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Recap: From Body Bag Battle League, in this 1-rounder a more condensed and bar efficient Glueazy uses a gang of boastful barbs, stifling gun bars and gritty punchlines to beat back a gritty and hitting at times, but mostly pedestrian Fleezy Jones.
Verdict: Glueazy (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Glueazy – “The can hit him and his man with him, face shot [BWOH!] now ya dog covered in fleas!”
Recap: Way too soon to state that Glueazy’s fallen off. But is the hunger for battle rap still there? Only he can answer that, although some recent showings by Glu of late have started to produce whispers. And even getting away and venturing to the West-coast doesn’t seem to help Glu as in this 3-rounder from The Riot Network versus LL The Mayor, while some of the flexing punches we’re used to seeing from him are there, a lack of preparation gets in the way what with the former Gooonie failing to overcome slip-ups in both of the latter rounds after a pretty gritty 1st. And those unforced errors by Glu combined with a consistently raucous, righteous-spitting and solid-punching Mayor scoring a 30.
Verdict: LI The Mayor (W) 3-0
Favorite line: LI The Mayor – “They don’t call me The Mayor because I’m a Republican or a Democrat, nigga they call me The Mayor ‘cuz when nigga’s send shots, I’m in my hood politicking how we gonna send them back!”
Recap: A couple of Winston-Salem, NC, battlers, Glueazy and Punchline, go at it for one round on Body Bag Battle League and its the way more punch-lit Glu who takes it on the end. The Smack vet using a bunch of mocking personals, rigid gun lines, righteous heaters and some brutal mayhem/name flips to handily get the win and keep his stamp on his hometown.
Verdict: Glueazy (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Glueazy – “I like Punch, I’ll spike Punch…[points arm out like a gun] pour the 5th in him!”
Recap: Going at opponent Glueazy’s neck fresh out the gate, for 3 entire rounds Emerson Kennedy unleashes a firestorm of swift, dicey punchlines, flagrant name flips and stifling personals while also taking advantage of a slip-up prone Glu to catch a 30 and easily take this 1st-round Ultimate Madness 2 matchup.
Verdict: Emerson Kennedy (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Emerson Kennedy – “But they even criticized Jesus, don’t let that define my past, y’all even called Kobe a ball hog…until he passed!”
Recap: Can’t help but wonder how not having a crowd to watch (and sometimes perform with) effects a battle rap/showman like Bill Collector. Not that the part serious, part personal, part punching/free-styling/witty B.C. did a bad job here, but what’s a fully ready for action Bill Collector without being able to utilize his Super-Duper-Scope? A little subdued, to say the least. As for Glueazy, nothing much has changed even after leaving the Gooonies. The Carolina’s favorite white boy still delivering (outside of a half-hearted and shortened 3rd round) that rambunctious heat along with some rich storytelling bars and high efficient/clever punchlines to take the first two rounds for the win.
Verdict: Glueazy (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Glueazy – “You wanna slap-box?!, my arm short, but my gat pop!”
Recap: Even with Glueazy mixing in some shots at T-Top and his ex bro’s in The Gooonies, the North Carolina rapper’s more versatile punches, fiery personals and flexing heat is enough to edge a mayhem-drench and gun bar-heavy, but less multifaceted and a little pedestrian bar-prone round by Franchise in this 1-round Quarantined battle from URL.
Verdict: Glueazy (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Glueazy – “Big Mac 11, but I ain’t gotta name this one, it’s a Smith and Wesson, ironic, y’all gave him 4 minutes to live and he died by a .357!”
Recap: A more condensed 3 rounds paired with a sublime 1st round are the difference here as Tay Roc and Glueazy go at it for a trio of spastic, aggressive, gun bar-lit and punch-heavy rounds on the URL stage. Glu, continuously rocking the scoreboard with a shitload of gritty punches, rugged heat, piercing name flips and festive wordplay/personals, would only be hurt by a few dry spots here and there, some dated personals and a slight lack of versatility especially when it came to wit. On the other hand, a more measured Roc scored left and right with dope set-ups to his punches to go along with head-ringing gun lines, a bunch of racial stingers, witty barbs and some excellent execution with the angles with his only slight coming from one too many name flips/shots at the Goonies. A fire and competitive battle nonetheless, Roc takes the 1st and 3rd rounds for the win.
Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Tay Roc – “I’ll put a shell in you, hit his Head and Shoulders…Selsun Blue!”
