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Mister Greco

Battle rap enthusiast living in Timbuktu

Daylyt and Tay Roc [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: People that have followed Daylyt’s battle rap career close enough know he can spit. Just go back in the files and check out Daylyt versus Rich Dolarz or him versus Mike P to get the goods on Daylyt at his best. So seeing Daylyt ‘show up’ here in this URL/NOME X bout against Tay Roc and put forth his A-game really just comes down to ‘Lyt choosing bars over bullshit. It’s not complicated. That said, yeah this 3-rounder, to quote ‘Lyt was certainly ‘one for the books’ with nary a dry spot or misstep from either said. Roc, captivating in the Dracula outfit and sublime as ever with a gang of sizzling name flips, head-twisting gun bars, piercing punchlines/personals and some excellent wordplay, kept it competitive throughout the match. While Daylyt, who rarely battles these days, didn’t show an ounce of rust (except for being, at times, aimless with his raps) despite some long time off. Indeed, ‘Lyt’s 3 rounds were also on ode to versatility with the Quill man spouting a rapid, lyrically stunting, punch-heavy performance in round 1, before switching up a little to a (“Here we can learn the Flat Earth Theory confirm, or the man gifted, can’ lifted, hold up, scroll up, as I break Roc(k) right down!”) wordplay-heavy, solar system-friendly, metaphorical/God-centric and scheme-lit 2nd round before getting bar-heavy, witty and personal with Roc in a fire 3rd. Add some Dot Mobb (Daylyt’s still a member, while Roc infamously left a little while back so you know it had to be brought up) entries to the mix as well as plenty of ringing mayhem and you’re left with a spitfire battle with a more direct and versatile Roc edging the 1st round, a middle round tie and Daylyt edging the 3rd for a draw.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: Tay Roc – “Thought you’d be the champ at King Of The Dot, ha, I had high doubts, nigga, black lives do not matter in that White House!”

Chef Trez defeats K.T.

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Recap: Here in this 3430 Studios 3-rounder, a rarely seen righteous and personal 3rd round from Chef Trez caps an overall sublime performance that contained a host of gritty 4-bar set-ups/punchlines, off-the-dome zingers and head-ringing name flips/gun bars that altogether were enough to beat pretty solid and at times hard-hitting punch-wise showing from K.T.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “Sorry fat fucker, with the steel I could assist you with your death, I’m that gutter, catch you off the rebound and point…stat stuffer!”

Aye Verb defeats Geechi Gotti

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Recap: Hard to recall anyone outside of Nu Jerzey Twork that’s gone up the ladder in the URL as quickly as Geechi Gotti. And while the Compton, Cali emcee has certainly earned all of the accomplishments and accolades he’s garnered in the past 3 years , you’d think more of the vets in the game (outside of NJ that is) would’ve studied enough of the game tapes to beat Gotti. Well, enter Aye Verb. The St. Louis battler getting on some ‘God-tier’ shit and rapping his ass off for 3 salacious rounds, using mocking personals, plenty of lyrical stunting, some solid wordplay, boastful barbs and gritty vet talk on gang life to edge the 1st and 3rd rounds over a Gotti who while serving up his usual palette of hardbody punches, a wicked series of personals that challenged his opponent’s manhood and other assorted real street drama, came a little predictable at times and altogether couldn’t keep up with Verb’s comeuppance when it counted most.

Verdict: Aye Verb (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Aye Verb – “Aye, I’m confused a bit how you start yo’ rounds like, ‘You’se a bitch’, but you get flew out by dudes and shit, get a bag, go home and buy weave bundles…No, you’se a bitch!”

Swamp defeats Nu Jerzey Twork

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Recap: Long-awaited, much-hyped battle that’s even more enticing when you’ve paying enough attention long enough to know that these two guys, Swamp and Nu Jerzey Twork, really don’t like each other. Too bad for fans tho as even with a highly-billed match as this one, Nu Jerzey Twork fails to hold down his end, showing up unprepared yet again and ‘Jersey’-ing what was a pretty solid round 1 halfway through before choking away the deciding round 3 after dishing an incredible, hardbody 2nd. Meanwhile, while certainly not the best, punch-heavy Swamp we’ve seen, the South Carolina emcee still brought the heat, aggressive as well as getting personal throughout the match and making himself heard with well-executed bars that spoke to Twork’s former(???) Gooonie squad and delivered a talking too when it came to his opponent’s troubles in and outside the battle ring. Add to that some sizzling gun bars, fierce schemes and a spicy punch game, even if he was helped by his opponent’s shortcomings, considering all the drama that took place before this bout happened, for Swamp vengeance still had to be sweet.

Verdict: Swamp (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Swamp – “My life is a movie, you need the script, you bang the .5, I bang and plead the 5th!”

Rum Nitty defeats Cortez

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Recap: Can’t help but think of what this battle would’ve been like had gun line feen Rum Nitty been around during Cortez’s Grind Time days, when the Brooklyn rapper was known almost exclusively for his rapid flows of mayhem. That might’ve been interesting. Nonetheless, an easy decision here as Nitty’s explosive punchline game, matched up with some stinging name flips and of course, a plethora of perpetually hazardous gun lines that always seem to be on a killing spree in the first two rounds easily beats a solid, but at times flow-challenged showing by Cort. A more versatile and punch-heavy Cortez did put together a clean and more potent 3rd round to avoid the shutout, but by then his opponent already knew he had it in the bag.

