Recap: From Chrome 23, one of those out-of-nowhere matchups that feels like their names were picked out of a hat, Rum Nitty versus Gattas, while earnest, competitive and aggressive throughout, suffered a bit from a somewhat lackluster crowd as well as Gattas leaving her noted wit at home. The Chicago vet instead delivering 3 rounds of mayhem, some stifling lyrical darts and esp. during round 2, a gang of hitting personals. But outside of a topsy-turvy mid-round that his more consistent opponent managed to edge, a turned-up Nitty armed with a barrage of hard-hitting name flips, fiery gun bars and sizzling punchlines who takes rounds 2 and 3 for the win.
Verdict: Rum Nitty (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Rum Nitty – “Off top, you know I’m a shoot, but I pulled up to the wrong event…I had a Chrome 22!”
Recap: Hitting all relevant topics from her 9-1-1 day job to her prior ‘dealings’ with QP to her time away from battle rap, while also delivering an aggressive, versatile and altogether blazing performance mixed with fire set-ups, mocking/witty personals, some stinging wordplay, banging name flips, fierce punchlines and a shoulder bump to remind you that she does this, Jaz The Rapper also takes advantage of a mostly pedestrian punching and much less witty than usual (tho she did have a dope round 3) Gattas to complete her return to the battle rap stage and handily take this URL/Till Death Do Us Part 3-rounder.
Verdict: Jaz The Rapper (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Jaz The Rapper – “See, the Jaz changed since she started fucking jokes?, I don’t mind it, but whoever mad that I lost my virginity?…nigga, go find it!”
Recap: QOTR matchup between O’fficial and Gattas is dominated by the veteran emcee from the Chi, as Gattas’ steady variety of stinging punchlines, piercing/witty personals, boastful barbs and fiery wordplay combine for enough haymakers to take round 1 and overwhelm her opponent in round 3. O’ffical, who for the first couple of rounds came through with a bunch of solid punchlines/personals and fierce gun bars, would beat herself in what was her best round, the 2nd, with a huge slip-up mid-round that ultimately helped Gattas land the 30.
Verdict: Gattas (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Gattas – “Your pussy trash, nigga’s fuck you as a last resort…that’s a penalty box!”
Recap: A mayhem-rich Gattas, after surviving a punch-heavy, versatile and stellar round 1 from RX, ups the ante a little bit while staying consistent with the stifling wordplay, rigid name flips, boastful barbs and wicked punchlines to edge the latter two rounds and get the win in this competitive 3-rounder from KOTD.
Verdict: Gattas (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Gattas – “Be easy, it ain’t a eye job when I’m rolling by, ‘cuz on the Wst I ride with a cartridge in my ’64 like I’m Golden Eye!”
Recap: Huge get for Gates of the Garden, having the likes of a returning-to-battle-rap Young Gattas on their stage after a long hiatus from the scene. And in this 1-rounder versus a pretty solid and consistently gritty Lady Caution, Gattas handles her business without an ounce of rust, verbally assaulting her opponent with an exquisite barrage of spicy punchlines/gun bars, some sizzling wordplay, scorching personals and piercing 4-bar setups for the win.
Verdict: Young Gattas (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Young Gattas – “I’m armed with two sticks like a fucking snowman!”
Recap: Fire, braggadocio and competitive URL N.O.M.E. 4 battle between Ms. Hustle and Gattas stays throughout lit with plenty of lyrical shiners, witty punchlines/anecdotes and fiery personals. Gattas, well known for her comedic (“Yo, you a dusty trick and attention is like money to you, half the time she don’t even know why she fucking, it’s just somethin’ to do!”) acumen and appreciation for bar efficiency, kept it lively throughout the battle with a boisterous delivery that was further emboldened by a heapful of jocular stylings and piercing (“I’ll smack fire out of a bird and turn a Phoenix into Jean Grey!”) punches. And while Ms. Hustle was a little less condensed during her turns as opposed to her opponent, the ever-aggressive and raucous “1st Lady of URL” kept the pressure on with a gang of fierce bully bars, glistening personals and flexing punchlines/schemes. Each round was close and while Ms. Hustle had her bouts of mediocrity here and there with the punches, her ability to be a little more versatile with her angles, display some of her own wit/wordplay and land more haymakers in the (“You a dumb AG, you couldn’t execute this simple plan?, I mean when we met years ago, you was a different man!”) 1st and 3rd round coupled with Gattas’ penchant for filler in those same rounds, allowed Hustle to edge each one for the win.
