Recap: Can’t front, close battle, almost too close, almost a debatable. But after a few listens the edge goes to Yung Ill only because the feeling here is that he put more effort into the battle while outbarring (not so much haymakers, but a lot of jabs/punches) and using more angles on K-Shine, who relied a little too heavily on performance and a few angles in which only one stood out (Ill stretching his schemes was nice, the ‘Who Is This Nigga?’ semantics was ok, but the ‘Is Ill Gay?’ shit has been played to death). Then too the Hitman Holla remix, while funny to watch, didn’t quite hit on effect and Shine’s attempt to pack so much heat in short rounds was sorta hit (that “You stop for a minute and stretch every line and then you started using hard” line in round 3 had to hurt) or miss while overall Ill was more consistent with the bars, storytelling, punchlines and performance.
Verdict: Yung Ill (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Yung Ill – “I could talk about his priorities but ‘X’ that, I’m a contract killer I’m just signing where the ‘x’ at!”