Verdict: Rum Nitty (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Rum Nitty – “Check the scoreboard, Warlord, , fucking with the kid is suicide, you ever seen a Tek-9 Cort?!”

Real Deal defeats Lazy Eye

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Recap: Going after opponent Lazy Eye exceptionally hard with the personals, but also mixing in some nice punches, metaphors/similes and name flips here and there, Real Deal does enough to edge his 4-bar punch bent, but mostly pedestrian New Zealand foe and get the win in this virtual one-rounder from 1OutsNZ.

Verdict: Real Deal (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Real Deal – “You ugly as fuck, bitches be in a midlife crisis at a Crossroads and still wouldn’t let Lazy fuck!”

Danny Myers and Nu Jerzey Twork [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: A battle that was in the air for a couple of years, Danny Myers versus Nu Jerzey Twork, finally takes place in Danny’s West-coast stomping grounds and for the most part it was well worth the wait. The always excited-just-to-be-here Danny, does his thing with a wide load of eccentric gun bars, some righteous/mocking personals and flexing punches that outside of a angle-muddled 1st round, kept him in the match. For Twork, a sublime 1st round with a barrage of visceral (“I’m looking for the Target near me, like Google maps!”; “Everything come out his mouth bloody, like a British nigga!”) heaters and rousing schemes easily git him 1st, before a slightly more versatile, mayhem-dishing and personal-driven turn in the 2nd was able to equal a standout and more focused by his opponent. With Twork still up one going into 3rd, even without Danny’s use of a couple of dope freestyles/rebuttals, Myers’ steely pontificating, gripping vet talk and fiery punchlines/wordplay in the final round was more than enough to beat back a solid, but not-nearly-as-potent turn by Twork and thus, force a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “Me on the big stage, no reason too, I ain’t never did Summer Madness because my bars ain’t seasonal!”

Swamp defeats Bakinsota

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Recap: Swamp survives a couple of stumbles and a pretty competitive and punch-heavy at times showing from opponent Bakinsota with a versatile display of fiery name flips, witty/mocking personals, some flexing punchlines and a spicy rebuttal to edge this 1-rounder from Pyrexx Battle League.

Verdict: Swamp (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Swamp –  “This bitch fucking timid, I’m on a mission, either I’m a get my commas up or I’m a get a fucking sentence!”

Ace Amin defeats Fonz

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Recap: Sometimes your reputation can proceed you and perhaps that’s why Ace Amin lost this battle on the judge’s cards in the building. Indeed, frankly speaking and even with an embarrassing 2nd round choke, when it came to material and performance, Ace’s was better overall than Fonz’s in both the 1st and 3rd rounds. And isn’t it just supposed to be about bars? Because for all of Ace’s silly tough guy tactics throughout this battle (as well as his choppy flow), the former Gooonie’s rapid punchline game, fiery bully bars, steely/witty punchlines and mocking personals in the aforementioned rounds not only had more bite than Fonz’s did, but also lost in the commentary concerning this battle was Fonz’s own struggle’s with keeping his flow together as well as the Cleveland battler using name flips we’ve heard before on Ace. But when you’re a battler rapper becoming more and more known for bumping opponent’s in battles, near-fight’s (including one here), interviews and slip-ups than your ability to rap, maybe it’s time to hit the reset button on your career, especially after you blew a chance to win $25K.

Verdict: Ace Amin (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ace Amin – “Me nigga, I play with Glock .9’s and hecklers, when your serial [cereal] scratch it’s because you changed your mind ’bout breakfast!

Jey The Nitewing defeats Ru Bando

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Recap: Delivering consistently piercing punchlines with doses of braggadocio heat, flagrant personals and deft wordplay, even with a pontificating/throwaway 3rd round, Jey The Nitewing still scores a 30 and beats what was opponent Ru Bando’s (his 2nd round was lit, but still had dry spots) best effort of this Ultimate Madness tournament.

Verdict: Jey The Nitewing (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Jey The Nitewing – “I ain’t Your Honor, this a different court pressure…adapt to it!”

Moon defeats Mr. Mills

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Recap: Nice 1-rounder from RBE’s Social Distance battle’s between Mr. Mills and Moon goes the ‘Old Man with the Cold Hands’ way as Mills’ standard name flips and ringing mayhem, while spicy throughout his turn, still didn’t have enough bite to beat back his opponent’s more versatile lines, piercing punchlines, righteous heat and visceral screeds.

Verdict: Moon (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Moon – “Act like somethin’s up, broad daylight you’ll have Moon on your block while the sun is up, the drum on the Ak is kill, this shit will turn Mills into a hundred bucks!”

