Recap: Jimz, who’s long talked about wanting to battle Math Hoffa, finally gets his shot on the KOTD stage and for the most part, fails to take advantage of the opportunity. The first couple of rounds are all Math, back on his bully shit, but also mixing in some clever schemes, witty bars and a hilarious 2nd round centered on flipping Jimz’ ‘Stop Being Dirty’ slogan for funny storytelling/performance bars on him working at a laundry cleaner (which when you consider what he did at the DNA battle, made a lot of sense) part-time. On the other hand, while the effort was there, Jimz’ first two rounds just seemed to be all over the map, incohesively spitting bars on random subjects with little to connect them with, before literally going into his backpack to pull out a gang of chicken nuggets that made for a major reach (and a messy stage) regarding an incident Hoffa had with Serius Jones years ago. With a chance for a 30 going into the last round, Math being Math as well as being back on the KOTD platform, couldn’t help himself but to bring up, yet again, Dizaster and other stuff that had nothing to do with his opponent–an alright, but beatable round that Jimz slayed with some wicked personals of his own and a couple of hot punchlines that allowed the Queens, NY, rapper to avoid getting shut out.
Verdict: Math Hoffa (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Math Hoffa -“You should battle Surf, I’m telling you, that’ll be a heavy body, ‘cuz you knwo more about Tide…than everybody!”
