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40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Danny Myers

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Recap: From Mic Masters Alliance, a dope and highly competitive 3-rounder between 40 B.A.R.R.S. and Danny Myers comes down to the final round. The Bar God dishing out a bunch of vicious name flips, mayhem-lit punches and salacious personals to edge round 1 despite a pretty solid turn by 40, before the Team 40 president/CEO upped her wordplay game and with a consistent round filled with hard-hitting personals and stinging punchlines, edged the 2nd round despite a fiery and witty (esp. when it came to the old jokes) turn by Danny that included a couple of fire rebuttals. The deciding 3rd would be a boastful, personal-lit and a punch-fest on both sides. And while 40 would need to recover her bars mid-way through her round due to constant interruptions from the crowd, her wicked pen game contained just enough more haymakers to take the round and the win.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “Picture a nigga saying I’m not top 5, after all I’ve done, I swear to God I would’ve felt ashamed, but it’s clear that Bar God name don’t hit the same when it’s only self-proclaimed!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Viixen The Assassin

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Recap: If 40 B.A.R.R.S. could ever get out of her own way with the unforced errors and habitual choking, she would so be on top. That’s just a testament to how dope 40 is with the pen she’s on her A-game. And she’d need her best material here, against a versatile and aggressive Viixen The Assassin battling in front of her hometown Milwaukee fans for 3 rounds inside the cage at Black Ice Cartel. A competitive donnybrook from beginning to end, despite a crazy, fiery, punch-lit and bullish round 1 from Viixen, a slightly more condensed 40 would edge the opening round with a gang of salacious personals, some stellar lyricism, jaunty storytelling and killer similes. In round 2 Viixen would return the favor and tie things with more of the aforemntioned darts in addition to some dope name flips and even more fiery gun bars that altogether combiend to beat back a pretty solid, but not as substantive turn by 40. The deciding 3rd round however would see 40 get back on her grind with a bunch of fervent lyrical haymakers, righteous punchlines and feelgood wordplay/personals to earn the win over an opponent who while still lit with passion, couldn’t quite match her energy when it came to a steady punch game.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “Nigga, I lost it, I watched it but then I tried to replay the clips, but it was nothing but a white bitch with a black pussy…Sabrina a Teenage Witch!”

Swamp defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: From Any Body Can Die Battle League, a rare bodybag here as a lyrically potent, versatile and for all 3 rounds punch-lit Swamp mixes up a gang of salacious/mocking personals, sturdy punchlines, disrespectful burners, solid wordplay, lofty gun lines and gritty, braggadocious darts to beat back a mostly unprepared 40 B.A.R.R.S. who choked away both of her opening rounds before saving some face with a shortened 3rd.

Verdict: Swamp (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Swamp – “Got me away from my family on Thanksgiving, you gonna at least gobble this dick!”

Charron defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: To this day I still don’t get why Charron feels the need to write such longwinded rounds. He’s long been one of the top battle rappers in the game so there’s no need to justify his pen game. And with the way he formulates his bars, what with so many ill set-ups before landing the haymaker, his rounds would be more tight and efficient without the extra blather that usually takes on repetitive themes he’s already spouted. Still, here against a 40 B.A.R.R.S. making her first appearance on KOTD, a fire, witty, personal and punch-lit opening round by both (call it debatable) battlers gets tunred on its head in the 2nd. As after an elongated, but haymaker-lit round that took on everything from hard-hitting personals to boastful barbs to sizzling name flips to piercing 4-bar set-up/punchlines, a minute into her round 40 chokes to give Charron the round. And while 40 would back on her grind with a boatload of gritty punches that made for a pretty soild 3rd, it’s the slightly more haymaker-lit, condensed and versatile/scheme/righteous heavy Charron who edges the final round to gain the win.

Verdict: Charron (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Charron – “You’re the only bitch we get mad at for choking!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Nu Jerzey Twork

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Recap: From URL’s Summer Madness/Kings vs. Queens card, in a tale of relentless aggression and fierce competition, 40 B.A.R.R.S.’ fiery, steady and effervescent punch game helps her get the win here versus Nu Jerzey Twork. The Boston femcee’s mocking personals and potent wordplay also helping secure her victory in rounds 1 and 3 of this 3-round battle. All this despite 40 struggling with her flow and cutting her 2nd round short all the while withstanding a scintillating, witty, bullish and personal-drenched turn there by Twork that got him the round convincingly. However, just when you thought things had shifted back in Twork’s favor, 40 was able to get back on her round 1 grind and with another dope punchfest, handily take the deciding 3rd with the assistance of a lackadaisical showing from Nu Jerooz.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “It’s clear my peer got more experience in he street, I’m not looking for gunfight, but I’m outside squatting ready to squeeze on this fleece, it’s a drunk night, I’m pissed off!”

First Lady Flamez defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: From Anybody Can Die Battle League, put aside that overanimated, annoying white dude standing behind 40 B.A.R.R.S. and First Lady Flamez (who’s normally pretty stoic while her opponent raps) reacting way too much to some of 40’s bars, it’s a close and competitive 3-rounder between two of the women’s top tier battlers. However, outside of a debatable (where 40, who was highly pedestrian throughout this batle, used some spitfire personals to make it a tie) 2nd round, Flamez’ flexing wordplay and overall intricacy, sizzling gun bars and more consistently hitting punches edges her the 1st and 3rd rounds for the win.