Geechi Gotti defeats Chilla Jones

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Recap: In this competitive rooftop battle from URL/Smack, Geechi Gotti uses a consistent barrage of sublime and well-connected punchlines, belittling personals and flexing wordplay to edge the first two rounds over a pretty solid and name flip/personals-savvy, but less pointed, elongated and gun bar excessive Chilla Jones. Focused on the now contentious times that have led to so much civil unrest around the world, the normally 3rd round superior Geechi dedicated his final turn to current events instead of his opponent, leaving Chilla Jones with n easy chance to take the round, which he did with an aggressive and punch-heavy turn that worked with enough efficiency to avoid the 30.  

Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Two .40’s, you get the ugly model…Grace Jones!”

Bill Collector defeats Kryponite

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Recap: Pretty much winging it when it came to approach, Bill Collector ends up utilizing a modest mix of potent gun bars, hitting punchlines, witty personals and jaunty off-the-dome theatrics to get past the abstract/self-deprecating, but topsy-turvy barbs from Kryponite on this 1-rounder from GOTG.

Verdict: Bill Collector (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Bill Collector – “You know what you and big bitches got in common?, y’all both struggle to put on your panties!”

Craig Lamar defeats AR-16

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Recap: Nice, gritty effort here by the-returning-to-the-scene and off-the-dome feen AR-16. But one too many pedestrian bars by AR, plus a heavily loaded with the heat and punch-spazzing Craig Lamar gives the latter a win in this 1-round, Social Distance battle from RBE.

Verdict: Craig Lamar (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Craig Lamar – “It’s nice of us to meet 16, I will show up to your daughter’s birthday party with a gun just to show ain’t about me sweet 16!”

Loso defeats JC

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Recap: Loso versus JC took awhile to happen, but for the most part ended up being worth the wait. JC, sometimes redundant and even a little stale with the mayhem, still solidified his name in the game with an extra dope, punch and wordplay-heavy 3rd round when he wasn’t scoring here and there with some piercing name personals and scathing religious knocks. But Loso, displaying brimming confidence from jump, was able to back up his mojo throughout the battle using a boatload of sizzling name flips, spirited punchlines and surprisingly, a plethora of scintillating personals to edge the first two rounds and add a huge win to his resume.  

Verdict: Loso (W) 2-1  

Favorite line: Loso – “Should I give him a single shot or let two can’s go?, nah you don’t even deserve the semi’s…Ru Bando!”

Kid Chaos defeats King Shadow

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Recap: Performance-heavy from jump, but also providing a spicy mix of mocking personals, head-ringing gun bars and rapid, but also gritty punchlines with slices of wit here and there, in this 1-rounder from Pyrexx Battle League, Kid Chaos serves up enough heat to beat back a solid and mayhem-dishing, but less versatile and not as potent as his crew would tell you King Shadow.

Verdict: Kid Chaos (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Kid Chaos – “I succeed, at everything, I am first…at everything, ever since I learned how to tie my shoes I realized I was not second-string!”

Scotty defeats E. Ness

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Recap: On visuals alone, Scotty’s music video backdrop gets this one. But creativity aside, Scotty also gains the vic bar-wise, using pointed punchlines, a gritty flow that encapsulated his rhymes and some hot name flips to beat back a mostly pedestrian, hallway rapping E. Ness in this 1-round Social Distance battle from RBE.

Verdict: Scotty (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Scotty – “I been killing rap nigger’s from A to Z, we talking alphabets but I remain a G!”

P.EZ defeats Reepah Rell

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Recap: On optics alone, you could tell P.EZ wanted this 1-rounder versus Reepah Rell more than his opponent. The We Go Hard mainstay rapping twice as long as his opponent with a gang of gritty punchlines, righteous heat, mocking personals and of course, a few shots at Reepah’s boy Gwitty, standing in back of him. On the other hand, little to no ‘Old Head Bars’, struggling with his flow and looking to be a little bothered by Gwitty’s pretty modest interruptions, we’ve seen the usually on-point Reepah come way better than this.

Verdict: P.EZ (W) 1-0

Favorite line: P.EZ – “I’ll off you clown, hammer send you to another world, tossing portal rounds, or pistol whip and beat the Reepah, that’s death-defying, I’, immortal now!”

Th3 Saga defeats Alias

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Recap: Th3 Saga’s been on quite a nice run of late, and his growing ability to break down an opponent’s game plan adds a welcome kick to this latest installment of himself (aka ‘Sensei Saga’). While Th3 Saga does struggle with a few elongated set-ups, here in this 3-rounder from GOTG against Alias, his punchline game itself is still terrifically effective. Add to that some ridiculous name flips and sublime wordplay throughout the battle (in braggadocios mode he was pretty solid as well), and if you’re left with a 30 over a strong at times and versatile opponent, who overall just could never match Saga’s potency.

Verdict: Th3 Saga (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Th3 Saga – “I’ll break ya chin, all that talking on Facebook had me more than pissed, your jaw get split, his head bop, with an unknown hook like ‘Who’s song is this?'”

Chef Trez and Qleen Paper [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: In the midst of a biting wind outside, a visually sound Qleen Paper still does a nice job playing up an underlying, moniker-friendly ‘Kitchen vs. Chef’ theme, using some solid (“What you cook is [kisses the air] what I cook is crack…the pot different!”) [wordplay and gritty angles to get his point across. However, Chef Trez, with a shortened and easygoing turn that he probably did on the way to the store, still dished out enough gripping punchlines and meaty name flips to earn a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “We miss the clean {Mister Clean] you used to be, now nigger’s mopping the floor with you!”

