Recap: Yunno, if you’re a new battle league trying to make a name for yourself, you might want to find a host who can actually conduct and pay attention to the battle while it’s going on instead of texting in his phone half the time. Anyway, in yet another ‘comeback’ battle for Prez Mafia, the former Proving Grounds grad uses a gang of fiery wordplay, Christian-themed bangers, gritty street talk and rambunctious punches to efficiently score more haymakers and beat back an aggressive and solid, but not as formidable Loso in this 1-rounder from Only The Real Battle League.
Verdict: Prez Mafia (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Prez Mafia – “I could smell this pussy judging me now with some shit to say, big cap, the whole service fanned out, it’s the Christian way!”
Recap: From Bullpen Battle League, Christian rapper Loso clashes with the seasoned vet Tay Roc (who amongst some-to-retire-talk has been on a prolific and impressive run of late) and with both battlers spouting an all out effort, the bout stayed pretty competitive. However, despite a pretty solid, pronounced and often personal effort from Loso, both of his opening rounds would contain onetoo many questionable darts and pedestrian lines. One the other hand Roc would dominate rounds 1 and 2 with a gang of wicked punchlines, deft wordplay, graphic mayhem, potent name flips, witty bars and a rare (but fly) rebuttal to start round 2, decisively taking the first two rounds for the win. However, proving that he’s no pushover (esp. in light of Roc already scheduled to batle his Four Horseman brethren A. Ward next) Loso would mount a strong comeback in the third round, delivering an angle-lit turn with a plethora of fire punchlines and exquisite personals. And helped in part by a shocking stumble by Roc (who afterwards would deliver a dope, AMG-dripped turn) towards the begining of his 3rd, Loso would edge the final round to avoid the shutout.
Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Tay Roc – “Who said this Jerk special?, hit his face, burst metal, now the mortivians gonna have a cremation on they work schedule, I’m a grab ya urn, break it, I’m a take it to the worse level, I’m a vacuum a Christian ashes up…in a Dirt Devil!”
Recap: Impressive comeback here by Geecho Gotti. Who after getting totally out-punched by a gritty, punch-lit, struggle bar-bent and aggressive Loso in round 1 of this 3-round The Riot battle, proceeds to surprisingly get on his rebuttal game and with a combination of dope off-the-dome theatrics, a plethora of haymakers, a little politicking and a gang of rugged street bar parlance, survives his still strong opponent in both of the latter rounds to earn the win.
Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “I know nigga’s who get loaded, kill shit and they go to jail and nobody miss em, it’s a trap, but how y’all keep getting nigga’s to play that game?, they design the system!”
Recap: From Bullpen Battle League, a lot of bark from Loso and Danny Myers in this 3-rounder. But not as much bite from either battled in a bout that was littered with a lot of reaches and subpar punches and personals. Still, with Danny getting by on his usual m.o. of fantastical street tales, mayhem-lit darts, bullish bars and a solid rebuttal game to go along with plenty of Christian-laced disses, it’s the more efficiently spicy Bar God who takes both rounds 1 and 2 for the win before a debatable 3rd.
Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Danny Myers – “He said, he ain’t one of those don’t do nuthin’ if you touch me Christians, bitch you was bluffing, ‘cuz if I beat your ass and you call the police me, that’s doing something!”
Recap: Nothing to do with him being a Christian battle rapper. But it’s a little weird seeing Loso get lackadaisical with the pen and rely on so many toxic personals here in this UDubb 3-rounder against O’fficial. And ironically, that strategy would contribute to his loss. As after a lyrically-acute and punch-heavy round 1 edged Loso the opener, struggles with his flow as well as a gang of subpar personal disses and the Bardashian turning it up when it came flexing gun lines, gritty punches/personals and fierce hometown bars, allows O’fficial to come back and take both of the latter rounds for the win.
Verdict: O’fficial (W) 2-1
Favorite line: O’fficial – “You a man of God, so I don’t believe you blam toast, Alicia Keys at the Super Bowl, bitch you starting off on a bad note!”
Recap: How many times during a battle do you hear someone in the crowd tell a battler to ‘turn it up’? Well, after getting out-punched by a grittier Loso in round 1 of this ‘Banned’ URL bout, Your Honor does just that, but on his own. The DMV rapper speeding up his flow in light of a strict time clock and delivering a couple of spitfire rounds filler with piercing trap talk, graphic boasts and hard-hitting 4-bar set-up/punchlines to land more haymakers and take both of the latter rounds over consistently solid, but less efficient Horseman.
