[Mr. J]

This was an interesting battle to judge. Both dope drops.

Uni, your verse had some dope ideas layered into it, I really enjoyed the concept as well, what really caught my eye was how it was structured, wasn't too sure what you had going on at first but after giving it some time to sink in I felt like the direction you took really struck the topic on its head, its not too often someone uses their pieces in the way you did. In fact I remember doing so but color coordinating who and how they presented themselves, it kind of reminded me Dante's Inferno, which is pretty neat. Dope piece.

LP, you really toyed with this topic to your preferences and it makes the piece much easier to read, your rhymes are structured in a way that makes it smooth as you progress throughout, really enjoyed some of the references you had littered throughout too,. Made the piece worthwhile and enjoyable.

V/both brought their A-game here and made this battle a tough one to pick a winner on, Uni brought a crazy structured piece but the centering of it kind of made me go crosseyed so I'm going to mark that up as a negative on your behalf, LP brought some nice material as well and reminded me of something Lars would do within his piece, but under his guidance it's no surprise to see it leak into your work. I think you would have benefited from breaking it apart the way Uni did. It could help, or not. I'm not too sure at this point.....

Anyway I feel like both deserve to be put in this position and will make next week interesting but I'm going to give it to Universe on this one for bringing not only a strong piece, but for keeping me enjoy the read slightly more than LP's. Nice work fellas. Gotta give it to Universe