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Jey The Nitewing defeats Heretic

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Recap: 3-rounder from For MCs By MCs finds Heretic turning up his bar efficiency in the 3rd round to take that round. But beforehand with nothing much to offer but two straight turns of mediocrity, even a condensed Jey The Nitewing dipped in a punch game that was witty at times but still overall more so-so than you’d expect, manages to score with enough solid darts throughout the opening rounds to gain the win.

Verdict: Jey The Nitewing (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Jey The Nitewing – “Your name is like, as far as battle goes, top two on the fuck list, the only name I could think of worse than that is Dick Butkus!”

Kyd Slade defeats Bangz

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Recap: In this entertaining battle from HeaviiTV, Kyd Slade’s hard (“You banging?!?, I got a special way of handling you fools, shove your flag in the dirt…like I just landed on the moon!”) gun lines and gritty street bars manages to eke out a win over Bangz’s more off-the-dome stylings, many of which (“Your chain get snatched, after that I’ll take it outside, do it like this [makes like waving it in the air] and then bring it back!”) landed in a grandiose 2nd round, but couldn’t keep to Slade’s more raucous and consistent pedigree in the 1st and 3rd.

Verdict: Kyd Slade (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Kyd Slade –  “The gun large and that’s my broad, I feel like Cole rocking with Big Shirley!”

Bangz defeats Sicarii

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Recap: Clever set-ups, repeatedly nice (“You can spit a 16 full of compliments and still not give me a nice verse!”) punches and some ill wordplay, it’s all there for a confident Bangz over an uneven (“And your girl gave me straight face, she don’t believe in the rapture”) Sicarii in this one-round matchup from We Go Hard.

Verdict: Bangz (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Bangz – “Your shirty face is atrocious…that shit only look appealing next to nuts!”

Cortez defeats Arcane

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Recap: Even tho he clearly overhyped some of his “Bars!” throughout, against the mostly basic lines and head-scratching spiels from Arcane, it’s Cortez, who after overwhelming his opponent in round one, has just enough jokes and personals to edge the second and hang in there for a dub, in what was otherwise a pretty lackluster battle.

Verdict: Cortez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Cortez – “He’s alright, he can craft lyrics and punchlines, he’s so nice, I asked him who’s favorite rapper? he don’t bite, Jay-Z, what a coincidence, he don’t write”

SK defeats Young X

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Recap: Similar styles make for a close 3-round battle between Young X and St. Louis’ SK. Indeed, gregarious name (“Ya bitch suck dicks and bring money back to my car, that’s how I pimp my ride, put her on eXhibits!”) flips, potent gun bars, dope schemes, random (SK: “Boy I bet this nigga sweeter than a grape vest, one of them ho type nigga’s, that make threats through a hate text!”; “You useless to this sport, like dick-suckers with no necks”) jokes that hit and scheming braggadocio (Young X: “No wrestler with paint on my face, the way I steam this nigga, he try to copy what I do that let you know that bro ain’t smart, y’all remember how steam used to come on the ring?…, well this Owen Hart!”; “You so pussy, if you could, you would run off and leave yourself!”) lines make for an intense, but electric matchup throughout. However, after splitting the first two rounds, it’s SK’s nice rebuttals, nice freestyle game and continual verbal onslaught that stand out to gets him the win.

Verdict: SK (W) 2-1

Favorite line:: SK – “Talk that drug shit in St. Louis and try and roam, nigga X will get silenced…xXlophone!”

Xcel defeats Jay Scott

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Recap: Too much filler along with way too flat energy does Jay Scott in. But then against Xcel’s sweet esoteric bars, fiending (“I’ll break my foot in your ass, then cut you to get my boot back”) aggression and constant verbal hijinks, this wasn’t much of a contest.

Verdict: Xcel (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Xcel – “I’ll bring the ‘SK’ in [skin] to anyONE who push your melon in [MELANIN], nigga I spelled the shit because your skin tone is your melanin!”

Show Off defeats Swave Sevah

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Recap: “Wordplay?” Nigga my words ain’t to played with!” LOL!!! Despite Swave Sevah making his presence felt with ‘new niggas’ affirmations, heavy name flips and aggressive bars, it wasn’t enough to beat Show Off’s gritty (“That’s why I decided to earth you, the led will blow, hella smoke, do you greasy, you old, live, all you see is glasses in the air, that’s a wedding toast”) polemics, self-deprecating (“I’m crazy, fit for what’s in store like I be shopping with Rex”) jokes, hitting personals and flat-out (“I run up on Swave with one arm cocked, he die comfortably only because he was raised that way”) haymakers. Credit to Swave for going with the direct approach dipped with biting tutorials throughout, but thanks in part to a shortened round 2 and some flat bars, yet mostly due to Show Off’s bouyant package, performance and delivery, the young’un decidedly took the first couple of rounds and with that the win.

Verdict: Show Off (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Show Off “‘How’ and ‘Who’ got the same letters, don’t question me Swave”

Steams defeats prez mafia

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Recap: A consistent, forever animated and bar heavy Steamz puts forth arguably his best performance against Prez Mafia, who like Superman just seemed to get weaker and weaker the more his opponent kept pulling out the kryptonite. Round one was easily Mafia’s best, an impressive display considering how dope Steamz (“Remember I said I don’t know why they called you his clone? Sike I lied like the next ‘Born was offered a dome”) first round was as well. Yet, using a steady stream of winning personals against Steams and his team, whipping out potent performance bars and earning the crowd reaction with gripping (“Cuz niggas said they want that old Prez back, so meet Bill Clinton”) punchlines, Prez just outwitted Steams and seemed to be on his way to an easy dub. Too bad for him this version of Steamz came willfully prepared, staying on the attack with witty (“Get Prez a dental plan [Presidential], cuz whatever he’s doing ain’t working, it’s like Obamacare”) wordplay, wild anecdotes and too-nice personals versus a round of too many elongated set-ups and subpar personals between a couple of haymakers from mafia. 3rd round was an easy win for Steams, too many hot (“Tell ‘Born I still body sidekicks like War Machine”) bars, an ill performance and hitting personals throughout against a short, slip-up steady and completely tired out mafia.

