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!”
Recap: While J. Murda showed off a nice rebuttal game, offered up a dope cameo from Showoff and added his usual assortment of gritty bars/wordplay to the mix, in this 3-rounder from Kill Switch Battle League, Gwitty did something that’d probably guarantee him bigger plates in the future: unleash 3 consistent rounds of fierce name flips, entertaining wordplay, flexing gun lines and piercing punchlines to take rounds 1 and 3 (call the 2nd debatable) for the win.
Verdict: Gwitty (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Gwitty – “My beams, only seen on DVD, they blue ray!”
Recap: If you thought J. Murda was in trouble when he pulled the phone at the start of his round 3, you called it right as after Murda and Times split the first couple of rounds of this aggressive, gun bar heavy, name flip crazy and mayhem-drenched KOTD tourney battle, a still on a killing spree, but cleaner flowing Times takes the deciding 3rd over his slip-up prone opponent to earn the win and move on to the next round.
Verdict: Times (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Times – “They said Times vs. Murda gonna be Geechi, now he getting clowned on stage like Jezzy!”
Recap: 2nd round KOTD Grand Prix tourney between two battlers, Showoff and J. Murda, who happen to close friends outside the sport, doesn’t quite live up to the hype (the personal’s weren’t as detailed as one might’ve liked), but does stay competitive with Show’s aggression and rigid wordplay (esp. in round 2) matching the heat from Murda’s gritty name flips and hardbody punches enough for the two to split things going into the 3rd. And while the final round was a bit underwhelming as well, it’s the rebuttal-tossing, ever-wily and more punch-heavy Murda who handily takes it in the end.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: J. Murda – “You said I was the devil on ya shoulders Show, and that’s why you fuck with me, then turned around and told nigga’s flight your demons, so they threw you in front of me!”
Recap: No Yankee fitted, but it’s still nice to see Rich Dolarz back in the ring again after a long time away. And here in this opening round KOTD Grand Prix tournament versus J. Murda (tho overall he did better with the personals, hence taking round 2) Rich showed that his aggressive bangers can still compete with the newer guys. But the ever gritty Murda, while often prone to one too many antics and pedestrian punches here and there, emotionally stays pretty straight-laced here (of course, having $50K on the line will do that to you) and after taking round 1 with a punch-heavier turn, uses the latter half of his 3rd to do a nice Daylyt impression with the ski mask and proceed to get extra busy with episodes of graphic mayhem, performance lit heat and fiery gun bars to take the win.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: J. Murda – “We got two minutes to shoot it out, I light it up, over his eyes, it’s a unibrow!”
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!”
Recap: Normally under-the-radar battle between J. Murda and Staccz received plenty of hype due to allegations surrounding Staccz seeking out Murda to buy bars from him some years back. And while you’d think that having a stain of purchasing bars on ya back might motivate a rapper, outside of a gritty, punch-heavy 3rd round by Staccz, this one was all Murda as the FTW capo (helped by his, by that point pretty listless opponent choking away his 2nd round) used a plethora of mocking personals, hard-hitting name flips, solid wordplay and rigid punchlines to prove the bite of his pen and easily take the opening rounds for the win.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: J. Murda – “Buck 50, take a piece off Staccs [stacks], I need a portion!”
Recap: There’s gritty punchlines, unbridled boasts and mayhem galore in this fiery 3-rounder from The Battle Academy. But a crisper flowing, witty and rumble-rocking E. Ness throws up enough spicy darts to edge the first two rounds before the ever-gully J. Murda puts it all together with a sublime 3rd to avoid the shutout.
Verdict: E. Ness (W) 2-1
Favorite line: E. Ness – “I’m giving out trophies and this .9 is who I nominate!”
Recap: A 1-round RBE Social Distance battle between J. Murda and Danny Myers sees both battlers wreck the shop with plenty of havoc and artful boasts. But Danny, a little more consistent with his bar potency as well as displaying better use at incorporating his opponent’s ism’s into his bars, edges this one.
Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Danny Myers – “They never seen a nigga from the West spit so clever, listen J [Jay] I started my Dynasty with the greatest intro ever!”
Recap: Minus a couple of 3rd round slip-ups, J. Murda gives it all his gritty, religion-bashing and mayhem-dishing best in this spicy and gregarious GOTC matchup versus Th3 Saga. But for the man also known as ‘Sensei Saga’, a more condensed and versatile 3 rounds of well-crafted name flips, hitting personals, a gang of fiery schemes and steadily fierce punchlines/wordplay add up to 10’s for each round and a 30 at the end.
