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Mister Greco

Battle rap enthusiast living in Timbuktu

Chef Trez and Jerry Wess [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: A fire URL 3-round “Redemption 4” card battle here between Jerry Wess and Chef Trez, showcases each battler on their A-game. The Chef, on point as usual with a boatload of stealth (“You are not Chef, you better move away before this tool get sprayed, I’ll have a switch for Wess [West] out the blue like the Luka trade!”) gun bars, fiery name flips, clever “How to scam right” tutorials and stinging off-the dome heat. Meanwhile, Mr. Wess would come correct with a gang of hard-hitting punchlines (especially during a spitfire round 2), wily name flips, piercing similes, a couple of fly rebuttals of his own and a crazy NYC scheme. Close throughout, a crazy haymaker of a rebuttal at the end of his round (which up till then was equally punch-lit on both sides) would edge Chef round 1. The 2nd round while competitive, saw Wess performing crazy and consistently punching at such a sublime level (i.e. classic) that even a pretty solid and gritty turn by Trez couldn’t keep up. In the deciding 3rd, despite struggling a bit with his flow, Wess would still deliver a dope, punch-worthy and winnable turn. But never one to slouch, the Chef would come back with some fire rebuttals that coupled with a well-themed, righteously personal and fierce 3rd to force a tie and overall, a debatable battle.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “You did a freestyle about me petting a llama, that shit wasn’t true neither, P’ll kidnap your bitch at the same place with the animals let the zoo keep her [zookeeper]!”

Danny Myers defeats Covid B

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Recap: From Takeova Battle League, via a bunch of wily name flips, boastful barbs, piercing off-the-dome heat, hard-hitting personals and stinging/mayhem-lit punchlines, despite tapering off a bit towards the end of his round, a slightly more condensed and bar efficient Danny Myers is able to edge this 1-rounder over a pretty solid, gritty and bodacious effort from Covid B.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “This gangster image you trying to sell us?, it’s not a real person, last time Covid shut down a Vegas strip, it didn’t happen…we was still surfing!”

T-Top defeats Kid Chaos

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Recap: From URL, it’s South Carolina (Kid Chaos) versus North Carolina (T-Top) for 3 rounds in a competitive battle that mostly littered with greasy personals, rich metaphors, bountiful Carolina=isms, boastful barbs and witty puns. And with the set-up/punchline and name flip crazy Top scoring more haymakers to handily take round 1, before a gritty, funny at times and personal-lit Chaos returned the favor in round 2. Tied going into round 3, armed with some wily off-the-dome shiners and a boatload of versatile/piercing personals, despite another pretty solid turn by his opponent, it’s the more consistently hitting Top who would take the 3rd for the win.

Verdict: T-Top (W) 2-1

Favorite line: T-Top – “I grandfathered you in, so when it comes to emergency contact for Kid, my name at the top of the list!”

JC defeats Real Deal

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Recap: From URL’s ‘Redemption 4’ card, after the slightly more condensed Real Deal uses a bunch of witty personals and wily/obscure punches to edge round 1 over opponent JC’s more death-gripping parlance, the Michigan vet makes him pay for it in both of the latter two rounds. Indeed, even while Real Deal stayed competitive, JC would prove to be too much. The EFB member upping the ante and dishing a gang of sublime set-up/punchlines, boastful barbs, stinging wordplay and fiery gun bars to score haymakers amd take rounds 2 and 3 for the comeback win.

Verdict: JC (W) 2-1

Favorite line: JC – “Or the lead pop, bitch I step with no brakes like we in Bedrock!”

Jakkboy Maine defeats J2

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Recap: From URL, some hiccups with his flow, but it’s mostly a fiery J2 via a gang of salacious gun bars, who upends Jakkboy Maine in round 1 of this 3-rounder. However, while 2 still got busy with a bunch of gritty punches/personals and even more of the fierce gun lines we’re used to seeong from him in both of the latter rounds, Jakkboy would do him better. The former Goonie utilizing a boatlaod of ill set-up/punchlines, righteous darts, witty personals and stinging metaphorical tropes to edge rounds 2 and 3 for the win.

Verdict: Jakkboy Maine (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Jakkboy Maine – “The nigga retarded, gay and from the Midwest, where they aired his death and nobody checked him, yeah and I’m the cable provoder so he died on 3 different Spectrum’s!”

Chess defeats Chuck Book

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Recap: From Gates of the Garden, ganging up on opponent Chuck Book (who was actually pretty solid here) with a plethora of fire name flips, piercing wordplay and gritty punchlines/gun bars, Chess earns himself a 30 in what was a competitive 3-rounder.

Verdict: Chess (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Chess – “And just know I ain’t one of those nigga’s you could smoke, get toe-tagged, I’ll turn this Book into a footnote!”

Real Name Brandon defeats Kayo

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Recap: From Takeova Battle League, with plenty of fiery gun bars a blazing and other noteworthy street semantics adrift, Vegas battler Kayo offers up a competitive effort in this 1-rounder vs. Real Name Brandon. However, via a gang of rapid-fire punches that scored with its airy similes and consistent mayhem to go along with a bunch of fire name flips, hard street tales and feelgood gun lines, it’s RNB who scores more than enough haymakers to take this one in the end.

Verdict: Real Name Brandon (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Real Name Brandon – “I’m notches above you, you gotta show me, ‘cuz every other day we had to throw [balls up hands like fists] these, my block was like Animal Planet, nuthin’ but pitbull’s and parolees!”

