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Mister Greco Recap: Clinching it with a sublime, name flip exchange towards the end of his 3rd, in what was a dope 3-rounder from KOTD’s Season 1 tourney, after the two split rounds 1 and 2, Ciddy’s continually hitting wordplay, stickler multi’s/4-bar set-ups and rigid punches are enough to outlast the off-brand humor and oft-witty/mocking personals from opponent XQZ.
Verdict: Ciddy (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ciddy – “Doctor Strange…my capabilities follow me wherever!'”
Recap: This 3-round iBattle between two battlers with similar styles, Bill Collector and Mewlips, goes the former’s way as the eccentric Bill (once again showing that he can turn it up at any time) uses a plethora of witty anecdotes, dope punchlines, performance-rich bars and piercing personals to take the first two rounds for the win before the hobbit-inspired and humorous Mewlips delivered enough whimsical darts to edge the 3rd in what was an entertaining battle.
Verdict: Bill Collector (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Bill Collector – “I been itching to get this kid like smallpox!”
Recap: One-rounder from King of the 5 Battle League sees Xcel use a slew of consistently hitting punchlines to go along with a gang of scorched-earth wordplay and boastful barbs to handily beat back back a solid and gritty, but nowhere near as potent turn from Arod.
Verdict: Xcel (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Xcel – “Bro, you are a wannabee, and as as rap I’m everywhere that you want to be, nigga I took a hundred steps back so you could stand in front of be!”
Recap: His 2nd round ‘dangerous ocean’ bar receiving a mulligan here, a more nuanced, consistent and condensed Chess uses a gang of stifling name flips, steely gun bars, crazy set-ups, stellar wordplay and bruising punchlines to take both of the opening rounds and beat back a dope effort from an energetic Kid Chaos, who with a boatload of adept, lyrical dexterity, fierce performance bars, lofty name flips, witty anecdotes and well-themed personals (esp. in the 3rd round, which he edged) gave his opponent all he could handle. Indeed, this URL/Super Fight 4 battle, competitive and close throughout, would live up to the hype after the two battlers had a very memorable and captivating Faceoff.
Verdict: Chess (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chess – “Your name Kid Chaos…I was the kid causing it!”
Recap: A couple of Goonies for one round on 3 days prep for only 7 minutes? I’m all in. And despite the shortened time, it’s still a goodie. Jakkboy Maine with the performance-heavy/sing-song deliveries and fly (“When it tik tok, i’m turning Twork into a silhouette!”) lyricism, while Nu Jerzey Twork provided the rambunctious punches/personals and even brought out a belt to keep Jakk in line. That said, with an equal amount of haymakers, call this one a debatable.
Verdict: TIE
Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “I’m the head of the Goonies, you know that’s fact, I’m the one that put Jakkboy on…like Kodak Black!”
Recap: In a KOTD Season 1 battle that certainly lagged with the punches at times and saw Stuey Newton announce early on in round 1 that he wouldn’t be using any gun bars for the match (then proceed to use a gang of them), despite some lazy angles from both Stuey and the ever-witty (and at times here pretty lyrical) Caustic, a spicy rebuttal in the opener helps a more condensed Newton edge that round, before he also edges the deciding 3rd for the win thanks to a steadier hitting punch game.
Verdict: Stuey Newton (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Stuey Newton – “On the best white rappers list, even 100 Bullets is ranked higher than you!”
Recap: Chef Trez might’ve looked at him as another no name to battle and get a bag, but in this 3-rounder from Underground Battle League, Larry Bull uses a gang of brazen punches and aggressive heaters to repeatedly score and provide some heavy comp. However, ever on-point and never known to take battler for granted, it’s a Chef armed with a bunch of head-ringing gun bars, stinging 4-bar setups, fire rebuttals and piercing punchlines/name flips, who edges each round for the win.
Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Chef Trez -“You the big dog on campus?, I put paws to lames, but if they wanna see dog break from the medal…it’ll be off the chain!”
Recap: In this Born Legacy NW matchup from URL, Jakkboy Maine takes away opponent Ooops’ biggest calling card, righteous and sublime 3rd rounds, by using a gang of mesmerizing performance bars, unorthodox name flips, stinging personals, witty barbs and hard-hitting punchlines to edge the first couple of rounds for the win before the 4 Horseman rapper (who had a strong and personal/punch-lit rounds 1 and 2) surprisingly faltered and choked in the final round, helping Jakk score a 30 after a dope, stirring, highly personalized and ironically classic turn of his own.
