Recap: A solid rebuttal to begin things in case the battle ends up close, but a filthy barrage of hardbody street rhymes, boastful barbs, fiery name flips/gun bars and consistently gritty punches ends up doing the trick for Cortez, who after witnessing a gang of piercing punches/personals from a competitive Statz G, would need the whole clip to score more haymakers and beat back his opponent in what was a competitive 1-rounder from Houston Bar Code.
Verdict: Cortez (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Cortez – “Shit get ugly when the blade cut his cheek at a acute [a cute] angle!”
Recap: T-Top gets past a rare mid-round slip-up with a raspy mix of fiery punchlines/schemes, some sizzling name flips and bruising gun bars/trap talk to beat back a mayhem-rich, but mostly pedestrian Statz G in this 1-rounder from Houston Bar Code.
Verdict: T-Top (W) 1-0
Favorite line: T-Top – “He’ll got shot playing hardball, have his mother screaming ‘G Baby!'”
Recap: Houston Bar Code 1-rounder between Holmzie Da God and Statz G sees Holmzie delivering one of his better rounds…ever, getting crazy lit with gritty punchlines, some turned up wordplay, well-crafted name flips and of course, healthy gun bars–a superb turn that stayed consistently fire throughout and easily beat back a solid, but filler-prone round from his opponent.
Verdict: Holmzie Da God (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Holmzie Da God – “I will beat your ass like Celebrity Death Match on MTV and keep beating your ass until I best of Statz [stats]…I’m the MVP!”
Recap: Loud Boys’ Bonus and Houston’s Statz G compete in what was dope and consistently fiery matchup on the URL Proving Grounds stage. Not that the efficiently (“To the niggas who said it ain’t about the bars, I’m through with you u guys, the only way I know it’s through the bars nigga…I’ve been institutionalized!”) wordplay-heavy and aggressive Statz did much of anything wrong, but the round 1 edge went to Bonus for a slightly more steady flow that backed up fluorescent (“Let me find out you getting that bread and I’mma need it often, get close to him while my eyes on that paper…like I’m cheating off him!”) rhymes that continuously hit their mark. Despite another solid (“Nobody is safe, I don’t care if you a white supremacist or screaming ‘Black Power’!, your bitch can still be the most gruesome unsolved murder in history…that’s the Black Dhalia!”) round by Bonus, the 2nd round was a clear vic for Statz, who when he wasn’t eloquently dissing (“No shot-clock violation, but you’ll get your head clapped, pull the pistol and make him sleep faster than watching a Cortez match!”) a well-known veteran in battle rap, used some crazy wordplay and braggadocio (“Beefing with me like the end of a pool stick, you better chalk it up before I break somethin'”) bars to easily take the round and even things up. Excellent final round from both (“I walk around with it on public, so I know y’all see my cig, trying to see how many shots can ya house hold…nigga I’ll shoot your whole house like T.I. crib!”) Statz and (“Man his whole career’s been up and down, every battle it’s the same game with him, you remind me of a layover, ‘cuz he started off plain, got off for a second and got played again!”) Bonus as each battler stayed hungry and reminded you why they were chosen for the PGs. However it’s Bonus, with more (“I’m Magic Johnson, I done got bigger after nigga’s found out how sick I was!”) haymakers, rich personals and more versatility with the bars, that outlasts his opponent for the win in the end.
Verdict: Bonus (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Bonus – “I pop shit ‘cuz the lift of the gun look like mop stick, yeah we could dance, but everybody get hit, it’s like a mosh pit!”
Recap: Statz G and Ha Double get a lot off their chest in this close and competitive battle from Houston Bar Code. After Statz’ edges the first round with a stronger showing filled with braggadocio bars, gritty gun lines and potent (“…I should blast two in you, it look good on the screen, but in person it ain’t the same, he like that new item on the fast food menu!”) punchlines/personals, Ha comes back with a more pronounced, personal-laced and (“I think out of space, give his soul a AR [solar] and let these bullets orbit in his system!”) wordplay-heavy turn in the 2nd to beat back a less stirring and elongated round from Statz. Going into the final round tied, both battlers push their pen and let it all hang out. However, after starting out with a nice rebuttal, Ha Double edges the round and the battle with another personal-themed turn that highlighted by fiery schemes, fiesty/witty struggle bars and pointed, performance-heavy punches.
Verdict: Ha Double (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Ha Double – “See, this is real shit, ain’t nuthin’ to be amused with, ‘cuz the money we got off the shit we stole, we used that to hit the studio and do music…so alladat, what you know about this, what you know about…nigga you don’t know about what you know about!”
