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Mister Greco

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Charlie Clips defeats Yoshi G

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Recap: With all the ghostwriting allegations still in the air as well as many feeling that she still hasn’t come close to performing on the level she did during her Tori Doe battle (which saw her leave earth for 3 rounds), can anyone be blamed for doubting whether or not Yoshi G came up with that spitfire 2nd round rebuttal herself? Put me down for $50 stating she did come up with it on her own. For one thing, for all her issues with delivery and execution, Yoshi can still rap and display some dope punches and schemes when needed. Now that we got that out the way, 3-0 Clips. From the hard-hitting/disrespectful personals to the religious disses (capped by a surprising and downright mean cameo appearance from ‘Jesus’ himself in a classic round 2) to the witty barbs to the character assassinations (esp. when it came to the name flips) to a stellar scheme and punchline game, Clips was just on one during this URL Kings vs. Queens 3 match. Couple that with an elongated and mostly dry 2nd round to go along with a 1st and 3rd round by Yoshi that while littered with earnest thot bars and mocking personals, were both topsy-turvy at best and you end up with a shutout.

Verdict: Charlie Clips (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Charlie Clips – “Bitch, I’m extra nice, you tried to disrespect my sex game, got me extra tight, this dick already put you on a new stage, you better respect the pipe!”

Casey Jay defeats Aye Verb

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Recap: From URL’s Kings vs. Queens 3 card, an easy win for an overall way more punch/personal-heavy Casey Jay (tho she still needs to work on structuring her rounds better and that so-so 2nd round was certainly beatable), but I’m still scratching my head on this one because from a strategy standpoint I don’t know what Aye Verb was thinking. I mean, we know that Verb can fight through the crowd boo’s ‘cuz he’s been dealing with that shit since his Charlie Clips battle. But this ‘Cocaine Yeezy’ shit comes off as Verb going through an identity crisis. And not performing his noted (and usually well-received) ‘Showtime’ bars? Plus, waiting till round 3 to stunt at his best by going Kevin Samuel on his opponent with fire riffs on Black queendom and self-responsibility, yet dumping the angle halfway to go back to a mostly subpar lyrical, schmiral style that clearly wasn’t landing throughout the battle? Yunno, come to think of it, maybe some of the boo’s were worth it.

Verdict: Casey Jay (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Casey Jay – “Think we dumb?, Judge Mathis, I know a crackhead when I see one!”

First Lady Flamez defeats Jakkboy Maine

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Recap: A URL Kings vs. Queens 3 battle that might have given the hardcore battle rap fan a little wariness what with Jakkboy Maine and First Lady Flamez being a couple in real life (‘Could they really go full throttle on each other considering that they live together?’), Jakk via a gang of hard-hitting punchlines, piercing performance bars and witty/slick personals and Flamez, armed with a bunch of stifling personals, bruising schemes, slick wordplay and gritty set-ups/punches, still managed to put on a dope and competitive show that kept the crowd captivated. Still tho, after a more haymaker-lit Flamez took the opening round, an equally entertaining, punch-lit and aggressive on both sides round 2 made for a debatable. But helped a bit by a still scoring Jakk letting his foot off the pedal bar-wise towards the end of his turn, a turned up, versatile and more consistently brazen Flamez woud handily take the 3rd for the win.

Verdict: First Lady Flamez (W) 2-1

Favoriet line: First Lady Flamez – “Jakk, you got me fucked up, exactly why I’m snapping, single black mom on Christmas, I make a lot happen!”

Shotgun Suge defeats Prep

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Recap: From The Battle Academy, a competitive 1-rounder between Prep and Shotgun Suge ends up with the more condensed, quicker-to-his-punches, just as gritty, personal-lit and brazen Suge edging it out on the end.

Verdict: Shotgun Suge (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Shotgun Suge – “Gun jam and then we improvise, man I’ll steall all your silver with this nickle .9!”

Chef Trez defeats Money Bagz (Rematch)

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Recap: Split going into the final round of this gritty RBE Straight To It rematch between Money Bagz and Chef Trez, a surprising choke by Bagz in the 3rd and deciding round helps give a consistently gun bar/punch-lit Trez the win.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “You can’t get the drop on me, my reaction time on Gwitty level!”

Chef Trez defeats That Nigga Rob

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Recap: Some hard bars, witty lines and plenty of aggression from That Nigga Rob, but in this 3-rounder from Battle Coliseum, it’s Chef Trez’s consistent barrage of piercing gun bars, mayhem-lit punches and stirred-up rebuttals that ends giving the Chef a 30.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “What’s sad is, i’m just having fun this battle while I’m murking you, like Shaq is rapping, I make Magic happen, this gonna be a thirty too [32]!”

JC defeats C3

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Recap: From URL’s Kings vs. Queens 3 card, despite an also wordplay-spicy C3 dishing a barrel of hardbody personals that we haven’t seen the likes of against JC since his Bigg K battle, the consistently fiery Michigan vet lets loose with a gang of Godbody punchlines, stifling name flips, hitting braggadocious bars and witty/piercing personals to take rounds 1 and 3 (w/ C3 additionally adding a couple of dope rebuttals to a punch-lit on both sides turn, call the 2nd round debatable) for the win in what as a highly competitive matchup.

Verdict: JC (W) 2-1

Favorite line: JC – “I lot of y’all can’t find a reason to beat up a bitch…I see 3 [C3]!”

