Recap: Female battle rap is so drenched in ‘who’s screwing who’ semantics and ghostwriting allegations that when it comes to originality and genuine personals the lines can often get blurred. That aside, as a re-capper who only cares about who rapped better, the idea that Phara Funeral can’t spit her own shit (as QB claims time and time here) just doesn’t hold much weight when you look at some of her past battles (her Viixen The Assassin battle being the best case). Instead, Phara’s main flaw has been a lack of preparation (hence, past chokes and slip-ups). Yet QB, while also dishing her usual m.o. of disrespectful zingers, boastful barbs and resident mayhem, went there with the wordmonger stuff repeatedly, which makes you wonder if that was about ego or the idea that she didn’t pay enough attention to why she lost the Jaz battle. Because lyrically speaking Phara Funeral won this battle. The Bronx emcee taking a page from the Jaz playbook (and also taking advantage of two elongated and often redundant rounds from QB) and using fierce schemes, pretty solid wordplay, fiery gun bars, piercing punchlines and some grating personals to edge rounds 2 and 3 (with nary a slip-up after a debatable 1st) for the vic.
Verdict: Phara Funeral (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Phara Funeral – “The wrong word will get you shot, them slugs burning you out, my shit clickin’, if I’m lickin’, no studs turns turning you out, I send my chicks in to get the kids and my nigga’s fuckin’ ya spouse, everybody will be trading places if gotta usher you out!”
