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Steams defeats Danny Myers

Recap: A testament to the idea that URL would do better to really promote their respective PG classes, Steams vs Danny Myers (who both got their starts on Smack in 2015) definitely goes down as one of the best battles of 2017. The ever-crafty, clearly motivated and flow-crisp Steams turned in a sublime performance for 3 straight rounds with spicy punchline after punchline when he wasn’t spouting some sizzling wordplay, nasty scheems, persistent heat with the (“Or I’m at your door, puttin’ in pain (Payne) wit’ the Roscoe, it’s long, and the front of it drip: it’s a snot-nose!”) gun bars and fierce name flips/personals. While an always game Danny supplied a gang of aggressive West-coast bangers, witty (“Miss me with all the hi-jinks!, nigga, you 30, and best friends wit’ a nigga who can’t even buy drinks!”) personals, piercing name flips of his own and plenty of ringing mayhem. Each round was close, but after a debatable 1st, we have the slightly more consistent and punch-heavy Steams edging both of the latter two rounds for the win.

Verdict: Steams (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Steams – “Let me stop, ’cause I can’t understand the position this tranny’s under, with eight rugrats, this nigga has got to be scared of rubbers, the Ol’ Dirty Bastard, who likes it ‘Raw’, if a bitch fuck him, then I’m scared to touch her [Why?!], ‘cuz that pussy gotta be a Lethal Weapon even if Danny glove her [Glover]!”

Danny Myers defeats Geechi Gotti

Recap: Almost had him. On his way to an impressive win over the (“I don’t gangbang, just thought I’d remind him nigga, the only Nutty block I know is a condom, nigga!”) fiercely eccentric Bar God that is Danny Myers, Compton’s Geechi Gotti’s barrage of spitfire (“See, I don’t even know why we here, this matchup kinda odd, but I get it, since I killed a Saynt [saint] I gotta talk to God!”) wordplay/gun bars and urban (“Real Compton nigga, my first ‘lik I robbed the corn man!”) street dynamics had him on the way to victory, until he fell victim to a slip-up towards the end as well as some more pedestrian bars that didn’t quite meet the straight heat he was spitting throughout most of his round. Still a fire one-round battle nonetheless that a more consistent and a little more versatile Myers was fortunate enough to edge out.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 1-0

Favorite line:  Danny Myers – “I’m not playing, the glock spraying until you stop stop standing, they told me to get Gotti and Gotti got got…Goddamhim!”

Danny Myers defeats Young Kannon

Recap: In this matchup of Chicago versus the West-coast, Danny Myers does prove to be ‘Too much!” for Young Kannon, consistently dishing righteous (“I don’t know what in the fuck made you think you could see my nigga, a shot through a Chicago knee, is really the PG killer!”) metaphorical wordplay, fiery rebuttals, potent (“You ain’t worth a punch, I got something special for you, I’ll backhand you so hard, cops can use the echo for proof!”) bars, steady angles (“Tupac whupped Joe Torry ass, if y’all seen Poetic Justice then you’ll know how we do Chicago on the West coast!”; “Small errors in this city and your soul get lift, you won’t make it to your 60s, you better watch who you Rolling with!”) and even political briefings to beat what was an overall (“I’m a universal charger, I got a plug for everything!”) solid (but filler-prone, esp. in rounds 1 and 2) turn from the ever (“The only thing worse than your performance is your music!”) reliable YK. Indeed, still showing plenty of heart going into the 3rd round, it’s Kannon’s hard (“Back shot…have him walking like he 9 months pregnant!”) punches and a roundhouse of hitting (“You told Bigg K ‘my crew is like nigga’s in Italian suits, we got mob ties’, you a bitch trying to fit in with the killers, you the Mob Wives!”) personals that edges the 3rd after what looked to be an insurmountable (“I’ll let the .4 ring on his face like brass knuckles!”) turn from Myers.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “I’ll come to the South side, aim at your throat and let the mill spark twice, them gonna be the ugliest shots in Chicago since Bill Cartwright!”

Gjonaj defeats Danny Myers

Recap: In what was a rousing and very close 3-rounder from KOTD, Gjonaj uses some filthy wordplay, intensely dramatic but also shrewd schemes and some fiery personals/punchlines/4-bar set-ups to beat back a Danny Myers who while providing another cold display of stinging punches and wild imagery with the mayhem, couldn’t quite keep up with his opponent’s more condensed efficiency in rounds 1 and 3.

