Recap: From KOTD, it’s funny sometimes reading battle rap commenters spout their ignorance with comments like “T-Rex is too direct, that’s why he lost”…right, ok . Either way in this style clash between Rex and Chilla Jones, the Dot Mobb leader’s penchant for hard-hitting trap talk, righteous darts, gritty/braggadocio street bars and crafty (tho he did have a few reaches here and there) wordplay are just enough to edge rounds 1 and 3 for the win. The more ‘intricate’ and personal/scheme-rich Jones, while pretty solid throughout, too often (esp. in the decidin round 3) suffering from pedestrian bars and elongated rounds to beat back his opponent.
Verdict: T-Rex (W) 2-1
Favorite line: T-Rex – “When you spitting your raps, just don’t spit when you rap, any disrespect I can’t make these nigga’s relax, they gonna end up getting you clapped, now you out here trending, not on Twitter but on Citizen’s app!”
Recap: From KOTD, close for both of the opening rounds, it’s still the more intricate punching, wordplay fly, personal-lit and slightly more (tho it did look for a few seconds there in round 2 that he was about to choke) condensed/efficient Chilla Jones who edges rounds 1 and 2 for the win. That’s before another gritty punchfest in the 3rd by Chilla got him the shutout over an opponent in Peppe, who while solid, flexing with some off-the-dome heat and competitve throughout, was a bit elongated and couldn’t keep up with Jones when it came to variety or personals.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “You all bark, but that’s Cool Joe [Cujo] but I’m the big dog here!”
Recap: From Takeova Battle League, Ant Keef and Chilla Jones for one round and while it’s a competitive turn with battlers delivering on a boatload of gritty punchlines, it’s the more haymaker-lit, wordplay-hitting and versatile Jones who earns the win.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “This can’t be right, y’all done put Ant vs. a jackhammer, I done headlined everywhere, Australia to Atlanta, so saying he was gonna win this battle?, bad answer, but it’ll be ‘Ant’ in the ER for that banter!”
Recap: In this 1-rounder from The Stage, up-n-coming battler Wave Phenom makes some noise and keeps it competitive via a shitload of brash punches, some solid name flips and aggressive street raps. However, equipped with a gang of boastful barbs, mayhem-lit punchlines, fiery schemes/personals, gripping name flips of his own and some lethal wordplay, it’s the vet Chilla Jones who scores more than enough haymakers for the win.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Punch, slumped in your hands, a gun in my hand, it’s Ocean Spray, I’m putting Wave in front of a can!”
Recap: From The Riot, deftly promoting her OnlyFans account while delivering a pretty solld and versatile effort throughout, Viixen The Assassin kept it close and competitive in this 3-rounder against Chilla Jones. But outside of a 3rd round that saw him get clearly out-punched, a more condensed Mr. Jones’ steadier mix of hitting personals, clever wordplay and gritty punchlines proved to be just enough to edge both the 1st and 2nd rounds for the win.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “We all can hear that you sound like Twork, you can admit that star is your idol, you got so much of blood in ya pad, we all thought you started your cycle!”
Recap: In this 1-rounder from iBattleTV, Chilla Jones unleashes a torrent of lyrical finesse, using a consistent barrage of slick name flips when it came to his opponent’s nickname (i.e. ‘The Face’), consistently gritty punchlines and a well-knit weaving of wit and wordplay that sealed the victory over home team upstart Febou, who started off well and kept it competitive with a bunch of solid punches during the first half of his round before slowing own and faltering in the latter half thanks to a boatload of pedestrian bars.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “I had a date with your slut, we watched an iBattle stream, we was faded and stuck, she tried to blush to conceal her shame, but I’m a mac I ain’t making this up, while you was rapping one round verse Geechi, nigga she too was facing a nut!”
Recap: From URL, a highly personal, but classic and superbly put together and righteous/irony-filled 3rd (which for whatever reason gained a lot of controversy online) coupled with a 1st and 2nd rounds that were both slightly more condensed and heavy on fiery schemes, sizzling wordplay and a variety of stinging punchlines gives Chilla Jones the edge in all 3 rounds of this Born Legacy 13 matchup for the win over a mostly punch-heavy, performance-lit and multifaceted Klutz, who outside of a few dry spots here and there, still made his mark and kept it competitive.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “In this game I’m really the one playa, like story mode!”
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: From TBL Shark Tank. In one of those competitive and scintillating barfests you don’t often get to see, a slightly more versatile, personal-spazzing and scheme/punch-lit Chilla Jones takes the 1st round and (after a debatable 2nd) and edges the 3rd to gain the win a pretty dope Xcel in a battle that when it comes to sizzling wordplay/metaphors, fierce name flips/anecdotes, seismic similes, high battle IQ, boastful barbs and piercing set-ups/punchlines offers up a tremendous start to 2023.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “You trying to buy music from ‘Cel?, back in the day I ain’t even buy ring tones!”