Verdict: Th3 Saga (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Th3 Saga – “All that ‘F the world don’t get F’d by it’ is nothing more than when insecurity starts to creep on you…that’s like saying, ‘Y’all know my slogan, cheat on ya girl before she cheat on you!'”
Recap: Light-skin lookalikes J. Murda and Teewhy bring the heat, mayhem, hitting personals and gritty punchlines to this 3-round, iBattle matchup. And while it’s a competitive one throughout, a slightly more consistent with the punches as well as more intricate Teewhy, after a debatable 1st round, edges both rounds 2 and 3 for the win.
Verdict: Teewhy (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Teewhy – “Nigga, I’m a tool raiser, bust in the crib like where the loot playa?, two lasers, one on you, beam on a band, I’m a Room Raider!”
Recap: When he wasn’t speaking up for gay rights or spouting some witty (Mitch!) barbs on long-held allegations of Young Kannon messing with trannies, J. Murda’s rampant yarns of mayhem was just enough to edge a close 1st round. Besides that, this one was all YK, who after a pretty solid 1st that he barely lost out on, used a gang of spitfire gun bars, stellar punchlines, hitting hometown ATL bars and some potent personals/wordplay to overwhelm a couple of dope at times, but at times lackluster turns by Murda.
Verdict: Young Kannon (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Young Kannon – “…after all that, y’all battled and he smoked you, you was chasing clout for no reason, I mean yeah you pulled Red shirt and then he sat you down for the season!”
Recap: O-Red at his finest here with some incredible wordplay, sterling punchlines, gritty gun bars, fly set-up’s/schemes and…wait for it, a boatload of salacious (“What y’all didn’t see was what happened when we went outside, he re-arranged his whole vibe, ‘cuz he knew he shouldn’t have touched me, he just tried some cute shit on cam, and it got ugly, thought I was your average good guy till he saw Chucky!”) personals in the 3rd round, indeed overall with a nary any filler. That’s more than enough heat from the Jersey vet in rounds 1 and 3 (with Murda’s 2nd round being his strongest, we’ll call that one a debatable) to beat back a pretty solid, mayhem-inducing and also stinging with the (“I’m a boss, don’t stare wrong, I’ll hit Red solo or a couple will get a round like beer pong!”) punches J. Murda in this ‘Closer’ battle from RBE.
Verdict: O-Red (W) 2-1
Favorite line: O-Red – “You’re a peasant B, it’s shit like this that bring out the Alex Trebek in me, ‘cuz now [turns to ARP] you gotta pay a second fee for disrespecting me, get charged twice for the same murder…it’s Double Jeopardy!”
Recap: A damn near carbon copy of each other battle-wise with their sheer intensity on stage, braggadocios personas, aggressive raps and ability to light it up with wicked gun bars, it’s only right that this RBE battle between Bad Newz and J. Murda ends up tied. A competitive, touchy-feely and sometimes witty battle for the most part, an amped up, slick with the punches, (“So go ahead, joke, play, lie about how I got shot and that’s a foul, but that shoudl already tell y’all…I already looked Murder in the eyes!”) fiery and way more consistent Newz took the 1st round, before a more condensed Murda steps up his punch game and edges the 2nd. Both battlers got off to a slow start in the deciding 3rd round, but eventually each came through with enough mean punches, stinging name flips/gun speak and greasy mayhem to make this one a draw.
Verdict: TIE
Favorite line: J. Murda – “Against Loso it was ‘Fuck God’, who the first one you was looking for when you was dying nigga!?!”
Recap: Both Illa and J. Murda do their thing in this 1-rounder from Universl Bars Battle League, kicking gritty street shit along with some greasy gun bars and fiery name flips to keep things competitive. But while Illa was mostly solid throughgout, it’s Murda who gets the edge here, what with a little more consistency to his heat, displaying some wit, dishing fiery performance bars and potent schemes that included a couple that flexed his knowledge of classic hip-hop album covers.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 1-0
Favorite line: J. Murda – “You better show the fuck up, ‘cuz this ya test to rhyme with others, how’d he do?, the lead flew, and blew Red all over the room…he passed with flying colors!”