Verdict: Your Honor (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Your Honor – “I be shooting the shit out of light-skin nigga’s, no bluffing, it’s vertical for accuracy, horizontal for when I’m stunting, you wanna die or you wanna almost die, ‘cuz that’s a lower button!”
Recap: From KOTD, after splitting the first couple of rounds with Real Deal, Loso’s choice to get extra sentimental (this battle took place on a memorial card for the late Pat Stay) in the deciding 3rd ends up leaving a punch-crazier R.D with plenty of room to handily take the final round for the win.
Verdict: Real Deal (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Real Deal – “I will curb stomp you on vaca, you getting brutalized in Bermuda slides!”
Recap: Flexing her vet card by taking on Loso in a 1-rounder on only 5 days prep (to replace Ms. Hustle), a versatile, consistently spicy and slightly more haymaker-lit Jaz The Rapper uses a steady barrage of hard-hitting personals, fiery punchlines, steely wordplay and hardbody braggadocious bars to get past an opponent who while just as fiery and multifaceted with the punches, suffered from one too many pedestrian bars and couldn’t keep up with Jaz when it came to efficiency and overall potency.
Verdict: Jaz The Rapper (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Jaz The Rapper – “This about to be a big body and I got the driev for it, I got my CDL, nah this gonna be a real body, I’m replacing a bitch that stole deposits for a BBL!”
Recap: Wishing for the crowd’s to get more into your battles? Learn how to perform, utilize stage presense and control the crowd the way T-Top and Loso do here in this 3-round URL ‘Redemption 2’ matchup. Entertaining and competitive throughout in front of a crowd that was captivated from the beginning to the end, all the while dialing up versatile displays on both ends with plenty of Christian-laced darts/disses, hard-hitting personals, spicy (Loso: “Hey yo, you a lame bra, I know we not in Florida, but out here college football is what the doctor order, in other words why play off Top for, TCU getting washed in Georgia!”) set-up/punchlines, witty barbs, frenzied angles, rich struggle bars and solid wordplay, both Top and Loso kept it gritty for a trio of rounds. Add in some dope name flips by Loso and a crazy ‘How You Know Jesus Was Black’ trope by Top in round 2 to make things even more amped and after a debatable round 1, it’s a more haymaker-lit T-Top who takes the 2nd before a more steady punching/scoring Loso took the 3rd to make this sizzling bout a debatable.
Verdict: TIE
Favorite line: “T-Top – “I said ‘pause’, bro you was voted the sexiest man in battle rap, in a culture that’s 98 percent men and he had the nerve to be smiling after, they said it was between him and John John and J2’s vote was the deciding factor!”
Recap: In this app exclusive 3-rounder from URL, a highly versatile and even vexed at times Loso uses a bunch of hard-hitting/witty personals, rigid, set-up lit punchlines, righteous heaters/name flips, rich metaphors and rigid schemes/fiery Christian-laced darts to score a 30 over the moody stylinsg of the Mad King, who after a strong start in round 1, struggled with his flow to point of choking away his 3rd.
Verdict: Loso (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Loso – “You some logic, we ain’t battling ‘cuz you popping, I only took this plate for the chicken, Wing stop it, you nodded, your stock started dropping, fans dying for you to stop, but you rather Travis Scott it!”
Recap: Near upset here as a gritty punch game and some fiery Christian-laced darts from Tubbs almost gave him a win in this 1-rounder from Houston Bar Code versus Loso. But despite some topsy-turvy name flips and a few punches here and there that were below his usual standard, a slightly more condensed Loso scores with just enough hitting punchlines and piercing storytelling bars/personals to edge the win.
Verdict: Loso (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Loso – “It’s a difference between when you battling names at home and when you battling cuz you a household name!”
Recap: From URL’s Smack Volume 8, after a so-so-round 1 that was easily beaten by an elongated, but versatile and piercing Arsonal, a camera-friendly and brazen (“Deep down I’m what nobody wants to see…like Cassidy and Freeway!”) at times Loso ups the ante with a gang of hard-hitting personals, righteous storytelling and pointed/stinging punchlines to take the 2nd round before a debatable 3rd. For Arsonal, a couple (when he wasn’t throwing shots at Murder Mook) of impressive showings in rounds 1 and 3 showed that there’s still plenty left in the tank as throughout the bout the NJ vet scored with a variety of spicy punchlines, stinging personals of his own, some fiery wordplay, pent up heat and mocking religious burners that stayed away from the gaslighting trap many rappers who go up against Christian battle rappers fall in
Verdict: TIE
Favorite line: Arsonal – “Fuck a GoFundMe, after this they creating a GoFindYou!”
