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Mister Greco

Battle rap enthusiast living in Timbuktu

O-Red defeats Holmzie Da God

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Recap: From the HowYouGonAct Network, not wasting a single bar and consistently dishing some crazy punches and sublime wordplay in round 1 (i.e. classic) before getting back to the basics and scoring with a gang of gritty name flips, mayhem-lit darts and dope set-up/punchlines in both of the latter rounds, O-Red shows that even without utilizing his notorious ‘transformer’ lines, the Jersey vet can still take it up a notch and deliver a 30 on a pretty solid-punching throughout, but nowhere near as steadily hitting Holmzie Da God.

Verdict: O-Red (W) 3-0

Favorite line: O-Red – “My style is the blueprint Holms [homes], you’re an outline to me, I could turn all ya thoughts into floor plans, you copy me?!”

O-Red defeats Ultimate Beast Primus

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Recap: From No Coast Raps, a pretty solid and gun-bar heavy on both sides 3-rounder between Ultimate Beast Primus and O-Red goes the Jersey Bet’s way as despite a trio of competitive, punch-heavy and gritty rounds from Mr. Primus, a condensed Red’s more consistent/efficient punch game, crazy set-ups, wily personals and hitting schemes/wordplay/off-the-dome zingers are enough to take each round for the shutout.

Verdict: O-Red (W) 3-0

Favorite line: O-Red – “Shoulder shot, his arm break off like a Voltron piece!”

Rum Nitty defeats Oppa

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Recap: A dope 3-rounder from iBattle sees Oppa with a gang of astute lyricism, standout wit and piercing punches keep it close. But with a slightly steadier and more condensed bag of head-ringing gun bars, gritty wordplay, crazy set-ups and obscene punchlines, it’s the veteran Rum Nitty who edges rounds 2 and 3 for the win after a debatable round one.

Verdict: Rum Nitty (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Rum Nitty – “I’ll get dude smoked, acting like he one of them one’s, this muthafucka is a bum, have you ever seen a cokehead lining up a hit in their upper lip?, you just bumping your gums!”

B. Magic defeats Ness Lee

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Recap: In this close 3-rounder from No Coast Raps, veteran battler Ness Lee’s lyrical dexterity, mocking personals and at times effective punchlines keeps things competitive throughout. However, armed with his usual assortment of stinging one-liners, razor-sharp wit and gritty back-to-back punchlines while assisted a bit by Ness Lee’s up-n-down efficiency with the bars, it’s B. Magic who takes rounds 1 and 3 for the win.

Verdict: B. Magic (W) 2-1

Favorite line: B. Magic – “If my people kill you, the shit didn’t end, the hospital bring you back?, we gonna kill you again!”

Swave Sevah defeats Remedy Loko

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Recap: From RBE, a crazy and sublime round 1 filled with a bunch of bullish punchlines, some fire wordplay, daunting darts and righteous boasts coupled with a second rich with a gang of aggressive haymakers, hard street rhymes and witty personals gives Swave Sevah the win over a gritty and unorthodox, but up-n-down Remedy Loko. And while the 3rd round was a wash as far as determining the victor, it was still a stellar turn on both ends with a rebuttal-lit Loko connecting more and unleashing a plethora of fire punches to avoid the shutout even while a pontificating Swave lit up the blue room with a bunch of fiery shots at the ongoing RBE/URL drama as well as scoring too with some more stealthy heat.

Verdict: Swave Sevah (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Swave Sevah – “Boxing rules apply, why don’t you and I, hop in the right have a death match…win, lose or die!”

Chef Trez defeats Gunpowder Patt

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Recap: Who doesn’t love a dope style clash? And this 3-rounder from We Go Hard was ceratinly that as Chef Trez with ominous barrel of piercing gun bars, sublime off-the-dome heat and gritty punchlines faces off against the aggressive, personal-lit, witty and entertaining polemics of Gunpowder Patt. A close one throughout, despite a pretty solid and hard-hitting opening round from Trez (that was spoiled a lit bit due to Chef taking a bit too long to land the punch), Patt’s colorful angles, humorous stylings and clever/steely punchlines edges Gunpowder the round. And then the Chef got to cooking. Landing a boatload of fly name flips and a handful of fierce rebuttals to go along with a gang of raucous punches/gun bars, Trez would do just enough to edge round 2 over an opponent who cane with it when it it came ill braggadocius lines, more crazy wit and fiery street anthems. Tied going into the 3rd in front of a rocking WGH crowd, even while dialing back a bit on the rebuts, Trez would still score at will via a rich palette of robust punchlines, some hitting personals and well-finessed wordplay to take the 3rd and get the win over a G.P. who while still compettiive, just seemed to run out of steam when it came to landing as many haymakers as he did in the previous rounds.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “Catch steel from Chef, you know what’ll happen at point blank if I squeeze bitch?, I’ll get blood on my gun, marinera falling off a chopper…it’s a cheese stick!”

Cortez defeats June PZ

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Recap: Brooklyn vs. Brooklyn in this 1-rounder from the Gates. And while the lesser known June PZ ut frth a gritty and at times personal-lit effort, it’s the way more condensed Cortez’s spicy assortment of ripshod mayhem, glistening gun bars and piercing punches that earns the Murda Ave vet the win.

Verdict: Cortez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Cortez – “It’s another ‘W’ in store, that’s Walgreens, and don’t you know he’ll never be seen again after the scufflee…like Rawsteen!”