Recap: Against the mostly braggadocious (and basic) raps of JDK, Chilla Jones unleashes a steady stream of stinging personals, righteous 4-bar setup/punchlines, witty barbs, reckless violence and a hard-hitting 3rd round rebuttal to easily catch a 30 and take this 3-rounder from VLMG & Tha Kulture.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “You just gonna find a way to lose, I mean usually I battle names, I don’t get points for JDK, this ain’t Scrabble game!”
Recap: While Chilla Jones versus Quban on OSBL can definitely be filed under those ‘Out of Nowhere’ matchups, this 3-rounder is still a fire battle nonethess. Indeed, a turned-up Quban would make his mark throughout the bout with a barrage of gritty punches (esp. in round 2 which he somehow edged after a dope turn by Chilla), graphic mayhem and hitting name flips. While Chilla was…well just Chiila, dishing a plethora of stinging gun bars, cold euphemisms, witty barbs/personals, sturdy name flips of his own, fly smiles and hardbody punchlines. Three competitive rounds provided by both battlers, it’s a slightly more condensed, haymaker-lit and consistently scoring Chilla who edges the 1st and 3rd round’s for the win.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “So get popped or get whipped back to back like gridlock!”
Recap: From Takeova Battle League, a bit of a memory lapse the second round (which he managed to freestyle his way through) cost Chilla Jones a debatable there, but a round 1 and 3 enriched with a steady barrage of sizzling 4-bar setups/punchlines, flexing mayhem, stinging name flips and spicy similes/wordplay handily gets him the win over an overall soild-puinching, but too drunk on the pontifications Dre Litez.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “But don’t worry, we’ll cheer [wheelchair] for you and give you a push [applause], see how I got this platform ramped up?!”
Recap: Despite the rare sight of Chilla Jones struggling to remember his bars (as he does here in round 2 which would lead to him having to save face and freestyle his way through), in this 3-rounder from Alaska’s Sitka Battle League, Mr. Top Tier from the Proving Grounds’ well-finessed schemes, rigid punches and stinging name flips/boasts in rounds 1 and 3 would easily get past a cadence and aggressive-lit, but mostly subpar punching Heat.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “So do y’all mind that I tried switching?, cut out a whole round just to make this up for debate like ice fishing!”
Recap: Blame the local plumber guy aesthetics or a narrative that goes way back to his JC battle, but I’ve never understood how the average battle rap fan who really feens for quality pens can continue to label Chilla Jones as ‘boring’ (or something to the like). Especially when he’s done such a great job at transitioning from an elongated, scheme-heavy puncher to one of the most versatile battlers in the game. Indeed, from displaying excellent wit to proving to be a deft angler to sporting a gang of stifling wordplay (esp. during a killer round 2 here versus Mike P), with over a decade in the game C. Jones doesn’t get appreciated enough imo. Thus while showing off the stark difference between mid-tier and top tier status, despite another pretty solid, rambunctious, punch/personal-heavy at times and earnest effort from Mike (esp. in the 1st and 3rd rounds), Jones ability to take it to another level with a barrage of stinging name flips, spicy angles within angles, over-the-top alliterations, well-equipped braggadicous darts, funny/mocking personals, piercing punchlines and sturdy schemes/gun bars while rarely missing a beat, earns him a 30 in this To Live & Die in L.A. bout from URL.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “If you ask me I think you a bitch…respectfully, so this angle is directed at you instead of she, I’m a flip P upside down and let her be [B]!”
Recap: Deftly taking on his opponent’s battle rap deficiencies (i.e. reaches, ego, etc) throughout the battle, while also scoring with some righteous storytelling, potent wordplay, mocking personals, fiery set-ups, dope punchlines and a boatload of fierce schemes, Chilla Jones makes up for a disappointing showing in his last battle against Emerson Kennedy by taking both of the opening rounds here in this URL/Super Fight 6 card to get the win over Serius Jones, who while delivering another lyrically solid (and witty at times) performance in his latest URL run (in fact, he took the 3rd here), still victimized himself with elongated rounds that contained too much filler, personals/angles that were so-so and ghastly pedestrian (‘All I C is Chilla backwards’) bars that he probably should’ve ran by one of his friends before he decided to use it.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Self-love, I wasn’t even gonna take you Serius because nobody else does!”
Recap: Outside of an opening round that saw a way more punch-heavy and wordplay spicy Chilla Jones take with relative ease over a so-so turn by Automatic Ray, while the latter rounds of this 3-round Universal Battle Realm were more competitive (esp. with Ray getting more busy with a gang of witty barbs and piercing punches/personals), the 2020 Champion of the Year would prove to be too much here, scoring left and right with a bunch of flexing rebuttals/freestyles, bruising name flips and crazy dope set-ups/punchlines in both rounds 2 and 3 on his way to a well-earned 30.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Some say I’m overpaid ‘cuz they don’t give Ray bands…that’s why he throwing shade!”