Recap: From iBattleTV, overall a solid showing equipped with resident wit and some heavy punches from King Jables. That said, this one was pretty one-sided as Loso’s frenzied wordplay, stinging name flips, rigid Christian-themed darts and brazen set-ups/punchlines/personals were consistently lit enough to take all 3 rounds for the win.
Verdict: Loso (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Loso – “They make you battle for free and I still think you’re overpriced!”
Recap: Against a Loso who seemed to be more interested in 3 rounds of righteous indignation that ironically became redundant at times (when he wasn’t kicking a bunch of subpar name flips) instead of more intricacy with his punches, versatility and performance stunting with his bars, in this URL/Civil War bout, Nu Jerzey Twork has a relatively easy time of it. The still young NJ vet using some stellar wordplay, raucous gun lines, rambunctious punches that landed well (esp. in the early rounds), hardbody religious-tinted personals that broke down his Christian opponent’s more charlatan-esque moments and not one, but two ‘Strapped In!’s screeds to cap a performance that reminded everyone that a motivated Twork can still rap with the best of them.
Verdict: Nu Jerzey Twork (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “I’ll take ya life if you try Twork, the Four Horsemen jump in, there’s hearses right at my mom church, this nigga A. Ward try me, I’ma grab the pipe and the .9 burst, you know how this Four Brother shit go…the white one die first!”
Recap: With The Horseman delivering their sermons towards the fairer sex of late, it’s only fitting that Loso takes on 40 B.A.R.R.S in a 1-rounder on Bullpen Battle League. A close and impressively clean one considering that they only battled on one week’s prep, littered with a gang of spicy personals on both sides, some fiery wordplay/punches from 40 and some righteous burners from Loso, even while wasting a few bars on Ms. Hustle (who apparently he was supposed to battle instead) to start his turn, it’s the slightly more haymaker-lit Horseman who gets the win.
Verdict: Loso (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Loso – “Once you hit 40, you gonna look at life different!”
Recap: A matchup that wasn’t high up on the URL N.O.M.E. card, but still turned out to be a competitive goodie regardless, Jerry Wess vs. Loso featured a boatload of spirited personals, colorful punchlines, witty soundbites, rigid (almost exclusively from Jerry) gun bars and feelgood punchlines/schemes. A close bout throughout, after a well-themed, but elongated turn from Loso cost him round 1 to his more condensed and punch-heavy opponent, the Christian rapper would pick it up on bar efficiency, set-ups and angles to edge both of the latter rounds for the win.
Verdict: Loso (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Loso – “And of course Nitty gonna put you on…you fake J!”
Recap: Dope URL App exclusive battle here between Chess and Loso features a gang of blistering name flips from both battlers to go along with some righteous personals, wily angles, unfettered Christian-themed darts and piercing punchlines that altogether kept the battle ultra-close for 3 rounds. Each battler extolling on Chess’ memorable win over Loso’s 4 Horseman bro Th3 Saga some years back added some extra spice to the battle. And Loso’s passionate bars on his family’s struggles with certain vices and how they helped shape him as a man, were also gripping. That said, while Loso being a ‘fake Christian’ (as Chess alleged during one of his rounds) is hard to fathom, assisted a bit by Loso attempting to get virtuous with his opponent in an indignant manner that K-Shine pulled off better during his battle with Chess, the CakeLyfe capo’s ability to get extra busy with some sublime wordplay throughout the bout much less present a more cohesive package with his bars allows Chess to edge an exquisite and punch-heavy round 1, before a more set-up rich, spirited and supremely well-arched 2nd by the 22yo allows him to edge that round too for the win. A pontificating, but more consistently hitting Loso would edge the final 3rd round to avoid the shutout.
Verdict: Chess (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chess – “Ya man talkin’? I’ma hook his jaw, then I’m checking Lo’s [Lowes] like Home Depot ain’t have what I was lookin’ for!”
Recap: From Bullpen Battle League, here we see Loso rocking it candid, punch/wordplay-savvy and when need be mocking with straight-ahead, measured rhymes and set-ups that with a consistently biting effect, over the course of 3 rounds, easily takes out the punch-lit at times, but overall much less nuanced and inconsistent stylings of Philly Haze.
Verdict: Loso (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Loso – “Every round that he peel the Glock, confirm that Philly stock as relevant as the Millie Rock!”