Verdict: Ms. Hustle (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ms. Hustle – “I’ll bus(t) and leave your camp pissed [campus] that’s a college trip, no jewels [jews] so why stick ya [swastika] that’s a Nazi flip, Remember you said I was bi-polar? Yeah bitch I’m mad…nice, You used to be that bitch but you ain’t cooking no more, you a bad wife!”
Synopsis: Wow. No surprise to see E Hart put on her usual clinic: gritty line after line, mean schemes (“Nom4 I’m watching, the shit was a shame, crowd went crazy for your nonsense, the shit gotta change, that Tomb Raider thing was cool but it was lame, because Lara Croft was never the first bitch in the game”), grown-ass woman bars that’ll leave you shook, etc. But this battle will probably be more remembered for Gattas putting on her worse show ever, from constantly letting the crowd get to her (and they weren’t even that bad), weak bars, little to no performance, a slip-up and on top of that a choke–name your worst female battler and it’s almost like they over Gattas’ body for 3 rounds here.
Verdict: E-Hart (W) 3-0
Best line: E-Hart – “On any given day shooters getting patient with that thing, yunno calm, mellow (Carmelo) just waiting for that ring”
Recap: Definitely not a classic, but still a pretty solid, bar/scheme-fest here between Chayna Ashley and Gattas in the QOTR ring. The ever-aggressive Gattas, loaded with barrels of humor, some stinging personals and loads of lyrical stunting, made her presence felt and kept things competitive throughout the bout. Ms. Ashley, strutting hard like a grown ass woman throughout the battle, without a care in the world for the usual parade of personals used against her while spouting a gang of fierce schemes, wily boasts/personals, hardbody punchlines and even slipping in a bit of wit with a 3rd round wig prop, came ready from jump. However, with Chayna coming versatile with the heat while humble enough to address what many might say is her lone fault (choking) and putting together in an exquisite 2nd round, after a debatable 1st and assisted by a steady barking, but less substantive Gattas, a more consistently stealth and punch-heavy Ashley takes the latter two rounds for the win.
Verdict: Chayna Ashley (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chayna Ashley -“Yeah, this shit gonna get ugly, I’m talking O-Red on the wake up, Big T when he hungry, Arsonal without a shape-up!”
Recap: Dope, punchline-crazy 3-rounder from KOTD between Young Gattas and Bonnie Godiva stays competitive throughout with Bonnie matching Gattas with sublime haymakers and personals in round 1, before Gattas takes it up a notch with a even more superb 2nd round that displayed her moxie as one of the top tiers in the game and versatility with the bars. Behind a round going into the 3rd, Bonnie would have to go extra hard to beat another solid from Gattas and that she did with a witty at times, hardbody and (“Be a bitch and know your place before you get put like one, stupid, you was supposed to Think Like A Man, not look like one!”) personal-lit turn to edge the final round and call this one even.
Verdict: Debatable
Favorite line: Young Gattas – “What I’m saying is, we can’t compare lines, ‘cuz in every battle another nigger fight for you, fuck Bonnie, I wanna battle all the nigger’s that write for you!”
Recap: Dope 1-round, One Off between 40 B.A.R.R.S. and Young Gattas features plenty of ringing mayhem, spicy wordplay and spitfire punchlines. Hopefully, they’ll come back for 3 rounds one day, but in the meantime, a slightly more consistently gritty and versatile Gattas gets the edge here.
Verdict: Gattas (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Gattas – “You lose to everybody, I ain’t about to be The First 48 [40 ate]!”
Recap:Barz and Brastrapz 3-rounder between Dutchess and Young Gattas is a competitive and thoro mix of hardbody punchlines, stinging personals and boastful barbs. But after splitting the first two rounds, the more adept lyrically (esp. with the Big Pun colloquialism’s) and more consistently spicy Gattas takes round 3 for the win.
Verdict: Young Gattas (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Young Gattas – “How you got a Scream-ass face but you scary?!”
Recap: Dishing some hardbody personals and relentless with the aggressive punchlines and festive name flips, Young Gattas does it all while putting a hurting on an earnest, but mostly pedestrian Looney Divine in this 3-rounder from KOTD.