Recap: Anyone who has ever followed Cityy Towers battle rap career would know what a strong puncher he is. But Towers’ penchant for a high punch-acumen can sometimes get watered down when he leans it too heavily or in this case against J. Murda, segues back to punching even upon dishing fiery displays of wit and/or hitting personals. It’s a slight weakness that Murda takes advantage of here what with a hilarious round 1 that made no apologies for being all personal, before mixing it up a little bit and splitting the latter rounds with a variety of hard street semantics, rich schemes and aggressive, hardbody punchlines/performance bars.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: J. Murda – “You go hula-hooping in a bagel…what you mad now, you gonna shoot at my ankles!”
Recap: Two talents like J. Murda and Fettuccine 20 should not be battling each other for only one round. But here they do anyway and as should be expected, they both put on quite a show, each spitting some stealth-worthy bars, spirited personals, lofty gun lines as well as displaying the occasional wit. A close one, no doubt, but Murda with a cleaner flow, performance-heavier and a slightly more condensed turn, gets the edge in this one.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 1-0
Favorite line: J. Murda – “Head shot…this the game winner!”
Recap: While J. Murda definitely got robbed by judges in his infamous JC battle a couple of years back, the feeling here in this judged battle (coincidentally, like Murda vs. JC, also on RBE) is that B. Magic got a little jerked here. A tight 3-rounder that was extra impressive when you consider that both battlers had only 8 days notice to prepare, after splitting the earlier rounds, while Murda had his moments via an aggressive and performance-heavy turn that certainly made waves, B. Magic, with a more consistent and of course, punch/wordplay-heavy framework, gets the 3rd and the win here.
Verdict: B. Magic (W) 2-1
Favorite line: B. Magic – “Fuck who I Disturb and this piece [Peace] is not Ludacris [ludicrous], I’ll leave him Smokey on the side of the house…’cuz I do this shit!”
Recap: Mixing in a fiery performance with his string of stinging braggadocio quips, potent struggle bars and transparent gun lines, a pent-up J. Murda beats back the mostly standard punches of C Low.
Verdict: J Murda (W) 1-0
Favorite line: J Murda – “Fuck what you heard, ‘cuz y’all souped him and now that’s what the guy sip!”
Recap: League hopping seems to be suiting J Murda, who takes his aggressive and fiery show on the road again to battle TruFoe in Chicago. And what ensues here is a spitfire match with the Chi-Town spitter almost matching his opponent in intensity along with ready-to-fire gun bars. Still, while Murda always seems to be ready for action, it’s his ability to be consistent that usually makes the difference between winning and losing. And in this case the fortitude us there, especially during the first two rounds, which sees Murda spazzing with heated performance bars and dope (“It’s like break-ups on the phone, I’m dumping texts!”) punchlines/set-ups all laced with authentic street themes that more than backed his flossing. For TruFoe, while shining with potent punches and a couple of righteous personals (one of which Murda just couldn’t help but respond to with a burp), a few dry spots here and there cost him in the early rounds, credit his (“Fuck a Homi, I ain’t trying to knock y’all movement, but if it’s labeled a homicide, you probably got caught doing it!”) resiliency for edging the 3rd and avoiding getting 30’d.
Verdict: J Murda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: J Murda – “A headshot [BOOM!}, his knee [Neil] will land on the moon, I swear that this arm strong [Armstrong}!”
Recap: Loso’s 1st appearance on the RBE stage is pretty impressive…for two rounds anyway. Displaying adept research skills that sparked some witty personals towards his opponent, a Supreme deity of Christian tribalism and a friendly dose of potent punchlines, only a surprising 3rd-round choke stood in the way of an easy 30 against an erratic and oftentimes lackluster J-Murda.
Verdict: Loso (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Loso – “See, it’s your fault, you accepted the battle without first seeing me arrive, it’s all on tape, who knew you could set murder up without giving 13 reasons why!”
Recap: Impressive, mayhem-dishing and boastful-ringing showing by J. Murda gets edged by an even more consistent, wordplay-spazzing, punchline-crazy and raucous turn by J-Krooger in what was a pretty competitive and fiery 1-round battle from Step Your Ink Game Up.
Verdict: J-Krooger (W) 1-0
Favorite line: J-Krooger – “A squad of killers, so if he raise a finger I need not to, Dre and Floss done Nike checked you, I’m just coming to re-box [Reebok] you!”