Recap: Dope 1-rounder between Coffee Brown and Glueazy sees the former get extra lyrical with hers, dishing fiery schemes, gritty punchlines, some solid wordplay and feisty personals/name flips that kept the crowd in tune with a little room for filler. However, a downright disrespectful Glueazy, flagrant with the personals, witty and gratuitous with the heated punches, all the while a bit more consistent with the bars and mayhem, gets the win what with one too many haymakers during a more condensed turn.
Verdict: Glueazy (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Glueazy – “Keep thinking I’m a joke ‘cuz I’m white, the silencer [chhh chhh] sound like I opened a Sprite!”
Recap: One-round Shotz Fired battle between Glueazy and relative newbie Stich Em Up is a close one thanks in part to a pretty nice punch and name flip game by Stich. However, aided by his usual surly aggression as well as a host of entertainment name flips, rugged gun bars and steely punchlines, with a couple of more haymakers than his opponent, Glueazy gets the edge here.
Verdict: Glueazy (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Glueazy – “The plot thickens, I got Stich’s, I will pop Stich then pop stiches, stop bitching, have him fighting over these lines like Popeye’s chicken!”
Recap: Yeah, he was cooking alright. In what, thus far, should go down as his most impressive performance over 3 rounds, Jerry Wess uses a flawless (and classic), half venting on URL business dealings/going ham with the punches on opponent Glueazy 1st round, a just as incredibly stirring and punch/wordplay/name flip/personal-heavy 2nd to go along with a performance-rich (esp with the sound effects), set-up-lit and versatile 3rd to beat the breaks off of one of the better mid-tiers (who btw turned in a pretty strong showing himself) in the game and establish himself as deserving of a bigger stage.
Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “White people making soul food…you about to get cooked bad!”
Recap: Having the stamina to out-punch Ave is not a task we’d recommend to anybody, but credit Glueazy for making a valiant attempt here in this Banned Legacy bout from URL. Indeed, it’d take a consistently spitfire, more condensed and (“I’ll snipe a boy, ask your daughter if she like the boy, if not [Bow!], pops get a chopper through the window like Biker Boyz!”) herculean effort from the Goonie rapper just to edge the first round over Ave’s vociferous and steadily hitting punchlines. And afterwards, while Glu would deliver a couple of punch-heavy, gritty, name flip spazzing and performance-heavy rounds to stay competitive, one too many personals towards Tay Roc (instead of his opponent) and a slight bit less consistently to his raps would hurt him in the long run. Of course, the biggest key to Glu inevitably losing this match, was an Ave who stayed locked in the latter two rounds with a gang of boastful heaters, stifling gun bars, racial shiners, aggressive (“He’s worthless, shit make me wanna get the tools poppin’, .40 on Glu(e), that’s some expensive school shopping!”) punchlines, roundhouse mayhem and something he doesn’t get enough credit for: head-ringing personals.
Verdict: Ave. (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ave. – “We was fed off the strip, all of my niggas split bread, Eazy (easy), like red sausages, no matter the cost, ya dig?, we figured we should be paid, whether pool flips or a smooth lick, the pussy shaved!”
Recap: Stalking the stage, confident, performance-heavy and back on his grind with sizzling punchlines, fiery name flips/personals and heated gun bars, in this 1-rounder from Houston Bar Code, Glueazy makes quick work of a solid overall, but up-n-down Gutta.
Verdict: Glueazy (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Glueazy – “100 proof and even tho URL don’t fuck with you, you could be anywhere in the world right now, but you’re stuck with Glu!”
Recap: It’s no secret that the usually venerable Glueazy has been slumping of late and in this 3-rounder from KLBL, the always performance-ready E. Ness takes advantage, sporting a host of jaunty punchlines, a boatload of witty barbs and steely shiners/personals to beat back his slip-up prone opponent in the deciding 3rd round and pull off a minor upset.
Verdict: E. Ness (W) 2-1
Favorite line: E. Ness – “You should quit the Goonies and become a new gangster, I’ll super glue your chin back together when your jaw break, these 3 rounds of unreleased hits, these the Lost Tapes!”
Recap: In this Born Legacy 7 battle from URL, after a couple of topsy-turvy, aggressive, but pretty redundant opening rounds, Glueazy finally chokes (after ironically getting off to a hot start) away his 3rd round. But then looking back, did Glu really have a chance to begin with? That’s just speaking practically to how sublime JC was here. The Michigan battler confidently in his bag for 3 rounds while delivering nothing but straight heat via a gang of witty personals/storytelling, spitfire punchlines, persistent mayhem and piercing name flips/set-ups/wordplay to handily earn a shutout.
