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Mack Mel defeats Fettuccine 20

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Recap: A 3-rounder from We Go Hard that was shrewdly set up by its two participants, Fetttuccine 20 and Mack Mel early last year, ends up being well worth the long wait as both Mel and Fetti brought the competitive fire, grimy street riddims and gritty punches that you’re used to seeing on WGH. However, while the battle stayed close throughout with both battlers dropping a plethora of haymakers and slinging gun bars, it’s the more versatile, name flip/personal-lit, performance-stunting and intricate/smilie/punch-rich (esp. with that 1st round ‘Walls of Jericho’ line) Mel who edges each round for the Gentleman’s 30.

Verdict: Mack Mel (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Mack Mel – “Put an AK in my hand, nigga’s know Mack gonna lift it, fuck it I’ll put this foreign down and [rock!] ya shit…I love black-owned business!”

Mack Mel defeats D.O.T.

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Recap: A couple of dudes we haven’t seen on the battle rap stage in a while, Mack Mel and D.O.T., meet up for a Banned URL battle and it’s a goodie with Mack’s serving up a gang of gritty street boasts, loaded gun lines and steely punchlines/personals, while the returning ‘Reach Gawd’ came through with his notorious palette of young G-theatrics amongst moments of witty banter/name flips/punches, trap talk and protruding reaches. A competitive battle throughout, the main difference here was the consistently spicy Mack unloading with enough steady heat to take the first two rounds with nary a sign of ring rust. On the other hand, while overall D.O.T. (minus his usual hypeman Gwitty) impressed here and there (esp. in Rd. 3 to force a debatable), too many dry spots and pedestrian bars from the BK spitter would assist in him losing the battle.

Verdict: Mack Mel (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Mack Mel – “.22 3’s, blow through his stomach, leave his liver cracked, now D.O.T. [dot] body on the floor…it’s a Twister match!”

Mack Mel defeats Jerry Wess

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Recap: Super gritty, punch-lit and competitive effort from both Mack Mel and Jerry Wess in this Banned Legacy 2 battle from URL. A bout that also included several well-aimed cameos from various peers, some piercing personals, plenty of stinging name flips (tho Jerry did go overboard at times), a boatload of flashy gun bars, multiple Goonie mentions and even a couple of shots at the URL staff, with a debatable 2nd and 3rd round, this one comes down to the 1st, which a slightly punchline-heavier and more consistently spicy Mack edged to get the win.

Verdict: Mack Mel (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Mack Mel – “Whatever spot you on, I’ll clean up everything if the mop touch ya, won’t warn ya, just throw some old clips on ya corner, they Blockbusters!”

Mack Mel defeats Franchise

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Recap: Jakkboy Maine, Nu Jerzey Twork and Mack Mel. Is it safe to say that the Goonies are making quite an impression with these BANNED battles? Still, this one was close, with Franchise’s stirring (“Got this nigga checking for bullets, Mack doing the Macarena!”) performance bars and relentless heat serving up a multitude of fiery haymakers throughout the battle. But helped a bit by a couple of elongated rounds from his opponent, Mack’s ability to consistently dish spitfire punches, flashy gun lines, crazy set-ups, flexing bully bars, urban storytelling and steely (“I raise the glock and put a stock in Franchise, that’s good investment!”) wit/name flips, edges him the 2nd and 3rd rounds after a haymaker-drenched 1st caught him a debatable there.

Verdict: Mack Mel (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Mack Mel – “Whatever I lift from the short, whatever it hit it disperse, the clip long as the last 20 minutes at work!”

Snake Eyez defeats Mack Mel

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Recap: 3 elongated rounds from Snake Eyez, but nary a bar wasted as the Dot Mobb general puts on a fire and versatile show, dishing straight heat with gritty urban semantics, aggressive bully bars, rich personals and that tough jail shit that you ‘had to be there’ to truly grasp. In the face of Snake’s gripping polemics throughout, Mack Mel still came through with a performance and punch-heavy palette that at times shook the stage, when he wasn’t delivering stinging (“Spine shot [Bhow!], nah y’all too used to that, blade out, drag it down his back like a Yakuza tat!”) punchlines and some casual wit that made this bout competitive, while also edging him the 2nd round. However, after forgetting his bars at the start and almost choking away his entire 3rd round, the newest Goonie member pulled it together and stood tall with a solid, gun-savvy turn that gave him an honest chance at winning. But after getting off to a bit of a slow start in his final round, Snake Eyez, just as he did to take the 1st, used a steady stream of wicked punches, more grandiose (“The clip longer than an O-Red translation!”) heaters and some flexing performance bars to take the deciding 3rd and gain the win.

Verdict: Snake Eyez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Snake Eyez – “Lying all in your raps, I’m with all that tho, you ain’t never been up North, nigga’s trying to get waves off Corcraft soap!”

R. Streetz defeats Mack Mel

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Recap: More a battle with a host of showmanship, rigid gun lines and “moments” (R. Streetz dropping the water bottle by Mack Mel to accentuate his ‘distracting’ 2nd round gun bar, being the best one) rather than a clean and fiery barfest, a surprising choke by Mel in the 2nd prevents this battle from being a classic. However, the PG battle’s competitive nature, sterling punches on both sides, a debatable 1st round and Mel coming back in the 3rd with a (“But I seen you came here in a new J’s, UCLA, nice chain, Norbes, I see you like the nice things, [swish!!!] buck-50 aside, I gave Streetz a bike lane!”) too-fiery turn that easily beat back a pretty standard round from Streetz, while normally making this one a draw, instead, thanks to the choke, gives it to R. Streetz.

