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: Clearly focused from jump, Prez Mafia uses a condensed and consistent gang of rambunctious punchlines, delicious mayhem and potent name flips to beat back a wily and hitting at times, but altogether unsteady effort from Primetime in this 1-rounder from Gates of the Garden.
Verdict: Prez Mafia (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Prez Mafia – “I set trends, you about to see a bullet more from ear to ear, from time to Time…I only shoot it here and there!”
Recap: From We Go Hard, a dope 1st round by a punch-heavier Prez Mafia is met with the same treatment by a punch-heavier Gwitty in round 2. The deciding 3rd however, while it had its moments, ended up being pretty mediocre on both sides. But with Prez struggling to remember his bars and then deciding to end his round early, it’s the more dependable and cleaner Gwitty who outlasts his opponent for the win.
Verdict: Gwitty (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Gwitty – “Ratchet on a President, Olivia Pope, this is a Scandal!”
Recap: Capped by a dope closer dedicated to LB Da Boss (RIP), Prez Mafia’s descriptive punchlines, measured mayhem and rigid wordplay/name flips/personals work together to form more than enough haymakers to beat back a pretty solid and gritty effort from Alec Flowin in this 1-rounder from GOTG.
Verdict: Prez Mafia (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Prez Mafia – “I’m a loose cannon, a Loud boy, but hwne them birds rip out, the silencer Tyson, ‘cuz you hear the [le tchip] before the words come out!”
Recap: The fact that Prez Mafia could seemingly freestyle half his round after his opponent rapped twice as long as he did and still make a battle close speaks to Prez’s immense talent. Good thing for Chuck Book tho, an at times raucous and certainly versatile punch-game hit with enough consistency to edge this 1-rounder from GOTG.
Verdict: Chuck Book (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Chuck Book – “A lot of you nigga’s love to rap about me ‘paying for battles’, man it’s fuck it the way I do business, always got something to say ‘cuz instead of going to the strip club and making it rain, I come and throw money at you bitches!”
Recap: Prez Mafia uses a steady barrage of slinging gun bars, hard-hitting personals and fiery punchlines to beat back a solid and mayhem-bent, but oft-redundant turn by Yung Murk in this 1-rounder from GOTG.
Verdict: Prez Mafia (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Prez Mafia – “Big gun…that’s not a growl!”
Recap: A 20-hour car ride to battle Prez Mafia gets Philly Da Genius…1 round as the latter’s dope, struggle-bar themed final round earned him the edge there. However, rounds 1 and 2 were all Prez as Mr. Woosah’s spicy punchlines, quality freestyle game and piercing name flips/gun bars came together to easily overcome what were mostly basic raps from Da Genius.
Verdict: Prez Mafia (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Prez Mafia – “I got a .9 to shoot when the drama pop, head shot ya man and then it’s back to you…like I forgot!”
Recap: Larry Bull has an aggressive style, yellow skin tone and a wide array of blazing heat that reminds you of The Gun Show. But even versus a pretty solid showing from his opponent, Prez Mafia’s surprising display of stifling off-the-dome theatrics (including a flawless and impenetrable 1st round), wily personals and piercing/witty personals during 3 condensed turns gives Mr. Woosah a clear 20 before a debatable 3rd.
Verdict: Prez Mafia (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Prez Mafia – “Fuck the written’s, I swear to God this nigger trash, I’m a clap what’s basic, your name Larry?, the Bull?, I’m from the Bronx, meet Larry Davis!”
Recap: Taj Milli has a charismatic flow and in this GOTG 1-rounder versus Prez Mafia, he definitely spouted a few shiners here and there. But against a focused Prez who’s scoring left and right with eccentric punchlines, rugged name flips, witty old head jokes and plenty of stinging mayhem? Little to no chance.
Verdict: Prez Mafia (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Prez Mafia – “Nigga, ain’t you from White Plains?, that’s Bronx Jr., all souped for nuthin’, what this bitch nigga talking about?, we used to go to White Plains on Halloween for the good candy…and the rest of the year my crib was a haunted house!”
Recap: Even with an up-n-down and energetic Barz Major dishing plenty of mayhem while rapping thrice as long as him, in this 1-rounder from GOTG, Prez Mafia’s more condensed/visceral punches, fire set-ups, sterling performance and toxic personals/gun bars are more than enough to take this one.