Verdict: JC (W) 3-0
Favorite line: JC – “I got him running in pain, covered in stains like a mattress flip!”
Recap: Take away Glueazy surprisingly choking away his 2nd round and you have a fire battle between Glu and fellow Goonie squad member Ryda. Still for all the bout’s competitiveness, it’s Ryda who earned the most shine here, delivering a versatile palette of fiery self-deprecating darts, sizzling gun bars, witty personals, stinging punchlines/name flips and during a spitfire 3rd round, a host of flexing shots at his former Cave Gang team and even a couple of shots thrown Smack’s way for allegedly mishandling his battle rap career. And while Glu would also dish a boatload of flexing punchlines, witty/pointed personals and heated gun bars to keep things competitive in both a debatable 1st round and a fiery 3rd, Ryda’s standout performance throughout the bout would prove to be too much in the end.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ryda – “And everybody wanna know if Ryda still Cave Gang or not, well fuck Ave, you asked Roc to give your answer!”
Recap: The gruff, raspy stylings of Infared Tha General make for a boatload of fierce punchlines, gritty mayhem and salacious personals…for a little over half a round anyway, till faltering a bit and getting pedestrian towards the end. For a patiently waiting Glueazy, his opponent’s see-saw turn leaves more than enough room for a barrage of consistently spitfire punches, some stinging wordplay and witty personals to leave with a win.
Verdict: Glueazy (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Glueazy – “They say he ain’t dead, Mr. Potato Head, I’ll twist the nose!”
Recap: Before we get the recap out the way, let’s admit that the ‘dunk’ on Shotgun Suge in round 3 by Glueazy was pretty epic–a high vertical leap with some nice velocity to it–that’s the way to get it done. And who said white men can’t jump? That said, despite the theatrics and some superb (“Don’t try saving him, the .357 is titanium, crack his chest open, I’m looking for vibranium!”) wordplay/punchlines by Glu throughout the battle, it’s a more consistently spitfire Suge who edges every round here. The veteran Suge showing that aggressive moxie plus sizzling bars can beat almost anybody, especially when he displays unfailing focus to go along with some stellar personals, witty heaters, hometown crowd-pleasing lines, fierce performance bars and potent (“Two 30s pop, son ain’t seen a shooter in North Carolina since Dell Curry!”) gun/bully bars. Indeed, a pretty solid, but at times pedestrian showing by Glueazy gets beat by a Shotgun Suge who reminded everyone why experience matters.
Verdict: Shotgun Suge (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Shotgun Suge – “If you do anything to that black boy they gonna have to nurse you, and I better not hear you making him do H&M commercials!”
Recap: Sticking to a gameplan of staying condensed with his bars as well as displaying fiery (“This shit trips me out, how can you hate on a fellow black man!”) wit throughout the battle, Glueazy survives Chess’ more potent (“He gonna talk about me choking nigga…till [puts hands up like a choke] I’m choking nigga’s!”) heat in the 1st, before edging round two with a more undiluted turn that featured a load of wicked (“Bitch, my heat will spark, I egt to dumping with the Smif’n, and make the Cakes fall like I’m jumping in the kitchen!”) punches and taking the deciding 3rd thanks in part to too many slip-ups from his otherwise pretty (“The plan was to duck-tape Glu [glue] and I’m a stick to it!”) solid opponent.
Verdict: Glueazy (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Glueazy – “Danny told y’all I had a black son, well won’t be the first time I raised something that wasn’t mine!”
Recap: With loads of gritty punchlines and head-rining mayhem from both battlers, it’s nothing short of a competitive showing in this fiery 1-rounder between Glueazy and J Slash. However, a little too much filler from Slash as well as the Ohio rapper delivering only an equal amount of haymakers despite rapping almost twice as long as his opponent, gives the more condensed and slightly more versatile Glu the win.
Verdict: Glueazy (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Glueazy – “Did you know that he a schoolteacher?, I’m talking Monday through Friday, but on the weekends he battle raps and holds his gun sideways!”
Recap: With like a week’s notice Glueazy more than impresses, dishing a versatile barrage of fierce punches, fire personals, stinging gun bars and some real talk shit that more than made their point. Indeed, with the always intense, punch-heavy and in this case, even witty at times Danny Myers delivering yet another solid performance, it would take a superb, haymaker-drenched turn from Glu to take the 1st round, before a turned-up (after a faltering and inconsistent 2nd), condensed, back to basics and overall more potent Glu took the deciding 3rd for the win in what overall was a dope and competitive battle.