Recap: From jump, you could tell that Emerson Kennedy really wanted this one. The Utah-to-Cali battle rapper displaying a shitload of confidence and aggression while airing out a gang of fiery 4-bar-setups, witty/mocking personals, bruising wordplay, fierce street riddims, a spicy rebuttal or two and piercing punchlines/name flips to beat back a mostly solid and versatile, but slow-starting Chilla Jones (indeed, his best round was the 3rd) in rounds 1 and 2 of what was a pretty entertaining and competitive URL/Traffic 4 bout.
Verdict: Emerson Kennedy (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Emerson Kennedy – “Chill, the last time I stepped on eggshells is because the shoes was off-white!”
Recap: Dope battle between homogeneous battlers Chilla Jones and Kid Chaos on Smack Volume 8 ends up going Mr. Jones’ way as the Boston vet’s fiery punches, rigid personals, fire style breakdowns, flexing wordplay and oft-stellar name flips does just enough to beat his performance/scheme-heavy, also personal-lit and gun bar hitting, but elongated (esp. during a meandering round 1) opponent in the deciding round 3 (after Chaos had a sublime and haymaker rich 2nd round) for the win.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “No N.O.M.E.’s or Summer Madness’s, most your peers coming back for the second time, it seems Kid can’t keep up with his class, I thought it was No Child Left Behind!”
Recap: Not a Chilla Jones we’re used to seeing and we’re not just referring to trading in the usual baseball cap with a white towel over the shoulder for an open bald head and a pair of sunglasses. New aesthetics aside, one too many darts surrounding Tay Roc’s Gun Titles partner Tsu Surf, personals that might warrant further inspection and a surprising lack of substantive schemes from Mr. Jones were also befuddling. Yet in this long-awaited N.O.M.E. battle as a testament to his mettle, the 2020 COTY still managed to keep thing close with some steady punching power here and there as well as a gang of fire name flips throughout the bout. That said, outside of 3 prolonged rounds, go figure that Roc would adjust his game plan and still provide enough consistent heat to get the 30. The B-More vet flexing his versatility with a mix of fiery schemes, gritty name flips, stinging gun bars, dope personals, some lyrical showmanship (esp. in round 1) and potent street missives that with concise execution edged him all 3 rounds for the 30.
Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Tay Roc – “Somethin’ ’bout me might, pick up a ladder, my main squeeze, fill him with lead, hit Chill’ in the head: brainfreeze!”
Recap: Elongated with his rounds, but gritty/righteous with the punches throughout, Trebo makes for a noteworthy performance on the VLMG/Tha Kulture stage here against Chilla Jones. But condensed throughout the battle and scoring left and right with fiery gun bars, rigid name flips and a dope freestyle game that was especially made its mark in the final round, score another 30 for Mr. Jones.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Now let’s address the elephant in the room…you dumb Bo [Dumbo]!”
Recap: Against a performance-heavy, but topsy-turvy K-Shine whose wild idioms and oft-reckless punches made it seem like he was just throwing anything at a wall to see what sticks, Chilla Jones enlists a dope Matrix-themed round 1, before unleashing a wide barrage of festive name flips, mocking/righteous personals, piercing punchlines, some quality wordplay and a spitfire 1st round freestyle to handily gain a 30 in what was a highly-anticipated URL Smack Volume 7 matchup.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Have you ever seen Morpheus glasses?, I mean your style’s is a reflection of it clear, ‘cuz yeah, it look good on the lenses, it just got no connection to the ear!”
Recap: Granted, the B. Dot/Loaded Lux comparisons and the Chilla Jones = nerd disses have all been heard and run into the ground aplenty and thus shouldn’t take away from what was a pretty intense at times and mostly competitive battle between Dot and Jones. That said, this bout was simply a matter of Jones just out-punching his opponent in each round. Finessing repeatedly with the heat, wordplay-lit, scheme-heavy, self-deprecating at times and scoring with some earth-scorching personals, in this 3-rounder from Smack Volume 6, Chilla was just well…Chilla, all the while taking advantage of a B. Dot while still delivering 3 pretty solid turns, struggled a bit with his flow, wasn’t as consistently illuminating with his punches as we’re used to seeing and frankly speaking, seemed to take this battle a little too personal (that Nunu Nellz jump-in didn’t qualify at all), like he had a grudge.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “A real Black leader should be keeping us out of prison, your name Dot, how about you try and teach us how to stop a sentence?!”
Recap: From No Coast New England, a good 1-rounder between Chilla Jones and CGA sees the latter get aggressive and score with some bombastic punchlines and hard-hitting personals. But a more versatile and steady with the heat Mr. Jones, whether he was delivering some piercing gun bars, flexing metaphorical wordplay, mocking personals, fire schemes or scintillating punches/name flips, ends up earning the win here.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Young Christmas, ‘cuz you so muthafuckin’ gifted?!, not at all, how about we change your name to Young New Years Eve?…you about to drop the ball!”
