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Frak and John John Da Don [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: History says John John Da Don should know better. The longtime battle rap vet insinuating before this KOTD bout against Frak, that when it comes to bars ‘jokes’ aren’t as substantive as straight-up lyricism. And while that opinion may have worked at times against his opponent (indeed, based on JJDD’s ‘Jokes vs. lyricism’ stamp beforehand, during the battle Frak would admit to purposely fine-tuning his bars a bit away from usual comedic slants), when you consider that JJDD got his start in the backpack raps and jokes era of Grind Time, one would think that he of all people wouldn’t go there. Nonetheless a dope and highly competitive 3-rounder with plenty of fierce angles, stifling personals, fiendish Jew tropes, witty punches, solid wordplay and righteous darts comes down to (after the two split the first two rounds) to the 3rd round where JJDD unleashed an angle/punch-lit, witty at times, personal-drenched turn that was certainly substantive in its potency. While Frak came with a slightly more versatile round lit with more solid JJDD-isms, some racy political theater, ironic (“We control the King of the Dot, even got a couple of Rosenberg’s hosting too!”) puns and fierce punchlines/personals that altogether proved to be just as meaty as his opponent. Thus, making this one a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: John John Da Don – “You a struggling Jewish rapper, it got to be so few, ‘cuz shining should never be a problem for no jewels!”

Danny Myers and Boze [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from the Hunger Gamez, Boze and Danny Myers both bring plenty of mayhem-lit darts, solid personals and piercing gun bars to keep things interesting. But with an added mix of pedestrian bars from both battlers, despite Boze scoring more haymakers during a longer round time-wise, Danny’s soldi punch game, an incredible amount of (“Nigga, I provide war, this the type of shit I slide for, nigga we going through the side gate, i don’t give a fuck about your garage door!”) spicy rebuttals (there was 5 or 6 of ’em) and a witty freestyle directed at his opponent’s GF in the crowd, allows for a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Boze – “You’ve been prepping, chasing Lux for 10 years, Smack keep telling its levels in this place, typical Myers, keep taking a stab at it…but you’ll never see the face!”

Saflare Sole and Kyd Slade [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Fire battle from URL’s N.O.M.E. 14 card with both Kyd (“Who want war with me?, get clapped in a venue for all to see, and have your whole team behind you screaming while I shoot…shit look like a corner 3!”) Slade and Saflare Sole delivering the goods on gritty punchlines, fire trap talk, rigid set-ups, solid name flips, righteous darts, explosive gun bars and boastful barbs. And while a way more potent and haymaker-lit Saflare clearly took round 2, the other two rounds remained tight and competitive with the slightly more condensed and efficient Slade edging round 1, before an equally spicy and action-filled 3rd calls for this ending up as a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Saflare Sole – “The problem is these nigga’s think they larger than life, but life is cheap when desperation meets the bargaining price!”

Arsonal and Infrared Tha General [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: From Manslaughter Battle League, Arsonal and Minnesota battler (“This a homicide, I’ll come off the belt like Pootie Tang, wadata!”) Infrared Tha General go at it for one round and it’s a goodie. Both competitors serving up crowd-pleasing rhymes with no regard for tier status. And with the two battlers spitting their share of boastful barbs, gritty punchlines, witty darts and hard-hitting street rhymes with equal efficiency, this one makes for a tie.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Arsonal – “See I just retired from banging on nigga’s, I think I’m Blake Griffin!”

Coffee Brown and E-Hart [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Not sure why a battle of this magnitude, between two top tier femcees, didn’t receive the proper promo it should’ve received. But nonetheless, Coffee Brown versus E-Hart for 3 rounds gets platformed on Black Ice Cartel and while Coffee seemed on a hundred throughout when it came to a will to win…E-Hart? Not so much. The veteran Bronx, NY emcee getting by on sheer talent moreso than moxie as her gritty punchlines, gun bars, wordplay and name flips edges her round 1, before the more aggressive and bombastic Coffee’s graphic punches, wicked set-ups, witty (“Standing there, looking like everything they put our people through”) personals and other mayhem-lit darts helped her edge round 2 to tie things up. However, Coffee’s mid-round slip-up in the third round, despite her excellent start, ultimately cost her. This allowed E-Hart, who delivered a strong but beatable “AMG mode” performance, to even the score, resulting in a tie.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: E-Hart – “Get back-slapped for the cap and I stay with it tucked, I got one arm and I’m right here saying ‘What’s up!'”

Shotgun Suge and B. Magic [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Despite battling some early slip-ups in round 1, Shotgun Suge still manages to get busier with the punches in round 1 of this 3-round, ‘The Rebirth’ bout from UDubb vs. a pedestrian B. Magic to edge things there. However, a combination of a still pretty solid Suge relying a little too much on well-oiled personals concerning his opp along with Magic stepping it up with both the punchlines and the wordplay (esp. when it came to use of hometown [“I could’ve been a Birdman with all the Fiend’s that I found!”]references in round 3) in the latter two rounds allows for an equally efficient 2nd, before Magic came back to take the final round to earn a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Shotgun Suge – “I only play the trap for half a summer, these nigga’s lack in hunger, I hit the block and turn 20 into 50, we doing Magic numbers!”

Jaz The Rapper and Bigg K [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Camera dudes running through the stage while the battle is going on?!? Chrome 23 has gotta do better. Anyway, in an unexpected matchup between Bigg K and Jaz The Rapper that saw both battlers appear on Remy Ma’s league for the first time, outside of their usual m.o.’s., angles utilized by both K and Jaz were noteworthy. K with a bunch of hard-hitting/disrespectful personals when he wasn’t punching Jaz’s light out. While a more versatile Jaz would hit her opponent with a gang of witty barbs/personals when she’s using solid race angles (one of which K surprisingly addressed), fiesty gun bars and gritty punches that for the most part hit (tho she did shockingly struggle with her flow a bit). That said, a debatable round 1 efficient when it comes to haymakers on both sides is followed up by K upstaging a less consistent Jaz in round 2 before the Rapper got back (“You the king of being anti-Smack, matter of fact you so anti-Smack all you do is punch!”) in her bag with a sturdier and more consistently -lit 3rd to force a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Bigg K – “Y’all ruin every league that try to give you bitches bread, it’s time to sing a new tune, that Femi shit is dead, they got me out the blue room ‘cuz y’all got Remy in the red!”