Verdict: Glueazy (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Glueazy – “Glu official, group of pistols, I’ll let 2 burn on you. Chris Unbias, fuck with the kid the whole group turn on you!”
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: Dope one between Glueazy and Nu Jerzey Twork, close and competitive enough to definitely warrant a couple of looks. A performance-rich and /set-up/gun-bar (“That’s fake love, I’ll [waves hand like a gun] fill her head up with all kind’s of shit, end the bitch!”) spazzing Twork, despite going longer than his solid, punch-heavy opponent, still rained down enough haymakers to take round 1. And while both battlers brought plenty of heat in the middle round, the edge here goes to Glu for being more condensed with his turn, while supplying the best bar of the round. Final and deciding round was another barn buster with Glueazy kicking more fire punchlines (tho mostly in the 1st half of his round) with his signature aggression and VA cadence, while Twork consistently scored aplenty with more animated gun bars and finite wordplay. That said, call it a toss-up.
Verdict: TIE
Favorite line: Glueazy – “I’ll kill him, Robin Williams, all jokes and now your life’s on a line!”
Recap: Fire battle between (“See, tonight you came out to try for for Smack White, but white came to smack you back!”) Glueazy and (“Smack gave him that shot, he about to shit on it, think Rich Homie, that’ll tribute to you on stage, fucking up a BIG moment!”) Bedaffi Green definitively comes to the 2nd round, as an equally solid turn by both parties warrants going either way in rounds 1 and 3. However, it’s the mid-round that saw Glu, in particular stand out, dropping a steady barrage of (“I’ll put a blanket on Green, like I’m picnic in the park!”; “The hammer squeeze, it’s anti-freeze, I’ll pop ya top and have green pouring out!”) haymakers that easily thwarted an pretty solid, but not-nearly-as-nice round from Mr. Green, who altogether despite losing this one, still displayed enough variety with the bars, performance (“The machine got a mind of its own, my sub conscious!”) creed and entertainment value to earn another shot at making the URL roster.
Verdict: Glueazy (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Glueazy – “Second battle back on Smack, I’m a kill something, with these guns I’ll black boy, now watch a cracker raise two of ’em…I’m Phil Drummond!”
Recap: This here is just how you like your PG’s–a fire and competitive battle from both sides that makes it hard to pick a winner. But a tighter flow and an edge on (“I’m a grimy cracker, pants sagging like a 90’s rapper!”) haymakers gives the gun-bar stalwart Glueazy round one, despite Reepah Rell possibly having the best bar of the round. Both battlers again stay (Glueazy: “I’m nice with it, I pull bitches like I’m light-skinned!”) consistently nice in round 2, but more points for Reepah for a more diverse turn that featured some filthy (“I hate this, now y’all gonna see a bald head pop, Everybody Hates Chris!”) wordplay, a richer performance, ill personals and potent set-ups. Tied going into the 3rd, one can’t help but note how Glueazy will often talk about his opponent’s bringing race angles into battle, but often be the first to do it himself….hmmm??? And that’s a little ironic when taking into account Reepah going there a handful of times in round 3, but also flexing with steely pontifications and fiery (“Ball raisers on the block?!, Please!!!, these nigga’s here fronting, he look like he spend his days chewing tobacco and deer hunting!”) punchlines to edge the round over a solid (“White boy, but the block love me, you Golddust, outside this ring, ya pop’s Dusty!”), but not-quite-as-nice turn by Glueazy.
Verdict: Reepah Rell (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Reepah Rell – “I’m up in the kid’s room, if I grip the K, I’m shooting all the kids at the same time…that’s Picture Day!”
Recap: Close battle between G Mayne Frost and (“Everybody you battle do the same shit, well I ain’t them and you know the .9 will get you baby, when you came in!”) Glueazy with plenty of dope (Frost: “Y’all really think this ginger snap?, he don’t even cook, he come with tasteless rounds and that’s why they book me!”) punchlines, heavy (Frost: “Before [B4] I 3 and [N} 0 G 2 gonna owe [O] 1, that’s Bingo!”) wordplay and fiending (Glueazy: When I start sleeping these bitches, it ain’t date rape!”) haymakers from both sides. Still, this wasn’t close enough to be called a debatable as with a little more variety and (Frost: “Your friends, in the hood, only invited you over when they needed a night light!”) wit to his bars, it’s Frost to takes the latter two rounds for the win.