Verdict: Steams (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Steamz – “This average nigga, don’t move me like Thor’s hammer”

Ill Will defeats X-Factor

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Recap: Never a surprise to see a couple of Michigan heads get in the ring with each other regardless their stature in the game. And that’s a good thing as X-Factor and Ill Will put on a dope show for their hometown fans. Still, Will gets the 3-0, scoring more points in each round with feelgood (“You shouldn’t be talking about dumping the rocks, when them little niggas fought at our last event, you damn near jumped in my pocket…”) personals, stinging gun bars and fierce (“He scared to throw a bullet like Revis lurking”) punchlines to overcome a comedic and at times hard-hitting (“I got the .9 and before I bust, watch him straighten up, that’s a well alignment”), but too inconsistent with the bars, often elongated with the set-ups and (“I hate you so much that if you was a bitch I’d rape you”?!?) nonsensical X-Factor.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Ill Will – “I done done shit that your ass don’t know about, he getting paid? I’m taking ‘x’ amount of dollars like I don’t know the count”

Chilla Jones defeats Cee Major

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Recap: Close enough battle and a dope (“See, you got an IQ of 160, but you couldn’t cop the haiku’s I spit in one 16“) 3rd round from Cee Major, but elongated rounds can’t make up for two rounds frequented by too many lame bars and weird (“You advocate a lifestyle. I’m just glad it didn’t take my brudda’s life”?!?) angles against the likes of Chilla Jones who looks more like your local postman than a gangsta. That said, tho he clearly didn’t put forth much of an effort in the 3rd, Jones way more condensed wordplay, potent (“Cee Major?, you look like a teenager, your name should be ‘A minor'”) name flips, aggression, schemes and weighty punchlines were more than enough to take the first couple of rounds and with that the win.

Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “I got a toast, that’ll raise his glasses.”

Anubis defeats Ceph Deezy

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Recap: Granted, it’s funny how so many opponent’s bring up Anubis’ very basic wardrobe at that BET/UFF battle versus Brizz Rawsteen some time back. But style points aside, the Michigan rapper’s ability to deliver fire punchlines, gritty tutorial raps and stinging set-ups with a rapid Midwest twang usually serve as his breadwinner as he shows again here, dropping consistent heat to easily beat back an often elongated and mostly standard Ceph Deezy.

Verdict: Anubis (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Anubis – “Tho you getting slumped with honor, you like Colombiana…a bitch that wanna kill, but don’t knwo shit about the world yet!”

Teewhy defeats Mo Mula

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Recap: Besides a couple of ever-so-slight slip-ups, Mo Mula does his thing here with a confident flow that nicely combined fierce (“When I shoot around [a round] it make everybody in your circle leave, that’s a rec center”) punches with some dope performance bars and fervid (“I stay with the tre-pound, like a mom with a premature baby”) wordplay. However, overall Teewhy does his thing one better with aggressive name flips and (“For you, I had to write for real, and for me, the nigga had to write his will, the will to write got a nigga itching to kill, I will [throws right hand at Mula’s face] right Mula like I’m paying with a check for the bill!”) schemes that mixed well with salient braggadocio lines along with righteous (“These bullets donkeys in rewind, that mean they knock his ass backwards!”) gun bars in this fiery one-rounder between two of Colosseum Battle League’s best.

Verdict: Teewhy (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Teewhy – “See these Money schemes, y’all probably thinking stop it, but I’m just flipping Mula [moolah] to show y’all I’m a fucking prophet!”

Moses West defeats Daylyt

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Recap: Damn, antics or no antics, respect his grind because Daylyt stay battling. Still, as shown here against Moses West, taking too many battles back to back can be a hindrance esp. when it comes to recycled (see: Daylyt vs. Pat Stay) bars. In addition a lukewarm 3rd round proved to be too much of a liability when trying to keep up with West’s, delivery, derisive (“Battle raps biggest celebrity, all you had to was sign away your integrity”) personals and righteous (“It’s Florida, your rep’s like your vote nigga, it don’t count!”) wordplay.

Verdict: Moses West (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Daylyt – “You say you’re not afraid of birds, well you better fear the hawk, [cuz] all you gonna hear is ‘blah, blah, blah’ like I don’t want to hear you talk”

Fettuccino20 defeats Bing Nation

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Recap: As is accustomed with The TrapNY, another hot 3-rounder, this time Bing Nation and Fettuccino20, complete with a load of festive (Fetty: “Keep playing them games, I’ll [makes spitting sound] hawk him like Al Horsford!”) braggadocio bars and cold (Bing Nation: “If you got a problem then come and see me, if Karma’s a bitch then I’m a choke her, just call me Beasley!”; “Jump, and get your circle full of lead, like I’m filling out a test in here!”) wordplay. Close throughout and split going into the 3rd, it’s Fettuccino20 who outlasts his opponent’s solid turn through the use of hotter (“They all about them scandals if you talking bread, so jusr remember, Heaven or Hell, the only two places where you can walk in dead [Walking Dead]!”) lines and a more steadier flow.

Verdict: Fettuccino20 (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Fettuccino20 – “You battle rap’s Young Thug…an abomination!”