Verdict: Gjonaj (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Gjonaj – “You’re Morgan Freeman, you narrate a story that is not yours!”

Danny Myers defeats B. Dot

Recap: From LABattleGroundz, a fire and competitive battle between B. Dot and Danny Myers that sees Dot’s far-reaching ‘woke’-isms, prophetic sermonizing, oft-spicy (“Don’t be talking about guns, you got too many daughters and sons to be pulling out!”) punches/wordplay and gritty personals get plenty of shine throughout the match, in fact, for 3 rounds a testament to his rising fame in the game. But for all of Dot’s righteous preaching, he hurts himself a bit with elongated rounds (esp. the 1st) which gave way to more commonplace riffs as well as long spiels to get to the punch. Providing a fiery counterbalance to his opponent’s pontification’s would just come naturally for Myers tho, the West-coast vet meeting Dot’s aggressive checks and balances with his own testimonies on real street life drama, potent (“I ain’t gon’ lie, that the shit you be talking sound good, you be preaching Dot, but I brainstormed under my mental umbrella, you be reaching, Dot!”) name flips, steely personals, lofty punchlines/gun bars and plenty of ringing mayhem, almost all of which brought with it a gang of haymakers. And while Dot was near the task in providing spitfire moments, an almost flawless )and condensed) turn from Danny in both the 1st and 3rd round (call the 2nd round debatable) gives the ‘Bar God’ the win.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “Stop it, I don’t feel your skill’s a threat, I’ll give Creflo Dollar 65 from the mil’ then jet!”

Danny Myers defeats Swave Sevah

Recap: Assisted by a couple of Swave Sevah slip-ups in the 1st round as well as Swave getting off to an extremely slow start in the 2nd, Danny Myers’ stringent punch game combined with some witty old jokes, rampant mayhem and flexing gun bars manage to take the first two rounds of this judged battle from RBE. Swave’s 3rd, a near classic with its righteous takedowns of Danny’s narcissistic “King of Harlem’ catchphrase was a delight to see, but it still wasn’t enough to get him the win….here anyway.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “I’ll grab the semi from the shoulder holster, then I bust 8, then I’ll sneak the arm over the shoulder like a first date!”

Charlie Clips defeats Danny Myers

Recap: Angling his opponent with utter persistence, making use of some fire schemes and somehow not losing any ground for the usage of some recycled bars thanks to the hit-n-miss/redundant mayhem brought to you from Danny Myers, after a debatable 1st round, the ever witty Charlie Clips musters just enough variables to his shrewd punches/hitting personals to take rounds 2 and 3 and get the win in this 3-rounder from Black Ice Cartel.

Verdict: Charlie Clips (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Charlie Clips – “See, Rex lied about getting locked up and you knew it, and I got a question, why D ain’t strike him?, he made you shit when he took your money…I woulda been in T cell fighting!”

Danny Myers defeats Caine Marko

Recap: After putting up with 8 or so minutes of mostly average lines and definitive reaches from Indiana rapper (“Where I’m from, niggas like Gina from Martin, ‘cuz when they grab the biscuit, they know it’s Payne [pain]”) Caine Marko, Danny Myers literally gets biblical, handing down wild (“Read the letters, I’ll have his DNA leaking forward…AND backwards!”) haymakers, righteous name flips and prophetic (“I’m a sign of hope, see men [semen] wasn’t supposed to see me, but the condom broke!”) wordplay with enough moral fortitude that Mr. Marko may want to think about another hobby.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “I’ll shoot your baby right in front of you, I’m with that action nigga, the pain for your child is in intervals….that’s a contraction, nigga!”