Cortez defeats Jae Millz

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Recap: A 3-rounder from URL’s ‘Banned’ series sees Jae Millz arguably at this best since the Harlem vet made his most recent comeback to battle rap. The former Young Money signee dishing a trio of sound, quality rounds that while featuring his usual m.o. of earnest boasts and gritty lyricism, was also highlighted when the usually one-note Millz flexed his funny bone a bit and added some witty barbs to the mix. That said, outside of a debatable round 2, this one was all Cortez with the Brooklyn emcee spouting a bunch of hard street rhymes, stinging personals, bodacious punches/gun bars and feelgood name flips/wordplay that especially lit up the scoreboard in rounds 1 and 3 for the win.

Verdict: Cortez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Cortez – “They say battle rappers can’t make music, well since you put us in that box I’m returnung the favor!”

Chef Trez defeats Showoff

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Recap: Chef Trez versus Showoff. Security guard verssus security guard. ARP interrupting battles as usual…it’s all there for 3 rounds on RBE and it was a dope one. Showoff, aggressive, boastful and gritty as usual with his trademark ‘lingo’, delivered a standout performance with a gang of bodaciosu street raps, some sizzling wordplay, a couple of fire rebuttals, some straight ‘talking to’ personals (esp. in round 3) and a boatload of steely punches. While Trez, battling on RBE for the first time in awhile, came through with a shitload of fire punchlines, crazy name flips, hard-hitting personals, spicy schemes and of course, a handful of head-ringimg rebuttals. All in all, another ‘Blue room’ goodie, but at the end of the day it’s the more consistently-lit and haymaker-friendly Trez who manages to take all 3 rounds to score a shutout.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “Quit bluffing, nigga all that tough seem fake, with that same blade I’ll pick ya side, we running screenplays!”

Emerson Kennedy defeats A. Ward

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Recap: Against an A. Ward who was solid throughout, but not at his best when it came to overall punch prowess, the eccentric rhyme patterns of Emerson Kennedy, scoring with efficiency when it came to wordplay, boastful darts and mind-bending set-up/punchlines, even while surviving a slip-up early on during his turn, are enough to edge this 1-rounder from Mic Masters.

Verdict: Emerson Kennedy (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Emerson Kennedy – “I really had to sleep in a car while you was working on an image, if I clicked my heels 3 times I’d wake up in a Honda Civic!”

Chess defeats Tink Da Demon

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Recap: A mayhem-lit 3-rounder from URL’s ‘Banned’ series, Chess uses a gang of potent rank-n-file name flips, consistently raucous punches, a few solid personals, hitting wordplay and a boatload of gritty gun bars to take the first couple of rounds for the win. Before Tink Da Demon, earnest throughout with the caustic bars and name flips, but much less substantive overall with the punchlines, came back with gripping and steadily hitting 3rd to avoid the 30.

Verdict: Chess (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chess – “He walked in thinking he the shit, then realized he’s number two and that’s where he gets deterred!”

Ill Will defeats King Los

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Recap: From RBE, against the introspective musings, mental health exorcisms and overall solid (bot often cryptic/nonsensical and elongated when it came to getting to the punch) verses/schemes from King Los, Ill Will stays consistent while scoring left and right with a shitload of gritty punchlines, witty barbs, clever puns, rich storytelling, slinging gun bars and hard-hitting personals to earn more than enough haymakers and take all three rounds for the win.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Ill Will – “I’ll put your whole family in an obstacle, I’ll make him box, Jamie Foxx, al that acting out his chest gonna put him in a hospital!”

Ave defeats Clone

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Recap: From Bullpen Battle League, Georgia battler Clone does his thing, supplying a gang of gritty raps and fiery punches throughout this 3-rounder and make this matchup versus Ave competitive. But ever ready with a plethora of boastful punches, systematic haymakers that showed off his resilience, witty personals and stinging wordplay/name flips, it’s the Norfolk, VA vet who takes rounds 1 and 3 for the win.

Verdict: Ave (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ave – “That’s probably why this bluffing shit hit you, so don’t survive a Rico to die from another government issue!”

Bigg K defeats Murda Mook

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Recap: Murda Mook versus Bigg K, a matchup that pretty much came out of nowhere, gets the royal, blue light treatment from RBE and deservedly so. K, arrogant and fiery as ever, but almost always able to back it up with his modus operandi of steely back-to-back punchlines, hard-hitting personals and charming wit, did his thing up until getting sidetracked towards the end of his 3rd round by a heavy-on-the-personals ‘cop’ angle that seemed to be based on hearsay rather than actual facts. While Mook, always sly and aggressive with his raps, pontificating, punch-lit for the most part, scoring with some solid metaphors and of course, well-dipped when it came to jaunty personals and predictable race angles, kept it close throughout. Unfortunately for Mook tho, despite a fly showing of his own in round 1, K’s more steadily hitting darts would edge the former the opener, before one too many subpar joints from Murda to go along with a pretty lazy ‘A-B-C’ scheme in round 2, would help a punch-crazier and scintillating Bigg K get that round too for the win, before a wittier, spicy storytelling and slightly more punch-heavy Mook took the final round to avoid the 30.

Verdict: Bigg K (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Bigg K – “You was the best in the world when there was only 8 battlers!”

