Recap: Geechi Gotti versus Head I.C.E. might’ve looked promising on paper, but the battle itself tells a very different story. Simply put, Gotti’s rambunctious name flips, steely boasts, witty personals, spitfire gun bars and gritty, urban-laced punchlines combined to do unbearable harm on an at times elongated opponent who when he wasn’t struggling with his flow, oft-times immersed himself in nonsensical punches and pedestrian abstract barbs that went nowhere. And with a 3-0 over the former KOTD champ, it’s yet another impressive victory for Gotti.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “This ain’t the same I.C.E. that battled Goodz, he should be getting no bread, so unless your grandma came to suck all our dick’s…we not getting that old Head!”
Recap: In this 1-rounder from League of Championship Kulture, Memphis rapper T.E.D. makes for a solid effort with some nice punchlines and flexing mayhem here and there. But with his name flips and attempt at free-styling not being his strong points, you’re left with a lopsided affair as a consistently dope Geechi Gotti’s rambunctious gunplay, mean punchlines, robust rebuttals/name flips and jaunty wordplay literally had you hooked on every bar.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Fuck the police, I don’t mess with oink’s, the .40 kicking like an extra point!”
Recap: What virtually comes down to a sparring session between two West-coast elites, Rum Nitty and Geechi Gotti, still makes for a fire battle. Nitty, boasting a shitload of heavy gun bars, nifty wordplay and rapidly fierce (“Ya soul leavin’, we ain’t make London, but you’ll still be an RIP tat’ in Old English!”) punchlines, certainly came to compete. But if…every…fucking…bar is the standard here, then hands down the winner in this one is Gotti, who when not mocking his opponent’s street credentials, brought the house down with a gang of spitfire schemes, flexing performance bars, stifling (“You do the math, yo’ life ain’t scary as mine, the only thing I learned in school was how to carry a .9!”) punches and of course, that noted real-life street drama that only a few can actually live, survive and talk about. All said, Gotti, with lines more consistently potent handily takes rounds 1 and 2, before a more condensed Nitty delivers just enough heat to keep up with his fellow Crip’s sterling turn while earning a 3rd round tie.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “We can shoot it out or we can go wit’ the hands, y’all will see Rum get mixed up somethin’ sweet, now he a Pina Colada!”
Recap: Much anticipated West-coast, Smack/URL battle between Tech 9 and Geechi Gotti sees the Philly vet give a pretty solid performance what with a boatload of hometown swag that was often matched by some fiery punchlines, witty personals/barbs and even a bunch of real street shit in an earnest effort to show that his opponent isn’t the only one who can talk that life. Still, for all of Tech’s vigor and rap eloquence, one too many pedestrian bars along with way too nuch filler would hurt him in the long run. And for a Geechi Gotti, staying on point throughout his 3 rounds with his renowned gangster tales as well as displaying oft-times fiending gun line acumen and a sterling punchline game, a 30 is made even more explicit when the adversary has so many chinks in their armor.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “I heard Tech a legend, I say legend for what?, ‘cuz he beat Miles? [laughs]…nigga, what that mean to a nigga that beat trials!”
Recap: Superb efforts by both Chess and Geechi Gotti in this URL Born Legacy 6 battle makes this one a must-see as well as one of the top battles to take place in 2019. Chess, back on his grind with nary a slip-up, gets back to his old self with a gritty fleet of fiery schemes (esp. during a standout round 2 which earned him a debatable there), flashy gun bars, plenty of boastful darts, steely mayhem and fierce punchlines. On the other hand, an ever-confident Gotti delivered a slew of witty and mocking personals on his opponent’s recent struggles with choking when he wasn’t dishing righteous sermons on street drama that could only come from an O.G., scintillating verbal heat, rich storytelling and pointed punches. Add some in-ya-face aggression, sizzling wordplay and a fired-up crowd that was into every bar and you’re left with a highly competitive battle that had a slightly more versatile and more haymaker-lit Gotti taking the 1st and 3rd rounds for the win.
Verdict: Geechi Gottu (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Now listen, at 15 you was on SMACK doin’ big things, at 15 I was just tryin’ to make it to 16!”