John John da Don defeats Eurgh

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Recap: Proving once again that he’s at his best when he drops the multiple choice schemes and isn’t stealing other people’s shit (tho he remains steadfastly in denial about the latter) John John da Don mimics his Grind Time days and uses stellar bars and solid anecdotes to take the first two rounds and beat Don’t Flop President Eurgh in a spirited battle. Visiting all the way from the UK Eurgh put on a pretty good show and certainly had his moments with some wicked metaphors, jokes, (“So I came to belittle John ‘cuz you forgot about your native roots, YOU came to belittle John, now you’re an outcast [Outkast] because they don’t like The Way You Move”) wordplay along with a couple of decent rebuttals thrown in the mix, but too many Multiple Choice shots and inconsistency with the quality of his bars did him in long before JJDD practically gave him the 3rd with a short round that was hit-or-miss personals (the DNA quip being the best of ’em), Meanwhile, whether JJDD was hitting with the gun (“You see this .40? get out the way, have respect for your elders”) quips or coming heavy on the (“Give this foreign bitch a ring, like I was trying to get a Visa”) punches, along with some dope set-ups and performance bars, all said it was more than enough to take the win.

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

Favorite line: John John da Don – “Y’alll wanna hear a sad but true story about this fucking corn? He took his girl out her birthday while their love was strong, but she left with another nigga’ and made a fucking porn, he seen it and apologized like he the one that did something wrong”

Barzz McKay defeats Jakkboy Maine

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Recap: Dope, 3-rounder between Barzz McKay and Jakkboy Maine sees each battler flex with the wordplay throughout the match, while also delivering intrinsic punchlines that kept the battle competitive. Still, for all the hoopla from the crowd and performance-heavy bangers from each side, after a more potent Jakkboy easily took the 1st round. But with slightly more consistency rich lines in both the 2nd and 3rd rounds, it’s Barrz McKay who ends up edging this one for the win.

Verdict: Barzz McKay (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Barzz McKay – “In the hood, you don’t exist…you are the 9 train!”

Mack Mel defeats Lev Corso

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Recap: A spirited comeback for Mack Mel, who survives some mean bars from Lev Corso in the deciding 3rd with his own performance-ringing palette of stinging gun bars and fiery punchlines to earn the win and do Mr. Miyagi proud.

Verdict: Mack Mel (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Mack Mel – “When I palm the flare, this shit will rip up his legs…warm-up gear!”

Tay Roc defeats DNA

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Recap: “Just having fun”. In rounds 1 and 3 anyway, Tay Roc literally toys with DNA here, using steel gripping (“Fuck you and the clique you rep, red beam on your lip. looking like a lit cherry on a cigarette”) lines, gritty gun (“Roc tripping, I will let a glock hit him, man the can come from under the shirt like I’m shoplifting”) bars, congenial name flips, Dot Mobb (for every diss DNA hurled at Dot Mobb, Roc had an answer) darts, a killer rebuttal for his boy Smack and hard (“That tooth, that’s in your mouth? I ain’t got time for all that [instead] I’ll put a loose one in ya mouth like you ain’t buy a whole pack”) personals to overwhelm what was exactly a pretty nice round (“I tell my man keep ya eyes on the clock, so when I shot at 8:59, all y’all gonna see is 9 on the Dot”) from DNA. And while DNA stepped it up round two, using aggressive bars. feelgood (“Since he for peace [4 piece] tell Smack to set it up with Factz if you get the cheese, cuz’ once I serve Tay with this Big Mac I’mma give Mickey these”) wordplay and dope personals (“See? When DNA don’t make sense it’s because I freestyled it, thought of it this very minute, when you don’t make sense you went home, took time out and it was written”) to outwit a pretty average 2nd round from Roc, dissing Smack on SMACK and his boy/fan fave Charlie Clips just made no sense, much less did letting the crowd get to him considering how long DNA’s been in the game for (and he must remember THIS, right?). Indeed, with this battle now posted if DNA’s ever gonna get that match he wants so bad with Mook, he’s gonna have to show more poise, consistency and come up with a better game plan.

Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 2-1

Favorite line:  Tay Roc – “I am pure violence, I don’t decide peace, pimp shit, i came with my main bitch and my sidepiece, aim it at that side, you could tell that whole side peace, i done hot so many niggas with the side piece, I lost a sidepiece!”

DNA defeats Cruger

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Recap: Cruger is definitely a beast (“You’re about as threatening as Conceited in leather trousers”) with the comedy, but relying strictly on jokes and personals doesn’t hold up here against the better variety of styles/bars (and a couple of rebuttals) that DNA was spitting. Close battle nonetheless, but I got DNA’s overall schemes, wordplay, personals and performance edging the first couple of rounds for the dub.

Verdict: DNA (W) 2-1

Favorite line: DNA – “Honestly, I’ll run up in ya flat and tops get blown up, so Eurgh catch the fade, if not I’ll get Cru [crew] cut”

Nu Jerzey Twork defeats Dynamo Dan

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Recap: Credit to Dynamo Dan for an aggressive and gritty punch game throughout this competitive, 3-round, Showtime Battle Arena match against Nu Jerzey Twork. But armed with a boatload of spicy similes, fiery/rapid punchlines, gripping mayhem and witty barbs, it’s Twork who earns the 30 here.

Verdict: Nu Jerzey Twork (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “Drive-by, I’ve been hanging out a Honda with a whole clip, nigga still had an automatic when he drove stick!”