Charlie Clips defeats Rosenberg Raw

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Recap: A dope punchfest for the first couple of rounds with Charlie Clips delivering a gang of sizzling set-up/punchlines, witty barbs and fire wordplay/schemes to edge round one before Clips efficiency punch-wise dips a bit in round 2, thus making room for Rosenberg Raw’s bullish punches, artful boasting and hard street lines allow the PA vet to take the middle round and split things up going into the 3rd. There it’s Clips’ (who before the battle had decided not to freestyle) ability to turn it up and spout a highly personal turn rich-deep in hardbody disses, mocking darts and gritty truth-telling that when matched with a hitting at times, but overall pretty pedestrian turn by Raw, eventually gets the Harlem legend the win in this spirited 3-rounder from RBE.

Verdict: Charlie Clips (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Charlie Clips – “I was mentioning burgers but thinking taco’s, ‘cuz we day from Cinco De Mayo, head shot, blood and puss, exit wound look like Pico de Gallo!”

Geechi Gotti defeats Febou

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Recap: A 1-rounder from iBattle features a pretty solid, punch-heavy at times and witty effort from home league fave Febou. But showing off once again that there’s levels to this shit, a turned up and a tad bit pissed off Geechi Gotti turns the tables on his opponent with a gritty barrage of hard-hitting personals, bodacious street raps, stinging punchlines, dope rebuttals and righteous haymakers to handily take the win.

Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Battling me this was a deathtrap, gun drawn under your chin it ain’t a neck tat, run down, pump and shoot…look like it was a step back!”

Rum Nitty defeats Saflare Sole

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Recap: From URL’s ‘Outside 2’ card, in a fire and competitive battle with very little letdown and a shitload of gritty punchlines, fire gun bars, potent name flips and twisted wordplay from both battlers throughout, it’s a slightly more condensed and efficient Rum Nitty who takes the deciding (had the slightly more haymaker-lit Nitty taking round 1 before Saflare Sole reversed the V in the 2nd) 3rd round for the win.

Verdict: Rum Nitty (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Rum Nitty – “I don’t know what the fuck he thought but I really dump shit off, I’m not the one at all, I’ll get a gun involved, you better go toy with somebody else Sole (soul), like a Chucky doll!”

Coffee Brown defeats Snake Eyez

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Recap: Funny how after pushing Snake Eyez halfway across the stage, Coffee Brown expected you to hear whatever bar she uttered in the moment…like we weren’t a little distracted. Anyway, from URL’s ‘Outside 2’ card, while Snake dished his usual assortment of gritty lines and even stepped it up with a boatload of piercing/witty/wicked personals throught this 3-rounder, it’s Ms. Brown’s just as flexing personals, head-ringing gun bars, brash trap talk, hard-hitting punches (that included a dope mid-round rebuttal in round 2) and well-finessed name flips that earns Coffee the 30.

Verdict: Coffee Brown (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Coffee Brown – “If this nigga bump me, he better know what he doing, get [swipes at Snake’s arm] your shoulder cut off…that’s highway improvement!”

Cortez defeats King Chi

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Recap: From Gates of the Garden, going to guess that there’s a lovely backstory between King Chi and that light-skin dude he was snapping at towards the end of the his round. Nonetheless, still a pretty solid effort from Chi in this 1-rounder, what with a bunch of spicy, unorthodox punches, some bodacious freestyles and sturdy wit comprising his turn to make things competitive. But with a gritty mix of hitting gun bars, bold street themes, flexing name flips and a gang of sublime punchlines that more than hit, at the end of the day it’s the storied vet Cortez who takes this one.

Verdict: Cortez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Cortez – “He’ll get beat with the handle if he touch Cort…that’s And 1!”

Geechi Gotti defeats Bad Newz

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Recap: From Bullpen Battle League, outside of a so-so 3rd round Bad Newz turned it up here. The Atlanta vet keeping it competitive and standing toe-to-toe with Geechi Gotti with a consistent barrage of fire punchlines, aggressive street talk, some solid personals and stinging gun bars. But proving once again why he’s a mainstay on anyone’s top tier list, Gotti’s ability to steady serve up a bunch of fire rebuttals, fiery name flips, boastful barbs, witty personals, some killer schemes and his own parlay of grity gang talk loaded with hard-hitting punches and steely gun lines would just prove to be too much over the course of 3 rounds, whiel landing Geechi a Gentleman’s 30.

Verdict: Gechi Gotti (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Nigga you shoulda called off, ‘cuz ain’t no way you winnng this, even to save your life, even in the strip club the shit you spit gonna be the most ass we see on this stage tonight!”

Swamp defeats Barz Major

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Recap: Competitive, boastful and gritty efforts from both Barz Major and Swamp in this 1-rounder from The Riot. But it’s a slightly more versatile and punch efficient Swamp who ends up closing things out and getting the win.

Verdict: Swamp (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Swamp – “Catch you slipping in the mall or something and let you buy my lady J’s with your military discount!”

Cortez defeats Sean Godda

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Recap: From iBattle, both Cortez and Sean Godda drop a gang of stinging gun bars, wild episodes of mayhem and gritty street bars in this mostly competitive 3-rounder. But it’s Tez’s more steadily glistening punches and fine-tuned name flips that adds to the mix and helps him take each round for the 30.

Verdict: Cortez (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Cortez – “Move, I’m gripping a tool, and I’m blazing a Taurus, this El Chapo right out the cell, this a breakout performance!”

