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Mister Greco

Battle rap enthusiast living in Timbuktu

Coffee Brown and E-Hart [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Not sure why a battle of this magnitude, between two top tier femcees, didn’t receive the proper promo it should’ve received. But nonetheless, Coffee Brown versus E-Hart for 3 rounds gets platformed on Black Ice Cartel and while Coffee seemed on a hundred throughout when it came to a will to win…E-Hart? Not so much. The veteran Bronx, NY emcee getting by on sheer talent moreso than moxie as her gritty punchlines, gun bars, wordplay and name flips edges her round 1, before the more aggressive and bombastic Coffee’s graphic punches, wicked set-ups, witty (“Standing there, looking like everything they put our people through”) personals and other mayhem-lit darts helped her edge round 2 to tie things up. However, Coffee’s mid-round slip-up in the third round, despite her excellent start, ultimately cost her. This allowed E-Hart, who delivered a strong but beatable “AMG mode” performance, to even the score, resulting in a tie.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: E-Hart – “Get back-slapped for the cap and I stay with it tucked, I got one arm and I’m right here saying ‘What’s up!'”

Danny Myers defeats Jeuvry

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Recap: A 1-rounder from Major League Battles, content with mixing in some excellent wordplay with his usual m.o. of hardbody punches, gritty storytelling and caustic, violence-prone raps, Danny Myers doesn’t break a sweat in handily beating back an aggressive and mayhem-lit, but overall pedestrian Jeuvry.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “A nigga said come see me with hands, I was on the way to unleash the can, till the plug called and said I got a new low, put the drake down and come meet the grams!”

T-Top defeats Chef Trez

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Recap: T-Top and Chef Trez both give the Bullpen Battle League crowd their money’s worth in this fiery, competitive 3-rounder that stayed close throughout. And while the battle featured what you’d expect when it comes to Trez’s off-the-dome theatrics and Top’s greasy angles, it’s the Bear’s slightly more efficient use of crispy punchlines, boastful barbs and ridiculous name flips that edged him the victory. The more versatile Top taking the first round with a boatload of well-structured set-up/punchlines to set a strong tone early on. However, Trez would fight back hard in the second, showcasing his freestyle prowess and earning the round (over a solid, scheme-heavy turn by Top) with a bunch of impressive street darts and witty personals. Going into the 3rd round tied, T-Top would seal the win with a powerful closer, blending fire schemes, gritty trap talk and crowd control to tip the scales in his favor while also being assisted by a suprisingly righteous (tho Trez did turn it up and score more frequently in the latter half of his round) turn from his opponent.

Verdict: T-Top (W) 2-1

Favorite line: T-Top – “You my brother chef, so I don’t wanna let the beef continue, but you been asking for it like a secret menu!”

Bill Collector defeats Chess

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Recap: From The Battle Academy, scoring left and right with a bunch of hitting name flips, wily/animated punches, stinging personals, righteous heat and witty puns, but also helped by am unforced error-prone Chess (after getting edged in round 1) cutting both his 2nd and 3rd rounds short, a consistently flow ready and spicy Bill Collector earns the 30 in this mostly one-sided 3-rounder.

Verdict: Bill Colletor (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Bill Collector – “Don’t nobody ever try to play me nigga, like Nick Cannon songs!”

Tay Roc defeats Bankhead

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Recap: Clearly choosing violence from jump, in this 3-rounder from Black Ice Cartel, Tay Roc keeps it aggressive and stays on opponent Bankhead’s neck with a shitload of graphic/mayhem-lit punchlines, gritty gun bars, fire name flips and flagrant boasts to handily take all three rounds for the win over an electric and earnest, but much less haymaker-lit effort from the Milwaukee battler.

Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Tay Roc – “I don’t care, I’m a bang lead till he brain dead, chop his ponytails off and sell bundles of Bank head!”

Tay Roc defeats A. Ward

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Recap: In this much anticipated three-round battle from The Riot, Mr “Anti-URL” A. Ward gets his dream battle against Tay Roc and results are about what you’d expect. The more haymaker-lit and pocket-switching Tay Roc taking the first two rounds (which included a classic sublime/classic 1st) via some superb wordplay, clever name flips, witty bars, adept use of religious themes, piercing gun bars and a gang of gritty punchlines. And while Ward kept it competitive with a bunch of impressive freestyles/rebuttals and pretty solid punchlines throughout, the Christian battle rapper’s watered-down personals and lack of efficiency towards the end of both his opening rounds would contribute to him falling short. Despite that, with a will to win proving equally intense and proficient on both sides, the final round ended in a tie. Thus, allowing Ward to avoid the 30.

Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Tay Roc – “I’ll pull up with a K for you, spark that iron, you pull up on nigga’s and pray for ’em, you call that slidin’?!”

Chef Trez defeats Dylan

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from The Stage in ATL, Chef Trez uses a handful of spicy rebuttals, a gang of piercing gun bars, cutthroat mayhem, stinging race angles and witty/mocking personals to handily beat back a round rife with personals and some hitting punches, but mostly pedestrian effort from Dylan.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “I enter his ttown on a Sunday with a pistol clutched, walk in his church and hit Dylan [points hands like gun at opoonent’s head] roof, I’m trying to do to him what he did to us!”

First Lady Flamez defeats Ms. Ill

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Recap: Must have been something really important going on for that dude in red to keep his back turned the entire battle. Either way, in this 1-rounder from GOTG, while a gritty Ms. Ill puts on a solid show, her opponent First Lady Flamez simply dominates. Richmond, VA’s finest using an exemplary barrage of fine-tuned gun bars, hard-hitting punchlines, slick wordplay and piercing similes/personals to score enough haymakers and earn the win.

