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Mister Greco

Battle rap enthusiast living in Timbuktu

Yung Griz defeats KD

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Recap: In this competitive 3-rounder from The Riot Network, KD unloads a bunch of lines testing Yung Griz’s street cred while also scoring with a gang of fiery punches. However, besides a minor 2nd round hiccup (which forced a debatable there), Griz displays nary a misstep, all the while using fierce name flips, rigid sports bars, boastful barbs, witty/hard-hitting personals and a plethora of piercing punchlines to take rounds 1 and 3 for the win.

Verdict: Yung Griz (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Yung Griz – “My vibes is based on your temperature…it’s like a moodring!”

Lu Castro defeats Ken Savvy

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Recap: In this fiery 1-rounder from iBattleTV, the gritty and unorthodox punches of Ken Savvy make for plenty of performance-lit hijinks. However, a more raucous, punch-heavy, wordplay-nice and name flip-scoring Lu Castro lands more haymakers for the win.

Verdict: Lu Castro (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Lu Castro – “What gun I’m a use?, awww the Tek [Tech] savvy…for ya Geek Squad!”

Ish Mulah defeats Hundoe Luck

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Recap: Personally, I liked the 3rd round beat the best. Still, in this Verbal Warfare 3-rounder between Ish Mulah and upstate NY recording artist Hundoe Luck, it’s Ish who goes ham all 3 rounds with a litany of steely punchlines, forthright mayhem and fiery name flips to beat back an unorthodox opponent with a gang of gritty bars that were clearly more designed for the booth than the battle rap stage.

Verdict: Ish Mulah (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Ish Mulah – “I spit better than Eminem at the lunch truck!”

Chef Trez defeats Diablo

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Recap: Well, that’s a bit surprising. 90-plus battles in his career and Chef Trez hadn’t battled a female yet, waiting till this Bloody Scene card to do a 1-rounder with Diablo. Either way, despite a solid and gritty effort from his opponent, the Chef makes easy work here, mostly staying away from the sexual exploits and instead using a gratifying barrage of stinging mayhem, fiery gun bars, some nasty wordplay and stifling 4-bar setups/punchlines to gain the win.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “I been dope, GTA mission, I’m looking for big smoke!”

Ill Will defeats Don Marino

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Recap: It’s not complicated. If you’re a mid-tier battle rapper complaining about not getting bigger plates, when one comes your way, you have to take advantage of it. Really now, ‘cuz say what you want about a Holmzie Da God or a Drugz, when they go face-to-face with a top tier, the effort is there and at the very least they show up with 3 full rounds. Unfortunately, the same can’t said about Don Marino as unforced errors continue to be his downfall. That being the case here in this 3-rounder against an Ill Will, who besides a killer 1st round loaded with fiery punchlines, brazen gun bars and witty personals, could’ve been beat with a standout showing. But after a pretty solid and punch-heavy at times 1st, Don, while continuing to score with a handful of spirited punchlines/set-ups, just couldn’t avoid the slip-ups in round 2 (which helped a versatile and punch-heavy Will take that turn), before starting off his 3rd pretty rigid, getting little past midway and succumbing to a choke.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Ill Will – “Little flare, any wrong move the 5th will [ap]pear, pistol so close to Don…it’s a consigliere!”

B. Magic defeats Smoove Da Juugman

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Recap: In this solid 1-rounder from Underground Battle League, while Smoove Da Juugman started off hot with a gang of fiery punches/name flips, a more mundane set of bars during the 2nd half of what was an elongated turn combined with B. Magic rapping for like only two minutes, but making his condensed and punch-heavy round more useful and spicy, gives Magic the win.

Verdict: B. Magic (W) 1-0

Favorite line: B. Magic – “Nigga, it’s suicide, who is you and where do you reside?, bullet holes, look like the barrel was ruler wide nigga!”

Hollaluyah Jones defeats Raccs

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Recap: Already blessed with some expansive wit, Hollaluyah Jones adds some rich storytelling lines, explosive gun bars, gritty punchlines and some fierce name flips to take each round of this URL matchup versus a gritty, street-laced and vivid, but also flow-challenged and less substantive with the bars Raccs.

Verdict: Hollaluyah Jones (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Hollaluyah Jones – “URL, look at me, I’m what Big T would’ve been if he ever started fucking bad bitches!”

Fonz defeats Reek Havik

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Recap: From Shotz Fired Battle Rap League, even a Fonz who was never quite on his A-game does enough damage in this 1-rounder, what with a boatload of piercing punchlines and hardbody personals/gun bars, to beat back the loud and witty at times, but mostly pedestrian bars from Reek Havik.

Verdict: Fonz (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Fonz – “I went to his first battle, the shit was like a first floor balcony, the views ain’t shit!”