Verdict: First Lady Flamez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: First Lady Flamez – “Clap this bitch then dip, bring a new meaning to leaving 40 on a dresser!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats KD

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Recap: A couple of minor stumbles midway, but in this 1-rounder from One Shot Battle League 40 B.A.R.R.S.’s steady use of fire punchlines, witty personals, stifling wordplay and sturdy name flips combine to overcome any miscues and earn the win over a pretty solid, but way too fanned out KD.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 1-0

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “I’m not saying a bitch playing you is a reason to be giving jokes, but when you was in recovery trying to sit calm [sitcom] she was getting different strokes [ Diff’rent Strokes]!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Fendi

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from Mic Masters Alliance, both Fendi and 40 B.A.R.R.S. bring the braggadocious gut checks, gritty name flips and exquisite wordplay/punches one would expect from the longtime vets. But proving once again that there’s levels to this shit, a little more than halfway through what was a pretty strong and competitive round up to that point, it’s Fendi who surprisingly collapses. The She Go Hard alum losing her train of thought for a minute before getting it back and then proceeding to commit another unforced error later on and finally deciding to cut her round short, thus helping the more flow efficient 40 get the win.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 1-0

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “You make it seem like you holier than thou, right?, like everything you do is good, but Jesus Christ Fendi come down off the cross, we need the wood!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Coffee Brown

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Recap: Outside of slow starts by both battlers in a variety of rounds, Coffee Brown versus 40 B.A.R.R.S. turns out to be a fire battle or better yet, what you’d expect from two top tiers. And it was really, really close too. Coffee, making use of a witty ‘granny’ angle when it came to personals throughout the match, also supplied her usual m.o. of aggressive punches, flippant name flips and bombastic/street-themed darts that made you feel the pain. While 40’s laidback, but slick and effective flow wrecked havoc when it came to dishing out a gang of boastful barbs, fire punchlines, storied wordplay, scandalous personals and gritty name flips. A crazy back-n-forth that was certainly worth the price of admission for all 3 rounds, after a debatable round 1, it’s the slightly more steady hitting and efficiently spicy 40 who edges both of the latter rounds for the win.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “I’m just saying, if a pic could get a nigga’s dick soft, I’m telling you this bitch shit will, I mean her man is the only nigga that looked at ‘Net flicks [Netflix] and chilled!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats LA G

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from Major League Battles, the “FanDuel” bar was fire and opponent LA G definitely picked it up with a bunch of grittier punches in the latter half of her round vs. a pretty mundane opening half. But still, against a persistent 40 B.A.R.R.S. fully equipped with a gang of casual/banging heaters, scintillating wordplay and flexing pumches/personals, it’s just another day at the office and a win for Team 40.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 1-0

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “Give her the big stick like a mandingo, she don’t understand the lingo, I find her crib I’ll put a mark on ‘G’ spot…bingo!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Nadiali

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Recap: Rapping over beats in the Verbal War Zone, after getting out-punched by a gritty and haymaker-lit Nadiali in round 1, 40 B.A.R.R.S. gets back in her lyrical bag of tricks with a more hitting dose of rigid punches, flexing gun bars and pointed boasts/personals to edge both of the latter rounds for the win.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “If I choose, then it’s go time, ass out, I’m a show mine, tre hanging, it’s like a game changer, no gangbanger but I’m a throw 5!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats John John Da Don

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Recap: Always an earnest tactician, in this competitive 3-rounder from Bullpen, it’s admiring to see John John Da Don flex with some sterling wordplay (esp. at the start of his 2nd and 3rd rounds) in this bout against 40 B.A.R.R.S. in what was an often punch-lit showing from both sides. Too bad for JJDD tho as from the jump the Boston vixen showed that she didn’t come to play. Ms. B.A.R.R.S. styling on her opp with a gang of opportunistic, but stellar personals (esp. in round 2), sizzling punchlines, sublime similes and righteous boasts/storytelling bars to take the 1st and 2nd rounds for the win before a debatable 3rd.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “I guarantee this dog will not see tomorrow, this veterinarian, I’m scaring him, his fans don’t want me to see the bull…they vegetarians!”

Sheed Happens defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from OSBL, despite a bit of a slow start from Sheed Happens that included a head-scratching cameo from some dude in the crowd, the performance-heavy Maryland rapper’s more biting punches, eccentric personals/set-ups, graphic haymakers and stifling street rhymes in the latter half of his round prove to e more than enough to beat back a 40 B.A.R.R.S, who stayed competitive with a gang of slick wordplay, but overall couldn’t match the heat of her more consistent opp.

Verdict: Sheed Happens (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Sheed Happens – “I’ll treat that fridge like the middle of the mall, how the fuck did they get a car in there?!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. and Yoshi G [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: From Chrome 23, an intense 3-round battle that featured two fire rounds between a storytelling/wordplay/punchline/personal-lit 40 B.A.R.R.S. and a personal/witty/salacious (“Yeah, I like to suck dick, but you the one that be choking!”) Yoshi G (that they split with 40 taking round 1 and Yoshi taking the 2nd) gets turned upside down when the deeply rooted animosity the two battlers had for each other surfaced in the 3rd. Yoshi surprisngly (after getting off to a pretty solid start) choking away her final round and a clearly frustrated 40 choosing not to spit her last round after an unwitting security guard, oblivious to the nuanced decorum of competitive battling, touched off a tense back-n-forth with 40 for talking a bit while Yoshi rapped in ddition to the Boston vixen arguing with Yoshi (who blamed 40 for her choke) and getting a water bottle thrown at her. And while league-owner Remy Ma, as host of the battle, could’ve attempted to calm things down between 40 and Yoshi so both of them could get their verses off uninterrupted in the 3rd, one wouldn’t upser if these two did a rematch some time down the line.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “Bitch, you still want that status only legends is given, you wanted to climb on top and show your ass, reverse-cowgirl, what a clever decision, but you like backshots so why using doggy-style ain’t put you in a better position?!”

