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Daylyt and Tay Roc [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: People that have followed Daylyt’s battle rap career close enough know he can spit. Just go back in the files and check out Daylyt versus Rich Dolarz or him versus Mike P to get the goods on Daylyt at his best. So seeing Daylyt ‘show up’ here in this URL/NOME X bout against Tay Roc and put forth his A-game really just comes down to ‘Lyt choosing bars over bullshit. It’s not complicated. That said, yeah this 3-rounder, to quote ‘Lyt was certainly ‘one for the books’ with nary a dry spot or misstep from either said. Roc, captivating in the Dracula outfit and sublime as ever with a gang of sizzling name flips, head-twisting gun bars, piercing punchlines/personals and some excellent wordplay, kept it competitive throughout the match. While Daylyt, who rarely battles these days, didn’t show an ounce of rust (except for being, at times, aimless with his raps) despite some long time off. Indeed, ‘Lyt’s 3 rounds were also on ode to versatility with the Quill man spouting a rapid, lyrically stunting, punch-heavy performance in round 1, before switching up a little to a (“Here we can learn the Flat Earth Theory confirm, or the man gifted, can’ lifted, hold up, scroll up, as I break Roc(k) right down!”) wordplay-heavy, solar system-friendly, metaphorical/God-centric and scheme-lit 2nd round before getting bar-heavy, witty and personal with Roc in a fire 3rd. Add some Dot Mobb (Daylyt’s still a member, while Roc infamously left a little while back so you know it had to be brought up) entries to the mix as well as plenty of ringing mayhem and you’re left with a spitfire battle with a more direct and versatile Roc edging the 1st round, a middle round tie and Daylyt edging the 3rd for a draw.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: Tay Roc – “Thought you’d be the champ at King Of The Dot, ha, I had high doubts, nigga, black lives do not matter in that White House!”

T Top defeats Daylyt

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Recap: As expected, when Daylyt comes to actually rap, his anecdotal, oft-abstract play with the words stylings can make things competitive in almost any battle. As is the case here in this heated 1-rounder versus T Top, where Daylyt’s punches are often (“They ain’t seasoned for this type of beef, let that marinate!”) effective and/or stinging. But at the end of the day, a few too many pedestrian bars from Day along with a versatile T Top scoring at will throughout his turn via a variety of seismic name flips, fierce schemes, ill trap talk, fire (“Scope on him, my career based on a long shot like the new Madden!”) gun lines and potent personals/punchlines would just prove to be too much to overcome.

Verdict: T Top (W) 1-0

Favorite line: T Top – “.30 clip, inf beam, they go with it, bald head, dum-dum, like a Tommy and Cole visit!

Loso defeats Daylyt

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Recap: Raining down a host of spirited anecdotes, but failing to tie most of them together, a verbally spastic Daylyt goes in the heat of Loso’s way more cohesive punchlines, aggressive name flips/wordplay and stifling personals.

Verdict: Loso (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Loso – “Ya woke, but not conscious…ya sleepwalking!”

Ill Will defeats Daylyt

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Recap: The ski mask’s end up deciding this one as after Daylyt surprisingly spits a fire, (“Think pilgrim beef, in the end [Indian], I do Ill wild and y’all was trying to tell me that Will da beast [Wildebeest]?!”; “99’s over all…he the hoodie Melo!”) punch-heavy 1st round that edges a dope and heated turn from Ill Will, Will returns the favor with a even more aggressive and (“Revolver?, half-loaded, I got it by the left leg, 3 of then thangs left your dome…I got it from Chef Trez!”) potent 2nd round that easily beats back a reaching with the words and pretty standard round from Daylyt. Final round is where we see the ski mask’s come out on both ends and while Daylyt spouts a solid, conscious-themed round that made it competitive, its Will’s mask that wins the day with a trio of standing haymakers and feelgood punches.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ill Will – “The .9 milli, it’s easy to fit nigga, I like the Hollow’s, the bald heads ain’t cool on the low, like Beasley and [points at ARP] this nigga!”

Mickey Factz defeats Daylyt

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Recap: For all the talk building up to this battle, on Mickey Factz possibly ending Daylyt’s career by calling out all his battle rap antics (something he, ironically, hardly does anymore) over the years, this matchup actually ends up accentuating the idea that Factz might want to consider battling more often. That is, when he’s not taking himself a little way too seriously the preachy hijinks–as here we see Factz mixing righteous pontifications with fierce personals and lofty wordplay altogether with an aggressive performance. Take in Daylyt dishing a half-assed 2nd and 3rd round along with Factz gamely calling out his opponents propensity for sputtering (“He’ll say something like ‘If I could blink, with my ghetto eyes I’d see we’ve been hoodwinked!”) gibberish and you’re left with a clear bodybag for the BX.

Verdict: Mickey Factz (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Mickey Factz – “From the beginning [word] I saw D was an idiot with my two eyes, you 3rd string thinking your verb’s [or ‘verse’] clean, you and your hurt queen, verbal machete split him down the middle…he’ll B [be] in half looking like the number 13!”