Piranha defeats Dre Dennis

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Recap: Damn, Dre Dennis has 160 battles. Someone should call Guinness because it takes a special kind of talent to have that many battles. Add that he never chokes and gives a solid performances each and every single time out and it’s no wonder Dre dumped his teaching job to battle full-time. However, despite a dope (tho a little inconsistent), gritty, name flip/gun bar-spazzing and hard-hitting effort from Dre here in this URL Survivor Series Onyx matchup, sometimes it’s not about the other guy being better, it’s about him being hungrier. And that’s Piranha here, the Detroit battler taking every shot Dre could give him and retaliating with a gang of hardbody, real street shit, stinging personals, righteous gun lines, piercing punchlines and rigid wordplay that with a flexing amount of consistency, edged him each round for a well-earned 30.

Verdict: Piranha (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Piranha – “Dre, you got a 3-letter name, putting it on a bullet shouldn’t be an issue!”

Chase Banks defeats Ish Mulah

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Recap: In a fiery 1-round battle from IBattle littered with plenty of hardbody lines, helped a bit by opponent Ish Mulah delivering some indirect bars at a peer, a punch-heavy, mayhem-rich and slightly more haymaker-lit Chase Banks gets the win.

Verdict: Chase Banks (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chase Banks – “You clear bitch, I will air shit, it gets spooky when he wakes up to the sticks like Blair Witch!”

Mackk Myron defeats Bonnie Godiva

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Recap: Not to get in her pockets or anything ‘cuz you never know how much a battle rapper depends on battling when it comes to income, but I’ve thought Bonnie Godiva’s battle rap career would be more prominent if she was chose to stick with one league (RBE? Bullpen?) and possibly be the female face of it instead of all the league-hopping she does. That said, in this 1-rounder from Bloody Scene vs Mackk Myron, Bonnie makes for a solid showing with a gang of piercing punchlines/wordplay and even displaying some fresh wit here and there to make the bout competitive. But Mackk being Mackk, especially against a woman, you had to know he’d come extra mean with it and that he did, using a plethora of scathing personals, hard, aggressive punchlines  and even his own mama to score the win.

Verdict: Mackk Myron (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Mackk Myron – “Ugly bitch, you ain’t got shit in your name, you such a ho, I put a condom on my thumb when I click on your page!”

Sheed Happens defeats G Lowe

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Recap: Sheed Happens needs a congregation. Really now as the Maryland rapper’s extra-rich performance, unorthodox punches, excellent storytelling, fierce struggle bars and rigid trap talk could certainly keep a bunch of church folks coming back as much as it can keep a battle rap crowd enlightened. Add to the mix some stirring name flips and after a debatable 1st round (thanks in part to Sheed’s elongated turn), with a spitfire 2nd round coupled with a dope 3rd, Sheed gets the win in this Survivor Series Onyx battle versus a hard-hitting G Lowe, who once again delivered a pretty solid effort (tho he might want to work on his angles and definitely should add more wit to his repertoire), but just couldn’t quite keep up with his opponent’s more versatile and grittier performance.

Verdict: Sheed Happens (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Sheed Happens – “You ever got a nigga with a key on the elevator?, yeah that was wrong on so many levels!”

Ish Mulah defeats C Dollarz

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Recap: Nothing to quibble about here as in this Survivor Series Onyx 3-rounder from Smack/URL, Ish Mulah’s consistently fiery punchlines, sizzling name flips, boastful barbs and heated gun bars make easy work of a hitting at times, but mostly pedestrian C Dollarz.

Verdict: Ish Mulah (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Ish Mulah – “Y’all be around nigga’s that killed Mike P, I be around nigga’s who really shot Police!”

Dre Dennis defeats Funeral F.A.M.E.

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Recap: Usually reliant on a huge supply of fierce gun bars, Dre Dennis changes it up a bit with a boatload of boastful barbs, extra witty personals and some stifling punchlines/name flips that when added to the customary assortment of heat, makes for an easy go in beating back a mostly mediocre Funeral F.A.M.E. in this 1-rounder from IBattleTV.

Verdict: Dre Dennis (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Dre Dennis – “Nigga’s know you as the short nigga with Ace, Twork and Drugz…yunno, ‘What’s His Name’!”

Loso defeats Legend

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Recap: Sometimes having an easy stage name to flip can come back and bite ya as in this close 1-rounder from LetsTalkAboutIt TV, a pretty solid and punch-heavy at times effort from Legend gets edged (despite a mid-round slip-up) by a name flip-spazzing, wordplay-nice and versatile punching Loso.

Verdict: Loso (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Loso – “I’m a star regardless of the message that I rap, you need me to help you be a legend where you at!”

Fettuccine 20 defeats King Moneyy

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Recap: Cleaner turns by both Fettuccine 20 and a returning-to-the-stage King Moneyy could’ve made this 1-round We Go Hard bout better. But with only a week or so prep, a couple of mulligan’s on the slip-ups is only fair. Still, while Fetti rapped almost twice as long as his opponent and both battlers spouted a bunch of gritty lines, the more versatile, name flip-lit and consistently hitting punching Fetti gains the edge here.

