Recap: Incredibly long one here (like an hour-an-a-half, which has to be a record for a 3-round battle) between Dizaster and a returning-to-the-scene-after-9-years Soul Khan on the KOTD stage, despite it’s excessive, unlimited rounds, can still serve as tutorial to some of today’s top tier battle rappers who struggle at times with preparation, what with neither Diz or Khan even slipping up once with their bars during this lengthy battle. Still, an effigy in consumption you’d think for even the biggest battle rap fans, altogether the bout itself was pretty solid. Never the typical battle emcee, yet previously known as a witty and sometimes scathing puncher back in his heyday, the now politically-bent Socialist (and apparently a huge Bernie Sanders fan) Khan had no problem inserting his leftist ideologies into his pallette, when he wasn’t going at Diz with a bunch of witty barbs on his opponent’s poetry skills, calling out Diz’s often chaotic temperament and also getting bust at times with some nifty punchlines. But in an elongated battle that even had host Organik looking like he might fall asleep at times, Dizaster would be in his bag (esp. during a superlative round 1) for the entire night, the former King of the Dot champ scoring left and right with a plethora of sizzling bars on white guilt & liberal victimhood, a too-funny impression of Khan, ill breakdowns on Khan’s formerly blistering/and highly personal battle rap theatrics when compared to the PC showman he reps onstage today, politically-bent struggle bars/lesson plans, a wide array of steely/witty/mocking personals, righteous multi’s/mayhem and a boatload of piercing name flips/punches. And while Soul Khan did pretty well for two rounds (not including a so-so 3rd) making for a solid comeback, the more haymaker-lit, versatile and angle-rich Diz still gets the 30 here.
Verdict: Dizaster (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Dizaster – “Got so out of touch, he’s like Al Bundy to us now, which means your battles with Madness, Fox, Deacon and QP would be your 4 famous touchdowns…fuck outta here, you like Gjonaj of Polk High!”