Verdict: Jakkboy Maine (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Jakkboy Maine – “And this why I pray with my eyes open God…I don’t trust you!”
Recap: Considering the tremendous run he’s been on this year, don’t know what else Th3 Saga needs to do to get another URL plate. Either way, in yet another GOTG 1-rounder, while opponent GR80 delivers a mayhem-lit performance that contained a gang of fiery punchlines to make things competitive, the more versatile Saga, complete with fierce name flips, nifty wordplay, boastful barbs and aggressive/stinging punches, does more than enough to get the win.
Verdict: Th3 Saga (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Th3 Saga – “They sleep faster, I right above the post like a dream catcher…wait, hold that thought!”
Recap: Th3 Saga takes a break from belittling newcomers on Gates of the Garden for a much more competitive 1-rounder on Step Your Ink Game Up. And despite opponent Stampede going off with some rich combos of wit/mocking personals/hardbody punchlines, it’s the more flexing with the personals, gun bar-lit, 4-bar setup scoring and punchline-savvy Saga who dials up more haymakers to gain the win.
Verdict: Th3 Saga (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Th3 Saga – “You probably got a cold round, but this cleaner like a Playstation…which literally goes to show this is game-changing!”
Recap: Season 1, round 1 KOTD battle between Cali Smoov and Reverse Live goes the latter’s way as after the two split a round 1 and 2 that was littered with aggressive personals, an altogether spicier ‘real talk’ turn by Live in the deciding 3rd gets him the win.
Verdict: Reverse Live (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Reverse Live – “I promise you’ll make the Director’s cut when I put you on these extended clips!”
Recap: In this gangland-lit 3-rounder from West Coast Elites, Fettuccine 20 uses a more consistent barrage of fierce name flips, a couple of spicy rebuttals, some solid wordplay and a bunch of fiery punchlines/gun bars to beat back a boastful and piercing at times, but not as steady with the heat and sometimes subpar with the punches Aktive.
Verdict: Fettuccine 20 (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Fettuccine 20 – “The clip longetr than the list of names that got the PPP!”
Recap: Controversial, judged battle between Ace Amin and Cortez (who somehow got the win via the judges) with $5K on the line sees the former Goonie level up (after losing round 1 to a combo of Tez’s stifling/versatile/raucous punches and a couple of unforced verbal errors) with a speedy/steady (we’re not counting stumbles that occur when the opponent is talking thru your turn here) barrage rich multi’s/name flips, hard-hitting personals, righteous street talk and stinging punchlines to score more than enough haymakers (esp. in round 2) to take both of the latter rounds over his sometimes redundant (tho Cor’s timeline angle was fly) and flow-challenged opponent for the win.
Verdict: Ace Amin (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ace Amin – “How you gonna eat off a dead body when all you do is vault yourself?!”
Recap: Wily effort here from Danny Myers, who during his 1-round turn keeps things interesting with a couple of spicy rebuttals to go along with a bunch of noteworthy name flips and gritty punchlines. But with the Bar God sporting some mediocre punches as well as Danny reaching a bit on some of his bars, it’s the aggressive, steady and bullish taunts, fiery boasts, vivid gun bars and steely punches/personals from Ton that allows the PyrexxBattleLeague battler to pull off the upset.
Verdict: Ton (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Ton – “Your bitch, a freak ho, specialize deep throat, no walls, off top…Gazebo!”
Recap: From Bayou Battle League, in lieu of a gritty, off-the-dome-friendly, storytelling and sometimes witty showing from AMG Case, Chef Trez uses a plethora of piercing name flips, rigid rebuttals, spicy build-ups with the bars and flexing punchlines/gun bars to take each round for the win.
Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Chef Trez – “I like revolvers, even tho some nigga’s say guns with the clips spray better, but I’m old-school, plus you can’t run from a .38, it’s a case catcher!”
Recap: Showing his veteran side with a spicy rebuttal and a couple of on-the-spot, mid-round freestyles before getting back to his written’s, Fettuccine 20 also scores with a gang of gritty name flips, mocking personals and stinging punchlines to handily beat a gritty, but mostly pedestrian Nova Greezy in this 1-rounder from Kill Switch Battle League.
