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Danny Myers vs Swave Sevah
B Magic vs Money Bagz
Big Kannon vs Xcel
JC vs J Murda
Ooops vs Mackk Myron
Danny Myers vs Swave Sevah
*Swave got it. Team Homi won 3-2. Crowd is split on the decision. Crazy ending to that battle
*Battle will be so hard to judge. Danny got off to a crazy start. Swave had a third round that could take over the whole battle
Swave on Danny's relationship:"Get back again / Renew your vows and take her on a second honeymoon ... to a SMACK event"
"Why worry about Writers Bloque when I don't leave paper trails" - Swave Sevah
"I should fight Myers / roll on him and break his bones like Suge Knight tires" - Swave Sevah
"Im not tryna make this battle debatable / I'm tryna reduce Danny to compost and make him biodegradable" - Swave Sevah
"For the money we raging bulls / y'all see how Rex treated him after he was Paid In Full" - Swave Sevah
Crowd chanting *how dare u*
"U keep saying u the king of Harlem HOW DARE U" - Swave is tight *crowd going nuts*
Swave is so serious about Danny saying he king of Harlem. Damn "while u hurt make u eat dirt from Big L grave"
Danny's third was hard, "we just coming from Cali tryna help New York niggas pay this high ass rent"
*Crowd loving Danny
"A chest shot at close range feels like a one inch punch" - Danny Myers
"U damn near a grandfather still out here thuggin and shit / instead of setting good examples for the youngins to get" - Danny Myers
"Team Homi don't jump me or let the llama blast / cause before that happen I'm punching Sara Kana's ass" - Danny Myers
*Swave good 2nd round. It's on Danny
*Swave remixed Danny's "Lima Bean / Time Machine" line
"You get cold cut for playing that role bruh - U wanna Oscar Myers? / u trash u get the can I'll Oscar Myers" - Swave Sevah
*Danny said the clip hanging out looking like a Pharaoh's chin
"I keep something in the Bourbon for niggas tryna Jack Daniel" - Danny Myers
*Danny said Swave's wife, "let me rub my thumb over the box like I’m summoning Hell Raiser" - Danny Myers
Danny's second is crazy
"My ink is fresh off a body like tattoo removal" - Danny Myers
"Is it me? Or does his face look like a dirty Danja Zone boot" - Swave Sevah
"Draw blood from this god like Leonidas" - Swave Sevah
"Fuck the block - I'll burn your whole city ... Pompey" - Swave Sevah
"U wanna tango? Before we dance u should know how many niggas my milli rock" - Swave Sevah
*Swave got it back he's SNAPPING now
"Team Homi the underdogs? Nah y'all got it wrong we the undertakers" - Swave Sevah
*Swave stumbled. Had to bring it back.
"The strap'll give him 15 rounds like old school boxing" - Swave Sevah
"This dummy can talk next to my soles like Lil Penny" - Danny Myers
*Myers just told Swave he's the king of Harlem
"I had to swallow the Coke / I was a rapper trying not to acknowledge that white boy in me like Money Bagz" - Danny Myers
"The K clip got a curve in its back like scoliosis" - Danny Myers
"This kick the only time I bring up a karate angle" - Danny Myers
B Magic vs Money Bagz
*Team Homi vs Writers Bloque is 2-2 right now. Whole event comes down to Swave vs Danny Myers - who wins? #starting5
*Crowd went crazy when Money Bagz said the PH line. People were screaming 3-0. Money Bagz got it 100%
"Hook n this muthafucka / brought judging back 2 battle rap HEYO PH *looks up* u see me cooking this muthafucka" - Money Bagz
*Money with crazy Ash Wednesday / draw something black across his forehead bar
"It's like a hot dog at 7/11 - let's be frank I been rolling with the metal all day" - Money Bagz
"It's like Crash Bandicoot with a extra life - nigga running wit a mask / old eagle Donovan McNabb" - Money Bagz
*Magic got heckled in the third but it was straight fire!
"Your last battle will be against a clip like Ah Di Boom / the k (decay) in your mouth like a rotten tooth" - B Magic
"U don't wanna feel something Hot Boy? Then give up the cash money" - B Magic
"Dumping macks / u won't get money back with a refund" - B Magic
"I'll hit him wit the sig in the AM that'll knock Magic in reverse" - Money Bagz *crowd screams it's over*
"I'll break ya neck and have u staring at your back for tryna front" - Money Bagz
*Money Bagz just did a crazy J Cole scheme "he see the 4 he'll drive" craaazy
"Ima make sure they don't put the cam on Writers Block like JR Writer mixtape" - Money Bagz
Round 2 on Money Bagz now
"He don't want no part of the Iron like Mitch Green" - B Magic
"Pull out a flamethrower - bitch I got money to burn" - B Magic
"Don't sleep on me - you all know Bagz under I" - B Magic
"Best to do it / Money will get his shit wired like Western Union" - B Magic
Big Kannon vs Xcel
*Writers Bloque is beating Team Homi 2-1 right now. Homi needs Money Bagz to beat B-Magic & Swave to get Danny Myers to win #rbe #Starting5
*Big Kannon got the battle over Xcel
*Ok Xcel's third was hot. Big Kannon was craaaaaazy. The judges are deciding now. It's @JazTheRapper Rapper and a few others
"I will make black history - turn your whole life to February" - Xcel
"A rap genius - y'all can't say X plain (explain) in them bars" - Xcel
"When u upload this title it Mz Gracie - it will be a disgusting body" - Xcel
"This weight loss will be the only time you let go pounds" - Xcel
"Your career been dead - he had to send a Bloque (cinderblock) Nigga to make it concrete" - Big Kannon
"How are you the FUTURE??? I though God blesses all the trap niggas" - Big Kannon
"They (women) hate the death penalty - they never say X a cute (execute) Nigga" - Big Kannon
Kannons third may be the best round of the night
"They gave Jason (Xcel) Born cause he was a free agent with no identity" - Big Kannon
*Second round was crazy on both sides. Let's see what the third is like
"I'll send your Ernesto on a trip - take your core out" - Xcel
"I can see the niggas fake in this bitch ... Rachel Dolezal" - Xcel
"Call them self Bloque u know why? Cause a block is made up of squares from every side" - Xcel
"Go to Boston to get the tool / Chilla is hitting me before he's hitting u" - Xcel
Kannons second is crazy!!!
