Recap: Bill Collector’s capacity for providing (“Better yet, let’s have a two nigga’s that can’t fight, fight!”) wit, urban street semantics and performance-rich theater are a welcome addition to almost any battle. But when the Pennsylvania rapper is able to add some top-notch bars to his arsenal, he makes for a formidable opponent against any battler, including here against T-Top. Still, while BC sometimes gritty trap talk, humorous anecdotes and other festive name flips/punchlines make for a competitive battle and even a debatable 2nd round, overall ‘The Bear’ would prove to be too much, lyrically wrecking BC in the 1st round with his own series of steely (“If I ever hear he making a statement, I’ll put his face in the pavement then drop off half of Bill like a payment arrangement!”) name flips, fire rebuts to ward off his opponent’s more pointed personals and spitfire schemes as well a more personal 3rd round/closing verse littered with fiery set-ups, well-lit pontifications and a boatload of searing punchlines to take each round and the battle.
Verdict: T-Top (W) 2-1
Favorite line: T-Top – “You got knocked out, I fell on stage, just know the difference, the fans killed me, [but] I took my lick like a Prohibition!”