Verdict: G Mayne Frost (W) 2-1
Favorite line: G Mayne Frost – “Your version of pocket-checking is stealing from your mom’s purse!”
Recap: Dope battle between slick punchline fiend Minnix and the always punching up Glueazy. After Glueazy edges round one with a higher bar quotient, feisty (“Shot his neck, body on deck, we on a cruise ship!”) bars and more virtuoso performance (glasses and all), Minnix easily even things up with steadier (“Wet him up, I’m thinking how long I gotta wait for Glu to die!”) shiners that were doubled down by searing (“You got comfortable off other’s work ‘cuz you a freeloading prick, and you lucky I cut my beard down ‘cuz it would’ve 3-0’d your shit!”) personals. Split going into the final round, Minnix keeps throwing flaming darts and landing with some aggressive (“Where that gun’s supposed to come from, up from under ya tummy?, I’ll chase him up the block and rob him, give him a run for his money!”) bangers, however his last round is spoiled somewhat with a biteful of pesky filler and mediocre bars. On the hand, showing that he definitely came to win, Glueazy stays lit with lofty wrestling/guns bars, nicer performance and a more cohesive (“Why don’t you squares stop riding my wave, you’re not a boogie board!”) punch game to pull off the win.
Verdict: Glueazy (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Glueazy – “And you not great, you mediocre, I bet you white squares pop up when you see a toaster!”
Recap: Solid turns by both (“Them things ringing back-to-back, I ball-hog for my team, I’m an Aryan!”) Riggz and (“You could come to my White House and still see a black ratchet!”) Glueazy in this one-rounder from Body Bag Battle League. However, Riggs takes too long to heat up, saving his best bars for the 2nd half of his round, leaving way for a more consistently bar-heavy Glueazy with just enough room for the win.
Verdict: Glueazy (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Glueazy – “I keep piping these hoes like a hookah bar!”
Recap: After getting obliterated by Glueazy’s rapidly hard (“I’m gang-banging, over them white lines, like you lane changing!”) punches in the opening round, Killa B uses his own assortment of steady gun lines and aggressive (“You got bars that stick, but nothing Super Glue!”) shiners to make things close in rounds 2 and 3. However, a more consistent with his flow, rebuttal-savvy and overall more punch crazy Glueazy still manages to edge each round here for the 3-0.
Verdict: Glueazy (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Glueazy – “You asked for this, see?, strapped with them guns I’m silly, Vivica Fox…it’s gonna hurt when I let go 50!”
Recap: In this one-rounder from Body Bag Battle League, Glueazy spits a nice assortment of braggadocio/bully bars, a dope performance and fiery schemes to get a victory over a sporadic and basic bar prone Billie Dutches.
Verdict: Glueazy (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Glueazy -“Billie?!, Billie?!, this is who y’all was speaking about?, huh?!, well fuck it, I’ll move the bucket like [there’s] a leak in the house!”
Recap: Apparently allergic to time limits, one gets the feeling upon watching this battle that (“I could let that pound hit him square in the middle, that’s how you hashtag him!”) Oace Spades could rap forever if you let him. Too bad, as Spades’ mostly a-ight bars throughout his elongated rounds leave you appreciating even moreso Glueazy’s rambunctious gun bars, fiending (“….but in the same breath I was taught to grip that razor, red beard, mask on, like I’m Big Van Vader!”) punchlines and witty personals throughout the latter’s 3 shorter, but still victorious rounds here.
Verdict: Glueazy (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Glueazy – “You remind me of Asics Spades, you wasted space!”
Recap: Both Glueazy and ZigZag spit a load of hot/braggadocio lines in this fiery one-rounder from Lyrical Gladiators. But a slow start of ZigZag and Glueazy’s more consistent shiners, gets the latter the win.
Verdict: Glueazy (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Glueazy – “The gun will shoot, so I’m asking what you wanna do, ‘cuz it don’t have to be Christmas to see a white man on ya mother’s roof!”
Recap: Plenty of hometown personals and literally light bars from both Glueazy and Chris Lewis in this three round battle from Body Bag Battle League. But it’s still Glueazy who stands out against a mostly lackluster opponent, particularly in a fiery 3rd round that proved to be his most consistent and bullish.
Verdict: Glueazy (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Glueazy – “With me, it’s hard to get a leg up like Tracy Morgan when that van flipped!”