Recap: Admittedly, when faced against a notorious gangbanger the likes of Geechi Gotti, one couldn’t help but think that a vet like Shotgun Suge would transition a bit away from the movie reference lines and queries on what his opponent’s ‘life’s like’ that he’s known for, instead for more witty barbs (something’s Suge is more than capable of) and personals that reflected his own street aptitude. And while Suge did manage to bring a versatile dish of gun-laced darts, raucous bully bars, performance-heavy (including a noted pocket tap) shiners and gritty punchlines/name flips, against what was a Gotti that overall was on his B+ game (mostly due to long-winded rounds), Suge who’s often noted for being condensed, might’ve had a win here if he’d changed his strategy a bit. Instead, including a rebuttal game that included a rousing chest tap in round 2, fierce punchlines, fiery comeback’s for Suge’s slogans, steely gang speak, potent gun bars and notable yarns on real-life street drama, helped in part by Suge struggling with his flow a bit throughout the battle while cutting both his 2nd and 3rd rounds short, it’s Gotti for the 30.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “I’m a street nigga, you can’t tell me that the block ain’t mine, ‘cuz you nigga’s like to argue over time limits, my nigga’s doing bids, really wishing somebody stop they time!”
Recap: Generous with the urban street flair, vociferous punchlines, heated personals, fiery name flips and even a nice rebuttal to start off his round, Geechi Gotti lays the hammer down on a swag-friendly, sermonizing and mostly solid overall, but way less potent with the K Philosophy in this 1-rounder from AHAT..
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Face shot, they like Gotti why you got the cannon [Canon] flashed on him?, [‘cuz] this nigga keep smiling!”
Recap: I’ve said it before, when the battle itself can reach its immense hype, you know that you got a potential classic on your hands. That’s certainly the case in Geechi Gotti versus K-Shine, two battlers who had a stupendous 2018 meeting on the Smack/URL stage for the ‘Champion’ of the year. Gotti, with a hardbody, (“I don’t even think Shine real, he need a diamond tester, arm stretch ya, y’all gonna find K laid out with his fore head open, coroner showed up, I’m like ‘What y’all waiting on, y’all already know K slogan!'”) wordplay-heavy, personal and aggressive round 1 didn’t lose the opening round as much as a witty, gun-savvy, more performance heavy, rapid-punchline (“Give him rounds from the .80, Party Arty back!”; “Pound on the side of coffee mug like ‘No. 1 Dad!'”) kicking Shine won it with a little variety to edge what was easily one of the hardest-hitting 1st rounds we’ve ever seen in battle rap. Round 2 was also fire with Gotti lifting up his performance game to dish fire personals, talk that hard (“I don’t wanna hear no Blood call, keep it neutral, I’m ain’t saying but [Bwoh!]…rather let the coroner ‘Suwoop’ you!”) gang shit and continue to flex with sizzling gun bars as well bodacious punchlines. On the other hand Shine came through with another fire, (“Compressor, I let it whisper in ya ear, ‘Gotti can ya keep a secret!'”) iron-friendly, punchline-crazy turn, that while consistently solid throughout, didn’t reach the overall potency and precision of his opponent. Anyone who’s paid attention to Gotti’s battle rap career would know that he’s the rare rapper who can often have his 3rd round be his best and that can be argued here as the Compton, CA, rapper once again shows off the ability to kick that real, street shit that one can only speak on if they lived it. Spouting on the everyday, hard knock lives of himself as well as his homies, Geechi is well-equipped with those real (“I’m one of the realest nigger’s in this shit, I demand that stripe, my partner got a ‘L’, then they charged him with another body, yeah I said that right, ‘cuz ain’t never coming home, But somehow he got a second chance at life!”) polemics on surviving the streets, much less the mental and physical effects it has on those trapped in the hood. And while Shine once again came through with another witty, punch and wordplay-heavy, (“I palm the biscuit, heat-seeking till I find the victim, then take the sensors off…this non-explicit!”) gun-blasting turn that left you wanting more, altogether it just wasn’t enough to beat a more intricate and condensed turn by Gotti.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “All that clique shit in battle rap, I ain’t feeling it ‘cuz, you nigger’s was fighting over Twork like it was only one bitch in the club!”