Verdict: First Lady Flamez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: First Lady Flamez – “It’s sickening when you weird shaped bitches disrespect me, ‘cuz I’d rather be slim forever tham thinking [thick and] correctly!”

O-Red defeats SBE Smoke

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Recap: A 1-rounder from OSBL, flexing throughout his round with a boatload of gritty wordplay, while unabashed with the graphic mayhem, searing name flips and fiery punchlines, a more consistently hitting O-Red also manages to score enough haymakers to beat back a fierce and pretty solid effort from West Virginia battler SBE Smoke.

Verdict: O-Red (W) 1-0

Favorite line: O-Red – “You should know B, why you gas him, have you forgot what I did to ya last friend?, now you throwing SBE in the middle liek I’m sort of hasbeen!”

Danny Myers defeats Loso

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Recap: From Bullpen Battle League, a lot of bark from Loso and Danny Myers in this 3-rounder. But not as much bite from either battled in a bout that was littered with a lot of reaches and subpar punches and personals. Still, with Danny getting by on his usual m.o. of fantastical street tales, mayhem-lit darts, bullish bars and a solid rebuttal game to go along with plenty of Christian-laced disses, it’s the more efficiently spicy Bar God who takes both rounds 1 and 2 for the win before a debatable 3rd.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “He said, he ain’t one of those don’t do nuthin’ if you touch me Christians, bitch you was bluffing, ‘cuz if I beat your ass and you call the police me, that’s doing something!”

Tay Roc defeats Bill Collector

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Recap: From BMBL, Tay Roc and Bill Collector meet up for 3 rounds in Detroit and while competitive and crowd-pleasing throughout, the verdict here was an easy one. Bill, wily as ever with a plethora of spririted punchlines, witty barbs and solid personals, gets credit for an earnest performance. While Roc, continuing an electric run this year that’s seen him battle more often than ever before, ran through a gamut of graphic/mayhem-lit darts, hard-hitting g un bars, well-tailored name flips and piercing 4-bar set-up/punches that more often than not made their mark. However, helped by an opponent who ran out of gas punch-efficient wise in round 1, it’s the slightly more haymaker-lit Roc who takes round 1 before the Cave Man capo handily takes round 2 as well with an even more punch-drunk and sublime turn for the win. A pretty solid, but not as nearly turned up run by Roc in round 3 gets overrun by Bill’s more workmanship and personal-lit showing to avoid the 30.

Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Tay Roc – “You call yourself the G code, what’s strange about it, what the fuck is a G code to a nigga who beat the game without it?!”

Chilla Jones defeats Wave Phenom

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from The Stage, up-n-coming battler Wave Phenom makes some noise and keeps it competitive via a shitload of brash punches, some solid name flips and aggressive street raps. However, equipped with a gang of boastful barbs, mayhem-lit punchlines, fiery schemes/personals, gripping name flips of his own and some lethal wordplay, it’s the vet Chilla Jones who scores more than enough haymakers for the win.

Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Punch, slumped in your hands, a gun in my hand, it’s Ocean Spray, I’m putting Wave in front of a can!”

Asi Amora defeats Yoshi G

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Recap: From Landslide TV, putting aside battle host Calicoe’s attempt to combine the ethos of the sripper club with battle rap, Asi Amora versus Yoshi G for 3 rounds turns out to not only be a pretty solid battle, but also comes with a mind-twisting ending. Yoshi, for the most part dumping her signature salacious ‘thot bars’ for satisfactory punchlines, braggadocious darts and fancy wordplay here, came to compete. While the up-n-comer Asi, flexed throughout the bout with a versatile mix of hard-hitting street raps, wily/witty personals, piercing hometown lines and righteous punches that scored aplenty. After the slightly more bar-effcient Yoshi edged round 1 and the more haymaker-lit Asi took round 2 to tie things up, round 3 is when things got weird. As the ever eccentric Yoshi, surprisingly bothered by her opponent’s attempt to get extra personal and literally ‘talk to her pussy’, called time on Asi to cut her round a bit short (after both battlers had clearly rapped past 2 minutes in each of their earlier rounds) while claiming later that the two battlers had agreed to 2-minute rounds (something Calicoe would later deny). And what with the slightly more punch-heavy Asi Amora already ahead by the time Yoshi pulled her latest stunt, it’s the Chi-town rapper who takes the 3rd and gets the win here.

Verdict: Asi Amora (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Asi Amora – “I ain’t goota show ass and brag about my sex skills, or tell the whole world that my head vicious, it’s like I’m autistic, ‘cuz I don’t talk a lot, nigga’s just know my brain different!”

Klutz defeats Jakkboy Maine

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Recap: 3 rounds from URL’s ‘Civil War 5’ card sees Klutz’s clever punches, rich metaphors and exquisite wordplay take on Jakkboy Maine’s wicked darts and performance-heavy ‘Jakanese’-speak. And it’s a goodie. The two battlers displaying plenty of moxie and crowd-plessing bars while sticking with their game plans to split (got Jakk edging round 1, before Klutz retunred the favor in round 2) the opening rounds before a slightly more efficient and punch-heavy Klutz took the deciding 3rd for the win.

Verdict: Klutz (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Klutz – “Nigga’s talk shit like me working at a dealership was funny, but when I hit ya block in a new Charger, watch how fast it go from zero to a hundred!”