Rum Nitty and CJA [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Can’t recall a year where so many top tier battle rappers entered the ring so often. The easiest answer being that with so many of them having already battled each other, they’ve run out of big name opponent’s to face, hence giving up-n-comers a shot. Well, if the latter is the case with Rum Nitty (“I just put in an order for some new guns, I wrote down a list, the connect from India, I got Real Sikh’s [six] plug…like a power strip!”) taking on CJA for 3 rounds here on iBattle, good for Nitty and great for CJA, who clearly took advantage of his opportunity. The Rochester, NY, battler using a bunch of rambunctious punches and boastful darts to score a debatable (got Nitty taking round 1 and CJA the 2nd, before a debatable 3rd) over a Nitty, who after a blazing opening round, couldn’t quite get back on his A-game in the following rounds despite a solid enough effort that kept him from receiving an upset.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: CJA – “Why would I waste bullets on this prick?, you are 5-foot-6, I won’t need it, RBE security, I got this big-ass gun for no reason!”

Yoshi G and Viixen the Assassin [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: No ‘Thot Bars’ or an endgame kiss on the cheek, but Yoshi G versus Viixen The Assassin for 3 rounds on Bullpen Battle League is still a salacious one. Yoshi going after her opponent with a bunch of juicy personals, some solid wordplay and a wide variety of hitting/righteous punchlines, made a show of it. While Viixen, outside of struggling with her flow a bit in round 1, kept it competitive with piercing (“Baby, when we tell you to suck it up, we don’t mean literally!”) darts aimed at Yoshi’s mental health as well as a gang of aggressive punchlines/personals and daunting gun lines. Close throughout, it’s the equally efficient but cleaner-flowing Yohsi who edges round 1, before a way more haymaker-lit Viixen took round 2 to tie things up. Helped by some dope off-the-dome heat to start her 3rd, Yoshi does just enough make the final round debatable in light of a pretty solid turn by Viixen.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Yoshi G – “You fat booty bitch, I just know your toilet seats be hella loose!”

JC and Awthentic [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: From URL’s Traffic 6 card, the battle vet JC and up-n-comer Awthentic put on a dope show for the Arizona crowd in a 3-round battle that was as competitive and close as close could be. Awthentic, ganging up on his opponent with a boatload of gritty punchlines, some solid wordplay/name flips and feelgood gun bars never lacked for confidence. While JC kept it cool, but bombastic with a shitload of eerie boasts, poisonous (“You only got one form, but you don’t gotta conform to fit in this casket!”) darts, festering gun bars and bold name flips. Steady on both sides with the heat with little on the personals, a debatable round 1 is followed by the slightly more efficient JC edging round 2, before a punch-crazy Awthentic came back to land more haymakers (including the line of the battle, see below) in round 3 to make this one a debatable overall.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Awthentic – “my time has been birthed, and I’m defined by the turf, how JC walk on water but died trying to Surf!’

Ryda and Bandit Montana [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: From URL’s Final Exam 2 card, Ryda and Bandit Montana put on a competitive show filled with hard-hitting punches, spirited gun bars, unbridled street talk and righteous personals. After the slightly more haymaker-friendly Ryda edged round one and the more punch drunk and consistently spicy Montana handily took the middle round to split things up going into round 3, a fly rebuttal by Montana would be offset by struggles with his flow, allowing an equally efficient Ryda (despite a few dry spots) Ryda to score with just enough heat to make this one a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Bandit Montana – “Son boring, a nigga like you in my hood get extorted, what you got?, what’s in ya pocket?, would’ve asked you them same questions every week like unemployment!”

Coffee Brown and Geechi Gotti [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Damn, they didn’t even want to hug it out at the end. Oh well. From the Riot Battle League, former ‘Mafia’ co-horts Geechi Gotti and Coffee Brown let it all out for 3 rounds and as to be expected, it’s a highly personal and competitive affair. Coffee, always aggressive in her battles, but seemingly too a little hostile here, got all up in Gotti’s grill throughout the match, all the while dishing a stinging barrage of spirited gun bars, hardbody personals laced with rich metaphors and gritty punchlines. While a slightly more subdued, but still heated Geechi offered up blistering takes on his opponent’s alleged sex (“Jazz said if she fucked Smack she could own half the company, that pussy must be beautiful, this dumb bitch was fucking ‘P’ and couldn’t get one percent of the Crucibles!”) tales when he wasn’t also scoring with a gang of hard street rhymes, gripping name flips, righteous personals and potent punchlines. Add some solid rebuttals to the mix from sides in the bout and altogether you’re left with a battle that lived to its hype when it comes to grudge matches. Nonetheless, no winner here as after the slightly more haymaker/performance/multi-faceted-lit Geechi edged round 1, before a higher-dosed Coffee returned the favor in round 2. An equally crowd-buzzing, punch-crazy and efficient 3rd by both battlers makes this one a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Coffee Brown – “It’s round 2 and you still a bitch, bang will lift, aircraft marshall, as soon as you land I’m waving stcks!”

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

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

Verdict: TIE

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

Saflare Sole and Danny Myers [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Featuring a bunch of fly rebuttals from a too cold Danny Myers and a versatile performance from up-n-comer Saflare Sole, this gritty 3-rounder from URL ends up as consequential as a debatable. The off-the-dome lit and more haymaker-rich Myers taking round 1 before (despite a small stumble) Saflare turned it up on the punchlines to force a tie against another rebuttal-lit (“Hey nigga, tonight you get slayed violent, they forgot to read that bitch Miranda rights, you got the right to remain silent!”) ..and mayhem-friendly turn by Danny. A battle that also spouted nicely-blended ‘Danny-ism’s’ from Sole throughput the match and some nifty wordplay from Myers would end up with Saflare earning a tie with another punch-crazy 3rd that coupled with a righteous Danny spending a little too much time pontificating, allows the newbie to edge the bout for a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Saflare Sole – “I’ll clap this bitch, stomach, leg, arm, bullets even his back get hit, he shot in a private location like an App event!”