Mike P and Shooney Da Rapper

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Recap: SMH. Versus a mostly subpar (esp. the 2nd half of his round 2) punching Mike P, in this 3-rounder from Chrome 23, Shooney Da Rapper’s well-documented struggles with her flow once again come back to her bite her. The ‘Black Widow’ handily taking the aforementioned 2nd round with a blistering turn that featured both heavy (“Trust me, you don’t wanna play, I’ll backhand him, now Remy gotta edit out the SMACK in a different way!”) punches and personals during a consistently aggressive run with nary an unforced error. But after a debatable round 1 that while serving as her opponent’s best turn, still saw a slightly punch-heavier Shooney fumble the ball flow-wise to make it a tie, a pretty pedestrian round by Mike (who outside of rapping about Shooney’s husband, also struggled with content here) sees him edge it anyway after his opponent counters with a mid/flow-challenged turn that she nearly choked away.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Mike P – “Your bars?, Haki trash, whoever wrote it should stop, your feet stink, I could smell your toes through your holes in your socks!”

Xcel defeats Ave

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Recap: Dope 3-rounder here between Ave and Xcel, brought to you from the good folks at TBL. Ave, surrounding an always hard-hitting punch game with a gang of hitting name flips, boastful barbs and stinging personals. While Xcel came with a boatload of piercing wordplay, some witty personals/storytelling and wily punches that for the most part landed. A gutsy and competitive performance from both battlers, it’s a slightly more haymaker-lit and bar efficient Ave who takes round 1, before Acel came back and returned the favor in both the 2nd and 3rd rounds for the win.

Verdict: Xcel (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Xcel – “How a nigger that punch too unhealthy to fight for real?, you slide and drill?, and what you pulling up shit and kicking doors?, nigga how you testing hearts when yours need shots of Lipitor?!”

A. Ward defeats Steams

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Recap: In this 1-rounder (that incredibly enough doesn’t start until the 7-plus minute mark) from Street Talk Ent, A. Ward uses a variety of spicy sport schemes, solid name flips, witty personals, boastful barbs and wily punchlines to edge a lyrical with some gritty wordplay/punches here and there, but mostly pedestrian Steams.

Verdict: A. Ward (W) 1-0

Favorite line: A. Ward – “I already killed J2, you ain’t nobody special, I went from him downstairs to HIM upstairs and now I’m showing you levels!”

DNA defeats Dre Dennis

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Recap: From GOTG, a pretty good and equally competitive 1-rounder here between DNA and Dre Dennis with plenty of roundhouse punchlines, witty/righteous personals, lofty name flips and mayhem-lit gun and yes knife lines. Nonetheless, via spicier wordplay as well as a plethora of gritty bars that overall were slightly more haymaker-lit, it’s DNA who ends up edging this one.

Verdict: DNA (W) 1-0

Favorite line: DNA – “Fucking with me was the wrong option, I don’t care how he may feel, this ain’t gonna be a happy ending, DeShawn Watson!”

Ill Will defeats Times

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Recap: From MMTV, not the cleanest Ill Will round what with a mid-round slip-up. But thanks in part to his opponent Times (who via a bunch of gritty street bars and piercing punches was pretty solid throughout here) rapping twice as long as he did, a slightly more bar efficient, off-the-dome hitting, name flip scoring, gun bar-lit and hard-hitting with the personals & punchlines Ill Will is able to edge this competitive 1-rounder.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Ill Will – “I’m known everywhere, if you go to the East coast you better tuck ya chin, down there in the South you better act like you my fucking friend, I could get you fired on in L.A….like a gust of wind!”

Woosaah defeats Jakkboy Maine

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Recap: From URL’s Nexus card, yeah even in light of a dope showing from Woosaah, can’t blame Jakkboy Maine for feeling like he should’ve had this one. The Richmond, VA, battler (after losing round 1 to his more haymaker-lit opponent) having to cut what was presumably a superb round 2, seemingly due to issues with his breathing and overall health. That would leave the crazy-punching, gritty, personal-lit and simile outstanding Woosaah with the win before Jakk would change up his flow/cadence and deliver a punch-heavy and fire 3rd to avoid the shutout.

Verdict: Woosaah (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Woosaah – “We rep the same flag but you ain’t part of my team bra, ironic he a Blood and every other day he C’s up!”

Charron and Ill Will [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: From Chrome 23, a fire 3-rounder between Charron and Ill Will that besides the usual menu items we’re accustomed to seeing from each battler, also surprisingly featured more off-the-dome heat from Will than his freestyle-prone Wild-n-Out opponent. Despite a bullish, gritty and competitive effort from Will in round, the opening round would go to the punch-crazy, (“This Freddy Kruger vs, Meek Mill, a nightmare to a dream chaser!”) boastful and more haymaker-lit Charron. Starting out the gate with a crazy and superb rebuttal, a righteous at times, personal-spazzing, witty, gun bar piercing, set-up/punchline spicy and bodacious Ill Will would come back to the second round over a pretty solid overall, but elongated effort from Charron. Tied going into round 3, Charron would dish yet another punch and personal-heavy round that while lengthy and prone to some pedestrian bars here and there, still kept the crowd hyped and scored aplenty. And while Will would utilize a convenient race angle against a white rapper in the 3rd, his sturdy combo of fly (including a mid-rounder) rebuttals, hard-hitting personals, steely punches and stinging pontifications in an equally efficient turn would earn the Yak-town battler a draw in the deciding round and a debatable altogether.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Ill Will – “STFU, let’s get this grudge out, I got money for a lawyer, you got money for a judge, I got money for the nigga to take the judge out!”

A. Ward defeats J2

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Recap: From Calicoe’s BMBL league, outside of a lazy gay/race angle in round 2, a bunch of pedestrian bars and a handful of slip-ups throughout his 3 rounds, J2 manages to unleash a solid, gun/street bars-heavy and gritty effort in front of a Detroit crowd that was into the entire battle. Too bad that A. Ward just on one here. The Kansas battler delivering a superb opening round, littered with a gang of righteous darts, fly name flips, mocking/witty personals, dope punchlines and fiery off-the-dome heat that combined to handily take the opener. Then in round 2 exposing the advantages and drawbacks of being a prominent gay rapper in battle rap while also dishing plenty of fly rebuttals and hitting punches/personals. Already up 2-0, Ward would bring down the energy a bit and offer up a solid and punch-worthy 3rd that coupled with J2 struggling with his flow to the point that he had to cut his round short, easily gave A. Ward he 30.

