arms like church hugs!”)
Recap: In this one-rounder Ab Eaze raps much longer and dished some hot (“You steering wrong, but this where niggas find out I love Google, that mean I never get rid of Chrome!”) lines/name flips during his turn. But too many pedestrian bars along with a couple of slip-ups versus a higher bar quotient and more heavy (“They you Bangz because yours ain’t never been pulled yet!”) punchlines from Bangz gives the kid from CT a win in the Colosseum Battle League.
Verdict: Bangz (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Bangz – “When I peel, you’ll hit the tile and all [Tylenol], army crawl what’s that?…Abs on the floor!”
Recap: Chef Trez dominates this one, using a variety of fire schemes, action packed gun bars, piercing name flips and a gang of rigid punchlines to easily beat a mostly subpar Mr 16 over the course of 3 rounds in this one-sided battle from ATL’s Cage Rap Battles.
Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Chef Trez – “See, I’m past nice, on this battle scene this gonna be your last night, your father left you so I’ll pop you and leave…you lost your dad twice!”