Chilla Jones defeats Danny Myers

Recap: When you get a hands-down, spitfire bar-fest, does anyone really lose? But then what would people expect but a near-classic when the self-proclaimed “Kingpen” (aka Chilla Jones) goes up against the self-proclaimed “Bar God” (aka Danny Myers). A near debatable, what with a slightly punch-heavier, angle-lit and (“This what I do, the burner hold rounds like a disc maker, get Black buried over games like it’s Brick Breaker, you got me in my old zone, that’s big danger!”) wordsmith-spazzing Chilla edging the 1st round over Danny’s rampant lines of sheer mayhem, before Danny launches a seismic turn of unadulterated heat drenched with some fiery personals and sterling (“Banana clip hanging out of the K, you gonna meet with shots, you’ll see this half moon in the middle of the day, that’s an Equinox!”) haymakers to edge yet another fire, punch and scheme-heavy turn by Mr. Jones. The 3rd round would see Chilla get uber-personal and put forth perhaps the illest spiel on Danny’s infamous (and perplexing) decision to give T-Rex $12K for a battle, before switching it up and dishing a stinging roundhouse of exemplary punchlines that would edge a standout, rebuttal-swinging, but less versatile turn by Danny and give the Kingpen a hard-earned win…barely.

Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “I’m too hot, this is haymakers and quick jabs, they said you’d never take a loss to me [colostomy], now you getting your shit bagged!”

Danny Myers defeats Copywrite

Recap: Taking on all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle jokes he’s heard over the years head-on, Danny Myers takes on the part and dresses up as Raphael and with some rich metaphors, vivid punchlines/name flips and plenty of thrifty Turtle speak, in each of the 3 rounds here, easily beats back a solid, but not as potent effort from Copywrite (aka evil Turtle nemesis Shredder in this case).

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “Bitch, if you kill April you’ll be beat to death with a nightstick, I ain’t Tyrese, but 4 Brothers will avenge the death of a white bitch!”

Danny Myers defeats T-Rex

Recap: As the story goes Danny Myers wanted a legend on his resume so bad that he was willing to pay $12K to do it. Was it worth it? Guess it depends on who you ask. Nonetheless, at least Rex showed up and put up a fight for most of the battle and despite a mostly subdued crowd that either can’t appreciate top-notch bars or just hated on a guy because he’s from the West coast, Danny still impressed. First round was close with Danny dropping some straight heat along with rapid (“I’m supposed to be humble ‘cuz you a legend? fuck that, how clown?, shooting at you from my balcony the time I bow down”) haymakers and all-too-potent personals. However, a motivated Rex edged the 1st with more consistency to his bar quotient, some straight (“I took your $12,000 and battled you when I wanted to nigga!”) stunting and a platitude of urban (“Tell Danny I got a box for him, and them freckles don’t look the same when there’s stitches on top of ’em!”) flair that reminded you of why he’s a legend in the first place. However, as it turned out the opening round would be the best overall round and the chance of a true legend vs. up-n-coming star possibly taking flight wouldn’t take place. As come the 2nd and 3rd rounds things returned to normal with Danny continuing to prove why he’s currently one of the best in the game, dropping more steady haymakers and fiery knockdown (“Bitch nigga like you can get exposed, real quick I’ll lift his soul, I’m in his bushes, crouched down [bends down] with the deuce like a prison pose”) punches without missing a beat, while Rex failed to build off his momentum with shortened rounds, more time complaints and grown man bars that were pretty much hit or miss. But hey, Danny finally got his long-awaited battle/win and the fact that Rex actually stayed away from the mixtape bars, went back to basics and gave you three original rounds feels like progress.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “I ain’t like the nigga you got, I’ll put you in the grave Rex, now I’mma take the chain off this pussy…like slave sex”

Danny Myers defeats Danja Zone

Recap: Despite overperforming at times, the recently on fire Danja Zone gave you three solid (“See the issue, he’s not the most elite of writers, but deserves an Oscar for acting, that’s bologna, what makes you think we need a Meyers [Myers]”) rounds here against Danny Myers, a plethora of nice (“You just mad ‘cuz you not Carter, the team hot, but you not…Ron Harper!”) punchlines and rich performance bars that probably would’ve beaten most rappers. But I don’t know if anyone is fucking with Myers these days as once again his (“I’ll pimp your bitch, but I don’t want her, nigga the whore is yours, I’m just trying to make her flip open the box like Storage Wars!”) haymakers have almost become perfunctory, his bar quotient exceptional, consistently dope (“I’ll blow off a nigga’s ear [points at Danja’s ears then mouth] and tongue over hearsay”) wordplay, flagrant schemes and his punchline (“And that bitch you with is a cum drinker, that ho be quick off the draws like a gunslinger!”) game just leaves you shaking your head begging for more. It’s always something special to see a battler put it all together and in 3-0’ing a hot and dope lyricist like Danja Zone, the dudes holding down that Top Tier room down may have to finally stand aside and let the Bar God in.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “Remember these young niggas can’t rap with me, ‘cuz I’m about to turn 36 Zone, that’s the key”