Recap: When a couple of top tier battle rappers both bring their A-game, you have the potential for a epic matchup. And T Top versus Geechi Gotti meets almost all the criteria of being a memorable one: competitive throughout, haymakers raining down everywhere, heavy on the punches/name flips, a stickler for righteous personals and of course all the mayhem/gun talk/gang related spiels that one can stand for. A wittier, just-as-punch-heavy. schemes/storytelling-dishing and personal (“Speaking of last day, you said in January you was going to prison for a year, we was counting too, I guess he got a 5 minute sentence, then got out in 2!”) flexing Top edges a spitfire first round before Geechi unloads again with a just-as-fire-as-his-first, but slightly more versatile, personal (“Cuz the moment you joined NWX, Brizz joined Cave Gang and you was mad about that, so pretendin’ that you not is what we not gon’ do, you and cuz came in together, you was like damn Brizz, you was mad, why he could not go witchu, it instantly reminded you of the relationship witcha mother, ‘cuz now another person that you love chose Roc(k) over you!”) savvy and fire rebuttal spitting 2nd round that easily beats an overall solid and fiery, but not as potent turn by Top. The 3rd and deciding round is a close one with the once-again-rebuttal-kicking Gotti still slinging a diverse and (“I remember being outside shooting, goin’ in the house, my mama be like, ‘Son, be careful. Somebody was just shootin’ outside!'”) steely, but also at times funny barrage of wicked punchlines, while Top mostly went the sermonizing route with a gang of righteous (“If Crips wasn’t so fucking disloyal, Bloods wouldn’t even exist!”) pontifications and other braggadocios lines that brought down a whole lot of heat on his opponent’s well-documented gangster lifestyle. However, the feeling here is a more condensed and unwavering Gotti edging the round for the win.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Only thing scarier than being chased by a shooter, is going to trial and the witness showing up!”
Recap: Just not quite enough. From URL, a fiery and confident JC gives opponent Geechi Gotti all he can handle with a barrage of gritty (“I’m changing everything…like the moment you found out wrestling was fake!”) punchlines/gun bars, righteous (“bangers, mind-blowing darts on the afterlife and fiesty lyricism. But while JC was scoring a gang of 9’s with some 9.5’s and 10’s mixed in, a bullish and aggressive Gotti came prepped with 3 near flawless rounds. The Compton spitter giving a gut check to his Michigan adversary with a consistently spicy lot of stifling gun bars, real street talk, piercing personals, low-down, grimy punches/wordplay, rich storytelling and vicious name flips to take both rounds 1 and 3 (call the 2nd round debatable) for an impressive win.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Look, I used to hold the shit sideways, I wasn’t feeling it, now it’s both hands on a handle, I’m double-dribbling!”
Recap: Another one of those battles that’s a lot closer than what the comments section will tell you. But in this 3-rounder from Bar Fight Battle League, the ever-competitive A. Ward still pulls off a minor upset over the always hard to beat Geechi Gotti. Using a plethora of righteous punchlines, some fierce personals, witty (“One Tech, you trash, man you the idol they watch?, you got locked up and out of jail before the microwave stopped!”) barbs, one more haymaker and a nifty freestyle towards the end of his round, the Christian rapper manages to edge the 1st round before getting beat by a more condensed, raucous, shit-talking and gun bar (“Nina with me, I been through everything with this bitch, I think it’s time we settle down!”) spazzing Gotti in the 2nd. The deciding 3rd round was thisclose with Gotti going at length on his opponent’s spirituality vs. his own belief system, all the dishing fiery punches during a turn that was only hurt by some recycled themes and Geechi’s nimble attempt at freestyling (which, for the most part were really unnecessary). Any holes in Gotti’s 3rd would be taken advantage of by a more consistent Ward, who along with potent sermons/personals that spoke to the heart of Geechi’s gangster lifestyle, would deliver a series of loud barking religious zingers and bodacious shiners to edge the round
Verdict: A. Ward (W) 2-1
Favorite line: A. Ward – “You dead, it’s over in fact, your slogan is when it’s real you can see it in their eye’s…makes a lot of sense that yours stayed closed when you rap!”
Recap: Fire 1-round battle between Geechi Gotti and Cali Smoov sees the ever-energetic Smoov switch it up a bit on the braggadocio side with more wit, storytelling bars and some ill (“No jive, after jail I had to talk white like the new Gucci!”) punches/personals that landed hard. However, one too many dry spots by Cali along with Gotti, using an increased dosage of hitting schemes, dope wordplay, flexing personals and wicked (“Boy you a bitch…I’ll beat your granny ass!”) punchlines combine to give Geechi the win in a battle that probably would’ve showed more talent-wise if it went 3 rounds.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti -“He said he gonna be the same nigga till he dead, you ain’t lie fool, ‘cuz after the shot I seen his soul slide out his body…he even died smooth [Smoov]!”