Recap: Confident enough in his raps to go first even with the coin flip coming out in his favor, an aggressive throughout Real Sikh puts a dope show with a wide load of loaded punchlines, witty darts, mocking personals and crazy nice set-ups. But damn if Chilla Jones didn’t take this Rookies vs. Vets battle seriously, the Boston King Pen scoring with a couple of fire rebuttals when he wasn’t also lighting up the scoreboard with a gang of sizzling name/bar flips, steely gun bars, boastful shiners, belittling vet talk, spicy 4-bar set-ups/punches and fiery wordplay/personals that coupled with a two condensed turns in the opening rounds gives Jones the win before a debatable 3rd.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Real Sikhs can’t even cut their hair, so it’s ironic that you want this fade now!”
Recap: In this 1-rounder from King of the 5 Battle League, Chilla Jones swats away allegations of stealing bars and an aggressive, but mostly pedestrian Mike Caswell with a steady barrage of fine tuned name flips, a mocking fast-food scheme, fiery gun lines and a gang of piercing punchlines to get the win.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Chilla for a new greeting, sorry to those I’m about to scare, but I’m over ya head with this [Boom!] Mike, just to make it loud and clear!”
Recap: A punch-fest between Chilla Jones and Jerry Wess goes Chilla’s way as the Boston rapper’s (who also came with a handful of nice rebuttals) more intricate darts, stinging name flips, fiery personals and buoyant wordplay/schemes in the first two rounds gave him the win in this competitive 3-round matchup, before both combatants stepped up their versatility and bar efficiency in the final round to make that one a debatable.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Man I could see your man’s is nervous, every hand that lands stretch out Wess [West]…Louisiana Purchase!”
Recap: In this competitive rooftop battle from URL/Smack, Geechi Gotti uses a consistent barrage of sublime and well-connected punchlines, belittling personals and flexing wordplay to edge the first two rounds over a pretty solid and name flip/personals-savvy, but less pointed, elongated and gun bar excessive Chilla Jones. Focused on the now contentious times that have led to so much civil unrest around the world, the normally 3rd round superior Geechi dedicated his final turn to current events instead of his opponent, leaving Chilla Jones with n easy chance to take the round, which he did with an aggressive and punch-heavy turn that worked with enough efficiency to avoid the 30.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Two .40’s, you get the ugly model…Grace Jones!”
Recap: Both battlers shilling for lyrical showmanship, Danja Zone and Chilla Jones go at it for 1 electric round in this Quarantine battle on Smack/URL. And while Danja’s rapid punches and eccentric wordplay made their mark for the most part, some reaches on the punches here and there in addition to his fellow Writer’s Bloque member Chilla’s more pointed darts, piercing name flips, heated gun bars and festive/intricate punchlines gives Jones the win.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “I zone in and I zone out, I took the Dr. Scholl’s route, I’m trying to knock his soul [sole] out, I’m leaving shells all over the floor…Texas Roadhouse!”
Recap: Crazy, dope and punchline-lit battle between Chilla Jones and Nu Jerzey Twork sees NJT display why when he’s focused, so many of his peers feel he’s one of the best in the game. Indeed, during the 1st and 3rd rounds, Twork just spouted haymaker after haymaker with near-flawless execution not only using Chilla’s own slogans against him but also a boatload of stirring/witty anecdotes, head-twisting punches, fierce name flips, some stellar wordplay, fiending personals and raucous gun bars to take the 1st and edge the 3rd over an aggressive opponent who after a so-so (for him, anyway) 1st round, stepped up in both of the latter rounds (got Jones edging the 2nd round) with a wide load of deft schemes, some well-aimed heat of his own, piercing punchlines and rigid personals. Altogether, a superb bout with Twork earning the win.
Verdict: Nu Jerzey Twork (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “You figured you could go over with them white people and go on a rampage, here go somebody else makin’ it all about you, that’s a fan page, we do shit only niggas can Chill, that’s a man cave!”
Recap: As expected, Chilla Jones versus Rum Nitty turned out to be an incredible battle with all the booming haymakers, ringing gun bars, stinging (Chilla: “I’m a gun fanatic, follow the guidelines of Chill, if you Rum, then I’m vodka that’s five times the steel [distill]!”) punchlines, fiery schemes and stunted wordplay one could ask for during 3 highly competitive rounds. Ironically, while some might call it fitting that this bout ends up as a draw (we’re calling the 1st round debatable before Chilla took the 2nd and Rum took the 3rd), one can’t help but think that as electric as Rum was with his crafty bag of righteous heat, performance-heavy zingers and sublime punches, with the history of these two former Writer’s Bloque members, Rum choosing to pass up on almost any personals (as opposed to Chilla, who went there quite frequently with some hilarious effect) could’ve made a difference between winning. No knock really on Run as personals aren’t his forte, but still. Then too Chilla, a rapper’s rapper, but long known for elongated rounds, may’ve won this battle here if he was able to keep his final round a little more condensed. Nonetheless, when two top tiers go at it like this, you can be sure that you got your money’s worth.