Recap: Witty anecdotes, storytelling raps and stinging (“If I Smack you, everybody gonna know [no] me and I never bought tickets to N.O.M.E.!”) wordplay from Floss Da Boss. Aggressive gun (“Fuck that [Bang!!!], I’ll let it kick off wherever you feel welcome at, ‘cuz I’m right at home!”) lines and rich (“It’s the same old church song, I’m done with him [hymn]!”) set-ups from J. Murda (who’s flow was consistently nice, despite all flags for unsportsmanlike conduct throughout the battle). Altogether make for a close, competitive battle on the RBE stage. However, it’s the personals, especially when it came to mocking his opponent’s (“Hey Murda, you been screaming ‘Fuck the World’ forever, what did it do?”) repertoire, that gives Floss the deciding round 3 and a win.
Verdict: Floss Da Boss (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Floss Da Boss -“Nigga, I dare you come to my crib, I’ll show you I ain’t the one to creep on, I’ll be sitting there with the arm in the chair like I’m holding somebody seat for ’em!”
Recap: A little sloppy with his flow at times, Dre Dennis still manages to get his shine on, using spitfire bombs and other urban (“Head shot, Murda and Prez in the whip, I’m thinking Kennedy!”) semantics to edge the forever (“I will slap the bitch out of you and add a new member to ya clique!”) spazzing (but not quite as nice in the 2nd half of his round as his first) J Murda in this one-rounder from The Trap NY.
Verdict: Dre Dennis (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Dre Dennis – “Your name ain’t really on this card, bitch you straight McLovin, ain’t nobody coming to see you Otis, bitch I’m David Ruffin!”
Recap: E City puts on a strong performance, especially in a witty 3rd round that was well executed with some hard-hitting personals and potent (“It ain’t packing a fresh box in my palm, how I’m used to having to smack a square!”) bars. But a more overall consistent J Murda, matching his storied aggression with assorted (“You punk Gringo, it’s about to get cold ice for the snow white, I’ll pistol whip him, if he get up, off ya ass like lowlifes!”) mayhem, in-ya-face gun bars, some spicy wordplay and righteous name flips, does enough to take rounds 1 and 2 and bring a win back to Brooklyn.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: J. Murda – “I let it ring, I bet City haul [hall], yeah 718, but it’s gonna be 187 when City call!”
Recap: The true definition of a ‘different nigga’ the always ubiquitous Daylyt delivers a solid (“You thought you would get a head [ahead] swell, dude not today, two hands clapped in front of ya dome, Guess you forgot to pray!”; “Long arm [extends hand out] behind this square, get you a Doctor, J!”) 1st round here against J Murda before succumbing to (“They schooling the victims, the more you think you smart, the more that get dumb, the history books that you pick up is HIS story books that you pick up”) flighty philosophical rants, rudimentary antics and nonsensical bars in the 2nd (a round he admitted to ‘sacrificing’) and 3rd. Still, Daylyt’s hijinks aside and perhaps inspired by his opponent’s oft-conjectural bars, Murda displays a more performance-heavy side that along his usual gift for aggressive (“Things change, he’ll get dragged in air like Ricky Bobby in his spaceship…then turned up under the streets like there’s a party in the basement!”) wordplay, festive street drama and righteous gun bars, combine for a come-from-behind win over the guy with the tat on his face.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: J. Murda – “What I can do is walk up like ‘hi nigga’ with the steel pipe, I’ll let it flame for 8 days straight…the shit is real, light [Lyt]!”