Verdict: Prez Mafia (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Prez Mafia – “You ever see a body twitch after the head shot?…yeah, nigga you getting on my last nerve!”
Recap: Despite both battlers struggling with their flow at times and making for debatable 2nd round, a lyrically bent J. Dose and a punchline-spazzing Prez Mafia still make for a solid 3-rounder on this KLBL card. However it’s Prez, consistently more potent and condensed overall, who easily takes teh 1st and 3rd rounds for the win.
Verdict: Prez Mafia (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Prez Mafia – “What’s popping Dose, let’s see if I can pull a Larkin off the belt [Bwoh!}, spin his head around, like he talking to himself!”
Recap: Crazy, dope, competitive and gun bar heavy Banned Legacy battle between Prez Mafia and Holmzie starts off going the former’s way as even after both battlers dished a killer 1st round, one too many dry spots by Holmzie allows Prez to get the edge there. The latter rounds not only kept the crowd entertained, but were lit with heavy-handed punches, fire name flips and quality wordplay as well. Indeed, after a solid, but a bit underwhelming-compared to his stellar-1st turn by Prez in the 2nd, Holmzie would deliver the best round of the battle with a sublime, witty at times, personal and brazen go-around that would even things up going into the final round. And while Prez and Holmzie both dished strong 3rd’s with an equal amount of haymakers, the way more condensed Prez gets the edge for the win here.
Verdict: Prez Mafia (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Prez Mafia – “You seen Surviving R. Kelly?, now this 16 got a minor feel!”
Recap: Prez Mafia’s battle rap career has been filled with so much drama off the stage that coming up with dope personals on him shouldn’t be hard for any opponent. But in this 1-rounder from Kill Switch Battle League, Snake Eyez doesn’t just come at Prez’s neck with the personal stuff, but also a trip through Spanish Harlem that included some quality Spanglish, mocking schemes/punches and shout-out’s to past Harlem legends. That along with aggressive/bullish punchlines aimed at taking out Prez’s soul made for a pretty solid battle even with Prez rapping too short. Yet with all the haymakers Snake was dishing, it’s a clear win for Dot Mobb.
Verdict: Snake Eyez (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Snake Eyez – “It’s all gimmicks, he not live, get in here rapping in the voice he don’t talk with outside!”
Recap: Long overdue battle between Presidential Dubz and Prez Mafia only goes down for one round and sees the always aggressive and gritty Dubz, apparently with a lot to get off his chest, rapping twice as long as his opponent, but delivering consistent heat within his turn. Mafia, on the other hand, more condensed, witty at times and also dishing plenty of mayhem with the punchlines ends up turning in a pretty solid round that makes one wish this was a 3-rounder instead of 1. That said, it’s Dubz, slightly more versatile with his bars as well as more prepared (that’s a nod to Mafia cutting his round short) who earns the win here.
Verdict: Presidential Dubz (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Presidential Dubz – “The bitches out here throwing the na na, you thirsty, doing anything for the na na, [but] this a different ratchet in ya face…he like ‘Nah nah!'”
Recap: Here in this 1-rounder from GOTG, Raccs goes twice as long as his opponent Prez Mafia does. And while he keeps a gruff and consistent flow, Raccs knack for pedestrian bars and elongated set-ups lead to more dead ends than jewels, leaving a way more condensed Prez with more than enough room for self-reflective personals that land along with some spitfire punchlines to put him over the top for an easy 3-count. Verdict: Prez Mafia (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Prez Mafia – “Big clip, shit longer than a run-on sentence, I call it the ‘I say that to say this!”
Recap: Let’s go out on a limb and say that Prez Mafia was inspired for this one. Against a very solid and witty (“The Mexican making the Garden look good!”) Don Marino, a hyped up Prez dispenses with straight heat, delivering well-packaged punchlines and righteous (“Stomach shot, nigga you’ll lie on ya belly for not trusting your gut!”) gun bars in between frenzied set-ups that all landed. To think, with Marino making such a dope impression in his last battle on Gates versus Chess, Prez’s spitfire showing here may’ve brought his opponent back to earth.
Verdict: Prez Mafia (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Prez Mafia – “You got a PG in July…first nigga to get a ‘Juan Demarco!'”
