Recap: In what was altogether a pretty competitive 3-rounder from URL, a confident and angle-lit Ace Amin puts away the shoulder bumps and instead gets busy with a boatload of spicy name flips/gun bars, slick-talking darts, some solid wordplay and a bunch of boastful/piercing street missives to beat back a witty at times, righteous (esp. during a dope, tho often indirect 3rd round) and personal-lit, but also not as consistent and a bit prone to unforced errors Jimz.
Verdict: Ace Amin (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Ace Amin – “You gotta work out and keep a gun ‘cuz ain’t no protein shake good enough for a mill replacement!”
Recap: A returning-to-battle-rap Jimz and Your Honor face off in a set-up lit and highly-entertaining at first, but then more subdued 3-rounder for URL. And thanks in part to Your Honor being less steady with his punches and a bit flow-challenged in the latter (after an outstanding, but debatable 1st round) rounds, but also Jimz’s less predictable and hitting personals/wordplay, witty barbs and righteous screeds/punchlines, it’s a solid win for Mr. Stop Being Dirty.
Verdict: Jimz (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Jimz – “Who are you to talk about me getting sucker-punched?, that happened because I’m a one-on-one veteran, so they sneakin’ [sneak in] Jimz [gyms] like they can’t afford a membership!”
Recap: Versatile, funny, humble and (“He ain’t put in work, he just followed the steps…Chereographic [Corey a graphic]!”) punch-heavy showing by Jimz (who also gets points here for dumping the lame props) gets beat by a personal-spazzing, consistently punchline-lit, (“I asked ‘Ganic for big opponent’s, [but] they asked for bigger checks, so he got that cheap gym [Jimz] pass for someone he could fit for less!”) name flip crazy and scheme-heavy Charron in this solid 3-rounder from KOTD. And while Charron (who also let his alter-ego ‘Billy Pistols’ get some shine in the battle) gets the 30 here, Jimz’s more bar-centric and competitive showing here is definitely he can build on.
Verdict: Charron (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Charron – “You’re a…I can’t say that, I’m mainstream now, but you’re a part of LBGTQ, that makes me proud, I truly respect how much you’ve Dragged Queens down!”
Recap: Taking advantage of a couple of recent unfortunate/notorious events that happened outside the battle rap ring towards Jimz was probably the easy part. But a focused Qleen Paper not only getting busy with spicy performance bars, but dishing lyrical heaters left and right…well, that was a bit unexpected and frankly speaking, dope to watch. Especially in a much-anticipated grudge match like this one. And while an at times self-deprecating, witty and punch-heavy Jimz was solid overall, one too many reaches along with some perplexing name-dropping and very so-so punches definitely hurt him in rounds 1 and 3, which to Qleen’s benefit, outside of a debatable 2nd, gave ‘Kitchen Qleen’ the win.
Verdict: Qleen Paper (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Qleen Paper – “Jimz, you only tough on the ‘Net, I know your type!”
Recap: Too much wit and too many (“They only like you ‘cuz you the fake me and they don’t see me as much!”) fly personals/tru-isms from Goodz along with too many unforced errors (bragging about beating Tony D, spitting too many non-direct bars, etc.) from an otherwise solid (“You lost all this weight and still got a fat girl face!”) Jimz, gives the former the first couple of rounds and the win in a battle that wasn’t as dry as the seemingly listless crowd let on.
Verdict: Goodz (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Goodz – “When that nigger knocked you out, why you ain’t call me?,…instead you was watching him from the ground, gave us the real definition of floor seats!”
Recap: Jimz, who’s long talked about wanting to battle Math Hoffa, finally gets his shot on the KOTD stage and for the most part, fails to take advantage of the opportunity. The first couple of rounds are all Math, back on his bully shit, but also mixing in some clever schemes, witty bars and a hilarious 2nd round centered on flipping Jimz’ ‘Stop Being Dirty’ slogan for funny storytelling/performance bars on him working at a laundry cleaner (which when you consider what he did at the DNA battle, made a lot of sense) part-time. On the other hand, while the effort was there, Jimz’ first two rounds just seemed to be all over the map, incohesively spitting bars on random subjects with little to connect them with, before literally going into his backpack to pull out a gang of chicken nuggets that made for a major reach (and a messy stage) regarding an incident Hoffa had with Serius Jones years ago. With a chance for a 30 going into the last round, Math being Math as well as being back on the KOTD platform, couldn’t help himself but to bring up, yet again, Dizaster and other stuff that had nothing to do with his opponent–an alright, but beatable round that Jimz slayed with some wicked personals of his own and a couple of hot punchlines that allowed the Queens, NY, rapper to avoid getting shut out.
Verdict: Math Hoffa (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Math Hoffa -“You should battle Surf, I’m telling you, that’ll be a heavy body, ‘cuz you knwo more about Tide…than everybody!”
