Recap: A 3-rounder from URL’s ‘Banned’ series sees Jae Millz arguably at this best since the Harlem vet made his most recent comeback to battle rap. The former Young Money signee dishing a trio of sound, quality rounds that while featuring his usual m.o. of earnest boasts and gritty lyricism, was also highlighted when the usually one-note Millz flexed his funny bone a bit and added some witty barbs to the mix. That said, outside of a debatable round 2, this one was all Cortez with the Brooklyn emcee spouting a bunch of hard street rhymes, stinging personals, bodacious punches/gun bars and feelgood name flips/wordplay that especially lit up the scoreboard in rounds 1 and 3 for the win.
Verdict: Cortez (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Cortez – “They say battle rappers can’t make music, well since you put us in that box I’m returnung the favor!”
