Recap: If battles were based on entertainment alone, E. Ness would’ve won this one hands down. What with a steady stream of loud (“A headshot in broad daylight, that’s how you daydream!”) performance bars that kept him in this battle against Steams–especially in round two where his enduring theatrics were nimbly weaved with frenzied (“You a bitch with a dream like Coretta King, treat you like a bill collector, I’mma let it ring!”) bars and rich (“Fuck a drive-by, I’ll do it on a hoverboard!”) line execution–Ness was able to keep the crowd hype throughout. Still, for all his entertainment value it’s too bad that Ness still often suffers from dated bars and elementary school (“You softer than an elephant”) filler. The latter two elements of which makes you appreciate even more here, a way more consistent (and more importantly concise) Steams’ penchant of dishing nifty (“Code word: river, and my nigga’s put E’s bae in the East bay or strip for them, I done sat in front of more bodies than a speed date!”) put more bodies wordplay, fierce (“He’s a self-proclaimed legend, I be with with Chess, I don’t play checkers, you can’t King yourself!”) personals and stinging (“If I toss him a shot, I don’t expect to get it back…like a pass to Melo!”) punchlines that got him rounds 1 and 3 along with the win here.
Verdict: Steams (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Steams – “You say a lot of fuck shit while you winded, you need to pause more!”