Recap: Loso goes up against fellow missionary Cuevas Walker in a 1-rounder on Onsite Battle League and the result is a competitive matchup filled with plenty of righteous personals, religious-laced themes and boastful barbs. And while Walker did get off to a hot start to his turn, a more pedestrian latter half of his round combined with a more consistently hitting, name flip-savvy Loso, gives the 4 Horseman member the vic.
Verdict: Loso (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Loso – “This weird little image you got going on my brother?, it’s wack, one time you even had the audacity to get on stage rocking a perm…relax!”
Recap: From URL’s Kings vs. Queens 2 card, both Loso and Viixen The Assassin put on dope, aggressive, punch-heavy performances in a battle also featured bruising race angles/set-ups from Loso and wicked name flips/gun bars from Viixen. However, a more punch-lit, personal breakdown-adept and cleaner-flowing Loso would take round one before the 4 Horseman would get even more righteous, condensed and hard-hitting with his, calling out his opponent’s alleged transgressions with race throughout round 2 while in the midst deftly using the cameramen in the room to enhance his bars. A superbly executed turn by Loso would he would need every bit of in light of a gritty, mayhem-savvy and personal/punchline-scoring 2nd from The Assassin. 3rd round was another doozy littered with strong showings from battlers, but the spicy Christian-themed lines and less dry spots turn by Viixen allow her to take the final round and prevent Loso from pitching a shutout.
Verdict: Loso (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Loso – “What you bragging about?, how you getting all these names?, you know how many Viixen’s have an STD?, it’s only right they gave you DNA and Flamez!”
Recap: Sometimes having an easy stage name to flip can come back and bite ya as in this close 1-rounder from LetsTalkAboutIt TV, a pretty solid and punch-heavy at times effort from Legend gets edged (despite a mid-round slip-up) by a name flip-spazzing, wordplay-nice and versatile punching Loso.
Verdict: Loso (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Loso – “I’m a star regardless of the message that I rap, you need me to help you be a legend where you at!”
Recap: Relying on a gang of rigid name flips, well-lit Christian prophecies and a bunch of blistering personals to the point of even exposing the lies surrounding his opponent’s music career, an aggressive and dogmatic Loso handily beats back the ever passionate and righteous, but topsy-turvy yarns of Cali Smoov.
Verdict: Loso (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Loso – “You got beat up in Hawaii, don’t punch me please, but that’s like getting robbed at Disneyworld or stabbed at Chuck E. Cheese!”
Recap: More direct with his punches/wordplay overall and fire with his angles/personals (esp. in the deciding round 3), Loso beats back a confident, boastful and hitting at times, but not as consistently spicy (or cogent) Emerson Kennedy in this URL Anniversary Event battle.
Verdict: Loso (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Loso – “Bro, you are a stepping stone, for rappers whose stock is low, but competes wit’ pressure, Smack sees them trying and literally gives them E for effort!”
Recap: Both Too Major and Loso bring a lot of hot personals and punchlines to this 1-round battle from Florida battle league BearArmz. A close and competitive matchup with a dope effort from each battler, it’s a more consistently spicy, versatile and wordplay/name flip-lit Loso who earns the win in the end.
Verdict: Loso (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Loso – “Couldn’t rap with Loso if you was on a tape with Clue!”
Recap: From URL’s Ultimate Madness 2, in a competitive battle filled with plenty of religious themes, piercing personals and gritty punchlines from both battlers, a cleaner-flowing, gun bar flexing and more consistently hitting Ryda takes rounds 1 and 3 from Loso (who seemingly pulled out the exact same shirt his opponent had on in round 3?!?) for the win.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ryda – “You give him all the glory and yourself none?, ok, well here’s the issue, 6th man, you feel like that shot only good if the spirit is with you!”
Recap: Nice comeback in this Ultimate Madness 2 matchup by Nunn Nunn, who after a topsy-turvy 1st round that was easily beaten by a punch-heavier, uber-confident and more consistent Loso, upped his bar efficiency and religious wordplay adeptness in the latter rounds with a spicy mix of slamming personals, fiery schemes and flexing punchlines to take each round from a still aggressive and competitive, but not as steadily potent opponent.
Verdict: Nunn Nunn (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Nunn Nunn – “Y’all the fakest friends! I don’t give a fuck, if you was Christian, you’d tell Street Hymns that he sucks!”
Recap: Hey, if you got the bread, why not guarantee yourself some views and pay to battle a big name battler? Then too, in this GOTG 1-rounder versus Loso, Chuck Book puts forth a pretty solid effort, deftly inserting religious themes into his punches to go along some witty barbs that often scored. Of course, the opposite effect of paying to battle a top tier is not only the fact that you didn’t earn the opportunity, but the chance that your opponent’s ego could be just a little bit inflated. And equipped with a gang of scathing personals, Loso was not only able to bring the bluster, but in addition a boatload of fiery schemes, piercing name flips and flippant wordplay to take this battle and prove his mettle.