Danny Myers defeats Xcel

Recap: It takes a lot of chutzpa to call yourself “Bar God”, but with performances like this one Danny Myers just might be onto something. Here he not only spits fiery, wide-eyed (“Your white fans love you, they amazed you can spit this well, ironic it’s only the blacks that getting sick of ‘Cel [sickle cell]”) punchlines with relative ease, but outduels fellow wordsmith Xcel with an arsenal of pointed name flips and effervescent (“If there RZA [is a] weakest nigga in your crew it’d be U-God [you, God]”) haymakers for all three rounds. Credit Xcel, despite continuing to struggle a bit with his delivery, for coming back from surprising round 1 choke to make things (“And bro’ my intention ain’t fucked up, this an intervention because Danny the Bar God is punch drunk!”; “I’ll take a 6 inch blade and connect your freckles!”) competitive in the latter rounds. But altogether Myers resilience and (“Bitch I’ll drown your child, I’mma sick type, around midnight, you’ll see me holding your baby under water like a midwife!”) fortitude was just too much to handle.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “Nigga I went postal, I’m fucking up his name like when parents be using their kids social!”

Danny Myers defeats Billy Boondocks

Recap: Redundant with the themes/bars during the middle of his turn, but punch/boast-heavy at the start of his round as well as towards the end with a nice mix of piercing personals blended in, Danny Myers is able to beat back a steady-flowing, but mostly pedestrian Billy Boondocks in this 1-rounder from Snoop Dogg’s Gladiator School.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “Your bars is something nobody listen to like Snoop’s No Limit albums!”

Danny Myers defeats Cali Smoov

Recap: An unusually funny Danny Myers attaches a gang of witty barbs/personals to his usual assortment of frenetic street missives to beat back a solid, but less consistent showing from fellow West-coast energy capo Cali Smoov in this 1-rounder from KOTD.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “I walk into prison I’m the one they flex they grizzle at, he walk into prison he the one nigga’s whistle at!”

Danny Myers defeats Diesel

Recap: Like a boxer preparing for a big fight, it’s a wonder watching the ever-passionate Danny Myers prepare himself for a battle what with the chap stick, water bottle and of course, the intense stare down of his opponent before they ring the bell. And as Diesel finds out here in this 1-round, West-coast AHAT battle, Danny’s focus usually pays off in the ring as after a pretty solid, raucous when needed and punch-centric turn by his opponent, Danny wrecks him with a systematically violent, punchline-crazy and storytelling rich go-around that your favorite up-coming battle rapper can certainly learn from.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “I’ll test you before I put you through war like the ASVAB!”

Danny Myers defeats Tom Gist

Recap: Not your best Danny Myers in this 1-round AngryFan Radio phone battle against former Diplomat affiliate Tom Gist. But with the gritty and steady flowing, but intricate lacking Gist not doing much to ring up the scoreboard, Danny’s transient mayhem and piercing personals/name flips do just enough damage to give him the win.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “You ain’t even an industry nigger, I don’t have time for it, Cam’ron and JR Writer riding luxury shit, I guess they gave Tom [a] Ford!”

Danny Myers defeats Real Talk

Recap: Competitive 3-rounder from LA Battle Groundz sees Real Talk put together enough consistently spicy punchlines to earn a split going into the final round against an explosive at times, but less steady Danny Myers. But after a solid, but none-too-spectacular turn by Real Talk in the deciding 3rdl round, Danny ups the heat with a spitfire, sacrilegious, punch-tastic, witty at times and name flip heavy turn that easily gets Myers the win.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “You rep the Goon Platoon, that sound like a weak ass clique, y’all had that name since 6th grade and decided to keep that shit!”,

Danny Myers defeats King Diesel

Recap: Spirited as always but cohesive with the heat, while also displaying a fierce punchline game, some fiery name flips and even a bit of rocking humor, Danny Myers’ versatile mix of piercing punches is just enough to beat back a pretty solid, witty at times and raucous King Diesel in this competitive 3-rounder from Bars and Bodybags.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “Force of a Mac truck within my grip, I’m just looking for a Diesel I can match this Semi with!”