Shotgun Suge defeats Ms. Miami

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Recap: From URL’s Kings vs. Queens 3 card, Shotgun Suge uses a fiery and aggressive barrage of stifling name flips, dizzying trap talk, rude personals, understated wordplay and bruising bully bars to take the 1st and 3rd rounds for the win over an just-as-aggressive, mostly punch/personal-heavy (esp. in round 2 which earned her a debatable) and overall pretty solid, but not as consistently spicy Ms. Miami (who really needs to learn how to handle the crowd when they’re showing her love).

Verdict: Shotgun Suge (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Shotgun Suge – “My first bank account was under my mattress!”

B. Magic defeats Zay Smoove

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Recap: B. Magic’s first appearance on GOTG finds him barely breaking a sweat as the St. Louis vet uses a steady barrage of spitfire punchlines and flexing wordplay/similes/name flips to handily beat back an earnest, but overmatched Zay Smoove.

Verdict: B. Magic (W) 1-0

Favorite line: B. Magic – “.9 clapper, this here spine cracker, bring a quarterback ain’t no safety on this linebacker, these two arms will raise your roof like a contractor!”

Fonz defeats Shooney Da Rapper

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Recap: A mostly competitive URL Queens vs. Kings 3 battle between Fonz and Shooney Da Rapper that was littered with brazen punches, plenty of sexual hijinks, steely name flips and greasy personals, after the two split the first of rounds (Shooney with a superb, punch-lit round 1 took the opener, while a more haymaker-rich Fonz came back to take the second round), is won by Fonz, who with a bunch of aggressive/hard-hittimg personals, fiery wordplay/set-ups and gritty/versatile bangers, handily beat back a solid, but not as potent turn by Shooney.

Verdict: Fonz (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Fonz – “Girl you got a beautiful smile, and I’m not just talking shit, but you know how you get rid of a bitch dimples?, fill her jaw with dick!”

E. Ness defeats Big Kannon

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Recap: A couple of bars or two maybe. But other than lazy penmanship, can’t imagine why a seasoned vet like Big Kannon would drench himself in so many old and tired E. Ness/Making da Band personals as he does here in this RBE Straight To It 3-rounder. And with Ness (not only one of the most consistent battlers in the game, but also an underrated puncher) doubling up on the piercing wordplay when he wasn’t already excelling via a steady, oft-entertaining and bruising punch game in the 1st and 3rd rounds (had BK edging the 2nd), it’s the more persistently hard-hitting Bad Boy alum who gets the win.

Verdict: E. Ness (W) 2-1

Favorite line: E. Ness – “QB on vacation, I can’t go without the strap, grumpy old man I can’t go without my nap!”

Pass defeats Clone

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Recap: From round 1 of KOTD’s Season 1 tournament, a close one between hard street rhymes and gritty punches of Clone and the rich metaphors, sturdy name flips and boastful rants from Pass comes down to round 2 (had both the opening round and the 3rd as debatable) which turned out to be the clear turn thanks to Pass’ stinging off-the-dome stylings and overall harder hitting personals/punchlines.

Verdict: Pass (W) 2-1

Favoriet line: Pass – “They got me in front of a Clone, this whole season I’ve been battling my fucking self!”

Pristavia defeats Danny Myers

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Recap: In a sane world, Danny Myers would probably battle a little less. As recent performances have shown that the Bar God’s immense proclivity for battle rapping can sometimes effect his preparation. Still, here in this dope 1-rounder from GOTG vs. the Gun Titles 1st Lady Pristavia, there’s no doubt that Danny came to win. The West-coast vet delivering a strong and aggressive showing that featured a bunch of raucous punches, grimy personals, nitfy off-the-dome theatrics and all sorts of mayhem to keep the crowd in tune. That said, it wouldn’t be enough. Because you see, there’s a reason Pristavia is a rising star in this game. The Brooklyn rhyme-slinger blowing past a pretty solid effort from her opponent with a fiery barrage of mega-lit personals that touched on everything from fatherhood to Danny’s battle career, while also putting up haymakers with a plethora of fiesty wordplay, stinging set-ups and righteous, Christian-laced burners that put the God in God for a well-earned win.

Verdict: Pristavia (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Pristavia – “Life is a parallel universe Danny, ‘cuz while you was an absent father who didn’t teach his son how to stand up, there was some stand-up dads showing his lil man how to slam dunk!”

Bill Collector defeats Dunsh

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Recap: From KOTD’s Season 1 tourney, I’ve never understood the Daylyt/Bill Collector comparison’s either as BC’s more eccentric punchlines/personals, witty barbs, underlying wordplay, creative gun bars and performance-rich darts effectively combine to take all 3 rounds here over Dunsh, who despite a bunch of trolling personals, nifty punches and a hell of an innovative round 2, had already been out-scored in the early rounds before choking away his 3rd.

Verdict: Bill Collector (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Bill Collector – “Angry girlfriend, I repeatedly burst texts [Tek’s]!”

Moon defeats Swave Sevah

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Recap: From RBE, just when you start to appreciate Swave Sevah battling more often these days, the Team Homi capo shows that his increased productivity could be affecting his preparation as a handful of stumbles from Sevah here against fellow OG Moon before a surprising choke in the (had Moon edging round 1 before Swave edged round 2) deciding 3rd round helps give Moon (who shined throughout with a host of gritty punches, witty personals and flexing grown man chatter) the win.