Bangz defeats Daylyt

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Recap: Daylyt and Bangz, two of battle rap’s best entertainers/rhyme schemers, go at it on the WeGoHard stage. And for two-and-a-half rounds it’s a spitfire show with Daylyt’s frenzied punches, witty performance lines and stinging (“He getting whipped, told you, you ain’t ready for the repo!”; “If I spot your top it’ll be wig stains, peep the start of the universe, I come with something Big Bang [Bangz]!”) wordplay going toe-to-toe with Bangz offhanded freestyles, spiffy rebuttals and roundhouse (“Nigga, the last time we seen a cold Light [Lyt] is when we opened up the fridge!”) haymakers. Debatable going into the final round, Daylyt’s want for struggle bars gets lethargic before he finds himself quitting a little early. However, it’s a different ballgame for Bangz, who turns up with a blazing turn of potent punchlines and exquisite (“Assault one, this nigga really got me aggravated…’cuz as soon as he walk through the door, I got two arms out like ‘I’m glad you made it!'”) set-ups to grab the win.

Verdict: Bangz (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Bangz – “Nigga, this shot for you, no debate, you’ll fold and break, then put my foot so far up this nigga ass, the devil will not know which sole [soul] to take!”

Cortez defeats Daylyt

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Recap: Even if half his bars were based on themes battlers have long called to order regarding Daylyt (i.e. the antics, gimmicks, homosexual dalliances, etc.), those fiery lines along with some potent name flips and flaming gun bars guarantee rounds 1 and 3 (you can argue for a debateable 2nd) to Cortez along with a win on the KOTD stage.

Verdict: Cortez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Cortez – “I ghostwrite, it’s common sense [cents], we coin phrases!”

John John da Don defeats Daylyt

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Recap: After a rumored new contract and a pretty dope battle recently versus Mike P on Smack/URL, one wouldn’t be too pressed to think that Daylyt was finally done with the antics along with other on-stage nonsense he’s become renowned for and was back to taking battle rap seriously. Well, it was a nice thought anyway. As since the aforementioned battle, Daylyt has pulled a no-show against DNA and then puts forth this mess…clearly winning round one here against John John da Don with some fiery bars and nice (“…and the only reason you got labeled an all-star is because you show up to battles with Con verses!”) personals, before completely falling apart. First, Lyt quits midway during round 2 (a round he could’ve easily won as an erratic JJDD didn’t put forth his A-game till round 3) before stumbling hard in the final round and practically quitting again after a weak ‘freestyle’. Altogether, a pretty ugly 2-1 for JJDD.

Verdict: John John da Don (W) 2-1

Favorite line: John John da Don – I’m surprised you ain’t suck Drake dick to get them Views from the 6″

JC defeats Daylyt

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Recap: It’s quite a (Daylyt: “You won’t win squat, but if you do key in my body language, only position you stuck in, is the bowel movement!”) shit-storm as JC withstands a scheme-heavy and versatile, but a little messy Daylyt, with a continuous barrage of ill punchlines, schematic (“Guns loaded Day, and we not feenin’ to miss him, y’all feenin’ to him, y’all are supposed to get Day back, now his is missing, and the only way to get Day back, is reminiscing!”) wordplay, potent (“This is not a game, I can expose Lyt [light] and make y’all never even look at Watts the same!”) name flips and nuanced personals, finally putting Day away with this shiner: “He could never get with me, we shoot at more Cribs than the old MTV!”

Verdict: JC (W) 2-1

Favorite line:  JC – “Besides, what happened at the Crown 2?, damn that’s a shame, Red handled you worse than his grandmama chain!”

Mike P and Daylyt [Debatable]

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Recap: After somewhat laboriously claiming partial ownership to URL’s Proving Grounds concept in round 1, yet clearing losing to Mike P’s more cohesive verbal (“Out bar me?, hell no, Ya man sing and you’ll get metal across ya mouth, that’s the the start of the Chappelle Show!”) hijinks and winning personals (“Yo Day, welcome to your first battle that counts!”), Daylyt comes back with thorny (“I school nigga’s to death, it’s Columbine, when they rape they give me the underscore, that’s because they don’t get the bottom line”) rhyme schemes and intricate (“Anaconda [and the kind of nigga] nigga I am, I rap tight as hell…sir pen [serpent] outta this world, man this shit is cold bruh [cobra]”) word dynamics that for the most part hit in elongated round 2 to even things up. The 3rd round, scintillating in its charm on both sides, gets a toss-up as despite Day’s continued crowd-pleasing polemics (and a too-ill scheme on Mike’s moniker), Mike P refused to wilt, returning the fire with his own round of stirring (“Get your life cut short by making a slight edit, because the .44 surprising [bends down] low like Mike credit!”) heat, fresh angles and mean personals to make this one a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Daylyt – “You did a Street Fighter scheme, it was the coolest, nigga’s was clapping. you was down forward with the punches, it was dope to see how dude could get a reaction!”