Chef Trez defeats Wise

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Recap: From Gates of the Garden, credit to Wise for making the Chef work hard for this one. Trez using a barrage of fierce gun bars, slick rebuttals, fire name flips and hard-hitting schemes/punchlnes to edge rounds 1 and 2 in this 3-rounder for the win before Wise, who was competitive, gritty and punch & scheme-lit throughout the battle, handily took the 3rd.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “His grave like the vein of a heroin user, the boy in it!”

Shooney Da Rapper defeats Lady J

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Recap: Let’s call a spade a spade: if Shooney Da Rapper didn’t get in her own way so much, what with all the stunbles and chokes over the years, she’d easily be in the Top 10 on the female battler’s side. But it is what it is. Yet, this Houston Bar Code 1-rounder against Lady J comes off as another reimnder of how nice Shooney is with the pen. And in addition to no unforced errors, Shooney would need all of it. As her Houston, Texas opponent, relying mostly on a gang of spicy name flips, would come through with a pretty solid and competitive effort. However, via a consistent variety of gritty gun bars, fiery personals, some crafty wordplay and a boatload of hard-hitting and aggressive punches, at the end of the day it’s Shooney who gets hands raised in the air.

Verdict: Shooney Da Rapper (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Shooney Da Rapper – “But she don’t rap like that, all this bitch talk about is pussy and straps, well I [hold hands up towards Lady J like a gun] got a big dick and it’ll bust in ya face, silencer on, I ain’t got nuthin’ to say!”

Shotgun Suge defeats TopFloor Lut

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Recap: From The Battle Academy, in yet another case of quality over quantity, despite his opponent TopFloor Lut rapping twice as long as him in all 3 rounds, Shotgun Suge’s rapid, way more efficient and fiery 2-step punches, boastful barns and piercing name flips get the Jersey vet a smooth 30 over a Philly battler who while hitting at times with his boatload of intense street talk and grimy trap semantics, unleashed way too many pedestrian bars to stand a chance here.

Verdict: Shotgun Suge (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Shotgun Suge – “I keep somethin’ in arms reach, I’m the type to beat up nigga’s on the wrong street!”

Luck Dollaz defeats Chess

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Recap: From Bar You To Death Battle League, a 1-rounder between Chess and Luck Dollaz and simply put it’s hard to give the Yung Gawd the benefit of the doubt for choking here. After all, while he kept it professional showing up on the same day his baby was born, with Chess’ recent history of constsnatly slipping up and choking during battles, does he deserve a mulligan for that bar Luck’s spit? We’ll leave that to the comment section. Nonetheless, with Chess’ (tho he did have a handful of spitfire lines) failings here, it’s an easy vic for the mostly gun bar toting and consistently gritty Dollaz.

Verdict: Luck Dollaz (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Luck Dollaz – “Save all that stupid shit you thought about doing for the next bro, I bought a new gun, I’ve been waiting to fucking let go, extendo, the clip curl like the end of the bread loaf!”

A. Ward defeats Bonnie Godiva

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Recap: From QOTR, unless said white rapper has actually shown signs of racism in the past, black battle rappers have really gotta stop using lazy race angles against them. That choice by Bonnie Godiva here versus A. Ward in the 3rd round being even more suspect when you consider it’s a Christian battle rapper you’re going up against, who you also happen to be in the same battle group (YTG) with. But then along with her opponenet, Bonnie never seemed to be on her A-game either. Yet, professional battle vets that they both are, the two still competed hard while offering up a variety of punches throughout. But after splitting (had Bonnie edging round 1 before Ward came back and returned the favor in round 2) the opening rounds, a pretty mid 3rd on both sides gets edged by the slightly more efficient Ward, who’s win heer is even more impressive when you consider how often he’s been battling of late .

Verdict: A. Ward (W) 2-1

Favorite line: A. Ward – “For a nice gun bar I’m always down like the Mcflurry machine!”

Nu Jerzey Twork defeats Swav

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from Houston Bar Code, Swav delivers one of his best performances, uplifting an already gritty street game with better efficiency to his punches, braggadocios raps, lofty personals and oft-potent trap/gang talk. Unfortunately for the Texan battler, his opponent Nu Jerzey Twork would do him one better. The former Goonie waiting out an elongated turn from his opp and getting right at it with a gang of fire set-up/punchlines, piercing similes, graphic mayhem, stinging gun bars, rich storytelling and boastful drug chatter that all combined ellicited enough hayakers for the win.

Verdict: Nu Jerzey Twork (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “They gonna hit me with a whole hundred years, extra life, left the rock, no release date…Jeffrey Dahmer!”

Coffee Brown defeats Arsonal

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Recap: Two things real quick about Arsonal: having heard that he’s considering giving up on it, because he’s one of the best at it, da Rebel needs to stick to the disrespectful shit (it also fits his brand and flow as well). Secondly, Ars has been in the game way too damn long to be slipping up as much as he has of late, much less choking as he does here against Coffee Brown. And in a battle that was otherwise pretty competitive, what with both emcees delivering the goods on cue via a gang of potent gun bars (esp. Coffee), gritty punches and wicked personals (esp. Ars) in an equally efficient rounds 1 and 3, it’s Arsonal’s struggles with recalling his lines and eventually giving the 2nd round up that helps Coffee get the win in this 3-rounder from URL.

Verdict: Coffee Brown (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Coffee Brown – “I don’t like you nigga’s, no it ain’t love, they call me Coffee ‘cuz their ain’t a nigga I can’t mug!”

