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!”
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!”
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!”
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!”
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!”
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!”
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?!”
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!”
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!”
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!”
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?!”
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!’
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!”
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!”
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!”
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!”
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!”
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]!”
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!”
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’!”
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!”
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!”
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!”
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!”
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]!”
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!”
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!”
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!”
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!”
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!”
Recap: Damn, there used to be a time when your biggest worry with Qleen Paper was whether or not he was gonna show up to the battle. But choking? All 3 rounds?!? SMH. Needless to say after seeing his opponent fail to complete all of his rounds, it’ll never be any easier for Swamp. The South Carolina battler getting the 30 and a rare bodybag on top while doing his part via a trio of rounds filled with a bunch of sturdy punches, boastful/fiery barbs and his usual plate of Southern-style cooking served with piercing name flips, aggressive name-calling and prolific gun bars that made this URL ‘Redemption 2’ bout a mixed blessing anyway.
Verdict: Swamp (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Swamp – “The bull dog is for close range, but the scope on a rifle, for the deep threat, the swamp, you jump off in that water, you gonna more than ya feet wet!”
Recap: Wishing for the crowd’s to get more into your battles? Learn how to perform, utilize stage presense and control the crowd the way T-Top and Loso do here in this 3-round URL ‘Redemption 2’ matchup. Entertaining and competitive throughout in front of a crowd that was captivated from the beginning to the end, all the while dialing up versatile displays on both ends with plenty of Christian-laced darts/disses, hard-hitting personals, spicy (Loso: “Hey yo, you a lame bra, I know we not in Florida, but out here college football is what the doctor order, in other words why play off Top for, TCU getting washed in Georgia!”) set-up/punchlines, witty barbs, frenzied angles, rich struggle bars and solid wordplay, both Top and Loso kept it gritty for a trio of rounds. Add in some dope name flips by Loso and a crazy ‘How You Know Jesus Was Black’ trope by Top in round 2 to make things even more amped and after a debatable round 1, it’s a more haymaker-lit T-Top who takes the 2nd before a more steady punching/scoring Loso took the 3rd to make this sizzling bout a debatable.
Verdict: TIE
Favorite line: “T-Top – “I said ‘pause’, bro you was voted the sexiest man in battle rap, in a culture that’s 98 percent men and he had the nerve to be smiling after, they said it was between him and John John and J2’s vote was the deciding factor!”
Recap: One of the early Smack/DVD stars, after years of turning down a return because his asking price was too high, it’s nice to see Jae Millz finally humble himself enough to make his peace with Smack and debut on URL. And outside of a couple of lengthy rounds, Millz wasn’t bad here. The legendary Harlem emcee going back to his roots of boastful barbs, gritty street lingo and in-ya-face/mean personals to keep things competitive. Still even with the effort being there from Millz, making a decade-long comeback against the likes of Geechi Gotti is just asking for too much. And while the EFB capo half-heartedly acknowledged his opponent’s competitive fire throughout the battle, at the end of the day Millz was just overmatched what with Geechi utilizing a gang of hitting wordplay, bruising street talk, witty personals, sizzling name flips and heated gun bars to earn a 30 over a battler who might be better suited for small rooms bouts moving forward.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Hey fuck what they say, ain’t no chill side, nigga’s thought it was food coloring, i told ’em it was how Millz [meals] died!”
Recap: From URL’s ‘Redemption 2’ card, after the two split the first couple of rounds with a gang of brash bars, a slightly punch-heavier, witty and off-the-dome lit 3rd round by Charlie Clips gets him the win versus an always gutsy and competitive Danny Myers.
Verdict: Charlie Clips (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Charlie Clips – “When your wife was at her lowest [Lois] who you think provided work when she needed blow?, I watched your whole family spin off the Brown like the Cleveland…”
Recap: After that epic Tay Roc battle, there was much intrigue surrounding who, where and when Kyd Slade would be battling next. Coupled with that too was just how believable Slade’s notorious ‘plug talk’ would come off on a URL stage that’s well known for being on ‘real nigga time’. Well, after witnessing 3 rounds here from this ‘Redemption 2’ card matchup vs. Shotgun Suge, the results were for the most part to be expected. The Connecticut battler addressing the ‘snitch’ allegations head-on in round 1 while thanking the fans that have stuck by him throughout this drama, throwing a few shots at Roc as well as a bowlful of gritty trap talk and sick street rhymes that often lit up the scoreboard. And that combo might have been enough to beat the off-again/on-again Suge from a few years back, but not the slender Jersey bruiser that’s up there today. Shotgun getting busy throughout this battle with a gang of flexing punchlines while doubling down on the ‘rat’ accusations with some killer punches, spicy real like talk and his own plate of hard street lines and bullish bars which with the help of Slade speaking a bit too much the statement stuff in both the 1st and 2nd rounds, led to Suge taking both of the opening rounds for the win before a debatable 3rd.
