Recap: With Prep recovering from a couple of near-chokes with a gang of potent freestyles, fiery rebuttals and a boatload of nifty punchlines, in this competitive 1-rounder from Colosseum Battle League, it takes a cleaner and more versatile effort from Mo Mula, filled to the rim with stinging personals, a fire scheme/4-bar set-up game, witty barbs and lucid performance bars, to edge this one.
Verdict: Mo Mula (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Mo Mula – “As far as becoming a vet, you failed son, freestyles?, you nailed some, but if you’re cooking and not really ready, why you expect to get a ‘Well done!’?”
Recap: Against a mostly unprepared, mostly stale with the jokes and all over the place Mo Mula, a hyped up Gwitty, via a fresh plate of rapidly fierce punchlines, piercing personals and some head-ringing wordplay, makes for easy work to score the win on this 3-round We Go Hard Love Day card.
Verdict: Gwitty (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Gwitty – “All you got is the Cakes, you a basic bitch!”
Recap: Deftly transitioning from ‘shooting his shot’ smooth playa linguistics to straight-up utter disrespect and mayhem, in this 1-rounder from We Go Hard, a way more versatile and hitting Mo Mula beats back a bedlam-ringing, but also flow-challenged and too cameo-friendly (tho Shoonie Da Rapper’s appearance was pretty banging) Phara Funeral.
Verdict: Mo Mula (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Mo Mula – “They only offer you carry catchers and Olive Garden dinners, we would’ve did a picnic…then I send you dick pics, hey you getting the larger picture?!”
Recap: Damn, where was that spitfire, 3rd round Mula at in the first two rounds? In a battle between two noted performers, D.O.T. returns to the URL scene and immediately reminds you of what you’ve been missing, slaying his opponent with stunt-heavy (“Treat him like an 8-ball, ‘cuz I’ll make sure, you are, the last thing I hit!”) gun bars, Bed-Stuy trigger-nomics and righteous name flips to beat back a solid, but somewhat subdued for him, turn by Mo Mula. Second round was more of the same, but even better, as D.O.T enchanted the crowd with more performance-heavy (“If I reach…Lawd, you gonna reach? Lord!”) gun bars and sizzling punches that continuously landed. Already down 0-1, Mula came back with some nice angles, (“You’ll get a wet back , with a Mac, like Thesis when he editing!”) wordplay and personals that would’ve made the middle round close if not for a couple of slip-ups by Mula. Still on fire in the 3rd, D.O.T. put forth yet another solid round that might’ve been even better if he hadn’t rapped for so long. However, looking to avoid getting 3-0’d in a battle many have long called for, the Mula that impressed so much in previous URL battles against Bonus and Ha Style, finally showed up, delivering a steady mix of fiery (“I had to renew the clip, to make sure I would hurt ‘cha, now my K go egg with extensions, welcome to Good Burger!”) bravado, wit and of course, performance-heavy heat.
Verdict: D.O.T. (W) 2-1
Favorite line: D.O.T. – “Catch me all in your bitch walls, all she felt was D.O.T. [dot], like she was reading in Braille!”
Recap: This was one of the better PG battles that didn’t get enough acclaim, much less made it hard to pick a loser, as both Bonus and Mo Mula brought their A-games to what was a highly competitive and contentious battle throughout. Still, for all of Bonus’ palette of sterling (“I’ll use the pistol to come and get you, shit I’m dope with mine, you’ll get crossed out with that cig inside your circle, that’s a No-Smoking sign!”) gun play, fierce (“You named yourself Mula, which is another word for money, but in this case it ain’t a paying cost, but it’s still a win-win for me, ‘cuz I get to fuck Money up and not take a loss!”) wordplay/braggadocio lines and pointed personals, a few dry spots here and there along with a lack of versatility with the bars as compared to his opponent didn’t help his overall chance at winning. Then too, for Mula to get this one, his bar steed and his performance (“I’m a keep it a buck [swishes down Bonus’ face like a blade] to show you that the truth hurts!”) game had to be superb…and for the most part it was, with the Steams (“….No! The Cake distracts you from the bald head like Amber Rose!”) cameo, in particular, making for a haymaker, while his noted dance moves came off as not only authentic, but useful in a self-deprecating way, esp. when you know your opponent is going to speak to it. That said, the only clear round was the 3rd, thanks to a stellar turn from a resilient (“The .9 with me and I swing the hammer like John Henry!”) Bonus. But that was only after Mula’s more multifaceted 1st and 2nd, which included potent (“Mama said you got nuthin’ nice to say then leave it unspoken…but you get out the ring and then talk about nigger’s, like Hulk Hogan!”) set-ups, singing, dope name flips and fierce shiners at Bonus’ crew throughout, was enough to get a well-earned win.
Verdict: Mo Mula (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Mo Mula – “Where you from, step-pop’s rape daughters and mother’s blame the child…where I’m from, we use sweepers to bang top’s when my neighbor’s Loud!”
Recap: The man who made ‘Performance’ an official category in battle rap, Hitman Holla, would be proud of this one as both Mo Mula and (“I’ll leave Mula [moolah] in the streets like Assassin’s Creed!”) Black Bread make a note to put forth a sublime show to go along with oft-fiery bars and schemes. Of course, as far as who’s the better battler, a one-rounder never says as much as a three-rounder does, but both battlers kept it pretty consistent throughout their rounds–only slights being Beard misstepping a couple of times with his flow, while a couple of Mula’s set-ups took a little too long when it came to landing the punch. That being said, call it a split.
