Recap: “and tell the dda-dda-Don I don’t do rematches!” When you’re on record as having one of (and arguably the only) the few victories over the likes of Hollow da Don, yuu got every reason to not want to ever do a rematch. But 9 years after their infamous Fight Klub battle, here we are, Arsonal vs Hollwo on the URL/Smack stage and for the most part it’s a goodie with both battlers kicking a boatload of lyrical shiners, personal barbs and assorted gun bars/heaters to keep you nicely tuned to the screen. Intense throughout with a cameo appearance from the Yankee fitted and jacket that Hollow wore in their first battle, for all of Arsonal’s comeuppance bar-wise (surprisingly, da Rebel really didn’t get too disrespectful until round 3) overall, in each round Hollow just came one better. The dda-Don using his turns to show off an interchangeable flow, gritty wordplay, witty darts, potent schemes/personals, residual (“I’ll nail both of ya feet to the floor and slap-box you!”) mayhem and a fire rebuttal in the 3rd round to beat his longtime nemesis, who for the most part came with it, was consistently aggressive throughout and dropped some lofty (“When you scream ‘Loyalty over money’, nigga we know you bluffing, Math thought he was a nigga he could lean on, come to find out you just some Robitussin!”) haymakers of his own, but in the long run suffered from too many throwaway bars as well as an opponent for whom this battle probably meant a little more extra to.
Verdict: Hollow da Don (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Hollow da Don – “Didn’t you and your baby mom’s break up?, ain’t irony a bitch, this nigga done rapped about everybody’s kids, now he gotta get permission to see his!”