Chess defeats Wise

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Recap: From the Gates, both Chess and Wise put on dope showings during a 1-rounder that featured more than enough sizzling street bars, fiery boasts and hardbody punchlines to keep things competitive. But via a more timely efficient and versatile turn when it came to haymakers, righteous bangers and a gang of stinging wordplay, it’s the Young Gawd who takes this one in the end.

Verdict: Chess (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chess – “Acting like you smart, but out here doing stupid shit, like calling yourself ‘Wise’, thinking you knew some shit, I mean you could know it all, but it ain’t effective if you don’t use the shit, ‘cuz knowledge is what you know and wisdom is what you do with it!”

Real Deal defeats Loso

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Recap: From KOTD, after splitting the first couple of rounds with Real Deal, Loso’s choice to get extra sentimental (this battle took place on a memorial card for the late Pat Stay) in the deciding 3rd ends up leaving a punch-crazier R.D with plenty of room to handily take the final round for the win.

Verdict: Real Deal (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Real Deal – “I will curb stomp you on vaca, you getting brutalized in Bermuda slides!”

Swamp defeats Stumbles

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Recap: From URL’s ‘Outside 2’ card, a pretty good (and witty at times) 3-rounder between Stumbles and Swamp ends up with the latter taking it. As outside of a couple of hiccups here and there in round 2 (which helped a cleaner, crispy street talking and punch-lit Stumbles to score a debatable) it’s the more versatile, personal-lit, name flip spicy, rebuttling, boastful, gun bar-slinging and altogether more consistently crazy with the punchlines Swamp who would take the 1st round and handily take the 3rd for the win.

Verdict: Swamp (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Swamp – “Yoou standing in front of a real stepper…boy I can put creases in a pair of foamposites!”

Coffee Brown defeats Badlifebird

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Recap: From Any Body Can Die Battle League, a gritty and punch-heavy (“Is you too pretty to die bitch?, hell naw, you are drop dead gorgeous!”) effort from Badlifebird in this 1-rounder against Coffee Brown. But with a more steady mix of sterling gun bars, head-ringing mayhem, fiery wordplay and surly name flips, it’s the 1st Lady of San Bernadino who edges the win.

Verdict: Coffee Brown (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Coffee Brown – “Everybody died, they all get slumped, I ride with it tucked, turkey giveaway, I got bird in the back in the trunk!”

Nu Jerzey Twork and Chef Trez [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: From URL’s ‘Outside 2’ card, a fire 3-rounder between Nu Jerzey Twork and Chef Trez features the latter utilizing a gang of rambunctious set-up/punchlines, stifling gun bars, witty/hard-hitting personals and righteous mayhem to make his mark. While the always-on-point Chef offered up a sizzling plate mixed with a boatload of piercing rebuttals, gritty (“Put a ratchet behind Twork, y’all know bitches like to dance with each other!”) punches, head-ringing gunplay and flexing name flips/wordplay to stay in the game. Close all the way though, a slightly more cohesive and less flow-challenged Trez would edge round 1 before an equally efficient punchfest from both sides would add up to a debatable 2nd round. The final 3rd round in a battle that never lacked for entertainment and crazy bars, would get edged by the slightly more haymaker-lit Twork thus making this one a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “You is a weirdo and a fucking fraud, wasn’t you just over there with RBE doing a bunch of cards?, he seen URL on Caffiene with celebrities & he said ‘What’s up with y’all?!‘”

JC defeats Klutz

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Recap: A dope 3-rounder from URL’s —series sees Crucible alum Klutz go toe-to-toe with the always formidable JC. The former combining a bunch of witty puns/personals, stinging punchlines/schemes, storied name flips that were often pretty metaphorical/gripping (esp. during an emotional round 3) and boastful darts to make sure his opp and the crowd remembered who he was. However, despite a strong showing from Klutz (which was enough to force a debatable round 2), one too many pedestrian bars from the newcomer and a slightly more condensed/efficient JC, who with his shitload of mayhem-lit punches, crazy set-ups, steely gun bars, potent wordplay and fiery odes to death and demise, manages to edge rounds 1 and 3 for the win.

Verdict: JC (W) 2-1

Favorite line: JC – “How everybody trying to act like Big Meech and his son can’t even play him right?!”

Jaz The Rapper defeats Loso

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Recap: Flexing her vet card by taking on Loso in a 1-rounder on only 5 days prep (to replace Ms. Hustle), a versatile, consistently spicy and slightly more haymaker-lit Jaz The Rapper uses a steady barrage of hard-hitting personals, fiery punchlines, steely wordplay and hardbody braggadocious bars to get past an opponent who while just as fiery and multifaceted with the punches, suffered from one too many pedestrian bars and couldn’t keep up with Jaz when it came to efficiency and overall potency.

Verdict: Jaz The Rapper (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Jaz The Rapper – “This about to be a big body and I got the driev for it, I got my CDL, nah this gonna be a real body, I’m replacing a bitch that stole deposits for a BBL!”

Danny Myers defeats Jenks

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Recap: All Things Battle ‘Writer’s Room’ 1-round ‘Rap Off’ between Jenks and Danny Myers’ goes the Bar God’s way as his deft usage of spicy rebuttals combined with a more steadier stream of gritty punches/schemes, bombastic personal disses and rich storytelling/braggadocious rhymes gets him the win over an opponent who while delivering a solid effort overall, cost himself with too many subpar punchlines and rehashed personals.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “It’s a reason every bar hot, Bitch I’m an animal in these spaces like Starbot!”

