The Ultimate Rap League hosted their second-round bracket in their Ultimate Madness 2 tournament this weekend and it is interesting to see who fell flat and who rose to the occasion, really separating the wheat from the tares.
Judging the battles were 40 B.A.R.R.S., Tony Bro, Goodz (replacing Iron Solomon), and Method Man.
The first battle was between Holmzie the God vs. Emerson Kennedy. The God came in and basically blazed EK, the West Coast unicorn. Judges were split. It was left to the fans to decide the winner and they went with HTG with the easy 2-1 victory.
EK was dope but did not speak to his soul the way that The God came to the battle to do. HTG came to the battle to do prove that this is his season. The eyes were on EK to win, but with a performance like Saturday’s HTG might have taken the homie’s place as the next kid up.
Holmzie Da God did not hold back! 🧭 Watching #UltimateMadness live now at https://t.co/USP4mxSc3B pic.twitter.com/8vSknDmsp0
— Caffeine (@caffeine) August 15, 2020
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HOLMZIE DA GOD VS EMERSON KENNEDY
TONY BRO: EK 2-1
GOODZ: EK 2-1
40 BARRS: HOLMZIE 2-1
METHOD MAN: Holmzie 2-1FAN VOTE: HOLZMIE 4694 – EK 2563
Holmzie Da God wins by a split Decision.
— Let’s Talk Battle Rap (@LTBRpodcast) August 15, 2020
By the second battle, fans were ready for a rumble between North Carolina’s Nunn Nunn and Mr. Wavy, from the Borough of Kings. A really, really great battle. What we realized here is that Mr. Wavy’s performance could not match the sheer high-level lyricism that Nunn Nunn brought to the battle. That white boy can rap, and if you think that his complexion was reason to sleep on him — sadly mistaken. He showed elements of a champion and the fire that above all things could push him to the finals.
@Its_NunnNunn This was the FATALITY in a dope ass f##### battle !!! Gaht damnnnn that s### hit hard !!! 😖 That’s how you end a battle … #UltimateMadness2 pic.twitter.com/zV2XB2Bc7s
— Where4ArtThou🌹Romeo (@Sir_Cut_Em_Up) August 16, 2020
SALUTE TO @Its_NunnNunn WE PUT ON MADE A FAN OUTTA ME 🤟🏽🤟🏽#respect #salute
— Mr Wavy (@onlymrwavy) August 15, 2020
“Why are you battling for a summer madness reward/when you’ve already battled on summer madness before” 😤😤😤🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥 Nunn Nunn went CRAZY!!
— Kid Chaos. #Discipline Sucka Free. (@KidChaosMIA) August 15, 2020
Wavy did well today, my only issue with his material is that it had too much filler … directness is a major, MAJOR component to winning a tourney and why we consider it heavily in the #RETINA scoring system. pic.twitter.com/RQxZ0wrbpd
— BattleRapStats: bars.battlerapstats.com (@BattleRapStats) August 15, 2020
Coming in third, Danny Myers and Tink the Demon were up in the contest. Danny is poised to win this entire thing. He out rapped and out passioned Tink in every way. The Demon was not terrifying. He was not conditioned and even seemed out of breath during the round.
In fact, asking for a drink of water. This allowed Danny to go run and get a bottle of water for Tink —a perfect set up for a killer rebuttal that helped him close the casket on the battler. Another highlight of the battle was the back and forth, priceless, banter between Danny and Method Man. Danny disses Meth in his round, saying he should “Slap Method Man for letting ‘How High 2’ get made.”
Come on tink you fucken up already! @Tink_da_Demon @metaphormessiah @SMACKWHITE @urltv pic.twitter.com/t3YfRcScuY
— thebigdread (@thebigdread1) August 15, 2020
https://twitter.com/threeletterman3/status/1294255312455766016
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Danny Myers vs Tink Da Demon
TONY BRO: DANNY 3-0
GOODZ: DANNY 3-0
40 BARRS: DANNY 3-0
METHOD MAN: DANNY 3-0FAN VOTE: Danny Myers 5642 – Tink Da Demon 503
Danny wins by a unanimous decision.
— Let’s Talk Battle Rap (@LTBRpodcast) August 15, 2020
METHOD MAN VS DANNY MYERS 😭💀 #SMACKSATURDAYS https://t.co/HuIrj8WvYw via @YouTube
— 3 0 DA CULTURE (@artnbattles) August 15, 2020
METHOD MAN VS DANNY MYERS 😭💀 #SMACKSATURDAYS https://t.co/HuIrj8WvYw via @YouTube
— 3 0 DA CULTURE (@artnbattles) August 15, 2020
Lastly, was probably the moment of the night. Mike P vs. Bill Collector takes to the Caffeine stage and plays out the tragic end to the last saga in this Pulicean soap opera set into play by former Goonies, Ryda. Bill Collector was expected to lose since Mike P has been on a crazy run over the last few events.
But … Bill knew how to stop the Long Island rapper cold in his tracks, after identifying a c#### in his armor … Mike P gets uber emotional about his girl.
Line of the night addressed Mike unfollowing “all us n-words” and what that did not erase. He won off of that. No… he won off of Mike P choking, perhaps he suffered from the Spirit of the Sensei. Damn, Mike P done messed up someone’s bracket.
The winners of the battles and going to the semi-finals are Holmzie the God, Nunn Nunn, Bill Collector, and Danny Myers. Shout out to Battle Rap Stats for this breakdown.
Bill Collector defeats Mike P in a unanimous decision to advance to the final 4 #ultimatemadnesss2 pic.twitter.com/7s7SH6CdiV
— Let’s Talk Battle Rap (@LTBRpodcast) August 15, 2020
Bill Collector really beat Mike P 😂😂😂 didn’t see that comin
— MoneyVanGogh (@MoneyVanGogh) August 16, 2020
https://twitter.com/oluwast_gabriel/status/1294781721662107653
Mike P will for sure bounce back have another great battle this year. I thought his first round was clean. Today was a body though and I say that out of respect to fair judgement.
Bill Collector got it done in dramatic fashion, put some respect on his name.
— Lawyer 💼 (@LawyerNumberOne) August 15, 2020
https://twitter.com/BostonPrincessa/status/1294762158681657348https://twitter.com/TYungsir/status/1294272624554577920
This aged gracefully because Bill Collector got Mike P the f### outta there https://t.co/BwKVKbgkJZ
— Westside Buddah (@4Buddah) August 15, 2020
Here are my #RETINA performance ratings for the emcees on #UltimateMadness2:
1. Bill Collector (8.75/10)
2. Danny Myers (8.5/10)
3. Nunn Nunn (8.5/10)
4. EK (8/10)
5. Holmzie Da God (8/10)
6. Mr. Wavy (7/10)
7. Tink Da Demon (6/10)
8. Mike P (5/10)How'd you call it?
— BattleRapStats: bars.battlerapstats.com (@BattleRapStats) August 15, 2020