Recap: The Philly battle rapper’s need for more intricacy within their bars displays itself again as while Cyssero spouted more consistency and a better flow here against Ty Law than he did a few months earlier against Cortez, his mostly hard lines and straightforward delivery just couldn’t hang with a more elaborate punchline (“Your pen game like Rogue off X-men, feel her [filler] is hurting you!”) feen, personals (“Me and Cortez ruined ya buzz, my question is who killed him more, Court or Law?…YOU be the judge!”) stalwart and jaunty (“You got frail hands, you ain’t poppin’ no gun, it’s gonna be a nasty sight, tell Th3Saga don’t run!”) wordsmith in Law. So while Cyss’ penchant for guns bars were drenched in cinematic sound bites (and he did manage to spit some (“If I don’t give him a shot, I still Set It Off, you Vivica Fox, eat the butt of the 50!”) fire at times) too often they lacked the adroitness, bite and animated pizzazz of a Big T. So indeed, while the (“I throw lead, go ‘head with the hype shit, AR hit ya car and make it do bike tricks!”) talent is certainly there, if Philly’s best are going to continue to take on the URL’s best, they’re not going to have to catch up to the slick proficiency of battle rapper’s more elite, but come more consistent and even look into drafting a different game plan.
Verdict: Ty Law (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Ty Law – “Your time to blow done, your chances like Daylyt [daylight] vs O Red battle, because Day died and [in] ’01 [O won]”