Danny Myers defeats Mr. Biscuit

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Recap: From Body Bag Battles, a pretty good punchfest here between Danny Myers and Mr. Biscuit ends up going the Bar God’s way as despite his opponent taking it up a notch (after getting handily beat in round 1) in both of the latter rounds with some added wit and more sizzling punches, Danny’s continuously spicy punch game, sublime off-the-dome heat and exquisite name flips make the difference and gets him round 3 for the win after a debatable 2nd.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “I should drop this man, rudely, with these knuckles I ended a few beefs, but y’all already know what comes with a Biscuit…a 2 piece!”

Shotgun Suge defeats Sheed Happens

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Recap: With his sturdy flow, flagrant set-up/punches and gritty rhymes Sheed Happens does his thing in this 3-round URL ‘Outside’ matchup. But a couple of slow starts by the DMV rapper combined with a more condensed/efficient Shotgun Suge who stayed on point throughout the bout with a bunch of bullish/braggart barbs, some stinging wordplay and flippant punchlines/gun bars, gets the NJ vet rounds 2 and 3 for the win after a debatable 1st.

Verdict: Shotgun Suge (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Shotgun Suge – “You know you talking to a nigga who live the online mode in GTA!”

Chilla Jones defeats Mathias Da Great

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Recap: From Body Bag Battles, a decade of sizzling performances onstage under his belt and Mr. Top Tier from the Proving Grounds is still at it, using a bunch of fiery schemes, piercing name flips and hard-hitting punchlines/gun bars to easily get past a gritty, but mostly subpar Mathias Da Great in this one-sided 1-rounder.

Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Golden gun with an extended clip, this one round gonna feel like a 30!”

T-Top defeats Real Name Brandon

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Recap: In this 3-rounder from URL’s ‘Outside’ card, with his plethora of speedy/gritty punch work, salacious metaphors/wordplay and head-ringing gun bars Real Name Brandon keeps it close all the way. But after getting edged to his just as efficiently punch-heavy, but a little more condensed opponent in round 1, a more flow-steady, witty and bar-lit T-Top edges the 2nd round to even things up before the more versatile Bear uses a roundhouse of a 3rd round, filled with a gang of fire name flips, storied street raps and even more hardbody punches to handily take the final round for the win.

Verdict: T-Top (W) 2-1

Favorite line: T-Top – “This ain’t right ‘cuz this ass-whooping was for Loso, but I got Brandon [branding] on a tee like a logo, I’ll put homie before the ratchet…it’s the bro code!”

Ave defeats Tru Foe

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Recap: Taking on all matters at hand, which in this case included adeptly expounding on his long absence from the battle rap stage, serving up a barrage of sizzling name flips, flexing with a bunch of righteous braggadocious raps and of course, reminding everyone that he’s still one of the best punchers in the game, with the help of an always gritty Tru Foe struggling with his flow throughout the battle (to the point of arguing with a fan in round 2 and choking in the 3rd), Ave handily delivers a 30 in this ‘Outside’ bout from URL.

Verdict: Ave (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Ave – “Boy you’ze a bitch, so miss me with this young nigga shit, I’m old school, I’ll sit and wait for who you wanna go get!”

Tay Roc defeats Stumbles

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Recap: Take out all the extra, dumb, almost-fighting shit on stage d you have a dope 3-rounder here between Stumbles and Tay Roc from URL’s ‘Outside’ card. Stumbles, with a gang of bullish punches, gritty street bars and witty personals (at Roc and his gf Lady Caution) kept it competitive the whole way. While the ever-aggressive Roc stayed lit with a steady barrage of steely lyricism, some crazy schemes, sturdy back-to-back punches, sizzling gun bars and potent name flips. Fierce and combative through all 3 rounds, outside of a debatable 2nd round, it’s the more steadily punch-heavy and haymaker-landing Roc who takes rounds 1 and 3 for the win.

Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Tay Roc – “Rusty revolver, got fly symptoms, the nose dry, ya soul fly, get sent to the most high, pallbearers will carry ya coffin on both sides, how you wanna look in ya casket, Dirty Prep or bow-tied?!”

Danny Myers defeats Vision Gvng

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Recap: From BarYouTooDeath League, a pretty solid 1-rounder between Danny Myers and Vision Gvng with plenty of wicked gun bars and mayhem-lit punchlines goes the former’s way as the Bar God’s vociferous name flips and fierce off-the-dome heat during a more condensed turn helped him get the win.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “Y’all gonna see me clapping him, soon as I spot him you’ll hear the .9 blown, I’m trying to put somethin’ in the middle of Vision head like the time stone!”

B. Magic defeats Killa B

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Recap: From Black Iec Cartel, against a boatload of gritty (that ‘Lil Mermaid’ line in round 1 was particuraly fire) punchlines and solid name flips from Killa B, a confident and slightly more condensed B. Magic hangs in there, survives a slight slip-up in round 2 and with steadier barrage of spitfuire punches, soem sizzling wordplay and sporty name flips/similes of his own, edges rounds 1 and 3 for the win.

Verdict: B. Magic (W) 2-1

Favorite line: B. Magic – “I’m a big dog, come get your shitzu by the spot!”