J. Murda defeats Daylyt

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Recap: The true definition of a ‘different nigga’ the always ubiquitous Daylyt delivers a solid (“You thought you would get a head [ahead] swell, dude not today, two hands clapped in front of ya dome, Guess you forgot to pray!”; “Long arm [extends hand out] behind this square, get you a Doctor, J!”) 1st round here against J Murda before succumbing to (“They schooling the victims, the more you think you smart, the more that get dumb, the history books that you pick up is HIS story books that you pick up”) flighty philosophical rants, rudimentary antics and nonsensical bars in the 2nd (a round he admitted to ‘sacrificing’) and 3rd. Still, Daylyt’s hijinks aside and perhaps inspired by his opponent’s oft-conjectural bars, Murda displays a more performance-heavy side that along his usual gift for aggressive (“Things change, he’ll get dragged in air like Ricky Bobby in his spaceship…then turned up under the streets like there’s a party in the basement!”) wordplay, festive street drama and righteous gun bars, combine for a come-from-behind win over the guy with the tat on his face.

Verdict: J. Murda (W) 2-1

Favorite line: J. Murda – “What I can do is walk up like ‘hi nigga’ with the steel pipe, I’ll let it flame for 8 days straight…the shit is real, light [Lyt]!”

Yung Ill defeats Daylyt

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Recap: After a deliciously (“My left trigger left nigga’s with the bull motion, the best player in the game, still used it probably, will move through ‘yond the, this is when I try angles [triangles] and they was trying to tell me Ill yuma?, not he [Illuminati]!”) abstract, scheme-heavy and wordplay-fiending (“Let me tell you, I done seen you take too many losses in a row Ill, I guess ‘I’ can give you an ‘L’ too [two]!”) Daylyt manages to still edge a highly (“If it’s beef, I’m at his driver’s side door, ready to buck a mag, wait toll he crack his window….swish, this shot won’t even touch the glass!”) potent Yung Ill in round 1, it’s pretty much all Ill after that. Tho Daylyt delivered a nice (“War spaceship, I bug out in formation, nigga it’s Galaga!”) 2nd round, whether finessing and consistently punching with systematically aggressive punchlines or (“This sacrifice sacrilegious, tho this crucifix may look Catholic-like..you came with a couple of thieves, they’ll die besides you, feel his passing Christ!”; “Quiet director, you about as dangerous as the pastor’s wife, a referee in a belly shirt, you ain’t got half the stripes!”) blessing the crowd with a steady diet of rich set-ups and performance bars in both the latter rounds, Ill’s come-from-behind win here and comeback in general continues to warrant everyone to pay close attention.

Verdict: Yung Ill (W) 2-1

Favorite line:  Yung Ill – “Ever since that run-in with Smack, you been viewing URL backwards, you ain’t ready to see this L, R [are] U [you]?”

O-Red defeats Daylyt

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Recap: When you’re not shaking your head at Daylyt, who spends most of his time here splitting time between nonsensical filler, unrepentant reaches, deft (“The last nigga I pulled the nina out on, I told him I bet it sting, I treat that bitch like getting a call from ya side bitch when you with your main bitch, I silence her [silencer] than let it ring!”; “I’ll get a man chin [mansion] bigger than Quagmire!”) punchlines and actually pontificating somewhat sensibly (“It’s funny how all of these niggas got beef baking, but none of ’em willing to slaughter the pig!”) on matters concerning police brutality…appreciate the rebirth of O-Red. Segueing confidently between righteous (“That shotty have bodies looking like cheetah print, ya team ain’t cut too solid so when they see your Caesar split, ya C’s will split!”) gun bars, metaphorical (“”Reverse Kemp, that .40 bang after it point at him”; “I’m past nice, this hwere my bars School Daze [School’s Day’s], this G on ya head, Halfpint!”) wordplay, braggadocio (“I said I’m sick, when I write my three, my bars hit like a shotty begging, every word crafted for the kill, I’m speaking body language!”), conniving name flips and all-out (“Nah, matter fact fuck that [pulls back up ski mask] I could spit flame without the mask nigga, I’m Scorpion!”) personals throughout all three rounds, O-Red not only outbars Daylyt into a near submission, but puts his opponents on notice for 2016.

Verdict: O-Red (W) 3-0

Favorite line: O-Red – “If you try angles in your rounds you’ll get boxed, Red rounds over the top, I’ll pepperoni a pizza!”

B. Magic defeats Daylyt

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Recap: Having long carved a niche as an antic-prone performance artist as much as he is a battle rapper, Daylyt is that lone top tier rhyme-slinger where a win-loss record really doesn’t matter. Indeed, as long as you get your money’s worth, at this point who cares about which Daylyt shows up, much less if he wins or losses? The guy pretty much does what he wants, the fans love him and if you’re a league owner who cares about his bottom line, you’d be hard-pressed not to book him on your platform. So whether it’s the rapper’s rapper who, ski-mask or no ski-mask, can go toe-to-toe with the likes of Pass or Mike P. or the dude who takes a dump on stage or the dude who just ups and quits (vs. Rone) on a battle or the dude who brings out Loaded Lux impressionists for a laugh and does a fantastic Morpheus slow-motion impression (as he does here against B Magic, who with consistently spicy punchlines in both of the opening rounds, took the win) that coupled with his crew’s performance and some witty/esoteric punches, makes for a classic, jaw-dropping 3rd round while verifying that Quill is never not entertaining.