Verdict: Loso (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Loso – “I know it’s doubtful, but if your goal is to make it on URL switch dreams, it’s a known fact that a Book never translates on the big screen!”
Recap: One-rounder from Champion offers some gritty, but somewhat monotonous tones from Cosmo Kessler, which easily gets beat back by a mayhem-dishing, personal-lit and righteously-bent Loso.
Verdict: Loso (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Loso – “You can’t talk about someone’s stock falling if it’s still higher than yours!”
Recap: Loso versus JC took awhile to happen, but for the most part ended up being worth the wait. JC, sometimes redundant and even a little stale with the mayhem, still solidified his name in the game with an extra dope, punch and wordplay-heavy 3rd round when he wasn’t scoring here and there with some piercing name personals and scathing religious knocks. But Loso, displaying brimming confidence from jump, was able to back up his mojo throughout the battle using a boatload of sizzling name flips, spirited punchlines and surprisingly, a plethora of scintillating personals to edge the first two rounds and add a huge win to his resume.
Verdict: Loso (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Loso – “Should I give him a single shot or let two can’s go?, nah you don’t even deserve the semi’s…Ru Bando!”
Recap: In this competitive 3-rounder from Bullpen, Loso get the 30 but Fliiko L made him earn it via a strong display of lofty esoteric darts, fiery punchlines, hardbody schemes/lyricism to keep things close. And for the most part, Fliiko also did himself a favor by staying away from the usual assortment of anti-Christian semantics that most battlers seem to use against a member of the 4 Horsemen. Still, after a long vacation away from the ring, a well-rested Loso just had too much in the tank for his opponent, using a versatile mix of jaunty name flips, well-research/piercing personals, stirring 4-bar setups, some daunting wordplay and a wide load of spiritually-laced, but still flexing punches to take each round along with what was an impressive win.
Verdict: Loso (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Loso – “Watch son crack under pressure, they gonna have to fix his dash, have I ever used profanity?, Bro I been cursed…with this gift I have!”
Recap: If you thought that a battle rapper who happened to be named Lu Cipher (as in ‘Lucifer’, get it?) was getting a battle versus a popular Christian battle rapper (in this case Loso) based on his unique moniker alone, you would be wrong. Because with a nice combo of nifty punchlines, nimble lyricism and a supreme confidence that let’s him decide if his own bars were ‘trash’ (even if you dared have the gumption to cheer them on), Lu Cipher is a pretty solid and versatile rapper. Thus, a competitive and fiery bout which thankfully for his sake, a slightly more consistent Loso didn’t take for granted, using fierce name flips, stunted schemes and jaunty personals/punches to edge what was a close rounds 1 and 2 and earn the win.
Verdict: Loso (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Loso -“Bro, I wasn’t even going to kill you, I was gonna let you make a truce with us, but since the devil wears Prada, I had a designer bag for Lu Cipher [Lucifer]!”
Recap: Loso uses a gang of sterling name flips, hard Christian-laced punchlines and a slew of righteous personals/schemes to beat back a solid and sententious, but mostly one-dimensional Houndawg Buck50 in this 1-rounder from GOTG.
Verdict: Loso (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Loso – “I could charge big fees on any big leagues, I’m a wild card, like the 6th seed!”
Recap: An animated, aggressive and boisterous style that’s just as suited for preaching at a Baptist church as it is battle rapping, Brizz Rawsteen puts it all in emotively to deliver stifling one-liners, witty barbs, obnoxious anti-religious heat as well as potent personals to beat back a minus-a-couple-of-slip-ups, pretty solid with the punches (tho not as nice with the personals) Loso in this exciting 1-rounder from Bullpen Battle League.
Verdict: Brizz Rawsteen (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Brizz Rawsteen – “The Bible’s a classic, but it’s no Illmatic!”
Recap: All the while proving himself to be unworthy of saving, Chef Trez cooks up a devilish plate of nasty punchlines/personals, salacious schemes and seedy gun lines to easily take the first two rounds and beat back a solid overall, but too hit-n-miss in the early rounds and none-too-Spiritually-connecting till the 3rd Loso in a long-awaited matchup between two ATL battlers with similar histories in the game.
Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chef Trez – “Let’s talk, I battled DNA, Nitty, Chess, I faced real tiers, even Ryda, Mike P, Prep, some fire mid-tiers, so I’m not worried about facing you and your savior, I don’t feel fear, plus, I already stood in front of JC once…and I’m still here!”
Recap: The talk here of course, will be Loso finally doing a PG. But here we also find yet another lesson in how getting away from what works for you can put you on the losing end of the stick. As Scotty, loose, witty, entertaining and creative in the 1st round to force a debatable, switches up for a plethora of pedestrian bars and otherwise redundant themes against an opponent, who while hitting consistently with a variety of solid punches and hometown shiners, wasn’t quite on his A-game throughout. For the latter two rounds anyway, it was still Loso by a wide margin for what ended up being a solid win in what was a long-awaited URL debut.
Verdict: Loso (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Loso – “See, the first part of my movie, left an impression on you, adn although it took you a long time to see it, now you know I’m Incredible 2!”
Recap: A ‘trap game’ is a sports analogy used to describe a game that’s played against a seemingly lesser opponent before a big game that one might tend to outlook. With Loso recently having his NOME PG against Scotty and an upcoming bout versus the likes of Chef Trez, this battle here against a gritty and punch-heavy Clone is as close to a trap game. Don’t get it twisted because after round one, where Loso used a sizzling variety of flexing punches, fiery schemes and feelgood (“They told me ‘Oh no, Loso, your whole circle out in danger’, boy I ain’t seen a Clone with two straps since Urkel jumped out the chamber!”) name flips to overwhelm what was a mostly pedestrian turn from his opponent, it didn’t seem, at first, that there was any chance Loso losing. But the signs, like a more condensed Clone refusing to get into too much of a religious match with a Christian rapper and hitting hard with his punches when they did land and a solid Loso not always writing to his best when it came to haymakers and relying on one too many name flips the latter rounds. So when a more harder with the personals and consistently (“If he ain’t at the crib, then of course we hitting the church!”) nicer with the punches Clone edges a versatile, braggadocious and witty, but more (yeah, the fake-out on the Bad Newz babymama bar was hilarious) momentous than steady Loso to split things going into the 3rd and the momentum changes, it doesn’t come to that much of a surprise from an objective viewer to see Clone use some searing punchlines and fierce schemes to land one more haymaker and edge what was another solid, but just not as fire turn from Loso.
Verdict: Clone (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Clone – “I drop a clip, he never seen, like a movie getting leaked, it’s bad and bourgeoisie, that mean I shoot Migo with the oozie on the street, the toolie on the seat, pretty black thing, old magazine, boy it’s a Jet Beauty of the Week!”
Recap: Raining down a host of spirited anecdotes, but failing to tie most of them together, a verbally spastic Daylyt goes in the heat of Loso’s way more cohesive punchlines, aggressive name flips/wordplay and stifling personals.
Verdict: Loso (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Loso – “Ya woke, but not conscious…ya sleepwalking!”
Recap: While Money Bagz does the wise thing by mostly staying away from the usual assortment of Christian rebukes we see against Loso, in this 3-rounder from KOTD, Bagz punchlines and wit fail to make any hay when faced with Loso’s salacious name flips, stifling personals and salient wordplay/set-ups.
Verdict: Loso (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Loso – “I brought the ratchet in church…that’s Medea!”
Recap: Entertaining battle between ShowOff and Loso features costume changes, high-energy faith-based raps, disrespectful Christian rebukes, fiery personals, lofty punchlines and aggressive testimonials on everyday struggles. All said, a competitive battle that saw a more well-versed and more consistent Loso take the 1st round, before ShowOff comes back with a high-grade, fanatical round that beat a less effective turn by Loso while earning Show a split going into the 3rd. That final round saw ShowOff literally go bad preacher mode, while staying downright disrespectful with a slew of otherworldly darts and unkind (“I’m killing you, and I don’t care if nobody care, ‘cuz on some real shit, I don’t even believe nobody there!”) pontifications that would make an atheist proud. On the other hand, a more personal-driven and punch-heavy Loso, confident in his raps throughout the battle, would, despite a few pedestrian bars here and there, match ShowOff’s efficacy with a pretty solid enough round to make this one a debatable.
Verdict: TIE
Favorite line: Loso – “[He] the type to be like ‘Where was God at 9/11?’, nigga the same place ya left him on 9/10 and 9/12!”