Pristavia defeats O’fficial

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Recap: From Chrome 23, facing off against arguably her biggest opponent ever in O’fficial, Gun Titles queen Pristavia uses a plethora of fiesty schemes, some sizzling multiple entendre’s/wordplay, mayhem-lit punchlines and aggressive street raps to take the first couple of rounds and beat back the noted Bardashian gun bar slinger, who while competitive throughout, couldn’t keep to her opp when it came to consistently-heavy punches and was so-so overall when it came to personals (ironically a dub since Pristavia just alright on the personals too), although the slightly more punch-lit O’fficial did manage to edge round 3.

Verdict: Pristavia (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Pristavia – “Not everybody’s a gangsta, that say they hold heat or pole squeeze, I done seen parallel universe’s in close reach, knew a nigga that pulled his pistol and still got sent to the morgue, he backed out and got cold feet!”

Charron and Hollow Da Don [TIE]

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Recap: Seeing as after the 2nd round, this KOTD battle between Hollow Da Don and Charron turned into a freestyle (with surprise guest appearances by Ill Mac and Jin(!) battle, wasn’t sure that it warranted a recap. But with the first two rounds holding true to battle rap form, we’ll just call this one a tie. What with the more efficient and punch-heavy (“We know you as that cheapskate homie, oh boy, if I met in a metaverse he wouldn’t loan me a Doge coin!”) Hollow taking the opening round, before Charron returned the favor in round 2 in a bout dedicated to the late Pat Stay that was littered with plenty of wily personals, off-the-dome heat and syrupy punchlines.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Charron – “See you telling Organik to call time, that’s insanity, the better the battle, the more pay-per-view buys, that’s reality, so what’s more imporant?, your pride or Pat’s family?!”

Fonz defeats O-Red

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Recap: With Tsu Surf locked up and very little top tiers facing each other these days, the majority of talk around battle rap nowadays seem to center around whatever drama is going on instead of a potential goodie like Fonz versus O-Red for 3 rounds on URL. Nonetheless, with plenty of mayhem dished from both sides, the two vets still put on a quality show, round one serving as the best one what with Red and Fonz offering up a gang of gritty and bombastic punches that the slightly more haymaker-lit Landlord ends up edging thanks in part to a couple of dry spots from the Jersey capo. From there, while Red stayed solid and boastful with a few dalliances of the wordplay-lit/old Red from back in the day coming back here and there, it’s the more consistently punch-bent, witty and personal-lit Fonz who would take round 2 too for the win before a slightly flow-challenged Fonz would get edged by the cleaner an dmore bar efficient Red in the 3rd.

Verdict: Fonz (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Fonz – “I’ll grab a gun with a beam and start clappin’ his hit, and it’s still transformeing ‘cuz when I’m done with the machine then it’s back to the whip!’

B. Magic defeats Coach Corleone

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Recap: A real goodie here from RBE’s ‘Divide and Conquer’ card between B. Magic and Coach Corleone. Bagin bringing a shitload of killer 4-bar set-up/punchlines and crazy name flips, while Corleoen made his mark with a bunch of sturdy similes and relentless mayhem when came to the punches. Close and competitive throughtout, it’s a more haymaker-lit Corleone who takes the first round, before Magic turned it up when it came to steadier/hard-hitting punchlines (esp in round 3) to take both of the latter rounds for the win.

Verdict: B. Magic (W) 2-1

Favorite line: B. Magic – “Think this pump fake?, I don’t hesitate, I mean it’s really ‘fuck you cuz’ like Kevin Gates!”

Shooney Da Rapper defeats Shotgun Suge (Rematch)

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Recap: That ‘Ike Turner’ line by Shotgun Suge in round 2 here was so fire. And so were a lot of other punches by the NJ battle vet. But with a steady-flowing, aggressive and versatile performance that might arguably stand out as her best 3 rounds ever, this URL ‘Kings vs. Queens 4’ matchup was all Shooney Da Rapper. The NY femcee using a blistering barrage of sturdy name flips, witty/hard-hitting personals, gritty punchlines and heated gun bars to take all 3 rounds and get a surprising 30 on an opponent who for the past year and change has been on the best run of his career.

Verdict: Shooney Da Rapper (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Shooney Da Rapper – “They say Shotgun is the baby Loc, well this shotgun is the baby sitter!”

Danny Myers defeats Prep

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from Gates of the Garden, Danny Myers (who pretty much battles every day now) uses a steady barrage of piercing wordplay, bruising punchlines, boastful barbs, grimy gun bars and dope personals/name flips to get the win over a gritty and solid, but oft-reaching and mostly pedestrian Prep.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “I’m from a darker side, even without a can you’ll get it, I’ll pull up with my homie’s baby…Andrew Wiggins!”

QB (Black Diamond) defeats Kausion

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Recap: Never one to keep it nice and timid, once again QB goes the total opposite route, using a gang of vicious/witty personals, steely gun bars, stinging name flips, solid sport bars/wordplay and hard-hitting schemes/punches to take all 3 rounds for the win in this RBE matchup versus a gritty and pretty solid overall, but simply overmatched Kausion.

Verdict: QB (W) 3-0

Favorite line: QB – “So how the fuck y’all gonna let her question me, when she ain’t got the answers?, up here looking like Swave Sevah if he had cancer!”