Real Deal defeats Randy

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Recap: Ok, I’ll admit to having no idea who Jonah Lomu was until I heard Real Deal mention his name here, which in turn is a credit to RD’s pen and research game. That said, not much of a contest for RD here in this 1-round 1OutsNZ virtual battle versus Randy as the KOTD champ’s flexing punch/wordplay game easily takes out his mostly subpar opponent.

Verdict: Real Deal (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Real Deal – “Your pen game’s super sloppy like David Tua’s body, so I’m killing dreams unlike that Philistine, I’m turning David to a body!”

Don Marino and Big Hann [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Having a hard time finding his grind of late, Don Marino gets back to basics, using consistently banging (“Child’s Play, when I was killing shit, I didn’t need y’all to put the batteries in my back!”) punchlines/personals with a little added wit, lofty gun lines, fire schemes and hitting, but also thought-provoking struggle bars to….force a draw here with Big Hann. Indeed, while Marino put on a show, so did Hann. The Philly capo matching his steely aggression with a wide load of blistering street shit, boastful metaphorical bangers, ringing mayhem and some gritty wordplay/punches/personals to edge round 2 (after Marino took the 1st) and force a tie in the deciding 3rd round.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Big Hann – “You know the truth, you wanna check my stats?, I’ll show the proof, I kept an eagle on me, I used to to pull up in a drop top and let a bird fly the coop!”

Big Kannon defeats Bankhead

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Recap: Bankhead with the sheer mayhem and fierce name flips makes for a bloody effort. But in this 1-round RBE Social Distance battle, Big Kannon’s short, but punch-heavy, witty, personal and slightly more versatile showing wins the day.

Verdict: Big Kannon (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Big Kannon – “Tell this fraud step or get jaw-checked, y’all think it’s Bank shot?, this a Social Distance battle, that means that it’s all net!”

Bill Collector defeats Frank Wit Da Grippaz

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from The Battle Academy, Bill Collector leaves the jokes and the Supa Dupa Scope at the crib and instead puts forth a brutal tongue-lashing on opponent Frank Wit Da Grippaz. The Norristown, PA vet unleashing a lengthy screed littered with blistering personals and righteous burners that were excellently mixed in with some spicy punches and blazing off the dome darts to handily beat back an aggresive and gritty, but not as consistently worthwhile showing from Da Grippaz.

Verdict: Bill Collector (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Bill Collector – “You see how I’m rapping right now on final notice?, this Bill past due!”

Glueazy defeats Bill Collector

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Recap: Can’t help but wonder how not having a crowd to watch (and sometimes perform with) effects a battle rap/showman like Bill Collector. Not that the part serious, part personal, part punching/free-styling/witty B.C. did a bad job here, but what’s a fully ready for action Bill Collector without being able to utilize his Super-Duper-Scope? A little subdued, to say the least. As for Glueazy, nothing much has changed even after leaving the Gooonies. The Carolina’s favorite white boy still delivering (outside of a half-hearted and shortened 3rd round) that rambunctious heat along with some rich storytelling bars and high efficient/clever punchlines to take the first two rounds for the win.

Verdict: Glueazy (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Glueazy – “You wanna slap-box?!, my arm short, but my gat pop!”

Chef Trez defeats Money Bagz

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Recap: Punchline for punchline, the returning-to-battle-rap Money Bagz and Chef Trez are about even in this dope 1-round, Social Distance battle from RBE. But Trez’s addition of fierce personals, braggadocios shiners and more potent name flips in the long run gives the Chef the edge.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “Well, let’s get this bread, class in session, I’m ripping lead, they asking if he’s black or white, sssshhhhit I just know the nigga dead!”

Craig Lamar defeats Lil Man

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Recap: Blessed with a flow that sounds like he graduated from the Shakespearean division of the Battle Rap Academy, Craig Lamar utilizes his standout cadence to spout a gang of glistening gun bars, performance-stunting wordplay, piercing punchlines and to top it off, a spitfire rebuttal/freestyle at the end of his round to win this Zoo Battle League 1-rounder over a solid and gritty punching Lil Man.

Verdict: Craig Lamar (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Craig Lamar – “Face shot, if I let that dime squeeze ya shit will rip, I’ll do a number on this nigga chin, that’s Chinese arithmetic!”

Viixen The Assassin defeats Jade

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Recap: From Superior Entertainment Arena, Jade’s fiery gun bars make for plenty of damage throughout her turn. But in this close, Coronavirus 1-rounder, a more versatile, direct and personal-lit Viixen The Assassin scores the win.

Verdict: Viixen The Assassin (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Viixen The Assassin – “Karrine Steffans, this vixen could write a book on all the bodies I caught!”

Chef Trez defeats Blve Cocaine

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Recap: When you’re as prolific as Chef Trez is when it comes to battle rap, 1-round, Social Distance battles like this one are pretty much a walk in the park. Indeed, as seen here against rising female battle rap star Blve Cocaine, the Chef dishes out 2 minutes of exquisite mayhem, fierce names flips, stinging 4-bar set-ups and piercing personals/punchlines with ease, beating back a solid, angle-savvy turn by his opponent that while also penetrating with the visuals, overall still lacked the potency of the Chef’s more versatile composition.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “You ain’t hurting me, I’ll do you to the worst degree, dead people get the best promotion?, now Blve’s [blues] everywhere…Bourbon Street!”