Ill Will defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: Add this RBE matchup for Battle of the Year consideration. Because that’s how fire it was. 40 B.A.R.R.S. with one of her most scintillating performances ever, dishing 3 fire rounds of exquisite wordplay, jaunty well-crafted punchlines, brash darts, strong sexual innuendos and dope name flips without missing a beat. While on the other hand an always confident Ill Will came through with a shitload of crazy set-ups, witty barbs, cold performance bars, gritty/aggressive punchlines, righteous pontifications, multifaceted name flips, fire gun bars and spitfire personals with steady abandon. A close, line for line potent and hotly contested battle for all three rounds, we got a slightly more versatile and haymaker-lit Will taking rounds 1 and 2 for the win before 40 returned the favor by taking the 3rd.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ill Will – “I mean you came from my rib, that’s making holy moves, you don’t even apples like that, you just wanted to do what you wasn’t supposed to do!”

Fonz defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: As talented as she is (esp. against dudes) regardless of 40 B.A.R.R.S.’ miscues with her flow in this Queen of the Ring 1-rounder, there’s almost no way she was beating this Fonz. The Landlord delivering a loud, aggressive and sublime round (i.e. classic) that pulled no punches while scoring mightily with a gang of versatile name flips, a couple of fire freestyles, hard-hitting punches, dope schemes, stinging personals and witty barbs to handily get the win over a much less bar potent and inconsistent run by 40.

Verdict: Fonz (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Fonz – “That’s what wrong with you bitches, these hoes don’t know they position, gilr you got milk and eggs in you, you belong in the kitchen!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Cheyraq

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Recap: Outside of Cheyraq struggling with her flow and cutting her 2nd round short, this 3-rounder from Takeova Battle League versus 40 B.A.R.R.S was a dope one. As the Massachusettes up-n-comer made 40 sweat with a boatload of delicious metaphors, fly similes and gritty aggressive punchlines. But after getting edged to her slightly more haymaker-lit opponent in the opening round 40 would never waver. The Boston vet spouting two rounds of consistent heat via a bunch of hard-hitting personals, well-finessed wordplay/schemes, piercing punchlines/name flips and boastful darts to take round 2 and edge the deciding 3rd for the win.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “Picture me worried about this pussy spraying in my face when she don’t know that I squirt too!”

C3 defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: Battling against a 40 B.A.R.R.S. who while hitting at times, consistently struggled with her flow throughout the 3 rounds, C3 decimates her opponent with a flexing bag of stifling punchlines, witty personals, stinging name flips and potent wordplay to score a 30 and advance to the next round of this Chrome 23 $25K tournament.

Verdict: C3 (W) 3-0

Favorite line: C3 – “I don’t know if y’all heard but last night Fonz was whipping on this damn broad, I was watching like goddam it my friend gonna end up back in the shelter the way she struggling with the Landlord!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Dre Dennis

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Recap: Could just be me, but sometimes I think 40 B.A.R.R.S. purpsoefuly steps up her pen game when she’s a facing a dude as opposed to a female. Either way, in this 1-rounder from Gates of the Garden, when the Boston wordsmith wasn’t scoring with a barrage of stifling personals on opponent Dre Dennis, it’s a boatload of stellar punches mixed in with plenty of nifty wordplay and bruising metaphors that gets her more than enough haymakers on her way to a well-earned win over what was a mostly dope, heavy on the personals and versatile showing from Dre.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 1-0

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “You don’t have a tear because your career is an autobiography, you gotta book yourself!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats QB (Black Diamond)

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Recap: A grudge match long in the waiting, it takes Remy Ma’s new league, Chrome 23, to set up and stage QB Black Diamond vs. 40 B.A.R.R.S for 3 rounds. And while the face off between these two opps was crazy and lit, outside of a pretty dope round 1 (which an unabashedly disrespectful, totally vicious and punch-heavy QB edged), the battle itself turned out to be pretty one-sided as a mure steady with the heat 40 just proved to be too much in the latter rounds. The Boston native (who’s only flaw here was a bit of longwindedness with her rounds) flexing in rounds 2 and 3 with a gang of potent punchlines, spirited/nifty wordplay and in giving her opponent some of her own medicine, a bunch of hard-hitting personals that combined to handily beat back a couple of topsy-turvy turns by her longtime rival and earn the win for 40.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “Who say Diamond studded, buddy was always at the clinic ‘cuz that kitty had a leak, shit was like Remy prison visit’s gotta Pap every week!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Queen Vixen

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Recap: Virtual 1-rounder from WRGB/RBE between 40 B.A.R.R.S. and Queen Vixen serves up yet another example of there being levels to this shit as despite both battlers spitting a gang of gritty rhymes, the more much nuanced, punch-heavy, personal/mayhem-rich and scheme/wordplay-lit 40 (even while struggling a bit with her flow) easily spouts more haymakers to gain the win.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 1-0