Recap: In this 3-rounder from Black Ice Cartel, Showstoppa uses some fiery gun bars and some nice (“Just give it up, Amber Alert, we got the message when you took a 16!”) set-ups to stay within close range of Prez Mafia. However, a struggle with his flow, a little too many pedestrian bars and Mafia’s more consistently gritty and relentless (“Nigga’s saying Prez gonna bleed?!, yo for the bread shit get lifted, like I said ‘No cheese!'”) punches, gives Prez the first two rounds along with the win.
Verdict: Prez Mafia (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Prez Mafia – “Green light for the dome shot…that’s go ahead!”
Recap: After about a 1-year layoff, Ryda’s return to battle rap is a sublime one as the babyface Goonie uses a consistent plethora of epic gun bars, solid name flips, steely performance bars and heated (“Knife in ya bitch weave, then turn it counterclockwise, I’m rewinding her tracks!”) punchlines to edge and beat back a dope and pretty (“Nigga, I will do a number on them arms like birthday punches!”) nice for two rounds Prez Mafia. This Survivor Series matchup, long in hype beforehand and well appreciated by a crowd that was into it throughout, stayed close and competitive until the middle of the 3rd round, when Prez surprisingly cut short what was beginning to look like another solid turn. Given an easy opportunity to get a 30, Ryda obliged with yet another versatile and strong final round that was laced with a handful of haymakers.
Verdict: Ryda (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Ryda – “Nigga, I put in some of my best work with this Nina…Larenz Tate!”
Recap: Audacious with the personals, fiery with the gun bars, righteous with the urban street dalliances and even taking a timeout to give a shout-out to his connect, a sublime Kyd Slade manages to put a hurting on a solid for two rounds Prez Mafia, before a 3rd round choke by Prez gives Slade the 30.
Verdict: Kyd Slade (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Kyd Slade – “You ready for war?, well, that’s how nigga’s should get down, it’s simply like a bus ride, you either reach for the metal or sit down!”
Recap: With Prez Mafia spazzing in the first round with a healthy mix of stinging wordplay and potent (“Nigga, get at me kid and get a nasty cig…it’s a Marlboro!”) punchline that were backed by an ill performance to edge a loaded pound-for-pound repertoire of fierce gun bars by his opponent LL Coogi, you couldn’t help but think that Mr. Woosah was on his way to an easy win over the aggressive up-n-comer. But then things got shaky…literally. As after an elongated 2nd round from Coogi that contained a few (“Nigga, you had the Space to Jam, but decided to be a Monstar!”) shiners here and there, it was midway through the middle round that Prez just started stumbling, eventually losing the round after a couple of weak attempts to freestyle. The last and deciding round saw a more versatile Coogi continue to dish mayhem, displaying some nice resiliency by scoring with more and more lofty gun lines before Mafia, whose experience alone gave him a decent chance at still winning, surprisingly choked his round away midway through the round and cost himself the battle.
Verdict: LL Coogi (W) 2-1
Favorite line: LL Coogi – “Nigga, a brand new serial on the strap, I scratched the code off, wait for your ass to take a seat, then take the load off!”
Recap: “You’re mid-tier!” Ummm, yeah. Prez Mafia can keep killing the Craig Lamar’s and Money Bag’s of the world, but until he can step up and beat a Top Tier like DNA or in this case Cortez, he’ll forever remain a mid-tier URL battler (or, at best, headlining a smaller league card). Which is a bit disappointing when you know that the talent is there (so much so that can’t help but wonder if the two chokes here were due, in part, to taking this battle too soon after his recent battle’s against the aforementioned Lamar and Bagz) as we’ve seen it in the past and he even had a few (“This nigga is gassed and pussy, he petro!”) moments here when he wasn’t slipping up or choking. Either way, another dope performance by Cortez. The downright Nasty! (“I know Bloods up in your hood, so play even, or I’ll them big hats up on Prez like Abe Lincoln!”) wordplay, lessons in Battle Rap 101, spitfire jokes, braggadocio (“This is a bird-ass nigga, a bozo, you know the type to wait on line for days for some Jays that’s finna drop?…I’ll skip him, ‘Shut up nigga, its been my spot!'”) bars and crazy punchlines…it was all there throughout his 3 rounds on an Ascension card that garnered so much talk for ‘Tez being on it in the first place. Now after this showing, URL needs to stop the insanity and give Cortez the Top Tier battle’s he so richly deserves.