Recap: Even with the strapped, boisterous and consistent mayhem hurled by Fixx, Geechi Gotti’s more versatile mix of stinging name flips, potent punchlines, brazen braggadocio lines and even a couple of spicy off-the-dome freestyles are more than enough to take this fiery 1-rounder from the Riot Network.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Now this, turning into a slaughter, it’s not a good look for you, Tuskegee experiment, just because I gave you the shot don’t mean it’s good for you!”,
Recap: Nice one-rounder between Geechi Gotti and Diesel is served up by Geechi’s more brutal personals, some ill gun bars, fly punchlines and storied street tales to flex his authenticity. And while the always punch-heavy Diesel doesn’t waver of the face of Gotti’s gritty bars, a few too many dry spots during what was a pretty solid round leaves Gotti with his hand raised.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Fuck it tho, I got a new gun, and it’s a nice weapon, put the laser on the Barcode, I’m just price checking!”
Recap: A competitive, altogether fire and epic punch-fest with plenty of replay value, Geechi Gotti versus Ave is easily one of the best battles to go down in 2018. And damn if Ave, on his A-game throughout with a shitload of flexing (“My mans died, my mode was on ‘ride’, wasn’t even sleepin’ bro, then wifey caught me loadin’ the strap, lookin’ like, “Please don’t go!, two wrongs never make it right!”, [but] it make it even though!”) punches, some phenomenal wordplay and aggressive mayhem/gun play, didn’t do everything to win. But unfortunately for the Norfolk, VA rapper, Geechi, in rounds 1 and 3 (a superbly-executed classic) anyway, just did him one better. An urban alchemist when it comes to the bars, while Geechi’s real life street ethos usually garners the headlines, his ability to mix in dope personals, witty barbs, ‘random’ shots at whoever’s irking him at the time, storytelling bars and gritty (“‘Cuz I’m struggling with making it out the streets, and that’s one of the toughest problems to have, I’m just sayin’, my whole life I’ve been battlin’ the Ave!”) name flips/schemes, more often than not doesn’t get the credit it deserves. And that’s why Gotti wins here.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “My nigga, you remind me of 2Pac though, not ‘cuz of your bars or because the hood feel you, it’s just we seen you throw punches on cam, but we still think Suge killed you!
Recap: Fire battle from P&R 559 sees the young’un NXT hold his own against opponent Geechi Gotti via a boatload of aggressive darts, steely (“I’m from the roughest block, I went to sleep with my gun and I love my Glock, so yeah, I lie down with the head crack ‘ya [cracker] just so I could wake up, I ain’t give a fuck if there was crumbs or not!”) gun bars and fiery punchlines/personals. Still, an always prepared Gotti literally goes to town on the youngster, using some stellar wordplay, roundhouse punches, feening set-ups, some solid rebuttals (esp. during a spitfire and flawless 2nd round), stinging name flips and potent (“What made you thought you could bang with the O.G.?, face shot, smoke coming out of his mouth like the angry emoji!”) gun bars to take each round.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “You been a bitch, I’m really Loc-ing, the semi smoking, double head shot, your brain get swapped, put your idea’s together like a semicolon!”
Recap: After struggling with his flow in a pretty pedestrian round 1 and withstanding Geechi Gotti’s steely (“9. to his face [pow!]……I had to bring the mill [meal] back like they ain’t get my order right!”) comeuppance, The Saurus gets his swag back to make for a more competitive 2nd round that’s still edged to an overall, more (“I’m a hitman, I get paid to pop like foster parents!”) flexing with the punches, Gotti. Still, even with the bout already decided The Saurus’ spitfire (“Throwback, brought a rusty Razor like the Wolfpack!”) wordplay and resiliency for stalwart (“Muthafucka, I stay with the shotgun, I’m a car pooler!”) punches, allows him to avoid the 3-0.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Friend or foe, I’m through with the damn fakes, you’ll get slapped with the pound like Mexican handshakes!”
