[kannon]

Okay... So... I'm gonna start with Badi Alii because... Well, because she's the easiest one to eliminate from this round. :/

Badi Alii. Your flow starts out on point, but quickly falls apart when you get to the "ima head to the beach..." bars. And from there, it never gets back on track. This makes your track very difficult to listen to, because the flow is kinda just ONE-AND-TWO-AND-ONE-AND-TWO-AND, but when it's not being rapped on beat, and the end of each bar isn't being emphasized, it just kinda sounds like rhythmic rambling. The lyrics are depressing. Which I'm sure was the point. But that's another fine line to walk. You kind of either have to go over the top with it, almost being comedic, or it just comes out sad. And I know your last track wasn't meant to be taken seriously, so I'd like to believe there was supposed to be some comedy in here, like the "nothing but dikey" line, but it felt too real. If that makes sense. And I was less entertained by the lyrics, and kind of just started feeling uncomfortable. Especially when you started talking about rape. I would love to hear you on a real mic, with a real set up, with a memorized verse (as opposed to reading it off paper or something), maybe with some punch ins, flowing on beat. Cause I feel like you have a lot of potential, decent schemes and a big vocabulary. Probably listened to a lot of Canibus and Jedi Mind Tricks and shit. But I just think that your current set up, doing everything in one take, is just leaving you with incredibly sloppy results. But I definitely think memorizing your verse would be a huge start to improving your one take flow. Anyways, this is easily third place in this round. Sorry chica.

KIN. I wanna preface this by saying that I don't know how I feel about you turning this into a battle when the topic was meant to be anything but that... Half of me wants to be like "MAN THAT'S WEAK." but the other half of me wants to be like "MAN, DOPE FLIP ON THAT TOPIC." So I'm just gonna let that even itself out, and just take this as it is. And honestly, the use of "REAL" actually kinda tips me back in the favor of this being dope. Flow is cool. Punches were cool too. "used to a three way in real life" was dope. I like the flow switch and that "can't be your real voice" was a dope line to end that slow flow with. I dont know why that stood out so much to me, cause on paper, its a mediocre line, but the delivery was so dope, it made it a dope line. the next chunk of double time gets a little rockier, but you pick it back up quickly. I swear there is like an extra beat and a half right before the hook. So fucking weird. Anyways, Does anyone else find it weird to have a hook in a topical verse? I don't know if that's just a netcees thing, I'm literally never heard anyone ever put a hook in a topical battle before. Flow is on point for the most part. There are a couple lines that skew a little faster than the beat, but nothing that distracts too much. I think my least favorite part of this track is that little acappella chunk. Just like the delivery earlier made an ok bar sound doper, this part made an ok bar sound meh to me. And as miniscule as this may seem, I think its kinda weak that you spit SO MANY less bars about Gritty. Especially since he is your main competition here. But overall, pretty cool shit. I think I'm gonna skew towards liking your topic flip, but the track definitely started much stronger than it ended.

Bronx Eggs and Grittys. Flow started off kinda boring to me. During the "I admire... his will..." the rhymes weren't complex, and the slow flow kinda made it boring. But you switched it up right after that bar, and grabbed my attention again. Another hook. Maybe I'm weird to think that hooks in a topical are weird. Plus I feel like it eliminates so much time you could be building a story. This is weird. I started out thinking this was gonna be close. But for some reason, the more I listen to this (this is the 4th time), the less I like it :/ It feels kind of stream of conscious. Just kinda jumping around a lot. Like, this is a really dope SONG. But I dont know that it's a dope topical. if that makes sense. Delivery is dope. I think of all the people in this round, you fit the beat the best. But lyrically, it leaves a bit to be desired. I would have loved to hear you expand on your relationship with your father from the first verse, or maybe even just focus a bit more in verse two. From a technical stand point, this was great. Flow could be polished up a little, but that might just be a preference thing. It came off a little "half bar...half bar.../ half bar...half bar..." to me. Overall, I think I would probably be more inclined to listen to yours again, but I dont know if that gets you a win under these circumstances...

This is a close battle. Probably closer than I'm making it out to be. But after repetitive listens, and many words, I can't not cast my vote for Kin. That being said, I again would have loved to hear more story from all parties involved. All three verses seemed to skip from idea to idea a bit. Which is why I don't particularly care for such vague topics. I'd have loved to hear more direct story telling, more focused ideas, and more development. I'm excited for the finals.

Vote - Kin