Verdict: TIE
Favorite line: Rum Nitty – “You don’t got it this nice, you can see the effect when I punch like a comic book fight!”
Recap: At least this was one (the 3rd in their controversial trilogy) was a lot closer, so much so that we could call it a draw in lieu of Real Deal stepping it up from his last bout against Chilla Jones by displaying much more versatility, consistency and potency with his bars. Loaded too with plenty of mentions regarding their last battle and a boatload of wit as well as breakdowns of each other’s style from each side, for its competitiveness alone, Jones vs. Deal 3 is easily the best match of the series. A slightly more punch-heavy Jones edges the first round before a (“So when I beat you, fans that loved us both turned on me too, cause you’re such a nice guy, you’re awesome dude, but every face needs a good heel that’s why I’m curb stompin’ you!”) personal-heavy Deal returns the favor in the 3rd. The deciding 3rd round, for all its fiery 4-bar set-ups, stinging personals and flashy schemes/punchlines, can go either way what with a condensed turn by Deal matching an elongated turn by Chilla when it comes to bar efficiency.
Verdict: TIE
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Go ‘head, make mockeries of my passion and purpose, but I will leave you in grave [engrave] and I’m just scratching the surface, how ’bout a bullet in ya eye Deal [ideal], that would be perfect!”
Recap: It’s 2019 and rematches are slowly becoming a thing, so why not Chilla Jones versus DNA Part 2? The two vets, who first battled each other way back in 2013, return here on the GOTC TV stage and make it tight with a gun bar-heavy and performance nice DNA edging the 1st round before Jones returned the favor with a blistering, scheme and punch-lit 2nd round to edge what was a pretty dope turn by his robust opponent. But DNA, who was more consistently prepared throughout the match, turned it up in the deciding 3rd round what with a wordplay-heavy, personal-spazzing, rebuttal/tutorial fiery and punchline-drunk turn that easily beat a solid, but inconsistent and not as potent run by Chilla.
Verdict: DNA (W) 2-1
Favorite line: DNA – “I got better since NOME 3, I just got way too much respect for my fans, so the only way y’all will see the same DNA…Gemini Man!”
Recap: Chilla Jones ventures to the UK’s Manchester Academy to take on Academy 18 finalist Major Concerns and what transpires is a close, at times punch-heavy bout that’s probably more noted for its understated wordplay then consistent potency on either side. But Jones, slightly more versatile with the bars, while to the delight of the raucous crowd, fire with the set-ups, personals, schemes and name flips, overall delivers more heat then his solid, but less potent opponent to take this 1-rounder.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “It seems if you wanna fight any man’s that above you, well could scrap…think he’s a swinger ‘cuz he ran through a couple!”
Recap: People who judge battles based on emotion shouldn’t be judging battles, because that can be the only reason Real Deal got the win (and the KOTD chain) over Chilla Jones here and that’s just not right. Hell, even I gave Real Deal the 3rd round, a punch-heavy, personal and at times heartfelt turn that surely touched anyone who’s dealt (or is dealing) with ailing family members. But the reason Real Deal got the final round here is because he consistently punched better than his opponent, NOT because he emoted better. And then of course, there’s a matter of the first two rounds: clear wins to anyone within earshot for Jones. After a solid, aggressive and at times punchline-spazzing turn by Deal in the first, Jones would come right back with a spitfire, over-the-top, personal lit and wordplay-heavy drenched with haymakers. And while the 2nd round was a little closer, combined with Real Deal’s inconsistency on potency and bent for pedestrian lines, a Jones’ that while he wasn’t quite as heavy-handed as he was in the first, was still more versatile with the punches, flexing with the name flips and way more personal savvy with the bars clearly took that round too for the win. Indeed, the controversy surrounding this battle’s verdict was warranted and KOTD should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “I used to like your style specifically ‘cuz yours was different, now Real dropping lines got y’all hooked, no debate…but it’s more than fishing!”
Recap: Not sure where the ‘soundalike’ stuff comes as not only are the cadence’s much different, while Steams can certainly dish some rich schemes here and there (but nowhere near Chilla’s level), the feeling here is that the Brooklyn spitter’s more noted for his unorthodox wordplay, gritty punches and 4-bar setups than anything else. That said, outside of a close 2nd round, Chilla Jones just toys with Steams here, using a gang of ridiculous punchlines, pointed personals, stinging metaphors, boastful shiners, fierce gun bars and of course, heavy-loaded schemes to easily take the 1st and 3rd rounds over his sometimes flow-challenged opponent, gain the win and end up settling for a debatable 2nd round thanks in part to the Kingpen rapping too long.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “A knife to his face, swipe through the Cakes, slice through his face, I’m Nelly in ‘Tip Drill’!”