Verdict: Moon (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Moon – “…that means if we got any problems or complications, I’ll become your personal travel agent, I’ll put a nice little package together for you, I could make heaven or hell your next vacation!”

Bonnie Godiva defeats Robin Rhymes

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Recap: From RBE, while Robin Rhymes’ witty punches and gang of fiery personals supplied this 3-rounder with plenty of competition, a more versatile, wordplay-heavy, punchline-lit, brazen and also personal-crazy Bonnie Godiva would prove to be too much in each round, giving Bon-Bon a well-earned 30.

Verdict: Bonnie Godiva (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Bonnie Godiva – “Y’all gave me another bitch that you never believe in?, your name Rhyme but you’re never the reason!”

Fonz defeats Tink Da Demon

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Recap: Capped by a superlative opening round that was as punch-lit, mayhem rich, fire personals and metaphorically heavy as one would expect from him, after dominating round 1, a still hard-hitting Fonz then edges both of the latter rounds to get the 30 in this URL/Initiation 2 matchup vs. Tink Da Demon. The Delaware rapper getting off to a hot start in each round, but struggling a bit with his breath control and consistency in the first round and despite making things more competitive with his gang of torture racks and morbid polemics in rounds 2 and 3, just couldn’t keep up with his opponent’s more steady burners and rigid name flips.

Verdict: Fonz (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Fonz – “Blast the heat, with this chopper I’m Th3 Saga, fighting demons with a magazine!”

Mackk Myron defeats Born

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Recap: Colorful and graphic with the mayhem, crazy with the name flips, rambunctious with the gun bars and spazzing with a gang of spicy set-ups/punchlines, despite a mostly solid and punch-lit effort from opponent Born, a more consistently stifling and flow steady Mackk Myron does enough to take all three rounds for the win in this KOTD S1 playoffs round 1 matchup.

Verdict: Mackk Myron (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Mackk Myron – “The strap black, ugly as ever…One More Chance!”

Swamp defeats JUSDJ

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Recap: Loud and aggressive throughout, but not really scoring much due to a boatlaod of subpar punches and way too many weird Tay Roc mentions. In this 1-rounder from iGrind Battle League, JUSDJ did manage to dish some more substantive raps midway through his round to make things a bit competitive. However, displaying an ability to grind out a win even with minimal preparation, a Swamp who wasn’t on his A-game when it came to delivering consistent heat, still proceeds to line up enough gritty haymakers to get his arm raised at the end.

Verdict: Swamp (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Swamp – “9 times outta 10 if you see me I got a gun boy, I’ll paint half his face like Reepah Rell than spin the block and paint the other half like NBA Youngboy!”

Bigg K defeats Reed Dollaz

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Recap: As good as it is to see Philly vet Reed Dollaz battling more often these days, shame on Reed thinking it was cool to copy his opponent here and pull out his phone to recollect his bars in round 3. An automatic choke (as was the case for Bigg K in round 2) in these confines and with K out-punching and edging Reed in round 1 and briskly freestyling his way through round 3, what would’ve been an impressive win by Reed (who had am extra gritty and terrific round 2) gets screwed up by his own misdeed.

Verdict: Bigg K (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Bigg K – “It’s getting scary for Reed [read], are you afraid of the dark?”

Nu Jerzey Twork defeats Snake Eyez

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Recap: There’s no denying that Midnight Madness (with a pugnacious assist from Twitter Spaces) has provided a competitive lift to battle rap and this much heralded matchup between Nu Jerzey Twork and Snake Eyez pushes the case as both battlers get busy throughout with a plethora of hard, aggressive rhymes and fiery personals laced with all sorts of steely command and mocking tones. A battle that also provided a rudimentary backdrop of Twork coming off a choke in his last bout and Hardcore belt champ Snake (who didn’t put the belt on the line here) participating in a brawl when we last saw him, stayed close throughout even while NJT rapped longer than his opponent for all 3 rounds. Still, after a crazy dope-on-both-sides, but debatable round 1 Twork’s more direct heaters, gang of gritty punchlines, wicked gun bars/schemes and head-ringing haymakers would edge him both of the latter rounds the win over over Snake’s often raucous, but not as steadily hitting punches.

Verdict: Nu Jerzey Twork (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “Fuck you being locked up, you not tough, I don’t wanna hear no jail stories from the top bunk!”

Yunus defeats Big Red

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Recap: In addition to a trio of fire rebuttals, Yunus uses a bunch of whimsical punches, jaunty gun lines and slick name flips to score enough haymakers for the win over a witty/personal-lit at times and mostly solid punching effort from Big Red in this 1-rounder from iBattleTV.

Verdict: Yunus (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Big Red – “I’m nice with the backhand, they think I’m passive-aggressive!”

Danny Myers and Rolla [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Outside of Danny Myers reaching a bit with the name flips and Rolla (“They say never judge a book by its cover, but I could tell a story [points trigger finger] by its index!”) getting a little winded with the punches towards the end of what was a pretty dope turn, a 1-rounder from Tha Smoke Session that was equally littered a gang of well-laced street darts, brutal mayhem and gritty punchlines on both sides still comes up as a debatable nonetheless.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “You ever found out that your nigga got killed and your face was grim, but you refuse to delete his number because that erases him?!”

Coffee Brown defeats Mr. Bey

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Recap: From Pyrexx Battle League, against a punch/wordplay-lit at times, but mostly pedestrian rhyming and slip-up prone Mr. Bey, Coffee Brown uses a stifling barrage of fire name flips, steely gun bars, braggadocious zingers and stinging punchlines to easily get the win in this mostly one-sided 1-rounder.