Verdict: Shotgun Suge (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Shotgun Suge – “You play with 12, leading in all-time assists like John Stickton!”
Recap: From URL’s ‘Redemption’ card, former Bullpen Battle Leageu star Chef Trez faces off with BBL owner John John Da Don and as expected it’s a highly personal one that also featured a shitload of dope punches from both battlers. Add to the mix plenty of righteous pontificating and rigid name flips from JJDD and of course, a handful of spicy rebuttals and hitting gun bars from Trez and this matchup stayed competitive throughout. However, while the curious battle fan certainly got their fix what with all the accusations John John and Trez hurled at each other on why their business relationship frayed, as for the battle itself outside of a debatable 2nd round, it’s a more steady punching and slightly haymaker-landing Trez who takes the 1st and 3rd rounds for the win.
Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chef Trez – “…but y’all know Muslims wake up before sunrise and thank God, so why wouldn’t I use the Don as prey [pray]!”
Recap: From Gates of the Garden, gritty with the street bars but so-so overall until he started scoring via some fiery usage of assonance in the latter half of his round, Jack Diesel ends up making this 1-rounder competitive. Still, with a boatload of hard-hitting boastful barbs, scorching name flips and gritty gun bars/punches, it’s Cortez who unleashes more than enough damage for the win.
Verdict: Cortez (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Cortez – “Today bro you gonna have to some more than some regular rapping, this ain’t the URL TV app, but this whole batle ya boy gonna be pressed just to get a reaction!”
Recap: A couple of veteran top tiers who should be on every serious battle rap fan’s Top 10 list, it’s to be expected that Ill Will and Hollow Da Don put on a crazy show. And on this 3-rounder from RBE the two do just that, Will with a gang of rambunctious punches, witty personals, fire set-ups/name flips and gritty struggle/gun bars with steady abandon. While the slightly more unorthodox Hollow brought to the bout a rich pallete of twisted, but piercing wordplay, hard-hitting angles when it came to the name flips and personals, a handful of solid rebuttals/freestyles and a plethora of dizzying punchlines that for the most part landed on their mark. Close throughout with Will rapping a little more longer in each round, some flexing off-the-dome heat combined with a pretty punch-heavy turn from Hollow is just enough to score a debatable round 1 after a versatile Will went berserza in the opener. Round 2 was just as competitive and fiery from both sides, but one or two more haymakers from Will gets the Yaktown battler the second before yet another sterling round from Will and Hollow is edged by a boastful, but a little more (“God-tier what we done built, I can make Smack and ARP sit down, eat a meal and argue who gonna keep the bill!”) punch-heavier da Don to make this one a debatable.
Verdict: Debatable
Favorite line: Ill Will – “I ain’t the one you want to put in pursuit, I’m looking to shoot, James Bond, every nigga that play me got put in a suit!”
Recap: In this virtual 1-rounder from AngryFan, Dizaster uses a scintillating palette of hard-hitting personals, rambunctious/mayhem-lit punches and all kinds of stereotypcial Caucasian jokes to handily beat back an overall solid, but nearly as punch-heavy turn by Anderson Burrus.
Recap: From Taveova Battle League, all Danny Myers here as for 3 rounds the Bar God’s aggressive combo of raucous gun bars, graphic mayhem with the set-up/punchlines, steadfast name flips, boastful street raps and too cold schemes handily beat back an earnest, but mostly subpar effort from Gutta.
Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Danny Myers – “Reflect with me, when these leagues hit me with work I get the same feeling when the connect hit me!”