Recap: With the KOTD championship on the line, after a pretty subpar 1st round that he still won thanks to opponent Head I.C.E.’s elongated and mostly nonsensical turn, challenger Chilla Jones ups the ante on his bar efficiency, wordplay, personals and schemes in the latter rounds. Only getting edged by the champ in a competitive round 2 due to I.C.E’s funny bone going on nuclear, before Chilla easily takes the 3rd and deciding round with a punch-heavy and versatile turn that overcame yet another unorganized, mostly pedestrian and zany go-around from I.C.E.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “So yeah, you the King of the Dot, but you really think they impartial?, they just wanted a Black on the throne like Meghan Markle!”
Recap: Dunsh’s often (“Chilla Jones, 35 and still alone, looks like the ladies don’t appreciate your quill Jerome!”) biting, self-deprecating and sarcastic sense of humor makes this a close one overall. But after getting edged in round 1, a more versatile, consistent with the fire (“See, I was booked to destroy ya, and after this they gonna see me excel, so you can’t be that good of a lawyer!”) punches and angle-savvy Chilla Jones does enough to take the latter two rounds and win this entertaining battle from iBattle.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “That nose, looks like it’s one of Owen Wilson’s nose’s children!”
Recap: Not quite your best Chilla Jones and a bit elongated for one round, but a more versatile with the pen Mr. Jones still manages to dish enough fiery punches, potent schemes/name flips and lofty personals to beat back an aggressive, but too often pedestrian and one-dimensional Kapitol.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “I’m trying hard not to backslide, bringing Capitol Punishment, but I’m still Not a Player…Track 5!
Recap: A battle rap staple in St. Louis, RemyD returns to the stage for a rare appearance and uses his poetic, rapid-punching style to give Chilla Jones all he can handle in this 1-rounder from Street Status. But despite struggling a bit to keep his flow together mid-round, against an opponent who was mostly pedestrian with his bars, the Kingpen’s fiery schemes/personals, formidable name flips and spicy punches prove to be too much in the end.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “I’ll light him up, give him plenty from the Glock, have one sent [cent] to his head…that’s a penny for his thoughts!”
Recap: As hellbent as H.A. Double was here on blaming this loss on a couple of slip-ups in the 1st round, truth is that a gang of reaches in the first couple of rounds on H.A.’s part, along with a more consistent with his heat, scheme-savvy, name-flip spazzing and (“Somebody hit me like, ‘Every day someone attacking you Jones!’, but I knew being King would have nigga’s trying to Black on a throne!”) versatile/potent with the punchlines Chilla Jones is why the Kingpen took this one, before the ever-confident, underrated with the (“My pretense got the King looking like a peasant, you talk all that jazz, well now you gotta feel a real New Orleans essence!”) punches and philosophically-bent Double made his mark with a spitfire 3rd to avoid getting 30’d.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Making so much money off of the books…I’m J.K. Rowling!”
Recap: Sticking it to his punchline-bent opponent, Born, with earnest derision throughout the battle, Chilla Jones also flexes his versatile pen with a host of admirable name flips, pointed personals (that even included using a chart to highlight Born’s up-n-down battle career), ill braggadocios (“OK, let me stop there, this was suicide, he can’t hang unless I show him the ropes!”) darts and fiery schemes/punches to take the first two rounds for the win. Born, who was for the most part pretty (“I put in work to get to Chill…paid vacation!”) solid, but still struggled a bit with his flow in the earlier rounds, did manage to put his punch-heavy, verbal/wordplay semantics altogether in a fire 3rd round that saved him from getting 3-0’d.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “He get to work around 5, then I’m showing up at 4:30, so if he show up prematurely, then I’m getting Born…early!”
Recap: Not exactly a Chilla Jones that was on his A-game, but in this 3-rounder from CRB, Jones uses some rigid punchlines, hefty gun bars, piercing name flips, some dry wit and a handful of boastful shiners to score a 30 anyway versus a solid, but not consistently potent Made Wade.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “So tell Ottawa son [Sun], I ain’t with the corny ho shit, everyone I whip be gangster, sorry Po Rich!”
Recap: Once again, an elongated Chilla Jones. But even against a solid and sometimes witty showing by MVP, the versatility with the punchlines or more notably, the flexing name flips from Mr. Jones edges this 1-rounder from Street Status.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “I’m fucking cutthroat, I’ll put a couple slices up besides his neck, one blade could make his future look different, I guess that’s the Butterfly Effect!”
Recap: The 5-0 resembling Deast scores with some hot punchlines here and there, but when a personal/scheme/punch-heavy Chilla Jones dropped the acronym haymaker on his opponent like midway through his round, you kind of sensed that this one was over. And it was.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “And I just heard you had a drug problem, what a misfit, went through them 12 steps so many times, he broke his Fitbit!”