Nu Jerzey Twork and Chef Trez [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: From URL’s ‘Outside 2’ card, a fire 3-rounder between Nu Jerzey Twork and Chef Trez features the latter utilizing a gang of rambunctious set-up/punchlines, stifling gun bars, witty/hard-hitting personals and righteous mayhem to make his mark. While the always-on-point Chef offered up a sizzling plate mixed with a boatload of piercing rebuttals, gritty (“Put a ratchet behind Twork, y’all know bitches like to dance with each other!”) punches, head-ringing gunplay and flexing name flips/wordplay to stay in the game. Close all the way though, a slightly more cohesive and less flow-challenged Trez would edge round 1 before an equally efficient punchfest from both sides would add up to a debatable 2nd round. The final 3rd round in a battle that never lacked for entertainment and crazy bars, would get edged by the slightly more haymaker-lit Twork thus making this one a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “You is a weirdo and a fucking fraud, wasn’t you just over there with RBE doing a bunch of cards?, he seen URL on Caffiene with celebrities & he said ‘What’s up with y’all?!‘”

T-Top and Loso [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Wishing for the crowd’s to get more into your battles? Learn how to perform, utilize stage presense and control the crowd the way T-Top and Loso do here in this 3-round URL ‘Redemption 2’ matchup. Entertaining and competitive throughout in front of a crowd that was captivated from the beginning to the end, all the while dialing up versatile displays on both ends with plenty of Christian-laced darts/disses, hard-hitting personals, spicy (Loso: “Hey yo, you a lame bra, I know we not in Florida, but out here college football is what the doctor order, in other words why play off Top for, TCU getting washed in Georgia!”) set-up/punchlines, witty barbs, frenzied angles, rich struggle bars and solid wordplay, both Top and Loso kept it gritty for a trio of rounds. Add in some dope name flips by Loso and a crazy ‘How You Know Jesus Was Black’ trope by Top in round 2 to make things even more amped and after a debatable round 1, it’s a more haymaker-lit T-Top who takes the 2nd before a more steady punching/scoring Loso took the 3rd to make this sizzling bout a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: “T-Top – “I said ‘pause’, bro you was voted the sexiest man in battle rap, in a culture that’s 98 percent men and he had the nerve to be smiling after, they said it was between him and John John and J2’s vote was the deciding factor!”

Ill Will and Hollow Da Don [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: A couple of veteran top tiers who should be on every serious battle rap fan’s Top 10 list, it’s to be expected that Ill Will and Hollow Da Don put on a crazy show. And on this 3-rounder from RBE the two do just that, Will with a gang of rambunctious punches, witty personals, fire set-ups/name flips and gritty struggle/gun bars with steady abandon. While the slightly more unorthodox Hollow brought to the bout a rich pallete of twisted, but piercing wordplay, hard-hitting angles when it came to the name flips and personals, a handful of solid rebuttals/freestyles and a plethora of dizzying punchlines that for the most part landed on their mark. Close throughout with Will rapping a little more longer in each round, some flexing off-the-dome heat combined with a pretty punch-heavy turn from Hollow is just enough to score a debatable round 1 after a versatile Will went berserza in the opener. Round 2 was just as competitive and fiery from both sides, but one or two more haymakers from Will gets the Yaktown battler the second before yet another sterling round from Will and Hollow is edged by a boastful, but a little more (“God-tier what we done built, I can make Smack and ARP sit down, eat a meal and argue who gonna keep the bill!”) punch-heavier da Don to make this one a debatable.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: Ill Will – “I ain’t the one you want to put in pursuit, I’m looking to shoot, James Bond, every nigga that play me got put in a suit!”

Bill Collector and Rosenberg Raw [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: The longest grudge match in battle rap finally takes place and it has audio issues?!? Not a good look for The Battle Academy. Nonetheless and as expected, Rosenberg Raw versus Bill Collector (“Even URL tried to offer you a deal, and you was about to risk it all for the worst plate, perfect Gentlemen, this nigga was reaching for Bill on the first date!”) was still a goodie as the two ‘frenemies’ each got their shit off via a boatload of battle rap associated/who-did-more-for-who career allegations, gritty punchlines, hard-hitting personals and other drama surrounding crews, near fights, battle rap leagues and even family. An aggressive and haymaker-lit battle with both battlers having to get a lot off their chest due to their longstanding grudge, with each round being equally efficient and serving up zero miscues, we’re going to call this one a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Rosenberg Raw – “You a freak show and everything he ever did was out of bounds, how the fuck you put a black eye on the city and you from out of town?!”

Danny Myers and Quban [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Quban and Danny Myers do the fair one for 1 round at the Battle Academy and it’s a goodie as a versatile Bar God scores with a gang of fiery, aggressive punches, while a gritty and set-up lit Quban raps his ass off to the tune of some delicious (“I know he think he too cold, but do that make you heat resistant!”) haymakers and righteous darts/schemes. And while Quban had a stronger ending to his round, an elongated run combined with one too many dry spots by the former Goonie coupled with Danny suffering from some subpar bars here and there makes this bout debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “My nigga Jonny Ice exposed Surf was fucking your baby mama, I ain’t even have to ask if it’s true, my nigga told me she gave him head, butt…like Jaz special move!”

T-Top and Leeno Brown [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from Showtime Battle Arena, the hard street rhymes/trap talk, blunt storytelling and gritty punches from Leeno Brown combined with a guttural cadence make for an impressive performance. However, thanks in part to his opponent rhyming twice as long as he did as well as a sublime rebuttal to start off his round that settled into a rich combo of charismatic personals,, rich name flips and hardbody (“I don’t give a fuck who in Sam’s club, I woulda pulled his card at the door!”) punchlines, T-Top does just enough to make this a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Leeno Brown – “I come from the belly of the beast and selling crack was helping me feed it!”

QB (Black Diamond) and Chayna Ashley [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: From Chrome 23’s $25K tournament, in a rematch from their RBE matchup back in 2019 Chayna Ashley with her bullish punches, fierce wordplay and boastful darts/wordplay and QB with a versatile showing of spicy bars, solid freestyles and fiery (“So Chayna, gimem about a few feet, or it’s gonna remind you of when you bathing suit shopping, I know you scared of the two-piece!”) personals proved that she’s more than just the most disrespectful female battler in the game, put on a competitive and aggressive showing that was close throughout. A cutthroat battle fitting for a tourney setting with a lot of money on the line, after a debatable round 1, QB edging the 2nd and Chayna edging the 3rd, it’s only makes sense that this one ends up a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Chayna Ashley – “And I’m a chanel my anger straight to the source, before Roe vs. Wade I told these bitches abort!”