Danny Myers defeats Merrick City

Recap: Solid, 1-round phone battle between Danny Myers and Merrick City goes Danny’s way as while the punch-heavy M. City made for some quality missives here and there, his overall palette couldn’t quite keep up with a more visceral, versatile, name-flip friendly and boastful Myers.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “My flow excitement, I’m about get to gritty y’all, I’m hiding in his house, I ain’t looking for the mayor but I’m in City hall!”

Cortez defeats Danny Myers

Recap: 3-rounder from Rap Grid sees Cortez use a gang of mocking, but adept punchlines, some witty barbs, nifty wordplay and piercing personals/schemes to beat back a convoluted with the angles, redundant with the mayhem and mostly subpar with the punches Danny Myers.

Verdict: Cortez (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Cortez – “I dare him to creep closer, I’m strapped with each holster, I bring a coffin to Dallas ‘cuz I’m sicker than Ebola!”

JC and Danny Myers [DEBATABLE]

Recap: Two prolific battle emcees who almost always give it their all, it’s to be expected that JC and Danny Myers would put on a dope, bar-heavy and competitive showing. Myers goes 1-up with a load of rapid, versatile punchlines that were well-spiced with braggadocio rhythms and some fire (“You fucking with a 5th banger, I’ll take him to the top of the mountain and well…the rest is a cliffhanger!”) set-ups, before JC even things out grandiose heaters that along with some witty (“All my bars make you do shit you can’t do, like bring them lines back!”) barbs/personals, beat back a solid, but not-as-fire-as-his-first-round turn by Danny. The 3rd and deciding round was just a matter of who could more fortitude and with both battlers going in with an equal amount of sterling punches, fierce (Myers: “Point bank in your living room nigga, I’ll spray a slug, your forehead be all in ya carper like a prayer’s rug!”) gun bars, graphic schemes, potent wordplay and some seismic haymakers, it was only fitting that the end result be a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: JC – “Now I know, you love doing that gun talk until somebody stretch him with the shit, bunch of Young Thug’s, all about the money till you address [a dress] ’em like a bitch!”

Danny Myers defeats Unique Barrz

Recap: With a methodical and brazen flow that was matched by a gang of steely punchlines and salty personals, Unique Barrz managed to keep herself in contention during this 1-rounder from AHAT. But against a Danny Myers drenched in scathing personals to go along with a host of spicy punches, witty storytelling and fiery 4-bar set-ups, even a pretty solid showing by Barrz couldn’t beat her opponent’s blistering, misogynistic palette.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “These bars are a formula that you can’t get on your WIC card!”

Aye Verb and Danny Myers [DEBATABLE]

Recap: A lazy 3rd round by Aye Verb allows Danny Myers to get a draw in this 3-rounder from KOTD. Indeed Myers, for all the energy and at times spitfire (“I’m appalled at the thought that this bitch would play me, ironic your name is Chaz ‘cuz you gonna hear that [Shhh] (Ch) in AZ!”) bars he could sap up from a raucous crowd that was really into the match, could never hit with any consistency on his punches to get ahead in this one. Yet Verb, after a dope, witty with the personals and hard-hitting 1st round and a pretty nice start to his 2nd (just ask Daylyt), just made for a lackluster effort during the rest of his turns, getting edged in the middle round and forcing a draw in the deciding final one with a shortened run.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Aye Verb – “Ride up, reverse it, shirts get rang out; that’s a purchase, do a nigga greasy for that chicken…that’s Churches!”

Bigg K defeats Danny Myers

Recap: After splitting the first couple of rounds with an animated and probably exhausted Danny Myers, Bigg K manages to keep his cool and take the last round with a wicked combo of haymakers, biting (“It must be hard having 10 kids and know not one gonna be shit”) personals, crazy punchlines and fierce deliveries.

Verdict: Bigg K (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Bigg K – “I’m retarded with a gun, Officer Doofy”

Danny Myers defeats Dre Vishiss

Recap: Even against a sublime showing from a slick-taking and potent Dre Vishisss, the forever-turned-up stylings of Danny Myers prove to be a little too much as the Bar-God’s variety of salacious punchlines and fiery wordplay are enough to take a deciding 3rd round in this dope 3-rounder from AHAT.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “Since you talk shit, that small toaster rise, it blows your funny bone to the left of you, all jokes aside!”

