Recap: Well, that was…weird, entertaining and I guess highly appropriate for a Halloween match. In a one-round battle of face-paint battlers that kind of reminded you of 80’s wrestling bouts, Reepah Rell and The Joker competitively go at it and bring the whole deck out. Reepah, while struggling with his flow a little bit here and there, still manages to impress what with salacious (“Let me change the pace, big gun, arrange his face, the Nina singing at Funeral…that’s Amazing Grace!”) wordplay, intricate set-ups and witty set-ups with stealth abandon. While Joker (coupled with a cameo appearance from his homie The Riddler) kept your attention with not only his colorful mask, but sporadic, yet heated (“Blow your face on the opposite side of Gwitty face, now you’re mismatched!”) punchlines along with a handful of hilarious “deadbeat bars” towards the end. All in all, a pretty good battle, with a way more consistent Reepah earning the win.
Verdict: Reepah Rell (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Reepah Rell – “I’m talking facelifts, all my nigga’s shoot, even my brother Drew [drew]…Everybody Hates Chris!”
