No Bias. No Narratives.
Recap: A boatload of gritty trap talk, piercing name flips and bullish/stinging punchlines gets Shotgun Sude the win over a solid/gun bar-lit and gritty, but overextended via the subpar punches Lord Nen in this 1-rounder from Hoc Rap Battle League.
Verdict: Shotgun Suge (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Shotgun Suge – “Drake on a hit, what’s gonna happen next only Lord knows!”
Recap: In this one-rounder from Spittaz League, D.O.T. does him: standard reaches that eventually hit their mark, sanguine performance bars and urban street (“If Nem is short for nemesis, then that means down for destruction, demise, I just gave y’all one, y’all with me?, I ain’t talking, I’m rapping, you named yourself after a disaster before it could happen!”) flair that his fellow Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn natives would be proud of. And what with his opponent Lord Nem mostly drab bars failing to offer much outside of unintended comic (“Knock the wig off this crackhead Coolio!”) relief, it’s an easy win for Determination Over Trust.
Verdict: D.O.T. (W) 1-0
Favorite line: D.O.T. – “Try to run and I’ll put two in your calves [Cavs] like Kyrie!”