KG The Poet defeats Danny Myers

Synopsis: Absolute barfest with a killer first round by Danny Myers (“I knew this would be a cold war, so after I spy I’m rushing [Russian] to wherever KG Be”) that had me thinking there was no way KG The Poet could stand a chance. But KG would prove me wrong, equaling Myers in wordplay, aggression and of course, bars: “Show me where you got that bread at, like you did with M. Ciddy, comparing the cash, kick in the door, spark it at your mouth, my niggas march in [martian] in the house like American Dad”. After straight spazzing in round 1, you’d expect them to both have to bring it down a notch in the middle round, but Danny, despite his best (“I’ll punch you in your face 7 times, it’s gonna be hella wounds bro, you ain’t gonna understand all these bad bitches like Telemundo”) lines, still didn’t have enough to take the lead on the consistently nice “I got a pair of .25 ACP’s, a shot to the face or stomach he dies, I named them Mary-Kate and Ashley watch these twins raised in front of his eyes!”) KG. With a win still on the line in round 3, while Danny still came with it (“I am the manifestation of the Annunaki in human form”) there was just a little too much filler to keep up with KG’s numerous heavy bars, wordplay and personals: “And you wonder why your baby mama ain’t giving her vagina, it’s cuz’ while you out here whining and fussing, she out there grinding and sucking, I bust in her face took an Instagram pic, no filter…”

Verdict: KG The Poet (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “I keep a ratchet like I’m not attracted to bitches with goals”

Sno defeats Danny Myers

Synopsis: Sno’s repeated bars on how he’ll do your girl or your mama or your sister or whoever are definitely wearing thin, but he shines with enough performance, gun bars (that Johnny Cage scheme in Rd. 1 was nice!) and schemes that make you get past the fact that most of his bars are pretty average. And while Danny Myers had a lot more variety to his bars, too much filler and too many slip ups cost him any chance of winning.

Verdict: Sno (W) 2-1

Best line: Sno – “Her pussy don’t even get that wet, but I’ll knock down her dry wall like I’m working construction”

Danny Myers defeats Ah Di Boom

Synopsis: A clearly more motivated Danny Myers spazzes on a underwhelming Ah Di Boom to get an easy victory in this BET/UFF tournament elimination battle.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “You a broke nigga with an explanation, that’s a poor excuse”

Danny Myers defeats Westcoast Dreds

Recap: A pretty personal battle littered with West-coast culture-related bars, plenty of boasts/mayhem and aggressive punchlines, after splitting the first two rounds (Danny edged the 1st, while Westcoast Dreds took the 2nd), a more active/versatile with the punches and consistent with the heat Mr. Myers is able to beat back a solid, but also a bit topsy-turvy and whiny turn from W.D. in the deciding 3rd round.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “That lima bean broke my time machine, ain’t no going back for me!”

Brixx Belvedere defeats Danny Myers

Recap: Dope battle between Brixx Belvedere and Danny Myers, which is to be expected considering it headlined this Spit Dat Heat card. As is his modus operandi Danny came with righteous and aggressive bars loaded with gun talk, spicy wordplay and and feelgood “I’ll knock you to the grass with this palm blower, stand over you and crank it back to back like I can’t start my lawnmower”) execution. Yet, against a vet like Brixx, who was clearly on his A-game, Myers would come up just a little bit short as while scarce on haymakers, Brixx made up for it with constantly hitting (“I told these soldiers I came with the shooters, no toys I want head shots, I’m screaming ‘Red Tops!’ like dope boys”) punchlines, gutta (“If son flagging like Argentina, he gonna wear that bulls eye with a smile like a Target greeter”) bars, nice set-ups, jokes (“See this? I’m laid-back like tall drivers”) and biting personals. So while Danny put on a real good show, more versatility with the bars gets Brixx the win.