Chef Trez defeats Craig Lamar

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Recap: ‘That shit was barbaric!’ Granted, (“It ain’t your turn yet, but you need to wait, like a skinny body, boy I’m shooting Nebraska initials…that’s N E body!”) Chef Trez and (“Nigga, you extra tender, I’ll knock two years out your ass, you won’t wake up till next next November!”; “You throw a lot of punches, but still ain’t doing shit with ’em nigga, you Dragon Fly Jones!”) Craig Lamar can certainly claim a barfest of a battle in this fiery matchup on the Spit Dat Heat stage. But at the end of the day it’s Trez’s more intricate wordplay, flagrant (“I’ll shoot ya mom’s and her son, I’m a pipe gripper, U F [F’d] C I told you I was trung ti fight Silva!”) gun bars, freestyle pedigree and consistent heat that altogether prove to be more advantageous than his opponent, edging him all three rounds and a well-earned win.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “…or none of them gun bars, and I’m a get mad if y’all really believe it, I’ll blow your brain threw your grill when I squeeze it, you’ll be spilling ya insides threw ya mouth like revealing a secret!”

Quest MCody defeats Daylyt

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Recap: Whether he’s spitting bars or dishing antics Daylyt’s always gonna go for broke. Still, his litany of jaunty bars and haywire (“I had a gun so BIG, it got married to Faith Evans!”) jokes here aren’t (btw, “Whoomp There It Is” was by Tag Team, not The 69 Boyz) consistent enough to overcome an inspired Quest Mcody, whose more witty (“That .38 take JJ fish with it, a special ed”) punchlines and variety of aggressive bars as well as well-hitting (“You probably saw the title of this venue and thought you could let a nigga ride your magic stick”) personals resonate enough to get him a close, but well-earned win.

Verdict: Quest MCody (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Daylyt – “I lift an arm for Quest chin [Question], like I got the answer”

Chess and Gwitty [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Judging from the brimming tension throughout and the boatload of material dropped, it seems like Chess and Gwitty had a lot on their mind before they battled here on WeGoHard. That makes for a competitive battle with a load of stinging personals, heated wordplay, showmanship, gritty street lines. nice (Gwitty: “Punches lumping up Chess….breast cancer!”) set-uos and of course, rich gun lines that at the very least, kept you entertained. Still, in the deciding 3rd round, what with Gwitty delivering consistent fire with anecdotal verbal theatrics and Chess coming just as uncouth, but scoring with real-talk urban drama, best to call this one even with a rematch being a possible necessity.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Chess – “Dickhead, since when the fuck did the streets have a age limit?…since when did I need an ID to get a gauge lifted?!”

Real Deal defeats Planz

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Recap: Not much in the way of stifling punchlines during this Got Beef 3-rounder between Real Deal and Planz. But with the Aussie rapper’s rapid punches lacking aplenty when it came to substance, even a workmanlike performance by RD, dipped with solid racial burners/name flips, righteous personals and witty barbs, is enough to pitch a shutout.

Verdict: Real Deal (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Real Deal – “He knows I’m part German, so he’ll probably do the ‘Heil Hitler!” if I ask him to throw the hands with me!”

O-Red defeats Ooops

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Recap: O-Red uses some some hard (“You’ll get X’d over the green, Jamaican flag”) bars, winning personals, nice rebuttals, a stunting Maya Angelou (“You like poetry? BOW!!!, say hello to Maya Angelou nigga, naw naw I ain’t trying to be that disrespectful, I was only calling her Mya, she with Ill and Huggins, say hello to Maya and ya Lou niggas”) flip, a funky translation scheme and aggressive wordplay to come from behind and edge a (“We seen y’all in Detroit that’s why I question your credibility, I mean y’all say he’s top tier but I don’t see Red’s ability [credibility]”) game, but stumble heavy Ooops in this entertaining battle from RBE.

Verdict: O-Red (W) 2-1

Favorite line: O-Red – “Yo bitch love daddy style, pull them khakis down, she feel the peen O [Filipino] get the box, I’m Pacquiao”

Krucial Ken defeats Lotta Zay

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Recap: Here against Krucial Ken, a gang of mean punchlines and fierce schemes earns Lotta Zay a split going into the 3rd round. But the usually gun and mayhem-slinging Ken, surprisingly switches it up a bit in the deciding 3rd, adding a fleet of stinging personals and wit to his repertoire to edge a competitive round and earn the win.

Verdict: Krucial Ken (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Krucial Ken – “You feel disrespected or something?, you looking strong in the face, I’m all in your bitch mouth, that’s a tribal piercing, I’m putting bone in your face!”

Charron defeats Charlie Clips

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Recap: Unbothered by Charlie Clips openly admitting to being a little distracted preparing for their battle, what with top tier names like Hollow and Luz on deck, after getting edged in round 1 (thanks to some amiable freestyles by Clips) a more consistently punching, scheme-heavy, witty, freestyle-spazzing and personal hitting Charron simply out raps his toilsome, but less potent opponent in the latter two rounds for the win.

Verdict: Charron (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Charron – “The reason I freestyle is ‘cuz it’s crazy and hype, you freestyle because you do this for a paycheck and you’re too lazy to write!”

M. Ciddy defeats V.I.

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Recap: V.I. carries with him an arsenal of consistently mean (“Grab that chopper and light Ciddy [city] up, have him looking like a Vegas strip”) bars, but after struggling somewhat with his delivery in round one, M. Ciddy returns to form and edges rounds 2 and 3 with a nice combo of potent bars, metaphors and rapid (“You live the wrong way like Benjamin Button”) punchlines.

