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KG The Poet defeats DNA

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Recap: Fire battle between KG The Poet and DNA that was almost a debatable, but upon closer inspection the edge here goes to KG, who took the first two rounds before faltering in the 3rd thanks in part to a couple of nice DNA rebuttals, name flips and (“Don’t try to fight me, you couldn’t Ice T if you knew the Art of Rap!”) punchlines. Rewinding back to the 1st and you saw both battlers going hard with spitfire bars and aggressive shiners. Still while DNA was a little more consistent, the predictability of a handful of his set-ups along with a couple of more acquiesce haymakers from The Poet, lost him the round. And while DNA sported some fiery (“I’m slick with the lines, I’ll be getting the .9, Yung Joc, the big nose will push his wig to the side!”) bars a fine basketball scheme in the 2nd, a couple of reaches within the frame and a slightly more versatile (“This NWX nigga in the land where nigga’s still bang NWA when they riding!”) turn from KG got him that round too and eventually the win.

Verdict: KG The Poet (W) 2-1

Favorite line: KG The Poet – “I’ll break this man, this nigga was a gangster from age 6 to 8 and got his tooth knocked out [mimics spitting out tooth]…change of plan!”

B Magic defeats KG The Poet

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Recap: Kicked off by one of the best first rounds you’ll ever see in battle rap, KG The Poet and B-Magic put on a barfest for the Smack/URL West coast crowd. Except for possibly rhyming too long, KG’s opening round was pure fire with fierce (“Yeah your bars is top tier, but your actual punches? them shits in the actual proving ground”) personals, damning name flips and righteous gun (“That chop…got a kick…strong as une botte, the goons out to stomp you out, you’ll see nuthin’ but Jordan’s Chuck Taylor’s and tube socks, that’s different kicks!””) bars being spat at a blinding clip. Indeed, it’d take an epic round to top KG’s first and Magic delivers with stupendous (“Me and Ooops don’t shoot clowns, we ain’t equal till kg see 2.2 pounds”) haymakers, intoxicating wordplay and of course, a steady stream of crazy (“Scope biggest bitch from the roof, I’m Higher Learning ya!”) punchlines that would leave most opponents dazed and confused. With nowhere to go but down on the intensity and competitive tenacity in round 2, both battlers still brought the heat. KG continued to make waves with an intense flow backed by robust (“Before you get cooked, get wet with the bread like French toast!”) bars, while B Magic put forth a more cursory round that still had (“This not a battle, I’m rapping strong for it, this more like spoken word because I’m snapping on Poet”) a solid impact. Tho he still managed to drop some gems (“Even tho I had to profit from it, I still hate the brown more than Donald Trump!”) here and there, a little too much pontificating and less flavorful bars hurt KG in the last round, more than enough for Magic to get the dub with more profound bars and some spine-tingling (“I will spike ya moms drink, making the Bill Cosby face, then proceed to choke ya Bird like Doctor J!”) wordplay.

Verdict: B-Magic (W) 2-1

Favorite line: B-Magic – “You’ll get drugged in the back like Walgreens!”

KG The Poet defeats Danja Zone

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Recap: Not much to see here as even an inconsistent Danja Zone’s best (“Every buck go in [gone] like Robin Givens”; the Doug E. Fresh bar/impression) moments were simply overwhelmed by KG the Poet’s wicked (“Get out the way from the .40 when it double, you see that big shot? [‘Bob!‘] that’s Robery Horry from the clutch”) performance bars, slick wordplay, substantive personals, jokes (“You battle rap’s Tevin Campbell”), sport bars and aggressive delivery. Toss in a dope rebuttal at the start of round 3 and you have an easy 3-0, no overtime necessary.

Verdict: KG the Poet (W) 3-0

Favorite line: KG the Poet – “I’ll hit you with a Tek, I will flare, the shit will make you feel weird, like you living with your ex”

Sno defeats KG the Poet

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Recap: Having already beaten Sno and with a chance to face Ill Will for $10K on the line, KG the Poet couldn’t have picked a worse time to frequently (tho he had more haymakers) stumble as he does here during rounds 1 and 3 of this UFF semifinal matchup. That, combined with Sno’s consistent aggression, wild storytelling (“You already know how a Rocksta does, I ain’t gotta pop at cha to make ya popular, if ya cross me you’ll bent out of shape like a swastika”) bars, wordplay and wicked schemes does him in, in what was otherwise a pretty close battle..