Verdict: Fettuccine 20 (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Fettuccine 20 – “So when I’m airing just look out, the strap on this rifle, hanging from the shoulder, look like I brought my own chair to the cookout!”

Th3 Saga defeats Chuck Book

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Recap: Gates of the Garden 1-rounder, while pretty lengthy on both ends, was still a dope one, and that includes showcasing one of your better Chuck Book performances, the elder vet from PA spouting a boatload of piercing punchlines, gritty name flips, thought-provoking raps, witty barbs and even showing off some spiffy dance and singing moves to keep you entertained. That said, Chuck didn’t stand a chance here as Th3 Saga was just working on a different planet, the Christian battle rapper literally spazzing with back-to-back-back ringing punches, some spitfire name flips, fiery religious-laced darts and sizzling wordplay/personals to get the win without missing a beat along the way.

Verdict: Th3 Saga (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Th3 Saga – “You don’t feel the stress?, like your bro’s ain’t warn you about this Revelation Book, going to war with a Pale horse bro can seal your death!”

Emerson Kennedy defeats Ultimate Beast Primus

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Recap: Coupled with a pair of dope freestyles to combat his turn getting interrupted by some ignoramus in the crowd who forgot to turn their phone off, a condensed and confident Emerson Kennedy uses a consistent diet of blazing set-ups, stirring name flips, some hitting wordplay and stinging punchlines/personals to edge a righteous at times, street-savvy and overall solid, but elongated effort from Ultimate Beast Primus in this No Coast 1-rounder.

Verdict: Emerson Kennedy (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Emerson Kennedy – “Ultimate Beast Primus, get your brand up, I Googled all those names and couldn’t find this man once!”

Quban defeats Trufoe

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Recap: Not saying its always been his fault, but Quban battles coinciding with shoving matches and or near-fights is not a good look for anyone. Still, and to be fair, is it time for Quban to get bigger plates? Most definitely, especially in light of dudes at or near Quban’s level (or from his class) already receiving their opportunity to shine on bigger cards. And even moreso when Quban delivers yet another quality effort here against a tough and gritty opponent in TruFoe on this Survivor Series card. The military vet from Maryland using a gang of performance-rich darts, sizzling name flips, plenty of flippant mayhem and extended dexterity with his punches to take both round 1 and 3 for a well-earned win.

Verdict: Quban (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Quban – “I told Jakk, soon as this movie get to talking, the toolie get to sparking, one rulie with a larkin, kick the door, turn 4-bedrooms into a studio apartment!”

Prep defeats Alias

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Recap: Strong, gritty and mayhem-lit performances by both Alias and Prep in this close one-rounder from GOTG. And while Alias was more personal-lit and might’ve scored one or two more haymakers haymakers, the slightly more condensed Prep’s stinging wordplay, freestyle’s and 4-bar set-ups edges it here.

Verdict: Prep (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Prep – “You ain’t ever made a gram move, been hugging on the block, holding on the rock like you running out the clock!”

Ish Mulah defeats Mr. Mills

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Recap: Strong showings by both Ish Mulah and Mr. Mills in this 1-rounder from Smoke Room Battle League. But a mayhem-lit, overall punch-heavier and more consistently spicy/versatile Ish gets the edge here.

Verdict: Ish Mulah (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Ish Mulah – “Raising hell, put a stop to your show…Dave Chappelle!”

Goddie Lumenati and Th3 Saga [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Dipped in anti-Christian themes, boastful stunting and a bunch of unorthodox (“I’m on an island all by myself, I’m a castaway!”) punches that still for the most part landed, a more condensed Goddie Lumenati manages to force a draw with Th3 Saga who despite a punch-heavy, name flip-lit and versatile showing, hurt himself a bit with a couple of hiccups and an elongated/redundant turn in this 1-rounder from Takeoff Battle League.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: Th3 Saga – “You lame homie, and I could tell your persona seem fake, so act up and this could get out of hand Trey [.3] like a Halloween prank!”

G Lowe defeats FATE

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Recap: Pretty solid and gritty (esp. in round 3) performance by FATE in this 3-round battle from The Riot Network, gets beat back by an aggressive throughout, gun bar-lit, set up-rich and more versatile punching G Lowe in both of the opening rounds, giving this glasses on glasses matchup to the dude from ATL.

Verdict: G Lowe (W) 2-1

Favorite line: G Lowe – “A couple of screws loose, I’ll knock the shit out you like prune juice!”

Jakkboy Maine defeats Ru Bando

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Recap: Flexing throughout with a barrage of unorthodox punches and resonating yarns that can originate from anywhere, Jakkboy Maine gets back on his A-game to hold back a fiery, name flip-rich and pretty solid effort from Ru Bando, taking the first two rounds of this URL Survivor Series Onyx matchup for the win before Bando’s highly proficient 3rd did enough to avoid getting shutout.