Verdict: Cortez (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Cortez – “They said keep ya eye on the prize, I got a scope for that, ’bout to trump Prez like ‘fuck him’ I ain’t vote for that, Mr Hide My Bars, well good, I got a vault for that!”
Recap: On an impeccable run since his return to the battle rap scene versus Dre Dennis, Prez Mafia continues his successful run with another strong and winning performance here against wily vet Money Bagz. Round one was fiery on both sides, but Mafia’s more intricate (“Nigga you could tell I’m better, nigga we could fight, he won’t be able to read the right, he get Helen Keller-ed!”) punches and sizzling wordplay more than edged the round, despite an overall solid, but a (“If it’s war, he getting hit with a 2×4 like I brought Hacksaw Jim Duggan out!”) little-too-old-school turn by Bagz. Second wasn’t even close as Prez stepped it up a notch with some dizzying (“So if you ain’t passing up the shine, I’ll make your team give it up for’em, like when the crowd not reacting to the line!”; “Spine shot!, nigga your next disc [disk] gonna drop with some features on it!”) haymakers in between fiesty name flips and potent storytelling bars, while Bagz, failing to take advantage of his first appearance on the URL/Smack stage, barely made it out of the round what with mostly modest lines that seemed like they were lifted from his Grind Time days. Last round saw Prez, who obviously wrote his best material for the first two rounds, go the safe route with more name flips and name schemes/history lessons that were both hit and miss, giving Bagz an easy opportunity to avoid a 3-0, which he did with some hard-hitting (“A real emcee would freestyle and choke before he took another man’s raps!”) personals and stifling wordplay.
Verdict: Prez Mafia (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Prez Mafia -“I look at God, like what more do you want?, fro me to die?, first nunn than Bagz, I look at Smack and he proved this is a sign…it’s nothing but communion and a rhyme, ‘cuz I’m back for the bread, but you give me two crackers instead and I didn’t even whine [wine]!”
Recap: A series of rambunctious wordplay, sizzling schemes and boisterous, yet confident braggadocio bars allows the always-competitive (“If you involved, your fam involved, I pull up on any kin of his, and give him a big drumroll, like I’m announcing who the winner is!”) Craig Lamar and forever-animated (“My nigga, I’ve been feening for the belt, yo my own mother watch me struggle, I ain’t receive no kind of help, young Ray Charles, I had to watch my brother buck it [bucket], you had to see it for yourself!”) Prez Mafia to split the first couple of rounds in this iBattle matchup down south. But going into the deciding 3rd, a more resilient Mr. Woosah continues to spazz with lofty (“Nigga, I’ll split him in half and make him choose sides!”) punchlines and caustic set-ups, altogether more consistently potent than hos opponent, to take the round and the win.
Verdict: Prez Mafia (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Prez Mafia – “Nigga, fuck a scale, I just eyeball white, that’s Emmett Till!”
Recap: With gun bars and absolute mayhem raining down everywhere, Prez Mafia certainly had to earn this one. Against a fiercely (“That’s why I brought that steel around, ‘cuz I watched you steal a round from a nigga and you still around!”) nice and just-as-spirited Stumbles, a little case of (no pun intended) stumble-itis cost Prez a close round one, before a cleaner and more (“Come see, I’ll get a couple kick, that’s two rounds in ya head, now you Chun-Li!”) potent 2nd round evened things up. Still, judging from a pretty solid, heat-drenched final round Stumbles wasn’t going away any time soon. Yet, relying on experience, some nasty punches/set-ups and ever-ready wordplay, Prez does just enough to take the 3rd and the win.
Verdict: Prez Mafia (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Prez Mafia – “Negro spiritual, I’ll let it sing in the field….then swing low!”
Recap: Minnix raps twice as long as Prez Mafia, catches him on his B-game and dispenses a lot of filler…still it’s a close battle that if not for a mid-round stumble by Mafia along with Minnix dishing one more haymaker than his opponent, might’ve went the other way around or at the very least could have been a debatable.
Verdict: Minnix (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Minnix – “There’s nothing that you could ever do to test Joshua, I’ll take your verses and spit it back to you…I’m Prez Mafia!”
Recap: One-rounders do little to prove who the better battler actually is and who knows how seriously a short in time and erratic (“This New York shit, every gun I select bust, meaning bitch I could tick [tic] it [ticket], that’s no fear!”) Prez Mafia took this one. But all of that is no fault of Pep’s who doubles Prez’s length of time with a load of rambunctious bars, steely punchlines and loaded (“You know what’s odd, since you took a shot at my expense, now it’s time for the payback, they gonna say this pussy lost, like a stray cat!”) personals for an easy win.