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “40 hazmat, you just another muthafucka begging for me, what’s your Cash App?!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Casey Jay

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Recap: No breaks in the action here as 40 B.A.R.R.S. and Casey Jay put on a consistently spicy barfest for 3 rounds on the QOTR/No Holds Barred 3 card. Casey, scoring in bunches with flagrant gun bars, sizzling name flips and hard-hitting personals/punches kept it close and competitive throughout. While 40, openly slighted by Smack calling her opponent the ‘face of female battle rap’ sometime back, used the league owner’s assessment to her advantage with a barrage of well-themed boastful darts, fire schemes, fiery wordplay, heated personals and head-ringing 4-bar setups. A dope battle with no room for error (and neither battler had a single slip-up), it’s the slightly more haymaker-lit 40 who edges rounds 1 and 3 to gain her first win over a Bardashian.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “I’m here to bring static over Smack feedback, I mean that!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Bandit Montana

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Recap: In a competitive 1-rounder from GOTG, although struggling a bit with his transitions and some subpar heat, Bandit Montana’s palette of hardbody punches (esp. liked the ‘God…CashApp’ bar), grip and gore still made their mark. But it’s a brazen 40 B.A.R.R.S., consistently flexing with some sublime name flips, hitting wordplay and braggadocios/stinging punchlines who scores more than enough haymakers to get the win here.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 1-0

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “You been here for 9 years but no one knows you, how the fuck you get your name?, I mean what kind of Bandit can’t even find a way to break into the Gates?!”

Loso defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: With The Horseman delivering their sermons towards the fairer sex of late, it’s only fitting that Loso takes on 40 B.A.R.R.S in a 1-rounder on Bullpen Battle League. A close and impressively clean one considering that they only battled on one week’s prep, littered with a gang of spicy personals on both sides, some fiery wordplay/punches from 40 and some righteous burners from Loso, even while wasting a few bars on Ms. Hustle (who apparently he was supposed to battle instead) to start his turn, it’s the slightly more haymaker-lit Horseman who gets the win.

Verdict: Loso (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Loso – “Once you hit 40, you gonna look at life different!”

O’fficial defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: O’fficial can rap her ass off and that’s cool. But sometimes one can’t help but wonder if she’d notch some more wins on her belt if she matched her proficiency for bars with sturdier angles and less redundancy. That said, it should also be noted that O’fficial always shows up and when one of the few knocks on you is lack of preparation as is the case with 40 B.A.R.R.S., that’s an advantage in which the Bardashian rapper–displaying a versatile mix of fiery punchlines, spirited personals and flexing mayhem–can fully cop to, especially after 40 (after using some dope wordplay to take round 1, before a punch-heavy and condensed O’fficial took round 2) choked away the deciding 3rd round.

Verdict: O’fficial (W) 2-1

Favorite line: O’fficial – “Shit wearing in your chest at times, you not ready, everybody want to be O’fficial, but not at the top heavy!”

 

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Tsu Surf

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Recap: Hey, at least this time it appears that Tsu Surf tried to finish his 3rd round. Still, after getting eked out by a slightly punch-heavier Surf in round 1, 40 B.A.R.R.S.’ gritty wordplay, steely personals, hitting name flips, a fire 3rd round rebuttal and boastful shiners were enough to handily take the latter two rounds as well as the win over an opponent who was not only less potent as the battle proceeded, but with his inability of late to consistently give us 3 smooth rounds, may want to start thinking about taking a break from battle rap.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “You out here burning bitches, talking about you’ll give me that WD easy, when that dick is a clearly apparent how you do bitches greasy!”

Ms. Hustle defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: In what was for the most part, a haymaker-drenched and competitive battle between 40 B.A.R.R.S. and Ms. Hustle (who let E. Hart come in the ring and sling a few punches at her former battle partner in round 3), Hustle gets the edge here with a more consistently spitfire rounds 1 and 2. The ever confident ‘1st Lady of URL’ taking each of the aforementioned rounds with more intricate punchlines/schemes, cold name flips, potent personals and aggressive heaters, before a more condensed and fiery 40 (who when her flow is on point, as seen here, can hold her own against anyone) salvaged the last round with some turned up shiners and rousing name flips/personals.

Verdict: Ms. Hustle (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ms. Hustle – “I asked for Hitman, was you not listening homie?, I never mentioned you, I don’t know where you getting that story, I’m high maintenance, I never asked a nigger for 40!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats C4 Nito

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from Premier Rap Battle League, a pretty solid (tho he did have a couple of slip-ups), gritty at times and personally emotional turn by C4 Nito gets blown to pieces by an unbothered 40 B.A.R.R.S., who casually uses a plethora of piercing punchlines/name flips, head-swinging mayhem, rigid wordplay and hard-hitting personals to get the win.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 1-0

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “Trigger’s gonna reveal ya true friends, I could tell you what that means, nuthin’s gonna be OK C, this Thunder’s breaking up your team!”

