Pretty good battle here. Both had some hits and some creative ideas. Seul had some long winded setups but he separates himself with a bit cleaner execution and no real technical mistakes. Brotha did well but the WPs in the Nintendo scheme (obtaining ten doe) and prayer scheme (notice n aim n end it) don't work both ways. That and the Seul nameplays were kinda light. Ive got Seul taking a decent battle here. 

This was a good read from both here. I feel Seoul started strong and BROTHAPLEASE ended strong. Both had good concepts that they executed well as well as some bars, although creative, just didn’t hit for me. This is a very close one here, I feel ones impact slightly more than the others here. Good luck to both, coin toss. 

January 7th: Round One Posting Deadline

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El Oh Dee

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EXPO:

- When you pull someone's leg, you are messing around with em, joking around etc.

- Gringotts is the goblin bank from Harry Potter. 

This was a fair bout here but That blm line had me crackin up though. GB fv 

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LMAO seul's closer brought back a few memories for sure LMAO. overall a very tight ass verse the gringotts bit was the BOTB for me. brotha started off with the game boy play which for me i could see coming from a mile away coz that how old that concept is but the rieper showed bit which followed was dope. but then another predictable bar and a borderline dafeet bar wasn't helping ur case here bro lol I have seen much much btter for you in the past lol but as for this battle i must say i got you losing this more than i got seul taking this man. If only had a few more lines like those ancient caves and rieper ones. 

Both had some pretty good concepts. Punch strength was there from both. I think overall though, Seul had more consistency from start to finish. Not as many flaws as his opponent. Pretty solid showing from both though. 

Seul's verse did have the fault of having some punches which were obvious from the setup, like the opener, buggin bodies. Closer also fell into that category but still was alright anyway. Account at Gringotts kind of did too but was hot as FUCK despite the fact it will probably go over people's heads. BROTHAPLEASE, I think you put a good effort into this verse and the execution was solid, but conceptually you weren't up to Seul here. In particular, you had a string of really bland and played-out concepts near the end of your verse. Seul / Sole wordplay - nope. Win, Doe / Window - nope. Holmes / Homes - nope. That alone was enough to lose you the battle. Fair's in.

I thought this was a very close battle where both battlers had some really nice bars among some really average ones. Giving more attention to their wording could have won my loser the battle here, or have given my winner a much stronger lead.

Seul, I thought your opener was really solid, the flow was expectedly great and the punch was nice. Your verse in general flowed really well, although there were a few bars I just didn't think landed well. The police evidence one just felt really obvious to me, like, it was telegraphed from when you talked about the FBI and I actually had to go back and think hard about what the other meaning could be. This meant there wasn't really a suprise or flip to the punch because I knew what the ulterior meaning was the whole time (unless I've monumentally misunderstood the bar, in which case sorry but you should have made it clearer). Your closer was pretty funny and a nice bar, overall this was a fantastic verse flow-wise with a nice opener and closer but a little inconsistent.

BROTHAPLEASE, I liked the concepts you brought in most bars and your flow and rhyming was pretty solid, but your wording was frequently off which really hurt how well your punches could land. "You ain't obtain Nintendo" doesn't really make sense, and the "picking up girls is on ice" seemed a very awkward fit for the figure skating meaning, to give 2 examples. The "put Seul in a bag w/o purchasin shoes" bar took an extremely played and tired nameplay and reused it in the most generic and unoriginal way possible, and this was easily your weakest bar. Your opener was really dope however, and I thought your curtains for you bar was fire as well. The Reaper bar was a bit of a played idea but the execution of it was enough to make it alright, and you had a few other solid 1-2 punches like the one ending in the Jamaican's food.

Overall this was a close battle but I feel my winner was more consistent. Whoever wins this should be a big problem in the GC going forward.

seul really nice verse here and creative. my favorite is the Brotha Gettin Shot bar...i like how u did the set ups for the punches it was nice. Brotha the set ups were also nice i think ya best verse was the curtains line pretty dope. i vote for whom i think was more consistent here. fv.

This is my fav bout of the round, and it's close too, took me mad long to decide which verse i preferred.

Seul your verse was pretty consistent, it was very well written and flowed well too. I liked all of your punches except for the opener. It didn't really connect for me. My fav bar from you was the 'pulling ya leg' punch, shit was nice.

Brother... Same shit i said about Seul, pretty consistent throughout. You had me hooked from the opener, i thought it was well written and the bars that followed kept getting better. My favs from your verse were 'pull it together for the win doe and the Nintendo scheme. Your closer was dope too. I didn't really care for the figure skating and finger painting punch though. 

Anyway dope bout. Read each verse twice it was that close for me. I got my winner though. Votes in.

Interesting battle here. Both put up a fight. But, I felt ones wordplay cost them here, and ended up giving their opponent the edge. Pretty even in regard to most other categories.