No Bias. No Narratives.
Recap: Arguably the first Christian battle rapper, a very pedestrian and flow-challenged Jay Focus’ attempts to not curse did garner some laughs. That and Swave Sevah’s repeated mockery of his opponent’s more subdued raps along to go along with a mean punch game earns the Harlem battler an easy 3-0.
Verdict: Swave Sevah (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Swave Sevah – “I ain’t playing no games, this beat go in, if this was a game, whoever using me put a G-code in!”
Synopsis: Did Jay Focus really think he was going somewhere with this style? Appreciate Hollow’s freestyle’s here in what was a punch-heavy and totally one-sided affair.
Verdict: Hollow da Don (W) 3-0
Best line: Hollow – “Your girl pussy free like school lunch!”
Recap: DJ Vlad’s brief escapades hosting battle rap sees a spirited (“You here now, but your father was wrong, you an accident, you should’ve been a drink for your mom”) Jay Focus and a punchline-heavy Cortez (which according to Cortez, someone in the crowd just happened to record on their flip phone) go at it in a heated two-rounder (any battle host should know better than to have anything but odd number rounds, but whatever). After the two split the first couple of rounds it’s a good thing that the judges decided on OT which allows Tez to spit storytelling bars and expound on hitiin’ Jay’s girl with the “Dougie Fresh”, edging the round and taking the win.
Verdict: Cortez (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Cortez – “Your broad I fucked her and made [gestures to someone in the crowd] him tape it last night”
