Recap: Yunno, this talking through someone’s round thing needs to be taken more seriously. Most professional battle rappers already have a hard enough time remembering their raps for the ring and add to that an often noisy crowd and/or entourages that could throw you off at any moment, the idea that Th3 Saga (even tho he was complimentary) would dismiss an important unspoken rule like that and talk throughout Snake Eyez’ raps, just did his opponent and the battle itself a disservice. That said, even without getting too spiritual or biblical in this battle, Saga’s consistently fire punchlines, fiery name flips, righteous gun (!?!) lines, God-body screeds and deft wordplay gets him rounds 1 and 3 here to get him a win over a solid Snake Eyez, who while gritty and flexing with his bars as is his m.o., just wasn’t able to bring the consistent heat and unforced wit that you normally see from the Harlem rapper.
Verdict: Th3 Saga (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Th3 Saga – “Leg shot, made his ACL stop, Broadway Junction!”