Fonz defeats Eazy the Block Captain

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Recap: Gritty, street-savvy, boastful and mostly (I thought Eazy had a pretty mediocre 2nd round) competitive battle between Eazy The Block Captain and Fonz contained a gang of fire 4-bar set-ups, head-ringing mayhem, rousing struggle bars and dope punchlines. But after getting edged in the 1st round (despite a seismic bump on his opponent), Fonz, a stickler for aggression throughout any battle he participates in, backed up his bullish ways with raucous/witty punches, scintillating personals and some flexing wordplay to take the latter two rounds for the win.

Verdict: Fonz (W) 2-1  

Favorite line: Fonz – “I told him I’m a threat, the acid rip the skin off the body, I’m from Cleveland, we used to seeing Bone without the Flesh!”

40 Cal defeats Dizaster

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Recap: Not sure why 40 Cal gets to rap as long as he did AND tag in Math Moffa to complete his turn, but Dizaster, who granted was on overkill mode, doesn’t get to finish his round. But, oh well, even with a very able and debilitating Math assist, 40 gets the win anyway, using a smooth, methodical flow to dish some hot personals, braggadocios shiners and spicy punchlines here and there. On the other, while Diz got off to a decent start with the punches and jokes, his choice to go into redundant mayhem for almost two-thirds of his round would hurt him in the long run.

Verdict: 40 Cal (W) 1-0

Favorite line:  40 Cal – ““I squeeze .8’s at grown men, kidnap your friends, it’s no porcupine, you wanna get em back?…depends [Depends]!”

Jey The Nitewing defeats Lu Castro

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Recap: Getting cut off there at the end of his 3rd round was probably a good thing for Jet The Nitewing because really, who needs another Twork impression? That said, a solid showing by Lu Castro (esp. in his opening round) here in this Ultimate Madness 1 matchup from URL. But after a debatable 1st round, while Lu’s aggression was still there, his bar efficiency would go downhill as the battle proceeded, thus leaving him handily beat by an unorthodox, wily pontificating, witty/mocking personals slinging and punchline/wordplay-spazzing Nitewing in the latter two rounds and giving Jey the win.

Verdict: Jey The Nitewing (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Jey The Nitewing – “I’ll cross ya arms in a coffin just outta respect, and I’ll let Twork and them know when they show up to your death, I did that ‘cuz you from the Bronx, not NWX!”

Ru Bando defeats Your Honor

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Recap: Your Honor (who after a crazy dope 1st round seemed to use some recycled bars in the 2nd before giving away the 3rd) going on record and stating that he wasn’t that prepared for this battle due to some real life drama, does take some of the glare off of this win for Ru Bando. But for Rando, after all the heat he received from a subpar showing in round 1 of this tournament, at the very least, his ability here to put forth a solid performance and go back to that flexing, gun-bar happy and rapid-punching Bando we’ve seen before, might give him a shot in the next round of this tournament.

Verdict: Ru Bando (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ru Bando – “They gonna charge me with murder in the 1st or the next degree, but I’m still gonna beat ya honor and still get the .25…double jeopardy!”

G Lowe defeats Philly The Genius

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Recap: The brazen trap talk stood out most, but also extra spicy were the name flips, witty barbs, flagrant gun lines and fiery punchlines as G Lowe takes this Art of Words 305 1-rounder from a solid, but also inconsistent Philly The Genius.

Verdict: G Lowe (W) 1-0

Favorite line: G Lowe – “Now we moving, long nose on The Genius like Isaac Newton!”

Jerry Wess defeats B. Magic

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Recap: Coming unto this URL Quarantined Sterilizer 2 battle with a rep for choking, a slightly slower flow helps an overall solid B. Magic get through 3 rounds without a hiccup. But a gun bar-heavy and name flip/personal-lit Jerry Wess, after a debatable 1st round, delivers more than enough heat to take both of the latter rounds for the win.

Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “Let’s let this shit be clear, I don’t know how they got me to do this shit, but it literally took Magic to get me here, I put a blade on the top of your soul, blood and sweat seep through ya pores, you ain’t gonna have time to pull a rabbit out of ya hat, cuz I’m a pull a knife outta yours!”

B. Dot defeats S.O. Finesse

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Recap: It’ll count in the books, but there’s no real ‘L’ here as this dope 1-rounder takes place at a surprise proposal Dre Vishiss had for his girlfriend. Sentiments aside tho, B. Dot’s conscious wordplay and versatility with the bars are incredible and so are S.O. Finesse’s poetic flow and passionate, Afrocentric vibes. And while the more haymaker-lit Dot gets the win, on a day like this, everyone’s a winner.

Verdict: B. Dot (W) 1-0

Favorite line: B. Dot – “I know you study astrology and probably can predict the future, but that don’t mean you know how all men act [Almanac]!”