Verdict: M. Ciddy (W) 2-1

Favorite line: M. Ciddy – “Trust me, it ain’t a car full of coins when that nigga say I roll with dimes [dymes]”

Brooklyn Carter defeats Bedaffi Green

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Recap: A consistently aggressive and sometimes (“…before your whip turn, I’ll let you talk to teh Smoke from ya car, Big Worm!”) potent Bedaffi Green not only does a bad impression of his opponent, but spits a too-short 2nd round and altogether too many basic bars to stand any chance against Brooklyn Carter, who besides the rare (“Fuck Mr. Bean, I’ll pull up, say nothing, the clip spit liek Silent Bob!”) mid-round rebuttal, uses a plethora of fiery name flips, fierce wordplay/schemes, nice double entendre’s and hard-hitting (“A headshot, I let a couple ring together, that’s wedlock!”) punches to land the 3-0.

Verdict: Brooklyn Carter (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Brooklyn Carter – “Released another clip and knocked off his dreadlocks, I left the crime scene so ugly…what happened bro?, niggas thought O-Red died!”

Big Kannon defeats Bill Collector

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Recap: Strictly freestyle battle between Bill Collector and Big Kannon definitely provides plenty of entertainment with BC making fun of Kannon’s eating habits and wardrobe, while the Chicago vet pounced on his opponent on a versatile mix of hitting personals, witty barbs, solid flips, boastful darts, piercing punchlines and crowd responses for the win.

Verdict: Big Kannon (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Big Kannon – “They hear my verse and say the nigga sound like a preacher, the shit’s so spiritual!”

Big T defeats Gemini

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Recap: Stellar round 1 from Gemini, but too many light bars, average punchlines and a lack of stage presence afterwards gave Big T a chance to catch up, wild out with weighty gun bars, dope wordplay and delirious (“I’m laying pipes like I’m designing basements”) punchlines to edge rounds 2 and 3 and take it this one at the end.

Verdict: Big T (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Big T – “You better hope that piece [peace] be with you, salam a lakum”

T Top defeats Sno

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Recap: In a battle between a couple of UFF champions it’s T Top all day as a shaky Sno delivers some lame follow-ups to his angles, mostly falls flat with the pen game and in round one can’t even make the 2-minute time limit, Still, for all his three rounds T Top’s resonance is too much to handle, what with consistently nice wordplay, dope schemes and his usual covert affairs on life in the trap game (“I be in the Yak week, I’m like a freeloader, no good conscious, devils on each shoulder, touch me and you gonna catch it, I’m Ebola!”) remaining electrifying.

Verdict: T Top (W) 3-0

Favorite line: T Top – “See I hate you, but the fans be thinking your flow nice, so when you say you about to fuck my mother…damn, you so right, cuz we been fucked by the white man our whole life!”

Jakkboy Maine defeats Moon

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Recap: A hot 3rd round by Moon, who along with his wily OG talk and braggadocio bars went personal to edge the round. But by then it was too late as Jakkboy Maine’s more graphic punchlines, potent schemes and fire set-ups got him the first couple of rounds for the win.

Verdict: Jakkboy Maine (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Jakkboy Maine – “Yeah, I listen to my elder’s advice, but not because he always right, but because he got more experience at being wrong!”

Rich Dolarz defeats Jimz

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Recap: Good battle between the supremely confident Jimz and a just-got-back-from-his-latest-vacation Rich Dolarz. Both dropped some crazy bars (Jimz: “Testing me is something you’ll regret, that’s a Daylyt tattoo”; Rich: “So when I see him I’mma fire on him, cuz’ he like Pinocchio, he was made to have wires on him”) and kept it competitive throughout with nice wordplay (esp. with Rich), performance lines and nice (esp. on Jimz part) personals. However, as is often the case with Jimz some of his bars didn’t match his agression, the “What You Know About…” lines were a clear cop from Shotgun Suge and at times his lines just didn’t add (even if the biggest Rich Dolarz hater could admit that his battle vs. Daylyt was dope) up. On the other hand overall Rich was more consistent with his bars/flow, came with more haymakers and spit a little variety more variety in his rounds to take rounds 1 and 3 to edge the win.

Verdict: Rich Dolarz (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Rich Dolarz – “You screaming ‘Fuck da police!’, nIgga stop that, cuz a gun in in ya face, will have you asking ‘Where the fuck the cops at?'”

T Top defeats Brizz Rawsteen

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Recap: T Top wraps up this UFF Finals matchup against Brizz Rawsteen pretty early, using the first couple of rounds to spit some exquisite trap (“Selling blow up, I had to use too much bake, on a safety pin cuz razors leave too much shape”) talk along with elite storytelling bars that even left co-host Bow Wow a little shook. Rawsteen came with some dope (“I’ll cut your bitch head off, put the blade up in her, and leave the tip on the table like she paid for dinner”) bars here and there, but underperformed somewhat with a slower style that you’re not used to seeing from Brizz. A terrific battle nonetheless with T Top clearly coming out on top.

Verdict: T Top (W) 2-1

Favorite line: T Top – “See while you was doing yard labor, I was with the jar shakers, cooking back just to get it back, that’s hard labor”

T Top defeats Chess

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Recap: T Top’s rich and potent trap (“I hit my plug like ‘yeerrppp’ we need more bails, but he nervous he only meet me in a cheap hotel”) talk proves to be too much for a spirited, but inconsistent Chess in this UFF semifinal matchup. No doubt Chess had his (“This nigga tried to walk the walk, I made him limp off”) moments along the way, but with candid storytelling bars, a more consistent flow, dope performance bars and winning name flips, T Top took this one easy to advance to the finals.