Verdict: Fettuccine 20 (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Fettuccine 20 – “I’m the type of nigga that scream ‘Head shot!’ then turn a battle rap bar into a true crime, if he don’t die, they gonna have to put a whole body cast on Nova [Casanova 2X]…two times!”
Recap: In this 1-rounder from South Carolina Battle League, Power Lines’ gritty, but highly subpar raps amount to a layup for the consistently brazen gun lines, rigid punchlines and braggadocios darts from Arsonal.
Verdict: Arsonal (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Arsonal – “My dope pure, my coke raw, so on and so forth, Power been off for four months we been relying on a Snowfall!”
Recap: A couple of unforced errors in round 2 proves that he still needs to work on his prep game. But besides that, in what was a competitive, witty at times and raucous battle on both sides, it’s the more consistently hitting, slick-talking, storytelling/name flip-rich and gritty Stumbles to takes round’s 1 and 3 over Murda to win this URL App exclusive battle.
Verdict: Stumbles (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Stumbles – “You could lie if you want, my real name David, I was sent to die!”
Recap: One of those one’s where you just know that every bar will count. E-Hart versus First Lady Flamez, on QOTR, had all the makings of being a surefire hit and it certainly met all the expectations as the tow battlers put on a gritty, lyrical slugfest that was permeated by sizzling gun bars, dope wordplay and some hard-hitting personals.
One of the few songs in hip-hop’s storied lexicon where it seems like everyone, young and old, knows every word. In reality, it’s just Milk D spitting over a fobbled “Impeach The President” drum loop handled by Stetsasonic’s Daddy-O. But even lyrics from ’87- “I get money, money I got”- hold sway today. It was a true sign of things to come. A hustler’s anthem.
Recap: From QOTR’s Heir To The Throne card, spitfire and haymaker-drenched battle between a (“So I be by the door with the hoodie low, lacking confidence, giving good pussy energy tho, I got the wildest grip!”) gun-ba/punch-heavy and often stifling First Ladii Flamez and an ever gritty and wordplay-lit E-Hart, comes down to the more condensed and versatile (via a bunch of righteous banter, fiery punchlines, head-ringing name flips and gripping personals) Hart taking round 2 (after a debatable round 1) while the heat-fortified and slightly more punch-lit Flamez edged the 3rd to make this one a draw.
Verdict: TIE
Favorite line: E-Hart – “If you want beef over buns, I might let Jakk in the box!”
Recap: Gritty 1-rounder between Quban and Coy Gutta from Organyzed Cryme Battle League contains plenty of righteous street missives, spicy name flips and raucous punchlines. But it’s the slightly more versatile and steadier-hitting Quban who edges things at the end here.
Verdict: Quban (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Quban – “I’ll rob him for everything, clean Gutta out…with a ladder to his roof!”
Recap: QOTR matchup between O’fficial and Gattas is dominated by the veteran emcee from the Chi, as Gattas’ steady variety of stinging punchlines, piercing/witty personals, boastful barbs and fiery wordplay combine for enough haymakers to take round 1 and overwhelm her opponent in round 3. O’ffical, who for the first couple of rounds came through with a bunch of solid punchlines/personals and fierce gun bars, would beat herself in what was her best round, the 2nd, with a huge slip-up mid-round that ultimately helped Gattas land the 30.
Verdict: Gattas (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Gattas – “Your pussy trash, nigga’s fuck you as a last resort…that’s a penalty box!”
Recap: Organyzed Cryme Battle League, which has been putting out some fierce 1-rounders of late, brings you another one here with T-Top facing off against rising newcomer R. Payso. A competitive battle that saw the veteran Top get busy with a gang of gritty punches, charismatic trap talk and rigid (“I don’t give a fuck about Pay so I’ll put the .4 in money!”) set-ups/personals/name flips. However, showing the crowd that he could hold his own against the best of them, a steely, but earnest Payso would spout a fiery stream of flexing street missives, solid wordplay, boastful barbs and hardbody name flips/punchlines to make this one a debatable.
Verdict: Debatable
Favorite line: R. Patso – “This bulldog got a kick back, it’ll fuck up a get-together and kick back!”