Verdict: Brixx Belvedere (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “My Niggaz shooting Brixx like they don’t care if they make the team or not”

Danny Myers defeats Mark Miner

Recap: The only battle rapper who’ll never need a hype man, if you wanna understand Danny Myers struggle (“Danny boy ain’t trying to have a career like Danny Boy“) and where the hell all that energy comes from this is the battle to watch. I mean 10 kids!!! Has he ever heard of something called a vasectomy? Regardless, Myers steals the show here from an earnest, but just alright Mark Miner, taking him to town with haymakers, consistent aggression, a nice Death Row scheme and flat-out (“FBI will be looking for a minor [Miner] like an Amber Alert”) bars. Yikes, indeed.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “It’s like I took a bible up to the 2nd floor the way I come up with verses”

Danny Myers defeats BE-Z

Recap: Whatever that “shit” is, Danny Myers was certainly cooking here. Spouting rigid bars on how many ways he can take out BE-Z, when he mentions “clothes-lining this nigga like my dryer broke”, you’re left with no choice but to believe him.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “I’m vicious with these hands, I’ll make your whole shit crack, doctors will put so many plates in your face your x-ray will look like a dish rack”

Danny Myers defeats Mr. Mills

Recap: Fire battle between (“…well I can’t front pimp, I got a gun like that too, they just shipped it in from Spain nigga, on the box it says ‘Big Fucking Gun’, it ain’t even got a name nigga!”) Mr. Mills and (“50 nigga’s outside waiting for Mills like a soup kitchen!”) Danny Myers sees the two use some crazy schemes, dope set-ups, potent gun bars, comedic wit and fiending punchlines to split the first couple of rounds. 3rd round however is a different story as Danny’s continued prowess for spitfire punches at a rapidly consistent pace easily beats a solid, but slightly pontificating and not nearly as strong a turn from Mills.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “You was never known for being on the corner, you a cul-de-sac!”

Rum Nitty defeats Danny Myers

Synopsis: Dope battle. But the optics here–from way too much daps between the rappers to the overkill on crowd reactions (esp. on Lush One’s part)–definitely lessens the replay value. That said, while I doubt you’ll ever see a more animated, funny (“I’ll rip up your daughters spelling test and that’s the one she got ’em all right”) and consistently nice Danny Myers, it still wasn’t enough for Rum Nitty’s more consistent punches (“I don’t care what language he speak cuz’ after we meet i bet he pronounced dead”), personals, wordplay (“If your bitch owe me money, fuckin’ right I’ll be on the ho, hop out the car son (Carson) and open palm her (Palmer) like a Cardinal”) and haymakers (“One in the right, one in the left hand, two techs nigga, they both sing with a lisp, so they do wet (duet) niggas”, esp. in round 3, where after 2 rounds that could’ve went either way, Nitty edges it in the end.

Verdict: Rum Nitty (W) 2-1

Best line: Danny Myers – “I’ll cut you in so many pieces your funeral will be on a conveyor belt!”

Danny Myers defeats Riggz

Recap: Against a gun bar-heavy but also valiant Riggz, a more versatile and performance-heavy Danny Myers rings up enough sheer mayhem, blistering personals, solid wordplay and piercing schemes/punchlines to take the deciding 3rd round and win this competitive 3-rounder from Miltown Bloe.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “Your unemployed bitch has a mean slob, she got a dick in each hand talking about she in between jobs!”

Jay Rell defeats Danny Myers

Recap: If Jay Rell wasn’t so cocky he’d easily become a more polished and complete battle rapper. After all the skills are there, but more often then not Rell gets in his own way by letting his emotions get the best of him…and in turn his performances during battles. However, here in this URL bout against Danny Myers, a focused Rell just dismantles his opponent, dishing sizzling personals with ease, styling on Danny’s street authenticity, cracking steady (“You look like the brother of Alvin, Simon and Theodore, you’ze the one they ain’t play with, you’ze was always on some gay shit, they trying to stack nuts for food, you trying to find to play with, gay shit!”) jokes and delivering haymakers like the Splash Brothers in the 4th quarter. Easily Rell at his finest and most consistent, now let’s see if going forward he can build on this.

Verdict: Jay Rell (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Jay Rell – “How the fuck y’all beef in sunny ass California?, ‘Meet me under the palm trees!'”

Danny Myers defeats Mikey B

Recap: Against the quick-lipped, but very basic raps of Mikey B, Danny Myers has an easy time of it, making excellent use of brazen white-boy-isms, gratuitous violence, fiery punchlines and earnest gun bars to handily win this 1-rounder from AHAT.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “I confronted him, I was about to let the Tek blam his back, he was hold on Danny, some of my best friends are Black!”