Recap: ‘Who Got Bars’, an interactive pay-per-view series, comes off as a dope concept, but one, 2-minute round? That’s just utterly way too short. Still, a solid showing from Geechi Gotti and Beatz Gatlin, featuring plenty of potent heat/personals, sees Geechi edge it with a little more versatility and a couple of more haymakers.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “The chopper will sit a hyphy nigger down like Adderall!”
Recap: Honestly, in a consistently spitfire, both battlers on their A-game and super competitive battle like this one, there really are no losers. But after a slightly more versatile, gun bar swinging and (“I’m with the shit, Gotti known to keep a pistol, you dyin’ today…why you think they sent the Reaper [Reeper] with you?!”) haymaker-dropping Geechi Gotti slipped past a killer, punch-terrific turn by Glueazy to edge the 1st round, a wittier, adeptly (“Yeah, say somethin’, I’ll break somethin’, don’t bring your freak around me, or I’ll pistol whip her, yeah, crack her in the head like she thinkin’ ’bout me!”) braggadocios and (“Go ‘head, call up jake if y’all racist, but don’t sleep around white boys, we draw on faces!”) set-up/scheme-heavy Glu beats a solid, street-savvy Gotti to even things out. As to be expected, the deciding 3rd round was close with Glueazy continuing to spaz with a nice mix of lucid personals and more (“Chest shot, five will have him walkin’ like Red Foxx!”) salacious mayhem. But by taking on a (“You know how many nigga hit they mama’s phone like, ‘I’m on my way home’, but never made it?”) grimmer and darker tone with his bars to enhance that real street shit he’s become so noted for, Geechi Gotti’s unique ability to paint such an indelible atmosphere throughout his turn gives him the final round and the win here.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “What the hell wrong with all these white boys thinkin’ they can rap?, see, I gotta blame Marshall, the flame spark you, mini .40, get a small cap in the middle of ya dome like Hey Arnold!“
Recap: After getting overwhelmed in the 1st round by Geechi Gotti’s more slick set-ups and real-talk bars, a smooth, speed-rapping Madflex manages to edge the middle round with more consistently nice punches that combined well with a spitfire flow. But just in case anyone needs a reminder of the difference in talent here, a confident Geechi comes back with versatile mix of fiery name flips, flexing street barbs and consequential gully rap that along with an error-prone turn from his opponent, gave him what was ultimately an easy vic.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Geechu Gotti – “There’s a lot of pain when I rap, we call that passion bro, ‘cuz I come from a place where death so common that funerals became a fashion show!”
Recap: Consistent and rapid with the fiery name flips, stifling set-ups and requisite urban (“Buck-fifty across his Adam’s apple, then put the .3 [tray] in his face like…’You wanna have a sample?'”) flair, Geechi Gotti scores a relatively easy 30 over a too one-dimensional and often indirect Reverse Live.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Big straps, I heard he work at Five Guys…man, you serve nigga’s at drive-thru’s, we serve people on drive-by’s!”
Recap: Legendary sports broadcaster Howard Cosell once said that ‘The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best’. That’s the takeaway you get here as despite Stuey Newton putting on a dope, repping-for-his-state, (“I heard somebody scream ‘Gotti coming!’, I said ‘So what, load up and tell God he coming’!”; “Flame to his nose, the only time I’m burning bridges!”) punch-heavy and versatile performance against Geech Gotti, for each round his opponent just kept doing him one better. Whether addressing hypocrisy in Newton’s more conscious raps or spouting some downright mean bars or dishing on real (“Where I’m from you can’t wear certain hats in certain hoods, we don’t give a fuck if you just like the team!”) gangsta shit or flexing with some ill wordplay/set-ups, for 3 rounds the ever confident and (“This, got a hundred rounds in the clip, you could pray all you want, bet it won’t save him, I’ll let off 50, even missed a couple of shots on purpose…I’m point-shaving!”) gun-savvy Gotti rose to the occasion to beat back a very worthy and fierce opponent. Indeed, a 30 on the books, but a well-earned one at that.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “You gonna try and condemn me for being a gangbanger?, but is you really in the streets making a difference?, I mean damn Newton, you promoting all this Black love but the fact at home you got a white bitch, got me questioning, if all that Panther shit is only for the Cam, Newton!”