Verdict: A. Ward (W) 3-0

Favorite line: A. Ward – “Hey, listen to this, ‘cuz this how the story goes, Smack called your phone, you was giving some head!”

Hansel defeats Dice

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Recap: From URL’s Nexus card, yeah even if it’s a chick flashing her titties mid-round, you can’t let distractions get in your head and mess up your flow. Not in battle rap anyway (esp. a judged one as was the case here). As while Hansel pulls a J-Murda and pulls out his phone while his opponent raps, causing a huge slip-up (not a choke) by Dice (who was pretty solid, flippant with the personals and lyrical throughout), the feeling here is that the EFB member out-rapped his opponent in round 1 anyway. Hansel using some scathing personal breakdowns, gritty punches, fly wordplay and fiery name flips/gun bars to take both of the opening (esp. in round 2 where he was more haymaker-lit) rounds for the win before a debatable 3rd made it 2-1

Verdict: Hansel (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Hansel – “We will kidnap his bitch real, if we find out where she at, it’s a stripper’s Instagram, lock her [locker] in the back!”

Jey The Nitewing defeats Sheed Happens

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Recap: Always nice to see a style clash as the righteous, poetic stylings of Jey The Nitewing faces off against the performance-lit, florescent synergy of Sheed Happens in a dope 3-rounder from URL’s Nexus card. And with both battlers seemingly intent on making 2025 their year, this one was doozy. Nitewing coupling his esoteric pontifications with a gang of piercing name flips, earnest/steel-toed raps, ill style breakdowns and some hitting metaphors, while Sheed kept it gritty with a boatload of fly personals, performance-lit punches and stinging wordplay. Close throughout, but with Sheed hurting himself a bit with elongated and slightly less efficient rounds in the 2nd and 3rd, after a debatable round 1, it’s the more witty and methodical Nitewing who takes round 2 and edges round 3 for the win.

Verdict: Jey The Nitewing (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Jey The Nitewing – “As a writer you sacrifice relevance, you choose embellishment, a beauty mark from a blemish and you overselling it, must be a Maryland element!”

Cortez and K1ng [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Fire 3-rounder here from Chrome 23 between Detroit up-n-comer K1ng and Brooklyn vet Cortez. The former scoring left and right with a (“You gonna be hooked up to machines once a slug fire, he go from writing haymakers to hearing a beeping noise…his heart monitor reacting to a one-liner!”) plethora of crazy (esp. mid-round in the 2nd) punchlines, flippant name flips and dope wordplay throughout. While ‘Tez came hardbody with a gang of gritty street raps, righteous darts, some fiery trap talk and other lyrical burners and piercing gun bars that for the most part hit. A close one all the way through, with the help of some nice off-the-dome heat, it’s K1ng who edges round 1 before an equally efficient and haymaker-lit round 2 comes up a tie before the more steady hitting Cortez took the 3rd for the win there, thus making this one a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Cortez – “I’m so gutta, .40 Cal bone crusher, pole clutcher, Rocky in the meat freezer King, I’m a cold puncher!”

Jerry Wess defeats J2

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Recap: Except for when he got in his own way during this battle with some slip-ups (esp. in round 3) here and there, Jerry Wess utilizes a bunch of fiery schemes, witty gay jokes, mayhem-lit punchlines and searing name flips to coast to an easy victory over a loud and gritty, but mostly mid J2. The Brooklyn, NY, battler handily taking rounds 1 and 2 for the win, before losing out on a shutout (tho he did have a gang of fire punches) thanks to an elongated stumble mid-round in round 3 of this URL Nexus card.

Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “Nigga you think you tough ‘cuz you went to prison bitch?, nigga when will you learn, you think I’m supposed to believe 2 way street when it’s a nigga that made 2 turn!”

Arsonal defeats Chef Trez

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Recap: You know Chef Trez might be in some trouble when he barely rebuttals or freestyle’s. Indeed, outside of a seismic, gritty and haymaker-lit round 3 that he handily took, in this Nexus bout from URL, while he was still able to deliver a couple of pretty rounds, Trez’s inability (or choice) to dish any off-the-dome heat ends up costing him here against Arsonal. Da Rebel, while still a bit smitten with subpar here and there, overcoming that with a gang of piercing braggadocious raps, disrespectful personals, able wit, hitting trap talk and filthy name flips/punchlines in both of the opening rounds to out-punch his opponent and earn the win.

Verdict: Arsonal (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Arsonal – “I hold Nina tight at night, that’s a cuddle, show up to ya funeral, open the casket just to tell you I’m still waiting on that rebuttal!”

Marqo Mazii defeats Fonz

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from Full Effect Battles, gritty Cincinnati up-n-comer Marqo Mazii’s slightly more consistently nice punch game is enough to edge a pretty solid, but sometimes flat (esp. when it came to name flips and bullish darts) performance by Fonz.

Verdict: Marqo Mazii (W)

Favorite line: Marqo Mazii – “Oh y’all gonna make me mad tonight, trying to figure out how y’all ain’t catch that shit like Magic’s wife!”

O-Red defeats Emerson Kennedy

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Recap: From RBE, nice comeback here by O-Red. The Jersey vet, while unfocused in a round 1 that also saw him get obliterated by the righteous darts, spicy personals and boastful barbs from Emerson Kennedy, get back on his grind, come back with a crazy, gritty and punch-heavy round 2 to tie things up before continuing his burst of killer wordplay, filthy schemes/punches, gutsy sports bars, off-the-dome heat and flippant/witty personals to take the deciding 3rd round over another pedestrian effort from EK and gain the win.