Verdict: Sno (W) 2-1

Favorite line: KG the Poet – “This battle’s more lopsided than a bad boob job”

KG The Poet defeats Danny Myers

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Synopsis: Absolute barfest with a killer first round by Danny Myers (“I knew this would be a cold war, so after I spy I’m rushing [Russian] to wherever KG Be”) that had me thinking there was no way KG The Poet could stand a chance. But KG would prove me wrong, equaling Myers in wordplay, aggression and of course, bars: “Show me where you got that bread at, like you did with M. Ciddy, comparing the cash, kick in the door, spark it at your mouth, my niggas march in [martian] in the house like American Dad”. After straight spazzing in round 1, you’d expect them to both have to bring it down a notch in the middle round, but Danny, despite his best (“I’ll punch you in your face 7 times, it’s gonna be hella wounds bro, you ain’t gonna understand all these bad bitches like Telemundo”) lines, still didn’t have enough to take the lead on the consistently nice “I got a pair of .25 ACP’s, a shot to the face or stomach he dies, I named them Mary-Kate and Ashley watch these twins raised in front of his eyes!”) KG. With a win still on the line in round 3, while Danny still came with it (“I am the manifestation of the Annunaki in human form”) there was just a little too much filler to keep up with KG’s numerous heavy bars, wordplay and personals: “And you wonder why your baby mama ain’t giving her vagina, it’s cuz’ while you out here whining and fussing, she out there grinding and sucking, I bust in her face took an Instagram pic, no filter…”

Verdict: KG The Poet (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “I keep a ratchet like I’m not attracted to bitches with goals”

KG The Poet defeats Jay Rell

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Recap: I agree with the judges decision: Rell edged the first round, KG edged the second and while the 3rd was close, light stumbles by Rell along with a stellar rebuttal from KG, gave it to the Poet in the end.

Verdict: KG the Poet (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Jay Rell -“KG ain’t making it out the first round, this the ’95 draft again”

KG The Poet defeats Philly Swain

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Synopsis: Who knew Philly Swain came outta retirement? OK well, unless he’s gonna update his style (that “Daddy” shit needs to go), use some newer-school references along with writing some better bars (“Have our head steamin like you runnin in the cold”?!?) and stop with the childish antics (ala fellow Philly native E. Ness)…..as KG The Poet does here, he’s gonna keep getting bodied in the ring. Indeed, a sad sight to see for a long-standing vet.

Verdict: KG The Poet (W) 3-0

Favorite line: KG The Poet – “The uncomfortable truth is if you was really making your money, bumping your music, you wouldn’t be in this ring getting pumbled and bruises from a nigga doing this shit half your time but still got paid double what you did!”

Lotta Zay defeats KG The Poet

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Recap: Really good battle between Lotta Zay and Kg The Poet as both spit plenty of heat and put forth a dope battle for the KOTD fans in attendance. Still, it’s Lotta who edges this one, pulling off a comeback by stepping up his bars and using his experience and cool to withstand the biased crowd. KG, clearly the crowd favorite throughout (esp. when he spouted some terrific hometown schemes), came crazy (“But don’t try bull cuz if so my wolves will come hurt you Lot and give a Walker with this Cowboy, out come Herschel [hearse you] Lot”) from jump with plenty of aggressive punchlines and high-end (“Nigga, you still begging John John for a 3rd battle, the plot just thickens”) banter throughout, but seemed to lose a little steam by round 3 as his bars became less and less potent. That made room for Lotta Zay to cook, esp. after an average 1st round and run with a new gameplan: all-too-funny personals, stifling wordplay, fiery schemes and heavy (“You thinking it’s your time now, this solider basic training, I ain’t even supposed to be giving you live rounds”) bars and get a nice win on the road for Jersey.

Verdict: Lotta Zay (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Lotta Zay – “Your bitch is a fan of me bastard and she said your sex just don’t feel real no more, so I fuck her in ass so hard she can’t sit down like a guest on the Steve Wilkos show”

KG The Poet defeats Sno

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Synopsis: KG The Poet might want to think about drinking some water while he spits his bars because his adrenaline is so high, it might be causing his fumbles. That said, if it wasn’t for the 2nd round, where Sno had just enough to make it debatable (along with a couple of light slip-ups by KG), this would’ve been a body–that’s just how dominate KG was in rounds 1 and 3.

Verdict: KG The Poet (W) 2-1

Favorite line: KG The Poet – “That Clint Eastwood .44 blow holes in you like an open gash, it’s like a carat, so if you raising eyes, I’ll put that long nose to his face like a snowman’s supposed to have”

KG The Poet defeats Daylyt

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Synopsis: Considering it was a tie after 2, shame on Daylyt for admitting that he didn’t write a 3rd round for KG The Poet, thus pretty much handing him the win despite his on-the-spot bars.

Verdict: KG The Poet (W) 2-1

Favorite line: KG The Poet – “Once you showed the moon, we knew Daylyt [daylight] was finished”

KG The Poet defeats Megadef

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Synopsis: Judged battle, wouldn’t call it anything close to “dope”, but I’ll agree with the judges and go with KG The Poet too.

Verdict: KG The Poet (W) 2-1

Favorite line: KG The Poet – “Nobody believes you wine and dine pussies, this faggot got a face like he hide behind bushes”

KG The Poet defeats Uno Lavos

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Recap: “Your mom’s sells cupcakes at a hardware store” and that “wetback” rebuttal, with Uno Lavis it’s rarely not entertaining. But just jokes in the midst of repeated filler won’t win you a battle against a promising up-n-comer like KG the Poet who elicits enough .personals, haymakers and steady punchlines to get the dub here.

Verdict: KG the Poet (W) 2-1

Favorite line: KG the Poet – “….you like an Arizona weatherman, you gotta lie about a Storm to get attention”