Couture defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: Dope, competitive battle between 40 B.A.R.R.S. and Couture on the QOTR stage sees 40 gets busy throughout the match with a gang of shrewd lyrical stunting, rigid name flips and hard-hitting personals. While Couture flexed her versatility with a boatload of witty/scathing personals, clever schemes, piercing punchlines and a spitfire performance (esp. in round 3, which saw the Rhode Island emcee use both a human prop and a beverage prop to unleash a variety of impressions of your favorite male battlers with startling effect). In front of a crowd egged on by every hot bar, a slightly more clean with the flow, condensed and punch-heavier Couture takes round 1, before 40 gets downright mean with it (even going after her opponent’s kid) and with the help of a couple of more haymakers, takes the 2nd round to even things up. The ever calm, cool and collected Couture, however, would take the final round, what with the aforementioned electric performance to go with a continuously aggressive and stinging punch game that overall would beat back a pretty solid, but not as consistently spicy turn by 40.

Verdict: Couture (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Couture – “Oh I got you big mad Lisa, let me stop and show some true love, congratulations on the crib, bitch I can’t wait to drown you in your new tub, sometimes I’m too blunt and when I roll up it’s nothing less than two snubs, so who wants smoke with me, I’m about to split 40 into two dubs!”

Tia. S defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: Brazen, 1-round punch-fest from We Go Hard here as both 40 B.A.R.R.S. and Tia.S bring an equal amount of gritty punchlines, earnest mayhem, dope name flips/gun bars and stifling wordplay. And while 40 added a dope TLC scheme to her arsenal, a slightly more cleaner and steadily hard-hitting Tia gets the edge here.

Verdict: Tia. S (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Tia. S – “I let the heat bust, keep the cloth through the ratchet, like one of my bitches aint trying to fuck her weave up!”

Tootz defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: Along with some clever wordplay, stifling mayhem and piercing name flips, both 40 B.A.R.R.S. and Tootz spit a gang of gritty punches in this 1-rounder from Street Status. However, a clean turn by Tootz and a couple of stumbles by 40, gives the former the win.

Verdict: Tootz (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Tootz – “Jesus Christ, too young for mid-life so I’m coping with 40!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Double M

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Recap: In front of a raucous Bayou Battle League crowd for 1 round, 40 B.A.R.R.S. uses a boatload of stifling personals, piercing punchlines and rigid wordplay to beat back a personal-lit, but otherwise mostly pedestrian Double M.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 1-0

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “He the type that got more female traits than a straight man that I ever seen, he’s always worried about footage, but he makes T-shirts, that’s why he’s pressed for the screen!”

LL Coogi defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: Heard 40 B.A.R.R.S. say at least a couple of times now during battles that she just wrote her rhymes last night. And while every battler is different when it comes to preparation, with all the hiccups we see quite often see with 40, one can wonder if not giving herself enough time to practice her rounds contribute to 40’s slip-ups. Still, here in this Universal Bars Battle League 1-round bout with the ever-raucous styling’s of LL Coogi, despite a couple slip-ups, 40’s pen still makes its mark with a bunch of fire punches and name flips. Yet, while he did end up rapping twice as longer as his opponent, Coogi’s lengthy turn of spicy gun bars, vivid set-ups, dope personals and hardbody punches are stretched out and hitting enough to edge things here.

Verdict: LL Coogi (W) 1-0

Favorite line: LL Coogi – “Your career can’t afford this, this L about to be large and enormous, they gonna ask me how I got my groove back with 40…a stellar [Stella] performance!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Shooney Da Rapper

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Recap: Fire 1-rounder between 40 B.A.R.R.S. and Shooney Da Rapper with the latter kicking an aggressive mix of bullish head-twisters and piercing name flips, while 40 came correct with a wide load of spicy punchlines, festive wordplay and fierce personals during her turn. No doubt a close one with an almost equal amount of haymakers, but a slightly more consistent and less flow-challenged 40 gets the edge here.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 1-0

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “Big metal on my waist, the metal got me sagging like Hammer’s pants, of shit go left, press this metal to her chest like a mammogram!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Drugz

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Recap: 40 B.A.R.R.S. can make it look so easy sometimes, dishing intricate punchlines at a rapid pace without breaking a sweat. And that’s certainly the case here as outside of a slip-up near the beginning of her turn, 40 uses some exquisite lyrical dexterity to beat a solid and aggressive, but not as consistently hitting Drugz in this intergender matchup from Do or Die Battle League.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 1-0

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “You like .5 on a scale, misdemeanor fuck you telling me?!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Gutta

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Recap: Deftly punching back-to-back-to-back like her life depended on it, 40 B.A.R.R.S. takes down all-comers, even opponent Gutta’s family members when she wasn’t spouting fire wordplay, piercing personals, braggadocios zingers and swinging gun bars during this 1-rounder from Premier Rap Battle League. The loud and raucous Gutta, even if he got off to a slow start what with a Lil Mama obsession in the beginning of his round, still managed to keep things entertaining with some hot punches/performance bars here and there, but with such a topsy-turvy run overall, stood no chance of beating back 40’s more consistently spicy round.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 1-0

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “Y’all got Premiere’s front man like he got his bars up?, well it’s like I’m trying to gentrify the hood when I give your up and coming star bucks [Starbucks]!”

Twizted Mindz defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: 1-rounder from Bar4Bar Rap Battle League features a shitload of gritty lines, ringing mayhem and piercing name flips from both Twizted Mindz and 40 B.A.R.R.S. A close one with an almost equal amount of haymakers, but the cleaner flowing (thanks to a major slip-up early on by 40) and slightly more versatile Mindz gets the edge here.