Verdict: Jakkboy Maine (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Jakkboy Maine – “Yunno, the scariest thing about Jack in the box…yunno, the [Pop!] up!”

Chef Trez defeats King Beanz

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Recap: An admiration for fervent gun bars and residual mayhem made for a dope round 2 from King Beanz. But even Beanz best turn wasn’t enough for the litany of piercing punchlines, rigid name flips and sizzling set-ups/gun bars/wordplay from a Chef Trez who in this 3-rounder from GOTG and despite going 2nd, surprisingly enough came with very little rebuttals and won handily anyway.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “Fuck the talk, let’s get to action like we playing Charades!”

Real Deal and Charron [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Real Deal has been around the game long enough to know his lane. So whether it’s piercing punchlines, empathetic bars that sometimes pander to the crowd, stringent personals, a fly rebuttal/freestyle game or a combination of all of the above, there’s plenty of good reason as to why the Pittsburgh battle rapper/gym teacher has survived for so long, had a pretty solid battle career and won a couple of KOTD belts along the way. And it’s also probably why Real got to keep his belt here versus Charron as like it or not, he’s become an expert on making you feel his bars, which leaves you at your own peril when a battle against Real Deal is left in the hands of judges. That said, while a consistently spicy Charron did spit a pair of (“How you the Real Deal, you ain’t even the real champ!”) personal-heavy, storytelling-rich and punch-lit rounds to open things up (had the 1st debatable, thanks in part to a nice rebuttal by Real Deal, while the more potent Charron took round 2), a more steadily spiffy 3rd might’ve cost him here as Deal’s more winsome polemics and righteous personals gave him the edge in the final round here to make this one a draw.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: Real Deal –  “My father just died and he plugged it in a bar like an illuminated light!”

Emerson Kennedy defeats Viixen The Assassin

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Recap: The Riot Network has been delivering a lot of dope battles lately and here’s another one as Viixen The Assassin takes on Emerson Kennedy in a crowd-pleasing 1-rounder. Viixen, with an aggressive palette of hardbody punches and stinging personals/name flips makes her mark. But a handful of pedestrian bars by Viixen to go along with a consistently spicy, wordplay-heavy, personal-lit and freestyle-dropping EK, gives the Salt Lake City battler the win.

Verdict: Emerson Kennedy (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Emerson Kennedy – “Let’s just keep it factual, I’m leaving you no options, I seen it too, I’m reading you, the lease you done adopted, the astrology, the horoscopes, read a bunch of nonsense, like Venus is my Roman goddess, she sees us through the problems, that’s fear ‘cuz out here Venus is from Compton!”

Ish Mulah defeats QP (Quantum Physics)

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Recap: One could imagine how many past battles Quantum Physics, armed with one of the best pen’s in the game, would’ve won if he consistently lined up his effervescent rhyme patterns the way he does here in round 3 vs. Ish Mulah. Yeah, one could imagine. That said, taking advantage of QP struggling through his 2nd round (before calling it quits midway) and a solid 1st by the former S.O.N.S. member that could’ve came harder if not for the aforementioned lack of uniformity, the always believable, but this time consistently gritty with some excellent wordplay to match Ish Mulah, takes the first couple of rounds of this Massacre Battle Association 3-rounder for the win.

Verdict: Ish Mulah (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ish Mulah – “Fuck that, I bought a .380 for QP…that’s bad business!”

Steams defeats Gwitty

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Recap: Good thing he caught himself and got back to spazzing as a near choke midway through what was a fierce, punch-heavy, wordplay-nice, name flip-lit and electrifying turn from Steams almost prevented this We Go Hard 1-round win over a pretty solid and ever eccentric, but not as consistently biting Gwitty.

Verdict: Steams (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Steams – “Midterms coming up, I’m a finish you Paper, you got a problem? Doctor’s appointment, It’ll get physical later!”

Brixx Belvy defeats King Kamonzi

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Recap: Staring off a bit pedestrian, in this 1-rounder from GOTG, King Kamonzi gets spicier with his punches as the battle proceeded to make things competitive. Yet, armed with a fiery arsonel of consistently lucid punches and some piercing name flips/wordplay/gun bars, it’s Brixx Belvy who easily gets the win.

Verdict: Brixx Belvy (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Brixx Belvy – “I see a foe [.4], he see a .9, the Hennessey different!”

Tay Roc defeats Aye Verb

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Recap: Another one of those ‘Damn, they ain’t battle already?!’ top tier vet moves as Tay Roc and Aye Verb finally link up for the first time on the URL stage. A solid battle that saw Verb provide a steady dose of boastful barbs as well as some biting personals, it’s still a more well-rounded Roc, unleashing a barrage of fiery gun bars, rugged name flips, righteous mayhem, spirited personals/wordplay on ‘Vegan Verb’ and piercing punchlines, who takes each round for the win.

Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Tay Roc – “You’ll get the .44 and .38 ‘cuz you extra Special, point black, 3 holes will make ya whole head a pretzel!”