Verdict: Pep (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Pep – “The trick to great aim, you gotta balance her first, them bitches they pop funny, yunno amateur twerk!”
Recap: Plenty of entertainment provided here in what was altogether a pretty dope and competitive battle between Nunn Nunn and Prez Mafia. In addition to dishing out some solid schemes, the-never-at-a-loss-for-punches Nunn Nunn amassed a slew of fiery personals/name flips at his opponent over the course of 3 rounds. All the while Prez spouted a piercing punch game that along with some self-deprecating barbs on his recent bouts with stealing bars (an issue his opponent went OD on), ringing name flips, righteous mayhem and a boatload of jaunty punchlines/wordplay that allowed Mafia to take the 1st round, make for a debatable 2nd and in the 3rd round, a turn that featured heavy-handed personals on both sides, thanks to a couple of more haymakers, Prez avoids a tie and gets the win instead.
Verdict: Prez Mafia (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Prez Mafia – “When I’m cooking I might kill myself…that’s a meth lab!”
Recap: Spitfire for 3 rounds with a nice combo of vigorous and oft-times intricate/witty/braggadocios punchlines, Prez Mafia commands the stage while teaching a class on ‘How To Comeback From The Controversy Of Getting Caught Stealing Bars’ here in this 3-rounder from We Go Hard. Prez’s standout return not only makes for a dope and competitive battle against fellow PG-stepper and a very solid (esp. in the 2nd round) throughout Dre Dennis, but with his opponent’s penchant for a little too much filler and pedestrian bars, even with an almost equal amount of haymakers, a close and deciding 3rd round goes to a more consistent Mr. Hide My Bars for the win.
Verdict: Prez Mafia (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Prez Mafia – “I’m the biter?, this right will shook, let’s fight, and a life get took, an uppercut mixed with a little me, he gonna bite the hook!”
Recap: Johnie Alcatraz doesn’t seem to battle often, but as he showed against both QP (Qleen Paper) and Ill Will, when he does appear on stage his flair for nifty repeated punchlines guarantees that you’ll get a good showing. Still, for all the promise a headline match with a usually-on-point Prez Mafia would bring, it’s a bit of a letdown here as after Prez uses a stifling cable scheme to edge round one, he proceeds to take round two off with what one could readily assume was an old mixtape verse–a round he could’ve won considering Johnie’s rurn was pretty short and subpar. Tied going the last round, Johnie takes it in the end with a better variety of personals, wicked bars and nice performance bars versus Prez, who had some hard-hitting punches here and there, but overall not enough left in his tank to overcome Johnie’s versatility.
Verdict: Johnie Alcatraz (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Johnie Alcatraz – “Big strap, Mac, laser and the —-‘s tucked, banging the trey [tray] like the waiter fucked my order up!”
Recap: A stellar first round (performance & wordplay) by Prez and a more quantitative 3rd edged him a dub here as while Foz dropped some nice bars here and there, too much filler and elongated punchlines left him coming up just short.
Verdict: prez mafia (W) 2-1
Favorite line: prez mafia – “I’mma come through dumping a .9 early, this is war, I keep two straps, let’s try…nigga that’s one out and one down, prez looking like 9:30!”
Recap: A consistent, forever animated and bar heavy Steamz puts forth arguably his best performance against Prez Mafia, who like Superman just seemed to get weaker and weaker the more his opponent kept pulling out the kryptonite. Round one was easily Mafia’s best, an impressive display considering how dope Steamz (“Remember I said I don’t know why they called you his clone? Sike I lied like the next ‘Born was offered a dome”) first round was as well. Yet, using a steady stream of winning personals against Steams and his team, whipping out potent performance bars and earning the crowd reaction with gripping (“Cuz niggas said they want that old Prez back, so meet Bill Clinton”) punchlines, Prez just outwitted Steams and seemed to be on his way to an easy dub. Too bad for him this version of Steamz came willfully prepared, staying on the attack with witty (“Get Prez a dental plan [Presidential], cuz whatever he’s doing ain’t working, it’s like Obamacare”) wordplay, wild anecdotes and too-nice personals versus a round of too many elongated set-ups and subpar personals between a couple of haymakers from mafia. 3rd round was an easy win for Steams, too many hot (“Tell ‘Born I still body sidekicks like War Machine”) bars, an ill performance and hitting personals throughout against a short, slip-up steady and completely tired out mafia.