Verdict: Coffee Brown (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Coffee Brown – “I’m a different breed of bitch, do you know what you in for?, I’m really a dog when it’s time to ride…I’m [stretches arm out like a gun] hanging out the window!”

Q.B. (Black Diamond) defeats A. Ward

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Recap: From RBE, relying less on shock value in light of more potent punchlines, spicy religious darts and crafty personals/braggadocious zingers, after taking an L in round 1 to a punch-heavier A. Ward, a slightly more condensed and consistently hitting QB comes back to edge both of the latter rounds of this 3-rounder for the win over an opponent who despite some hard-hitting punches and personals in rounds 2 and 3, could never get back in the same steady groove as he displayed in the opener.

Verdict: QB (W) 2-1

Favorite line: QB – “So my razor gonna carve him in a perfect scuplture, ARP offered me a plate, I what’s on the menu?, he said a culture vulture!”

Mack Mel defeats Fettuccine 20

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Recap: A 3-rounder from We Go Hard that was shrewdly set up by its two participants, Fetttuccine 20 and Mack Mel early last year, ends up being well worth the long wait as both Mel and Fetti brought the competitive fire, grimy street riddims and gritty punches that you’re used to seeing on WGH. However, while the battle stayed close throughout with both battlers dropping a plethora of haymakers and slinging gun bars, it’s the more versatile, name flip/personal-lit, performance-stunting and intricate/smilie/punch-rich (esp. with that 1st round ‘Walls of Jericho’ line) Mel who edges each round for the Gentleman’s 30.

Verdict: Mack Mel (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Mack Mel – “Put an AK in my hand, nigga’s know Mack gonna lift it, fuck it I’ll put this foreign down and [rock!] ya shit…I love black-owned business!”

Bill Collector defeats Pass

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Recap: In a dope KOTD Season 1 tournament battle for the championship that was littered with hot punchlines, fiery wordplay, feelgood metaphors, piercing personals and head-ringing name flips from both sides, after the two split the opening rounds (had Bill Collector edging round 1 and Pass edging round 2), in what was a crazy and punch-lit 3rd round to decide it all, it’s a slightly more condensed and performance-lit BC who barely edges the final round for the win and the $100K check.

Verdict: Bill Collector (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Bill Collector – “You trying to get pass me nigga?, it’s tricky Pass…flea-flicker!”

Rosenberg Raw defeats Ill Will

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Recap: From RBE, against an Ill Will who clearly wasn’t on his A-game throughout this bout what with the amount of subpar bars and struggles with his flow, Rosenberg Raw spouts one of his most consistently bullish, punch-heavy and name flip-lit turns ever. The PA vet handily upending his opponent in round 1, before getting edged un round 2 thanks in part to a more condensed, potent and steady run by Will, but also via one too many pedestrian bars during a slightly elongated turn that would cost him in the end. The 3rd and deciding round as well as the battle would be won by a steadier-punching, boastful and haymaker-lit Raw, who after witnesssing a so-so effort from Will, overall was clearly more motivated for what was mostly a one-sided battle.

Verdict: Rosenberg Raw (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Rosenberg Raw – “Who got the will pack, he getting smoked in this jawn, I don’t know what time his homies be on, I could tell you about me, broad day know the toasters is on, arm close to the body like I forgot to put deodorant on!”

Charron and T-Top [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: As much as we talk about his gritty trap talk and syrupy angles, too often T-Top’s wit doesn’t get enough credit for him becoming a top tier mainstay. And indeed, in this URL Resolution 2 matchup against Charron (prepped on two weeks notice), the Bear’s funny bone and versatile approach would certainly help him earn a draw. Top, using a bunch of piercing set-ups, solid storytelling and hitting (“We need a classic fileld with content, it’s only gonna work if we both do it, this ain’t a Weekend at Bernie’s and I ain’t carrying no white boy this whole movie!”) punchlines to edge round 1, before a more consistently punch-lit, off-the-dome sharp, personal-crazy and witty as ever Charron took the 2nd round to tie things up going into the 3rd. The last round was just as entertaining and competitive as the first two with Top dishing some hilarious personals to go along with a gang of fiery punches, while an elongated and a bit topsy-turvy but still scoring Charron would deliver a multifaceted turn that with enough haymakers to quantify with his opponent and make this bout a tie.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Charron – “Your bitch sucks dick in HD, mine has a PHd…the brain’s different!”

Bigg K defeats Jey The Nitewing

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Recap: From Voices of Battle Rap, devoting his trio of rounds to a gang of witty barbs, stifling personals/wordplay, bullish street darts, piercing punchlines and of course (since he was facing a ‘URL rapper’) pointed zingers at his old URL home, even in light of a pretty solid (esp. with the name flips) 3 turns by opponent Jey The Nitewing, a more consistently blazing Bigg K pulls off the 30.

Verdict: Bigg K (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Bigg K – “I’m direct, knowing he a sucker, you big ass, spam eating Samoan muthafucka!”

Frak defeats Danny Myers

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Recap: “Do you believe in a lyrical coincidence?!” LOL. Capped by a hilarious 3rd round that featured a gang of mocking personals and 2 rounds beforehand that were littered with biting schemes, braggadocious punches, witty barbs and ill breakdowns, in this 3-rounder from Rap Off, an angle-lit Frak (who also displayed some dope comedic timing here) beats the breaks off a hard-hitting at times (round 2 was his best), but slip-up prone to the point of choking away his 3rd round Danny Myers (who is clearly battling too much) to score a 30.