DNA defeats Ave

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Recap: It’s only been a couple of battles since he came back from Covid, but it’s nice to see Ave’s repertoire expanding a bit from boastful barbs and piercing wordplay to getting more personal, angle-lit and righteous with his raps. That said, even with Ave dishing 3 solid turns, this one was all DNA. The NWX capo delivering 3 rounds of steady heat in this Smack Volume 7 battle without a missing beat, whether it was via sizzling name flips throughout the match, nifty punchlines after punchlines, flexing set-ups, fierce multi’s or salacious personals that leveled up to the point of dropping haymaker after haymaker and schooling Ave for an entire 3rd round (a classic) for his lack of a strong promo (amongst other things) game when it comes to his own battle rap career. Shit, it’s only January, but damn, if this new ‘No Gun Bar DNA’ isn’t becoming a serious problem.

Verdict: DNA (W) 3-0

Favorite line: DNA – “You wanna punch? Get hit wit’ the left quickly, the vets busy, the set hit me, you’ll never be the next Nitty, the closest we gon’ see Ave to Rum? wet Willie’s!”

Ace Amin defeats Ty Pretty

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Recap: One-rounder from Open Society Battle League, just when you thought Ty Pretty was making quite an impact with a bold and righteous turn devoted to separating real street dudes from battle rap pipe dreamers, Ace Amin pulls a Bigg K, pulls out the paperwork for the fans and proceeds to go ham on his opponent’s past misdeeds, which included accusations of rape with a gang of steely punches and scathing personals that not only got more stifling as the battle went on, but also handed Ace the vic.

Verdict: Ace Amin (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Ace Amin – “The jig is up, nigga what, I got my name ‘cuz my aim straight, my whole hood know how I give it up, you got yours probably ‘cuz you like to tie pretty women up, he’s sick as fuck!”

Chilla Jones defeats K-Shine

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Recap: Against a performance-heavy, but topsy-turvy K-Shine whose wild idioms and oft-reckless punches made it seem like he was just throwing anything at a wall to see what sticks, Chilla Jones enlists a dope Matrix-themed round 1, before unleashing a wide barrage of festive name flips, mocking/righteous personals, piercing punchlines, some quality wordplay and a spitfire 1st round freestyle to handily gain a 30 in what was a highly-anticipated URL Smack Volume 7 matchup.

Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Have you ever seen Morpheus glasses?, I mean your style’s is a reflection of it clear, ‘cuz yeah, it look good on the lenses, it just got no connection to the ear!”

Holmzie Da God defeats E. Ness

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Recap: Personals based on E. Ness’ participation in the old MTV show ‘Making The Band’ are usually pretty stale. But Holmzie Da God’s ability to finesse those personals into hitting darts on Ness’ life now (as compared to his old bandmates) along with a bunch of other piercing punches, allows Da God to edge this ‘Jersey vs. Philly’ 1-rounder over his performance-lit, but bar-wise topsy-turvy opponent.

Verdict: Holmzie Da God (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Holmzie Da God – “How da fuck I go from watching you on Making the Band to watching da Band making shit without you!”

Swave Sevah defeats Gwitty

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Recap: Pretty sure that Gwitty didn’t intend on being as funny as his opponent Swave Sevah certainly did in this witty 1-rounder from A New Era Comglomerate. But nonetheless he was, which while helping to keep things close, even with some nice punches mixed in, wasn’t enough to beat back Swave’s continual barbs on Gwitty’s alleged issues with hygiene.

Verdict: Swave Sevah (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Swave Sevah – “Yo, this smell got me dumb mad bro, yo pass me the bag, I’m a splatter bum, no better yet, let’s put soap in a sock, wet it & beat him until he lather up!”

Danny Myers defeats Arsonal

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Recap: Things of note with this URL battle between Arsonal and Danny Myers. For starters, there’s no way Danny battling Drugz just a couple of weeks prior to this bout didn’t effect the overall quality of his pen game. I refuse to believe it. Secondly, are Arsonal and his right-hand man Ray Swagg really not fucking with each other anymore?!? That’s something I hadn’t even heard about on the gossip blogs. Lastly, while he still ended up losing the battle, Arsonal was really lyrical here. The disrespectful NJ vet only losing the deciding 3rd (got Danny taking the first and Ars edging the 2nd round) to Danny’s standard histrionics, wily punchlines and platform personals (tho that was a fire Jersey battle rapper scheme he delivered in round 2) because of an elongated turn in what was a pretty close battle throughout.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “I will drop an atomic bomb on your house, i support the nuclear family!”

Emerson Kennedy defeats Jay Lopez

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Recap: Sporting a steady gang of hard-hitting (and well-themed) personals to go along with a boatload of feverish, but still potent punchlines and boastful barbs, Emerson Kennedy does enough to beat back the righteous/aggressive wordplay from a pretty solid Jay Lopez in this close 1-rounder from Underground Battle League LLC.

