Recap: Kicked off by one of the best first rounds you’ll ever see in battle rap, KG The Poet and B-Magic put on a barfest for the Smack/URL West coast crowd. Except for possibly rhyming too long, KG’s opening round was pure fire with fierce (“Yeah your bars is top tier, but your actual punches? them shits in the actual proving ground”) personals, damning name flips and righteous gun (“That chop…got a kick…strong as une botte, the goons out to stomp you out, you’ll see nuthin’ but Jordan’s Chuck Taylor’s and tube socks, that’s different kicks!””) bars being spat at a blinding clip. Indeed, it’d take an epic round to top KG’s first and Magic delivers with stupendous (“Me and Ooops don’t shoot clowns, we ain’t equal till kg see 2.2 pounds”) haymakers, intoxicating wordplay and of course, a steady stream of crazy (“Scope biggest bitch from the roof, I’m Higher Learning ya!”) punchlines that would leave most opponents dazed and confused. With nowhere to go but down on the intensity and competitive tenacity in round 2, both battlers still brought the heat. KG continued to make waves with an intense flow backed by robust (“Before you get cooked, get wet with the bread like French toast!”) bars, while B Magic put forth a more cursory round that still had (“This not a battle, I’m rapping strong for it, this more like spoken word because I’m snapping on Poet”) a solid impact. Tho he still managed to drop some gems (“Even tho I had to profit from it, I still hate the brown more than Donald Trump!”) here and there, a little too much pontificating and less flavorful bars hurt KG in the last round, more than enough for Magic to get the dub with more profound bars and some spine-tingling (“I will spike ya moms drink, making the Bill Cosby face, then proceed to choke ya Bird like Doctor J!”) wordplay.
Verdict: B-Magic (W) 2-1
Favorite line: B-Magic – “You’ll get drugged in the back like Walgreens!”
