No Bias. No Narratives.
Recap: From Bar Wars Rap Battles, noted KOTD punch feen Shotti P delivers a wicked/witty religious/Muslim angle to take round 2 of this 3-rounder. But outside of that it’s too much Chef Trez here as the ATL vet uses a boatload of ill gun bars, gritty punchlines, mocking personals, flexing trap talk and hitting rebuttals/freestyles to handily take rounds 1 and 3 for the win.
Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chef Trez – “.38 caught a case behind Shotti…like 6ix9ine!”
Recap: Competitive (esp. when Shotti P made use of some spicy personals to take round 2 after getting edged by a punch-heavier Pass in round 1) but still not too many highlights in this Season 1 tournament KOTD matchup that overall was way more regular weed than Afghan Kush. Either way, with a reliable mix of high octane braggadocios darts, a flexing rebuttal and a bunch of piercing punches/wordplay, it’s the more resilient Pass who takes the deciding 3rd for the win.
Verdict: Pass (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Pass – “This a cliffhanger, I got the eagle eye on the kill, I’m living at my peak, you really wanna die on this hill?!”
Recap: After getting edged by a more condensed and slightly punch-heavier Shotti P in round 1, Charron goes into beast mode, speeds up his flow and just starts spazzing with piercing punchline after punchline that led to him handily taking round 2 and 3…until what looked to be a spirited and fiery comeback by Shotti in the deciding 3rd would get upheld by Shotti again struggling with his flow before he called it quits, thus handing Charron the round and the win.
Verdict: Charron (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Charron – “Your crew’s called Zoo Faculty?, but you still ain’t got [taps himself on the chest] the G.O.A.T. locked down!”
Recap: Yeah, after out-punching a topsy-turvy Brixx Belvy in both of the opening rounds, a consistently gritty Shotti P might’ve had the 30 if he hadn’t slipped up midway through the 3rd round of this KOTD battle. Either way, it’s still a searing performance by the Detroit vet that included a gang of spicy personals, boastful barbs and some flexing wordplay on his way to a win..
Verdict: Shotti P (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Shotti P – “I’ll pistol-whip him, his vision blurry, he think he trapped in a flashback, if he don’t act like he dead, the strap to his head like a dad hat!”
Recap: In what amounted to a dope punchfest with an unexpected appearance from a drunk Real Deal, a consistently hardbody-punching and performance-lit, versatile, wordplay spicy and witty/personal-bent Math Hoffa is able to land a couple of more haymakers (esp. during a crazy round 1) in both of the opening rounds of this KOTD battle for the win, before opponent Shotti P edges the final round with a hitting, steadier-flowing/punching and condensed turn to avoid the shutout.
Verdict: Math Hoffa (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Math Hoffa – “The can on ya, I squeeze the heat like a hand warmer, double-tap P and open up playa like Pandora!”
Recap: Without the chokes, this one might’ve been up there for Battle of the Year as both Shotgun Suge and Shotti P came with their A-games in this 3-rounder from KOTD. First round saw Shotti P get off to nice start with frenzied (“You wanna talk guns, my nigga’s strapped ready to shoot the breeze, you try to run, that toy airing his back like Scuba Steve!”) gun lines and witty personals that scored with the crowd. But Suge wasn’t having it, coming right back with one his best rounds we’ev seen in awhile, what with intense performance bars and aggressive (“Oh, you wanna spar? I’ll put you under the car like an oil change!”) punches that landed hard and edged him the round. Intent on even things up, Shotti P turned it up in the second with wittier (“If this fat fuck ask me what my life like, then Lord help me….What my life like? Nigga, more healthy!”) punches and potent (“I’m killing purple niggers like San Andreas!”) wordplay that beat back what started to be a pretty solid turn by Suge, before he lost his way and had to spout ‘Jersey!’ at the end. The deciding 3rd round saw Shotti ably continue with the jokes before surprising choking at the round and the battle as all Suge had to do was get through his round without stumbling/choking, which he (“Me and mt team play in the D, we’ll come through and fuck his Place up like we the Pacers!”) aggressively gamely did, pardon the background chatter around the stage
Verdict: Shotgun Suge (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Shotgun Suge – “You look mad, [but] this the thug way pussy, man I got this round in a bag like a Subway cookie!”.
Recap: When it ends up thisclose, the slightest mistake can cost you a battle. Such is the case here as an aggressively punch and extremely witty Shotti P takes the first round before just getting edged to a more versatile and aggressively potent Swave Sevah in round 2. Split going into the 3rd, both battlers keep it competitive with solid turns that were sparked by feelgood braggadocio bars and some dope punchlines. However, thanks to a Shotti P slip-up towards the end of his round, it’s a more steady with the flow Swave who manages to hold on and eke this one out.
Verdict: Swave Sevah (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Swave Sevah – “And yeah, I’m a Black belt, but people don’t fight with their fists now, so get down, when this Grandmaster flash…nigger get down!”
Recap: ‘What do I know, I just got Charlie Clips in a year’. Ummm yeah, apparently Detroit emcee Shotti P is doing something right, because besides this battle I hadn’t heard much from him before. Yet, here he is on the KOTD stage against the likes of Clips…in what ended up being literally a debatable battle. 1st round goes to Clips…easy, what with sizzling (“Y’all know me, I roll with two guns, pay attention, I got one tucked, I’m Mario when he get the extra man…I [points hand up] keep one up!”) set-ups/schemes, a fiery and consistent flow and scheming (“Maybe it’s only me, but you look like you sit on the toilet for a half an hour straight and only pee!”) bars that lit fires in your belly. Still, the 3rd round went to Shotti P…easy, not that Clips delivering yet another 3rd round dropoff helped any, yet that doesn’t dismiss Shotti’s jaunty (“Naw, fuck that I ain’t looking for a cop-out like his pop’s did, I ain’t with the politics, you’ll get caught smoking like one of Barack’s kids!”) personals and nice comedic timing. Second round is the deciding factor and could either way with Shotti’s spitfire (“You got s mean gun? well I got a depressed .38 like a midlife crisis!”) bars and wordplay versus a little more diverse turn from Clips that landed heavy with potent storytelling bars, searing (“…but if I ain’t feeling your Styles P, then huh!, I make you Kiss the gun!”) puns and rich crowd-pleasers.
Verdict: TIE
Favorite line: Shotti P – “When a shotty [Shotti] smoking, it’ll lift a nigga spirit like ‘Great News!’“
Recap: Shotti P supplied some nice (“Besides the faking, you wanna know the real reason I can’t rock with you? You make being a full grown adult look impossible!”) jokes and feelgood (“I’m from Detroit, you from New Haven, let’s have a turf war, you’ll see a ratchet waving like a slut on a surfboard”) punchlines, but a costly slip-up in round 3 combined with Citty Towers more consistent (“Get live, I’ll get more live, I’m Michael Jordan, I just play different with that 4-5 [.45]!”) wordplay and an extra fierce (“If this wasn’t King of the Dot you’d be viewed as a shadow, I get more likes on a picture than you get views on a battle”) first round, ended up giving Towers the dub.
Verdict: Cityy Towers (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Cityy Towers – “You tell too many jokes, that tell me that your life sweet, you’re vegan, you don’t get cheese, you don’t like beef!”