Recap: The much-hyped, Bullpen Battle League matchup between Loso and B. Dot turns out to be a winner as both battlers not only reach deep down to challenge each other on who’s theology is actually making a difference on others. But the battle is also highlighted by a series of lyrically-bent schemes, ill personals and haymakers laced with each battlers own personal belief system. 1st round was a fitting set-up for the entire match with the ever-confident Loso going right at his opponent with an adept research game that made for plenty of dope punchlines, screeds on hypocrisy and frenzied (“Y’all could adore this Blood of you want, but I’m still not gonna let him Pass over [Passover]!”) wordplay. And while a spazzing B. Dot came through with a solid, personal-drenched 1st round that hit hard at times, overall his turn just wasn’t as heavy-hitting as Loso’s. In the 2nd round Loso again went straight as B. Dot with deft (“Any little bot could sleep with a hundred women, a real man gonna give one woman a hundred percent!”) personals and some nice punchlines that were only weakened by a round that went too long. On the other hand, after getting edged in the 1st round, B. Dot went ahead and got ‘surgical’ with his, spitting rapid fire creed’s with startling effect, all the while dishing a set of rich schemes and flexing personals surrounding (“I told him I was Heaven sent [scent] and ever since he been sniffing around trying to pick up my fragrance!”) allegations of an opponent stealing his style. Altogether, enough heat by B. Dot to take the round and split things going into the 3rd. The deciding final round saw Loso continue to mock B. Dot’s style and modus operandi, but with boastful darts that were both hit and miss. However, with plenty of momentum coming into the 3rd, B. Dot would get even more potent with his bars, hitting hard with more Christian rebukes, dispensing some stifling (“A nigga worship a God that saved Saga from masturbation and jerkin’ his chicken, but can’t save blacks from mass incarceration gettin’ jerked by the system?!”) punchlines and spouting his Kemetic science/Black Afrikan knowledge with splendid enough results to take the round and earn the win.
Verdict: B. Dot (W) 2-1
Favorite line: B. Dot – “And me, King? I got a deep lens, What good is a sacrifice if you get it back?, See how they pretend?, He died on Friday, came back Sunday…that nigga took off the weekend!”
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: 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: Agreeing with Danja Zone that this battle between (“The irony, I joined battle rap to give y’all Heaven and caught Hell for it!”) Loso and Bad Newz was close (and fire throughout), doesn’t mean that it didn’t have a winner. As the feeling here is that after witnessing a debatable second as well as a debatable 3rd, the only clear round was the 1st. Which saw Bad Newz line up a more consistently spitfire array of punchlines to beat back an overall solid, but oft-porous turn from Loso. Indeed, Bad Newz, who overall mixed it up a bit more than his opponent did via a slew of hard (“And I heard you got the bricks on the low, well nigga take me to it, Truth or Dare, if he ain’t trying to tell me, then I’m a make him do it!”) gun bars, bully raps, a nice rebuttal to start his 3rd, real-life struggle bars and stinging punchlines, seemed to have a plan going in on staying away, for the most part, the all-too-common Christian rebukes that we see against Loso and instead just relying on having a better pen. And it worked, as a handful of predictable punchlines, subpar personals/name flips and a couple of slow starts to his rounds come back to hurt Loso in the end.
Verdict: Bad Newz (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Bad Newz – “Snapple fact, you could get a round over words!”
Recap: I guess we can pardon DNA for suddenly getting so biblical on us, what with Th3 Saga also being a member of NWX. Still, another good match nonetheless for the battle rap vet giving yet another relative newcomer a shot in Bullpen Battle League’s Loso. First round sees DNA win pretty handily, dispensing a steady and scintillating flow filled with requisite gun bars and gritty (“If the cops come we must stash the can, Mister Pringle’s!”) punches that more than outshined a nice at times, but filler-drenched turn from Loso. With plenty of momentum gained from a stellar 1st round, it’s more of the same in the 2nd with DNA continuing to dish with hard-pressing (“The ratchet lovely, stunt double, you don’t want action from me!”) gun bars along with potent punches that more than hit their mark. And while Loso stepped it up to deliver a (“We only care that you cookie ‘cuz you around the shooter, you Aiesha Curry!”) very solid round mixed with comedic darts along with hitting (“When Gun Titles pressed you at that first battle, you was looking real fake man, now I know you good at improvising off the top, but how so quickly you came up with an escape plan?!”) personals, it still wasn’t enough to be beat DNA’s more steady heat. Catching a fade of religion and literally speaking to the aforementioned Saga on the phone halfway through the 3rd round, a shaky at times DNA still manages to pontificate and get off whatever point he was trying to make towards his opponent. Still, with a barrage of more hard (“Wanna know what we yawning for? because every battle you pull out a new gun, but that’s not what we meant when we said go back to the drawing board!”) personals and some excellent wordplay, Loso easily salvages the last round and avoids the 3-0.