Recap: Dope PG battle between J. Murda and newcomer Big Hann with plenty of street chatter, ringing gun bars and some crazy nice wordplay from both battlers. I got Murda edging round one, after Hann’s put on a worthy (“Everybody wanna be in the spotlight, till we tell ’em to reach…and [reaches hand out like gun] put a dot in they face!”) display of sizzling (“Y’all let a lad in [Aladdin] , but got mad when he stole the bread!”) bars during his turn, Murda brought his own palette of steady heat with a richer (“Automatic and an automatic, I’m steering with an armload….[puts hands like’s driving and holding gun] it look like I’m stick-shifting!”}performance bars and a slightly better bar quotient. But credit Hann’s for sticking in there and stepping it up in round two with nicer wordplay, real (“My life consist of scrapping and clapping, a bunch of one-night stands…how I kept resorting back to the magnum!”) rap shit and aggressive (“This how you kill a nigga, I keep the silver by my back, you dealing with a gorilla nigga, but try to run and that wild shit will cover ya back like a chinchilla, nigga!”) haymakers that landed hard. And while Murda stayed consistent with righteous (“Relax chump, got mad guns, the impact make a tin can out of a Mack truck!”) lines that for the most part hit their mark, it just wasn’t enough to take the round. Continuing to impress for his hometown of Philly, Hann’s stayed solid in the last round with gritty braggadocio (“You a fan and you been one before you got a wave, spoiled kid first day of school…nigga I’m rocking J’s!”; “I only gave a [points hand like shank] tip, because I knew there was a stab behind it!”) bars and seering street tales. But just when you might’ve counted Murda out, he whips out an assortment of goodies including convincing (“A head shot, he fall asleep forever…and dream nuthin!”; “Stop being a bozo Daffy, but if I shoot you better duck clown or get the cal popping on you like Kung Pow”) urban theatrics, fiery punchlines and vibrant (“Ain’t no Love in Hip-Hop, if you butt in [Budden], you gotta deal with the Consequence!”) wordplay–a more versatile turn that got him the win in what was a very close and exciting battle throughout.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: J. Murda – “I got too many fucking demons boy, I talk to them on the regular, that shit happens often…only nigga with more monsters in his head than me, is Magic Johnson!”)
Recap: They see moments are fleeting and more often than not, haymakers are what you remember most in a battle. Still, consistency has to count for something and for all of JC’s elusive (“What’s homicide to an Undertaker, I literally throw Mankind Off!”) shiners here and there, it’s the cocky, but fierce, versatile and spirited darts from J Murda that edges him rounds 2 and 3 and gets him the win here. Indeed, for all of JC’s lyrical attirbutes, a little too much redundancy with his gun bars as well as permeable filler en route to his more standout lines, along with a Murda who brought his A-game with some seismic wordplay, fire schemes, stylistic/witty/mocking personals and steady (“Bench player, you’ll get a ring even if you do nothing!”) mayhem with the heat, ends up hurting the Writer’s Block captain in a judged battle that while close throughout, clearly should’ve ended with a different verdict.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: J. Murda – “I will smack the bitch out of you…then chill with her!”
Recap: Thanks in part to a round 3 choke by Mr. Mills, a back on his mean grind J Murda survives a couple of slip-ups with a steady dose of gritty (“Hey yo, I almost couldn’t write for you bra, too busy getting that green off of the trees!”) anecdotes and eerie (“I’ll bust at ya mother, step pops, I’ll clean the room and have it stinking after, like a wet mop”) gun chatter to come from behind and get a much needed win. Mr. Mills came nice with consistently potent storytelling (“Who say chivalry is dead, I know a bad bitch that got a fucked up attitude and that hold big burners, but she’s ready to settle down and give you a ring…that mean she ready to commit, Murda [murder]”) bars and set-ups to take round 1 and some fiery OG talk in the 2nd made ti close. But in the end Murda’s persistent delivery and (“You like my wifey’s new Ford, my main focus, you could get a round within a round, a train token!”) execution was just too much to overcome.
Verdict: J Murda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: J Murda – “I’ll bang him and get back to work, a sick stripper!”
Recap: J. Murda may be falling victim to taking on too many battles as when you’ve proven that you can beat the likes of JC, you shouldn’t be losing to a relative unknown like Tapedeck. But that’s the case here as even a stellar round 2 can’t save Murda from a slip-up prone first and a short, subpar 3rd. For Tapedeck, outside of some average bars that were clearly gassed, his overall more consistent flow and performance were pretty good, Add to that some nice punchlines throughout and he manages to pull off a mild upset over an opponent he really had no business beating.
Verdict: Tapedeck (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Tapedeck – “I’m the fucking man of all sorts, I draw over shorts, that’s Captain Underpants!”
