Recap: Along with basically retiring Okwerdz from battle rap, Rone made a name for himself during the old Graind Time days with an eccentric delivery, congenial white-boy swag, self-deprecating bars and more-often-than-not wicked comedic timing. Add on the repeated name flips and while not much has changed strategy wise, it was still enough to beat an inconsistent Big T during his appearance on the KOTD stage. T takes the first round with a better performance and more variety to his bars, which included enough gun sounds to make one think they were visiting a gun range instead of a rap battle. Yet during a 2nd round that his opponent pretty much handed him on a platter, while Rone’s delivery was little off, he still managed to earn an unexpected dance from Big T with his caustic (“Bro, I can’t even hang with T cuz son stressing, he thinks everything is a drug or a gun reference, like I said Molly, Miley and Nina is in the back of the whip, he said pills, coke and a nine? I said no, actual chicks”) wit, hitting bars and some frenetic wordplay. Last round saw Big T hit with some dope (“You like Brad Pitt in Fight Club, they got you out here looking crazy beating yourself up”) personals, but his sardonic angle on Rone’s presumed lifestyle could’ve and should’ve hit a lot harder. And while Rone went predictable with the fat themes during round 3, he still killed it with too-funny one-liners and enough real life (“You are inconvenient to be around, how awful does that feel?) bars to gain the win.
Verdict: Rone (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Big T – “You king? I heard you was selling coke in college to all your rich white friends, shit I walk up to you like ‘Hi guys’ [slaps hands] giving high fives, I’ll fit right in”