Recap: A couple of Queens, NY dudes, Jimz and DNA, have to travel all the way to Massachusetts to meetup for a 3-round battle on the KOTD. But it’s still a goodie as a highly entertaining and bar-heavy Jimz edges round 1 despite a very solid turn from his opponent. Still, DNA manages to even things up in the 2nd, using a fire Queens scheme along with a couple of nice rebuttals to beat back a gimmicky round from Jimz, what with a backpack filled with hygienic products for a ‘Stop Being Dirty’ scheme that even Jimz seemed to admit went too long. Tied going into the 3rd, both battlers gave max effort with long rounds that proved their fortitude. However, a slightly more consistent and bar/wordplay/punch-crazy DNA, what with yet another rebuttal mixed in, manages to edge this one for Queens bragging rights in the end.
Verdict: DNA (W) 2-1
Favorite line: DNA – “Wayans family, I got a clip for all you bro’s, putting 5 down within arms reach, Jordan pose!”
Recap: The ‘I’m Here To Do The Devil’s Work’ t-shirt worn here by Jimz was pretty funny, but other than that this one was all Loso, who uses a plethora of fiery Christian-laced punchlines, life goals and witty personals to easily beat back the mostly basic bars dished by his opponent.
Verdict: Loso (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Loso – “Wanna know what’s a real contradiction?, oh I don’t know…how about a fat guy named Jimz [gym’s]?!?”
Recap: 3-round, winner-takes-all, money-on-the-line, judged RBE battle between Jimz and Aye Verb makes for an easy decision as Jimz spouts a trio of consistently dope, punch-heavy turns that easily gets him the latter rounds after a debatable round 1. Seasoned battle vet Verb, who along with his opponent did a great job on promoting this matchup, would use one of his noted ‘Showtime’ schemes in each round, but outside of he opening round, nothing the St. Louis battle did could keep up with his oft-witty opponent’s more stifling and versatile bar game.
Verdict: Jimz (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Jimz – “You can’t tell us about pain and struggle…we Knicks fans!”
Recap: The usually performance-heavy E Ness calms it down and switches it up, attempting to out-bar the never-lacking-for-confidence Jimz in this matchup on Trap House NY. But costly slip-ups in the 1st round and too many dated/lame bars throughout the battle eventually do Ness in. And while battle rappers do need to dead the tired E Ness Bad Boy ‘cheesecake’ references (and/or referring to the fight with Fred), indeed, even despite a solid (“You battled everybody in the world, you ain’t on Smack yet!”) 2nd from him opponent, Jimz more consistent (“A good pop, it’ll erase [raise] the kid [Bang! Bang!] didn’t feel like I needed a 3rd round like a lazy Clips!”) fire edges him that round and allows the Queens kid to get a rare 3-0.
Verdict: Jimz (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Jimz – “Yo, you asked for this, knowing that I pop triggers, hollow tips, cop killers, the air holes on a Tek look like the front of a croc slipper!”
Recap: A little on the long side time-wise, but still a mostly fiery and definitely entertaining battle between Serius Jones and Jimz on the RBE stage comes down to who ends up running out of gas at the finish line. In this case, it’s Jones, who after a braggadocios and a little preachy, but still pretty solid 1st round that rocked with a few (“‘Cuz fans be blowing, so even when you hot, they can’t feel it ‘cuz they ears conditioned!”) haymakers, managing to beat a solid and sometimes witty, but at times reaching and not always directed at his opponent turn by Jimz, simply couldn’t match his opening round theatrics, while Jimz would up his verbal ante. That would start in the 2nd round, where Mr. Stop Being Dirty would continuously flex with gritty (“Just ‘cuz he got a razor it don’t mean he out scarring on the block, we ain’t never seen you cut nobody, you the new barber in the shop!”) punchlines, some fire wordplay and heated personals/schemes. On the other hand, while the effort was there, Jones’ lack of consistency, intricacy with his punches, over-the-top sermonizing and usage of too many dated bars/filler would hurt him in both the 2nd and 3rd rounds. All the while with Jimz keeping his foot on his opponent’s neck via a boatload of mocking personals, solid schemes and hitting punches, even if his angles weren’t always on point, altogether it was still enough to edge the battle.
Verdict: Jimz (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Jimz – “Jimz is dispenseful and right now I’m sitting on something special…thanks Oprah!”
Recap: Long-awaited, pretty good and at times comedic battle between Jimz and Cortez on the RBE stage. Cortez wins round one easy, as better overall bars, fresh schemes and sizzling (“I’ve been feening the crackheads, when I smoke this pipe for that static on screen, now that’s Poltergeist!”) wordplay more than outshines Jimz assortment of mostly basic raps. However, just when you might’ve thought that you were in for a let down considering all the effort Jimz put into wanting this match, the kid from Queens steps it up and comes back with a much more prolific round two. More aggressive, affable with the set-ups and ramping up the (“Sidebar, what the fuck is up under that hat?!….I bet a stack you look like Krillin from Dragon Ball Z”) personals, Jimz not only outshines a shortened round by Cortez, but hilariously saves him with a nicely timed ‘Pause!’ near the beginning of his round. Tied going into the second, neither battler really stood out in round three. With an aggressive Cortez mostly (“I’m cemented in the streets and I gave you the green light, bitch, I paved your way!”) pontificating on how much he’s done for Latino battle rappers and Jimz unforgivably admitting to watching “Friends” while spouting an elongated round of hits and misses, it’s safe to call this one down the middle.