Recap: A more consistent flow with some fiery schemes and nice (“Me verse Murda should do numbers, because these new niggas love Money & Violence”) punchlines would normally beat most opponents. But despite a couple of early round slip-ups…overall J Murda’s bars were not only a little more clever, but had more (“I wanna know that he dead, a head shot? cool, but a couple will do the job, you ever been to the island?”) impact, allowing him to edge a close one over Philly’s Zur Money.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: J. Murda – “He don’t answer private calls, I got him [points hand like gun] through the Pinger”
Recap: Reepah Rell stayed competitive here, displaying some (“Fuck how you feel, hold still, me and my nigga’s in front of his crib holding cans like Hank..that’s King of the Hill!”) solid punches and crazy (“Early morning, you better break fast, I Pop Tarts, nothing to toast a square!”) wordplay throughout this turn in this one-rounder against J. Murda. But whether it’s accidentally shooting his own mother, spouting a fiery (“You nice with the bat, Ken Griffey?, well you’ll get .24 [twenty-four] with a kick!”) rebuttal or just dishing gritty (“I pass the hammer in the hood…the .4 [four] get around!”) performance bars that you could feel through the screen, it’s Murda who edges this one in the end.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 1-0
Favorite line: “I’m too much of an animal, I know a [Noah] nigga bolt when I storm through, why get Adam even [Eve] this bitch won’t take a bite out the wrong fruit!”
Recap: After spitting a doper (“He got a Prez Mafia, PG-step, starter kit flow”) and more profuse first round, Rosenberg Raw gets an unexpected visit from Earl, allowing J Murda to even things out with his own round of stellar gun bars and casual (“When I raise the llama, ayo it’s Drake and Madonna, it get nasty when the 50 in ya mouth!”) haymakers in round two. A decisive 3rd round is edged by Raw, who got his groove back enough to execute perfunctory (“I’ll grip tight around his throat like the crew neck crispy”) punchlines along with aggressive shiners and outdo what was a disheveled final round by Murda.
Verdict: Rosenberg Raw (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Rosenberg Raw – “I seen ya battle verse Maserati, that shit was mild sauce, y’all both won 2-1, nigga the crowd lost!”
Recap: In a long-awaited matchup, Cortez deftly uses his ring experience, rich performance bars and sizzling (“The Blueprint, yeah I’m a Renegade, I’mma end {Em] J [Jay]”) wordplay to easily take out an overmatched and seemingly (till his 3rd round anyway) uninspired J. Murda.
Verdict: Cortez (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Cortez – “I’m respected in every hood and project on Murder Ave, and I be supplying who be supplying Murda’s Ave”
Recap: J Murda uses some flagrant schemes and hot performance (“You can lose your life exactly where you stand…BYE! [standby]”) bars to take out a poor man’s Tech 9 in Phrank Rizo. Indeed, with Rizo spitting consistently underwhelming lines like “Shells burn baby, shit will get hotter than Africa”, this one was over pretty much before it started.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 1-0
Favorite line: J. Murda – “This BODY gonna be hard for you to watch, like your sister stripping”
Recap: An AngryFan Radio 1-rounder between J. Murda and Chef Trez goes the latter’s way as the Chef’s more intricate punches, pointed mayhem and well-finessed wordplay work together to easily beat back Murda’s righteous boasts and mostly pedestrian forms of mayhem.
Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Chef Trez – “I’m strapped up, just know that I’m always close to the .44 like Michelle Obama!”
Recap: Traphouse’s J Murda makes his URL debut and it goes off without a hitch. Using nasty verbal hijinks, steady wordplay, on-point freestyles, crazy nice (“I bet your steel won’t wave like a metal flag”) punchlines, dope (“But believe me, to make it here, it wasn’t easy [but] they seen the way I was shooting God [guard], like he small, moving with power forward, made me the center of attention with a PG”) anecdotes together with all-too-confident swag, Murda gets an easy dub over Stebo. Who despite having moments of temporary shine and dope (“Your girl give me head while I’m driving, sometimes you gotta go with your gut”) punches, got tripped up by too many stumbles along with his opponent’s consistent heat to stand a chance here.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: J. Murda -“But I’m dead tight they gave you the trip, ‘cuz I was with it to go to Atlanta, yunno to be the good sport, Al Horford and Kyle KorverCal, that’s just to give you a few Hawks”
Recap: From TrapHouse NY, aggressive, mayhem-lit and gritty punch-fest between J Murda (“That’s word to Sara Lee, you’re a corn muffin, Mase can get the ox to his side like Paul Bunyan!”) and True Maserati comes with an at times heated barrage of sizzling street missives, righteous showmanship, fierce name flips and hard-hitting personals (esp. in round 3). A fealty too for witty bars on each other’s crew and Spanish-laced hijinks, after the two split the opening rounds, it’s only right that a blistering 3rd by both battlers makes this one a draw.