Verdict: B Magic (W) 2-1

Favorite line: B Magic – “From the Louiee, I’m Gucci, watch how I design a flow!”

B. Dot defeats Daylyt

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Recap: Breaking down his notorious opponent’s ubiquitous battle rap career with brazen screeds, spitting a gang of fierce punchlines, supplying us with one the best Daylyt impressions you’ll ever see, scoring with a host of solid name flips all the while mixing in some pro-Black shiners with rugged intent, B. Dot pretty much does it all in this 3-rounder. And in doing so, beats back a condensed (which contributed to a debatable 1st round) Daylyt, who while leaving aside the antics and dishing some sharp punches here and there, in the end just didn’t have the lyrical efficiency (or will) to take on Dot’s rapid take down.

Verdict: B. Dot (W) 2-1

Favorite line: B. Dot – “Fuck all the dumb shit, I came with the substance, everything I spit is insightful!”

Iron Solomon defeats Daylyt

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Recap: The long-awaited return of Iron Solomon takes place against the enigmatic Daylyt on KOTD and for the most part it’s an oddfest. Iron manages to spit some hot name flips, gripping (“We see what this Grape has done for the limelight, imagine what this fruit would do for a Klondike”) punchlines, favorable feelers (“I ain’t mad at that loss, I can handle that bruise, you know what happened to past Jews, we used to having bad news, you heard of King Solomon’s wives, I’m used to having mad boo’s”) on the Mook battle and the usual personals on his opponents antics that’s long been noted, but too often with a standard flow that could use some repackaging. While the ever aggressive and fast-rapping Daylyt, who happens to be a Dot Mobb member, for the most part stays away from personals, instead going for some dope (“One arm [lifts arm up] then Iron in the sky, I’m Magneto!”) name flips and esoteric bars that were both hit and miss. A lot of overrated lines from both battlers kept it close, but with Iron easily taking round one and edging the second thanks in part to another too short round from Daylyt, all in all it’s a successful comeback from Mr. Solomon.

Verdict: Iron Solomon (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Daylyt – “Get put to fucking sleep when I peel bitches, I’m Bill Cosby!”

Daylyt defeats Ooops

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Recap: As Florida Evans would say: ‘Damn! Damn! Damn!’ Ooops and Daylyt match up on the RBE stage to put on one of the realest rap battles ever, kicking so much emotions, real rap talk and soliloquies in their lines that you couldn’t ashamed to say if you were brought to tears. Not that really matters who won, but after Daylyt’s punchline game and rip-shredding bars edged him round one, Ooops continuous name flips got him round two, a deadlocked battle became a near-classic with a gut-wrenching 3rd. First, Daylyt (who perhaps inspired by Ooops conscious/poetic rap stylings decided early on to drop the antics for this battle) drops what is arguably his best round ever, with a consistent barrage of haymakers that gamely ripped apart all his naysayers, while giving you new understanding of what makes Daylyt so (“Steve Urkel should y’all that if a square randomly get a machine, then out of nowhere he a cool nigga”) gifted, controversial, (“It was pops at my front door every day, it was never dad!”) nuisanced and borderline schizophrenic. So stupendous was Daylyt’s round that the stunned look on Ooops face alone spoke volumes on the impact. Still, when he was finally ready to begin his round, Ooops used his turn to hit hard with some sentimental (“See you talking all that protesting shit, but we ain’t have to go to Selma to see what they went through”) analysis and personal real life gab that just as gamely moved the crowd. Daylyt’s delivery and righteous bar quotient got him the round and won him the battle but either way Daylyt vs. Ooops is another contender for Battle of the Year.

Verdict: Daylyt (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Daylyt -“When y’all say I’m stupid, God is the reason I got the face tat”

Rone defeats Daylyt

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Recap: Well, this was an easy one to judge as Daylyt uses some behind-the-scene drama with host Eurgh to literally walk out on his battle with Rone. Of course, if it was that serious Daylyt could’ve thought about the fans who paid their hard-earned money to see him, backed out of the event earlier, did a blog or something to air his grievances with Eurgh and allow Don’t Flop enough time to find somebody else to replace him. But Daylyt wouldn’t be Daylyt if he did things the proper way…smh. Credit Rone for maintaining his cool and spit his bars–the crowd certainly ate it up.

Verdict: Rone (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Rone – “He fucks over his own culture, like a porn star fight, but it’s cool, as long as he gets on World Star, right?”

