Previews
Red = Knucklehead
Green = Allen Knight
Allen Knight 1-0 vs. Joe Metts 1-0
Dope battle between two dudes with similar styles. Cool and creative bars off the top. Probably the best cypher heads on the site. We will see at least 5 sports references from each. I think I'd edge it to Metts based solely on wording and a slight bit more humor but it's a toss up.
Metts 60/40
Packed Graves 0-1 vs. Destroyer 0-1
I don't think packed is v eery good. He has some cool bars but a lot of played out shit and a lot of statement bars. He seems like a shitty version of King from RB. Destro da god comes dope 70% of the time but he can slack and drop keys with poor wording sometimes. I think even if that's the case his 2 or 3 standout bars will shine over anything pg drops. Who knows though. Could be packeds time to get a win over an nc vet.
Destroyer 70/30
this could be a good one, but idk what happen to packed lately hasnt been dropping
that good tbh, get focused nigga, des had a good verse last week he def gonna be a threat this season, im leaning towards him here.
winner= des, 60/40 but packed could take this.
Jilti 1-0 vs. Mercules 1-0
Tough call. Merc was pretty good at one point but shows a lot of rust. Don't know how well he'll adapt and shake it off. Jilti is one of the best new comers on the site and his only downfall is wording and played concepts. This will be a mediocre battle with a potential for a good match if Merc comes more polished and Jilti doesn't use to many boring and old concepts.
Jilti 60/40
ill clinton aka jilti is a faggot, merc is rusty still had a solid verse last week.
winner=merc 100/0
Greed 0-1 vs. Obnoxious 0-1 - already open
Already open, probably okay. Amen has come cool bars, some not. Greed is usually pretty mediocre/terrible and then he'll have like one bar in a 16 that makes me think "why can't he do this more". He has BIG consistency issues.. If he focused more he'd actually be pretty good.
Amen: 80/20
greed idk hes really hit or miss tbh, ob is good and he had some nice bars
last week, i think this could be close depending on which greed shows up
winner=obnox 70/30 but anything can happen here.
Hush 1-0 vs. Strange 0-0
Strange is King from RB? He can come nice in normal battles, but is usually dumbed down. A lot of strongly worded statement bars or personals. I don't see that style working well with pics, but I could be wrong. He also doesn't seem like he has the best humor. Hush is GOAT at pic battles and will come strong whether puts in effort or just keys. He has a quick wit with A+ humor in his pic battles, and uses his clever wording just as well in this style as he does in normal battles.
Hush: 80/20
this could be BOTW pic battle between king an hush, king is good complains alot
cuz hes slutmouth bitch but hes good, hush dropped fire last week and he likes pic
battles so i see him droppin nice. dope battle
winner=hush 55/45
Blanco Bishop 0-1 vs. E Tha Real 0-1
E was either never good or is suppeerrr rusty. Some of his bars last week didn't even have punches in them. I thought the number of my moms arm line was cool in his battle vs. me but even that lacked sting due to structure and wording. Blanco has wording issues as well but always has some sort of punch in his bars. He'll have more quotables than E and take this with ease unless E comes out of nowhere with a much better showing of talent.
Blanco: 80/20
bishop has concepts but his wording needs work, needs to be more harsh
the sting on his punches isnt there....yet. E is still kinda rusty but has some decent verses he needs to stay away from played concepts an he'll be good, this can be close.
winner=E 60/40
Tic Tac 1-0 vs. SpookyDeep 1-0
Spooky has great wording and creative concepts. The problem is, ALL of his creative concepts are gun bars. No one wants to read that koon garbage. This isn't LB where everyone wants to be Conceited. Even the most witty gun bar is a mediocre bar. Sure, incorporate gunplays in a nameplay or wordplay, but you can't win with them as a crutch for your verse to stand on. Tic won the newbie tourney and is becoming quite a well rounded txtcee. Some techinal issues, but his actual bars will beat Spooks gun bars.
Tic Tac: 85/15
spooky i havent seen battle in forever but hes ok when he was, tic is good and
hes been active, he can drop some dope bars. i think he wins this one, it could be
a good one but idk how rusty spook is.
winner=tic tac 70/30
Strikta 1-0 vs. Letterman 1-0
Strikta seems motivated this season, and when he is trying to win, he does just that. He can come with a lot of fresh concepts on top of strong wording. He has a miss here and there, but usually drops a very well done verse. Letterman I think is just the prime example of why I don't like RB and it's preferences. He drops 1-2 cool concepts a battle then fills in a bunch of statement punches. BUT, a lot of those are personals that are quotable from time to time. And Strikta is the best target for personals tbh. His threads usually envoke dope wordplays and current event bars when people aren't even battling him. If Letterman can use personals and a few nice wordplays, he could get this. I don't think he'llpull it off though.
Strikta: 80/20
let dropped a solid verse last week vs packed he wasnt to played lol, tbh he
has good wording but just needs to stay away from those old ass concepts
look up shit if u think its been done yo, strik had a good verse last week and
acouple of fire bars tbh, hes still on his game imo, this will be a good one tbh
winner=strik 70/30
Iamtheliquorrandy 0-1 vs. Potatosacklegend 0-1 vs. Unfukwitable 0-1
Two are shitty aliases, the other is a cool up and comer. Not much to say here. Un comes pretty good usually but can be really terrible and COULD get caught if Randy is a good alias. Potato is not at all, his verse last week was some unfunny failed attempt from VERITAS type shit.