Verdict: O-Red (W) 2-1

Favorite line: O-Red – “Fuck it let’s really play, cig with a silencer that’s an NDA!”

Chef Trez defeats V-Gotti

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Recap: From Aftermath Battle League, definitely a Gentlemen’s 30 as a really dope (esp. in round 2) rebuttal game and a bunch of gritty/pretty solid punches from V-Gotti kept the Louisiana battler competitive for 3 rounds. But with the likes of Chef Trez solid isn’t enough as the ATL vet would unleash a gang of sizzling trap talk, fiery gun bars, hard-hitting name flips/metaphors and cold-blooded, mayhem-drenched punchlines to score more haymakers in each round to earn a shutout.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “You a damn clown, I’ll put him in the dirt, bow ya head, by the time they look it’s in for Church, 30 rounds, let a semi burst, it look like a whole leg hanging out the ratchet…it’s a mini-skirt!”

Killa B defeats Rum Nitty

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Recap: From Black Ice Cartel, a dope 3-rounder between Killa B and Rum Nitty sees the former (after getting edged to his slightly more haymaker-lit opponent in round 1) stick to a hard-hitting gameplan that ran the myriad of gritty name flips to nifty wordplay/similes to festive gun bars to stinging punchlines and fiery street lines, thus earning the hometown, Milwaukee, WI, rapper the edge in rounds 2 and 3 for a nice comeback win.

Verdict: Killa B (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Killa B – “So bro fuck it, who thought I couldn’t go toe-to-toe with buddy, think NBA in-season tournament…the flow [floor] is ugly!”

Chef Trez defeats Swervoo

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Recap: From OSBL, a pretty good 1-rounder between Chef Trez and Swervoo features plenty of fiery gun bars from both battlers as well as a boatload of gritty punches, gratuitous flexing and hitting name flips. Definitely a close one, but after (for him, anyway) a bit of a slow start, it’s the slightly more punch-heavy and haymaker-lit Trez who edges it in the end.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “They don’t see no ‘g’ in him, I feel like I’m getting my license when I’m gripping heat killer, you know how they give you a number before you get to meet with ’em?, it’s the same here, because you’ll see A40 [a .40] flash on a DMV nigga!”

Arsonal defeats Coach Corleone

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Recap: From RBE, a blazing round 1 that was heavy on the braggadocious darts, systematic gun lines and gritty punchlines and a pretty solid 2nd round that contained all of the above when it came to a fly mid-round rebuttal, rich similes, hard-hitting street bars and piercing punches/name flips, allows Arsonal to take both of the opening rounds over a pretty mid-punching Coach Corleone for the win in this 3-rounder. Helped by bit by da Rebel choking away his 3rd, the more steady and punch-lit Corleone would handily take the final round and avoid a shutout.

Verdict: Arsonal (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Arsonal – “Even before Crippin’ I was pushing blues like Miles Davis!”

T-Top defeats Big Chauncey

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Recap: From Full Effect Batttle League, in a competitive 1-rounder filled with plenty of rigid street darts, gutsy trap talk and gritty punches, despite a pretty solid turn by Big Chauncey (esp. towards the end of his round), it’s still the slightly more bar efficient, build-up dope and haymaker-lit T-Top who pulls out the win.

Verdict: T-Top (W) 1-0

Favorite line: T-Top – “I don’t care if you got home field advantage, just know that the bases loaded, I’ll drive through the ‘Nati with a whip from Cleveland that got Dayton’s on it!”

Tay Roc defeats Marv Won

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Recap: From BMBL’s Winter Madness card, for the most part not relying on the usual shitload of fat jokes/personals we’re used to seeing against his opponent, instead an aggressive and hyped up Tay Roc sticks to a consistently gut-wrenching mix of heated gun bars, stifling name flips and gritty/mayhem-lit punchlines to handily take both of the opening rounds from a confident, but hit-n-miss punch-wise Marv Won. The win already in hand, Roc would still deliver yet another searing, violent-prone and pretty solid round in the 3rd. But making sure he held his own in front of a hometown Detroit crowd, Marv’s 180 degree switch-up to a steady gang of witty and hard-hitting personals would pay off, edge him the final round and avoid the shutout.

Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Tay Roc – “My height 5-10, but carry the deuce I’m 6-1!”

Chef Trez defeats Hero

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Recap: From Reel Spit Battle League, Chef Trez graces the stage of yet another independent battle league and comes away with another 30. The ATL vet using a boatload of gritty 4-bar set-up/punchlines, fiery gun bars, solid name flips/personals and potent off-the-dome theatrics to drop the hammer on what was (esp. in the latter two rounds) was a pretty solid and punch-heavy effort from opponent Hero.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “Look fam, you never hit the corner with enough work to serve plates till tomorrow, hitting the block so much that you ain’t no more pages to follow!”

Fonz defeats Nakim The Prophet

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Recap: From iBattle, suggesting that his opponent grab a bottle of water to drink while he’s choking? That Fonz guy seems like a really cool dude. The Landlord is also pretty good at this rapping thing as he displays again here, utilizing a bunch of fiery punchlines, hardbody personals and other mayhem-lit bully bars to catch a body on up-n-comer Nakim The Prophet, who after a mostly subpar start, blew any chance at an upset by choking away his only round.

Verdict: Fonz (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Fonz – “Hey, if we did get down then I’d slump you, if my nigga’s around then we’ll jump you, I know you got kids you play Patty-cake?, well you know you get clapped before a nigga go around with the knuckles!”