Recap: Never let it be said that Chilla Jones won’t battle in your hood as here we see the veteran Boston battler traveling all the way to New Mexico for 3 rounds with local spitter Biz. Put aside all the loud chatter in the background from the crowd throughout the match as well as Jones reaching a couple of times with crowd participation efforts that went nowhere, a pretty solid, witty and punch-heavy at times battle ensued with the name flip/gun bar/scheme-spazzing Jones easily taking the first two rounds from his inconsistent opponent for the win before a debatable 3rd.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “I’ll treat you like an airplane seat with my gat, you wanna why?…’cuz when I lft the tray [.3] you’ll see a magazine in his back!”
Recap: Chilla Jones makes it look way too easy here, using a plethora of sublime punchlines, hitting multi’s, piercing name flips and daunting gun bars to easily beat back a persevering, but mostly mediocre with the punches Shine9 in this 3-rounder from Smoked Out Battles.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Boy, with the toy I’ll aim and pull it, two different.9’s, that ain’t Nerf I’m giving this New Wave a bullet!”
Recap: Using some potent wordplay, hard-hitting schemes and a gang of piercing punchlines to out-rap a lyrical opponent who was much nicer here with the personals than the punches, outside of a debatable 2nd round, Chilla Jones easily beats back Canadian rapper Illipsis in the 1st and 3rd rounds to take this 3-rounder from KOTD.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “The flow iller, and they used to call me boring well…save that for the old Chilla, when they compare me to NyQuil now, bitch that’s ‘cuz I’m a cold killer!”
Recap: Chilla Jones has been in the game too long to not know that elongated rounds can work against him. But somehow the ‘Kingpen’ still falls victim to either wanting to show off his pen way too much (which against a stellar lyricist like Iron Solomon is understandable) or he just doesn’t have the wherewithal to make his rounds more succinct and get rid of unnecessary filler. To be fair, in what was a punch-heavy-on-both-sides lyrical manifesto that stayed close throughout, Chilla’s versatility game stayed on high alert here, as the Boston rapper flexed repeatedly with fire punchlines, grandiose schemes, dope (“Summer the only time you was facing a Murda, when Mook was done with you, all they found was your glasses and a Skittles bag!”) personals/name flips and solid gun lines. But one too many nimble reaches with the bars, sermonizing (leave the impression’s alone, even if it’s in good taste, it’s just not you); gritty but nonsensical bars towards an opponent who doesn’t pretend too much to be street and a lack of cohesion with the bars was just enough to leave a more compact, braggadocio, theme-centric, set-up/personal heavy and wordplay (“Sometimes you gotta talk to these bitches, I’m mansplaining!”) spazzing Iron Solomon with enough room to take the latter two rounds and earn the win.
Verdict: Iron Solomon (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Iron Solomon – “I’m Q, I’ll write through anyone in this guy’s crew, anybody could fucking get it, I’m AIDS in 9-2!”
Recap: When faced against the rapid name flips and wicked punchlines from Chilla Jones, the mostly passive punches from British rapper Mr Re are not only basic, but cost him the first couple of rounds as well as a win. Still, it’s not all bad as despite being vulnerable to a sweep, Re manages to turn it up with a punch-heavy, fire 3rd and avoid getting 30’d.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “I ain’t scared of dude, shit, I’ll even let him reach for his heater first, ‘cuz if he shoot, then I’m a give him bucks back, point it Reimbursed!”
Recap: In this 3-rounder from KOTD, a (“The .45 bullet a big rocket, arm extended, shit’s brolic, but he ain’t see me reach for it like a pick-pocket!”) punch-heavy and a little more consistent Krome takes round 1, before Chilla Jones wakes up and styles on his opponent, using solid schemes, jaunty punchlines, vet mode (“How is your crew ahead of us, when we’re the designated drivers, I mean we brought you to this party so you could get a buzz!”) set-ups, salacious name flips and even a few freestyles/rebuttals to turn things around. take the latter two rounds and garner the win.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “I’m foul and I’m flagrant too, so let your team know, you’ll get smacked after the battle, bitch I’m in beast mode!”
Recap: In this 1-rounder from Premiere Rap Battle League, SeeJee, with his boatload of witty barbs and piercing punchlines, certainly provided enough heat and competition to make Chilla Jones work for it. And that Jones did with a steady and condensed stream of personal-savvy, wordplay-intricate and punch-heavy bars that allowed him to edge what was a pretty dope battle.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “What I write is out of this world, a sci-fi author, this hand [Han], solo [Solo], could turn you into a sky walker [Skywalker]!”
Recap: Strange to see Chilla Jones get so personal in a battle, but here against Stuey Newton he does just that and kind of cost him, rarely scheming, loading up his rounds with too much filler and overall, really spouting more bars to reflect personal animus rather than trying to win a battle. Not that Stuey would complain as after a couple of nice rebuttals edges him round 2 and gets him a split going into the final round, Newton’s continual penchant for gritty punchlines along with a stream of ill personals gets him the deciding 3rd round and an easy win after what was a haphazard turn from Mr. Jones.
Verdict: Stuey Newton (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Stuey Newton – “This flow kills, tell me how this losing your soul feels, your family get the news, they’ll be out of control….yeah they got no chill!”