Quban and Yunus [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: From Our Society Battle League, a dope 1-rounder between Yunus and Quban sees the former spice up the room with a versatile stream of crafty wordplay, fiending (“He’s dying, get rocked with long arms like the Beast Titan, military funeral, that’s a flag by the body, look like the menu for Street Fighter!”) set-ups/punchlines and hitting personals/metaphors. On the other hand Quban was able to rock the crowd with an aggressive/animated round of fiery punchlines, graphic/mayhem-lit darts and fiery boasts/personals in an equally efficient turn that scores this one a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Quban – “Crazy you the creative player but I’m the made nigga!”

Danny Myers and Jai400 [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Cali vs. Jersey, prolific with the interviews vs. prolific with the interviews, bald head vs. bald head, Danny Myers vs. Jai 400 from the latter’s HowYouGonAct Network league serves up a steady mix of graphic punchlines, aggressive personals (esp. from Jai), pent-up set-ups/boasts and spiteful mayhem to the consistent delight of a well-tuned in crowd. But after a sublime and steadily hard-hitting Jai took round 1, a couple of fly rebuttals, mayhem-slinging (“This is a movie right?, well this clip hold 16 Blocks…Mos Def!”) and more versatile showing from Danny in round 2 would tie things up before the 3rd, which with an equally syrupy display of punches from both battlers would end up making this one debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Jai400 – “Parallel universes is not enough, ‘cuz parallel is all I did to get them numbers just to line him up!”

Chef Trez and Leo Bronze [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: In this crazy 1-rounder from League of Championship Kulture, an impressive performance by Leo Bronze, who with a barrage of sizzling punchlines, gritty street talk, fire similes, witty (Leo Bronze: “You don’t even got your own face, fake-ass Ja Morant!”) personals/angles and a fiery cameo appearance from his 7yo daughter, let you know that he came to win, gets measured up by a dope showing from Chef Trez. Who with a quartet of hitting rebuttals, piercing gun bars, well-armed name flips and plenty of stinging punches of his own, does just enough to earn a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “We all know about the law of attraction, and by naming yourself Bronze you already took away that number one spot!!”

Charron and XQZ [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Another Compliment Battle from Barstool Sports ‘The Nicest’ card features Charron and XQZ trading a bunch of personals adulations (XQZ: “When people mistake me for you, I don’t correct them because that’s how I get into night clubs, award shows, my own family reunion!”), rich storytelling and witty punchlines to keep the crowd amused. A competitive bout on both sides with Charron adding a handful of solid freestyles/rebuttals to the mix, after the two split rounds 1 and 2, a 3-round bout that never wavered on entertainment fittingly ends up a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Charron – “Tee Grizzley told me you make some tugh music, you put out a track, my girlfriend cums to it!”

Oppa and Danny Myers [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: A blazing 1-rounder from TBG sees Danny Myers delivering a barrage of boastful (“My nigga’s asked me, ‘Are you done with OPP?’, yeah you know me for being treacherous!”) barbs, graphic mayhem, sporty personals and raucous lyrical darts to get his point across. But refusing to bow down in the midst of his opponent’s fiery comeuppance, Maryland up-n-comer Oppa, via a gang of mocking/hard-hitting personals, witty zingers and righteous set-ups/punches scores with enough bangers to make this one a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Oppa – “Danny Myers, father, battle rapper, two difficult roles you’re not balancing well, your son got a Danny Myers conversation at 22 and Lil Slap got a battle at 12!”

Bill Collector and Mackk Myron [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: I know it was only one or two bars, but Mackk Myron does a phenomenal Bill Collector impression. That said, in this tight Season 1 KOTD tournament battle, an often elite, personal-lit and witty punch game from Mackk versus the performance-heavy, unorthodox (“One time the plug gave me short China, boy was I Dumbfounded!”) punchlines/name flips from Bill equates to Mackk taking round 1 before the Loud Boys capo edged round 2 to split things going into the 3rd. The final round, which served up more of the high energy we’d seen from both battlers throughout the bout, ends up tied too as Bill and Mackk equally finessed with the haymakers during their identical alloted time.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Mackk Myron – “Now correct me, y’all think he about to beat me or something?, Bill my little brother he can’t beat me at nothing!”

NXT and Hansel [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: From WestWorld Battle Rap, EFB members NXT and Hansel go at it for three rounds and it’s a dope one. Both battlers highly aggressive with their raps, but there was plenty of substance that came with it through a barrage of sturdy punchlines, resident West-coast flossing, piercing name flips, roundhouse personals and a bunch of mayhem-lit boasts that for the most part made their mark on both sides. Tied (had NXT edgung round 1, before Hansel out-punched his opponent in roudn 2 to even things up) going into the deciding 3rd round, the final round turns to be an equally efficient banger with Hansel delivering another stream of consistently hard-hitting punches, while NXT went a completely different route via a crispy run of braggadocio (“I been here 7 years, that bad luck done ran out!”) darts that highlighted his battle rap resume and struggles coming up in the game versus that of the relative newcomer standing across from him.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Hansel – “Shotgun, one pull gonna hit you and like two more of you haters, thats 3 nigga’s in one release…this shit a jumpshot creater!”

Pass and Ciddy [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Dope 3-rounder here from KOTD’s Season 1 tournament features Pass vs. Ciddy with both battlers bringing their A-games. What with an ever aggressive Ciddy scoring with sizzling multi’s, intricate/hardbody (“All I need is two fingers, Bruce Lee push-ups!”) punches and a bunch of hitting personals, while a just as combative Pass used a boatload of fiery name flips, boastful punchlines and piercing wordplay/style breakdowns to stay on pace with his opponent throughout the battle. Close throughout with barely any room for filler, had a slightly more haymaker-lit Pass edging round 1 before Ciddy returned the favor in round 2 to even things up. Last round might’ve been slightly edged by a still pugnacious Ciddy too if not for a hitting rebuttal by a still game Pass to start his round, therefore making this bout debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Pass – “You could never be on my level, you reaching still ain’t get it, he know this Town Bidness way beyond Ciddy [city] limits!”