Brooklyn Hanz defeats Ace Amin

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Recap: Brooklyn Hanz and Ace Amin trade a gang of aggressive street missives, boastful barbs and real, raw hood narratives in this Quarterfinal matchup from URL’s Ultimate Madness. A close one through and through with a bit of a flwo challenge from both battlers, after Ace edged the 1st round and Hanz edged the 2nd, it’s a slightly more punch-heavy and witty Hanz who edges the deciding 3rd for the win.

Verdict: Brooklyn Hanz (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Brooklyn Hanz – “Ace, you look like a flying monkey, from The Wiz, bearded wig from a violent junkie!”

Charron and Quantum Physics [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Another 1-round, Social Distancing battle from RBE, this time between Quantum Physics and Charron, gets a draw as on the creativity side any momentum gained from QP’s clever/witty Leave It To Beaver-like visuals and wordplay/personals gets deflected by a way-too-short turn when it came to the bars. And while Charron showed us once again what an awesome free-styler he is with the random word usage in his raps, an elongated turn combined with a bunch of so-so punches (tho he had a few hard-hitting one’s) was only enough to merit a tie.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Charron – “He’s Quantum Physics so it’s only right to have his body in two states at the same time!”

Big T defeats Tez Beastmode

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Recap: For as many hardbody punches and witty personals as Tez Beastmode dished out here in this 1-rounder vs. Big T, an almost equal amount of pedestrian bars and dated barbs from Tez along with T’s eccentric wordplay, boastful shiners and fiery performance bars, would give the Chicago vet the edge in the end.

Verdict: Big T (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Big T – “Bullets tearing you, it’ll be so many vegetables Aye Verb will be screaming ‘It’s a miracle!'”

Swave Sevah defeats O-Red [Rematch]

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Recap: In a rematch from their infamously one-sided URL battle almost a decade ago, Swave Sevah uses 2 minutes of scintillating wordplay, hardbody punchlines and well-themed name flips to beat an O-Red, who while coming a lot better prepared here against Swave than he did all those years back, still couldn’t contrive up enough heavy punches to match his opponent’s overall versatility and potency in this 1-rounder from RBE.

Verdict: Swave Sevah (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Swave Sevah – “Yo O, to obtain optimum omniscience is the overall goal of an Overlord, follow the manuscripts, man your ships, obliterate the opposition, offer the other one rowing oar’s or throw then overboard!”

Cortez defeats Kid Dangerous

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Recap: Hope that I can be forgiven for giving unsolicited advice to a self-proclaimed ‘G.O.A.T.”. But as awesome as Kid Dangerous clearly is with the raps, going forward he may want to add more energy and performance to his bars…just saying. Meanwhile, in this super short 3-minute 1-rounder from ‘Special Battle League’, a pretty graphic with the punches as well as the sexcapades Cortez somehow manages to put a hurting on his opponent’s sublime bars to get away with a surprise win over battle raps KD….just don’t tell anyone.

Verdict: Cortez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Cortez – “Razor’s for any amount, Bam Bam Bigelow, that means a flame gonna sit on his scalp!”

Squeako defeats Gunpowder Patt

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Recap: Against a lyrically topsy-turvy opponent with a bit of an identity crisis (not sure sometimes if Gunpowder Patt wants to be a bullish Math Hoffa or a swagger-lit Goodz or perhaps both), an unusually irked Squeako has a mostly easy time of it, using some stinging name flips, boastful shiners and piercing punchlines to easily take rounds 1 plus 3 (call the 2nd debatable) and get the win in this One Off 3-rounder from URL.

Verdict: Squeako (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Squeako – “All you gonna talk about is how I loss to Your Honor….bitch I took a plea!”

Ace Amin defeats Bad Newz

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Recap: A battle that didn’t quite live up to the hype, but still had a bunch of controversy come with it due to Bad Newz supposedly dedicating his entire 2nd round (which he clearly didn’t) to some allegation Ace Amin made against him beforehand, this Ultimate Madness matchup stayed close despite both combatants dishing a boatload of pedestrian lines and subpar name flips in between your usual fare of boastful stunting, laissez-faire street theatrics and slick personals. Aggressive throughout with plenty of effort what with $25K on the line from both battlers, a more condensed Ace Amin with the hotter lines in both the 1st and 3rd rounds, gets the edge here.

Verdict: Ace Amin (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ace Amin – “You will never pop, I hate to tell y’all, when it comes to Bad Newz there’s never a right time for it!

Big Hann and Brooklyn Hanz [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Philly versus Coney Island matchup sees both Brooklyn Hanz and Big Hann bring out the bravado and heavy artillery throughout this Ultimate Madness 3-rounder from Smack. Indeed, a wide array of steely boasts, performance-heavy gun bars and daunting punchlines are the feature here, which kept the match competitive and gritty. That said, the battle would come down to the 2nd round what with a punch-heavier Hanz taking the 1st round and the more direct Hann taking the 3rd. The middle round was merely decent on both ends what with Hann while displaying plenty of aggression, too often succumbing to outdated/pedestrian bars. On the other hand, while Hanz dished some solid punches here and there in the 2nd, too often his lack for better bar intricacy would show itself. Thus, with the aforementioned semantics as well as an equal amount of dry spots and filler in the round, we can call this one a draw.

