Recap: Showoff more than makes up for his disappointing PG battle against Brizz Rawstein with a consistent and more focused performance against a quality opponent in Blaksmif. Both started off hot in the 1st round, a (Blaksmif: “You still fucking those dirty birds? grow up, that shit that that bitch be squirting look like throw up”; Showoff: “Tell his mother that Plan B should’ve been Plan one”) barfest of machismo rhymes, jokes and elevated wordplay. Come round two Blaksmif was still firing some heat, the “foundation when we land cum [come]” line serving as the highlight, but not delivering enough hard bars to keep the momentum he earned from round one. On the other hand Showoff stayed hot with mean performance (“I’m two-stepping with a snub nose, I let a bullet dance”) bars, festive wordplay and all-too-gritty punchlines. Last round the bout stayed close with Blaksmif snapping away, but only landing a couple of haymakers, whereas Showoff continued to well….show off, using just enough “lingo flips”, schemes and punches to edge this one at the finish line.
Verdict: Showoff (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Showoff – “I got kids, we call those re-spon-si-bilities, headshot, he gonna lose his response ability!”