Verdict: Young Gattas (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Young Gattas – “You ain’t been shit that first hit…you Lumidee!”
Synopsis: Monie Love’s reactions throughout this battle are hilarious. That said, A smiling (and very colorful) Young Gattas performs a body on QB (who literally gave Gattas the 1st round, rapping for like only a minute or so) with venomous bars so tight that QB, wanting to fight and all, seemed to forget that she was in a rap battle. Indeed, Sara Kana was just being nice when she said this was “very close”.
Verdict: Young Gattas (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Young Gattas – “You look like a man…Wendy Williams!”
Recap: Fiery personals rein galore is this competitive 3-rounder from Chicago Battle Grounds between Young Gattas and Haitian emcee Miss GTP. However, after a hot opening round by both ladies, a more resilient, witty and punch-heavy Gattas takes each of the latter rounds for the win.
Verdict: Young Gattas (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Young Gattas – “To fix that nappy shit you need a comb that’s hot enough to radiate!”
Recap: This being her 6th or 7th battle on Grind Time, you can witness the trials and tribulations Young Gattas had to deal with early in her battle rap career. So regardless of the lack of preparation at times, biased judges, almost always having to face dudes, being gay, a freestyle and punch ability that doesn’t always get appreciated, etc., Gattas’ time in GT makes her a pioneer in battle rap no matter what her won-loss record was there. That said, here against a witty and personal-savvy Tut, after an entertaining and close 3 rounds that could’ve gone either way, a slightly punch-heavier Tut takes the OT for the win.
Verdict: Tut (W) OT
Favorite line: Tut – “I messed with a chick with a body like yours, it was kinda cute…we was probably like 4!”
Recap: After the two split the first couple of rounds, a Gattas choke in round 3 to go along with a bunch of hitting ‘Man’ flips by a direct and hardbody GhiftD, gives the latter the win in this 3-rounder from Grind Time.
Verdict: GhiftD (W) 2-1
Favorite line: GhiftD – “There ain’t shit about Gattas that impress me, ‘cuz I’m looking at her like ‘Damn, where the ass go, where her chest be?!'”
Recap: Mike Flamez uses a variety of hard-hitting personals and piercing punchlines over the course of 3 rounds to easily beat back a mostly pedestrian and subpar free-styling Young Gattas in this matchup from Grind Time.
Verdict: Mike Flamez (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Mike Flamez – “Better tell ya girlfriend to throw in the towel, I got a different strap-on I’ll throw in her mouth!”
Recap: Grind Time at its absolute worst here as despite a versatile Young Gattas doing everything, whether it was spitfire personals, hardbody punchlines, witty puns or alluring Espanol heat, to wreck havoc on a very pedestrian Sara Kana, this battle still went to an OT round that won’t be shown here due to the sheer ridiculousness of it all. SMH.
Verdict: Young Gattas (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Young Gattas – “And I know she ain’t getting pussy, why?, ‘cuz you burn calories while having sex!”
Recap: Hey, if you’re going to get 3-0’d in a battle at the very least keep the crowd entertained as Alex Ludovico, a last-minute for whoever, does here against Young Gattas, using thrifty freestyles/personals and fully transparent humor to make it through the battle in one piece, while a consistently spicy with the punches Gattas handily takes each round for the win on Grind Time.
Verdict: Young Gattas (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Young Gattas – “You couldn’t bless a track even if you had Kirk Franklin on the ad-lib!”
Recap: In this Grind Time matchup, Unorthodox Phrases’ ‘flat-chested…MapQuest’ line, while fire, certainly wasn’t too awesome to overcome some struggles with his flow, redundant gay jokes for 3 rounds and finally an aggressive and brazen Young Gattas clearly out-punching U.P. in round 1 or using a spicy rebuttal to edge round 3 for the win as well.
Verdict: Young Gattas (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Young Gattas – “Bitch, I keep more .16s than a fucking child rapist!”
Recap: Young Gattas (aka Blaze) 1st appearance on Grind Time and I gotta go with the judges on this one as while opponent Pryceless came with some solid personals to edge round 1, in the latter rounds Gattas would up her off-the-dome acumen, spout some flexing punchlines and with the help of Pryceless’ bar efficiency going downhill with each passing round, get the win in the end.
Verdict: Young Gattas (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Young Gattas – “You said I don’t have titties, it’s not my fault your titties is bigger than mines!”