Tay Roc defeats Ms. Hustle

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Recap: Tay Roc’s 50th URL battle and it’s a goodie as his ‘Kings vs. Queens 4’ opp Ms. Hustle kept it competitive throughout with a gang of gritty/aggressive punchlines, blazing heat, biting name flips and performance-laced darts/bumps that literally had Roc almost falling off the stage. However, after a sizzling and punch-heavy 1st round by both battlers that went either way, thanks in part to Hustle coming off a bit redundant with her personals, the rest of bout was simply about Roc out-punching his opponent. The Gun Titles captain keeping it consistent throughout while scoring with a bunch of witty (including a hitting ‘body bitch’ trope) personals, piercing back-to-back punches (esp. in round 3), flashy gun bars, graphic mayhem and superb punches (esp. in round 2) to take both of the latter rounds and earn the win.

Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Tay Roc – “You summoned the demon, there’s a couple of reasons Hustle is bleeding, 380 on standby like oven pre-heating!”

DNA defeats Casey Jay

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Recap: From URL’s ‘Kings vs. Queens 4’ card, against an often electric, gun bar popping and name flip/punch spazzing Casey Jay who had one of her best performances in recent memory, DNA ups the ante and with a slightly more condensed and steadier slinging of hard-hitting gun lines, sturdy current event bars, stinging name flips, some solid rebuttals, gritty personals and hard 4-bar set-up/punchlines, manages to edge both the 1st and 3rd (call the 2nd debatable) rounds for the win.

Verdict: DNA (W) 2-1

Favorite line: DNA – “You know the one thing that could stop a voodoo doll?…a pen [pin]!”

Nu Jerzey Twork defeats Coffee Brown

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Recap: Add a bunch of real-life sexual tension/innuendo’s/allegations to the mix and it’s a real goodie here between Coffee Brown and Nu Jerzey Twork in this 3-round URL ‘Kings vs. Queens 4’ battle. The two trading a gang of rambunctious punches, gritty street bars, hitting gun bars, dope set-ups and scintillating personals hat kept it close all the way. But while Coffee had a killer and witty 2nd round and a dope 3rd, it’s a lengthy first round that would cost her there as a more bar-efficient Twork landed more haymakers , while also taking advantage of his opponent’s redunancy with the set-ups/taunts. Then too, while Coffee’s middle round was crazy so too was Twork’s and with a couple of flashy rebuttals he’d edge round 2 for the win, before the slightly more punch-heavy Coffee took the final round with a bit of a assistance from Twork stopping his round a bit short.

Verdict: Nu Jerzey Twork (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “I’m a bury Coffee face in a pillow…I just had a flashback!”

Charlie Clips defeats Jaz The Rapper

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Recap: Like the infamous Jordan “Flu Game”, even when they’re not at their best, the great one’s can still find a way to grind it out and win. Indeed, after getting blown away by a punch/personal-heavier, witty and versatiel Jaz the Rapper in round 1 of this URL ‘Kings vs. Queens 4’ battle and in front of a waning crowd that was on some ‘here we go again’ vibe what with Charlie Clips freestyling too much and seemingly not taking this highly anticipated matchup seriously, the Harlem legend somehow manages to get his groove back and edge both of the latter rounds for the win. Not that Clips didn’t require any help for his opponent, as Jaz’s lengthy 2nd and 3rd rounds, while for the most part entertaining (she even had ‘Black Jesus’ make an appearance), were too often dipped in filler and repetitive with the personals. But after a very so-so round 1, Clips would still need to step it up big-time to have any chance of winning. And he did, using a more steady barrage of penetrating off-the-dome heat, slick humor, brash personals, fiesty schemes, hitting name flips and stinging punchlines in both round’s 2 and 3 to complete the comeback.

Verdict: Charlie Clips (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Charlie Clips – “I’m glad you from Brooklyn, that mean you was trained to take an ‘L’!”

A. Ward defeats Viixen The Assassin

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Recap: After sound defeats in the past by Loso on URL and here against A. Ward on Chrome 23, Viixen The Assassin may want to look into staying away from the Horsemen. Either that or come up with a new gameplan on how to beat one of these Christian batttle rappers as this one was pretty much all Ward. The Kansas City, MO, rapper using a performance-heavy, steady and spirited barrage of boastful barbs, hard-hitting/witty personals, steely pontifications, spicy rebuttals and sizzling punchlines/name flips to take each round over an opponent who was suprisingly up-n-down with the personals, punches and gun bars (tho Viixen would fight back in the latter half of each round to try and make things competitive) all through the match.

Verdict: A. Ward (W) 3-0

Favorite line: A. Ward – “You are not an assassin, you’re a mother, sex sells, that’s why she gets plates she don’t deserve, I’ll repeat myself one time on stage ‘cuz it’s absurd, she’s basic with the words, it’s the cake that they observe, so of course her entire career is graded [makes hand gesture around Viixen’s butt] on a curve!”

Daylyt defeats King Bau

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Recap: From Owneurship, further proving that not every dream is meant to be pursued, in his battle rap debut MMA fighter/musical artist King Bau puts up a putrid performance for 3 rounds against Daylyt. The professional grappler, while offering up some empathetic tales on being bullied growing up and surviving life’s trials and tribulations, succumbing to a shitload of subpar punches, weak attempts at imitating his opponent and a crowd that for the most part was none-too-pleased with Bau’s bars and let him know it. Meanwhile for ‘Lyt it was just another day at the office. The Watts, CA, battle vet using a bunch of righteous esoteric raps, solid name flips/schemes, boastful barbs and hard-hitting/”AMG”-style punches/wordplay to overmatch Bau and easily grab a 30.