Verdict: T Top (W) 2-1

Favorite line: T Top – “I turn this chest [Chess] inside out like Will jacket”

Daylyt and Progrest (DEBATABLE)

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Recap: Only in the middle of a Daylyt match could one envision a battle rapper having a cake presented to him while the audience sings “Happy Birthday”. That said, Progrest in his “3rd battle ever”, puts forth a pretty good showing, using ready-to-fire punchlines, witty (“Put hollow points in your cheeks, like Dots with ass shots”) anecdotes and introducing, get-ready-for-it…slow-motion performance bars that’d make Sylvester Stallone proud–yeah, this kid has potential. But give Daylyt credit for making this one-rounder competitive with fierce (“Niggas died in the lake, anybody that’s by you [Bayou] killed”) street bars and a well-timed freestyle (“I should’ve out hands on his big head, you like to [shakes hand] jerk”) game that earned him the tie.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Progrest – “Heaven sent, but you can see hell free, everybody to the left die [Left Eye] TLC”

Pat Stay defeats Daylyt

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Recap: Well known for gimmicks and not caring too much about wins or losses, of course it’s only right that Daylyt gets a title shot for the KOTD chain against the champion Pat Stay. And just in case you thought that there would be any chance of an epic battle, Daylyt ixnay’s that idea with the quickness by coming to the stage dressed as a slave and even goes so far as to bring his own ‘slave master’ with him (with a fake whip too, yunno, for crowd effect) to instruct him during the battle. Right. Well, at least Pat Stay showed up to battle and when he wasn’t dissing Charron or Charlie Clips, for 3 well-equipped and versatile rounds the Nova Scotia vet proceeded to use a sizzling performance and some potent lines to mock his opponent’s contrived stunts and rhyme patterns, pull rank with a host of ill bully bars and score aplenty with righteous/witty punchlines. And while Daylyt did somehow rap his way through his tedious rounds, during a performance that might’ve worked better as part of an elementary school play instead of a rap battle, his occasional abstract wordplay and other verbal hijinks were mostly pedestrian, leaving Pat Stay with a pretty easy defense of his title.

Verdict: Pat Stay (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Pat Stay – “You see before the Spawn shit, he was nothing special, just a regular guy, it’s sad that you had tattoo your entire face just to get recognized!”

Illmaculate defeats Real Deal

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Recap: Capped by a killer 3rd round classic that him flexing with a shitload of spicy punchlines, Illmaculate’s casual but potent rebuttal game and winsome 4-bar punches/wordplay throughout this battle earns him a 30 over a more-raucous-than-usual and personal heavy, but overall topsy-turvy Real Deal in this dressed up 3-rounder from FilmOn TV.

Verdict: Illmaculate (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Illmaculate – “It would get ugly if a strap on me like Barkley kicks, but I’d rather take his top and leave something missing like Barbie’s tits!”

Aye Verb defeats Daylyt

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Recap: Daylyt’s extraordinary 3rd (”Soon as they gave Verb his price, for us to box in the spot, I spotted a box for you, the word is dice”) round will get most of the attention here. But Aye Verb still gets the dub, using steady (Send hot rounds to your door nigga, who ordered pizza?”) jokes, going the tutorial route with the personals, spitting hard-hitting (“He ain’t saying nothin’ throwing up signs, this ain’t Charades niggas”) bars, flipping Daylyt’s shit and executing a more consistent flow throughout to edge the first couple of rounds and score a slight upset.

Verdict: Aye Verb (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Daylyt – “I had a crack rock soooo big, Yung Ill tried to drag it home!”

Mass Messiah and Big Kannon [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Even tho he had to settle for a tie here, during his turn from this 1-round battle from HomegrownBGCT, conscious rapper Mass Messiah certainly got his point across impressing with a fleet of social commentary, revolutionary references, political messaging and some fiery (“You just knew I was Mass Messiah, probably thought of a lot of name flips, a white messiah been suppressing the races!”) wordplay/punchlines…all with nary a fat joke against an opponent, Big Kannon, who’s used to being on the other end of them. Still, Kannon didn’t come to play either. The Chicago spitter combating Messiah’s steady wisdom with a stable mix of fiery name flips/wordplay, stinging personals, righteous mayhem and a spicy rebuttal and freestyle to make this bout a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Big Kannon – “I mean something’s up, you get Mass Messiah put your dome on straight, you body Mass it won’t matetr because it holds no weight!”

YaBoyClip defeats Tyranny

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Recap: Not the easiest battle to decipher as despite YaBoyClip setting up Tyranny perfectly with alleged ‘tranny’ semantics in round 1 that led to plenty of crowd interruptions while the latter tried to spit his more pause-worthy bars, the DMV dude’s litany of potent (“I’ll be riding with a couple of .8’s like a soccer mom!”) punches throughout this battle was only diminished by elongated rounds and a few aggressive, but utterly lame personals here and there. That said, let it be known that while YBC might’ve lost the haymaker count to his uber-confident (“I’ll put 24 in his square like a shot clock, you’ll see a little arm wave like a pop-lock!”; “It’s not her birthday, but you’ll see the heat flashes when she get the .40!”) opponent, his ability to string together a more consistent palette of hot bars, feelgood wordplay/storytelling lines, a nice rebuttal in the 2nd and some very hard-landing (“See with these bars I keep it graphic with good ass rhymes, like when that chainsaw rip [vrrooommm, vrrooommm] you would’ve thought Shotgun Suge just heard a hard-ass line!”) punches of his own, ended up being just enough to edge rounds 2 and 3 and get the victory in this Proving Grounds matchup.

Verdict: YaBoyClip (W) 2-1

Favorite line: YaBoyClip – “They say the devil wears prada, well we rob nigga’s and those two, you’ll see two G’s in front of you like two of them Ugg boots!”