Man Murray and Swamp [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: From HOC Rap Battle League, with both Man Murray and Swamp (“You try me and I’m going over the edge like toes and small sandals!”) equally cooking and dishing a gang of gritty punches/personals during this 1-rounder, a competitive bout is spoiled by each battler struggling with their flow to the tune of a trio of slip-ups from both sides that ended up making this one a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Man Murray – “After this they gonan say Swamp got fucked up like a natural disaster, so why the fuck are you worried about Midnight Madness when you not gonna make it to the morning after?!”

Geechi Gotti and Jaz The Rapper [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Spitfire battle from URL’s Kings vs. Queens 3 card between Geechi Gotti and Jaz The Rapper as the two seasoned vets both brought their A-game’s to a bout that nary had a dull moment. Jaz, aggressive and performance-spicy from jump, punchline-lit throughout, hard-hitting with the personals amd (“Y’all wanna know if I spit or swallow? don’t matter I’m still catching a nut in the mouth!”) wordplay, adeptly utilizing her opponent’s signature moves and at times talking down to Gotti in a poised manner rarely seen, proved to be effectively strategic with her rounds. On the other hand, Geechi would never let up, the 3-time COTY dishing a bunch of potent personals on Jaz and her Bardashian crew when he lighting up the scoreboard with a gang of witty barbs, some solid off-the-dome lines, bullish punches/metaphors and scorching gun bars/street rhymes. Competitive with some dope name flips, roasting sessions and similes mixed in, a fire round 1 that featured some fiery stunting on both sides makes for a debatable before a slightly more versatile Gotti took round 2 before a slightly more condensed and punch-crazy Jaz came back to take the final round and make this one a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “You been around me and my Crips, bitch my gun was popping cherries before you even got dick!”

Danny Myers and Rolla [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Outside of Danny Myers reaching a bit with the name flips and Rolla (“They say never judge a book by its cover, but I could tell a story [points trigger finger] by its index!”) getting a little winded with the punches towards the end of what was a pretty dope turn, a 1-rounder from Tha Smoke Session that was equally littered a gang of well-laced street darts, brutal mayhem and gritty punchlines on both sides still comes up as a debatable nonetheless.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “You ever found out that your nigga got killed and your face was grim, but you refuse to delete his number because that erases him?!”

Charron and T-Top [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: As much as we talk about his gritty trap talk and syrupy angles, too often T-Top’s wit doesn’t get enough credit for him becoming a top tier mainstay. And indeed, in this URL Resolution 2 matchup against Charron (prepped on two weeks notice), the Bear’s funny bone and versatile approach would certainly help him earn a draw. Top, using a bunch of piercing set-ups, solid storytelling and hitting (“We need a classic fileld with content, it’s only gonna work if we both do it, this ain’t a Weekend at Bernie’s and I ain’t carrying no white boy this whole movie!”) punchlines to edge round 1, before a more consistently punch-lit, off-the-dome sharp, personal-crazy and witty as ever Charron took the 2nd round to tie things up going into the 3rd. The last round was just as entertaining and competitive as the first two with Top dishing some hilarious personals to go along with a gang of fiery punches, while an elongated and a bit topsy-turvy but still scoring Charron would deliver a multifaceted turn that with enough haymakers to quantify with his opponent and make this bout a tie.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Charron – “Your bitch sucks dick in HD, mine has a PHd…the brain’s different!”

Chef Trez and J. Murda [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Never count out J. Murda, who in this matchup from RBE against an always off-the-dome ready, punch/gun bar-lit and gritty Chef Trez comes back after getting beat in round 1 with a couple of condensed, punch-heavy (“I’m in the cirb with two ratchets, it’s polygamy!”), wordplay spicy and raucous rounds to edge round 2, before using a couple of fire rebuttals in the 3rd to help him to a debatable final round and make this one a draw.

Verdict: Draw

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “I’m more than great, but check this shit, I’ll test this bitch, start disrespecting him, like you Puerto-Rican?…I’ll call you Mexican!”

Swave Sevah and Bill Collector [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: A friendly-fire affair with a cameo appearance from Rosenberg Raw (whom Bill Collector, in a sudden change of heart, really wants to battle now) in round 3, this highly entertaining 3-rounder from RBE turned out to be a real goodie. Swave Sevah, excellently mixing it up throughout with a flexing punch game, pointed storytelling/street tutorials, witty personals and piercing set-ups, still came to win when he wasn’t constantly dapping up his opponent. While BC, ever the showman, parlayed his enthusiam for batlling his longtime friend with 3 sturdy rounds of rich performance bars, some dope chain punching/wordplay (including what seemed like a fierce Daylyt impression), fiery (“You should’ve just took on Bill…dine and dash!”) personals/punches and resident jokes. A fire battle all the way through the end, we got Bill edging a fire-on-both-sides round 1, Swave taking the 2nd and a debatable 3rd which fittingly makes this one a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Swave Sevah – “No discretion, heart turns cold when I hold the weapon, lead off and re-load the Wesson and commit stickup’s with snub noses like Covid testing!”

Swave Sevah and Anderson Burrus [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Newcomer Anderson Burrus versus the vet Swave Sevah on URL’s Super Fight 6 card turns out to be goodie. In 3 rounds Burrus, also a comedian by trade, uses his comedic talents to score with a gang of witty barbs, funny storytelling, fierce schemes and hitting personals, when he wasn’t also putting up points via some dope punchlines. And even tho he was a little long-winded throughout the match and had a bit filler here and there, Burrus’ ability to put up haymakers never wavered. However, while he still put up his share of hardbody punches and whined a little bit too much on the ‘old jokes’ and karate angles his opponent used on him (like every top tier battler doesn’t have to deal with that stuff), Swave Sevah’s approach to this battle is what kept him competitive. The Team Homi capo directly taking on the huge ‘monkey in the room’ (i.e. another white boy trying to make it on the grittiest battle rap stage, the URL) and instead of doing the typical, racist angle shit, applying his funny bone and using the race card to superb effect with some rich metaphors, scathing personals, battle rap 101’s for white battlers, too funny (“Shit, I’ll even accept that he the son of a Caffiene exec and it was ‘Bring Your Son To Work Day’!”) jibs and even a bit of self-deprecating jokes that to go along with fire set-ups/punches/wordplay in 3 more condensed rounds allowed Swave to stay even through and through and earn a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Anderson Burrus – “Swave, you remind me of a warm hearted janitor in a basketball movie!”

