RULE's Vote
Rocky's Track
The production on the first part was dope, fitted your style perfectly. The intro hook was catchy, and the rohaan soundbite added a touch of humour. The first verse had nice flow, but the content was a lil basic to me. I liked the personal intent, but the only line to catch my attention was the "i'd rather be screamin murder" bar which i thought was a nice jab.
The second half is where the track changed gears. it was the complete opposite of the first verse, because i felt the flow was a little off in places, sounding more like an accapella battle verse thrown on a beat at times. The content on the other hand? Bangin. Taking shots at everyone made the verse more appealing, and there were plenty of quotables. These were bars that caught my eye: "fuck you anyway" ... "cramp, walk it out" ... "losin to fame" ... "illuminati radar" ... "buckle, fit in comfy" ... "im the foundation". The buckle in was POPPIN. The bars were non stop and the intricate lines meant the track had replay value.
Pros: Bars were top notch, good production.
Cons: Not enough direct Phil disses.
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Philly's Track
The beat kicked the track off perfectly. The flow was pretty much perfect until the "sprinkler" part where it got a lil off. The ending with "Banks dont get down like that" was just pure swag. Sometimes elevating yourself can be as effective as dissin your opponent and little sections like that were really dope. Althought the flow was cracky, i didnt catch too much content of note in the first verse.
Nice switch and Denzel skit. Again the second verse was the changing of the gears, the flow got a lil more vicious and boastful, and the bars started coming in waves. A bunch of quotables like: "cain goals" ... "lame moan" ... "last gc, dead dude" ... "veteran stew"... "stick to the fact" ... "exit ramp". I think the cain goals line will fly over heads, that was DOPE. Verse had a nice mixture of personals and bars. Sometimes the delivery is a little slurred or rushed and it makes the bars a lil hard to catch, mixing of the vocal levels might play a part. The pen game was tight, plenty of bars you catch on second and third listens.
Pros: Delivery was good, bars were heavy.
Cons: Content got tedious.
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Overall
Couldnt be closer in my opinion. Production was even to me, both having two-parts and all parts had dope beats. Rockys transistion from beats was a lil aburpt while Phils had a gap that was too long. Both had catchy mini-hooks. Legion is doomed, banks dont get down like that... both stuck in the head. Phil had the better flow, while Rock had the better delivery (there is a difference). The pen game was pretty even, the buckle & kangol lines both had my attention for there execution. Man this is so fuckin hard to split. I feel like Phil had the better song, as in track to just listen to. Kinda shit to hit the shuffle and not get skipped. Rocky's second verse was probably the best diss verse of the four that came from these tracks. At the end of the day i felt neither had a real KO bar, a true deadly personal that ended shit, but both were so consistantly scoring that the only way i can split them is to go with the track i enjoyed the most overall, and even that is just a slender edge. Wish i could be more sure on this tbh, i'd love to score this the tie that i think i is, but gun to head on track stands out slightly more to me.
MVGT: Phil Banks.
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