D.O.T. defeats Billy Bars

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Recap: ‘I could never lose a battle to someone who looks like a puppet’. Whatever Billy Bars has in energy, he severely lacks in wordplay, much less quality bars. In other words, an easy win for D.O.T., who besides a spitfire (“Catch me on ‘1st 48 like ‘Who talked?!'”) 3rd round, really didn’t have to do much to take this one in the end.

Verdict: D.O.T. (W) 3-0

Favorite line: D.O.T. -“You think this crowd care if you Unbias?, I could get you shit by an Angry Fan!”

Rosenberg Raw defeats TG Patron

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Recap: Despite a slip-up in round 3 and a too-short round 2, Rosenberg Raw’s repeated haymakers, off-the dome skills, variety and performance (“Nah fuck that! We all know that he not ready, I will automatic machine, Machine Gun Kelly!”) bars are enough to save him from defeat to the consistently just-average bars of TG Patron.

Verdict: Rosenberg Raw (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Rosenberg Raw – “Wack nigga, I ain’t gotta let the shotty blam, you weigh a buck fifty, you vulnerable to the bodyslam!”

Reepah Rell defeats Bonus

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Recap: Too often slow to his punches during the 1st half of his round, Bonus takes awhile to really (“So many bags in the crib, the cops tried to hit me with a ticket to distribute!”) heat up, which ends up costing him in what was otherwise a solid challenge to Reepah Rell’s relentless and more consistent gun theme’s, hitting personals and otherwise (“I find funny that you name yourself Bonus, when you rarely win!”) witty wordplay.

Verdict: Reepah Rell (W) 1-0

Favorite line:  Reepah Rell – “I’m thinking Paul George, that’s the last time I heard Bone snap!”

DNA defeats Sketch Menace

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Recap: Sketch Menace is a pretty dope battle rap moniker. But as seen here versus an animated DNA, Menace’s shtick works best when he sticks to the (“Talking about you got a million dollar smile?, yeah, that’s what they quoted you to fix it!”) jokes and punchlines, rather than the too-often ‘plain’ lines he spat here. All of which made for an easy 3-0 when faced against DNA’s fresh hometown schemes, spirited (“They booked Clips and Daylyt ‘cuz they wanted them bars, so how’s your name Sketch when you still not a draw on this card?”) name flips and more consistent delivery.

Verdict: DNA (W) 3-0

Favorite line: DNA – “Boy I work miracles, I could stop Advil with this pump!”

Automatic Ray defeats R Streetz

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Recap: Two dope rounds from R Streetz and Automatic Ray equate to a tie going into the deciding 3rd. However, an out-of-nowhere choke by Streetz leaves Ray with the task of just completing his turn without interruption, which the witty, veteran battler gamely does.

Verdict: Automatic Ray (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Automatic Ray – “I brought gun’s for the cheddar, that’s mac on mac, ski mask, Jay great, that’s Black on Black!

Jey The Nitewing defeats King HushHush

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Recap: Answering to his opponent daring to use ‘King’ in his stage name with some potent name flips, but also adept at dishing a raspy plate of righteous punches, lyrical stunting and pertinent mayhem, in the face of a gang of mediocre name flips and other pedestrian bars, in this 1-rounder from AHAT Washington, the ‘MadKing’ aka Jey The Nitewing scores an easy vic over King HushHush.

Verdict: Jey The Nitewing (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Jey The Nitewing – “But Hush, ain’t none of that trash going over our heads nigga, thsi ain’t waste management!”

Dre Vishiss defeats Bobby Lee Swagger

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Recap: Dope 1-rounder from AHAT between Bobby Lee Swagger and Dre Vishiss sees Swagger repeatedly score aplenty with some wicked and versatile punches during his turn to force the action and make him hard to beat. However, not to be outdone, a turned-up and slightly more consistent Vishiss uses some spitfire set-ups, gritty gun bars, fire name flips and lucid braggadocio lines to edge the round and earn the win.

Verdict: Dre Vishiss (W) 1-0

Favorite line:  Dre Vishiss – “This Krack [crack] City, we already seen what the shit did to you and Whitney, Bobby!”

Cassidy defeats Dizaster

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Recap: When Dizaster last faced a professional recording artist, Canibus, his notebook-entrenched opponent was so bad and Diz made it look so easy that the idea of the veteran battle rapper ever battling another rapper was a wash. Unfortunately for Diz, that wasn’t was case here as against former street battler Cassidy (from “I’m A Hustla” fame) Dizaster’s pen game fails him big-time with 90% pedestrian bars and rhymes that even when they did hit, ran the same theme of braggadocio lines, predictable personals and standard verbal assaults. But Cassidy, whose magnanimous battle rap face alone gets him points, showed from jump that he wasn’t going pull a Canibus, dishing enough cocky and hard punchlines, gun-laced shiners and a totally on-point of his loquacious opponent to edge round 1, before both battlers dialed it back to split a pretty underwhelming 2nd round, before Cassidy upped the ante again with hardbody schemes and gritty punches/personals to easily take round 3 from a tedious turn by Diz and up his win-loss record to ‘5001-0’.

Verdict: Cassidy (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Cassidy – “I’ll snap and give you head shots like barber pictures!”

Brizz Rawsteen defeats Anubis

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Recap: Anubis has a wide range of bars, but too often his set-ups are elongated and rare does he say anything that’s over-the-top. And in a battle against a performance standout like Brizz Rawsteen, you’re going to need either a better performance or some haymakers and even some personals to win, yet for all of Anubis’ game plan there just wasn’t much of any of those. As for Rawsteen he did his thing, especially in the first two rounds with nice angles, violent themes and aggressive wordplay to earn the win.