Uno Lavoz defeats Daylyt

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Recap: Plenty of antics, jokes (Uno Lavoz: “Why doesn’t Daylyt like knock-knock jokes? because his father never came home”), hecklers, donations, rebuttals, antics, dance steps, racist lines, wrestling moves on the host, pushing, shoving, steady interruptions and even some (Daylyt: “Me? I’m Mr. Hanky with a spine problem, aww shit he back spazzing!”) bars mixed in–what else would you expect from a matchup between two of battle rap’s funniest and wildest characters? Uno wins round 1 with more variety, while Daylyt takes the second round with better (“You be at the bottom at the ocean like blue whale dookie”) bars, crowd-pleasing lines and less filler. Tied going into the 3rd, it’s Uno’s from jump, imitating Daylyt’s past performances with delightful effect, while Daylyt pretty much wastes the round to deal with personal hardship and past tribulations. Indeed, usually a Stone Cold stunner makes for an automatic win, but not in this case.

Verdict: Uno Lavos (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Uno Lavos –  “To fuck Diddy or T.I., you like to choose!”

Moses West defeats Daylyt

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Recap: Damn, antics or no antics, respect his grind because Daylyt stay battling. Still, as shown here against Moses West, taking too many battles back to back can be a hindrance esp. when it comes to recycled (see: Daylyt vs. Pat Stay) bars. In addition a lukewarm 3rd round proved to be too much of a liability when trying to keep up with West’s, delivery, derisive (“Battle raps biggest celebrity, all you had to was sign away your integrity”) personals and righteous (“It’s Florida, your rep’s like your vote nigga, it don’t count!”) wordplay.

Verdict: Moses West (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Daylyt – “You say you’re not afraid of birds, well you better fear the hawk, [cuz] all you gonna hear is ‘blah, blah, blah’ like I don’t want to hear you talk”

Quest MCody defeats Daylyt

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Recap: Whether he’s spitting bars or dishing antics Daylyt’s always gonna go for broke. Still, his litany of jaunty bars and haywire (“I had a gun so BIG, it got married to Faith Evans!”) jokes here aren’t (btw, “Whoomp There It Is” was by Tag Team, not The 69 Boyz) consistent enough to overcome an inspired Quest Mcody, whose more witty (“That .38 take JJ fish with it, a special ed”) punchlines and variety of aggressive bars as well as well-hitting (“You probably saw the title of this venue and thought you could let a nigga ride your magic stick”) personals resonate enough to get him a close, but well-earned win.

Verdict: Quest MCody (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Daylyt – “I lift an arm for Quest chin [Question], like I got the answer”

Daylyt and Progrest (DEBATABLE)

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Recap: Only in the middle of a Daylyt match could one envision a battle rapper having a cake presented to him while the audience sings “Happy Birthday”. That said, Progrest in his “3rd battle ever”, puts forth a pretty good showing, using ready-to-fire punchlines, witty (“Put hollow points in your cheeks, like Dots with ass shots”) anecdotes and introducing, get-ready-for-it…slow-motion performance bars that’d make Sylvester Stallone proud–yeah, this kid has potential. But give Daylyt credit for making this one-rounder competitive with fierce (“Niggas died in the lake, anybody that’s by you [Bayou] killed”) street bars and a well-timed freestyle (“I should’ve out hands on his big head, you like to [shakes hand] jerk”) game that earned him the tie.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Progrest – “Heaven sent, but you can see hell free, everybody to the left die [Left Eye] TLC”

Pat Stay defeats Daylyt

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Recap: Well known for gimmicks and not caring too much about wins or losses, of course it’s only right that Daylyt gets a title shot for the KOTD chain against the champion Pat Stay. And just in case you thought that there would be any chance of an epic battle, Daylyt ixnay’s that idea with the quickness by coming to the stage dressed as a slave and even goes so far as to bring his own ‘slave master’ with him (with a fake whip too, yunno, for crowd effect) to instruct him during the battle. Right. Well, at least Pat Stay showed up to battle and when he wasn’t dissing Charron or Charlie Clips, for 3 well-equipped and versatile rounds the Nova Scotia vet proceeded to use a sizzling performance and some potent lines to mock his opponent’s contrived stunts and rhyme patterns, pull rank with a host of ill bully bars and score aplenty with righteous/witty punchlines. And while Daylyt did somehow rap his way through his tedious rounds, during a performance that might’ve worked better as part of an elementary school play instead of a rap battle, his occasional abstract wordplay and other verbal hijinks were mostly pedestrian, leaving Pat Stay with a pretty easy defense of his title.

Verdict: Pat Stay (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Pat Stay – “You see before the Spawn shit, he was nothing special, just a regular guy, it’s sad that you had tattoo your entire face just to get recognized!”

Aye Verb defeats Daylyt

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Recap: Daylyt’s extraordinary 3rd (”Soon as they gave Verb his price, for us to box in the spot, I spotted a box for you, the word is dice”) round will get most of the attention here. But Aye Verb still gets the dub, using steady (Send hot rounds to your door nigga, who ordered pizza?”) jokes, going the tutorial route with the personals, spitting hard-hitting (“He ain’t saying nothin’ throwing up signs, this ain’t Charades niggas”) bars, flipping Daylyt’s shit and executing a more consistent flow throughout to edge the first couple of rounds and score a slight upset.