Verdict: TIE
Favorite line: Jimz – “I remember in Lionz Den, you got robbed for that battle with Ice, but then you got robbed for your ice in a battle with life”
Recap: In what was a pretty substandard battle all around, littered with too many pedestrian bars, Lexx Luthor’s strength in ample wit eeeks out a win over Jimz’s brawny punchlines, especially in a deciding 3rd that saw a more condensed Lexx display more consistency.
Verdict: Lexx Luthor (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Lexx Luthor – “You said I don’t really battle in the hood, today, see I ain’t really at’cha…guess someone don’t know that I’m 2-0 in Africa!”
Recap: In this 3-rounder from Trap New York, Jimz brought the humor but not much else in terms of bar efficiency, leaving a gritty when needed and personal-spazzing Squeako with enough heat to edge each round and score a 30.
Verdict: Squeako (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Squeako – “Nigga, you ain’t never bagged up dummies and made a sale on the stoop, or lost your your legs ‘cuz shot dice and fell to the Duke!”
Recap: Good battle between the supremely confident Jimz and a just-got-back-from-his-latest-vacation Rich Dolarz. Both dropped some crazy bars (Jimz: “Testing me is something you’ll regret, that’s a Daylyt tattoo”; Rich: “So when I see him I’mma fire on him, cuz’ he like Pinocchio, he was made to have wires on him”) and kept it competitive throughout with nice wordplay (esp. with Rich), performance lines and nice (esp. on Jimz part) personals. However, as is often the case with Jimz some of his bars didn’t match his agression, the “What You Know About…” lines were a clear cop from Shotgun Suge and at times his lines just didn’t add (even if the biggest Rich Dolarz hater could admit that his battle vs. Daylyt was dope) up. On the other hand overall Rich was more consistent with his bars/flow, came with more haymakers and spit a little variety more variety in his rounds to take rounds 1 and 3 to edge the win.
Verdict: Rich Dolarz (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Rich Dolarz – “You screaming ‘Fuck da police!’, nIgga stop that, cuz a gun in in ya face, will have you asking ‘Where the fuck the cops at?'”
Recap: Jimz takes “unlimited” literally, Shotgun Suge doesn’t. So we’ll take it back to Math 101 and use the Quality Bars Per Minute (QBPM) rule to decide this one and Suge wins hands down with a better variety of haymakers, punchlines, jokes and personals without the filler.
Verdict: Shotgun Suge (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Shotgun Suge – “I been shooting niggas before your mother started talking in English”
Recap: This kid Jimz has potential (“I’ll show you what to really do with this pussy, like the karmasutra”), seemed to have worked on his versatility and wordplay, but regardless of how many top tier battle rappers he disses, he’s gotta work harder on his authenticity, find a sense of humor (trust me, showing your funny side can win you battles), quit biting lines and get more complex with the bars. Besides that, after pretty much snoozing through round 1, Ty Law woke up and just spazzed, breaking down his opponent’s artillery with punchline (“I’m the one that said I’ll let revolvers blast, no movie thing, shoot the scene like Heartless’ dad”) after punchline (“Annoying single, I ain’t never heard a cornier hit, don’t blink get your eye shot, cornea hit”) along with personals and (tho Jimz’ 3rd was nice, esp. that “I stay with my ratchet, that’s my black girl bitch….black girl itch” line was fire!) crazy execution to come back and get the win.
Verdict: Ty Law (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ty Law – “All them rounds in his head like the nigga practicing his bars”
Recap: No shortage of aggressive bars and trash talking here as Jimz and Rosenberg Raw go at it hearty, all the while clearly letting you know that they probably won’t be sending each other Christmas cards this year. Whatever with the tough talk tho, while Jimz repped heavy enough to make it close, his lack of creativity and wordplay eventually did him in, i.e, clearly not enough to keep up with Raw’s repeated punchlines and haymakers.
Verdict: Rosenberg Raw (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Rosenberg Raw – “I forgot we was battling, you spit that bum shit, you plainer than SunChips, your heart pumping Sunkist”
Recap: Not counting rebuttals and freestyles, we all know that battles are pre-written. Still, sometimes a battle can give you a feel of rolling with momentum such as the case where a dude starts off timid or mediocre and then with each passing round gets better and better with his raps, as if something in him clicked on. That’s the situation here as a solid-punching, brazen and extra witty with the personals Jimz takes advantage of a punch and scheme-tossing, but listless Xcel in the opening round, before holding on to edge the 2nd round despite his opponent closing the gap on bar efficiency. Indeed, in the final round, Xcel would finally put it all together and deliver a lyrically sharp and way more intricate turn that’d easily beat back a subpar run by Jimz. Unfortunately, by then it was too late.
Verdict: Jimz (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Jimz – “Xcel is straight dusty, bean full of grease and fleas, and y’all can’t tell me don’t look like he sell insense, mix tapes and DVD’s!”