Young B defeats Danny Myers

Recap: No “preference” here. If a joke hits it’s just as good as a dope bar. And while Young B (RIP) certainly wasn’t no Dave Chappelle, in this 3-rounder versus Danny Myers, B’s boatload of mocking personals and witty punchlines/barbs scored way more heavily over the course of the latter two rounds (even the 1st was debatable) than Danny’s redundant screeds of mayhem and boasts. It really wasn’t close.

Verdict: Young B (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Young B – “I’m surprised your rap name don’t got ‘Grand Master’ in the front!”

Danny Myers defeats Shi Dog

Recap: Is there a battle rapper who loves what he does more than Danny Myers? Probably not. And if Danny’s eccentric similes and aggressive, old-school stylings bother you, you’re certainly welcome to beat him in the ring, something, simply put, in this 3-roudner from AHAT, Shi Dog couldn’t do. As for all of Shi’s talk surrounding Danny’s alleged lack of lyricism, the best the Dog could do was a couple of shiners here and there to go along a pretty solid 3rd that would ironically get beat back by Danny’s best round of the battle. Yikes, indeed.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “Why the fuck would I go in his pockets?, you could miss me with that hard act, you could keep your 7 dollars, your buss pass and your Carmax!”

D Gunna defeats Danny Myers

Recap: Spouting a gang of fiery schemes, visceral heaters and some solid wordplay, after a debatable 1st round, D Gunna takes advantage of a mostly lackluster Danny Myers and edges the latter two rounds for the win in this 3-rounder from Doep16.

Verdict: D Gunna (W) 2-1

Favorite line: D Gunna – “Nigga’s say they gonna give D one…they better wait for college!”

Danny Myers defeats John John da Don

Synopsis: Emerging in the wake of PG’s dudes feening to take over the scene, Danny Myers has unequivocally displayed his thirst with a ridiculous amount of battles in a short timespan. And while a mid-tier like John John deserves props for giving Myers a shot, stolen bars aside, on skills alone this one shouldn’t have been close. But after JJDD struck hard with that 1st round (dope wordplay along with a superb “lumberjack” scheme), it all went downhill from there as JJDD literally gave away the 3rd and tho the 2nd round was close, Myers’ delightful horror scheme, aggression and onslaught of assault bars edged it in the end.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1

Best line: Danny Myers – “He is my son, but I have no respect for this nigga, cuz they still taking money out my check for this nigga”

Danny Myers and Emerson Kennedy [DEBATABLE]

Recap: Even if it’s just for only one round, two battle emcees going at it on 24-hours notice is always impressive. That said, with Danny Myers taking awhile before he really got in his bag and Emerson Kennedy dishing consistently nice (“All of your nigga’s hitters, but ya didn’t often know, is they running trains behind ya back like Mister Rogers show!”) schemes/bars that was only spoiled by a slip-up towards the end, let’s call this one even.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “Beat you the fair way, he the type to tie his album to a kite just to get some airplay!”

Danny Myers defeats Rachit

Recap: Good call by the host to end this one a little early as Danny Myers was just OD’ing on opponent Rachit here in this 1-rounder with $500 on the line. Indeed, while Rachit came with some gritty street missives, one too many subpar punches from him along with Myers rampant performance-rich bars, grandiose displays of mayhem, flexing punchlines/wordplay/schemes and jaunty personals were just too much in the end.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “You are battling the G.O.A.T. so that makes you the sacrificial lamb!”

P Muny defeats Danny Myers

Recap: Thought the crowd clearly yelled louder for P Muny on the 1st go-round after the battle. Either way, Muny definitely gets the win here as his nimble, but highly potent, witty at times and consistent punch/wordplay-game in the latter two rounds (call the 1st debatable) edged a mayhem-drenched, but stung by one too many dry spots Danny Myers in this competitive 3-rounder from AHAT.

Verdict: P Muny (W) 2-1

Favorite line: P Muny – “Cali nigga’s bugging, trying to rap so furious, you remind me of 40 Glocc…a Cali nigga that didn’t take The Game serious!”

Danny Myers defeats Louie V

Recap: Specializing in rampant mayhem that even includes your kids when he’s not doing everything he can to destroy the nuclear family, a sociopathic Danny Myers out-punches opponent Louie V for 3 rounds in this mostly one-sided battle from AHAT.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “Your baby mother ain’t nuthin’ but a ho to creep, but I quit fucking her ‘cuz your son never go to sleep!”