Verdict: TIE
Favorite line: Mo Mula – “I’m about to body you, take this footage and flaunt it, but you still kinda get a win, that’s what you wanted, ‘cuz usually Black card’s get decline if Mula [moolah] ain’t on it!”
Recap: With his rich comedic timing, cool kid confidence and searing performance bars, if he chooses to Mo Mula has the goods to go a long way in this battle rap world. Not to take anything for granted however, as Ha Style’s potent 3rd round here, an aggressive and delicious combo of grandiose (“Shit, I went up his projects steps and the chopper shined from the roof like Project X!”; “Dead body, what you see phew you [CPU] when I use the mac”!) wordplay and righteous gun bars showed that even the best up-n-comer can be beat. Too bad for Ha, his last round would end up being his best would only save him from getting 3-0’d as Mula’s aforementioned (“I got huge guns, that’s hi-tech, lasers beams in hi-depth [Ha death]…silencer on it [makes sound of bullet firing] got Ha thinking that hi-def [Ha deaf]” distinctive and highly {“Niggas said they clap nina’s and bang ratchets, but they ain’t bust a chicken head…y’all probably thought I had a chicken head [clicks] nope them chicken heads [Blak!] the kick back will have you doing the Chickenhead!”) entertaining style was on full display in the two earlier rounds, easily getting him the dub here over what was too many standard bully/braggadocio lines from Ha Styles.
Verdict: Mo Mula (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Mo Mula – “It’s a privilege being this dope, like when you mix Henny and loud!”
Recap: Punch for punch, (“They’ll find ya body stiff in the park, my young ratchet was playing freeze tag!”) Mo Mula and (“My razor blade is ripping skin, ya man’s could get sliced too, y’all could share cuts like you splitting dividends!”) T Rav were pretty even, but too many visits from Earl and a better overall performance from his opponent cost Rav any chance if winning this one-rounder from Colosseum Battle League.
Verdict: Mo Mula (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Mo Mula – “You’ll never see me sweat, I got mad genes, my Pierre’s [peers] are Haitian, I know mad Jean’s!”
Recap: Nothing too out of the ordinary here, but Mo Mula’s still spouts a more buoyant flow while overall dishing more consistently harder bars, a lil Espanol and delicious name (“I’m cooking Fettuccine like fettuccine, leave the noodle flat!”) flips to take this one-rounder from an aggressive, but mostly hit-or-miss (“I bear arms and I squeeze them tight, that’s a big hug, these tips will leave Mula [moola] all over the cakes [tosses money in the air], that’s a strip club!”) Fettuccine20.
Verdict: Mo Mula (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Mo Mula – “Mula is a fucking animal and that’s a compliment, I’m from a block where the pizza shop gotta tie up the condiments”
Recap: In a one-round battle for who better reps that ‘money’, Mo edges a solid (“If y’all say Mo’s bar on fire…Simpson’s episode!”) Ish with flexing performance bars, more consistent heaters, harder punchlines and dicier wordplay.
Verdict: Mo Mula (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Mo Mula – “They ask me why I do shit like this on stage, nigga ‘cuz they like [Daylyt]!”
Recap: Besides a couple of ever-so-slight slip-ups, Mo Mula does his thing here with a confident flow that nicely combined fierce (“When I shoot around [a round] it make everybody in your circle leave, that’s a rec center”) punches with some dope performance bars and fervid (“I stay with the tre-pound, like a mom with a premature baby”) wordplay. However, overall Teewhy does his thing one better with aggressive name flips and (“For you, I had to write for real, and for me, the nigga had to write his will, the will to write got a nigga itching to kill, I will [throws right hand at Mula’s face] right Mula like I’m paying with a check for the bill!”) schemes that mixed well with salient braggadocio lines along with righteous (“These bullets donkeys in rewind, that mean they knock his ass backwards!”) gun bars in this fiery one-rounder between two of Colosseum Battle League’s best.
Verdict: Teewhy (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Teewhy – “See these Money schemes, y’all probably thinking stop it, but I’m just flipping Mula [moolah] to show y’all I’m a fucking prophet!”
Recap: Easy win for Mo Mola as Aslan’s clear lack of wordplay and love for nursery rhymes serves as no match to the Bronx kid’s confident flow which was matched by a steady stream of perfunctory punches and nice performance bars.
Verdict: Mo Mula (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Mo Mula – “Been dogging these bitches, I should be sponsored by Petco, switch blade to ya neck, I could give a nigga strep throat…or I could give ’em a buck-fifty like he only had a dollar on his Metro!”
Recap: Spitting mostly mediocre bars, Crimz is only able to score with a couple of (“Everybody in yoru crew know you bitch pussy like a bitch jogging with camel toe!”) shiners here and there, leaving Mo Mula with plenty of room to shine using a combination of more consistently nice spitfire bars and a couple of thoro schemes for a one-round win despite a couple of slip-ups towards the end.
Verdict: Mo Mula (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Mo Mula -“And I heard you a Queens nigga, but when I told ya boy you was gonna lose, he was like ‘not my queen, nigga!'”