Recap: Even without the trademark towel on his shoulder, Chilla Jones proves he’s still the ‘Kingpen’, slicing up a witty and punch-heavy, but sometimes elongated Ness Lee with a slew of fiery wordplay, lurid schemes and fierce personals to take the deciding 3rd round in an entertaining battle from VDM5 in Chicago,
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Nigga, you look like Mr. Clean….fell asleep in a tanning booth!”
Recap: Well prepared going back to his GrindTime days, John John da Don has always known how to keep his rounds short. And even after a year-plus hiatus from battling, JJDD’s ability to condense his bars continues to pay off. Indeed, JJDD after getting edged bar-for-bar in the 1st round against fellow PG vet (“No exaggeration, against wack emcees, I rap with ease, in big battles you would think I’m half-Asian…I’m Blackenese!”) Chilla Jones, the more condensed, Bullpen Battles league owner comes back with storm of banging {“You went from league owner to PG, that’s still pushing through, I went from PG to league owner and now I’m booking you!”) personals, witty barbs and fiery punchlines to take the latter two and gain the win.
Verdict: John John da Don (W) 2-1
Favorite line: John John da Don – “Prep, you beat Prep? Yeah, you beat him after I’d already crippled him, Gjonaj?, that was after Dizaster had already finished him, even Illmac loss to Rone, he couldn’t keep his belt and as far as Th3Saga go…well, we all know he beat himself!”
Recap: Solid punch-fest between Chilla Jones and Vega stays close for three rounds, but goes the Kingpen’s way as the visiting-Down-Under-Boston-spitter’s flexing schemes, rigid guns bars, dope set-ups and fierce personals/punchlines work together to outshine his boastful opponent in both the opening and final rounds (in-between a debatable 2nd) for the win.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “So you the one they call Maverick, well this German blixky got a big kick but it shoot like Dirk Nowitzki!”
Recap: Chilla Jones and Cephdeezy meet up for a lyrical showdown for 1 round on the Ball Hogg Ent stage and it’s a pretty solid effort from both battlers with plenty of boastful barbs, rigid personals, fiery schemes, some witty darts and piercing punchlines/gun bars to keep you paying attention throughout. However, it’s the visiting Chilla, with a more consistently punch-heavy and versatile turn, who comes away with a well-earned road win here.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “You need more than luck, that’s why you lack a cult following!”
Recap: Even a fire 3rd round from up-n-comer and prolific puncher Jey the Nitewing couldn’t save him from The Kingpen’s sheer propensity in dishing consistently hot wordplay, witty schemes and fierce personals/punchlines during the first couple of rounds, more than enough to take this Boston vs. Washington Skytier Northwest battle.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Jey [Jay] don’t got the title [Tidal], so unless Hov drop and album, don’t subscribe to that shit!”
Recap: ‘Mister Top Tier from the Proving Grounds,’ Chilla Jones, makes quick work of a versatile, but not spectacular Qpacalypsem who when he wasn’t making up for dry spots with nice anecdotes along with some spiffy wordplay, couldn’t withstand the steady heat, witty puns and polemic dispensary from Mr. Jones’ kitchen.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “This deuce, deuce, clear shit out, the same as prune juice!”
Recap: Turns out that Charlie Clips and Chilla Jones had a battle like 4 years ago on KOTD that never made YouTube thanks to Clips being sick throughout the battle, presumably choking twice, but thanks to a biased crowd, Clips was awarded with the win (at least, that’s Chilla Jones’ version). Well, whatever you want to believe happened back then, it’s a godo thing they decided to try again as the two meet here on Black Ice and for the most part put on a quality, 3-round show that met the crowd’s expectations. First round was close and filled with hardbody (Jones: “I see everybody talking, well you can get the truth from me, no fronting, too many ego’s bumping, so I had to clear the block like Debo coming!”) punches and dope (Clips: “…since you got it in for Mills, now about the .9 back up whatever the semi lack?!”) schemes from both battles, but a more cohesive and versatile Jones edged would could’ve been a debatable round. 2nd round, which ironically turned out to be the worse, saw Jones score with a personal/mocking-themed turn that kept the match buzzing, but a couple of nice rebuttals, potent (“I’ll bang his head against the handle, till I unlock it with his face like an iPhone X!”) bars and a pretty pedestrian (for him anyway) and predictable round from Clips, got Jones another round. Some more nice personals and rich set-ups from Chilla kept things competitive in the final round before he floundered a bit towards the end. But with apparently plenty of gas left in his tank, Clips was able to turn it up, getting busy with charismatic haymakers, a couple dope (“Two leg shots, you’ll have to [points to guy in crowd in a wheelchair] ask him to his wheelchair!”) freestyle’s and rebuttals as well as intense storytelling bars and witty schemes, to take the final round and avoid getting 3-0’d.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Your mind different?, well, here’s an Atlanta hawk for thinking unique!”