Verdict: Frak (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Frak – “It seems like all your friend’s names match their various actions…he had a friend named Carrie, he had to carry his casket!”

Chef Trez defeats Rio Nkosi

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from The Riot, while Rio Nkosi’s OG stylings and righteous punches got better during the second half of his round, altogether the ATL battler’s gritty raps still didn’t maintain near enough heat to keep up with Chef Trez’s more consistently piercing punchlines, hitting personals and stifling wordplay/set-ups.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “I never been the Safari type, that’s why I’m so quick to load my Chrome!”

Calicoe defeats Chess

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Recap: An aside, the way Calicoe does running commentary during an opponent’s round is just hilarious to watch. What a showman that guy is. The irony here tho (and what would contribute to Cal’s win) is just how much work Chess would give Cal to play with, especially, as we’ve seen from him plenty of times in the past, what dope freestyle game as the Detroit vet has. After all, do Cal’s ill personals (some off-the-dome, some wriiten) on Chess throwing up during battles hit as much if the Young Gawd didn’t literally throw up again here (and yes, the first round was an automatic L for Chess, because regardless if it was due to too much excitement, nerves or issues with acid reflex, severe issues with your vocals that causes you to leave a battle mid-round and take a handful of minutes to deal with them can only be chalked up to a lack of preparation). Then too, even if Chess didn’t have to leave the stage, as gritty and punch-heavy as he was during the opening round, a few subpar lines/name flips here and there by the Cake Lyfe capo combined with a slightly more condensed, storytelling-lit and scheme/punch/wordplay-spicy Cal would’ve edged the round anyway. Moving on, round 2 would be a clear win for Chess, what with a gang of piercing personals, hitting struggle bars and lucid punches that handily beat a solid, but less haymaker-lit turn from Cal. The deciding 3rd was a close one, but with Chess (who overall was pretty solid here) contributing a slip-up during the round as well as one too many punches that lacked moxie, an ever-confident Cal would use some more off-the dome theatrics and a rich combo of metaphorical bangers, hitting personals, scoring wit and straightforward, but steely vet talk to take the round for the vic.

Verdict: Calicoe (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Calicoe – “He tried check me [Checkmate!], you a hundred pounds with no goons, what you got speed Chess? you getting clocked right after your move!”

Ave defeats Danny Myers

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Recap: Did Danny Myers think that his opening rounds were so fire here that he get away with a lazy 3rd? Or is he battling so much (again) that he just didn’t have the time to conceive a better final round? I’d love to know. Because after splitting (had the more prolific-punching and slightly more haymare-lit Ave edging round 1, before a rebuttal-crazy, wordplay-spicy and versatile Danny handily took round 2) the 1st couple of rounds here vs. Ave on this URL Any Given Sunday card, the Bar God would surprisingly use the same metaphorical, name-dropping angle that he infamously used against Drugz in their battle a couple of years back. But this time with a topsy-turvy effect that clearly wasn’t suited for a large crowd. And with that, it’d be a personal-heavy, brazen and righteous punching Ave who would easily take the deciding round for the win.

Verdict: Ave (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ave – “The only way to take Ave light is in a funeral line!”

Charlie Clips defeats Lu Castro

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Recap: If Lu Castro really does want to be on MTV’s Wild ‘n Out, at the very leasst he’s certainly earned a try-out as his often electrifying performances in battle rap remain consistently fiery. And while Lu does need to make inroads with his pen game, when it comes to made-for-TV hijinks and capabilties, the guy certainly belongs somewhere. And perhaps Lu’s charisma and synergy are why a vet/TV star like Charlie Clips would request a battle with him and show him a thing or two on how to reach the next level. The Harlem great putting on a superb showing in this 3-round URL Any Given Sunday match with a gang of fire rebuttals, mocking personals, piercing punchlines, stifling lyrical bangers, jaunty schemes (esp. that round 1 ‘big dog’ special) and righteous darts that despite 3 mostly solid rounds from Big Lu, still garnered the aggressively consistent Clips a 30.

Verdict: Charlie Clips (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Charlie Clips – “Hey nigga, if this .4 hit ya, all dogs go to heaven Lu, don’t let the Lord get you, potato on a barrel, I’ll turn a .45 into a dog whistle!”

Kaboom defeats Danny Myers

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Recap: Effectively scoring with a gang of gritty/rapid one-two punches and a bunch of witty barbs, in this 3-rounder from The Battle Academy, Kaboom takes advantage of one too many slip-ups by Danny Myers in round 1 to take the opener and then after losing out to the more name flip/punch-heavy Bar God in round 2, edges the deciding 3rd with another run of piercing bars that haymaker wise out-lit his opponent just enough to get the win.

Verdict: Kaboom (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Kaboom – “Bitch, you’ll get leaned with a stick like a kickstand, I’ll shoot a couple in ya face like Kiss Cam!”