O’fficial defeats Big Ice

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Recap: From Flatline Battle Grounds, 3 rounds feauring O’fficial versus Big Ice and it’s a competitive one. The two big girls unleashing plenty of mayhem with their punches to go along with boatloads of heated bars, righteous personals, fiery name flips and fiesty wordplay. Close throughout, after an equally bar efficient and debatable round 1, it’s the slightly more haymaker-lit and condensed O’fficial who edges rounds 2 and 3 for the win.

Verdict: O’fficial (W) 2-1

Favorite line: O’fficial – “She said we came to line her up, bitch you could get whipped without the gas, it’s a cybertruck!”

Ultimate Beast Primus defeats Danny Myers

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Recap: From T.O.S Battle League, plenty of pedestrian punchlines and Ultimate Beast Primus definitely went a little OD with the been there done that personals on his opponent’s wife. But after getting beat in round 1 to the more punch-heavy Danny Myers in round 1, UBP’s hardbody punches, solid street darts, aggressive gun bars and bullish zingers prove to be just enough to take round 2 and edge round 3 for the win over a Bar God who while still competitive with the off-the-dome theatrics, couldn’t measure up when it come to a consistent punch game in the latter rounds.

Verdict: Ultimate Beast Primus (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ultimate Beast Primus – “Who said he was gonna 3-0 Primus?, I will Debu Myers, if it’s beef the body lean like a Keto diet!”

Snake Eyez defeats J2

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Recap: A three-round battle that originated from some beef these two got into after they both appeared in a 2022 Bags & Bags reality show, two of the loudest battlers in the game, J2 and Snake Eyez, perform in a bout that while tense and heated throughout, ended up being pretty anti-climatic when it comes to the verdict. Snake utilizing a gritty and boisterous punch game that with a plethora of wily personals and bullish street darts, handily taking both of the opening rounds from an opponent, who while hitting with some salacious gun bars and stinging punchlines here and there, hurt himself with too many subpar bars and reaches in rounds and 1 and 2. The win already in hand for Snake entering round 3, the final round is where J2 would finally step it up with better consistency that coupled with a shitload of flexing personals and witty/righteous darts, easily allowed the ATL rapper to easily beat back a mediocre round from Snake and salvage the 3rd.

Verdict: Snake Eyez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Snake Eyez – “The audacity, the thoughts of you winning tonight is funny actually, you write better than who? hearing that is a tragedy, like outta nowhere I’m a say fuck the pen like Cassidy!”

Calicoe defeats Swamp

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Recap: Capped by a stellar second round, that with its potent mix of nimble but sterling wordplay, strong/fiery build-ups, fierce build-ups, hard-hitting street raps and bullish/mayhem-lit punchlines, after edging round 1 with a slightly more haymaker-rich and efficiently spicy turn, in this 3-rounder from BMBL’s Winter Madness card, Calicoe takes both of the opening rounds for the win before a turned-up and highly (that “missing proof” line was fire) punch-heavy Swamp handily took the 3rd to avoid the shutout.

Verdict: Calicoe (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Calicoe – “Nigga the coke so white I got it from an Aryan, nah nigga the coke so white an NBA nigga married it!”

Jaz The Rapper defeats Kapo Bravado

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Recap: From LetsBeReal Battle League, before getting handily beat in a hard-hitting and haymaker-lit 3rd round by Kapo Bravado (who was pretty solid in the early going, but really turned it up in the final round), in both of opening rounds a performance-lit Jaz The Rapper lights up the Louisiana crowd with spiffy barrage of fiery gun bars, piercing punchlines and mocking/witty personals in two more bar efficient turns and earn the win.

Verdict: Jaz The Rapper (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Jaz The Rapper – “Your Twitter bio say ‘If I help you cheat on him, you help me rob him’, man you say a bunch of shit just for kicks, how about I let you eat my pussy then I rob you nigga?, a lick is a lik!”

Shooney Da Rapper defeats Hustle

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Recap; in this close 1-rounder from LetsBeReal Battle League, a pretty solid and punch-heavy round from Hustle gets beat back by the slightly more versatile and condensed Shooney Da Rapper. The NY battle vet coming down south and aggressively dishing out a gang of fiery gun bars, some solid name flips, pertinent hometown, Louisiana-isms and mayhem-lit punches to edge the win.

Verdict: Shooney Da Rapper (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Shooney Da Rapper – “Flatline, it’s something like a psychic, I got your future in my palm, anybody that’s assisting Husttle gonna get it off the arm!”

Woosaah defeats T-Top

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Recap: From URL, in a battle filled with plenty of hardbody punchlines, gully street raps, piercing gun lines, solid name flips and mostly from T-Top’s end: witty/fiery personals, it’s the more consistently gritty and bullish darts from Woosaah that come back and take it in the end. The Crubible alum, after getting edged to the slightly more bar efficient Top in the opening round, and sticking to his gameplan with a steady mix of bullish bars, feelgood personals, dope storytelling and mayhem-lit zingers that that not only had more bite than his opponent, but coupled with (tho he did have a wild middle round) Top going oft-kilt a bit when it came to flow, allowed the Virginia battler to edge the 2nd and 3rd rounds for the win.

Verdict: Woosaah (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Woosaah – “Fuck these small rooms, I really seen bodies with no reaction!”

Rum Nitty and Yunus [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Putting aside the constant irritant of a seemingly drunk Smack interrupting the battle time and time again, it’s a fire 3-round battle from URL’s “Outside 3” card between Yunus and Rum Nitty. The former, utilizing some exquisite wordplay, fire punchlines/schemes, multiple cadences, stinging metaphors/name flips and witty/feelgood personals to stay in the mix. While the ever-confident Rum matched his opponent’s flex with a steady barrage of hard-hitting gun bars, gritty punches, wily (“Against Hansel you really did that, you was up there wilding on him, styling on him, but you’re an African, of course you had to go the extra mile for Water!”) personals and fiery wordplay/similes. Add to the pot some fly off-the dome darts by Yunus and you’re left with three rounds that were all close. Still, it’s the slightly more condensed and haymaker-lit Nitty who edged the opening round before an equally potent and debatable 2nd round which was then followed by the slightly more punch-crazy Yunus taking the final round for an overall tie.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Yunus – “You can’t turn up when I turn up, Dr. Jekyl, mister hiding, he thugging, piece booming, speed often, squeeze to him, like a Maury cameraman, you keep shooting!”

