Recap: Brutally taken apart by Goonie capo Nu Jerzey Twork some years back, in this 1-rounder from Showtime Battle Arena, Ripp uses a wide load of visceral schemes, nifty punchlines, spicy personals and earnest mayhem to get a little revenge and beat back a pretty solid at times, but wildly inconsistent and shortened turn from now-former Goonie Ace Amin.
Verdict: Ripp (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Ripp – “I don’t even need to mask up, I know you live by a code of silence, barrel full of sick shit, hitting everybody…Coronavirus!”
Recap: Nu Jerzey Twork scores a rare bodybag, consistently using ferocious (“Sit your black ass down before I let my hawk speak, rip [Ripp] clothes on stage…Five Heartbeats!”) name flips, winning (“Fuck you and that bitch, that’s my fave phrase, machete on me, K on me, I gotta stay safe, Ripp get the K on sight, she get —-, I let it rip, once I let it rip, I give ya bae babes!”) schemes, fierce (“Drive-by, I’m coming to Ripp [rip] city in a Trailblazer!”) punchlines, rich angles/set-ups and even exposing Ooops sound-alike (and build-alike)/opponent (“You brought all them niggas from Trenton with you, you knew you wasn’t gonna make it alone, it looks bad for all these niggas…like the interviews with Raven-Symone!”) Ripp with pictures from a less ‘gangsta/precaher’ profession. And what with host Jaz da Rapper in the building along with a classic first round from Twork, one can guess that this was one the of the battles that impressed folks enough to eventually bring Twork to the URL stage.
Verdict: Nu Jerzey Twork (W) 3-0
Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “All that preaching just to be another nigga to die, you living a lie, I talk about guns because my Mac pack rounds…and Rosa Parks ain’t do shit but sit her black ass down!”
