Week 3: FGR (1-1) vs. Neighbor (1-0) - NEIGH WINS

[Answer]

We can go toe to toe in this fight. The punches your supplying are worse
If you hear he's beating me to death It's bcuz Im killing him first

I had a similar bar in my verse this week, but this is cool 8/10

Face to face I would trash u.. a smack or two and he's done
I'll beat your ass halfway home then feel bad about you living in one

cool concept, think it could've been worded in a way that was either more aggressive or more comedic 7/10

I can't stand this lame fuck. And everyone here hates you alot
Final stage boss? We're hoping that's what the doctor says when asking what kind of cancer you got

I like this, thought the line does seem a bit stretched out in comparison to the rest 8/10

I don't shoot to wound I shoot to kill. So this dude ain't stopping me
If I dump the clip at Boreas dead! & I ain't into Greek mythology

this would be cool but the pronunciation is baw ree us which doesn't fit in with the "bor he's" wp i think you're going for. 6/10

Imma pull up n murder everybody... Mom, dad, even your young kin
Bring that rifle thru your house so fast you'd think I was looking for something

I like the concept, it's fresh and creative. Syntactically it could be executed better though 7/10


Barrel aimed at your head... There's no point in wearing a vest
Neigh better run from this armorial get put in a box like storing a family crest

Not sure if this has been done, but I haven't seen it. Cool concept, but again the wording could just be executed better 7/10


43/60 - 71.67%

My resume's stacked; 50+ wins on the dopest to board w/ you
Before eyewitness F-150, they'll be describin the truck I loaded ya corpse into

this reads like it was a chore to word correctly, and overall I think it was worded pretty well but still sort of flawed in saying "I witness F won 50" vs. the correct syntax of "before I witness F win 50". Nitpicking, but I think it's a good bar. 8/10


Getcha face sawed & sliced til I snap the fuckin blade off the knife
It's effortless.. w/out breakin a sweat, lodge in the temple like a Masonic shrine

I don't really know of any real association with masonic shrines having sweat lodges and kinda the same comment as above about the wording reading like it's a chore, not that it isn't done well. 7/10

Let a cartridge burst in ya living room - ya wife or ya daughter first?
Tied up, held at gunpoint; put ya fam in the middle of the sticks like Martin Byrde

I've only watched a couple episodes of ozark but the wording is pretty self explanatory and comes off much smoother than the previous two bars imo. I haven't really been reading many battles lately so I don't know if it's been done, but it's fresh to me. 8.5/10

Ya whole world do a 180° - I empty shells, you ain't gettin ANY help
The semi melt; what I pull off the buckle's flippin F's upside-down like a Fendi belt

This is solid and the wording is executed well, but the concept itself just seems a bit basic/obvious on the name even if it's not played. 7/10

Ya bitch be payin me for sex; that whore won't stop takin porno shots
& trust me, I ain't cheap - it cost her $10K to get the Loadout like a Warzone drop

This is dope, 8.5/10

Nuclear bomb attached to ya ride; irony's in the Glad bags ya tied to:
Ya gettin my throwaways for Chemist & they'll be diggin through HAZMAT to find you

real solid closer 8/10

47 / 60 - 78.3%


I've never seen FGR before, I thought he had some dope concepts but overall I think the wording on some of the bars weren't to my preference, and I think the boreas line was a big misstep against a consistent opponent unless there's some alternative wp intended that I just missed. That being said, I think he kept it a close match-up and would've had my vote with a couple minor changes

I've enjoyed most of the verses I've seen from Neighbor, and this wasn't an exception. Admittedly, I have seen better from him, but it seems apparent to me that he takes both sides of the syntax when wording his bars and drives them home well, and being able to do that consistently is about 70% of what makes a good bar, with the other 30% being creativity and potential behind the concept.

mvgt Neighbor

[Wanderer]

FGR

Beating me to death
Final stage boss
Rifle thru ur house

A decent verse. These 3 stood out to me most with final stage boss being your best line

Neighbour

Masonic shrine
Fendi belt
War zone drop

Decent verse here too. I enjoyed your fendi belt line most then warzone drop

This is real tough. I like both of your styles and it’s hard to pick a fave from these 2 drops. 3 quotes each so I need to determine who’s verse was stronger as a whole.

Neighbour had that Byrd line which I can see is cool. However, I haven’t seen the show yet and had to look it up... takes the sting out. Closer was ok and opener I didn’t enjoy.

FGR had armorial which was ok I guess. Just don’t massively enjoy wordplay bars unless they’re super dope and unexpected.
Boreas and halfway home wasn’t really feeling

After much consideration,
My votes going too - Neighbour