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Sharp Nine: You came a bit soft in the top half, as though you were flipping braggadocio lines to inverse them. I'm not much of a fan of that style. The LeBron James line easily was the best of your verse, and the choking line was good and current. But the closer was way too generic, and the opener was weak. I feel like you could have attacked from more angles, as the girlfriend stuff clearly was the weak point. None of this was bad, but it could have been better for the most part. Your wording was OK, not harsh enough to carry the less clever concepts. I did like that you countered the obvious music school punches.

ill nik-A: This was well below what I expected from you. The opener was mediocre. The paper bag concept was a little thin, but you worded it well enough to get impact. Then there was a long run on average to mediocre lines until you got to the couch line. While generic, that was really good and something I hadn't seen before. The wording could've been tightened on that and the closer, which wasn't nearly as good. The weird thing to me is how choppy this verse is, as it doesn't read cohesively very well. Ultimately, though, you showed a bit more edge and had the line of the battle.

Vote: ill nik-A