Verdict: Emerson Kennedy (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Emerson Kennedy – “You mad that I evolved and all your pen’s didn’t?, Jay you haven’t gotten better, and it ain’t gonna end different, we been waiting for a J but his career is Ben Simmons!”

Chef Trez defeats KD

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Recap: Competitive 1-rounder from Smoke Room Battle League sees both Chef Trez and KD deliver fiery performances that were matched by plenty of piercing punchlines/ However, a more wordplay-heavy, mayhem-rich and slightly more versatile Trez earns the win despite going first and not being able to drop any rebuttals (a fact that was hilariously noted by KD after the coin toss).

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “This a horror movie, this round I brought was sick, I’ve been writing fire, Michael Myers off the jump you know I’m cut for this!”

NXT defeats Quban

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Recap: If the URL wants to change its format on building newcomers, they might want to tap into both sides of the table, instead of one. In other words, while last year’s Crucible winner, NWT, has certainly warranted moving up the chain of more seasoned battlers, judging from Quban’s perspective here, it’s pretty clear that the former Goonie didn’t share the same feelings on facing his opponent, esp. considering all the work he’s done put in for Smack (my suggestion, why not test NXT’s moxie against a rarely seen vet like an M. Ciddy or Quest Mcody instead). Nonetheless, still a dope battle between the two here with a lot of lyrical stunting displayed on both sides to go along with plenty of mayhem, stifling wordplay and piercing punchlines/personals. The angle-lit (extra performance points on pulling out Quban’s “old vest”) and slightly punch-heavier NXT edges rounds 1, before the fledging West-coast spitter ups his bar proficiency and scores with more than enough haymakers (and a spitfire mid-round rebuttal) to also take 2 for the win. 3rd round was another spirited and crazy one that saw both battlers equally lit, thus forcing a debatable turn.

Verdict: NXT *W) 2-1

Favorite line: NXT – “3am, overnight shift, trying to maintain bars, Remember the Titms, I ran practice through a graveyard!”

Kaboom and Jai 400 Block [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Kaboom vs. Jai 400 on a ‘Philly vs. Jersey’ card features a couple of fiery schemes, an elongated 2nd and a dope freestyle to open his 3rd round by ‘Boom as well as a gang of consistently (outside of a final round slip-up) gritty, quality punches/name flips from Jai. However, with neither battler quite on their A-game, a debatable 1st round, Jai edging the 2nd with a more condensed and steadily spicy turn before a killer turn by Boom in round 3 allows him to take that one, a draw here seems entirely feasible.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: Kaboom – “I feel bad for ya hard luck, Gillie walked in…and Jai 400 got starstruck!”

Pristavia defeats Shy

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Recap: Nice enough to insert some Scripture in her raps for those who need them, Christian battle rapper Pristavia also utilizes a gang of fiery street riddims and piercing punchlines to handily beat back a lyrically solid, but way too short and a bit flow-challenged turn from Shy in this 1-rounder from Gates of the Garden.

Verdict: Pristavia (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Pristavia – “See, you the type to do things just to fit in, I’m the type to black in the building whether you like it or not, that’s a sit-in!”

Jey The Nitewing defeats Nu Jerzey Twork

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Recap: After an 8-month absence from battle rap due to a car accident, Nu Jerzey Twork’s comeback to the scene, here on a Smack Volume 7 card against Jey The Nitewing, was for a most part, a feelgood performance. Indeed, armed with a gang of mocking personals, witty bars and blistering punches/schemes that really took flight during a spitfire 2nd round, despite getting edged in round 1 to his more versatile and punch-heavy opponent, Twork’s return after two rounds was a remarkable one, not to mention a nod to hard work and perseverance after all he’s been through outside the ring of late. However, in the deciding 3rd round, Nitewing’s consistent penchant for dry wit, rudimentary rhymes that hit their mark, tight angles, nifty wordplay and virtuous personals would be too much for even Twork, who midway through his round, seemed to misplace his bars before succumbing to freestyles and then, unfortunately ‘Jersey’-ing his way to a loss.

Verdict: Jey The Nitewing (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Jey The Nitewing – “I’ll shoot you while you taking a shit…yeah, that’s funny when it’s thought about, it’s even when the same nigga’s is asking me to stall them out!”

DNA defeats Geechi Gotti (Rematch)

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Recap: A highly anticipated rematch between DNA and Geechi Gotti sees the two get righteous as well as personal and deliver much more of a talking too at each other than expected. And while both battlers got their point across when it came to individually-slanted zingers, a more effective with the wordplay/schemes, consistent spicy, prophetic and less predictable DNA does enough to edge the first two rounds for the win before the more brazen Gotti earns the 3rd.

Verdict: DNA (W) 2-1

Favorite line: DNA – “New rules, I’m old-school I use the left-hand often, somebody better put Mark Cal away [Calaway] or he gonna be a dead man walking!”