K-Shine and Eazy the Block Captain [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Eazy the Block Captain versus K-Shine on the Smack Volume 9 card deserves all its praises as the two put on a fire and competitive show throughout their 3 rounds. A cesspool of hard street rhymes, feening (Eazy: “I’ll get close to Shine, I got insight!”) wordplay, stinging punchlines, charismatic machismo, gripping gun bars, piercing personals and greasy name flips on both sides that coupled with Shine’s rich performance bars and Eazy’s instructional gutta talk made for a crowd-pleasing draw, this close battle comes down to a more condensed Shine edging round 1 before a more steady pounding Block Captain took round 2. The deciding 3rd round, equal on straight-laced heat and quantitative haymakers (with Eazy going a minute or so longer longer than Shine), makes this one debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: K-Shine – “Before I had a gun, I had to be in the streets with just a star and a flag liek I’m Vietnamese!”

Danny Myers and Ace Amin [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: From URL’s Traffic 4 card, outside of struggling a bit with his flow in round 2, Ace Amin gives a standout performance for 3 rounds here against Danny Myers. The Maryland gunner (esp. during a superlative round 1) delivering a boatload of hard-hitting punchlines, righteous but captivating street talk, wily/mocking personals, some killer wordplay and of course, a shoulder bump at Danny’s expense to make sure you’re paying attention. Besides his opponent tho, there was only one here for Ace: his longwinded rounds that not including the opening round, couldn’t consistently match his heat. And a more condensed Myers would take advantage of that, all the while dishing his usual array of thrifty mayhem, some stinging personals, fancy ‘parallell universe’ bars, sordid (“I’ll shoot him while he on the toilet, he finally got his ‘Holy shit!'”) punchlines/schemes, lofty personals and even a few spicy rebuttals to edge round 2 and tie things up before the two battlers had an equal proportion of syrupy raps in the 3rd to make this one debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Ace Amin – “You got all those muthafuckin’ kids…everyone in here know you don’t know how to use a Magnum!”

Loso and Arsonal [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: From URL’s Smack Volume 8, after a so-so-round 1 that was easily beaten by an elongated, but versatile and piercing Arsonal, a camera-friendly and brazen (“Deep down I’m what nobody wants to see…like Cassidy and Freeway!”) at times Loso ups the ante with a gang of hard-hitting personals, righteous storytelling and pointed/stinging punchlines to take the 2nd round before a debatable 3rd. For Arsonal, a couple (when he wasn’t throwing shots at Murder Mook) of impressive showings in rounds 1 and 3 showed that there’s still plenty left in the tank as throughout the bout the NJ vet scored with a variety of spicy punchlines, stinging personals of his own, some fiery wordplay, pent up heat and mocking religious burners that stayed away from the gaslighting trap many rappers who go up against Christian battle rappers fall in

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Arsonal – “Fuck a GoFundMe, after this they creating a GoFindYou!”

Chess and Eazy the Block Captain [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Proof that we can’t just be going around calling anything a ‘classic’, spitfire all the way through, Chess versus Eazy the Block Captain on the URL Summer Madness 11 stage IS A CLASSIC. Indeed, a battle drenched in haymakers with both battlers on their A-game, I dare you to find a dry spot here, much less a single bar that even bordered on being pedestrian. That’s how crazy and competitive this battle was. Chess, aggressive, versatile, steeped in some killer wordplay, rich metaphors and sublime punchlines when he wasn’t scoring with fire name flips, elite gun bars and steady heat (esp. during a classic round 1) throughout the battle, stayed on his opponent’s neck. While Eazy, speaking greasy with that grimy Philly flow and using it to spout a gang of fiery/righteous personals, captivating (“Every time I came home it was drugs on the table, had a decision, should I cross the line?, White girl in a scary movie, I fell for it every time!”) trap/prison talk, witty barbs, head-ringing struggle bars and gritty street rhymes that was at its best during a classic round 2, showed that the hard work he put into getting on that SM stage was well worth it. Nearly equal in time during each round with no slip-ups from either side, a slightly more haymaker-lit Chess takes round 1 before Eazy returned the favor in the second round. The deciding 3rd round was appropriately even money as quantitatively both battlers brought nothing but roundhouse punches in a battle that is arguably the best we’ve seen in 2021.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Chess – “They couldn’t lock this in ’til they had my doe complete, the talk is different, you spoke to P, I spoke to Beasley!”

Emerson Kennedy and First Lady Flamez [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: With both battlers spouting a gang of fiery schemes, hard-hitting personals and stinging wordplay/punchlines throughout their 3 rounds, Emerson Kennedy vs. First Ladii Flamez on URL’s Civil War card is not only a competitive goodie, but a spirited barfest that brought the heat when it came to nuance. Still, EK in his bag too when it came to (“You see Moses burning bush if you clearly hedging flames!”) sterling name flips, would edge round 1 despite an aggressive and gritty turn (that was interrupted towards the end by her throwing up) by Flamez. Round 2 would feature a spitfire opening freestyle by EK that with more piercing punches/personals allowed the Salt Lake City rapper to score a draw against a wordplay-heavy, boastful and scheme-lit run by the First Lady. The final round would serve as the only clear round of the battle with EK delivering his lightest turn of the night (tho it was solid what with its artful use of righteous punchlines), a 3rd offering that would get handily beat back by a versatile and sublime-punching Flamez to make this one a debatable.

Verdict: Debatable 

Favorite line: First Ladii Flamez – “I will Black and beat the White out your bitch…no Grey Area!”

Hollow Da Don and Rum Nitty [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: A crazy, punch-heavy, mayhem spicy and lyrically brazen 3rd by Rum Nitty not only turns out to be the best round of this URL/Super Fight battle against Hollow Da Don. But saves the day for the Arizona vet, who thanks in part to some reaching and overused themes (snitching) in round 2, was behind a round heading into the final turn, On the other hand Hollow, playing with different flows throughout the match while scoring with some dope (“I’m in here giving y’all room shakers, but I gotta shake rumors!”) wordplay, righteous storytelling, unorthodox but fierce schemes and witty/stinging punches throughout the match, would hurt himself a bit with a few subpar lines as well as an overkill when it came to personals. That said, some fly breakdowns and head-ringing shiners by Da Don in round 1 while entertaining, didn’t always match the effort in terms of potency. And add to the mix an aggressive, determined, set-up rich, a little more condensed and punch-lit opener by Rum, while dripped with some filler here and there, was enough to force a draw and make this battle debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Rum Nitty – “Hit the scene like Prince Akeem, Semi with me looking for this bitch in Queens!”

