Recap: A mostly unprepared Bangz still manages to freestyle and rebuttal his way to a closer-than-what-you’d-think match against the forever punchline-heavy Tyranny. The latter possibly allowing his ego to get in the way of an easy 3-0 by attempting to copy Bangz’s off-the-dome antics. But also hurting himself a bit with elongated rounds that dropped his bar quotient enough to be edged in the middle round. For Bangz however, overall this showing is a huge disappointment coming off that fire and most recent Daylyt battle.
Verdict: Tyranny (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Tyranny – “‘Get him a soda!’, nah nigga, if we get it shaking, nigga you’ll end up flat!”
Recap: Not the easiest battle to decipher as despite YaBoyClip setting up Tyranny perfectly with alleged ‘tranny’ semantics in round 1 that led to plenty of crowd interruptions while the latter tried to spit his more pause-worthy bars, the DMV dude’s litany of potent (“I’ll be riding with a couple of .8’s like a soccer mom!”) punches throughout this battle was only diminished by elongated rounds and a few aggressive, but utterly lame personals here and there. That said, let it be known that while YBC might’ve lost the haymaker count to his uber-confident (“I’ll put 24 in his square like a shot clock, you’ll see a little arm wave like a pop-lock!”; “It’s not her birthday, but you’ll see the heat flashes when she get the .40!”) opponent, his ability to string together a more consistent palette of hot bars, feelgood wordplay/storytelling lines, a nice rebuttal in the 2nd and some very hard-landing (“See with these bars I keep it graphic with good ass rhymes, like when that chainsaw rip [vrrooommm, vrrooommm] you would’ve thought Shotgun Suge just heard a hard-ass line!”) punches of his own, ended up being just enough to edge rounds 2 and 3 and get the victory in this Proving Grounds matchup.
Verdict: YaBoyClip (W) 2-1
Favorite line: YaBoyClip – “They say the devil wears prada, well we rob nigga’s and those two, you’ll see two G’s in front of you like two of them Ugg boots!”
Recap: In a scene that looks more like a party that got interrupted by a rap battle, the fun and good times rock on with the funniest part being Tyranny (a clear S.O.N.S. wannabee) changing clothes after round 2 with barely anyone noticing. Still, even with all the clowning on Prep’s fashion etiquette in round 3, Prep more than did enough in the first two rounds to take the win.
Verdict: Prep (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Prep – “Let’s take it outside, as soon as I step in the lot I’m pulling those cigs out like a smoke break”