Recap: Can’t front, before I came upon this 3-round GTX battle, I thought Pass and B. Magic had already battled too. Turns out that the two battle vets were scheduled to faceoff way back in 2015, but for whatever reason it didn’t happen. Still, it was worth the wait as both Magic and Pass came through with three rounds of pure heat. Magic intertwining a superb punch game with piercing shots of wit and sizzling name flips, while the ever-confident Pass ripped off a gang of flexing set-up/punchlines, stinging/versatile metaphors and a bunch of solid name flips/personals. A close one through and through with Pass edging the 2nd round, it’s a more condensed and consistently scoring Magic who edges rounds 1 and 3 for the win.
Verdict: B. Magic (W) 2-1
Favorite line: B. Magic – “You really need the work bad, you try to run up on me and get the works fast, I got a littel trick play that’ll reverse Pass!”
Recap: From Bullpen Battle League, Nu Jerzey Twork reminds the crowd that there’s levels to this shit by using a steady barrage of raucous set-up/punchlines, hazardous gun bars, studious OG flips and rambunctious lyrical street raps to handily beat back a gritty, but mostly subpar effort from OG Grizzly in this one-sided 1-rounder.
Verdict: Nu Jerzey Twork (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “The real OGs used to tell me ‘Twork you ain’t gotta move how you moving’, but I’m in a traphouse, an unfurnished basement already showed me I had room for improvement!”
Recap: From Chrome 23, Eazy The Block Captain versus Hitman Holla, and yet another battle where you can’t buy into the narratives until you witness the battle yourself. As despite the final score this bout was a lot closer than what you heard about. Indeed, long-known for having killer round 1’s, Hitman came through with another one here. The St. Louis-ATL vet spazzing with a gang of sturdy punchlines, fiery braggadocious lines and festive sport bars that made for a shitload of haymakers to the point that one couldn’t be blamed for thinking that Holla had the opener in the bag. But continuing what’s been an amazing run for the past couple of years or so and helped a bit by a few dry spots from his opponent, using a slightly more consistent barrage of gritty punches, grimy trap talk, sterling basketball references and aggressive heat, it’d be Eazy who managed to edge the 1st. Still, moving forward the battke remained close. As Holla not only came through with another turn that displayed his underrated punching ability, but may have surprised many with a couple of dope rebuttals (that he also showed off in the 3rd). Add to that some spicy personals from Hitman and the battle stayed competitive, despite Holla having a rep for underperforming in the latter rounds. But there went Eazy again, stalking the stage with yet another round of hard-hitting lyrical bangers, deep-cutting/mocking personals, flexing wordplay, witty puns and hardbody haymakers in a more condensed turn that got him the middle roumd as well. Already decided by the 3rd, the final round was more of a talking to by both battlers with the more punch-heavy Eazy taking it to earn the 30. And while mic problems on both sides and Holla whining about the crowd dominated one too many recaps on this battle. None of that (or Eazy’s current drama with URL) should get in the way of Holla putting forth a pretty solid effort overall here or the Philly rapper looking pretty unbeatable right now.
Verdict: Eazy The Block Captain (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Eazy The Block Captain – “My shooters come from Tubi because they don’t know how to act!”
Recap: Rambunctiously lacing his punches with brutal set-ups, witty puns, flagrant personals and graphic/mayhem-laced gun lines, Danny Myers takes the first two rounds of this URL ‘Outside’ battle to gain the win over a much less punch-heavy J2 before a more scholarly 3rd by the Bad God helps a consistently gritty throughout, but at his most efficient J2 handily take the final round to avoid the shutout.
Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Danny Myers – “I done shot 7-footers like I can’t dunk!”
Recap: A dope 2nd round (littered with a bunch of witty personals and a spicy rebuttal) from MyVerse, but in this URL ‘Outside’ 3-rounder against Ms. Hustle, the Florida emcee (who also had a couple of slip-ups in Rd. 1) was clearly overmatched. As the more condensed Harlem vet, steady throughout with a gang of salacious gun bars, fire set-ups, gritty punchlines, mocking personals and nasty name flips, handily takes rounds 1 and 3 from her punch-profilic, but much less damaging opponent, while also edging the 2nd round with a couple of more haymakers for an impressive 30.
Verdict: Ms. Hustle (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Ms. Hustle – “Tek in a holster, I might drive by with the seats[?] swerving, gang in the street lurking, two guns I’m pet-breeding, bulldog and a mean German!”