Verdict: DNA (W) 2-1
Favorite line: DNA – “Mad noise when shooting, ask Mase, you couldn’t pass the King Los at a Bad Boy reunion!”
Recap: As expected, religious themes/bars dominate this fire matchup between Christian rapper Loso and 5% street theologist Xcel. First round sees both rappers spit an assortment of heat with Xcel going first and mixing in steely verbal hijinks with killjoy wordplay and fierce (“This a real fight, get too close I’m stabbing Loso, I drag him, mop the floor with this nigga…Fabuloso!”) schemes that spoke directly to Loso’s soul. But unmoved by his opponent’s hot start, an aggressive Loso came right back with own potent mix of fiery (“Well, let’s stop that, because that’s not why you got booked, but where you hearing that?, the only reason we got you on this card is because we got Xcel [a sale] for cheap like a clearance rack!”) personals and stinging name flips that let you know that he was here to win. Second round saw another (“But fuck it, since he thinks he a loud and tough dude, I got a loud ratchet, in the front, you can’t rebuttal!”) solid, but not-quite-as-nice-as-his-1st turn from Xecl. But Loso stepped it a notch, going ham with serene personals, lucid performance bars and some stylistic (“Wait, he’s a religious dude, he ain’t felt a gat, plus a 5-percenter’s highest goal is to obtain peace, [click click] well, I could help with that!”; “No matter the outcome of this battle, I’m a have his wig get removed, man you Anderson Varejão, you about to get a ring whether you win or you lose!”) haymakers that clearly got the second round after he was edged in the first for being slightly less consistent (not to mention a couple of reaches) with his bars. 1-1 going into the 3rd, Xcel went straight for the fences with hard-hitting personals in between earnest (“You close to God right, [well] tell that nigga we need his fucking help!”) pontification’s that were perfectly set-up by stiff-armed (“I know, I know, I shouldn’t care about ideologies, ‘cuz cops is profiling us and trying to ID all the G’s [ideologies]!”) spiritual postulations…no soapbox needed. That said, credit Loso for still coming prepared with a fire 3rd round that probably would’ve beaten most, all the while showcasing his durability and ability to turn his opponent’s strengths around on them. Still, with Xcel taking the 1st and 3rd rounds here, with a little too much filler mixed in with his harder bars, on thi day the Christian rapper’s fortitude wouldn’t quite be enough.
Verdict: Xcel: (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Xcel – “He had gun bars too, but I can’t say he can’t squeeze the thang, because Christians been killing nigga’s forever in Jesus’ name!”
Recap: Pretty sure Loso could’ve made whatever point he was trying to make in the 3rd round without bringing up his opponent’s dead kid. But other than that minor misstep, via a gang of fiery punchlines, rousing name flips/personals, robust schemes/wordplay and some righteous sermonizing, the rising Christian battle rapper displays nary a flaw while easily scoring a 30 over the mostly mediocre punches of Barry Bandz.
Verdict: Loso (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Loso – “Oh, but wait, Loso turned down a Proving Ground, that was true, that was facts in a manner, I just figured why got to New York for a PG when I could Smack you in Atlanta!”
Recap: 3-round BullPen tryouts battle between Loso and Bully Danny features a solid and sometimes gritty outing from Danny, but a much better showing from Loso, who via a room-shaking mid-round rebuttal, consistently fiery punchlines, hitting ‘imaginary’ gun bars and some piercing name flips/personals came way with a 3-0.
Verdict: Loso (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Loso – “Sammy Sosa, Michael Jackson, I’m just trying to enlighten y’all!”
Recap: Sublime with the Godspeak, fortified with the personals and way better with the punchlines, a truth-spitting and steadily confident Loso easily takes out a mostly subpar Fred Ease in this 3-rounder from Enter The Dungeon Battle League.
Verdict: Loso (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Loso – “That’s why you can put me on any stage and I’ll beat odds, y’all got the nerve to put the Reach God against a person that can help you reach God!”
Recap: Capped off by a righteous and spitfire 3rd round (which included a crazy mid-round rebuttal), Loso uses a boatload of stinging personals, Christian-laced zingers and spirited, but hitting punchlines to beat back the slick wordplay, but also topsy-turvy bars from Problems in this entertaining 3-rounder from The ETD Platform.
Verdict: Loso (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Loso – “I got two options when I look at you so you don’t die and choke, you could speak better or end up like Heath Ledger…die a joke!”