Recap: Going after mixed messages within his opponent’s street ethos, while dishing some intense struggle bars and there, Linc keeps things interesting in this 3-rounder versus Geechi Gotti. Yet, with a boatload of pedestrian raps over the course of 3 rounds from Linc combined with Gotti’s sterling punchlines, stinging personals, tenacious metaphor game and righteous hood narratives, it’s an easy 30 for Geechi.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “I’m itching to squirt, you worried about how many like’s you get on a pic?!?, nigga let’s see how many people like seeing your pic on a shirt!”
Recap: A close, competitive and hardbody battle takes an emotional U-turn when before the deciding 3rd round, (“Nigga, my last enemy’s families had to do car washes and that still only bought them the Hertz!”) Dre Vishiss brings his mom’s on stage and uses his round to salute her recovery from cancer as well as dish on real life personals struggles. All well and good and then some. But with a win on the line, (“It’s tragic when half the cig hanging out his mouth like a hood mechanic!”) Geechi Gotti puts aside the sentiment and does what he came to do: continue kicking that real street shit mixed with fiery punchlines, rich metaphors and gritty wordplay. In other words, more than enough heat to take the round and get the win.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “I might just pop this bitch, I keep a trey, .80 take her wig off like granny before she got to bed!”
Recap: Almost had him. On his way to an impressive win over the (“I don’t gangbang, just thought I’d remind him nigga, the only Nutty block I know is a condom, nigga!”) fiercely eccentric Bar God that is Danny Myers, Compton’s Geechi Gotti’s barrage of spitfire (“See, I don’t even know why we here, this matchup kinda odd, but I get it, since I killed a Saynt [saint] I gotta talk to God!”) wordplay/gun bars and urban (“Real Compton nigga, my first ‘lik I robbed the corn man!”) street dynamics had him on the way to victory, until he fell victim to a slip-up towards the end as well as some more pedestrian bars that didn’t quite meet the straight heat he was spitting throughout most of his round. Still a fire one-round battle nonetheless that a more consistent and a little more versatile Myers was fortunate enough to edge out.
Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Danny Myers – “I’m not playing, the glock spraying until you stop stop standing, they told me to get Gotti and Gotti got got…Goddamhim!”
Recap: With plenty of young swag that was often matched by widespread mayhem via his punches, in this 3-rounder versus Geechi Gotti, a performance-lit Saynt manages to keep things competitive throughout. Yet, for all of his opponent’s verbal wizardry Gotti just came one better in each round, using a fierce palette of gangster steeze, flashy wordplay/punchlines/schemes and stinging personals that often mocked Saynt’s permeable adolescence to earn the 30.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “See, I’m really Cripping, when I first started banging, you probably was too young to come out the house, so unless you getting shot in the face, I don’t want to see ‘Blood’ coming out of your mouth!”
Recap: It’s a tale of two Hemi’s and a fiercely consistent Geechi Gotti in this West-coast Porving Grounds match. What with Geechi getting off to a hot start with heated (“Fuck what you heard, I bust for nothing….that’s a courtesy ride!”) bangers and potent set-ups, Hemi matched his opponent’s heat with his own barrage of steady punches and some ill (“I dip in your set, you don’t know the hit come from, Jim Jones juice, you could die off one punch!”) wordplay, a fire round from Hemi that was only hurt by his going on for way too long. From there, however, it was pretty much all, Gotti as the Compton spitter stayed hype, dishing frequent shiners, witty (“Push his wig back, can’t fix that with Rogaine!”) punchlines and killer gun bars that easily got him the 2nd round when faced with a pedestrian turn from Hemi as well as the 3rd round, which by then Hemi was reduced to free-styling for half the round.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Bald head kissing his mouth….that’s Weezy’s pops!”
Recap: Credit to SinCity Nyce, who despite being mostly one-themed with rudimentary street (“Here’s a hollow tip, I give bucks even for bad service!”) raps, still put on a solid barfest that got him the 2nd round and kept thinsg competitive here against Geechi Gotti on AHAT. However, Geechi being Geechi, fiercely kicking that street (“Growing up, deciding whether to stab you or shoot you, was considered a split decision!”) shit with aggressive punchlines and some ill wordplay mixed in throughout this bout, equates to being more than enough to take the 3rd round and the win.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Face shot…watch his skin slide off like baked chicken!”