Awthentic defeats Danny Myers

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Recap: Fire battle from URL’s Civil War 5 card between Awthentic and Danny Myers with the former’s amiable flow adding plenty of flair to his consisent barrage of stinging wordplay, mayhem-lit darts, oft-seismic punches and braggadocius bars. On the other Danny, even in the face of his opponent’s steady heat, Danny never wilt. The Bar God getting busy with a solid rebuttal game to go along with his usual m.o. of thought-provoking urban street tales, gritty punches, steely gun bars and lofty name flips that would were especially absolute during a sublime 2nd round (i.e. classic) that allowed Danny to split things going into round 3. But while the EFB vet gave a valiant effort in the 3rd (tho he was partly hurt one too many name flips again in the finale), ultimately it was Awthentic’s ability to stay on Danny’s neck with yet another firestorm of dizzying haymakers that would the We Go Hard alum the win.

Verdict: Awthentic (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Awthentic – “I’ll be the only face you see when you die ‘cuz you see I only need God as my witness!”

O’fficial defeats Loso

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Recap: Nothing to do with him being a Christian battle rapper. But it’s a little weird seeing Loso get lackadaisical with the pen and rely on so many toxic personals here in this UDubb 3-rounder against O’fficial. And ironically, that strategy would contribute to his loss. As after a lyrically-acute and punch-heavy round 1 edged Loso the opener, struggles with his flow as well as a gang of subpar personal disses and the Bardashian turning it up when it came flexing gun lines, gritty punches/personals and fierce hometown bars, allows O’fficial to come back and take both of the latter rounds for the win.

Verdict: O’fficial (W) 2-1

Favorite line: O’fficial – “You a man of God, so I don’t believe you blam toast, Alicia Keys at the Super Bowl, bitch you starting off on a bad note!”

B. Magic defeats Joey Linwood

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Recap: Against the solid, but none-too-spectaculat street raps of Joey Linwood, after a bit of a slow start B. Magic gets back in his bag of tricks and with a slew of gritty wordplay, witty darts and fiery punches, handily scores enough haymakers to take this 1-rounder from Next Level Battle League.

Verdict: B. Magic (W) 1-0

Favorite line: B. Magic – “I ran into a couple of opps and made them run the other way, I told them stop now and you’ll live to run another day!”

Chef Trez defeats Monsta

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Recap: It came down to way too many jabs from the Chef. In this 3-rounder from the New Udubb, as extremely hard-hitting, aggressive and street-themed as Monsta could be, too many dry spots from the Southern battler and a Chef Trez consistently hitting on all cylinders when it came to potent gun lines, spicy rebuttals/freestyles, greasy name flips and wicked punches gives the ATL vet a sturdy 30.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “Potato in front of this shrimp, he in hot water, we making gumbo!”

Yung Deezy defeats T Top

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from The New UDubb, T Top’s return to Arsonal’s league turns out to be one he’d like to forget. As in a surpising turn, The Bear simply couldn’t get out of his own way, stumbling and forgetting his bars several times before eventually choking here against Yung Deezy. A Gates of the Garden alum who in fairness, came to compete what with consistently gritty punchlines and other mayhem-lit darts that might have had him pull off the upset regardless of his more well-known opponent’s subpar performance.

Verdict: Yung Deezy (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Yung Deezy – “So chill, you bet’sta be calm, ‘cuz to e real you got a fat girl image, that’s why I put a little extra on the arm!”

Swamp defeats Big Hunnit

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from Next Level Battle League, a steadier handling Swamp uses a gang of mean name flips, sturdy gun bars, wily personals and hard-hitting punchlines to beat back a gritty, but not as prolific stunting effort from Big Hunnit.

Verdict: Swamp (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Swamp – “It’s something about the Francis Scott Key situation that helped me really learn some shit, you can do whatever the fuck floats your boat just don’t burn a bridge!”

Arsonal defeats Kapo Bravado

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Recap: From the New Udubb, in a 3-round battle littered with plenty of basic punches, but still competetive via a bunch of bold struggle bars, gritty street rhymes, aggressive trap talk, flexing gang lines and even an unnecessary (considering that he already had the round won) nifty tag-in from one of Kapo Bravado’s people’s in round 2. Yet on his way to a spirited comeback after losing round 1 and handily taking the middle round here versus Arsonal, Kapo (who also had some potent personals throughout the bout) somehow ventures into complete meltdown mode midway through his 3rd and with a trio of highly damaging slip-ups, ends up losing the deciding round and the battle.

Verdict: Arsonal (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Kapo Bravado – “My bars like a stripper real name, he gotta be a certain type of nigger to get it!”

QB (Black Diamond) defeats T-Rex

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Recap: QB vs. T-Rex, the headline battle from the former’s Black Diamond Battle League, features a gang of hard-hitting, gritty punches from battlers (including a fly freestyle by Rex after some weirdo approached QB to hug her mind-round) that kept things competitive for the one round these two vets agreed to spar. But while Rex’s hardbody darts and a slam dunk on the cap were worth the price of admission, it was the fiery wordplay-dishing, more versatile, rich personals and clever, mayhem-lit raps of QB that scored enough haymakers to get the win.

Verdict: QB (W) 1-0

Favorite line: QB – “See, I been gettng slept on, and I’m pissed off for real, I don’t know what you thought you was getting pussy this ain’t Netfliz and chill!”