Verdict: Debatable
Favorite line: True Maserati – “I got the grip, but I’m Spanish, I rather put the knife to his spine, then hang him from the top of the track…now ya life on the line!”
Recap: Had this one tied after two what with the bars being pretty equal, but Zeus putting forth a slightly better performance with matching aggression in round 1, while J. Murda was more consistent with the punches (“Let that metal ring under your nose if I don’t accept him”) and had better wordplay in round 2. 3rd round was easily Murda’s, heavier with the bars, nice personals and a couple of haymakers mixed in to take the win.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: J. Murda – “I will cut you, and yeah I like to get a little violent and crazy, but I like gutting niggas, I’m still kinda precise with the .80, I’m talking c-sections like and y’all still can’t stomach how I get them outta here baby!”
Recap: No doubt, as proven here, the veteran Amzilla would be pretty dope in a corner cypher what with his ability to spit plenty of nice off-the bars at the ready. But in a rap battle (while admitting that he forgot all his writtens), against the likes of a hungry J. Murda, going all freestyle just was not gonna work as the young’uns rich organic punchlines and relentless heat earns him an easy dub.
Veridtct: J. Murda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: J. Murda – “I got two straps, one I copped yesterday the other got 4 bodies, so basically I got arm to waste [waist], the other in the air like I’m doing the Nay-Nay!”
Recap: Here J. Murda takes a page from Charlie Clips, including with his “Sike, I lied!’ moment a variety of feelgood schemes, witty name flips and ironic wordplay to take this one from a steady, but mostly uneventful Nasdaq Ness.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: J. Murda – “Just imagine when the shotty burst, and I’ll have your ass moving with your bones out like Miley twerking!”
Recap: Despite some J. Murda chick/stan in the crowd almost ruining the match by talking throughout the rounds, J. Murda stays at ease and uses heavy punchlines, steady aggression and wild schemes to take out an inconsistent and too-long-with-the-angles Whosane, who in light of the crowd antics still didn’t have enough to stay with Murda.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 3-0
Favorite line: J. Murda -“You suck pussy and you tasting this casket, in both ways you eat the box”
Recap: Wolf, apparently on 3 days notice for this battle, came ready and dropped some cold (“I’m a thug, I hug streets, war with niggas that bust heat, so I knew what it was before Biggie told us ‘What’s Beef?'”) here and there. But too many average lines combined with J. Murda’s (when he wasn’t interrupted by the amateur host) constant barrage of performance bars, feelgood (“You better not get crazy bitch boy, unless you a ratchet dyke”) quips and fiery punchlines was too much to beat here.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 1-0
Favorite line: J. Murda – “You getting bodied God, just tell them niggas the devil’s back [with] seven straps and enough ammo to go to with the men in black”
Recap: Getting downright nasty and spitting line after scheming (“My fighting style is influential, you get dropped, that talk come to a stop before the hook come, that’s an instrumental”) line with straight confidence and flair, J. Murda forgoes the filler and puts a hurting on D. Skrillz–who came with some (“I ain’t brought you in this world little nigga, but I’ll take you the fuck out”) shine and got better as his round prolonged, but overall didn’t produce near enough heat to withstand Murda’s repeated fire.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 1-0
Favorite line: J. Murda – “Loss, y’all gonna pay the price to your boss for not showing respect, it’s looking bad boy, ambulance ain’t got no special delivery, and about to pay your G. debt [G. Dep]”
Recap: Although he got better as the round progressed, a slow start and elongated set-ups spoil any chance Yung Skillz (who did in fact have an impromptu battle against DNA a couple of years back) has to take this one from an ever-confident, consistent, witty and punchline-heavy J. Murda.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 1-0
Favorite line: J. Murda – “I was with a BB gun, and now we use real steel like Hugh Jackman”
Recap: An early in his career and not-so-polished J. Murda almost gets caught slipping against an at times (“You said you got knocked for a burna, and they gave you time for shells, video chatting on your phone, that’s the only time you faced a cell”) hard-hitting, but overall average J. Ripp in this Spittaz battle League match. Indeed, Murda’s quantity of fierce punchlines and braggadocio bars in the first couple of rounds prove to be just enough for the win.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: J. Murda – “I’m hype as fuck, I dare you to try something, I’ll grip the glock and rip his top then again I’m staright with my hands like 6 o’cock”