Jey The Nitewing defeats Rio Nkosi

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Recap: Well, never let it be said that Rio Nkosi wasn’t the first person to pull out a sword during a rap battle. Other than that not much to see here as a seemingly exasperated at times, but righteous and punch-lit all the way through Jey The Nitewing withstands 3 rounds of longwinded, subpar rhymes from an opponent who might be better off sticking with the conscious rap scene than battling.

Verdict: Jey The Nitewing (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Jey The Nitewing – “This isn’t even a battle nigga, not at all, this the trailer for ya funeral, I’m just giving another monologue!”

T Top defeats Eazy the Block Captain

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Recap: In a competitive battle that, as expected, was littered with loads of trap talk, gritty punchlines and quips on each other’s street cred, a loquacious, but still more consistently more versatile, name flip/personal-lit, witty and spicier with the set-ups T-Top takes all 3 rounds to earn the win over Eazy the Block Captain in this matchup from URL’s Super Fight card.

Verdict: T-Top (W) 3-0

Favorite line: T-Top – “You could come and fool them with all that fake hustling, talking about he was cooking as kid, yeah Eazy [Easy]..Bake Oven!”

Shotgun Suge defeats K. Walker

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Recap: A way more condensed, name flip-lit, fiery punching and mayhem-friendly Shotgun Suge does enough to beat back a witty at times and gritty with the punches, but filler-prone K. Walker in this competitive 1-rounder from The Battle Academy.

Verdict: Shotgun Suge (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Shotgun Suge – “I’ll let the heat press on Walker like Madam C.J.!”

Rum Nitty defeats Don Marino

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Recap: Assisted by a middle round choke from his opponent during round 2 (credit to Nitty for letting Don Marino make an attempt to complete his turn, which he still ended up cutting short), but scoring at will with a host of fiery punchlines, mocking personals, deft wordplay and flaring gun bars, Rum Nitty handily takes the first couple of rounds for the win in this Super Fight Matchup from URL. A fire, personal-lit 3rd round from Marino combined with a still solid Nitty choosing to go mostly indirect during the same turn allows the Mexican standout to avoid getting shutout.

Verdict: Rum Nitty (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Rum Nitty – “I’m a do you Shady fast…it’s a Rap [wrap] God!”

JC defeats Ryda

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Recap: Outside of a spitfire 2nd round that bordered on immaculate with its cold set-ups, mocking personals, flexing heat and gritty wordplay, an ever confident JC, while not always on his A-game, still manages to deliver enough righteous punches in the deciding 3rd round to beat back a versatile (esp. those two stinging rebuttals to start his round 3), but a bit topsy-turvy in the latter rounds Ryda in this Born Legacy 11 battle from URL.

Verdict: JC (W) 2-1

Favorite line: JC – “Mr. Ryda, yeah you even spell your name lame, but I’ma show you why I [U, Y, !] am the difference!”

Danny Myers defeats Drugz

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Recap: A superlative, name flip/metaphor-rich, classic ‘Who Am I?!’ 3rd round by Danny Myers caps off an overall superb showing from the Cali vet here in this URL Super Fight battle versus Drugz. Danny, who also served up a fiery mix of hitting punchlines, mocking personals and boastful barbs, would land enough haymakers to take both the 1st and final round, hurting himself a bit only when he attempted to blast his opponent on an alleged incident with Yung Ill in St. Louis and thus leaving the well-armed, blazing at times and aggressive Drugz with enough room to force a debatable 2nd.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “This battle was the highlight of your life and I’m the neon marker!”

E-Hart defeats Young L

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Recap: Verbal War Zone 3-round battle on beats between E-Hart and Young L has the former delivering a steady dose of spirited punchlines, some piercing wordplay, a standout performance and gritty mayhem, while rapping in sync to each of the beats. An aggressive Young L, however, after spitting enough gritty name flips and heated gun bars to make for a debatable 1st, would choke away his 2nd round to his opponent before getting beat again in the 3rd thanks to a versatile and dope showing by Hart..

Verdict: E-Hart (W) 2-1

Favorite line: E-Hart – “20/20 vision, [points hand like a gun at Young L’s head], I hit it, it won’t be a good year!”

Dougy defeats Henny #3

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Recap: From We Go Hard, gritty street shit, piercing punchlines and persuasive gun bars dominate this competitive 1-rounder between Dougy and Henny #3. And while Henny, after a bit of a slow start, showed and proved with a gang of flexing bangers, the more consistently spicy Dougy, armed not only with his usual assortment of radiating burners, but a hail storm of bruising name flips, earns the win.

Verdict: Dougy (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Dougy – “The way we grew up it’s a difference, I wasn’t even spitting, you was making sure your bars crack, I was in the kitchen, wokring on my whip…this is way before Carfax!”

NXT defeats Funeral F.A.M.E.

