Recap: Dope PG battle between J. Murda and newcomer Big Hann with plenty of street chatter, ringing gun bars and some crazy nice wordplay from both battlers. I got Murda edging round one, after Hann’s put on a worthy (“Everybody wanna be in the spotlight, till we tell ’em to reach…and [reaches hand out like gun] put a dot in they face!”) display of sizzling (“Y’all let a lad in [Aladdin] , but got mad when he stole the bread!”) bars during his turn, Murda brought his own palette of steady heat with a richer (“Automatic and an automatic, I’m steering with an armload….[puts hands like’s driving and holding gun] it look like I’m stick-shifting!”}performance bars and a slightly better bar quotient. But credit Hann’s for sticking in there and stepping it up in round two with nicer wordplay, real (“My life consist of scrapping and clapping, a bunch of one-night stands…how I kept resorting back to the magnum!”) rap shit and aggressive (“This how you kill a nigga, I keep the silver by my back, you dealing with a gorilla nigga, but try to run and that wild shit will cover ya back like a chinchilla, nigga!”) haymakers that landed hard. And while Murda stayed consistent with righteous (“Relax chump, got mad guns, the impact make a tin can out of a Mack truck!”) lines that for the most part hit their mark, it just wasn’t enough to take the round. Continuing to impress for his hometown of Philly, Hann’s stayed solid in the last round with gritty braggadocio (“You a fan and you been one before you got a wave, spoiled kid first day of school…nigga I’m rocking J’s!”; “I only gave a [points hand like shank] tip, because I knew there was a stab behind it!”) bars and seering street tales. But just when you might’ve counted Murda out, he whips out an assortment of goodies including convincing (“A head shot, he fall asleep forever…and dream nuthin!”; “Stop being a bozo Daffy, but if I shoot you better duck clown or get the cal popping on you like Kung Pow”) urban theatrics, fiery punchlines and vibrant (“Ain’t no Love in Hip-Hop, if you butt in [Budden], you gotta deal with the Consequence!”) wordplay–a more versatile turn that got him the win in what was a very close and exciting battle throughout.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: J. Murda – “I got too many fucking demons boy, I talk to them on the regular, that shit happens often…only nigga with more monsters in his head than me, is Magic Johnson!”)