Verdict: Aye Verb (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Daylyt – “I had a crack rock soooo big, Yung Ill tried to drag it home!”

Real Deal defeats Daylyt

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Recap: No shit. Up until he literally took a dump on stage midway through his 3rd round before being escorted off stage by security, I thought Daylyt’s latest gimmick–fully dressed in an all-black outfit with a cloak over his head and then revealing a fake decapitated head (which was hilarious)– was none too extreme for a guy already well-known for his antics. But either the booing crowd really got to ‘Lyt (deservedly so considering how most of his bars were pretty subpar) or the entire shit-show was pre-planned (which is even worse when it comes to the fans and the company that’s paying you, in this case KOTD). Still, Daylyt would later blame the whole mess on ‘racism’, he’d continue to battle on KOTD and oh yeah, his opponent (and ironically, fellow Dot Mobb member) Real Deal would gain what was probably the easiest 30 of his battle career.

Verdict: Real Deal (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Real Deal – “Yo, another muthafuckin’ gimmick, he must have known he’d be the loser, your stupid ass came out dressed like the ghost of Christmas future!”

Daylyt defeats Arsonal da Rebel

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Recap: Arsonal’s reputation for subpar performances on his home stage continues as Daylyt inserts a blue pill and goes back to basics here, reeling off bouyant (“Niggas feel like the gimmicks only get tired?, liar, I’m Tony the Tiger to the world I will forever be a great cat”) zingers, stifling personals, an ill performance and wild (“I’m a monster, Sasquatch, we swing arms with the open hand, you’ll get slap-boxed”) punchlines with steady ease. Against Arsonal’s mostly lackadaisical rhymes (granted the “I’m like a blind man reading, I done put hands on a lot of Dot’s” line was fire), recycled bars and all-too-familiar filler, it’s an easy win on the road for the kid from Watts.

Verdict:  Daylyt (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Daylyt – “Box for what nigga? Who’ll get a box, choose your casket, I’ll remove a bastard, you will Sho’nuff take bullets to the mouth, Who’s the Master?”

O’fficial defeats Daylyt

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Recap: Nothing out of the ordinary here as the usual abstract and witty flair from Daylyt meets the usual gun-centric and mayhem-dishing plate from O’fficial. But in a very close one-rounder, even the slightest mistake can make a huge difference and in this case, Daylyt’s near choke at the start of his round does just that.

Verdict: O’fficial (W) 1-0

Favorite line: O’fficial – “That vagina had stretch marks on it, you lost out, ‘cuz that pussy you was eating was literally marked out!”

Charlie Clips defeats Daylyt

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Synopsis: Charlie Clips proves again why he belongs in everybody’s Top 5 in this epic battle against Daylyt. From jump Clips goes for the kill, using a West coast scheme that packs wallops, speaking on Daylyt: “I run with some Outlawzs, that’ll roof dog, they crazy, let theey ratchet buck, an LBC crew that’ll stomp him, now that’s Kurupt, should I use a nine, an automatic or maybe the blade, whatever I use will push this bitch wig back, that’s the Lady of Rage” (Also: “I’m in your hood, I start airing the pipe, I hit these Crip niggas, make everybody in blue Jet without preparing the flight..”). It doesn’t stop there as Clips punches with authority on each line he spits. Don’t sleep on Daylyt tho, as during round 1 he more than held his own, busting genial one-liners (“You thought one call was gonna save your ass from dying, who life alert?”) and hilarious punchlines: “What the fuck, I bust chrome, I’ll do him in a greasy way, 2 4’s leave six eight, who do we appreciate?” that kept the battle close, but clearly went beyond the time limit (not to mention, did he have to spit those bars on Biggie and Tupac?). Either way come the latter rounds Clips continues to flex, styling on Day’s use of gimmickry, spouting rabid name flips and going straight for the throat with gritty bars: “I let that four flare, point the deuce, throw the beam in ya mouth, I’ll do the fusion dance with Chilla than scheme in your house”. While Daylyt still had his moments (“One thing we got in common is we could rock man, but I rest killas, you said a Mr. Fantastic line? That’s cuz it was a stretch nigga!”), they became few and far between. All the while Clips, in round 3, continued to spaz and show off his creativity, spitting tutorials at Daylyt’s ski-mask: “But now you just jumping on any nigga face mask and honestly I can’t take it, how you go from Schoolboy Q and Young Buck album to a battle rapper that’s getting naked?’ (with Daylyt ironically rooting him on) and putting the nail in the coffin with this haymaker: “You want your niggas to look they killer in the eye, I rather you look your killer in his whole face, so you could remember the nigga from the east coast that stripped you of your pride and your glory, real killas don’t need a face mask and I don’t plan on letting you tell your side of the story!” Daylyt had a nice 3rd round (“I’ve been searching for this little boy all night, we are cougars”), but it just wasn’t nearly consistent enough to compete.

