Nice battle here, fellas. Both had good concepts and executed them well. I feel one attacked his opponent more than the other here. Fairs in, I’m out. (This one could go either way) good luck to both. 

January 7th: Round One Posting Deadline

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Esso - Nice drop, Good wordplay, Punches were strong and lasting, Multies stayed consistant. Only one problem... You started out talked about your self more that you did Proff. But you did get to dumpin on him after about the 4th bar.

Pro - 'Llittle feller ain't my son' I'm still "FATHERIN' DWARFS" SINCE yall picked this ho-ass-bitch like "aDOPTIN SUM WHORE WENCH!" 'straight to the finals'- put on a "BALLIN PERFORMANCE!" (bawling) Only after this L when your "SOBBIN IS POROUS!" First off- you're awful at sports wimp, regardless of TOP PICK ENDORSEMENTS if 'kids a problem going crazy retarted' its coz hes an "AUTISTIC ORPHAN!" - These are some nice ass bars. - The punches connected perfect. Wordplay was crazy, Multies were above what i actually expected with just looking before reading. This was a solid battle verse.

FV In Fellahs

Esso - Somewhat cracky verse. I thought you could've opened without theself hype. But from there on I liked every bar after that in your verse and you closed it off with a lasting impression. Nice verse to start the tourney off. Favs - Close the deal, Danny Tanner, baptist... The trump & wailers weren't far behind. Dope. 

Proff - Very surprised with your verse. Like the Autistic Orphan, skydiving, & pumping gas punches. You closed it off with a decent Jersey punch also. I thought the lion/pride punch fell flat. The Escorted punch could have been real fire but I thought the execution was mehh punchwise, never left me saying "that shit was nice", more dope concept, meh after I finished reading the bar. 

MVGT: Esso - Really nice battle here. Esso had a pretty sick verse to start the tourney off, and proff stepped up to the plate. Esso gets my vote for consistency, but I can tell proff can be at this level for sure. Dope stuff. 

I think both came with it pretty solidly here. Both had some highs and relatively similar lows. I think one was more consistent with the punch power from start to finish though & that gets my vote. 

Pretty entertaining read for the most part. Feel like Esso was just much more consistent overall with smoother rhyming and punches, and the cleaner wording to go with it. Felt like Proff was actually doing alright but just fell off bad here in the second half (starting right after the parachute line) so Esso got it pretty decisively. 

hmm i think both did pretty good here and was creative in the dissing. Esso i like da Danny Tanner reference, it was funny how u used the bob sagget line against ur opponent it was a nice verse. Proff did pretty nice to i thought the 'burn the remanance' was fire. It was really close but imma vote who edged this a bit more with the punchlines. ok gl guys. 

Esso used too much self-hype and I think some of his rhyming was a little bit off, but other than that the verse was great. Good concepts back-to-back coupled with his trademark swag-heavy style. Proff's verse was actually shaping up to cause the upset of the decade with the okay first couple of bars and the absolutely NUCLEAR parachute line, which was easily the bar of the battle, but after that the verse quality jumped off of Mount Everest without a parachute and devolved into something miles below Esso's verse. Kind of a disappointing battle in that it got my hopes up (which I barely had going into it) and then dropped them, although still closer than I thought it would be. Fair's in.

Loved the Lamar Jackson shout-out in ones opener, dope! Hopefully Baltimore wins the Superbowl. Anywho, one shocked the shells out of me here while the other came up big when he usually does, in tournaments.. Not saying anything else, the vote is concealed gentleman

Good bout. I got Esso taking this with some more clever concepts, also had a good personal

my winner had some nice shit, my loser had dope ideas that never delivered. #KingVote

Dope battle, felt one was a lil more consistant but not much in this. 1/

This was a good battle! Esso, I wasnt feeling the opener but the signature line was bonkers. Sick bar. Everything after was smooth too, well done. Proff you put up a good fight as wel . Flow was nice, punches were good. My vote goes to the guy who had a few more stronger punches. Good job!

Ess got this 💪💯

Proff had a few really funny and witty moments here but esso seemed to be on a whole other level most of the time with the better set up jabs but that danny tanner shit was the BOTB. Proff had some good stuff he could have capitalized on to make his verse way more effective but it seemed like he wasn't interested to or something i dunno, got esso taking this.

This was battle of the round imo, some really nice bars from both sides. Overall my winner was more consistent here, and operating at a higher level.

Esso I thought your signature line was dope af, and the John The Baptist line was really nice as well. The Danny Tanner line took a long long buildup and wasn't really that hard, since its a pretty obvious flip and the actual meaning of the punch is basically "you lost once to a Lock multi" which doesn't really sting too hard. Nonetheless this was overall a very smooth and effective verse.

Proff I really liked the last half of your verse, I thought the way the multis were structured was a very unconventional approach but in this instance I think it worked. You had several wording issues in the first half of the verse that really held it back though. "sobbing porous" just doesn't mean anything afaik and was a clear forced multi. Also, I don't really know why anyone would have to know how to "compare a shootout", this needed to be reworded to actually make sense both ways.

There were some great lines from both sides here, but ultimately consistency and slick execution produced a clear if not comfortable winner in my mind.

you’ll find that ACTION BEYOND REGRETTABLE when I ‘Trump you and start a war’...I’m ‘TACTICALLY BOMB IN GENERAL’!

Proff fit ta wet some heads’ that’s the ‘TALE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST

kids a problem going crazy retarted' its coz hes an "AUTISTIC ORPHAN!"

wouldn't know how to compare a shootout' with "SKYDIVING CLASSES!" (come parachute out)

I'm hearing 'that pussy Ess scored it', gents? (Escorted) that's an "AD MADE" this "FAG PLACED" on "BACKPAGE" or "CRAIGLIST" in his "PAST DAYS" at a "SHACK CAGED" as a "MAN SLAVE" to "GAY PIMPS!

That shit was fire from bother. Really it came down to intensity and one brought it all the way. Good battle, loser, whoever you are, should not be ashamed, this was a sick battle. 

Solid battle here from both. Was surprised by Proff's performance. But, felt it wasn't as strong as the concepts that Esso brought to the table. Both had some readability issues, though. One probably because of rust.