Nu Jerzey Twork and Jakkboy Maine [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: A couple of Goonies for one round on 3 days prep for only 7 minutes? I’m all in. And despite the shortened time, it’s still a goodie. Jakkboy Maine with the performance-heavy/sing-song deliveries and fly (“When it tik tok, i’m turning Twork into a silhouette!”) lyricism, while Nu Jerzey Twork provided the rambunctious punches/personals and even brought out a belt to keep Jakk in line. That said, with an equal amount of haymakers, call this one a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “I’m the head of the Goonies, you know that’s fact, I’m the one that put Jakkboy on…like Kodak Black!”

E-Hart and First Lady Flamez [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: From QOTR’s Heir To The Throne card, spitfire and haymaker-drenched battle between a (“So I be by the door with the hoodie low, lacking confidence, giving good pussy energy tho, I got the wildest grip!”) gun-ba/punch-heavy and often stifling First Ladii Flamez and an ever gritty and wordplay-lit E-Hart, comes down to the more condensed and versatile (via a bunch of righteous banter, fiery punchlines, head-ringing name flips and gripping personals) Hart taking round 2 (after a debatable round 1) while the heat-fortified and slightly more punch-lit Flamez edged the 3rd to make this one a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: E-Hart – “If you want beef over buns, I might let Jakk in the box!”

T-Top and R. Payso [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Organyzed Cryme Battle League, which has been putting out some fierce 1-rounders of late, brings you another one here with T-Top facing off against rising newcomer R. Payso. A competitive battle that saw the veteran Top get busy with a gang of gritty punches, charismatic trap talk and rigid (“I don’t give a fuck about Pay so I’ll put the .4 in money!”) set-ups/personals/name flips. However, showing the crowd that he could hold his own against the best of them, a steely, but earnest Payso would spout a fiery stream of flexing street missives, solid wordplay, boastful barbs and hardbody name flips/punchlines to make this one a debatable.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: R. Patso – “This bulldog got a kick back, it’ll fuck up a get-together and kick back!”

Arsonal Da Rebel and A. Ward [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: A gang of steely wordplay to go along with some disrespectful/righteous name flips/punchlines by Arsonal combined with a more versatile flexing with heavy schemes, ill set-ups/punchlines, NJ battle rapper darts and witty/’disrespectful’ (“I will convert all your music to cassette tapes and only put the songs on side B!”) barbs equates to a debatable in this dope 1-rounder from The Rap Committee.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: Arsonal – “You Kansas City crackers, I don’t get tho, your whole congregation anti gang bang, but all invested in some Crypto [Crip tho]!”

Zay Smoove and Jakkboy Maine [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: One-rounder from GOTG sees the ever-unorthodox Jakkboy Maine comes through with a fly rebuttal, some solid name flips and whimsical wordplay during his turn. Yet, while he did rap nearly twice as long as his opponent, a consistently gritty, name flip/personal-savvy and steadier flowing Zay Smoove does manage to stoke enough heat to make this a draw.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: Zay Smoove – “We wanna know how God let you survive lupus just to cause the culture cancer!”

Kyd Slade and Johnie Alcatraz [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Fire 1-rounder on GOTG between a returning-to-the-battle-rap-scene Johnie Alcatraz and Kyd Slade sees the former deliver a gang of haymakers via a bunch of slick wordplay, stifling gun bars and rich punchlines/metaphors. On the other hand, Slade would be equal to the task, using gritty storytelling, some hard-hitting (“No cap, like if you fall off, you probably gonna get lost and need a road map, I’m a take it back to the box, stick and a string, yunno the old trap!”) trap talk, authentic street shit, witty personals and some well-laced heat of his own to force a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Johnie Alcatraz –  “Mausberg, put the pressure on Kyd like ‘Who you wanna live with, me or mommy?!'”

Dre Dennis and Shooney Da Rapper [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: From a Bloody Scene card, both (“Real nigga’s don’t get Loud Dre, they get money!”) Shooney Da Rapper and Dre Dennis bring the mayhem, get extra spicy with the personals and fiery with punches in this 1-rounder. But some pedestrian bars from Dre and a lack of a clean round from Shooney makes this one a draw.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: Dre Dennis – “The blade left blood all over Shoo [shoe]…Lil Nas X!”

J.Murda and Cali Smoov [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: A plethora of gritty punchlines in this spirited, West-coast Riot Network battle between J. Murda and (“The irony, I’m an activist and got murder on the Riot!”) Cali Smoov. But after a debatable round 1 in addition to the ever-passionate Smoov edging the 2nd round with a punch-heavier turn, a dope rebuttal in the 3rd and final round to go along with some fiery wordplay and more hard-hitting punches from Murda, allows the visiting Brooklyn emcee to edge the round and make this bout a draw.

Verdict: Debatable 

Favorite line: J. Murda – “I’m not actually to be played with, like game ads on a porn site!”

Ace Amin and John John Da Don [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Plenty of buildup for this John John Da Don vs. Ace Amin Bullpen battle, but was it worth an entire 50 minutes? Not so much as both Ace and John John had one too many moments of running back bars and filler throughout the bout. Still a solid matchup considering all the backstory here (esp. JJDD’s history with the Goonies), all the pre-match interviews and who to believe when it comes who did what and when as far as previous run-ins on the street. Gritty personals, as expected, pretty much dominated this battle tho what with John John bringing up everything from Ace’s notorious prison bid to his love for interviews to his battle rap flaws to his emotional (“You can’t tell a man how he should react to any harsh threats, only one to respond to these bold types…large Tek’s [texts]!”) idiosyncrasies. All the while, the ever aggressive Ace showed zero restraint in getting in his opponent’s head via a bunch of gripping punches/schemes on JJDD’s alleged sexual misdeeds, penchant for tall tales as well as his battle vet rep to go along with some dope off-the-dome heat, piercing punches and other performance-enhanced mayhem. A pretty solid battle that was also intriguing due to the large, mask-less crowd that looked on despite a pandemic still being in the midst, after a debatable round 1, we got a punch-heavier JJDD taking the 2nd before an angle-lit and highly personal Ace came back to take the 3rd and make this one debatable.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: Ace Amin – “This cannot be, I gave 10 years to the system and I got free, you gave to this culture and you got me!”

