Congratulations on making it to the Semi Finals. You both have until the 28th @ 11:59opm Est to submit your 2 min a cappella. No extensions. Best of luck, gents.

SON WRIT HIS MASTERWORK, just to get SONNED WITH A PRACTICE VERSE / ‘wet behind the ears’ like he was JUST CHRISTENED AT THE CHURCH! / at this juncture ‘cross me, you’ll get the ‘heel n hand’ like DRUNK BITCHES AFTER WORK!! / brainchild: whoever said he’s in his bag got STUCK WITH THEN AFTERBIRTH!! / I'll run through Village with a TOOL OUTgreen flash, hoodie over the mask, this MF 'DOOMED' NOW / Arm waving like Denzel when WE SHOOT OUT / even his Betty gets BOOPED OUT.. 'Equalizer in 16' like the sound tech when BEATS TOO LOUD! / Rupt said you STINK TOO, WOW! no Air Wick: but 'this Jawn'll clear this FREAK'S ROOM' OUT / BIG WEAPON.. leave everything leakin when HIS CHEST HIT the shots inaudible from THIS DISTANCE / but ‘Type-O Everywhere’ like HIS TEXT WRITTENSsomeone betta ‘DRIP’ CHECK HIM! / its like I’M DYSLEXIC I can only see ‘V-I twisted in the Hospital’ from my PERSPECTIVE! / THIS know it all ‘sat down n rolled’ like Stephen HAWKING YOU Gretta Thurnberg in the voice head ass: (who's this lil bitch TALKING TO?) / the God Complex that DAWG ABUSE? Jesus Christ: I'm NOT AMUSED, these Jabs, Crosses n Hooks that UMMA USE ta leave his upper cut? aint BOXING MOVES!! / fuck it, I brought a SHOTTA THRU / Is dawg caucasian, WOP or OCTAROON? / IF HE OCK! he’ll get his head-wrapped' IF HE NOT i'll still POP N SHOOT if it's OPPORTUNE / he’ll catch a 'round behind his temple' even if he NOT A JEW / COCK THE TOOL 'flare a bird at the back of his head' like a COCKATOO / ‘bless ur pointed head with a palm’ whether or not the nose spray OFF ‘ATCHOO’ / STOP IT DUDE or get the plumber.. God Forbid he ever ‘backs up any of the SHIT’ HE TALK / do the math, IF WE BOXED, you wouldn't raise a hand let alone lift a DIGIT OFF! / we can't count on you, ur numbers up, u'd be all thumbs n stuff if GIVE'EM LOCK!!Fibonacci Sequence: leave his cipher's shattered if we SPIN THE BLOCK!! / ‘return on investment got him upside down’ without a BUSINESS CASE / if my WRITTENS MAKE u TRIGGERED, GREAT! ‘the lines I pull of with this pin’ will END YA FATE like a RIGGED GRENADE u TRIP N BANG! u were already spare parts, now ur a ‘bloody mess’ a BIG DISGRACE / director's cut: I could silence you off-screen with an 'EXTRA' LINE / u gotta Face for Radio, Voice for Text, and Lyrics for the DEAF N BLIND / you got a CHECHNYN VIBEthe way u’ll use mediocre arsonal to STRETCH A LINE / u middle of the field with lines chillif you didn't want ya ‘spot blown up’ u never should'a never STEPPED IN MINE VILLE!

-Rhet

GL Ville

Good battle where fellas, good stuff on both sides...

Villag ..had some good lines but some didnt conncect very well..I e. RS ban..yes mod related but very vague, clique/click to me was meh...I know what ya trying to do..the braggadocious in some bars instead of punches kinda hurt here...overall solid verse, honestly was expecting more

Rhetorik- opener was decent followed by some decent jabs in, feel like you really picked up at the mf doom line, some ok punches but overall some punches were nice enough to cover those

Village (bar I liked) -Paraplegic braggin, no one belives in your future n movements either

Rhetorik - THIS know it all ‘sat down n rolled’ like Stephen HAWKING YOU Gretta Thurnberg in the voice head ass: (who's this lil bitch TALKING TO?

Overall my winner takes it with punches, concepts, complexity and nameflips

Good battle fellaz...may the best bars go on

Fire battle here. Both brought seminfinal worthy bars. My winners hit a little harder for me. Can see this going either way, best of luck to whoever goes through. 

GO HARD!!!

I'm da star n in my absence you're nothing, solar system

So no need to pull up at your door with a pair, Jehovas witness

Vampires n mirrors, you averted by your own image,

So no wonder you disgusted by what you spit, hangover sickness

Ya speech fo da god, empty service, underperformin preacher

Fuck outta here with that shy performence

Ya punches neva landing, the only way they fly be honest

N me? I can close my eyes n still hit da target, Michael Jordan

I collect bodies everywhere I see em, an inspired hoarder

I like knife but dis gun a finer sort a

Bulleta move from place to place in da system more than an undesired orphan

Look how I ignite with horror

n you ain't reachin beyond ya usual lines like you stuck inside da border

Yea I like writin n fly rhymin but this life tightens

it's grip around my vitals

So it ain't enough for me to punch, I make sure that I eat too, Mike Tyson

Your act lacks talent, you hardly castin

You got a big mouth but for gainin attention that shit is hardly helpin

N me? I might neva utter a word n still get everyone's respect, Charlie Chaplin

Dis new team of fuckin admins a bit weird

Looks like you do it behind da curtain while playin hide n seek, yea

Transparant keyboard, we can see through ya clique dear

You failed to notice da settlement burnin, Village be flames in here

Retarded firemen, yall tried to get rid of smoke while the fire be still here

Rhetorics? nah, ya caregivers helpin you put on ya pants dude

Bed springs, you be restin on their support, yea that's you

N me? I lean on nothing, Michel Jackson dance move

We hit ya home since you gloatin you dope

Crowded space, we squeeze through any openin yo

While you toastin for yo dough on ya sofa

feelin like you assumed control on you own

But tell me is your life really in ya hands when mine are ova ya thoat?