"They are not protecting cell from being broke if hey ain't out a box (otter box)" - Big Kannon
"Those punches won't help u get out this box - u ain't Uma Thurman" - Big Kannon
"He a five percenter ... What good is that if he can use only 5% of his BODY!" - Big Kannon *crowd goes wild*
"Wu tang scheme? U the wackiest in ya huge squad / I forgot about U gawd" - Big Kannon
Close battle. Round 2 on Kannon
"Ima end this round respectfully / please tell Adrianna's to stop texting me" - Xcel
"How can x miss? My nigga, my gift is rap" - Xcel
"Victory / the dirty bastard I keep it raw watch me shimmy see" crazy kills bees scheme by Xcel
*Xcel is snapping. Hard to tweet
"I got the one square out the pack - the loose cigarette" - Big Kannon
"He doesn't have appeal (a pill) why do we call this nigga X" - Big Kannon
"Whoever X assist (exorcist) is who I'm twisting next (necks)" - Big Kannon
"U left ya dog hanging to get his shot ... Now who remember fresh" - Big Kannon
*Crazy leave out a window / click x line by Kannon
"Am I poor? No (porno) cause I'm getting paid triple x" - Big Kannon
JC vs Jmurda
We don't know maaan - J Murda might have got it 2-1 over JC #rbe #Starting5 http://RapGrid.com
"Leave his back open like he lost the keys to his house" - JC
"No question would he get a buzz after this battle - hit him wit the bow peep (toy story bars)" - J Murda
"Nike mouth guard - keep your teeth in check / we don't play both sides like a cheap cassette" - J Murda
"Talk to the machine like, 'please leave. A message after the beep'" - J Murda
*We got JC taking round 1 and Murda taking rnd 2. Murda starting his third now
"Loaded rounds dumping out the side like we locked out of Smokey house" - JC
"Norris Cole - pardon the boxes (part in the boxes)" - JC
"We got shit that'll clear anything - u can't even guess what I'm usin' next (Mucinex)" - JC
*J Murda's crazy second against JC
"U tried to Mark is (Demarcus) and Ima shoot cousin - it ain't a game" - J Murda
"I will slap the bitch out you ... Then chill wit her" - J Murda
"Have ya body spinning as soon as u spit like Taz in Space Jam" - J Murda
"Get disfigured from this figure now his figures" - J Murda
*Second rnd on J Murda. Both had a dope first. JC had huge lines
"For every false flag u throw, they goin challenge it with red ones" - JC
"I'm a joker? / well u can look in my face and see how I'm cut" - JC
*JC had a crazy warriors / Seth curry "ur brother in the game he can wear the 3-0 too" bar
"Why bother / u fabricate a line better than Lebron barber" - JC
"Who different game now / don't take u down memory lane we take memory lane out" - JC
"Im sharp shooting with accuracy - Brett Favre meets Brett Hart" - JC
*Strong first by J Murda. Bottom of Rnd 1 on JC
"Left his brains on his dash / U on the glass ... Like a Uber car" - J Murda
"Have ya eye in front of ya chest like the incredibles" - J Murda
Ooops vs Mackk Myron
*Mackk Myron ending his third vs Ooops - Team Homi is up right now. A clear 1-0
"I'll hit u with this can sir ... No I won't cause u got it already" - Mackk Myron
*Ooops just messed up again in the 3rd
*Ooops in the third cooking
"LL Cool J when I come in his house / Rakishi - I'll put the butt in his mouth" - Mackk Myron
"Sparking and clapping / watch men get they shit blew like Dr. Manhattan" - Mackk Myron
"U just a nigga from St. Louis that like to talk / I'll Ram in with two 8's like Marshall Faulk" - Mackk Myron
"I watched my daddy come up off of Raw like Shane McMahon" - Mackk Myron
"This Rickey Smiley looking ass nigga" - Mackk Myron
*Ooops just cut his time. Seemed a little early but good 2nd round
*Ooops cooking rnd 2. He got the crowd
"U like Stacey Dash - this a race u ain't built for" - Ooops
"This ain't no step down - u threw me down the whole fucking staircase" - Ooops
"I got a gun sooo BIG, Voletta Wallace seen it and thought her son was back - PONTIAC!" - Mackk Myron
"I check chins like a bouncer at a Asian club" - Mackk Myron
"Breathtaking / Pull it then give his men toast (mentos) - that's a freshmaker" - Mackk Myron
"Your bitch dome on point like Shredder helmet" - Mackk Myron
*Ooops messed up round 1. Hardly got any bars off. It's rnd 1 on Mackk Myron
"Don't let that positivity shit fool you" - Ooops vs Mackk Myron