Charron defeats Ill Mac

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Recap: From KOTD, in a battle dedicated to the Pat Stay (RIP), while Charron still remains elongated with his rounds, here in a long-awaited matchup versus Ill Mac, the Canadian vet kills it while making just about every bar count. Indeed, while Mac delivered a trio of pretty solid rounds filled with a bunch of righteous darts, angle-lit personals, a genuine, heartfelt collage of storytelling raps where he ‘spoke’ to Pat in round 2 and a wide abundance piercing set-up/punches, it was Charron who upped the ante and refused to get off his opponent’s neck. The unapologetically rich guy/battle rapper with very little filler all the while scoring left and right for all 3 rounds with a plethora of hard-hitting punches, fiery name flips, some dope wordplay, stinging/witty personals, fly off-the-dome heat, crowd-pleasing local references and a boatlaod of fierce braggadocious lines to earn a 30.

Verdict: Charron (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Charron – “Keep still, I did this shit to Suge, go and try me, I wish a midget would!”

Chess defeats Lu Castro

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Recap: In a URL battle of BX vs. BX that might’ve held more weight if Lu Castro’s old clique, The Goonies, was still around, Chess’ ability to get back in his old bag of gritty, lyrical dexterity (without any unforced errors) for the most part makes the differnce. The Cortland, BX, battle vet (while also taking advantage of an opponent in a filler-prone Castro who in each of the opening rounds spent way too time pontificating and dawdling to his punches), utilizing a fiery mix of scintillating (esp. that dope Bronx-laced screed in round 3) schemes, hard-hitting punchlines, fierce “dog”-themed darts and feelgood name flips to score more haymakers and take rounds 1 and 2 for the win, before a debatable and punch-heavy 3rd which ironically was each battler’s best round.

Verdict: Chess (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chess – “I bet I him if he dash away, catch him in an alleyway, big dog with nowhere to go, he might catch a stray!”

Murda Mook defeats Arsonal

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Recap: It’s no secret that Arsonal’s been wanting to battle Murda Mook for quite a long time and a bit surprisingly, it’s Calicoe and his Landslide league who finally makes it happen. An intriguing matchup not only due to both battler’s top tier vet status, but also the level of disrespect (mostly from Arsonal) between the two. Either way, after a longwinded on both sides, but gritty, braggadocious and often punch-heavy throughout opening round, the battle would come down to the basics: who could rap batter. And by any stretch of the imagination it was clearly Mook. The Harlem rhymeslinger utilizing a bunch of spicy local references, boastful barbs, rigid storytelling, animated street darts, wily personals and dope punchlines to handily take round 2 from an elongated and mostly subpar (before he choked) Arsonal and even without da Rebel (who got highly disrespectful in the 3rd) choking again doing the same in the final round to take rounds 2 and 3 and after a debatable round 1 and earn the win.

Verdict: Murda Mook (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Murda Mook – “You diss nigga’s then get in pics with ’em, you a photo opp!”

Ave defeats A. Ward

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Recap: From Bags and Bodies, imagine one of your weaknesses (in Ave’s case, a rep for being nothing but a one-trick pony when it comes to his punchline game) coming back to help you win a battle? Well that and a basic difference in skill level was certainly at play here. As after an opening round that saw the off-the-dome heat and gang of witty and mocking personals from A. Ward combine to edge a pretty solid and punch-heavy, but elongated and not quite as efficient round from Ave, the Norfolk, VA vet immediately turned the tables in a way that might have been even a little surprising to himself and was enough to handily comeback and gain the win. Ave flexing with the versatility in both of the latter rounds, while using a boatload of righteous darts, gritty street lines, wily personals, fly religious-themed zingers and of course, a shitload of nasty punches to beat back an opponent who practically admitted in round 2 that outside of the usual assortment of jokes and personals we’ve grown accustomed to seeing against Ave, he didn’t have much to offer except for some hit-or-miss punches and (tho he did have a dope one midway through the 2nd) freestyles…oh the irony.

Verdict: Ave (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ave – “Bro what the fuck, you use religion like a damn fraud, you pull back then cross over, how you gonna sham God [ShammGod]?!?”

Ave defeats Hustle

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Recap: In this 3-rounder from Any Body Can Die Battle League, an altogether solid and gritty punch game from Hustle gets upended by the stinging punchlines, piercing name fips, fiery wordplay, caustic mayhem and rich braggadocious darts from Ave. The more haymaker-lit and consistently hard-hitting Mr. Straight Like That handily taking all 3 rounds for a Gentleman’s 30.

Verdict: Ave (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Ave – “See home, he’ll probably slide with his crew when the pressure on, but he’ll buckle outside of the room like a leprechaun!”

Chef Trez defeats EA Zay

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Recap: From The Ilustration, battling almost every other day it seems like nowadays, a prolific Chef Trez stil manages to put forth a top-notch effort. Once again using some fiery gun bars, hard-hitting/witty personasl and a bunch of gritty punchlines to take the first two rounds for the win here against a less haymaker-lit overall, but pretty solid (his bet round in the 3rd got hin the edge there), fkexing at times with both the personals and punches EA Zay.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “Ever see an angry bitch tweet?, it’s a sub-machine!”