Eazy The Block Captain defeats Aye Verb

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Recap: After a debatable round 1 of this much anticipated URL Resolution 2 match between Ave Verb and Eazy The Block Captain, a couple of seismic, gritty, punch-heavy, personal-lit and witty rounds by Eazy in both of the latter rounds (including a round 2 classic) gives the Gun Titles general the win. Eazy, on go from jump, but still battling a habit of longwindedness (which hurt him a bit in round 1) with his rounds, really impressed with his versatility here. The Philly battler also displaying well-thought out themes, some fire schemes, getting righteous when needed and even buttoning up his usual need for trap talk a bit. And while Verb kept it competitive with a fiery and braggadocios opening round as well as a virtuous and hard-hitting at times 3rd, a mostly pedestrian middle round combined with Eazy raining down haymakers with fierce abandon, gave the St. Louis vet little chance at winning.

Verdict: Eazy The Block Captain (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Eazy The Block Captain – “You called me out nigga, I accepted, you made your muthafuckin’ bed, ‘cuz I will not lose to a nigga who take a rubberband out his braids and shakes his muthafuckin’ head!”

Cortez defeats Statz G

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Recap: A solid rebuttal to begin things in case the battle ends up close, but a filthy barrage of hardbody street rhymes, boastful barbs, fiery name flips/gun bars and consistently gritty punches ends up doing the trick for Cortez, who after witnessing a gang of piercing punches/personals from a competitive Statz G, would need the whole clip to score more haymakers and beat back his opponent in what was a competitive 1-rounder from Houston Bar Code.

Verdict: Cortez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Cortez – “Shit get ugly when the blade cut his cheek at a acute [a cute] angle!”

DNA defeats Hollow Da Don

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Recap: Considering that they were once ‘boys’ you had to know that Hollow Da Don vs. DNA was going to get pretty personal at times. What one didn’t expect tho was to what extent it’d go personally or how emotional Hollow–a longtime vet and a guy who almost always keeps it professional on stage–would get here, which in the end would help in him losing the battle. A 3-round matchup on URL’s Resolution 2 card that was also a pretty tense at times, aggressive and spirited on both sides and competitive throughout certainly lived up to the hype that these two Queens, NY, heads (who both go back all the way to the days of Grind Time) had long built up. Indeed, while Hollow would slow flashes of brilliance in the early rounds with his noted unorthodox punches/personals and maelstrom of wit, it wouldn’t be till the final round that he’d be able to keep up with his opponent’s versatile barrage of potent bars, spicy storytelling/angles/schemes, ill personal breakdowns, witty barbs and off-the-dome heat. As a fly rebuttal/freestyle game by DNA (often in response to Hollow either talking through his rounds or going off on emotional outbursts throughout the battle or awkwardly stopping and re-starting his rounds) combined with a more consistent effort overall would give the former NWX capo the win as he would edge rounds 1 and 2 before a debatable 3rd.

Verdict: DNA (W) 2-1

Favorite line: DNA – “Of course you could tell me about Blackjack, you a drug addict, you took your first hit on 17!”

A. Ward defeats Don Marino

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Recap: In a battle he clearly wanted to win (word has it that not only had Don been wanting to battle A. Ward for at least two years, but the back-n-forth these two were engaging in online after the match was announced got a little testy at times), a versatile and hard-hitting Don Marino gets in his own way once again, choking away what could’ve been a fire 2nd round (after getting edged to a just as punch-lit, but also off-the-dome spicy Ward in round 1) to lose this WarTown Battles 3-rounder, before taking round 3 in a competitive bout that was also laced with fiery personals, schemes and set-ups by both battlers throughout.

Verdict: A. Ward (W) 2-1

Favorite line: A. Ward – “You are a URL benchwarmer, Coach P gets to choose y’all reps!”

Chef Trez defeats MVP

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Recap: A bit of an oldie from Street Status, but a 3-rounder between MVP and Chef Trez that was still a goodie as the former’s plethora of gritty punches and rich similes kept things close and even had him edging the opening round. However, with an always prepared Trez rocking the crowd and his opponent with a consistent barrage of piercing name flips, spicy rebuttals, fiery gun bars, sizzling punchlines and to top things off, a crazy freestyle coming off a mid-round fight that broke out in the crowd in round 3, it’s the Chef who delivers more than enough treats to take rounds 2 and 3 for the win.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “I’m dumping shots, but I’ll put the gun down ‘cuz I could fucking box, weave game better than a bitch that club a lot!”

Cortez defeats Xcel

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Recap: Cortez, who’s been talking a lot lately about needing his peers to start ‘putting respect on my name’, stops by iBattle for a 3-rounder against the lyrical wordsmith that is Xcel and after a debatable and fire-on-both-sides round 1, uses a righteous at times, personal-heavy, gritty, and more punchline-lit rounds 2 and 3 to earn the win over an opponent who gave a game effort, but just couldn’t keep up with Cor’s verbal barrage in the latter two rounds.

Verdict: Cortez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Cortez – “It’s global warming, I make blocks hot for the winter!”

XQZ defeats Bill Collector

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Recap: First, props to XQZ for that “Office Space” bar, as a huge fan myself, I would love to see more of them in battle rap. Moving on, the judges were all on point here. Had the action-packed and slightly punch-heavier Bill Collector also taking the opening round, before getting sloppy with his flow and bars in both of the latter rounds (tho his rebuttals were nice as well as his freesttye ability, because that’s what the vets should be able to do when they find themselves trouble remembering their bars) and leaving his opponent, who was consistently witty and punch/angle-lit (esp. when it came to taking a different approach with the infamous ShowOut punch) throughout, with more than enough room to earn the win in this KOTD tournament S1W20 battle.

