Recap: Rare to see the normally cool and copacetic Tay Roc stumble, much less get out of his comfort zone when it comes to staying professional on stage. But that’s the case here as after a debatable 1st round that saw both Roc and Pat Stay put forth equally hit-n-miss, elongated turns in which they both coincidentally attempted to try out their opponent’s style, Roc literally loses it. Starting with his temper during the 2nd round in the face of Pat Stay’s downright mean personals, smart aleck zingers, dope performance lines and aggressive punchlines. Then when a still heated (and behind one round thanks to Pat’s aforementioned comeuppance in the previous round along with his own penchant for redundant personals and mostly standard punches) Roc finally returned to his gun bar itinerary in the 3rd and despite a stronger turn bar-wise throughout, surprisingly slip-ups twice, leaving Pat Stay, already commanding the stage throughout with epic showmanship, more versatile his bars and schemes, stinging with some fly wordplay and finally with the verbal stamina to drop freestyles and haymakers at random with yet another opportunity to take the round, which the Canadian rapper obliged in kind to win the battle.
Verdict: Pat Stay (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Pat Stay – “People used to fuck with you serious, but nowadays in the URL you don’t get no W’s period!”