Verdict: R. Streetz (W) 2-1

Favorite line: R. Streetz – “.22 in the boot, done rubbed on my Achilles so much, the skin don’t grow there!”

Mack Mel defeats Quban

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Recap: An aggressive (on both sides), tight and competitive Proving Grounds match between Mack Mel and Quban comes down to the 3rd round, where after a solid turn by Quban, a slightly more versatile and performance-driven Mel literally hoists a couple of righteous shots/personals at Cuban and his entourage that not only gets the crowd hyped, but prove to be the difference-maker.

Verdict: Mack Mel (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Mack Mel – “The ruger shoot, you Crip and you Crip right?, well [points hand like a gun] this can will turn C&C to Juicy Juice!”

Mack Mel defeats Cable Guy

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Recap: Well, Mack Mel certainly had to earn this one. That’s how robust with the punches, (“Without a pound on you, you as good as dead…weight [wait]!”) wordplay and set-ups Cable Guy was here. Indeed, a spitfire match throughout. A head-turning (“I don’t do too much talking clown, I just run up with the baby like ‘Look who’s talking now!'”) 1st by Cable Guy was only beaten by a braggadocio, haymaker-drenched, (“I get grimy, rusty can top, turn buck-50s into 1.90s!”) performance-heavy and (“Spine shot, man his chest poke out…like when cold water hit ya back!”) gun-savvy turn by Mac, before Cable Guy proved his mettle was unshaken through the likes of a just as fire and (“See, I’m like a Menace to Society, so he oughtta knew better then giving me burgers!”; “You known for being bun, so I don’t get what’s so special about the Sauce!”) punch-heavy 2nd round that beat back a (“I pull out shooting two, And 1, Ayo, I’m Sik Wit It!”) solid, but not-as-flexing turn by Mac. Split going into the 3rd, Cable Guy came through with another pronounced turn of witty personals and dope schemes. Still, for all of Cable Guy’s word symmetry throughout, it was Mack Mel, showing that he still had plenty left in the tank via a fierce 3rd that featured a plethora of stifling punchlines, gritty street chatter and slinging gun bars, altogether enough to edge the final round and get the win.

Verdict: Mack Mel (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Mack Mel – “Everybody always saying they connect is named Pablo or Chico right?, well my connect name is…head shot, that’s what I get if I say names!”

Mack Mel defeats Al 40 Cal

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Recap: Missy Elliott flips, stifling performance bars, witty personals and megalomaniac gun bars, for Mack Mel it’s all there in this one-rounder versus a solid and gritty, but not quite as potent and less versatile Al 40 Cal.

Verdict: Mack Mel (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Mack Mel – “The king of Queens, fucking with the God will be your worst day bitch, ‘cuz all you’ll see is the pound on the arm, like birthday hits!”

Mack Mel defeats Rosenberg Raw

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Recap: Stunting with mostly fiery gun bars that was backed by an ill performance, Mack Mel knocks off a pretty ordinary and inconsistent Rosenberg Raw in this rare 2-rounder from Spittaz League.

Verdict: Mack Mel (W) 2-0

Favorite line: Mack Mel – “Keep gun-butting his forehead until he remember the serial number!”

Syah Boy defeats Mack Mel

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Recap: Syah Boy makes up for a couple of reaches with a barrage of heated punchlines mixed in with some fiery personals, witty (“I just left my drawers at your bitch crib…can I get my socks?”) anecdotes and frenzied wordplay. All in all, just enough to beat back what was a dope (“I can box and cook with the metal [medal]…I’m George Foreman!”), but not quite as versatile performance by Mack Mel.

Verdict: Syah Boy (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Syah Boy – “It don’t stop, I even had a talk with the .9 like ‘nah, don’t pop’, but the machine got a mind of its own, like I Robot!”

Mack Mel defeats Daewoo

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Recap: A nice showing by Daewoo, who started off a little slow before turning (“You better have a Plan B ‘cuz I ain’t kidding!”) it up towards the middle of his round, still can’t push back the delicious gun (“Under ya chin [bloowww!], look like I’m opening up a pizza box”!) sounds and body-prepping skills of Mack Mel, who for all his ill sonic execution, still had the courtesy to call the funeral home at the end.

Verdict: Mack Mel (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Mack Mel – “I’ll pull a strap from under the arm like I’m done checking my blood count!”

Mack Mel defeats Lev Corso

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Recap: A spirited comeback for Mack Mel, who survives some mean bars from Lev Corso in the deciding 3rd with his own performance-ringing palette of stinging gun bars and fiery punchlines to earn the win and do Mr. Miyagi proud.

Verdict: Mack Mel (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Mack Mel – “When I palm the flare, this shit will rip up his legs…warm-up gear!”

Mack Mel defeats Geno

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Recap: In a battle loaded with a lot of grit, aggression and mayhem, but a plethora of basic bars from each side, Mack Mel stirs up just enough fiery schemes and consistency with his punches to edge the first two rounds from the Tink Da Demon co-signed Geno, win the match and survive a late 3rd round choke.

Verdict: Mack Mel (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Mack Mel – “They say Mack don’t spit personals, you’re fucking right…I ain’t got time to know nigga’s!

Mack Mel defeats Mr. Bey

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Recap: As seen here, there’s a big difference between battle rapping and rapping on a beat. With that said, Mack Mel’s more cohesive punches/gun bars make for a clean win over the rapid flow of Mr. Bey which might’ve been better served in a booth.

Verdict: Mack Mel (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Macl Mel – “I’m that black Mr. Miyagi, with that hockey mask, fuck Tae-kwon do, nigga welcome to the shotty class, when I let my Mossberg talk…it don’t lollygag!”