Recap: Pretty much taking round 1 off to kick back, get his feet wet and let the Detroit crowd know that he’s in town, Snake Eyez quickly gets back to form in the latter rounds while using a consistent barrage of fiery name flips, some stinging wordplay/schemes, steely punchlines, witty personals and boastful barbs to take both turns and get the win over a raucous and consistently hitting in the opener, but topsy-turvy with the punches in the proceeding rounds Times.
Verdict: Snake Eyez (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Snake Eyez – “How our stats natch?, you already failed with errors, it don’t matter how hard you hit, you ain’t gonna take Detroit to the promise land…you Miguel Cabrera!”
Recap: Viixen The Assassin still needs to work on finishing her rounds better (or sometimes earlier) and Shooney Da Rapper’s bout with stumbles still serve as a detriment to an otherwise solid battle career, but other than that this QOTR matchup was fire. Like, all the way, with both battlers staying competitive for 3 rounds with a gang of hardbody punchlines, aggressive name-calling, scintillating personals, sizzling gun bars, rigid name flips and fiery set-ups/wordplay. Yet while Shooney gave a blazing effort throughout, it’s the more haymaker-lit (esp. during round 1) Viixen who edges each round for the women’s 30.
Verdict: Viixen The Assassin (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Viixen The Assassin – “I know it’s a fact y’all, Puerto-Rican bitches is crazy, they keep blades in they cheeks, you think I give a fuck folks?, I’ll choke this bitch out till she swallow the blade…let’s really see who cut throat [cutthroat]!”
Recap: Generous with the gov’t name flips with some added wit and fierce punches mixed in, Mike Bandz makes for a solid showing in this 1-rounder vs. Chef Trez from Body Bag Battle League. Consequently for Bandz, a notable turn would quickly be upended by his opponent, the Cave Gang general using a fourscore of spicy rebuttals to go along with a barrage of potent gun bars and stifling punchlines/name flips/4-bar set-ups to earn the win.
Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Chef Trez – “Everything I jot elite, like exotic weed, I’m in a creative bag!”
Recap: In this 1-rounder from GOTG, Young Kannon’s steady barrage of daunting name flips, fiery gun bars and gritty punchlines easily beats a lackadaisical effort from Chuck Book, who while hitting at times, overall relied on way too many overused personals on his opponent that in turn made this a mostly a one-sided affair.
Verdict: Young Kannon (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Young Kannon – “I’ll air the Uzi, do a nigga wig bad like a Tyler Perry movie!”
Recap: In a bout loaded with hardbody street missives, some fierce name flips/personals, roundabout mayhem and aggressive punchlines, backed by his knack for rigid wordplay, it’s the more consistently hitting Big Hann who takes the first couple of rounds of this URL Close Quarters 3-rounder for the win over TruFoe before a slightly more bar efficient and condensed Foe edges the 3rd.
Verdict: Big Hann (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Big Hann – “You bang right?, well the minute you get to twisting shit up, you going paraplegic!”
Recap: Battling at a prolific rate that would make Dre Dennis envious, this time around Chef Trez uses a barrage of fiery punchlines, rich set-ups, stinging gun lines, some fire rebuttals and fierce name flips to handily beat back the gritty, but mostly pedestrian raps of Reggie P in this one-of-a-kind, off-beat/on-beat 5-rounder from MC War.
Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 4-1
Favorite line: Chef Trez – “You’ll catch a .30 like eviction’s and I got the notice!”
Recap: If they haven’t battled already, would love to two freestyle heads, AR-16 and Bangz go at it some day. That said, in this 1-rounder from GOTG, the exclusive off-the-dome heat from Bangz scores with banging results here and there. But one too many subpar punches and a raucous Zay Smoove never taking his foot off the pedal when it came to handbody punches, leaves the big man from Queens, NY, with the win.
Verdict: Zay Smoove (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Zay Smoove – “Rusty kicks, dead stock, no silencer, he got stuck with a ring…wedlock!”
Recap: In an animated battle that was littered with plenty of mayhem, mocking personals, gritty punchlines/wordplay and stifling name flips, the more consistently-lit NXT delivers enough heat to take both of the opening rounds of this competitive URL 3-rounder and get the win over a mostly solid Murda, before a 3rd round debatable.
Verdict: NXT (W) 2-1
Favorite line: NXT – “I would think that your team wiser, 6 feet, behind a fake killer, it’s a police lineup!