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Th3 Saga defeats B. Dot

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Recap: Damn. Does it get any better than this version of Th3 Saga during this long-awaited URL Quarantined: Sterilized 2 battle against B. Dot? Really now. Delivering 3 epic rounds of righteous heat, an also performance-heavy Th3 Saga leaves nothing on the cutting room floor (esp. during a flawless 2nd round) via a flexing arsenal of spitfire punchlines, scorching personals, scathing breakdowns on Black-conscious rap posturing, hitting name flips, earnest BLM shouts, bodacious wordplay/4-bar setups, fiery sermons/schemes and for the people in the back, some solid/witty Loaded Lux impressions. As for Saga’s opponent? Well, B. Dot certainly showed up. The Cali-wordsmith spouting a series of dope personals (esp. when it came to Saga’s old crew, NWX), rigid punches, fierce set-ups/schemes and piercing street/Black power narratives to keep ya head up. Still, as prepared and electric as B. Dot was at times, Th3 Saga just took it to another level here, taking it back to sublime efforts we’ve seen in the past against the likes of Snake Eyez, Tink da Demon and Swaze Sevah, while more importantly winning both the 2nd and 3rd rounds after a debatable 1st.

Verdict: Th3 Saga (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Th3 Saga – “For a brave protagonist, my second time on the roof to reclaim the savageness, I became a strategist, ‘cuz first I hit Cor’ [corps], then hit [smack] B. too [B2]…we playin’ Battleship!”

Jai 400 Block defeats T-Rex

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Recap: Besides being somewhat lazy and antithetical to today’s era of battle rap, I don’t have too much of a problem with the use of recycled bars. After all, T-Rex is absolutely right when he states that back in the day, as dudes went from block to block to battle, using the same verses over and over was the norm. And yes, using recycled bars always beats stealing…always. Funny too how Rex’s proud usage of mixtape bars serves as some great self-promotion to yunno, go out and buy one of his mixtapes. That said, pretty clear win here for Jai 400 Block, the Newark battler basking in an aggressive assortment of rugged punchlines, flexing personals, lofty wordplay and rigid heat in this 1-round Social Distance battle to beat Rex’s shortened, gun-heavy and witty at times, but far less potent turn.

Verdict: Jai 400 Block (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Jai 400 Block – “Not the type of business that you conduct when looked as a vet, that shit ridiculous, you just out here taking free money like the stimulus!”

Eazy The Block Captain defeats Don Marino

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Recap: In this Ultimate Madness matchup bout between Eazy The Block Captain and Don Marino, after splitting the 1st two rounds, the Block Captain’s more gritty street stories, fiery gun bars and hardbody punches/personals beat back a less versatile and mostly struggle bar oriented turn from Marino in the deciding 3rd.

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

Favorite line: Eazy The Block Captain – “You did dishes?, I did dishes too, You went fishing? I was castling lines from one cell to another nigger, I went fishing too!”

Fonz defeats J Krooger

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Recap: Plenty of righteous heat, rigorous mayhem, braggadocio shiners and hardbody punchlines in this Ultimate Madness battle between Fonz and the ever-reliable J Krooger. But with Fonz also mixing in some flexing name flips and spicy personals with his raps, the Cleveland, OH, rapper manages to edge round 1 before easily taking the middle round with a near flawless turn. J Krooger, who was also hurt by less consistent turns in the earlier rounds, did manage to turn it a bit in the 3rd round to make that one debatable.

Verdict: Fonz (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Fonz – “I bang straps, boy you get hit with that black thing, oh Krooger [Krueger] kill nigga’s in they sleep?, well lucky we on Caffeine!”

Ill Will defeats Shotty Horror

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Recap: Solid turn by Shotty Horror, but Ill Will just runs circles around the UK rapper here, using some dope wordplay, blazing gun bars, scintillating name flips and a gang of righteous personals/punchlines to score a pretty easy win in this 1-round Social Distance battle from RBE.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Ill Will – “Pale Nazi, I ain’t believing your quotes, white boy be cooking but he ain;t got enough seasoning tho!”

Bigg K defeats Jae Millz

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Recap: Yunno, gotta admit, Bigg K gotz a really nice crib there. And props to K and Jae Millz for the fly creativity with the visuals here. Moving on to this 1-round Social Distance battle…a close one with fire punchlines/personals from both battlers. And I like how Millz predicted K would bring up his notorious Cash Money days. Still, a slightly more condensed with less filler Bigg K gets the edge here.

Verdict: Bigg K (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Bigg K – “I’ll get the drop, spray it up, Glock 30, you talk dirty, the mop straighten up, gauge cocked, face shot, your top breaking up, I’ll bring more people to Jae [Jay] spot than a Roc Nation brunch!”

Jey The Nitewing defeats Real Sikh

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Recap: In this 3-rounder from URL/Smack’s Ultimate Madness card, a more condensed Jet The Nitewing’s more intricate punchlines, slick name flips/personals and prideful boasts combine to make quick work of Real Sikh’s hardbody, but not as consistently potent servings, thus giving Nitewing the 30.

