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Recap: Ever animated and always welcoming newcomers to his ‘gun show’, a more condensed Drugz dishes more than enough heat and fiery punchlines to beat back a solid, but a little too filler-prone Whosane in this 1-rounder from The Colosseum Battle League.
Verdict: Drugz (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Drugz – “Shots out the llama soar, everything in here will buck like the Dollar store!”
Recap: Solid, competitive PG battle between Whosane and Mackk Myron sees them both use some exquisite (Whosane: “Mac [Mackk] sound cool, but they jam up when they overheat!”) punches, lyrical (Mackk: “I [eye], shoot crazy, I’m Scott Summers without the shades!”) bravado and fine performance bars to split the first couple of rounds. Tied going into the 3rd, both battlers stayed fluorescent with the heat and punchlines, but Mackk’s slow start combined with a slightly more condensed turn by Whosane gives the latter the win.
Verdict: Whosane (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Whosane – “Nigga’s gonna respect my name or get they ass capped, or see they favorite artist on a bag like Rap snacks!”
Recap: Coming off an alleged 6-month layoff, Bangz still manages to get busy with some sterling word association bars, fierce gun bars and steely punchlines in an elongated, but freestyle-free turn that seemed bent on substance over style points. For a less bar-heavy-than-usual Whosane, Bangz more potent repertoire equates to a well-equipped wrap.
Verdict: Bangz (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Bangz – “Shit, even my little nigga’s ready to give it up like they ain’t dedicated!”
Recap: You’re certainly entitled to relish the (“If I swing and miss, you’ll still catch contact from a second hand from wanting to smoke with me!”; “You front about putting money up for the grams and really sold your boy this picture!”) unorthodox, abstract schemes/punches of Prof AC in this fire PG battle. But even more notable here is the more direct and versatile stylings of Whosane, who uses a barrage of lucid punchlines, pointed personals, underhanded (“I never take subliminal shots, I hate soft nigga’s!”) wordplay and sterling set-ups to take the latter two rounds and the win.
Verdict: Whosane (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Whosane – “This is sort of like when Goku was sparring, throwing hits at Vegeta, i say that to say I’m about to get you fit for the Freezer!”
Recap: Here in this 3-round battle from AHAT, a strong 3rd by Stash doesn’t offset his much weaker earlier rounds, which in turn way gave way to Whosane’s more metaphorical and wordplay-heavy raps, thus giving the 845 rapper the vic.
Verdict: Whosane (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Whosane – “My semi crack head’s in the front just like the loosie spot!”
Recap: Exactly what you want to see in a PG battle: both rappers giving 100%, no slip-ups or chokes and best yet, a sterling matchup that’s almost too close to call (even with Gwitty’s constant interruptions). Steady heat from Teewhy and Whosane in the 1st round, but Teewhy with a richer performance, exquisite (“Angel spitting up crazy, that’s some fountain shit!”) wordplay and less filler edges it. 2nd round went to Whosane, overpowering his opponent’s most fierce bars with delicious bully/gun (“When these Clips get Loaded, it ain’t two Harlem nigga’s bitching on the stage!”) bars along with a couple of wicked haymakers. But Teewhy gets the win by edging the 3rd round with a little more consistent bars/wordplay overall, despite a pretty electric turn from Whosane that was coupled with some elongated set-ups and a ‘lil too much pontificating that proved costly in the end.
Verdict: Teewhy (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Teewhy – “I got a glock, the other side got a rugar strap, my nigga’s in your area code letting the toolie clap, 15 of them in a group, it’s like a booster pack, with 8 45’s [845] where you stay, you should be used to that!”
Recap: Always good to see two battle rappers with so much confidence in themselves. But as far as output goes, a way more consistent, set-up fiending and punch-heavy Whosane easily gets the one-up on an eccentric July Streets here.
Verdict: Whosane (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Whosane – “My right-hand man, told me he a realer, stone gangster till he rot in a box, but I could still give him the signal and have that .8 lift you like Simba at the top of the rock!”
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: Tho he did falter a bit towards the end of his turn, a way more condensed Whosane spouts enough heated punches, fiery schemes and steely wordplay to edge Pep, who despite some nice (“Dirty nigga, you look like your thoughts stink!”) freestyles here and there, dished an elongated round that was too littered with pedestrian bars.
Verdict: Whosane (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Whosane – “My nigga’s promote that white like apartheid, this .40 look like it should have a deep voice and invite nigga’s to join the dark side!”
Recap: Besides a hot 2nd round from Whosane, there’s really not much to see here. A dry 1st round from both battlers makes that one a toss-up. The latter two rounds sees too many dated/pedestrian bars throughout from Sco. Yet, Whosane, ahead going into the 3rd, forgets his bars midway and almost chokes, which allows the less flow-challenged Sco to steal the round and get a draw.
Verdict: TIE
Favorite line: Whosane – “I’m with your groovy bitch, she give me funny head…that’s Stewie Griffin!”
Recap: Despite some J. Murda chick/stan in the crowd almost ruining the match by talking throughout the rounds, J. Murda stays at ease and uses heavy punchlines, steady aggression and wild schemes to take out an inconsistent and too-long-with-the-angles Whosane, who in light of the crowd antics still didn’t have enough to stay with Murda.
Verdict: J. Murda (W) 3-0
Favorite line: J. Murda -“You suck pussy and you tasting this casket, in both ways you eat the box”
