Recap: Take out the Th3 Saga slipping up twice in the 3rd round and what you have is a pretty dope and exhilarating matchup between him and Swave Sevah on the URL stage. Swave, confidently mixing it up with demonic (“You’ll help me bro?, yo that’s righteous…aight what if I say I confess, I’m possessed, but I like it!”; “Show up to your church sermon dressed as a voodoo witch doctor…and bless your collection plate with $6.66!”) punches that made you scowl, some (“You Christian right? yeah, you know who else claim to be Christian? Klan members….you know who they known for killing, right?…your ancestors”) food for thought, rich set-ups with even more profound angles and gritty street talk throughout his three rounds…had what most would say was more than enough to win. However, in rounds 1 and 2, Th3 Saga did just enough to do his opponent better. Delivering potent (“That’s straight work, you a Mase verse, I could see the fake past the rhyme!”) eulogies along with age (“Swave, you’re so old, I don’t even know if you’re African American!”; “Old rappers get rocked in the 90’s, I’ll FUBU fit you!”) jokes that hit, potent wordplay and jaunty (“Get tougher, you lost touch with the Faith…BIG’s mother!”; “You got back on Smack and died in front of his set…that’s Chris Tucker!”) punches from all sorts of directions, Th3 Saga edged (“You got cornrows and muscular dystrophy…”) the opening rounds, withstood a strong 3rd by Swave and hung on for the win.
Verdict: Th3 Saga (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Swave Sevah – “You don’t get it, I would trade you for Mo, Arch, PH and Sean Price any day, and that ain’t even disrespecting, you wanna be in heaven anyway!”