Recap: Was that a white flag thrown in there during the 3rd? Narrating on real street shit with extra flare and aggression, flexing with a host of elite gun bars, well lit with the fiery name flips and still nasty with the punchlines during a spitfire 3rd round what with a win already in hand, Geechi Gotti’s altogether hardbody bars make for an easy 30 over a solid at times, but overall clearly over-matched Yak da Rippa.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “When you die, in real life there’s no restart, head shot, put his brains in the road…the code word was ‘street smarts’!”
Recap: 3-rounder from The Riot Rap Battles sees a solid, punch-heavy and set-up/scheme-friendly effort from Plex only getting beaten by a gun-lit, punchline-heavy, sometimes witty and more consistently flexing turn from Geechi Gotti in each round to earn the 30.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Punk shit?, I don’t tolerate, my hood like a shooting range, what I pull off the waste do more damage than Pootie Tang!”
Recap: Already down one round that wasn’t helped by a slow start and Yung Griz’s slick (“Kill a pen, fill it with Murder ink [Inc.], I’m about to Irv Gotti!”) wordplay and fierce schemes, Geechi Gotti turns it up in round two, solidifying his street/battle cred with standing (“I’m standing over him, shooting with both hands, I’m looking like Rick Barry on the line!”) haymakers and graphic urban street tales that you had to be there to witness. All said, it makes for a deciding 3rd round, which Gotti, thanks in part to slow start to his 3rd by his opponent and a pedigree of dizzying punches, edges with enough heaters to complete the comeback.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “I know you frail, you wouldn’t fight if you was getting paid [pow!} knock his homie head in his arms, that’s the only way you’ll make him catch a fade!”
Recap: Apparently on his way to an American Idol audition instead of a rap battle, Element Rhymes spits with little coherence, much less any real battle bars for pretty much the entire 3 rounds here and against Geechi Gotti. That’s a bad mix, especially against the likes of Gotti, who’s spitfire urban street flair along with a fire mix of unruffled wit, equates to an easy 30.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “You wore your seat-belt on the way here, I had a 40. on me, we strapped different!”
Recap: Geechi Gotti’s more versatile punchlines, stinging name flips, real-life neighborhood drama and potent gun bars does a number on a blood and mayhem-obsessed and oft-nice-with-his Yung Pop for the 1st couple of rounds to take the win, before Pop gets more multifaceted during a fire 3rd round to avoid getting 30’d.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Nigga we ain’t nuthin’ alike, I already played that game, the first time I popped a nigga, I was young…I should have your name!”
Recap: Despite going a little too long with his raps in each round, here against 65 Hunnit, Geechi Gotti displays a wide range of talent, going from downright (“I’ll kill you, then read your obituary to ya kid as a bedtime story!”) disrespectful to witty to eccentric to kicking that real street shit the cats in the jungle living that strife life love. Indeed, it’s all there and against the aggressive, but basic raps of his opponent, even with a slight stumble towards the end of his 3rd, there really was no contest.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti -“Real shit, he got hit with so many straps, we don’t know which one killed him when we was gunning on him…think tax season, all these ratchets got 65 hundred on ’em!”
Recap: First of all, RIP Young B the Future. That said, no contest in this one as for 3 rounds Geechi Gotti’s wickedly disrespectful barbs (all of which would certainly make Arsonal proud), stunted personals and gang of fiery punchlines easily dismantles the flow-challenged, sometimes witty, but mostly feeble raps of Jay Pan The Future.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “You a steady cornball, steady living a life you not living, straight phony, probably only good with the mic [Mike]…you Scott Pippen!”
Recap: All Geechi Gotti here as even some lost 2nd-round footage on Chops Bailey is rendered moot due to him choking. Gotti, finessing smoothly with sturdy name flips/gun bars, flexing punchlines and even a boatload of fiery freestyles in a close round 3, gets an easy 30.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “He a bitch, the type to make duck lips when he taking a selfie!”
Recap: In what was a pretty basic slew of raps from both sides, a first round choke by King Rico ends up sealing the deal as Geechi Gotti does enough with the punches and personals to also take round 2 before the leisurely stylings of Rico spits enough heat to beat back a pedestrian turn by Gotti in the 3rd.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Nigga, I’ll beat your ass plkus I’ll do that daily, put a potato on a pistol, turn this nigga head into gravy!”