Verdict: Twizted Mindz (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Twizted Mindz – “We’ll blast around, but it’s so hard to hit ya, you my mother’s fave which I should be, so honestly it’s kinda smart to ditch ya, fuck it ran up in her house and sparked the blicka, spilled 40 on the rug, but you should be used to that…carpet licker!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Chetta

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Recap: It terms of a gritty bar-fest, it doesn’t get much better than this one as Chetta and 40 B.A.R.R.S. go toe-for-toe on the Queen of the Ring stage, dish the personals for the most part and go hardbody for 3 rounds with plenty of fiery gun bars, intoxicating punchlines, boastful barbs and rigid wordplay to boot. Aggressive on both sides with a little wit mixed in, this close and competitive bout, after draws in both of the latter rounds, comes down to the 1st, which a more haymaker-lit 40 took for the win.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “Find out where you stay in New York, I’m a clear the hotel-e out, this bitch won’t make it home like she came to R. Kelly’s house!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats PC

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Recap: For the record, anyone who’s followed 40 B.A.R.R.S battle rap career knows full well what a huge fanbase she has. And that’s all and good as she’s earned that. But just to show how ridiculous Comment sections can be, skim through almost any one of 40 battle’s that doesn’t include her Jaz battle and you’d swear that 40 has never lost a round in her life. Yeah, they’re pretty insane. That said, a personal-lit and more condensed PC manages to edge round 1 of this Bullpen battle before 40 comes through with a snapping, haymaker/wordplay-lit round 2 (i.e. classic) to even things up. 3rd round was another punch-fest, but shortened on each side. Yet, while PC made the case for writing shortened turn’s with his opening round, a dope rebuttal to start off her 3rd and a slightly punch-heavier turn by 40 anyway, helps the Boston emcee offset almost choking away her final round and gaining the win..

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “I ain’t even come with 3 rounds, I figured I’d hit him with two by four and that would make this a bar, bitch!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats QP

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Recap: One would think a vet like QP wouldn’t be feening for crowd reaction as much as he does here throughout this RBE battle against 40 B.A.R.R.S. Of course, it could be that he’s just not used to battling in front of the laidback RBE crowd or he just doesn’t trust that, despite his notorious troubles off the stage, he still has one of the best pen’s in the dame (something you can tell even 40 acknowledged plenty of times during this battle). And yeah, Quantum was pretty nice here, dishing fierce schemes, witty barbs and loads of spicy linguistics with sometimes rapid abandon, that is when he wasn’t letting Qleen Paper tag-in to drop a couple of gritty haymakers in round 3. But when it comes to the pen, we all know 40’s no slouch either and the Boston spitter proved that once again via a gang of spicy wordplay mixed in with slick personals and righteous schemes with enough bite to edge rounds 1 and 3 for the win.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “Niggas seen me lose to Jaz and they was mad, but they ain’t see my stock drop, ‘cuz 40 still cooking on the low for a minute like crock pot!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Big T

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Recap: Consistently slick with the wordplay, but also mixing in some fiery name flips, meaty personals and flexing punchlines throughout her turn, in this 1-rounder from I Grind Battle League, 40 B.A.R.R.S. is also able to take advantage of a couple of slip-ups from an otherwise gritty and punch-heavy Big T, to win this battle.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 1-0

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “Gun in his face got Terrence talking to himself right before he die, I will blow the ultra-ego out a nigger once a Tip hit T eye [T.I.]!

Buretta Blaze and 40 B.A.R.R.S. [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Sorry, but no winner here as in this sizzling 1-rounder from NOBL, both Buretta Blaze and (“I paved the way for these botches to shine, I gave Tori lanes [Lanez]!”) 40 B.A.R.R.S, do their thing, each battler offering up an equal percentage of gritty punchlines, piercing personals, fierce name flips, hitting 4-bar set-ups and stinging heat to make this one a fitting draw.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: Buretta Blaze – “You been riding high speed in the ring for awhile now, gets you a court date, but I’m a shooter, bitch I only sit my gun down at the end of the couch to let my arm rest!”

E-Hart defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: Pretty good battle between the subtle, but deadly E-Hart and the never lacking for confidence 40 Barrs on the Queen of the Ring stage. I got them split after 2 rounds with Hart taking the 1st with a tighter delivery while edging it on the ill punchline and (“It’s no mercy or sympathy when this bird gets cooked every round, like rotisserie!”, “Tonight is like you coppin’ a molly, you get a different E!”) haymaker count, but 40 coming back deftly with some dope schemes, gritty (“My trigger history E, no mystery, I’ll put a finger on it”) gun bars and brash (“This guerrilla warfare, so fuck you and that monkey, it’s a must-see, I bust E, leave both y’all bitches funky!”) personals to even things out. Last round goes to Hart, who despite an admitted slight stumble, still delivered better wordplay along with more potent (“What real bitch woulda owned being homeless?, not this one, i would’ve respect you a bit more if you ain’t rap about a gum, while you was applying for shelters, i would’ve robbed the state out of one!”) personals to get the dub at the end.