Verdict: Jey The Nitewing (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Jey The Nitewing – “Either side of the bracket, I only know half these nigger’s and they stick me with the fucking fortune teller, if I wanted my hand read [red] I’d slap these nigger’s!”

Your Honor defeats Squeako

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Recap: Helped by the use of some redundant themes used by his opponent as well as a Squeako choke in the 2nd round, Your Honor also utilizes a quality composite of eccentric name flips, witty barbs and boastful punchlines to take the first two rounds and win this Smack/URL Ultimate Madness match, before a punch-heavier Squeako gets back on his grind to easily take the 3rd round.

Verdict: Your Honor (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Your Honor – “Now you know that, the Glock 9 down, it need Prozac!”

Hollow Da Don defeats Mackk Myron

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Recap: After a 6-minute plus promo for all things RBE, Mackk Myron and Hollow da Don go at for about 2 minutes each in this 1-round Social Distancing battle. With his turn, Mackk makes for a solid effort with his usual assortment of witty barbs, fiery punches and rugged name flips. And while all of Mackk’s shenanigans might work against your average battle rapper, Hollow is just on a different level. Proving his top tier status once again via an intricate palette of dicey name flips, penetrating wordplay and flippant personals to take the win.

Verdict: Hollow Da Don (W) 1-0

Favorite line:  Hollow Da Don – “So many whips you can tape Roots, bread so old you can make hooch!”

Yoshi G defeats Gucci

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Recap: Yoshi G takes part in yet another 1-round Quarantine battle and this time gets a win, consistently unloading some brash thot bars, nifty wordplay and dope angles on a solid and gritty, but not as heavy-hitting Gucci.

Verdict: Yoshi G (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Yoshi G – “Solid bitch, ten toes down, I’m standing tall, if it wasn’tfor backshots I don;t think I would bend at all!”

Lu Castro defeats Kid Chaos

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Recap: Surely, we’ve seen better showings in the past from both Lu Castro and Kid Chaos. Which leads to a bit of irony what with each battler competing in a tournament that gives the winner $25K, funny how Castro and Chaos would save their best material for the final round. Still, even with a boatload of pedestrian personals, schemes and punchlines on both sides (esp. during rounds 1 and 2), a more consistently gritty, gun bar toasting and bar efficient Castro manages to edge each round for the win.

Verdict: Lu Castro (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Lu Castro – “He heard the music before the shot, he was the last to split!”

Murda Mook defeats Street Hymns

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Recap: RBE Social Distancing 1-round battle with a different twist as judging from their rhymes Murda Mook and Street Hymns clearly had no idea they were battling each other. A good battle nonetheless with Street getting 3-dimensional with the visuals, while kicking some introspective bars that were backed pretty well when it comes to adept wordplay. But a never-lacking-for-confidence Mook, battling in a project playground which metaphorically speaking perfectly suited his brazen bars on the state of battle rap, his stamp in the game and other what-have-you’s on competition and critics, gets the edge in this one.

Verdict: Murda Mook (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Murda Mook – “Let’s take it back to when it was no rules, ain’t no you who’s, nobody had moves to mark y’all calender’s, my whip’n old school, I’m from where you couldn’t afford to dodge no challengers, now let’s see y’all caliber’s!”

K-Shine defeats Nu Jerzey Twork

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Recap: 1-round Quarantine battle from URL between then-both NWX members K-Shine and Nu Jerzey Twork, while filled to the rim with plenty of mayhem and aggressive gun bars, still goes the former’s way as Shine’s more consistently-lit punches score with more than force to beat the raucous, but slightly less substantive Twork.

Verdict: K-Shine (W) 1-0

Favorite line: K-Shine – “I fuck with the Roosters, but you the one I got the Tek on, told my bitch, meet me downstairs with ya sweats on, got my chicken hawk on a rooster…Foghorn Leghorn!”

Loso defeats Fliiko L

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Recap: In this competitive 3-rounder from Bullpen, Loso get the 30 but Fliiko L made him earn it via a strong display of lofty esoteric darts, fiery punchlines, hardbody schemes/lyricism to keep things close. And for the most part, Fliiko also did himself a favor by staying away from the usual assortment of anti-Christian semantics that most battlers seem to use against a member of the 4 Horsemen. Still, after a long vacation away from the ring, a well-rested Loso just had too much in the tank for his opponent, using a versatile mix of jaunty name flips, well-research/piercing personals, stirring 4-bar setups, some daunting wordplay and a wide load of spiritually-laced, but still flexing punches to take each round along with what was an impressive win.

Verdict: Loso (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Loso – “Watch son crack under pressure, they gonna have to fix his dash, have I ever used profanity?, Bro I been cursed…with this gift I have!”

Tay Roc and T Top [TIE]

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Recap: 2 round Quarantine battle between T Top and Tay Roc certainly had its moments of witty/mesmerizing personals, flaming gun bars, battle team (“You single-handily gave Cave Gang a fall to the ground and we was gonna let Roc slide, but we seen it all coming down!”) stunting and boastful barbs. But after a more piercing with the punches Top takes the 1st round, a cleaner-flowing and slightly harder punching Roc edges round 2 for a tie.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line:  Tay Roc – “Smack, he don’t want smoke, he the Bear…he scared of forest fires!”