Recap: Always competitive with a big bowl of nasty punchlines and witty personals, Mackk Myron’s return to URL was impressive. But in this 3-round ‘Outside’ matchup vs. Fonz that was filled to the rim with a gang of dope punches, hitting personals, gruesome gun bars and spicy personals from both battlers, after a debatable (thanks in part to Fonz rapping way too long) round 1, it’s the Ohio landlord who lands a couple of more haymakers to edge the 2nd round, before a slightly more bar efficient Fonz also edges the 3rd for the win.
Verdict: Fonz (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Fonz – “This bitch hit you and take a short portion of Mackk [mac] like the kid’s menu!”
Recap: SMH. Doesn’t matter how confident you are in your skills, choosing to go 1st against argubaly the best rebuttler in the game never makes sense. But the Chef taught him tho, delivering yet another lit recipe of stinging punchlines and a trio of nasty rebuttals during a killer round 1, before comimg back with a steaming plate of piercing off-the-dome heat, sizzling gun bars, seismic name flips and hard-hitting punches to handily take the next two rounds and score the 30 over a passionate and hitting at times, but mostly pedestrian Tom Nixon in this 3-rounder from Takeova Battle Leageu.
Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Chef Trez – “You all the way bitch, not just kind of scary, Nixon [Nick son] same out pussy…Mariah Carey!”
Recap: Even a surprising choke in round 3 fails to withstand a couple of superb rounds by Swervoo in this URL ‘Outside’ matchup against Cortez. The young DMV spitter landing a boatload of aggressive street raps, fire punches/name flips, boastful barbs and hitting wordplay to take rounds 1 and 2 for the win before the aforementioned unforced error in round 3 combined with a touching and punch-heavy turn by Tez allowed the veteran BK battler to take the final round and avoid the shutout.
Verdict: Swervoo (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Swervoo – “Matter fact, say a sentence in Spanish to the crowd right now or I’m a click and spray…no no no no no, translate ‘say what?’ in Spanish…this a K!”
Recap: Ryda with a bunch of sizzling gun bars, fire name flips and hard punchlines makes for a dope showing in this Banned/URL battle versus Tay Roc. But helped a bit by his opponent’s so-so personals, all the while consistently spazzing with a gang of fiery back-to-back punches, stinging metaphorsical play, versatile name flips of his own, aggressive/flippant personals, lethal schemes and hard gun lines in a slightly more condensed and haymaker-lit turn, it’s the Gun Bar KIng who edges this highly competitive 1-rounder.
Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Tay Roc – “Shotgun for Ryda [rider], he got dibs on the fornt seat!”
Recap: A dope 1-rounder from Hunger Gamez sees the underrated J Morr uses a steady plate of gritty trap talk, hard-hitting/nuanced personals, fiery street raps and some killer (including one of the best Friday lines I’ve ever heard) punchlines to gain the win over a pretty solid and often punch/name flip-heavy, but dry spot wavering Danny Myers.
Verdict: J Morr (W) 1-0
Favorite line: J Morr – “David didn’t beat up Goliath…he shot that nigga!”
Recap: A 1-rounder from URL’s ‘Outside’ card sees Shotgun Suge use a scintillating and steady barrage of fiery name flips, gritty set-up/punchlines and hard-hitting personals to handily beat back a punch-heavy at times, but mostly pedestrian Danja Zone.
Verdict: Shotgun Suge (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Shotgub Suge – “I look danger [Danja] in the face I see a desert eagle with 30 friends!”
Recap: Calicoe almost never openly admits to losing a battle. But I believe it was last year that he admit on a Twitter Space that he got beat pretty bad to DNA back in the day (yeah, he definitely did). Well now, a near decade after they first battled, it might be time for Cal to take it up a notch and admit that when it comes to this battling shit Mr. Eric St. John just has his number. And while it was nice to see Cal actually compete harder this time around and kick a bunch of solid/gritty lines throughout this rematch, unfortunately for the Landslide capo the results would come out the same as their match as a more hardbody, 4-bar prolific punching and haymaker-landing DNA pitches another shutout.
Verdict: DNA (W) 3-0
Favorite line: DNA – “Stock rose, lock load, you gonna get taking this contract…Russell Wilson on the Broncos!”