Verdict: Brizz Rawsteen (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Brizz Rawsteen – Honestly you living out a movie and your mind it seems, until i try and squeeze a bullet through the back of your eyes, that’s behind the scenes”

B. Magic defeats Conceited

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Recap: One of, if not the most anticipated battle of 2014, B-Magic versus Conceited turns out to be a goodie, especially with a frenzied crowd that was tuned into every punchline, scheme and so-so bar. 1st round, easily the best of the bout, would set the tone early on with a confident Magic dropping consistently spicy punch after punch with rich abandon and timely slices of wit. While the veteran Con would standup to his opponent with an equal fervor via hitting (“Twin guns, I’ll fill drums and you’ll lift them both, I’m the type to raise up two black 4’s to nigga’s like Different Strokes!”) punches/gun bars, jaunty personals and piercing wordplay. After a close opening round (edged here to the performance-heavier Con), however, things would begin to separate a bit as frankly speaking, Magic just kept his knee on Con’s neck, never letting up while dishing another barrage of nifty wordplay, gritty (“If you buggin’ you’ll get sprayed, I exterminated groups, metal talkin’, Con’ll run like Terminator 2!”) name flips and consistently spitfire darts to beat back a pretty solid and witty, but a bit topsy-turvy 2nd by Con and doing more of the same in the deciding 3rd to earn the win.

Verdict: B-Magic (W) 2-1

Favorite line: B-Magic – “Who wildin’ out? Magic palmin’ the biscuit, every motherfucker rollin’ behind Con is gon’ feel it, got a pine box in the cemetery, Con should go visit, this bitch is fucked behind these bars: conjugal visit

T Top defeats Th3 Saga

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Recap: T Top and Th3 Saga put on a nice battle for UFF/SMACK/ URL’S 8 man elimination MC Battle tournament. Both put in work, but Saga’s best moments were somewhat spoiled by a lack of performance and a need to update (using 80s and 90s wrestlers in a scheme just doesn’t go over well) his bars. Meanwhile T Top’s preparation here was especially on point using dope storytelling lines, that sizzling trap talk, a spirited performance and heated (“I don’t give a fuck what your image and status about, you can’t pray fast enough with a gat in ya mouth!”) bars that not only got him the win, but sure as hell made Satan proud.

Verdict: T Top (W) 2-1

Favorite line:  T Top – “My moms was coke pitching, now she a stroke victim, that might be payback from the Lord but we coping with it”

Hemi defeats O’fficial

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Recap: O’fficial goes (“You couldn’t Ice T, my nigga you been afraid, but once I squeeze ’em, they gonna have to get him an aide [lemonade]”) ham on Hemi for a few minutes until an unexpected visit from Earl causes her to lose steam quick in this one-round intergender matchup from NOBL. However, truth be told, despite a need to work on his delivery, with the consistent heat, wild (“How you known for having an outfit problem, rock dirty clothes, but you built like a washing machine?”) personals and spirited punchlines Hemi was spitting, even a stronger showing from O’fficial wouldn’t have been near enough to take this one.

Verdict: Hemi (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Hemi – “You not my sister because I’d kick with you and I love ya, you my sister because ain’t no possible way I’d fuck ya”

DNA defeats Sonny Bamboo

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Recap: Close 3-rounder from Don’t Flop sees the witty puns and piercing punchlines from former Grind Time host Sonny Bamboo score here and there to keep things interesting. But a cleaner-flowing DNA, while not always on his A-game when it came to dope punches, delivers a sufficient amount of haymakers to take the deciding round 3 for the win.

Verdict: DNA (W) 2-1

Favorite line: DNA – “They nicknamed you the leprechuan, but you still ain’t got luck with me, and since I got the juice now, I guess that’s why they gave Sonny [Sunny] D!”

JC and Scripts [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Doomsday Rap Battle brought to you from Rap Grid ends up being a draw as the hardbody punchlines, street missives and mocking personals of Scripts puts enough points on the scoreboard to (round 1: debatable, round 2: Scripts, round 3: JC) matchup equally with the fiery schemes, slinging mayhem and (“You New York nigger’s buck-fifty with the razors, not us, the accuracy too cutthroat!”) piercing punches/name flips of a condensed JC over the course of 3 rounds.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: Scripts – “This Roscoe biscuit, Ricky scratching that Lotto ticket, you don’t even know death coming!”

Chef Trez defeats Riggz

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Recap: Upon dishing punch after punch laced with repeated fire, Chef Trez sums this one-rounder versus Riggz better than I can: ‘You pretty a-ight, but for the most part you rap with filler’.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “I’m a gun holder, you about to take a dirt nap bitch, I done put more nigga’s in box since them thirst trap pics!”

Bigg K defeats B. Magic

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Recap: Short, quick and to the point as Bigg K and B-Magic rep their bars with the quickness of two dudes who came through and left like they were late for a doctor’s appointment or something. Anyway, Bigg K gets this one with a more consistent flow, better overall quality (and quantity) of punches and more variety with his (“You was getting by Fox more than Barack Obama”) bars versus Magic who while spitting fire at times, what with 3 straight condensed rounds just came off like his heart wasn’t that into it.

Verdict: Bigg K (W) 2-1

Favorite line: B-Magic – “I warned dude first, tho we already knew that, i kicked this nigga ass till they asked where my shoe at”

Danny Myers defeats Merrick City

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Recap: Solid, 1-round phone battle between Danny Myers and Merrick City goes Danny’s way as while the punch-heavy M. City made for some quality missives here and there, his overall palette couldn’t quite keep up with a more visceral, versatile, name-flip friendly and boastful Myers.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “My flow excitement, I’m about get to gritty y’all, I’m hiding in his house, I ain’t looking for the mayor but I’m in City hall!”