Recap: While J. Murda showed off a nice rebuttal game, offered up a dope cameo from Showoff and added his usual assortment of gritty bars/wordplay to the mix, in this 3-rounder from Kill Switch Battle League, Gwitty did something that’d probably guarantee him bigger plates in the future: unleash 3 consistent rounds of fierce name flips, entertaining wordplay, flexing gun lines and piercing punchlines to take rounds 1 and 3 (call the 2nd debatable) for the win.
Verdict: Gwitty (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Gwitty – “My beams, only seen on DVD, they blue ray!”
Recap: In what was a competitive and gritty 3-round punchfest from Hit List Battle League, after the two split (got Klutch edging round 1, before Towers edged round 2) the first couple of rounds, both Cityy Towers and Da Kid Klutch (both of whom had some killer name flips along the way) struggle with their flows in the deciding 3rd. However, Towers’ more complete turn and longer stream of haymakers gets him the win here.
Verdict: Cityy Towers (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Cityy Towers – “You in the field throwing flags, but you ain’t a player, you a referee, it make sense, your name’s Klutch, you ain’t shit but an accessory!”
Recap: From QOTR, cleaner with her flow throughout the match while scoring left and right with a slew of aggressive bully bars, filthy gun bars, rigid/witty personals and fiery punchlines, after a debatable round 1 Tia S. edges both of the latter rounds for the win over an often punch-lit, but indirect at times and not as consistently hitting Pristavia.
Verdict: Tia S. (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Tia S. – “Y’all peep this?, another Christian wilding on cam…welcome to Freaknik!”
Recap: The most prolific battle rapper in the game, Dre Dennis, makes a return to URL on a Survivor Series card, and drops a hammer on Quantum Physics. The Gates of the Garden co-founder using a barrage of hard-hitting personals, stifling name flips, fiery gun bars and some fierce wordplay/punchlines to handily take the first couple of rounds before the SONS vet, inconsistent with the punches in the earlier rounds, puts it all together in the 3rd with a steady gang of sublime jabs to edge a righteous and heavy-handed turn by Dre and salvage the closing round of this App exclusive.
Verdict: Dre Dennis (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Dre Dennis – “Them long schemes got us kinda lost nigga, 8-second violation…you need to get your point across quicker!”
Recap: From Philly’s The Battle Academy, Danny Myers and E. Ness enlist in a competitive back-n-forth for 3 rounds that not only featured a host of fiery 4-bar set-ups/punches, but a nice Ness impression by Danny too. Yet while Ness entertained his home crowd with an assortment of witty barbs and some gritty bomb-throwers, it’s the more condensed, steadily efficient with the bars, rebuttal-drooping and gun bar/wordplay-savvy Myers wo earns the 30.
Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Danny Myers – “I’m 41, you 43, shit, you gotsa know your worth, all that’s telling me…you gonna see the .44 first!”
Recap: Against a brash, but highly perplexing and inconsistent Showoff who clearly came into this RBE battle with the wrong game plan, Rosenberg Raw spouts a gang of bullish barbs, mocking personals, righteous mayhem/gun bars and stinging storytelling bars/punchlines to score a 30 in a bout that was pretty one-sided from jump.
Verdict: Rosenberg Raw (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Rosenberg Raw – “Wasn’t Ah Di Boom your best friend in the world?, that’s unbelievable, he said he wasn’t a snitch then called him a snitch when it inconvenienced you!”
Recap: Much anticipated 3-rounder from West Coast Elites between Rum Nitty and his younger, lite-skin, performance doppelganger NXT lives up to the hype with both battlers sporting an aggressive variant of fierce punchlines, tough name flips, popping wordplay and head-ringing gun bars. Add to the mix a mutual respect for fire bars and some worthy personals, a competitive bout gets edged by the more condensed and more consistently punch-lit Nitty who takes both of the opening for the win before NXT serves up a nasty and seismic 3rd to avoid the shutout.
Verdict: Rum Nitty (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Run Nitty – “I give a fuck how you spell your name little nigga, you will not ease [E’s] your way outta this!