Verdict: Charlie Clips (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Charlie Clips – “Talking about you’ll give me the open hand, the fist in the deuce, and y’all believe him. I’ll have the one pointing before he get to the deuce, that’s odds and even”

Chilla Jones defeats Daylyt

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Synopsis: Sometimes it’s not a matter of who lost, but who won. Such is the case here with this classic barfest between Chilla Jones and Daylyt–simply put as terrific as both emcees were, it all comes down to who dropped more haymakers. The edge goes to Chilla, from the crazy “Watch with the level I’m on, clear plane escalator, you can’t move me with long stares [stairs]) line to this gem (with Method Man literally in the building): “That’s cause she gave Ghost, face and blew Meth like Heisenberg”, it’s just rare to see Chilla waste lines. And Daylyt, who has long proven that he can match anyone lyrically (when he’s not beholden to antics), was as impressive as he’s ever been, dropping bombs like “And I rely my babe cuz she a cap and wild gunner, she’ll close her eyes, point the deuce at the ring like Pacquiao’s mama” and “If I chase a nigga’, back break a nigga’, funeral homes, box rake a nigga, you get the open hand, the fist or the deuce, rock, paper, scissors” that would’ve had any other battle rapper take his mike off and call it quits. But this was Chilla Jones, a wordplay artist and scheme king, who unless he produces that rare slip-up (vs. B. Magic) or you’re somehow able out-bar him (JC), your chances of winning are slim to none. I got Jones taking the 1st and 3rd with Daylyt taking the 2nd. Such a classic battle, does it even matter who won?

Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1

Best line: Chilla Jones – “It’s cuz’ you snitchin’, so to pigs I’m sinning, you sendin’ info so now y’all all fucked, it’s like I’m sendin’ nympho’s”

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!”

M. Ciddy defeats Daylyt

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Recap: “This battle means absolutely nothing to me”….and from the moment Daylyt did the sign language stuff, you just knew where this battle was headed. Still, M. Ciddy did his thing and deserves credit for it: nice (“I could sleep and son Day [Sunday] like I’m late for church”) wordplay, hard-hitting bars, fresh schemes and winning personals to cop an easy win.

Verdict: M. Ciddy (W) 3-0

Favorite line: M. Ciddy – “Dammit dude you the lamest in the town, you about to battle Magic to tangle for this crown, he fatal with the sound, for you to get that B M W you gotta try angles [triangles] in the round”

Xcel defeats Daylyt

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Recap: Even a hilarious (“Cuz when I get in ‘Drive’ you see da feet, that’s the car from Barney Rubble…accel [Xcel]”) 1st round, steady name flips and ever-present antics from Daylyt can’t interrupt or stop the stampede of punchlines and killer (“I’m not one to bet against, I’ll show up with arms on your table like fuck etiquette”) performance bars from a consistently on-point Xcel who proceeds to win this Trap House battle with relative ease.

Verdict: Xcel (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Xcel – “Your screws loose, all that mean to me is two to your dome, beat me?, you couldn’t get this double U [W] with a clone”

Daylyt defeats Loe Pesci

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Recap: Grimy antics aside (this battle is noted for Daylyt putting his hands down his pants, scratching his balls and putting his finger in Loe Pesci’s face. amongst other tomfoolery that Daylyt deemed necessary because Pesci was allegedly acting racist to him online before the battle), wordplay wise (“He say he slangs drugs?, you wouldn’t see him holding a big rock if he was a cave thug”) Daylyt does just enough in rounds 1 and 3 to edge each one and get the win over an opponent whose better lines clearly got gassed by the biased crowd.

Verdict: Daylyt (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Daylyt – “I’m just a head [ahead] with the flow, that’s a DDT”

Emerson Kennedy defeats Daylyt

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Recap: Utilizing each round to fit a different narrative, in this California versus Utah, 3-rounder from AHAT versus Daylyt, Emerson Kennedy proceeds from gritty punchlines to resident name flips to stinging set-ups, resident heat and personals. And although not quite on his A-game throughout the match, going up against a Batmobile-reclining opponent who came prepped with mostly generic, anecdotal shiners that were hit and miss, a more overall consistent EK does enough in the 1st and deciding 3rd round to gain the win.

Verdict: Emerson Kennedy (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Emerson Kennedy – “That nickle, make it silent, we call that? pleading the 5th and that bulldog will talk to him…Daylyt?, Peter Griffin!”

KG The Poet defeats Daylyt

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Synopsis: Considering it was a tie after 2, shame on Daylyt for admitting that he didn’t write a 3rd round for KG The Poet, thus pretty much handing him the win despite his on-the-spot bars.

Verdict: KG The Poet (W) 2-1

Favorite line: KG The Poet – “Once you showed the moon, we knew Daylyt [daylight] was finished”

Math Hoffa defeats Daylyt

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Synopsis: Daylyt’s battle rap career is starting to remind me of QP’s (Qleen Paper). Great start, unique presence and exquisite bars, but too many battles in a short amount of time and the huge buzz just slowly died. I mean just from watching Daylyt’s homemade video’s you could tell how funny he is, but now his battles have become too much (esp. here) clownery over bars. In other words the same guy who showed up and went toe-to-toe against Rich Dollarz, Philly Swain and Spee Dolla has been replaced by a guy who just wants to be weird and make you laugh. Anyway, Math got this….tho I wouldn’t be surprised if his next opponent mentions how Daylyt punked him with that push.