Verdict: Steams (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Steamz – “This average nigga, don’t move me like Thor’s hammer”
Recap: After a strong (“I’ll flip the pound right through ya chest, but it ain’t King Kong!”) first round from the performance-heavy Mr. Wavy is countered by a stronger and more consistently nice turn from a frenetically (“Stay sick, you only play sick, this nigga Ferris Bueller!”; “These arms I bear [bare] on ya couch, that’s Ted nigga!”) potent Prez Mafia, it’s the latter who dramatically loses steam in this battle of URL newcomers while the former glistens. Indeed, a 2nd round stumble for Mafia only enhanced what was a lackluster turn anyway. And while Wavy’s 2nd wasn’t as powerful as the his 1st, combined with Prez’s downhill styling’s, it was still solid (“You could that metal by [swings arms towards Prez’s mouth] your grill, that’s a license plate!”) enough to even things up going into the 3rd. The final round? An easy body for Wavy. After Prez seemingly cuts his turn short what with more mediocre bars and a lack of crowd reaction, Wavy, steadily scoring with loaded gun bars, winning schemes and dope personals, wins the crowd and more importantly, the battle.
Verdict: Mr. Wavy (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Mr. Wavy – “Nigga you from BX, that’s a Puerto Rican stop, I get the drop on this nigga from a Puerto Rican thot, she said, wherever they sell joints, that’s where Puerto Rican’s shop, nigga death gonna be Goya, that’s a Puerto Rican box!”
Recap: E.B.A.N.G.A. put on a good (“How you float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, but you was battling DNA in that Walmart tee?”) show, might have enough skills to help put Philly back on the battle scene. But even his best bars couldn’t handle prez mafia’s heat: a whole lot of dope schemes, heavy (“When I could wig on a nigga I doubt fire…Robin Williams, when-you-wig-on-a-nigga-I-Doubtfire”) wordplay, in-your-grill name flips and steady haymakers that got him all three rounds.
Verdict: prez mafia (W) 3-0
Favorite line: prez mafia – “I’ll have a semi mop the floor with you, you ain’t getting up, or I’ll get bitches to wash you, that’s Coming To America”
Recap: Shotgun Suge spazzes (“I let five smack his face, we could slap box”) with nary a stumble to score a win over prez mafia who started strong, but tired quick towards the end of this one-rounder.
Verdict: Shotgun Suge (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Shotgun Suge – “You all the way fake, you ain’t just sorta fake”
Recap: Up until prez mafia stumbled in the 3rd round, I thought this battle was pretty close as prez’s personals, angles and flat-out bars were an even match for DNA’s performance, jokes and freestyles. But then the 3rd round came and while prez continued to hold his own despite the stumble, DNA just straight-up spazzed with freestyles, rebuttals and stellar (“You tried to look good against KG in Brooklyn, but you ain’t have enough power for it [power forward]”) lines that reminded everyone who the seasoned vet was in the building. All in all, still a dope battle.
Verdict: DNA (W) 2-1
Best line: prez mafia – “Nigga I’ll run up on Clips with a big plate, (makes eating noise) eat that shit in front of him then switch plates”
Recap: Took had some nice (“Obama college picture, Prez getting smoked”) bars, but a couple of stumbles and some nonsensical lines cost him bad against a prez mafia who was cooking heat throughout.
Verdict: prez mafia (W) 2-1
Favorite line: prez mafia – “Nigga straight away, you’ll see a A R down a one-way and I don’t expect you to get it bitch, that’s like mail on a Sunday”
Recap: Another nice battle from TrapHouse with Whosane and prez mafia going toe-to-toe throughout in a highly intense and spirited battle. Whosane stayed (“You characters get met with the bird, then get the retweet”) hot through the first couple of rounds (I had it tied after 2), but faltered a little bit in the last round thus giving prez, who stayed more consistent and came with more angles, the edge at the finish line.
Verdict: prez mafia (W) 2-1
Favorite line: prez mafia – “Your ass couldn’t beat Sco, J. Murda or Barzz, that’s bad luck and you got schooled, this is a Parent Teachers conference ass-whopping!”