Real Sikh and Sneezey Bo [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Dope, gritty and righteous 1-rounder between Real Sikh and Sneezy Bo featured a gang of slick wordplay/gun bars and crafty (“They all stuck on what it’s looking like, Serena when she stretch!”) set-ups/punches/similes by Bo which were countered excellently by an aggressive, power-punching and personal-lit Sikh. With an equal dosage of bar efficiency, call this one a draw.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: Real Sikh –  “You boring and weak, when he go I’m going to sleep, I tried it, but can’t keep my eyes open with Sneeze!”

Bill Collector and Marv Won [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Preferences are for fans. That said, both (“You don’t just think big, you demonstrate!”) Bill Collector and Marvwon get witty and let the gritty punchlines/personals fly in this URL/Born Legacy 12 matchup. Add to that a nice rebuttal game by both battlers, some spicy wordplay here and there, a scheme-lit BC and righteous-preaching Marvwon and you’re with a dope, competitive and ultimately too close battle that neither side won or lost.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: Marvwon –  “There is no accident, I will let something Black fly through the sky like static shock!”

Goddie Lumenati and Th3 Saga [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Dipped in anti-Christian themes, boastful stunting and a bunch of unorthodox (“I’m on an island all by myself, I’m a castaway!”) punches that still for the most part landed, a more condensed Goddie Lumenati manages to force a draw with Th3 Saga who despite a punch-heavy, name flip-lit and versatile showing, hurt himself a bit with a couple of hiccups and an elongated/redundant turn in this 1-rounder from Takeoff Battle League.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: Th3 Saga – “You lame homie, and I could tell your persona seem fake, so act up and this could get out of hand Trey [.3] like a Halloween prank!”

Real Deal and Charron [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Real Deal has been around the game long enough to know his lane. So whether it’s piercing punchlines, empathetic bars that sometimes pander to the crowd, stringent personals, a fly rebuttal/freestyle game or a combination of all of the above, there’s plenty of good reason as to why the Pittsburgh battle rapper/gym teacher has survived for so long, had a pretty solid battle career and won a couple of KOTD belts along the way. And it’s also probably why Real got to keep his belt here versus Charron as like it or not, he’s become an expert on making you feel his bars, which leaves you at your own peril when a battle against Real Deal is left in the hands of judges. That said, while a consistently spicy Charron did spit a pair of (“How you the Real Deal, you ain’t even the real champ!”) personal-heavy, storytelling-rich and punch-lit rounds to open things up (had the 1st debatable, thanks in part to a nice rebuttal by Real Deal, while the more potent Charron took round 2), a more steadily spiffy 3rd might’ve cost him here as Deal’s more winsome polemics and righteous personals gave him the edge in the final round here to make this one a draw.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: Real Deal –  “My father just died and he plugged it in a bar like an illuminated light!”

Kaboom and Jai 400 Block [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Kaboom vs. Jai 400 on a ‘Philly vs. Jersey’ card features a couple of fiery schemes, an elongated 2nd and a dope freestyle to open his 3rd round by ‘Boom as well as a gang of consistently (outside of a final round slip-up) gritty, quality punches/name flips from Jai. However, with neither battler quite on their A-game, a debatable 1st round, Jai edging the 2nd with a more condensed and steadily spicy turn before a killer turn by Boom in round 3 allows him to take that one, a draw here seems entirely feasible.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: Kaboom – “I feel bad for ya hard luck, Gillie walked in…and Jai 400 got starstruck!”

Swamp and Swave Sevah [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Dope battle between Swamp and Swave Sevah on URL’s Born Legacy 11 card sees the two go at it full steam with a boatload of mocking personals, witty barbs, rich storytelling, gritty punchlines, bully talk, a spicy rebuttal by (“Nigger’s still getting at me about this karate shit, when that shit gonna pass?, yo, y’all realize y’all make fun of me ‘cuz I know how to kick y’all ass?!”) Swave to go along with a hard freestyle by Swamp and some flashy heat/gun bars. Despite a slight hiccup midway, Swamp with more haymakers takes round 1 before another condensed  and blazing turn by Swave gets him round 2. 3rd round was another goodie with Swave getting righteous on the angle tip while gamely utilizing his opponent’s born name throughout his final turn, while Swamp kept it a bit more condensed and versatile while delivering enough boastful darts and piercing punches to make this one a toss-up.

Verdict: Debatable 

Favorite line: Swamp – “This ain’t nuthin’ but the old head that pull up to the park, do nothing, make one shot, now he telling everybody to get back on defense!”

O-Red and A. Ward [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Pretty solid matchup between O-Red and A. Ward on RBE ends up a draw as a more direct and punch-heavy Ward takes the 1st round before Red comes back with a more condensed and wordplay-lit 2nd to tie things up going into the final round. A competitive battle already featuring a bunch of gritty sports references, fierce double-entendre’s, religious (O-Red : “You fishy with that Bible, I said it Peter…now pop off!”) derision, witty personals and festive name flips, would spout more of the same in a 3rd round that was equally potent with enough haymakers on each side to force a debatable.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: A. Ward – “You picked the worst time, y’all had me meet [meat] Red on a rare plate?, this ain’t fair wait, I’m locked in, he Ricky Bobby, I’m Sidney Crosby, he think he fire, I’m a top Pen!”

Goodz and Geechi Gotti [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Smack Volume 6 battle between Geechi Gotti and Goodz that outside of some dope rebuttals on both sides, goes down as expected: aggressive, competitive and well-executed when it came to preparation. Indeed, for all of Goodz talk of making money and living well outside of battle rap, Gotti countered with some scintillating (“I guess he always talking money ‘cuz he trying to speak in into existence!”) personals and righteous, business-minded moves of his own. Then too, Geechi’s penchant for gang-related themes in his raps were handled deftly by Goodz’s resident nonchalance and witty punches. Add to the mix a bunch of vet talk, boastful barbs and spicy breakdowns/punchlines from Goodz as well as a gang of rigid gun lines, piercing schemes and gloating chatter from Gotti and you’re left with a fire battle that was too close to call in each of the 3 rounds.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: Goodz – “Every battle the same shit, somethin’ about his man death, nigga, you done lost so many friends I’m surprised you got friends left!”