Unfukwitable: 95/5
dont kno these ppl besides unfuk, if he shows i think he'll win
but the others can suprise tbh.
winner= unfukwitable 55/45
Muff 1-0 vs. Wordz Ahgod 1-0
Wooooo. I think both of these faggits are just the worst. Muff is a weird dude and talks/types way to much. He's the type of guy that you're nice to in the real world but try to avoid usually. Probably lingers when you try to walk away from a bad/boring story. Always saying you should hang out and to hit him up, but you never do. Wordz is the type of guy you don't even tolerate at all. He is egotistical for no reason and just a bland person. His whole existence is a played text verse. The stupid anime shit and having a Z in his name. Ugh. Hate that guy. AND his verses suck. He drops like one nice wordplay or nameplay every 5th verse and the rest is played or statement bars that look like Letterman or King wrote them drunk. Muff, while a weird guy, is good sometimes. He also can drop absolute garbage, I think mainly because he battles/cyphers to much. He just throws concepts out and if he writes a verse after he's exhausted any hopes of a dope concept, it comes out super sloppy. He will have more nice bars here though. One really dope zinger, a few cool bars, and like 2 filth bars.
Muff: 80/20
this will be intresting wordz thinks hes dope but he aint, he can drop some cool shit
here an there but this aint rb so g/l...lol naw wordz is cool this can be a nice battle.
muff is pretty creative sometimes his wording is a lil rough but hes nice w/ it,
this will be a good read.
winner=muff 55/45
Defiant 1-0 vs. King Karaoke 1-0
Defiant has a square head and, in general, is a square. His bars lack emotion and substance, much like I imagine he just does in life. He comes okay, never completely garbage.. but also never completely dope. His quotables and stand outs are usually personal statement bars worded well. Karaoke doesn't have much personal to go against. Karaoke is consistent and creative. Just look at his wins and losses. Defiant on his best day could beat Karaoke on his worst/medium. I don't see that such luck coming about though.
Karaoke: 80/20
king had the undefeated streak last season an looking to keep it goin, he is one
my fav's to champ at least once this season. def is good when he tries tbh
he'll have a good verse one time then next it seems like w.e, hopefully he drops like he cares here cuz he has a chance of winning but i feel kar got this.
karaoke=70/30
Alvin Karpis 1-0 vs. Knucklehead 1-0
Looking forward to this. Will bes BOTW if we both come correct. Good luck Karp.
this battle can be BOTW right here, im looking forward to this one, both are dope
alvin is last seasons champ an hes been killin shit lately, knuckle verse last week was
dope an had alot of fresh shit, this is really hard to pick. i'll say knuckle ina upset.
winner=knuckle 50/50
tyler 0-0 vs. Odd Ways 0-0
Not familiar with Odd Ways. Think he's a mid tier dude's alias. tyler is I'm 90% sure durden, who was dope on NC 1. But I don't think he's battled in like 2 years. That rust could hurt him, and this alias could take it. I think this alias is also rusty though. It's a toss up, so based off of tyler dropping like at 70% levels he used to , I'd say he takes this.
tyler: 60/40
odd i seen on rb hes decent tbh, tyler idk he was good before he went mia again
but idk if he'll show, if he does i think he'll take this cuz he was still good last i read
of him. this will be close odd can take it if tylers really rusty
winner=tyler 55/45
Similac 0-0 vs. Orc 0-0
Alias vs. one of the best. If Orc shows he wins, if not we'll see an okay verse to feed on.
Orc: 90/10
never heard of sim before or read anything he could be new or an alias idk
& orc is hof and hes dope one the only ppl i never see come back rusty from a long
break an thats rare he has some classic shit, he win this
winner=Orc 90/10
Vulgar 0-0 vs. Swerve 0-0 - already open
This is up already but I haven't peeped yet. Vulgar comes well in pic battles, with okay wording around bars that use roast-like jokes. It makes for some funny stuff, but against more seasoned battlers he gets edged out usually. In reg battles he tends to use oddball concepts, and a lot of topical-esque filler. Swerve is always dope. He'll have a few high level quotes and a few misses, but will win I imagine. Gonna go peep now and see if I'm wrong.
Swerve: 80/20
this could be a sleeper battle vul is a topical head but he can hold his own in battling
to, hes pretty creative an has a FN champed thats pretty impressive, swerve is nice
he can drop fire i seen him kill shit before, this will be one to look out for.
winner= hunchback faggot swerve 60/40
Power Rankings
1.Joe Metts
Arguably the best verse last week, assuming he keeps it up he should be in good shape.
2. Hush
Still one of the best in text when he wants to be, he's on his way to 2-0 which should make him among the first batch of contenders.
3. Karaoke
His verse against En Sabah Nur was dope. His NBL track record speaks for itself and
he's in a good position as contender matches start.
4. Strikta
His no show verse was still one of the best of last week. With a little more effort he can top anyone here. We'll have but he's got a strong start.
5. Destroyer
Des came correct last week and if he keeps that up he should see some champ matches.
6. Orc
If he shows he's one of the best, we just have to see how into it he is.
7/8. Alvin Karpis/Knucklehead
These two are about even, but whoever wins their match has a big advantage moving toward contender matches.
9. Allen Knight
Dude is nice, a solid battle and another solid shot at the contender matches.
10. Muff
Solid but not up to par with what he's capable of last week. Dude is another sleeper pick to keep to champ sooner if he can keep winning with that higher-tier text.
Honorable mentions: Swerve, Vulg and Tyler. Couldn't rank you too well since you just signed in.
Outro
If last week was any indication this should be a dope season. Keep this up, hopefully more people show up and sign in because the dudes in it right now are a solid talent pool. Looking forward to this week's battles, you guys are showing why the NBL is the best place for text. See you all in the battles.