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Recap: Having seen a couple of NXT battles (him vs. Saynt is extra dope) before he hit the URL stage, one can attest to the immense amount of talent the kid has. And I’m willing to bet that Funeral F.A.M.E. does too…especially after this matchup. As the cadence-flexible NXT delivers 3 rounds of savage heat via a gang of head-twisting punchlines, fierce wordplay, stinging name flips and aggressive, performance-boosted mayhem to beat back an opponent who was altogether loud, loaded and gritty, but too-often reliant on name flips in the earlier rounds until he got more versatile and hitting with his bars during a standout 3rd round, which in turn forced a debatable and allowed F.A.M.E. to avoid the shutout.

Verdict: NXT (W) 2-1

Favorite line: NXT – “You sloppy, they only think you crazy when you yelling, you could be AWOL with a white sheet…watch your projection!”

Jai 400 Block defeats Jakkboy Maine

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Recap: Although he did go a little overboard with the John John angle, when it came to the personals, Jai 400 still hits with enough salacious/mocking personals, rigid name flips/schemes, fiery set-ups, witty barbs and consistently spicy punchlines/gun bars to take the 1st and deciding 3rd round and win this matchup over the solid unorthodox stylings of a Jakkboy Maine who did put forth a captivating and quality effort despite struggling with his flow a bit here and there.

Verdict: Jai 400 (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Jai 400 – “Watch him for the backstabbers, for the Love of the Money, you’ll take the Stairway to Heaven if ever you owe Jai [O’Jay]!”

Franchise defeats Dev The Demon

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Recap: Predominantly unleashing the heavy gun bars throughout this Riot Network 3-rounder, but also bent on graphic mayhem as well as some solid punches/personals/name flips, Franchise does enough to hold steady with a raucous and personal-savvy Dev The Demon for two rounds, before taking advantage of a couple slip-ups from his opponent, while spouting yet another turn of unbridled heat in the deciding 3rd to gain the win.

Verdict: Franchise (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Franchise – “You with no action, stop capping, them shootous, I am not jacking, I remember late nights I was a type savage, robbing nigger’s and giving they shit back, it was called practice!”

B. Magic defeats Pollo Creed

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Recap: Another reminder of how nice he is when he comes prepared and has his shit together, B. Magic strings together a gang of consistently piercing and versatile punchlines/name flips to edge a gritty and pretty solid turn by Pollo Creed in this competitive 1-rounder from The Rap Committee.

Verdict: B. Magic (W) 1-0

Favorite line: B. Magic – “Question mark how the clip look nigga, I’m raising clues!”

Kid Chaos defeats Th3 Saga

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Recap: After a debatable 1st round that saw both Th3 Saga and Kid Chaos get busy with a gang of flexing punchlines, piercing name flips, swinging flow patterns, stifling gun bars/mayhem, rich storytelling and dope wordplay, a battle that was on its way to being a possible classic, gets thrown completely off by Saga incredibly choking away the latter two rounds. And for a clearly disappointed at his opponent’s misadventures Chaos, a couple of personal-lit, biting but also witty turns going at everything from Saga’s religious faith to his battle rap record, wouldn’t necessarily turn out to be a waste as much as they were feenin’ for some of that same energy in return.

Verdict: Kid Chaos (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Kid Chaos – “Let’s keep this conversation a buck, the U.S. Treasury ain’t change the dollar bill in decades, so why should I?…I’m one of them ONE’s!”

Swamp and Swave Sevah [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Dope battle between Swamp and Swave Sevah on URL’s Born Legacy 11 card sees the two go at it full steam with a boatload of mocking personals, witty barbs, rich storytelling, gritty punchlines, bully talk, a spicy rebuttal by (“Nigger’s still getting at me about this karate shit, when that shit gonna pass?, yo, y’all realize y’all make fun of me ‘cuz I know how to kick y’all ass?!”) Swave to go along with a hard freestyle by Swamp and some flashy heat/gun bars. Despite a slight hiccup midway, Swamp with more haymakers takes round 1 before another condensed  and blazing turn by Swave gets him round 2. 3rd round was another goodie with Swave getting righteous on the angle tip while gamely utilizing his opponent’s born name throughout his final turn, while Swamp kept it a bit more condensed and versatile while delivering enough boastful darts and piercing punches to make this one a toss-up.

Verdict: Debatable 

Favorite line: Swamp – “This ain’t nuthin’ but the old head that pull up to the park, do nothing, make one shot, now he telling everybody to get back on defense!”

Danja Zone defeats O-Red

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Recap: Consistency counts for something as a pretty solid throughout and never off his game Danja Zone, via a plethora of spicy 4-bar set-ups, some fiery wordplay, plenty of boastful darts and the occasional piercing name flip/personal survives a sublime and punch-heavy 1st round from O-Red to edge the latter two rounds what with the help of his opponent delivering two topsy-turvy turns that too often bordered on choking.

Verdict: Danja Zone (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danja Zone – “You cook, I cook, so what you saying nigga like Paula Deen!”