Recap: In his bid to take on every local battle rap star in the U.S. JC ventures down south to take on Duval County, Florida hometown hero Moses West. After pretty much taking off the first round and allowing Moses to get his (“I’m like Justin Timberlake, how I get rid of JC”) shine in front of his fans, JC wakens up and gets nice with his, edging round two with some pointed rebuts on Moses’ continual jokes on his infamous dance video along with some visceral (“…and with the ratchet in my hand, I’ll clap a LeBron fan, no witnesses”) set-ups and nice punchlines. The last round saw West more concerned with playing to the crowd (perhaps because he thought he had the first couple of rounds in hand) than batting his opponent, giving room for JC to earn the win with some more efficient bars and ardent (“We could have Good Times, but I’m James Evans, even in front of Florida I’m still head of the house”) wordplay.
Verdict: JC (W) 2-1
Favorite line: JC – “My niggas even feel like it’s a bout to pop, them torches getting raised, y’all like when y’all mama used to cut y’all hair, you gotta get forced in to the fade”