T-Top defeats Jay Dat Guy

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Recap: From The Playform Battles, Kansas City battler Jay Dat Guy does well and stays consistent with a bunch of gritty punches and fierce drug bars/talk throughout his 3 rounds here against T-Top. But unbeknowest to apparently everyone in the room but Top himself, The Bear’s surprising ability to add a pretty solid rebuttal game to his repertiore to go along with a fiery bag of hard-hitting set-up/punchlines, boastful barbs and stinging gun bars/trap talk, helps him edge in each round for a Gentleman’s 30.

Verdict: T-Top (W) 3-0

Favorite line: T-Top – “Y’all see how I wnt from fight to blade to pistol, well just know I always keep them things on me, but he ain’t wanna see the Mac go last, like Steve Harvey!”

Coffee Brown defeats Rocq Lee

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Recap: In this spirited 1-rounder from LetsBeReal Battle League, a more consistently nice Coffee Brown unleashes her usual m.o. of clever name flips, hard street darts, spirited punchlines and boastful barns to secure a victory over Rocq Lee. Despite Rocq Lee’s gritty performance, the Bags and Bodies alum inconsistency would hurt her when it came to matching Brown’s overall prowess.

Verdict: Coffee Brown (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Coffee Brown – “Every time I rap it sound like explosions, buck-50 [swipes down like blade] take a piece off Rocq’s face look like corrosion!”

Ill Will defeats Aye Verb

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Recap: From RBE, a 3-round battle that was a lot closer (well, except for round 2 which Will won handily) than either of its participants verbalized on stage, sees Ill Will come back from getting edged in round 1 to a more efficiently punch-lit Aye Verb and take both of latter rounds, what with a gang of boastful barbs, gritty punchlines, flashy gun bars and hard, aggressive set-up/personals, for the win.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ill Will – “That’s why we laugh at you guys, something packed in the ride that’ll have you staring at the back of your eyes, this the last Enterprise, semi folding shit up like Optimus Prime trying to get back in disguise!”

Chef Trez defeats Da Example

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Recap: From Universal Bars Battle League, against a solid effort from Da Example that was littered in persuasive drug talk and other violence-induced punches, Chef Trez flips out with a gang of gritty gun bars, flexing double entendres, some sporty off-the-dome heat and a boatload of piercing punchlines to handliy get the 30.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “Let him try it, drive-by, hop out with hella choppers, in front of his house with a stick, it’s a pressure washer!”

Geechi Gotti defeats E. Ness

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from the New UDubb’s ‘The Rebirth’ card, Geechi Gotti has an easy time of it. Whether he was mocking opponent E. Ness’ old-school rapping linguistics, going back in time and making all-too-hilarious barbs on the veteran Philly rapper’s former ‘Da Band’ clique, circumventing via a bunch current event disses on Ness’ former boss Diddy and dishing a gang of hard-hitting street raps/punches, the EFB capo ends up doing more than enough to get the win over a hitting at times, but overall mediocre showing by Ness.

Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “This type of nigga be telling bitches ‘I’m E. Ness from Making da Band’, but the fucked up part is when he battle rap he don’t even be making a band!”

Ms. Hustle defeats Chess

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Recap: From URL’s Smack Vol. 11 card, continuing a long streak that’s made her one of the most dangerous opponent’s in the game, Ms. Hustle unleashes a world of havoc on Chess and never lets up. The EFB vixen absolutely stunting through 3 rounds with a variety of sublime gun bars, hard-hitting punchlines, salacious personals, boastful barbs, fiery name flips, spicy Chess slogan flips and righteous darts on Chess’ latest unforced errors that frankly speaking he probably needed to hear. As the Young Gawd, while able to display streams of gritty punches and personals (he even spouted a fly rebuttal in round 3) that kept him competitive, just couldn’t get out of his own way when it came to slip-ups throughout the battle.

Verdict: Ms. Hustle (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Ms. Hustle – “I only roll with shooters, that’s in the door kicking, more clicking, you won’t it past this 4-5…dwarfism!”

Chef Trez defeats Midas

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Recap: From Dark Horse Battle League, outside of needing to be more clear with his vocals, newcomer (according to VerseTracker anyway) Midas delivers a pretty solid and gritty effort here in this 3-rounder against fellow ATL-ien Chef Trez. But nonwithstanding a debatable round 2, it’s all Trez here as the veteran and highly prolific battler responds to his opponent’s fiending street bars with a boatload of fiery gun bars, piercing off-the-dome heat, graphic/mayhem-lit darts and potent punchlines to handily take rounds 1 and 3 for the win.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “This ratchet killing every possibility, it got its tubed tied!”

Tay Roc defeats Serius Jones

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Recap: A long-awaited grudge match between Serius Jones and Tay Roc finally takes place on URL’s Smack Volume 11 card and besides Roc attempting to spoil the show again with his silly and unnecessary ‘almost fight’ antics, the outcome here was just about what you’d expect. Jones, who to be fair almost always gives a full-hearted effort, did seem to listen a bit to critics who’ve recently urged him to update his flow patterns and new era colloquialisms. But despite some hard punches here and there as well as jokes and freestyles (which surprisingly he doesn’t do enough of) that oft-landed, way too many reaches as well as way too many subpar punches/personals to go along with a gang of lyrical schrmical darts during his trio of elongated rounds would once again prove to be too much to overcome. On the other Roc, who’s clearly chasing the COTY award this year what with him battling so often of late, gave a workmanlike performance that reminded the crowd (and hopefully his opponent) that there’s levels to this. The Gun Titles capo unleashing a mostly (after a slow start to his 3rd, Roc would turn it up in the latter half to get the 30) consistent, mayhem-lit, rapid-fire barrage of fiending wordplay, stinging gun bars, rich similes, flexing name flips and sturdy punchlines to score more than enough haymakers in each round for the win.

Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Tay Roc – “You trash, I don’t care if they saying that homie is cooking, this pussy say something to make me mad and hook him, wire jaw through a straw, you eating Tapioca pudding!”

Chef Trez defeats Charlie Clips

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Recap: From URL’s Smack Vol. 11 card, after edging round 1 here vs. Chef Trez with a couple of spicy mid-round rebuttals, a heavily scheming, metaphor flipping Charlie Clips goes back to ‘Which Clips will show up?’ mode, resorts to way too many freestyles and after getting beaten badly in round 2 to the way more haymaket-lit Trez, delivers a mostly pedestrian/off-the dome/oft-indirect turn in the deciding 3rd, helping the consistently punch-lit, rebuttal-spazzing, gun bar flashing and personal/scheme/name flip-fiending Trez get the win.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “What’s the reason?, nuthin’ you say legit, we all go scrolling down that rabbit hole when it’s late as shit, but nobody can out-do how you be playing Clips!”

Ryda defeats Deth The Kid

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Recap: Former URL mainstay Ryda makes his debut on iBattle and it’s an impressive one. The Maryland vet using a gang of hard-hitting set-up/punchines, potent name flips, filthy metaphors and boastful barbs to beat back a competitively punching throughout, but not as consistently hitting Deth The Kid in all 3 rounds for a well-earned 30.

Verdict: Ryda (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Ryda – “Bombs away, this where the Kid dies like Jon Benet, he gonna hold onto this round like Jordan on Father’s Day!”

Ill Will defeats N.O.T.R.

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Recap: Ill Will, who’s been battling quite a bit lately, shows no signs of wear or tear as he uses an aggressive and versatile barrage of sizzling punchlines/name flips, gritty hometown references/bars, a couple of fly rebuttals and a gang of boastful barbs to handily take this LetsBeReal Battle League 1-rounder over a punch-lit at times, but a bit flow-challenged and not quite as efficient N.O.T.R.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Ill Will – “Kapo hit my line, I said I’m down man, send the best my way, get this fruit chopped up on the road while he driving, make it a Chef highway!”

T-Top defeats Nu Jerzey Twork

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Recap: From URL’s Smack Volume 11 card, after failing to take advantage of a beatable round 1 from T-Top with a flat-out choke, the graphic and twisted mayhem unleashed from Nu Jerzey Twork scores with enough haymakers to edge round 2 and tie things up going into round 3. However, utilizing a boatload of righteous heat, sturdy set-up/punclines. fierce name flips and hardbody street raps, it’s the more efficient T-Top whe edges the 3rd for the win in a bout that may have been a little underwhelmimg what with two battlers being close friends outside the ring.

Verdict: T-Top (W) 2-1

Favorite line: T-Top – “Murda Mook, I’m a do you dirty in a small room and ya record gonna have a scratch on it!”

Ill Will defeats Gunhood Zeke

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Recap: From Any Body Can Die Battle League, a bunch of hard street raps, some spicy rebuttals and fleeting trap talk makes for a pretty solid effort from Gunhood Zeek in this 1-rounder against Ill Will. But coupled with an elongated and reach-prone turn by Zeek, it’s a plethora of sublime 4-bar set-up/punchlines, witty barbs/personals and mayhem-lit darts that earns Will the win.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Ill Will – “If I’m fucking ya bitch, just get through it dog, I ain’t trying to break up the two of y’all, don’t get your body wrapped up in plastic over a booty call!”

Charron defeats Danny Myers (Rematch)

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Recap: Charron’s gotta learn how to leave them on a high. I mean, still rapping after that killer ‘7th Ward’ line in round 3 just made no sense. Either way, after (had Charron taking round 1 before the more efficient Bar God edged the 2nd) splitting the first couple of rounds with a pretty solid overall (tho his 3rd was mostly lackluster) Danny Myers in this rebuttal-lit, heavily N.O.-referenced 3-rounder from UDubb, a dominate jokefest drenched, personal-spazzing and punchline-crazy final turn by the ‘Smack Killer’ gets him the win.

Verdict: Charron (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Charron – “Fuck y’all crew, I’ll kill Danny then I’ll maul you, old-school Christmas lights, once one die they all do!”

Saflare Sole defeats Pyrex Jones

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Recap: From iBattle, I have no idea how much he might be into sports, but if he wanted to Saflare Sole woudl make an excelleny color analyst. After all all, as seen here in this 1-rounder against a punch-lit at times and overall pretty decent Pyrex Jones, Sole’s commentary-style of battle rap which in this bout featured a gang of graphic punches, fly similes, versatile name flips, gritty darts, mean set-ups and sporty wordplay, not only scores more than enough haymakers to get him the win here, but is charismatic enough to give him a plan B if Sole’s other ventures don’t plan out.

Verdict: Saflare Sole (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Saflare Sole – “You was on a roll your last battle, here’s where ya luck change, you doen bit off more than you can chew…it’s a mukbang!”

Xcel defeats Snake Eyez

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Recap: From TBL, flexing throughout this battle with a boatload boastful barbs, witty personals, stinging name flips, gritty gun bars and well-crafted punchlines, a more versatile and consistently hitting Xcel does more than enough to take rounds 1 and 3 (call round 2 debatable) for the win over an aggressive and piercing at times, but less substantive Snake Eyez.