Verdict: XQZ (W) 2-1

Favorite line: XQZ – “Bill, we all watch porn so there’s nothing to worry about, just some days you gotta beat those insecurities out!”

Chef Trez and J. Murda [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Never count out J. Murda, who in this matchup from RBE against an always off-the-dome ready, punch/gun bar-lit and gritty Chef Trez comes back after getting beat in round 1 with a couple of condensed, punch-heavy (“I’m in the cirb with two ratchets, it’s polygamy!”), wordplay spicy and raucous rounds to edge round 2, before using a couple of fire rebuttals in the 3rd to help him to a debatable final round and make this one a draw.

Verdict: Draw

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “I’m more than great, but check this shit, I’ll test this bitch, start disrespecting him, like you Puerto-Rican?…I’ll call you Mexican!”

Danny Myers defeats Lil Slap

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Recap: As entertaining as this one-round ‘Man vs. Kid’ matchup was between Lil Slap and Danny Myers, when it comes to experience, cognitive ability and verbal hijinks, is it really fair for a vet like Danny to be taking on a teenager in a battle? Of course not. But by now we all know that Danny will literally battle anyone and the fact is that even tho a bunch of his raps were clearly influenced by Geechi Gotti, all that gas from the crowd aside, Lil Slap wasn’t that bad here. The youngster going straight as at Danny with a plethora of fierce punches and personals with many landing on their mark. And while he does need to work on his stage presense, versatility and probably shouldn’t let his very pedestrian homies rap again, for a 1st-timer, Slap definitely showed that if he’s willing to put in the work, he can have a future in battle rap. Other than that, Danny was just Danny here. Leaving the intergalactic mayhem at home and going after Slap with a trio of fire rebuttals, hard-hitting personals, aggressive punchlines, witty barbs, some stellar wordplay/storytelling and well-oiled ‘grown man’ talk, it’s the Bar God who handily gets the win.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “All them times your tooth fell out and you found money under the pillow? that was your Daddy all them days!”

Chess defeats Jakkboy Maine

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Recap: Now arguably one of the top 5 performers in the game, Jakkboy Maine’s oft-electrifying execution of his bars plugged in with a vocal sound system that’d make Sgt. Larvell Jones proud has definitely helped raise his stock in battle rap. However, here in this one round Banned against Chess, while Jakk served up plenty of surreal moments (including an elastic Bronx dance move that even had his opponent showing love), an elongated turn with a little too much filler plus a more versatile, witty at times, personal/punch-heavier and wordplay/name flip spicy Chess would give the latter the win in what overall was one of the better battles from this last-minute card.

Verdict: Chess (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chess – “All these made up words and never slang shit in your life?!”

T-Top defeats Emerson Kennedy

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Recap: Offsetting a creative use of the stage lights by his opponent with a fire rebuttal to start off his round before dialing up a plethora of fiery trap talk, salacious wordplay/struggle bars and some fire punches (without a single mention, as EK had suggested he would earlier, of his Caucasian better half), T-Top puts together enough work to beat back a punch-heavy and versatile, but not as steadily potent turn by Emerson Kennedy in this 1-round Banned battle from URL.

Verdict: T-Top (W) 1-0

Favorite line: T-Top – “I had to watch my cousin shootig heroin in the living room, you came in this world with money, but I was born with a silver spoon!’

Kyd Slade defeats Real Name Brandon

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Recap: From URL’s recent Initiation 2 card, in a close battle soaked in plenty of hard-hitting trap talk, rigid struggle bars and gritty punchlines from both sides, the slightly more consistently spicy, personal, set-up/storytelling-lit and wordplay heavy Kyd Slade edges rounds 2 and 3 (call round 1 debatable) for the win over Real Name Brandon.

Verdict: Kyd Slade (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Kyd Slade – “We not the same, you nigga’s re-up money is pocket change, I swap my gun with his gun, I been good at the stock exchange!”

Bigg K defeats Jae Millz (Rematch)

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Recap: From RBE, a couple of things we learned from this battle: Bigg K is still hilarious and punch-lit as ever and when you consider that displaying some wit helped him spout his best round (rd. 2) here, in the future Jae Millz may want to consider showing off his funny bone in battles more instead of complaining about battlers who in his eyes joke too much. That said, more condensed while dropping a bunch of crazy similes, rich storytelling and witty personals throughout each round, it’s K who earns the 3-0 despite what was overall a pretty solid, gritty and punch-worthy effort from Millz.

Verdict: Bigg K (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Bigg K – “Suck a drag queen dick, I will slap and lean your shit, this is personal like asking what vaccine you get?!”

Geechi Gotti defeats Mike P

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Recap: Death is something you don’t come back from and neither is Geechi Gotti’s round here. The 2021 Champion Male Battler of the Year getting his 2022 off to a tremendous start with a complete obliteration of Mike P in this 1-round Banned matchup from URL. Indeed, whether it was sublime personals on everything from his opponent’s man-bun to continually hard-hitting darts going at Mike’s girl to hard street rhymes that glistened with that real talk the Compton, CA native is known for, in his first battle of the year Gotti not only gets off a classic, but effectively dismisses to the crowd of onlookers anything Mike had to say (tho it was pretty raucous and solid) afterwards.

Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Caffiene, just ‘cuz this nigga play Call of Duty for y’all for a living don’t mean ypu mean you gotta keep giving him Black opps!”