Verdict: Math Hoffa (W) 2-0

Best line: Math Hoffa – “I stopped fighting over colors back in kindergarten”

Calicoe defeats Daylyt

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Recap: Yunno, even if his atypical rhyme patterns and so-called ‘over the head’ bars are sometimes overblown or dismissed due to his oft-want for silly antics, the bottom line here in this one-rounder from BeatKnoxxx Rehash is that Daylyt did show up and tho he could be a little off-putting (talking on a phone during a battle…really?!?) at times, so did Calicoe. Still, aggressively addressing personal battle rap issues, talking that street (“I got a clip full, I’m trying to free every bullet like they mason’s, I’ll let a couple fly like honeymoon, vacation!”) shit that he’s known for and dishing fiery bully/gun bars with Grade-A bluster, Calicoe ends up taking this one.

Verdict: Calicoe (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Daylyt – “I look at you dead in your eyes like Who you?!…my guns will peel, bury [Pillsbury] these dope boys [doughboys] Woohoo!“

Daylyt defeats Skelly

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Recap: Despite failing to impress the dude with the Flyers sweater on (I don’t think he broke his poker face once during the entire battle), this was still a decent battle between Skelly and Daylyt. Skelly stepping it up with aggressive bars and Daylyt taking a battle seriously with witty bars and comedic (“I wet backs, Pablo!”)
personals. Close throughout, but the guy with the mask wins it due to more variety with is bars.

Verdict: Daylyt (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Daylyt – “Canibus flow, the pad blew up!”

Daylyt defeats Rich Dolarz

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Recap: Now who doesn’t long for the days of dope, under 20 minutes, 3-round battles? ‘Cuz that’s what KOTD gives you again here with Daylyt taking on Rich Dolarz in a gritty and lyrical punch-fest that should also be noted for taking place pre-“antics” stage if you’ve been a follower of Daylyt’s battle rap career and need another reminder that the notorious, West-coast spitter can actually rap really well…when he wants to. And while Dolarz gives Day all he can handle with a boatload of solid schemes, piercing gun bars and fierce name flips/punchlines, it’s a nice-with-the-cadence, wordplay-vicious, incredibly witty, mayhem-inducing, without-the-ski-mask Daylyt who takes the first two rounds for the win, before a turned-up with the punches and more condensed Dolarz edges the 3rd.

Verdict: Daylyt (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Daylyt – “Round of applause, everybody crying, bullets like a funny joke, they got everybody dying!”

Daylyt defeats Danja Zone

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Recap: For a last-minute replacement Danja Zone still puts on good show against the all bars, no gimmicks version of Daylyt. But a slight slip-up, a couple of elongated schemes and a little too much filler will stand out even more when it comes to a one-rounder. That and Daylyt’s steady hitting punchlines/bars secures the win for the guy with the face tats.

Verdict: Daylyt (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Daylyt – “Try to rob and you’ll see Sparks fly like a Lisa Leslie dunk”

Daylyt defeats Philly Swain

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Recap: Considering how much Philly Swain got up in Daylyt’s face during the 1st round, unless he actually did touch him, not sure why Swain (or Lush One) would have an issue with Daylyt returning the favor. That said, this battle was pretty competitive with a punch-heavier Swain taking the 1st round before the ever bullish and quotable Daylyt edged the 2nd. Final round was a goodie with Swain showing off his vet skills via a handful of rigid freestyles to go along with a boatload of flexing punchlines and witty barbs. But the deciding round here goes to Daylyt who with a more consistent turn of fiery punches, some spicy wordplay and plenty of boastful heat, edges the 3rd.

Verdict: Daylyt (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Daylyt – “I’m more gutter than a crackhead bunch, I’ll give him more dots than a Pac-man lunch/click cals you gonna see a big POW!!!, it look like a old Batman punch!”

Daylyt defeats Cocky

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Synopsis: Guess this battle didn’t come with a time limit as Daylyt rhymes for like 5 minutes while Cocky, seemingly with somewhere to get to in a hurry, goes for only a couple. And while Cocky had some hilarious (“Nigga you couldn’t hang with me if we got lynched together”) bars, his round, tho short, would’ve needed to be more condensed with straight heat after heat in order to give him the win here over a more creative (“That bitch drier [dryer] than the side of a washer machine”) and clearly verbose Daylyt on this one.

Verdict: Daylyt (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Daylyt – “Dip and see more niggas behind you then a Johnny Cage kick”

Daylyt defeats Passwurdz

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Recap: More condensed and performance-heavy in rounds 1 and 3 with some fire quotables, witty barbs and rugged wordplay mixed in, Daylyt edges a mayhem-dishing and personal/name-flip spazzing, but a little less versatile and a little less intricate Passwurdz in this competitive 3-rounder from Grind Time.

Verdict: Daylyt (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Daylyt – “I X box cats, his boys will get a Halo 2!: