Nigma - The first two bars or so, I really hated the line length and the lack of flow. It picked up and nicely, and the meaning behind the entire verse was rather nice. I loved the imagery from the boat, to the war, to the throne and ending in Grey area of after life. The thing I loved most of all though was the pace. I can't remember a verse that covered nearly a 100 years in the span of 40 lines or whatever it was. I loved that, it was different to me, and kept me intrigued because the possibilities were endless, and you ran with that. All in all, this was a very solid verse, however the beginning like I said I do wish you had restructured for flow or something my man. I will add that I loved the use of the topic.
Frank - For some reason I sensed a bit of fun and humor in this verse, no clue why though. I loved the story aspect, the big picture was all crumbling at once, pretty epic like, and that had me intrigued. I was wondering why the President wasn't stopping the Title Waves, so when he saved only North America I must say I was caught off gaurd. You hid it well to me, the ending I mean. Some of the flow was dope, some was pretty bad. I really dissliked the stretched lines, then short then medium. There was little consistency and structure, which is OK to some. But to me, in a hip-hop site where we write near raps/poems failing to hold structure means maybe its a short story that rhymes now and again. Which is fine some times, either way IDK? All in all, this was one of the better verses you've produced since your fall of the title
To me, this is the toughest vote I've had to cast since playoffs began. This shit is mad close, hence the reason nobody has voted on it including myself. I think I've read each verse like 5 times +. Each time I pick up new shit from Nigma's Iliad. The wording in his was key, some subtleties that showed he thought before just writing any word that fits. Because some words fit, then some words are meant to be there. Frank equally had a dope verse, I think his imagery was a bit better although by a prick hair alone. I enjoyed his ending and wasn't the biggest fan of the flow or at some points, forced rhyme.
All in all, I got Nigma wining by a cunt hair.
+.25 Nigma
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