Recap: A few bouts with slippage cost him the 1st round. But assisted by a gang of killer rebuttals, a bunch of gritty punchlines/gun bars and some hard-hitting freestyles, Chef Trez gets his shit together and gathers himself enough in the latter rounds to take them both and beat back a what started off as punch-worthy, but over time slackened effort from Eddy I. here in this 3-rounder from IBattleTV.
Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chef Trez – “Fast-rapping bitch, let him tell it he the wildest nerd, well he could go from Eddy I to Eddie Murphy…and get a whole clip with a thousand words!”
Recap: Some nice set-ups and gritty punches from Chris JR. But in this competitive 1-rounder from Organyzed Cryme Battle League, Ill Will’s greasy combo of boastful barbs, hitting name flips (which included some spicy usage of his own moniker), raucous punchlines and flexing wordplay/gun bars are enough to earn the win.
Verdict: Ill Will (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Ill Will – “You know you can’t fuck with me, Everybody Hates Chris, but it’s backwards, little dude from across the street gonna get a buck from me!”
Recap: From We Go Hard, a dope 1st round by a punch-heavier Prez Mafia is met with the same treatment by a punch-heavier Gwitty in round 2. The deciding 3rd however, while it had its moments, ended up being pretty mediocre on both sides. But with Prez struggling to remember his bars and then deciding to end his round early, it’s the more dependable and cleaner Gwitty who outlasts his opponent for the win.
Verdict: Gwitty (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Gwitty – “Ratchet on a President, Olivia Pope, this is a Scandal!”
Recap: An opponent no-showing still doesn’t prevent JC from doing JC as the Pontiac, MI, wordsmith uses a gang of boastful barbs and fiery punchlines to beat back a gritty, but much-less-potent effort from last-minute replacement Albo in this 1-rounder from Organyzed Cryme Battle League.
Verdict: JC (W) 1-0
Favorite line: JC – “See, this something only we could change, no use of bringing town news, around you, nothing hip…like Tisha Campbell, straight body!”
Recap: Way too many mediocre name flips from Montro plus an O-Red on point throughout his turn with some blazing wordplay (some so spicy, that he was kind enough to break them down), fiery gun bars and boastful punches, equals up to the Jersey vet getting an easy win in this 1-rounder from Organyzed Cryme Battle League.
Verdict: O-Red (W) 1-0
Favorite line: O-Red – “Random…why your face look like that V for Vendetta mask?!”
Recap: Main event 1-round battle from GOTG sees Bandit Montana and Nu Jerzey Twork trade a bunch of raucous street missives throughout their turns. But while Bandit kept it a bit entertaining too, pulling out a ‘old lady’ stunt double in lieu of Twork’s alleged robbery days, a lack of consistent heat from Montana and a gang of stifling name flips/gun bars by NJT ends up being the difference here.
Verdict: Nu Jerzey Twork (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “You ever seen the bullet would of a double-barrel?, it look like a Ferragamo belt!”
Recap: Give NBA Milz some credit, because judging from that ice grill he managed to keep on his face for near the entire time he rapped, even while being unintentionally funny with his lines and laughed at by the crowd and his opponent Bill Collector, the guy was pretty serious about those bars. That said, an easy win for BC, who when he wasn’t adeptly freestyling and dishing a bunch of mocking personals during this 1-rounder from GOTG, scored left and right with a gang of hitting gun bars and stinging punchlines.
Verdict: Bill Collector (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Bill Collector – “This nigga look like Cassidy and Tiger Woods mixed together!”
Recap: Dope 1-rounder from Organyzed Cryme Battle League sees relative newcomer Belair Beezy impress with a gang of versatile punches/themes that for the most part were consistent with the heat. Yet, if you’re going to point out Nu Jerzey Twork’s habitual lack of effort in battles (as Beezy did), you gotta remember that a prepared Twork (as seen here) can take things to another level, which he does here with a condensed and aggressive barrage of filthy punchlines, sizzling name flips/wordplay and persistent mayhem to earn the win.
Verdict: Nu Jerzey Twork (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “Back in the day I used to alter my report card so you know I know how to turn FN into Beez [B’s]!”
Recap: From GOTG, coupled with a boatload of heated gun bars, Big Chauncey incorporating Chef Trez’s online love for the stock market, showed some initiative and helped keep things competitive in this 1-rounder. But the Chef, by now an expert when it comes to these one-rounders, but still taking nothing for granted what with a gang of sturdy punchlines, rigid name flips, spicy personals, a couple of solid rebuttals and stifling gun bars, is the one who earns the win here.
Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Chef Trez – “I tuck a .4, I stay on point when I aim weapons, I gun butt, fuck his features up, we on the same record!”
Recap: From URL’s Born Legacy Northwest card, putting on a movie for a lit Seattle crowd that was into the battle from jump, Danny Myers and Jey The Nitewing give the fans their money’s worth with a gang of gritty punchlines, spirited mayhem and boastful barbs that kept the battle close and spicy throughout. However, while Danny added some solid rebuttals to the mix, for the first couple of rounds Jey’s hard-hitting/mocking personals, fire metaphors/analytical schemes and slightly more consistent darts would be the difference, allowing Mr. Nitewing to take the first two rounds for the win before a stellar and more punch-heavy turn by Danny in round 3 would prevent the shutout.
Verdict: Jey The Nitewing (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Jey The Nitewing – “I gotta answer to these people, you don’t, that’s the difference between being a God and a King!”
Recap: From Organyzed Cryme Battle League, another gritty, street missive-laced and solid effort from newcomer Coy Gutta (who was impressive enough to score an upset and beat New Jerzey Twork in his last battle) this time gets beat by the more versatile, performance-nice, witty at times and punch/personal/name flip-lit D.O.T. in what was a competitive 1-rounder.
Verdict: D.O.T. (W) 1-0
Favorite line: D.O.T. – “Bust-It challenge, as soon as this bitch hit the ground I gotta change clothes!”
Recap: From State 2 State Hip Hop, Emerson Kennedy continues to kill shit on the independent circuit in 2021, this time around using an aggressive set of ill set-ups, rigid wordplay/name flips and piercing punchlines to beat back a versatile-punching and momentous at times, but elongated and filler-prone turn from Sauce in what was still a solid 1-rounder.
Verdict: Emerson Kennedy (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Emerson Kennedy – “The truth is I’m a sniper, really used to upping things, been looking through a scope so long I could drop a submarine!”
Recap: Dope 1-rounder from Raw Talent Battle League sees a long-winded with a little bit of filler, but versatile and personal/punch-savvy effort from Rocky Kold Hearted get edged by the rollickin’, condensed, personal/name flip-lit, witty and more bar efficient Mackk Myron.
Verdict: Mackk Myron (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Mackk Myron – “I heard Rocky was a vegan, oh you that kind of nigga?, you might of stopped eating meat but ya mama didn’t!”
Recap: That Iverson line by Saynt in round 3 was crazy as was Marvwon’s spicy rebuttal in the opening round. Other than that, despite some stiff competition from his veteran opponent, this KOTD Grand Prix 2020 championship final round handily went to Saynt as the young West-coast battler kept his foot on the neck of the Marvelous One with an energetic and steady stream of stinging punchlines/gun bars, some excellent wordplay/metaphors and hard-hitting/witty personals to take the latter two rounds (after a 1st round debatable) for the win.
Verdict: Saynt (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Saynt – “Now since Covid we’ve seen a slight change in the program, we got small crowds, but you be sweating liek it ain’t no fans!”
Recap: Expanding the vocabulary and the metaphors, while delivering a righteous round of flexing punchlines, ill set-ups, some spicy name flips and rigid wordplay/personals/gun bars, Chess does more than enough to take ouyt a gritty, but mostly mediocre punching Spaz Mayweather in this 1-rounder from Organyzed Cryme Battle League.
Verdict: Chess (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Chess – “Extendo’s…I put that on every toy like ‘Made In China’!”
Recap: Champions of the Year don’t quit. And unless your name is Dre Dennis, you shouldn’t be battling every week. Those are two factoids that Danny Myers had to fond out the hard way as a week after beating Shotgun Suge in a sometimes grueling 3-rounder, the Bar God (who’s long been criticized for never saying no to a battle) decides to take on a rising up-n-comer in Real Sikh and literally gets his ass handed to him in a brutal showing that saw Sikh’s highly intense, but versatile array of hardbody punchlines, grungy wordplay and hard-hitting personals light up the scoreboard. And in a sight we haven’t seem since he battled Stuey Newton a couple of years back, a verbally fatigued Danny not only chokes in each of the opening rounds (it should be mentioned that he did have a pretty solid, but flow-challenged round 1 that he almost it through before forgetting his bars near the end), but flat-out quits without spitting a single bar for his round 3. So while Sikh, who was sensational here, gets himself a rare bodybag, you know he didn’t want to get the win this way. On the other hand, putting aside his supposed undefeated round streak being broken as well as him being out of the COTY contention with this awful performance, maybe Danny Myers will learn a lesson from this (tho I highly doubt it), take a break from battling for a couple of weeks or so and get back on his grind. Either way, a kind reminder all battle rappers: unless your name is Dre Dennis, you really shouldn’t be battling every week.