Verdict: E-Hart (W) 2-1

Favorite line: E-Hart – “I’m back on my job, you was only a temp hire, now you gonna have to Cook e [Cookie] to take over this Empire!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats 3SK

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Recap: Hard-hitting 1-rounder from Pride Life Battle League between 40 B.A.R.R.S. and 3SK finds the latter especially getting aggressive and busy with a gang of flashy gun bars and sizzling personals. But a slightly more consistent and versatile 40, robust while scoring with the wordplay, similes, racial banter, personals, punches and name flips, edges this one for the win.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 1-0

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “It’s like we joined the Mile High club, with me you getting fucked up!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Kaymo

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Recap: Magic City Mics 1-rounder in Florida gets witty and salacious at times what with Kaymo’s brazen sexcapades (which included bending down to ‘talk’ to 40’s vagina). But a mostly subpar 2nd half to Kaymo’s elongated turn plus a shorter, but concise, name flip-lit, wordplay/punch-heavy and versatile run by 40 B.A.R.R.S. gives her the edge here.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 1-0

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “See I rap circle around clowns, I’m the battle rap Flo-Jo, you standing in front of me on this cam is the only way you gonna Go Pro!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Chayna Ashley

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Recap: Bars, bitch. In a close and competitive one from QOTR, 40 B.A.R.R.S. (returning the scene of that notorious Jaz battle) lets off a boatload of fiery punchlines, some superb wordplay, stinging personals, a flexible flow/cadence, stirring mayhem and feisty schemes/name flips to edge rounds 1 and 3 and get the win over a punch-heavy, gritty and persistent, but not as consistently spicy Chayna Ashley.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “So what I took a L bad, I mean y’all don’t never see C back to back except for on Chanel bags”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Cortez

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Recap: From Black Ice Cartel, a battle that was a lot closer than the 40 stans in the comments section would like you to believe. A surprising choke from an up-to-then hard-punching, disrespectful and personal-heavy Cortez in round 2 eventually leads to opponent 40 B.A.R.R.S. upping her moxie and using a gang of stinging name flips, hard-hitting Spanglish heaters and some potent punchlines/schemes to come from behind and take the middle round as well as edge the deciding 3rd for the win.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. –  “A Mexican with no money?!, I’m a pull that green card!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Brisco

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Recap: 40 B.A.R.R.S. makes a visit to the World Battle League and against the loud/witty/raucous raps from Brisco, still delivers a sizzling 30, using a gang of blistering personals, festive wordplay/4-bar set-ups and stinging punchlines for the win.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 3-0

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “This muthafucka is an illiterate, what you ain’t never been to school bitch?, oh yeah, you move that work and I believe it…you look like a mule bitch!”

Jaz the Rapper defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Synopsis: So….is there really any more doubt about who the real Queen of the Ring is? Getting right to it in round 1 Jaz the Rapper lands haymaker (“Cuz’ to be the best you gotta beat the best, you ain’t ever had a full court press up in ya face, you battled Star, Imah, Norma, Dutchess, of course you gonna look like a queen  always putting peasants in they place”) after haymaker (“…I just hit 22, but watch how I bag 40. I’m in a cougar bar”), showing so much contempt for 40 B.A.R.R.S. that she had the nerve to call that her lightest round. Meanwhile an up-n-coming, but clearly not-ready-for-primetime 40 B.A.R.R.S. stumbles from the gate and spits a round so light that even Tay Roc would shake his head. From there it’s nothing but Jaz prepping the bodybag, styling on her opponent with killer bars (“I got a gun so big…..that shit don’t work”), a nice Lux impression and embarrassing 40 with Popeye flashbacks (“40 you fought granny over a 2 piece biscuit and some fries?!”). How bad was this massacre? Twice 40 either choked or pulled a Duran and quit on her rounds–to quote K-Shine: “Zip her up!!!”

Verdict: Jaz the Rapper (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Jaz the Rapper – “Hit that bitch in the head with a bottle of vodka to show 40 proof”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Daylyt

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Recap: Say what you will about Daylyt, but when he’s in the building you’re almost always guaranteed to get your money’s worth. And while I’m sure those in the crowd of this QOTR battle versus 40 B.A.R.R.S. weren’t expecting the Watts, CA, rapper to pull his dick out onstage during the battle, compared to attempting to shit on stage as Quill would do at another bout…well, they should be thankful ‘Lyt only went there. That said, while the headline generating ‘Lyt out-witted, served up a handful of crazy haymakers and punched his opponent’s lights out in round 1, the rest of this matchup was pretty much all 40. Boston’s finest getting ‘malicious’ with the wordplay throughout the latter rounds, while getting extra personal and testing ‘Lyt’s manhood when she wasn’t spouting fiery mayhem, aggressive heat, fierce name flips and witty/hard-hitting schemes to get the win over a topsy-turvy ‘Lyt who couldn’t keep up with 40’s bar efficiency in round 2, before mostly going indirect with the lines and clearly transferring to antics mode in round 3.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line:  40 B.A.R.R.S. – “When you want them real bars in a battle, they playing mine, his footage like tomorrow, when it come to Daylight, we saving time!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Bonnie Godiva

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Recap: From QOTR, Bonnie Godiva makes for a pretty solid, punch-lit, gritty and personal-savvy effort here in this 3-rounder. But one too many light moments from Ms. Godiva (as well as choosing to not go harder when it came to personals) to go along with a 40 B.A.R.R.S. on her spicy and multifaceted A-game when it came to brunt lyricism, rigid name flips, fiery schemes, dope wordplay, well-aimed personals and fire schemes/punches (esp. during a spitfire 2nd round), gives the Boston battler a clear 30.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 3-0

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “When your fans say dumb shit, I feel like harming them, yeah we sound similar, but we different bro, we homonyms!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Phara Funeral

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Recap: QOTR 3-round main event between Phara Funeral and 40 B.A.R.R.S. had its moments of addressing rumors, spicy personals, fierce schemes and punch-heavy linguistics here and there, but for the most part settled into a solid bar-fest with a kill switch that surprisingly was never turned on when considering the seeming dislike these two had for each other. And while a sometimes prone to missteps Phara performed straight through without any unforced errors, a couple of elongated rounds and one too many aimless spins would help an aggressive, gritty and more steady with the heat 40 handily take both of the opening rounds for the win before a 3rd round debatable.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “How you a pioneer?, it only took me a year for me to get to P, that’s ‘cuz I’m raw, Salmonella, common codeine ain’t as sick as me!”