Dis cuz seen no (casino) pain, gamblin loss

Unskilled poker player, the cards you was dealt makes you complain, can't handle the load,

But me, I had to fight for my chips, an obese protectin his own

So it aint nothing for me to leave dis bitch in waste, trash on a coast

Paraplegic braggin, no one belives in your future n movements either

Plus you can't handle my class act, stupid teacher

That wall of confidence you just built be in ruins quick, uh

Like you're really that guy we know that can do it cheaper

Felt rhet's verse flower better ands he seemed more comfortable doing so.  That'mine' bar was dope.  

Nice spar here with the punches think one had more impact with some bars here with that being said I got my winner frvn gents 

Expo: "do it behind da curtain.... get rid of smoke" / admins banned RhymeSmoke and didn't present any proof of offence.

See through your clique/click

VI: really nice verse, back to back punches to start. Michael Jordan was hard. but felt like throughout the verse there were parts where the wording was a bit awkward which hurt the landing on a few punches. Some of the wording for the setups was awkward for me too, like "life tightens its group around my vitals". Ending was a good example of this too. Tons of punches to choose from though... you certainly had the volume to compete. My only other critique was it felt like you rushed through your punches and it lacked some build up and delivery. This was a banger.

Rhet: liked your angles and punches a bit better than VI's overall, and in a text format, your verse feels better. I do think you kind of rushed through the delivery a bit too, similar to VI, so it didn't really hurt you much here. The beginning was a bit awkward, the christened at the church like / wet behind the ears was a bit too emphasized, but the verse picked up quickly afterwards. Some of the delivery could have been more emphasized to strengthen the punch, would have liked to see the "nose spray off ATCHOO" line delivered a bit stronger. 

Look, really, both parties have a competitive verse with tons of things to like on both sides. What edged this battle to Rhet for me was i just felt like the delivery was a bit more battle-centric and it felt more impactful with the execution of the verse. I do think in terms of pure writing, Rhet did have the advantage with a bit more creativity, but Village had the volume of punches. Good battle here from both ,definitely worth the 3-4 times I listened through.

This was a good battle here fellas. I fucked with this heavy. I have to say havent heard Rhet spit ina minute but his acca flow is dope, although, could use more aggression and slight delivery to help the punches hit a little harder. Good shit though I give it a couple months and Rhet will be a problem in audio for sure. Already is tbh.

Village.... I have to say, and maybe you can vouch for this, but ever since the Audio Premier tourney, and you and me going at it, Im sure you had to get in your bag when thinking of bars for me, and since then, all the shit I said in our battles was truly constructive feed and you took that and ran with it. The "hands... mine are over your throat" bar was delivered flawlessly. Shit like that. Hella punches too. 

Both had good bars, village delivered them slightly better here.

Fairs in fellas. Dope shit. 

This the battle I wanted to see good shit to both of you here and may the best one win it. I have my winner on a slight edge overall but this is anybody's game for real. FVNH.

Upset alert wow...on paper I would of thought the second Mc had this easily but u lacked the energetic beast mode in used to hearin from u..I heard more reading than beastin or energy so then village for the upset big moment big performance I fuckin love it hell ya...a force to be reckoned with keep it up homey

This is kind of tough.

Village - Solid cadence, great delivery, presense is on point. Lyrics are not bad, but there was nothing that was super interesting or hard hitting in my opinion. Personally,  I liked a lot of your build ups more than I liked your actual punches. Im not sure I've ever seen a Mike Tyson line I enjoyed, this one was cool though. Personals relating to mod work and what not was alright. 

Rhet - You have a good cadence here,  but your presense and delivery is kind of weird. I've mentioned this in other peoples battles as well, but it just sounds really lackluster. The most difficult part of this is it sounds boring....like you were trying to be quiet instead of embracing your own presense. As far as the lyrics are concerned, there is a ton to be enjoyed here. The whole octaroon, cockatoo scheme was tough. 

Overall - difficult choice. In my opinion this ended up being someone who is a technically better rapper, vs someone who had superior lyrics. I have Rhet edging for punch effectiveness, and still having a decent flow throughout. 

Very religious battle 

Village: energetic deleivery here went real well with the style, however the flow feels forced at times. Vampire / Orphan was real good bars. Rhetorik: fair delivery from start to finish and the Temple/Jew bar was nice. I got my winner on the 3-4 listen

dope, congrats to both you cats making it this far,,im gonna keep it simple..two differnt styles,. one was more agggresive with a nice floe and pumch count with the delivery, the other had a laid back flow with a descent delivery but had some nice punches with there set ups. both have something to prove but i got village taking this with a bit more impactful punches and smoother mic presence,,good luck to whoever makes it cause the final match is gonna be fire..

Ok this is the best Iv heard from Idiot, punches was nice but I don't like the style of sharp quick punchline endings he did in some of his punches but I gonna let it effect the vote to much. "Is ur life really in ur hands if mine r over ur throat" was nice. The hype was very good an hype agressive. Rhe had shit mic quality in comparisen to Idiot but his punches were harder and good, cockato line was dope and V.I line man honestly Rhe got this just on punches. both was good tho but it wasn't close imo clear winner here even tho both was good verses. 

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