Verdict: Xcel (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Xcel – “You said I don’t have impact, it don’t matter my guns do!”

Shotgun Suge defeats Clone

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Recap: From WarTown Battles, an early slip-up would cost him in a tight round 1, but afterwards Shotgun Suge make up for the unforced error with two rounds of condensed heat, that were littered with a gritty array of sizzling name flips, hard-hitting trap talk, fiery punches and boastful barbs. And while the hard street dalliances and hardbody punchlines of Clone worked their magic in the opening round, a little too much filler during a couple of elongated turns by the Georgia vet would help Suge edge both the 2d and 3rd rounds for the win.

Verdict: Shotgun Suge (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Shotgun Suge – “Clone, he a stuntman, code word choppers and caskets, that’s a broom and a dustpan!”

Los Premee defeats Chef Trez

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Recap: If he can stay consistent with the heat, this kid Los Premee has a very bright future ahead of him in battle rap. The iBattle up-n-comer, here against an always competitive, rebuttal-lit and oft-punch heavy/potent gun bar slinging Chef Trez, impressing again with 3 rounds of spitfire lines. Whether he was fiercely flipping the Chef’s slogan against him, spouting a gang of crazy anime bars/similes, going toe-to-toe with Trez when it came to spicy rebuttals, flexing with a bunch of hard-hitting street darts or dishing gritty haymakers via a sublime punch game with rapid and relative ease, Los Premee seems to be putting even to top tiers on notice. That said, after a debatable round 1, it’s the more prolific scoring Premee who takes rounds 2 and 3 for the win.

Verdict: Los Premee (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Los Premee – “I was just gonna rob him, then he tried to run so I dumped the ‘matic instead, dropped him instantly, it’s schizophrenia, I got 3 of them things in the back of the head!”

Shotgun Suge and B. Magic [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Despite battling some early slip-ups in round 1, Shotgun Suge still manages to get busier with the punches in round 1 of this 3-round, ‘The Rebirth’ bout from UDubb vs. a pedestrian B. Magic to edge things there. However, a combination of a still pretty solid Suge relying a little too much on well-oiled personals concerning his opp along with Magic stepping it up with both the punchlines and the wordplay (esp. when it came to use of hometown [“I could’ve been a Birdman with all the Fiend’s that I found!”]references in round 3) in the latter two rounds allows for an equally efficient 2nd, before Magic came back to take the final round to earn a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Shotgun Suge – “I only play the trap for half a summer, these nigga’s lack in hunger, I hit the block and turn 20 into 50, we doing Magic numbers!”

Yunus defeats Chef Trez

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Recap: From Body Bag Battle League, showcasing some incredible wordplay throughout to go along with a boatload of fiery gun bars, sporty rebuttals of his own, stinging name flips and a gang of crazy 4-bar set/punchlines, after handily out-punching opponent Chef Trez in round 1, a more versatile and slightly punch-heavier Yunus survives a dope round 2 from his veteran opp to edge the middle round for the win. However it’s Trez, still competitive while serving up a rich palette of fierce off-the-dome heat, sturdy gun bars and gritty punches throughout the bout, who takes the 3rd with a bit of help of a more indirect and struggle bar prone Yunus, to avoid the shutout.

Verdict: Yunus (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Yunus – “You don’t get that tho?, this is Tic Tac Toe, I’m trying to X out 3 of them thangs!”

Quis defeats Hansel

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Recap: From Westworld Battle Rap, a dope, competitive and gritty 3-rounder between Quis and Hansel sees the former use an often elite and versatile punch game that featured a boatload of fire name flips, ill street-themed darts. pointed trap verses and piercing similes/personals to score more haymakers in both roounds 1 and 2 for the win. And while Hansel kept it close throughout the match with a gang of aggressive and righteous bars to go along with a bunch of hard-hitting personals and stifling punches of his own, the EFB member would suffer from a little too much filler in the earlier rounds before scoring a debatable in an equally efficient 3rd.

Verdict: Quis (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Quis – “90s baby, made my first sale on IM!”

Jaz The Rapper defeats Bizzo Bond

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Recap: From Premier Battles in London, UK, in light of a pretty solid-punching and witty at times effort from opponent Bizzo Bond, a versatile Jaz The Rapper reaches in her big bag and pulls out all the tricks. The veteran battle vixen spouting a gang of fiery set-up/punchlines, savory name flips, mocking personals, boastful barbs and dope wordplay/gun bars with stifling consistency to earn a 30 overseas.

Verdict: Jaz The Rapper (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Jaz The Rapper – “You hype ‘cuz your big ass ‘6 “3?, Twork is 6-4, I am not at all phased, twin guns, now he between two poles…Batty man legs!”

Fonz defeats Chef Trez (Rematch)

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Recap: Damn, Chef Trez and Fonz battled each other so long ago, it’s easy to forget that they met up already. Either way, this rematch from URL’s “Redemption 3” card, while certainly a goodie, moreso established how much Fonz has evolved over the years to become one of the best punchers in the game. The Landlord wasting no time with his elite punch game while going at his opponent with a rapid stream of filthy similes, stinging name flips, bullish boasts, hard-hitting personals and fiery linguistic darts that after a debatable round 1, proved to be more efficient during the latter two rounds for the win. That said, despite Chef Trez delivering his usual strong performance, it was surprising that after the opening round, he didn’t utilize more (after dishing ‘3 of those things’ in the opener) rebuttals in the battle, which along with being elongated in rounds 2 and 3, might have contributed to his defeat. Nonetheless, by showcasing his usual m.o. of impressive gun bars and fire punchlines, Trez made it clear that even in a loss, he’s still worth the price of admission.