Young Gattas defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: Dope 1-round, One Off between 40 B.A.R.R.S. and Young Gattas features plenty of ringing mayhem, spicy wordplay and spitfire punchlines. Hopefully, they’ll come back for 3 rounds one day, but in the meantime, a slightly more consistently gritty and versatile Gattas gets the edge here.

Verdict: Gattas (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Gattas – “You lose to everybody, I ain’t about to be The First 48 [40 ate]!”

Tori Doe defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: That “smell like a free clinics” line in round 2 by 40 B.A.R.R.S. here was mean…and funny. And damn if 40 didn’t kill that 3rd round, name flip-spazzing and punching with authority throughout what was a spitfire turn. Then too, for all the heat 40 took for those chilling personals towards Tori Doe on the topic of abortion? Hey, it’s battle rap. On the other side of things, she might just be 85 pounds, but when she’s on her A-game Tori Doe can spit like a giant. Indeed, in this fierce QOTR 3-rounder, Tori straight stunted on her opponent throughout the battle with a versatile, consistently spicy, performance-rich, NYC-scheme lit, brazen, condensed and personally salacious showing that with nary a dry spot edged her the first couple of rounds for the win.

Verdict: Tori Doe (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Tori Doe – “I’ll flash the heat on this old bitch so quick she’ll think it was menopause!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Norma Bayts

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Recap: Well, that was loud. QOTR matchup between 40 B.A.R.R.S. and Norma Bayts what with all the hostility in the ring, comes with plenty of replay value as judging from the sheer aggression, nasty personals and intensity, the two definitely won’t be trading Xmas cards this year. Still, for all of Norma’s mayhem-lit lines and boisterous raps, it wasn’t until the 3rd round (where she arguably had the best bar of the battle) that most would land. A close one nonetheless, a more condensed, versatile and more consistently thrifty with the wordplay 40 would edge rounds 1 and 2 for the win here.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “Your music and your footage like your bars…all ass too!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Menace

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Recap: Whoever ends up writing a complete, nuanced and factual book on battle rap history will certainly have to dedicate a chapter or two to Grind Time. As GT was not only one of the early successful battle leagues, it influenced many to start their own leagues later on and so many top tier greats who still battle today started their careers on Grind Time. That said, for all the ups and downs, controversies, behind-the-scene shit, etc. that GT dealt with before its ultimate demise, none irks a recap person more than the robberies that went down there, especially considering the fact that when you’re a league that keep tracks of battlers win-loss records (who can influence future plates), there shouldn’t be any room for biased and/or incompetent judges. So who knows what went down here (the judges and who voted for who wasn’t shown in the vid), but this battle between 40 B.A.R.R.S. and Menace had no business going to overtime. None. Indeed, while Menace wasn’t bad with her aggressive punches and some of her hard-hitting personals, 40 clearly out-rapped her all 3 rounds with a more consistent palette of boastful zingers, biting trap talk, sexual exploits and piercing punchlines, not to mention more haymakers. Hell, even with 40 getting frustrated having to do an OT and shortening her round a bit, her cleaner turn there should’ve given her the edge. Yeah, this was just bad.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 3-0

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S.- “I don’t bodybag bitches, I send them to the urn!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Star Smilez

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Recap: Nice, strong and punch-worthy effort from Star Smilez in this 3-rounder from QOTR. But a prepared 40 B.A.R.R.S. is capable of beating anyone on any given day, as shown here with the Boston femcee flexing throughout via some superlative wordplay, boastful barbs, gritty sexual accolades, head-ringing personals and piercing punchlines to take the latter two rounds for the win after getting edged in the 1st.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “Run up on Star with that left, i ain’t looking for no autograph!”

Imah X defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: Kicking a gang of righteous heat to go along with a bunch of stifling personals, piercing punchlines and solid wordplay, Imah X beats back a lyrically-bent and punch-lit at times, but also flow-challenged 40 B.A.R.R.S in this Sparring Session battle from QOTR.

Verdict: Imah X (W) 2-1 

Favorite line: Imah X – “Bitch, you a mom, if you be with the toaster, it’s Eggo’s, stop playing, if you got those blocks locked…it’s Lego’s!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Gatman Jones

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Recap: You’d think when people in the crowd are yelling that they can’t hear you on stage, someone would be smart enough to get the battlers a mic or two ro rap with. Either way, if you listen close enough you can hear 40 B.A.R.R.S. get pretty gully with it here and just snap on gritty, but also topsy-turvy opponent Gatman Jones, using enough stifling personals, sexual salutations and boastful darts to take rounds 1 and 3 for the win in this 3-rounder from Grind Time New England.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “They gonna think I killed Kenny when I bust in this BabyFace!”