Recap: I was in total agreement with the Lox on this one. Had Law easily taking the 1st round while prez maf edged the 2nd. Last round was close (Prez’s “run up on you with a switchblade….and then switch blades!” line was mean!), yet Law was on the verge of taking it till his slip-up cost him near the end.
Verdict: pref mafia (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ty Law – “Funny, he studied Law, now he dying in da tourney [an attorney]”
Recap: Short rounds, a choke, one half round spent talking to a dude in the audience. Regardless of how much a rising star prez mafia is, there’s no sense in taking a battle if you’re not gonna take it seriously.
Verdict: Bandana Boogie (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Bandana Boogie – “My gun will open up for everybody, it’s a people person”
Recap: Hey, I’m never one to kick a man while he down, but considering what’s at stake Proving Gorunds has gotsa be the worst place to pull a choke…not once, but twice no less. Smh.
Verdict: prez mafia (W) 3-0
Favorite line: prez mafia -“I got these flows down to a Tee, bars over everything, put the shine in the left hand and watch it wedding ring [wet-n-ring]”
Recap: “If I’m lying I’m flying”, “And don’t try to be a hero cuz’ in the ghetto that’s a sandwich”, “Rob ya for own whip then park it”….LOL!!! Juno may want to update his bars. This was funny tho.
Verdict: prez mafia (W) 1-0
Favorite line: prez mafia – “I’m in ya house party, wild sex, clits poppin and the shit hotter than Bilal’s breath”
Recap: Even before they became stars I don’t recall today’s top tiers taking battles off like so many of these new dudes do. Lack of preparation? Taking on too many battles? I don’t know what the deal is and no disrespect to Majik, but prez mafia shouldn’t be losing to guys like this.
Verdict: Majik (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Majik – “She said I remind her of the old school Lakers, cuz Magic on point and I Kareem [cream] in the center”
Recap: Prez mafia impresses here, taking a battle last minute and putting on such a quality show that you’d have no idea he had little time to prepare his bars. Big Jimya, while able to keep things interesting via a mix of some nice gritty bars with a splash of humor along with freestyling in round 3 without choking, still had no chance against an opponent who’s clearly on another level when it comes to bars, performance and wordplay.
Verdict: prez mafia (W) 3-0
Favorite line: prez mafia – “You about to lose to a kid, just know how this kid’s real, big deal, that box come with handle, that’s kids meal”
Recap: One of prez mafia’s best performances. While Show Off stayed with basic “I’m realer that you are and this is why” type bars, prez just snapped, releasing a whole arsenal of fierce wordplay, hard (“Boom told me to get busy when I’m slaying you dog, get wild like six fouls, I ain’t playing no more”) punchlines, personals and hot performance bars that almost had him pulling a bodybag. Indeed, this is the version of prez you expect to see on a more consistent basis.
Verdict: prez mafia (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Show Off – “The reason ya teeth twisted, with that ugly nigga smile, ‘cuz you fucked them up from biting all them other nigga’s styles”
Recap: This “Battle of the Mafia’s” sees a horrible coin toss, prez stumble and Double R literally almost run out of gas with his bars, but lyrically it’s still the kid from the Bronx who comes one better.
Verdict: prez mafia (W) 1-0
Favorite line: prez mafia -“I’ll punch you in the middle of April, that’s a boxspring”
Recap: Nice battle between Dutch and prez mafia as Dutch came with plenty of fiery (“Nigga try to run with is gun but he ain’t shoot around, left him running with 16 o’s [holes], that’s how you move a pound”) gun bars that often hit their mark. But when it came to variety and angles, prez just had way more. That, along with a better delivery and execution with his bars, gave prez the vic here.
Verdict: prez mafia (W) 2-1
Favorite line: prez mafia – “And if your folks wanna brawl just know I’m gunning them all, I swear to God everyone I see, so push my buttons like a brand new toy and ‘Try Me'”
Synopsis: One could see why Ah Di Boom would be a bit upset at this matchup, which takes place early in his career and is clearly a less polished (and even less animated) version of the Boom we see now. Whatever the case, you battle the guy in front of you, and in this case, Boom’s filler was no match for prez mafia’s swag, consistency, delivery and righteous bars.
Verdict: prez mafia (W) 1-0
Best line: prez mafia – “It’s time to get slim because I bet you you stink, I’ll give you a brick right here if you face your fears right now and down a whole vegetable drink”