Verdict: Daylyt (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Daylyt – “When Day write, the best shall be done, death tale be sung, zero weapon prepping, when I step in your death has begun!”

Danny Myers defeats Killa B

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Recap: From BrooklynBorn MC’s/Verbal Warfare, Danny Myers uses a versatile performance of gruesome/mayhem-lit punches, bombastic gun bars, expansive name flips and hard-hitting/witty similes/personals to take the first two rounds and beat back a gritty and punch-heavy at times, but less steady (until round 3 anyway, which he edged) effort from Killa B.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “Hold up your posture nigga, or get cracked until your head leak, big pistol, I keep fucking with the baby like a deadbeat!”

Arsonal defeats Superblack

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Recap: A gritty and solid turn by Superblack, but in this 1-rounder from Bullpen Battle League Arsonal’s fiery combo of mean name flips/personals, stunting trap talk and hardbody punches are enough to edge the win.

Verdict: Arsonal (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Arsonal – “I litter on the highway so my nigga’s in prison get to go outside!”

Hollohan defeats Dizaster

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Recap: In tribute to his old friend Pat Stay (RIP), Hollohan returns to the battle rap stage for the first time in almost a decade for this KOTD #StayForever 1-rounder against Dizaster and it was definitely a goodie. Diz with his witty name-calling/personals, rambunctious lyricism and rich storytelling kept it gritty the whole way. While Hollohan with a bunch of funny jokes, hard-hitting punches, boastful barbs and fire personals no doubt made the late ‘Sucka-Free’ king proud. A close one that you wished had gone 3 rounds seeing how much this battle meant to the fans, it’s the slightly more consistently bar-heavy Hollohan who gets the edge here.

Verdict: Hollohan (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Hollohan – “You have a very, very punchable face, that’s why your parents named you Bashir [bash here]!”

Newz defeats Danny Myers

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Recap: Turned up in front of a hometown crowd on the streets of Philly, Newz uses a fiery barrage of glistening street raps, hard gun bars and flexing punchlines/schemes to beat back a Danny Myers who was competitive at first, but severely slacking with the bars and flow during the latter half of his round in this 1-rounder from The Battle Academy.

Verdict: Newz (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Newz – “Fuck your parallel universe, nigga we living in reality, where this ain’t your little merry-go, these bells feel like carousel, while you was spinning in that parallell universe, we was spinning in this universe spinning having nigga’s playing parallel!”

B. Magic defeats D White

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Recap: In this 3-rounder from Takeova Battle League, against a very confident, but mostly subpar and a serial abuser of way too many dated bars D White, B. Magic delivers an opening and middle round filled with a bunch of fiery punchlines, witty barbs, sick wordplay and stinging name flips to get the win, before a couple of stumbles by Magic in the 3rd contributes to a more punch-heavy White salvaging the final round.

Verdict: B. Magic (W) 2-1

Favorite line: B. Magic – “Swing with all might, got big guns, all types, he on the verge of being dead, yunno oft-white!”

Ms. Hustle defeats Shooney Da Rapper

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Recap: Nice to see Chrome 23 get its cherry popped what with Shooney Da Rapper and Ms. Hustle almost fighting on stage here. Outside of that, a clear win for Hustle as the EFB vixen took advantage of a handful of stumbles from her opponent (a common refrain from Shooney, who otherwise was pretty gritty and competitive throughout) in the latter rounds on her way to a 30, using a boatload of flippant personals, fiery gun lines, dope performance bars, piercing name flips and raucous punchlines that more than left their mark to pitch a shutout.

Verdict: Ms. Hustle (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Ms. Hustle – “Put the metal on Shoo [shoe] I’m tap dancing!”

Bigg K defeats A. Ward

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Recap: Probably alluding to Bigg K rapping in different pockets outside of his usual pedigree of rapid punching, A. Ward might’ve been right when he told Bigg K that it was him that was forcing K to rap this way. Nonetheless with plenty of white-on-white violence, aggressive/raucous punches on both sides, a surprising display of solid rebuttals from K, a plethora of hard-hitting personals from Ward (esp. in round 3), stinging Christian-laces disses and wtty barbs from K, a bunch of dope wordplay/schemes from Ward and a shockingly elongated at times K showing off some strong versatility throughout this battle, all-in-all this matchup (which notoriously got pushed back from last year due to Ward’s last-minute bout with sickness) ended up being spitfire and competitive. A trio of rounds that were all close and had the RBE crowd buzzing throughtout, assisted by a couple of more haymakers in round 1 and some nasty off-the-dome work that edged him the 2nd round, it’s Bigg K for the win before a more direct and slightly more steadily hitting A. Ward edged the final round to avoid the 30 piece.

Verdict: Bigg K (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Bigg K – “I ain’t saying God fake, I hope he exist, but if he made you in his image, I know he a bitch!”

John John Da Don defeats Reggie P

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Recap: Good to see the vet John John Da Don battling again in 2023 after a long time away from the stage. And in this fiery 1-rounder versus Reggie P, the Bullpen Battle League head honcho showed the crowd that he still has it, using a bunch of crazy set-up/punchlines, witty personals and crafty name flips to edge a gritty, performance-heavy and punch-lit at times, but not as consistently bent Mr. P.

Verdict: John John Da Don (W) 1-0

Favorite line: John John Da Don – “I don’t got nothing against you, but any opportunities after this I’m not coming to get you!”