JC defeats Celly Cell

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from Let’s InstiGate TV “Capital Murder” card, a gritty but elongated with the set-ups and mostly mediocre-punching Celly Cell gets handily beat back by the seismic gun bars, witty freestyles, stinging punchlines and the unabashedly nilihistic darts from JC.

Verdict: JC (W) 1-0

Favorite line: JC – “I let clips go, big chrome, we consider you dead weight, you could run till your leg break…like a Flintstone!”

Chef Trez defeats Quis

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Recap: Damn, thought that the often punch-lit Quis had a chance there. But once showing that there’s levels to this, Chef Trez’s (on one day’s notice nonetheless) steady barrage of glistening gun bars, scorching set-up/punchlines, stinging wordplay, bullish darts and flippant personals/name flips prove to be too much in this competitive 1-rounder from No Entourage.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “I told my hitman it was a 5-10 nigga with a nerd posture, but he gonna put you 6 feet by 7, 6 2 like the Spurs roster!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Viixen The Assassin

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Recap: If 40 B.A.R.R.S. could ever get out of her own way with the unforced errors and habitual choking, she would so be on top. That’s just a testament to how dope 40 is with the pen she’s on her A-game. And she’d need her best material here, against a versatile and aggressive Viixen The Assassin battling in front of her hometown Milwaukee fans for 3 rounds inside the cage at Black Ice Cartel. A competitive donnybrook from beginning to end, despite a crazy, fiery, punch-lit and bullish round 1 from Viixen, a slightly more condensed 40 would edge the opening round with a gang of salacious personals, some stellar lyricism, jaunty storytelling and killer similes. In round 2 Viixen would return the favor and tie things with more of the aforemntioned darts in addition to some dope name flips and even more fiery gun bars that altogether combiend to beat back a pretty solid, but not as substantive turn by 40. The deciding 3rd round however would see 40 get back on her grind with a bunch of fervent lyrical haymakers, righteous punchlines and feelgood wordplay/personals to earn the win over an opponent who while still lit with passion, couldn’t quite match her energy when it came to a steady punch game.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “Nigga, I lost it, I watched it but then I tried to replay the clips, but it was nothing but a white bitch with a black pussy…Sabrina a Teenage Witch!”

Chef Trez defeats Vino Collins

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from Full Effect Battle League, Chef Trez uses a gang of hard braggadocious raps, some mean 4-bar set-up/punchlines, a couple of brash freestyles and stinging gun bars to beat back a street-themed, aggressive and pretty solid, but not nearly as steadily potent Vino Collins.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “But I had all kind of clientele, I’m a real hustler, I even served the Asian’s dog food, I’m a myth buster!”

Swamp defeats T-Rex

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Recap: From Bags and Bodies, nice to see T-Rex try out some rebuttals. Even nicer and distinctive was (at Rex’s suggestion) was Rex and opponent Swamp deciding to only use drug bars in round 2. But damn if Swamp (who really did overdo it with the cap slams on the floor) didn’t get a bit lucky here as after clearly taking round 1 with a consistently gritty, lyrical, braggart and gun bar/haymaker-lit opener, despite a wide array of real street shit/trap talk, delivered what was an elongated round that was often hit and miss. Still however, thanks in part to Rex coming with a surprisingly half-ass and mostly subpar turn of his own, Swamp would edge round 2 for the win. And while Rex would finally up in the 3rd with his most punch-heavy round, an equally efficient Swamp would do enough to make the final round debatable.

Verdict: Swamp (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Swamp – “I really hope that your pistol stay with you nigga, I’ll really connect the Dots and have all of ’em lay with you nigga, or I’ll get this guy sent up, Kawhi Leonard, I get paid big bucks not to play with you nigga’s!”

Swamp defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: From Any Body Can Die Battle League, a rare bodybag here as a lyrically potent, versatile and for all 3 rounds punch-lit Swamp mixes up a gang of salacious/mocking personals, sturdy punchlines, disrespectful burners, solid wordplay, lofty gun lines and gritty, braggadocious darts to beat back a mostly unprepared 40 B.A.R.R.S. who choked away both of her opening rounds before saving some face with a shortened 3rd.

Verdict: Swamp (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Swamp – “Got me away from my family on Thanksgiving, you gonna at least gobble this dick!”

Nu Jerzey Twork defeats J2

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Recap: “It gets gayer!” Nu Jerzey Twork wasn’t lying about that. As in this NOME 14 battle from URL against J2, a relentless barrage of witty gay puns/personals do most of the damage for 3 rounds, while a gang of stinging/graphic gun bars and rambunctious punchlines do the rest on his way to a 30 over an opponent who while able to deliver some very hard-hitting punches/gun lines here and there, still can’t perform at a consistent enough level to compete against the likes of top tiers like Twork.

Verdict: Nu Jerzey Twork (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “What would your grandmother say if she seen you right now?, she be like ‘Baby, you know you ain’t supposed to be with them naked men, you know the Lord the only man you supposed to be receiving and taking in!”

Prep and Chess (Rematch) [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: 10 years after first battling in a URL/UFF tournament round that Chess handily won, Prep gets his chance at some payback during this rematch. And in this 1-rounder from GOTG the Maryland vet proved that he came to win, using a boatlaod of righteous/witty personals, heavily-armed gun bars, performance-heavy darts and gritty set-up/punches. Good thing for Chess that he showed up too. In light of maneuvering around several water breaks just in case you know what happens, the Young Gawd’s combination of fiery schemes, flexing name flips, sturdy (“‘Cuz my patience like your choice of skinny jeans, they wearing thin!”) punchlines and stinging, mayhem-lit darts are formidable enough to earn him a tie.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Prep – “Like arm wrestling, I ain’t wanna bring the grip down, but you forced my hand!”