Verdict: Real Sikh (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Real Sikh – “So what if he the G.O.A.T. [goat] my people make curry outta that!”
Recap: Dope, competitive N.O.M.E. 11/URL bout between Lu Castro and Mike P is highlighted by the versatile punches, Caucasian clutch-holding and wily set-ups from Mike as well as lively action bars, brazen punchlines, rich set-ups and scintillating gun bars from Lu. Close enough to register a couple of debatable rounds in the 1st and 3rd, it’s a standout and slightly more haymaker 2nd that gives Castro the win.
Verdict: Lu Castro (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Lu Castro – “The 5th bring a, I’ll pull a piece out slow…this Jenga!”
Recap: Not a Chilla Jones we’re used to seeing and we’re not just referring to trading in the usual baseball cap with a white towel over the shoulder for an open bald head and a pair of sunglasses. New aesthetics aside, one too many darts surrounding Tay Roc’s Gun Titles partner Tsu Surf, personals that might warrant further inspection and a surprising lack of substantive schemes from Mr. Jones were also befuddling. Yet in this long-awaited N.O.M.E. battle as a testament to his mettle, the 2020 COTY still managed to keep thing close with some steady punching power here and there as well as a gang of fire name flips throughout the bout. That said, outside of 3 prolonged rounds, go figure that Roc would adjust his game plan and still provide enough consistent heat to get the 30. The B-More vet flexing his versatility with a mix of fiery schemes, gritty name flips, stinging gun bars, dope personals, some lyrical showmanship (esp. in round 1) and potent street missives that with concise execution edged him all 3 rounds for the 30.
Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Tay Roc – “Somethin’ ’bout me might, pick up a ladder, my main squeeze, fill him with lead, hit Chill’ in the head: brainfreeze!”
Recap: In what was a crazy punchfest throughout (the only interruption being JTN slipping up a couple of times in round 1, tho he’d get back on his grind and take round 2), after Ave and Jey The Nitewing split the first two of rounds, a sublime 3rd rounds by both battlers gets edged by the slightly more condensed, at times righteous and name flip-savvy Ave to take this altogether dope N.O.M.E. XI 3-rounder.
Verdict: Ave (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ave – “Oh what, he seem clever?, ‘cuz I honestly seen better, his rhymes $2.99…how the fuck Wing’s special?!”
Recap: A matchup that wasn’t high up on the URL N.O.M.E. card, but still turned out to be a competitive goodie regardless, Jerry Wess vs. Loso featured a boatload of spirited personals, colorful punchlines, witty soundbites, rigid (almost exclusively from Jerry) gun bars and feelgood punchlines/schemes. A close bout throughout, after a well-themed, but elongated turn from Loso cost him round 1 to his more condensed and punch-heavy opponent, the Christian rapper would pick it up on bar efficiency, set-ups and angles to edge both of the latter rounds for the win.
Verdict: Loso (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Loso – “And of course Nitty gonna put you on…you fake J!”
Recap: After getting out-maneuvered lyrically in round 1 to a more condensed and spicier-punching JC, in this NOME XI battle from URL, Fonz ups his bar efficiency, ignores the JC mind tricks and uses a steady barrage of rigid punchlines, fierce wordplay/heaters, witty/hard-hitting personals, daunting set-ups, aggressive boasts and fiery name flips to edge the 2nd round and take the deciding 3rd over an opponent who while still serving up a gang of potent darts to keep the bout close, theme-wise was a little redundant in the latter rounds, spouted a few pedestrian bars here and there and dare we say it, was even a bit predictable with his punches at times.
Verdict: Fonz (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Fonz – “I’m on this Smack stage causing Terror next to Troy, the shit look like a PG event!”