Verdict: Fonz (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Fonz – “Trez you can’t fuck with me, I’m only trying to reason with’cha, ‘cuz like a torn ACL, you facing a seasoned killer!”

JC defeats J2

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Recap: A pretty solid effort that featured a bunch of sturdy gun bars and hard-hitting set-up punchlines & personals keeps J2 competitive in this ‘Redemption 3’ 3-rounder from URL. But one too many attempts at more acute punches that failed to hit by J2 as well as a turned up JC, who when he wasn’t getting righteous with a gang of syrupy pontifications in round 1, got the job done with a combative stream of fire wordplay, boastful barbs, fiery God-complex heat, witty darts and potent punches to take rounds 2 and 3 (after a debatable round 1) for the win.

Verdict: JC (W) 2-1

Favorite line: JC – “Your community cancel me, go wild, I have no concern about him/he/them/they or she…I’m the pronoun!”

Ill Will defeats Swav

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Recap: In this gritty 1-rounder from Houston Bar Code, Ill Will uses an artful supply of killer 4-bar set-up/punchlines, raucous street lines, some dope ordplay and plenty of boastful barbs to score the win over an earnest and punch-lit at times, but mostly pedestrian Swav.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Ill Will – “Get a grip and tell ya bitch Ill in the South, I wanna put something real in her mouth, I ain’t a plain [plane] nigga, but if she show me that landing strip…that’s when Will [wheel] coming out!”

T-Top defeats Snake Eyez

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Recap: from URL’s Redemption 3 card, one of the best openers in the game, Snake Eyez’s 1st round is nothing but hard-hitting street rhymes, aggression and bullish boasts. But as per usual, the former Dot Mobb head 2nd and 3rd rounds, while remaining gritty, don’t meet up to the sheer intensity and efficiency of his round 1. Thus, the ability of a more versatile, lyrically adept, name flip-crazy, trap talk-lit, set-up/punchline rich and witty with the personals when necessary T-Top to score more haymakers and edge the first round, before handily taking both of the following rounds for the 30.

Verdict: T-Top (W) 3-0

Favorite line: T-Top – “On dating sites, all his pictures got a dark disguise, he gives awkward vibes, and his description says ‘snake skin’ and ‘marble eyes’!”

O-Red defeats Kid Chaos

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Recap: From URL’s Redemption 3 card, after getting edged in round 1 to a set-up/punchline and wordplay-lit Kid Chaos, the tables get completely turned in both of the latter rounds as O-Red’s continuous barrage of fly personals, piercing schemes, boastful barbs, gritty gun lines and hard-hitting punches all effective, scoring and most importantly winning on their own, are even more damaging when compared to Chaos surprisingly switching it up in rounds 2 and 3 for elongated build-ups and a bunch of personals that sometimes hit when it came to wit, but for the most part were pedesrian and dated.

Verdict: O-Red (W) 2-1

Favorite line: O-Red – “You wanna talk about bitches?!, you damn near cried in one of your battles ‘cuz your BM killed a nigga, that’s odd to me, like what you sad ‘cuz shorty got more bodies than you?!”

Arsonal defeats Holmzie Da God

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Recap: From URL’s Redemption 2 card we see an Arsonal showing up in top form. Da Rebel unleashing a relentless barrage of lyrical prowess, especially during a fire 3rd round that saw Big Jersey weave intricate wordplay and clever jabs throughout. But it wasn’t just the finale that dazzled as from the outset, Arsonal delivered a relentless stream of gritty punches and witty barbs, proving once again that when he’s in a zone, he’s a force to be reckoned with. And while opponent Holmzie Da God came with an earnest effort, it was Arsonal who dominated, clearly taking the first and third rounds, with the second up for debate.

Verdict: Arsonal (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Arsonal – “Mac 11s, that’s the Trey Young’s we manuever with!”

Geechi Gotti defeats Coach Corleone

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Recap: From TOS Battle League, against a gritty and pretty solid punching Coach Corleone, Geechi Gotti is made to earn it. But meeting the challenge with a gang of hard-hitting boastful chatter, steely street raps, lucid trap talk and a plethora of stinging punchlines, the Compton, CA, vet is able to efficently score a couple of more haymakers and get the win in this competitive 1-rounder.

Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “I’m talking a real dope boy, if I din’t have pyrex, we using ice with the pitcher, all my real nigga’s know when you cook it the rock never came back white, it was tan like this light-skin nigga!”

Your Honor defeats Loso

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Recap: How many times during a battle do you hear someone in the crowd tell a battler to ‘turn it up’? Well, after getting out-punched by a grittier Loso in round 1 of this ‘Banned’ URL bout, Your Honor does just that, but on his own. The DMV rapper speeding up his flow in light of a strict time clock and delivering a couple of spitfire rounds filler with piercing trap talk, graphic boasts and hard-hitting 4-bar set-up/punchlines to land more haymakers and take both of the latter rounds over consistently solid, but less efficient Horseman.

Verdict: Your Honor (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Your Honor – “I be shooting the shit out of light-skin nigga’s, no bluffing, it’s vertical for accuracy, horizontal for when I’m stunting, you wanna die or you wanna almost die, ‘cuz that’s a lower button!”