Chef Trez defeats Xcel

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Recap: Chef Trez might disagree, but members of the crowd screaming ‘1-1’ after two rounds of this dope KOTD, 3-round matchup between Trez and Xcel, had it correct. As the slightly more efficient and haymaker-lit Trez edged round 1, before (despite some solid freestyles/rebuttals that took place during a jaunty turn from the Chef) the ever wordplay/punch and name flip-heavy Xcel returned the favor in round 2 to split things up going into the 3rd. And that’s where Trez really turned it up, got versatile and had a classic, utilizing some more salacious personals/gun bars, fierce off-the-dome heat, fire set-up/punchlines and graphic/mayhem-lit darts/name flips to take the 3rd for the win in light of another competitive and gritty turn by his opponent.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “But you still act like a bitch do, the boy hating, act wrong the toy blazing, I’m for sure waving, the handle wood, but the slide chrome, it got a nickleback, peep the formation!”

Woosaah defeats Bad Newz

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Recap: SMH, hard to believe that after all this time battling, Bad Newz still remains clueless on how to end his round on a hot bar. However, give him credit for putting on in front of his hometown, NC crowd. As he does here, keeping all the onlookers amped with a dope performance in this fiery 1-rounder from URL. But therein lies the problem with Newz: can his bars consistently match his energy? As witnessed here, not so much. As despite a hearty effort littered with plenty of hometown linguistics, fierce crowd control, rugged gun bars, gangster talk and some gritty (that “relax” bar was fire) punches/name flips that combined for a pretty solid showing, one too many mediocre punches from Newz and an opponent in Woosaah who delivered steady, unadulterated heat via a boatload of fire punchlines, potent name flips, bullish street darts and stinging wordplay, gives the newbie the win.

Verdict: Woosaah (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Woosaah – “Man listen, you ain’t no gangsta, I got him nervous to answer, we all know you dead pussy like cervical cancer!”

Cortez defeats Chuck Book

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Recap: Haven’t seen much of Cortez on the battle scene lately, but here in this 1-rounder from the Gates, the Brooklyn, NY, vet uses a bunch of solid name flips, some gritty punchlines and flexing street aesthetics to score enough haymakers and handily take this bout from a witty at ttimes, but mostly subpar with the punches Chuck Book.

Verdict: Cortez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Cortez – “Sucker, stupid muthafucka, yellow tape and homicide, you in the gutter, and I know you dead, the white sheets gonna help me judge Book by its cover!”

Tay Roc defeats Reed Dollaz

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Recap: With all the “controversy” surrounding this battle, let’s get two things out of the way. First, outside of round 1 where Tay Roc rapped a couple of minutes or so longer than him, Reed Dollaz making such a huge stink about Roc not sticking to the supposed time limits, doesn’t hold much water. Second, as been stated numerous times on this platform, we’re about quality over quantity here. And essentially that means that just because your opponent raps longer than you, doesn’t quite mean that they rapped better than you. Lastly, Reed rolling his eyes and/or shaking his head at Roc using so many name flips against him is funny when you realize that the Philly legend used quite a bit of name flips against Roc too. That being said, while the gritty, Rambo-themed stylings of Dollaz (who also got off to a stellar, personal-lit start to his 3rd round before running into a couple of slip-ups) made for a competitive round 1 and 2 of this Battle Academy 3-rounder, the Gun Bar King’s more efficient and consistent usage of piercing name flips, potent gun lines, steely wordplay/metaphors, righteous darts and hard-hitting punchlines throughout his 3 rounds, even while a little elongated, still earned him the 30.

Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Tay Roc – “I want him for sure dead, I don’t need no assumptions, I don’t want his heart beating it ain’t a reason to function, I really don’t want him breathing or nothing, I want his casket, him inside a box like Reed [read] the instructions!”

Nu Jerzey Twork defeats Bigg K

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Recap: From Hitman Holla’s Bags and Bodies league, taking advantage of a Bigg K not only battling the noisy crowd, but also equipped with a shitload of (for him, anyway) of basic raps, an emboldened Nu Jerzey Twork goes nuclear with a gang of rambunctious/hard-hitting punchlines, witty/piercing personals, stinging gun lines, fiery schemes, rich trap/street talk and searing performance bars for all 3 rounds (only the 3rd round was somewhat competitive) to handily earn a haymaker-lit 30 before leaving the venue and perhaps finding that guy in the glasses from the crowd who heckled him earlier.

Verdict: Nu Jerzey Twork (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “I seen my man’s take a head shot, I had to get his brain matter off me, my mama told me words will never hurt me but then I had to get his name tatted on me!”

T-Top defeats Topfloor Lut

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Recap: A slow start and an early slip-up in his 2nd round, but outside of that, this 3-rounder from The Battle Academy is all T-Top. The Bear utilizing a boatload of dope name flips, hardbody punches, boastful barbs and piercing personals/trap talk to take all 3 rounds and beat back a gritty, but mostly so-so Topfloor Lut.

Verdict: T-Top (W) 3-0

Favorite line: T-Top – “But I like dawg so I don’t really wanna call it beef, we just separating North from the South like Market Street!”

Charlie Clips and Dre Dennis [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from Gates of the Garden, Harlem Vet Clarlie Clips is helped by some solid freestyles towards the end of his round that coupled with a gang of fiery schemes, spicy wordplay/personals and wicked/witty punches kept him competitive. That performance by Clips allows him to stave off opponent Dre Dennis’ boatload of mayhem-lit gun bars, eerie (“See the pussy in his eyes when I grip the pistol, I’ll put the fear of God on you like Just Essentials!”) set-up/punchlines and flippant name flips/personals (the latter of which took advantage of themes concerning Clips taht we’ve long heard and seen) and earn a tie.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Charlie Clips – “You’re not a fucking star, we don’t listen to your bar, you lost all this fucking weight so you could sit inside a car!”