Recap: Been watching NXT for too long to think he was ever a wannabee Nu Jerzey Twork. Indeed, his loud, aggressive style is defintely his own. But doppelganger accusations aside, in this URL ‘Outside’ bout, as B. Magic said it’s all about who can rap better. And even without his signature ‘Strapped It’ call out, it’s Twork by a long shot. The big man continuously rocking the crowd with a shitload of dope/raucous punches, flexing name flips, bullish gun bars and steely personals over the course of 3 rounds to handily get the win over an opponent who despite some demonic/hitting punches/personals here and there, just couldn’t keep up when it came to bar efficiency while also melting under the scope of too many mediocre personals and Twork style jacking.
Verdict: Nu Jerzey Twork (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “Put a pillow over NXT [next] get him ready for flight departure!”
Recap: From iBattle, against a pretty solid, punch-heavy at times and witty performance from Archduke Redcat, a more condensed Danny Myers uses some spicy off-the-dome theatrics, plenty of rigid mayhem with the punches, boastful barbs/storytelling and lucid wordplay/name flips/gun bars to score enough haymakers and edge the win this competitive 1-rounder.
Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Danny Myers – “We don’t take chances, every day I keep a tool tucked, ‘cuz in Cali nigga’s beef on the corner like food trucks!”
Recap: A workmanlike performance here from Shotgun Suge who gets straight to it with a steady stream of braggadocious darts, mean set-up/punchlines, graphic violence and gritty storytelling to beat back a hitting at times, but too often pedestrian Quest Mcody in this 1-round BANNED battle from URL.
Verdict: Shotgun Suge (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Shotgun Suge – “I’m pissed off, I’ll let a clip off, my plug put it on a plane the whip soft, I out more powder in the air than Lebron before a tip off!”
Recap: From URL’s ‘Lite Work’ series, after witnessing this battle one can tell that Tay Roc had a lot of fun writing those nssty name flips. That and a bunch of hitting wordplay and gritty gun bars spiked with plenty of ruthless mayhem with the punches gets the Gun Bar King a 30 over an overall solid, but costly when it came to taking too long to the punch Swervoo.
Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Tay Roc – “”I’m toting with me two clips on a belt, they gonna have to get him some help, he gonna need unlimied health, like I avoided an accident and still injured myself, I got Swerve out of the way and hit something else!”
Recap: From iBattle, a dope 3-rounder between Soul Khan and A. Ward sees the latter score left and right with a bunch of lofty punchlines, some fire wordplay and hitting personals/name flips. While Grind Time vet Soul Khan rung up some fly rebuttals, a gang of witty barbs, robust set-ups/punches and ill breakdowns that edged him round 2 after Ward took the 1st. Tied going into the 3rd, a personally-lit round filled with plenty of personal pontifications and braggadocious bars from both sides is edged by a righteously angle-lit and slightly more hard-hitting and consistently spazzing (i.e. classic) Ward to earn the win.
Verdict: A. Ward (W) 2-1
Favorite line: A. Ward – “You was trying to be so politically correct against Dizaster, we all went to sleep on the kid, well you in front of a real pro now [pronoun] and I’m about to smoek he, him and his!”
Recap: Th3 Saga’s return to the URL continues to be a worthy one as the Christian barrle rapper uses a steady diet of fiery schemes, sneaky but nasty wordplay, a bunch of killer set-up/punchlines and rigorous name flips to beat back a gritty, but not nearly as consistent, a bit predictable at times and flow-challenged effort from Swamp in this 1-rounder from URL’s ‘Outside’ card.
Verdict: Th3 Saga (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Th3 Saga – “Blam the Wesson, this gonna go from Page to real life…I’m manifested!”
Recap: From URL’s ‘Outside’ card, using a gang of nasty schemes that would make Chilla Jones proud, while coupling them with a plethora of slick wordplay, hitting name flips, sneaky but delicous metaphors, spirited gun bars, graphic odes of violence and enough righteous personals to raise the temperature in the room, a steadily bent Tay Roc takes the first couple of rounds here for the win over the ever raucous, in-ya-face punching and street-bar slinging, but less consistent/competitive (esp. during a surprisingly shortened 2nd round) and dry spot prone Snake Eyez before the Harlem rhymeslinger scores with just enough haymakers to edge the 3rd round and avoid the shutout.
Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Tay Roc – “You trying to fight? expect the gadget [Inspector Gadget] to come out the coat pocket!”
