Both had some nice material here in this battle. So far the best battle i've read, where both came with bars/isn't one sided. Few slight wording issues here and there, more so from one than the other. Good read on both sides. Leaning one way slightly more so than the other. Good luck to both. 

ROUND 2 Submission deadline: January 19, 11:59PM Eastern (GMT -5). Good luck fellas!

Good battle guys. I'll be back to vote shortly.

Voted

It's not just OPS this time, it's tha actual OP!!!!

Hmmm...thot time. I thought Rai brought a really strong verse. A couple times his rhyming was off, and I'm not sure he understands chemistry...lol...but outside of that it was a strong verse. A couple lines that weren't the most creative, but generally good. Row, so...I've always felt you have a really strong natural sense of flow, but I didn't really see it here. About halfway through the verse I lost the flow which is a big negative to me, and it just didn't feel polished. I've always felt that your punches are quite good when the ideas really line up, and just okay whe they don't. I think that you typically have some mix of both, and this battle is no different. I think this is a tight battle and I could see it going either way, but Rai brought more consistency, flow, and a little more polish to me. 

I'll be back to help condemn one of you to a sweet victory... and condemn the other to a bitter ending.

Seeing alot of these simpsons bars lately, did I miss the memo? Regardless, good ideas from both. I'll try my best to explain my vote.

@Rai,

Your first bar was nice, I actually thought it was hella dope. Good personal on his liking for cartoonish bars/anime in general, was kinda funny also. Second bar, CRAPPY FRAMING and NAVIGATION multis are hella off. The idea is decent, but I expected you to come w/ harder shit than this. The third bar was okay, I thought it was set-up decently but the concept was lacking. You made the best of the concept, but I think you could of came up with something else, nothing hurting you too badly but still. Fourth bar was decent, liked the personal aspect and the fact that it was probably true, decently set up.. I would say your best bar was your last bar. For me anyways, the WP was smooth and another personal, and honestly this bar had something all your other bars didnt (minus the WP)... it was tight knit. All your shit is hella spaced out w/ giant multi strings. No inner rhymes.

@Row,

What I liked about the first bar, was the fact that every multi you had went w/ the set-up hella nice, and as unique as each concept was - it was still relevent to what most people know. Second bar was strong too, personal edge, and witty angles to take on your set-ups. Third bar, I didn't really get the Pants / tops thing. I read it few times, and I just don't get it. The ending punch to this was w/e as well, it did start well though... Fourth bar, wouldn't of got the Dairy Queen reference if it wasn't for the expo, but was still clean, and thought this was a pretty good bar. Fifth bar, I thought the whole make up shit was played. The Guy/Kai WP was a bit of a stretch, I guess... but the bar was executed decently throughout just thought the first multi set coulda been cleaner here, I just never heard anyone saying thugging brother hurl before. This bar was okay.

Realistically, a battle is a show-case of skill. To me? Skill is WP, creativity, flow, personals, name flips, multis, all put into one to create a master piece, and I think Row did a much better job in that regard. No hate to Rai, I do appreciate the clean style, but I think clean clear cut styles like that will get beat when put against a unique free flowing verse like Rows. Fairs in.

8-7 Row.

good battle one was more creative and thats what win this battle. 

ITS OPS BITCH

good battle..husband cheating and sawyer line were fire... close battle Voted: Yes (Hidden)
Posted on: 2018-01-19 10:52:32

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close close battle. one had smoother multies but the other brought more personal punches here. tight one. fair is in

I feel like it was easier to Read Rai's verse, didn't have to explain his word play as much. I could guess the majority of what he meant just by reading it. Better Finishing punch  IMO fv

nice, even battle yo. Both had slips, edged it over who was more consistent. fv

I thought Row was better

ok , both different styles but pretty even in most categories . lots of personal references alongsie the punches . weird both referencing the simpsons in 2018 even if they were set ups lol . but for me one was cleaner , tho both had some slightly dodgy multis imo . close but got one edging it with a smoother read .

both spazzed. vote concealed

not an exclusive member but ill speak my mind.

funky as fuck here boys. without the expo i had no idea what row was talking about half the time... that said, with the expo row's shit was nasty. 

but rai was, in a layman's eye, more coherent and set up nicer, better punches, kept up the math topic, in-fractions, subtractions, chemistry, etc..

both were meannn tho... id give it to Rai,

high 8 and an 8