Recap: When a couple of top tier battle rappers both bring their A-game, you have the potential for a epic matchup. And T Top versus Geechi Gotti meets almost all the criteria of being a memorable one: competitive throughout, haymakers raining down everywhere, heavy on the punches/name flips, a stickler for righteous personals and of course all the mayhem/gun talk/gang related spiels that one can stand for. A wittier, just-as-punch-heavy. schemes/storytelling-dishing and personal (“Speaking of last day, you said in January you was going to prison for a year, we was counting too, I guess he got a 5 minute sentence, then got out in 2!”) flexing Top edges a spitfire first round before Geechi unloads again with a just-as-fire-as-his-first, but slightly more versatile, personal (“Cuz the moment you joined NWX, Brizz joined Cave Gang and you was mad about that, so pretendin’ that you not is what we not gon’ do, you and cuz came in together, you was like damn Brizz, you was mad, why he could not go witchu, it instantly reminded you of the relationship witcha mother, ‘cuz now another person that you love chose Roc(k) over you!”) savvy and fire rebuttal spitting 2nd round that easily beats an overall solid and fiery, but not as potent turn by Top. The 3rd and deciding round is a close one with the once-again-rebuttal-kicking Gotti still slinging a diverse and (“I remember being outside shooting, goin’ in the house, my mama be like, ‘Son, be careful. Somebody was just shootin’ outside!'”) steely, but also at times funny barrage of wicked punchlines, while Top mostly went the sermonizing route with a gang of righteous (“If Crips wasn’t so fucking disloyal, Bloods wouldn’t even exist!”) pontifications and other braggadocios lines that brought down a whole lot of heat on his opponent’s well-documented gangster lifestyle. However, the feeling here is a more condensed and unwavering Gotti edging the round for the win.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Only thing scarier than being chased by a shooter, is going to trial and the witness showing up!”