Ill Will defeats Reed Dollaz

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Recap: Able to offset a gritty and often sublime-punching Reed Dollaz with a wicked freestyle game to go along with a barrage of hardbody punches/personals, fierce wordplay and stinging name flips/set-ups of his own in a more condensed and versatile 2nd round (after Reed took round 1) before handily the 3rd, Ill Will does just enough to get the win in what was a pretty dope and competitive 3-rounder from RBE.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ill Will – “2 baretta’s, chop over the shoulder…like a masseuse!”

JC defeats Real Sikh

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Recap: Against the witty at times and often raucous/bullish raps from Real Sikh, JC immediately goes for the kill, using a gang of morbid bangers, unwholesome name flips/wordplay, graphic mayhem and sick punchlines to get the win in this competitive 1-rounder from URL’s Banned card.

Verdict: JC (W) 1-0

Favorite line: JC – “I’m that nice, I could clap twice and the room get lit!”

Bonnie Godiva defeats LL Coogi

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Recap: What’s up with Dot Mobb members getting so agitated when going up against Bonnie Godiva and she spits some crew-laced personals at them (see Bonnie vs. OG Prana)? Either way, despite a pretty solid (tho he did go overboard with the name flips) and gritty performance from LL Coogi, it’s a more condensed, less filler-prone, colorful scheme dishing and punch-heavy Bonnie who edges this Rap Committee 1-rounder for the win.

Verdict: Bonnie Godiva (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Bonnie Godiva – “I am arranging your death, your name Coogi, so I figured something colored would fit!”

Da Bull Boog defeats Chef Trez

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Recap: From Verbal War Zone, a pretty straightforward verdict here that might’ve been helped by the one the best off-the-dome battlers in the game, Chef Trez, possibly finding himself unable to rebuttal due to his having to rap over beats. Who knows. Either way, a gritty affair on both sides that saw Trez easily out-punch opponent Da Bull Boog in round 1 before Boog handily returned the favor in both of the latter rounds for the win.

Verdict: Da Bull Boog (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Da Bull Boog – “Nigga left me unseen, almost unfollowed him, hit me with the silent treatment, hit him with a silencer!”

Pristavia defeats C3

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Recap: From The Rap Committee, only a week after her Yoshi G battle, a slightly more consistent Pristavia uses a gang of blistering punchlines/schemes, some intertwined Godspeak, noble name flips and a bunch of piercing personals to take the 1st and 3rd rounds and beat back a righteous, wordplay-heavy at times and witty/personal-lit C3 in what was a competitive 3-rounder.

Verdict: Pristavia (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Pristavia – “This was a foolish intent, I’m as true as it get, I’ll go to every crib you ever lived in and burn up all your dresses…like you as a kid!”

MyVerse defeats Chetta

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Recap: MyVerse is such an anomaly. Has the skills and wants to sit at the table and eat with the top tier female battle rappers, but always has an excuse not to battle one of them. Still, after yet another long hiatus away from battle rap, as clearly seen here in this Rap Committee 1-round matchup against Chetta, the ‘Sex Symbol’ can still rap her ass off. Whether sporting some dope multi’s or a bunch of fiery punchlines or some gritty name flips and witty/mocking personals, even during a round that was a little longwinded, versus the repeated bully bars and aggressive mayhem from her opponent that at times became a little redundant, the versatile Verse delivers more than enough heat to earn the win.

Verdict: MyVerse (W) 1-0

Favorite line: MyVerse – “You’ve had that twinkie up in your purse for weeks, it’s only right for a fat bitch to feeding her insecurity!”

Chef Trez defeats Lavelle The Artist

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Recap: From IBattle, pretty solid, gritty and at times personal-lit effort by Lavelle The Artist still gets edged in all 3 rounds by an off-the-dome spicy, gun bar-heavy and more consistently punch/wordplay spazzing Chef Trez who frankly speaking needs to get some big name plates this year.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “I got hella choppers, a hundred different stocks like Nasdaq!”

Drugz defeats Fonz

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Recap: Hey, even Fonz (who had all the material and hitting punches here, but was hurt by one too many slip-ups and an elongated turn) in his opening bar acknowledged Drugz’s incredible ability to quickly prepare for a battle. Add to that a cleaner flow, a bit lengthy but well-crafted punches, superb Ave angles and a bunch of aggressive/blazing heaters, gives the Gun Show the win and a bit of an upset in this 1-round Banned battle from URL.

Verdict: Drugz (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Drugz – “Put the piece up to his roof, he could see the leg dump, then give Fonz a shell, it’s a Easter egg hunt!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats QB (Black Diamond)

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Recap: A grudge match long in the waiting, it takes Remy Ma’s new league, Chrome 23, to set up and stage QB Black Diamond vs. 40 B.A.R.R.S for 3 rounds. And while the face off between these two opps was crazy and lit, outside of a pretty dope round 1 (which an unabashedly disrespectful, totally vicious and punch-heavy QB edged), the battle itself turned out to be pretty one-sided as a mure steady with the heat 40 just proved to be too much in the latter rounds. The Boston native (who’s only flaw here was a bit of longwindedness with her rounds) flexing in rounds 2 and 3 with a gang of potent punchlines, spirited/nifty wordplay and in giving her opponent some of her own medicine, a bunch of hard-hitting personals that combined to handily beat back a couple of topsy-turvy turns by her longtime rival and earn the win for 40.

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

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “Who say Diamond studded, buddy was always at the clinic ‘cuz that kitty had a leak, shit was like Remy prison visit’s gotta Pap every week!”