Recap: Top tier battle rappers get paid to battle no-names all the time, it’s just part of the business. But a dude with battle rap experience, but fresh out of prison from an 8-year bid putting $10K on the line to battle Hitman Holla?!? Well, while that certainly doesn’t happen every day, it definitely speaks to Hitman’s immense popularity and you’d think it’d at least be competitive. The problem for Hitman is, of course, that his verbal acumen doesn’t always match his mass appeal and against a dude with plenty of times to write bars, that could be risky. In this case, after two rounds of dishing aggressive and performance-heavy, but mostly basic bars, Hitman’s lucky that his opponent, Byron Blake, while dipped with plenty of bravado and aggression, really didn’t really put points on the scoreboard till the 3rd round. In other words, a battle with a lotta dough on the line fails to impress and Hitman does just enough to sneak out of there with a win.
Verdict: Hitman Holla (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Hitman Holla – “I’m still warming up, this just a prefix nigger, Showout!, Hey yo Showout!…see, you ain’t even worth the remix, nigger!”
