Drects recap of World Domination 4. Good read imo.
I have had very mixed feelings about battle rap lately. On one hand there are sooo many dope emcees in their prime that are simply amazing. On the other hand, there is so much tweeting, blogging, bad business, and bitchassness fucking up the culture. It just loses me sometimes.
I was genuinely excited for WD4. To me, this was the resurgence of the beautiful "style clash." Not only do you have street emcees going against the suburb cats, you also have multiple accents and a wide array of subject matter being thrown around, which makes each battle unique and interesting.
I am going off of what I saw live and haven’t reviewed any Pay Per View Footage. This blog is written with predictions, overviews & final grades. Why? No idea, I like to write and be creative I guess.
I hope you appreciate my honesty throughout this blog. Battle rap needs more higher ups keeping it real with the emcees, whether they are friend or foe - its the only way they will get better.
SIDE NOTES
Me and Organik got some much needed personal discussion out the way. Got a lot of love and respect for him. He really puts on for his city/country.
J Pro is my dude. He’s like fam now.
Trevor from KOTD is the funniest dude in the world. What a BAWSE!
Daylyt’s house was actually the one from San Andreas that CJ grew up in. He said he saw the videogame people outside taking pictures of the neighborhood before the game came out. Me and Clips concluded that they made CJ look like Daylyt. Rockstar games may owe him some bread for his likeness. I’m not joking.
Pat Stay is a very nice man who never orders from the menu. He goes behind the counter and gets to know the workers at the restaurant and has them make custom plates.
Dizaster had me, J-Pro & Luke from KOTD in some 50 story building that overlooked all of Canada and me and Luke refused to stand up on the patio. I learned just how much I don’t mess with heights.
Myself, Kenny (s/o to Kenny), Daylyt and Charlie Clips could not win a pickup bball game in Toronto. God literally stopped us from winning multiple times with a bunch of life obstacles. I was genuinely upset.
Rone didn’t get raped.
I love Charlie Clips, but I hate him.
DAY 1
Pigsty vs Gin-I
My Prediction: Hadn't seen these two emcees before, but heard their names tossed around.
This was a little messed up because it was the first battle of the day and the staff was still getting the sound right. I could only hear about 30% of the battle. Pigsty has a super-rhymy style that reminds me of Anecdote in the jumpoff days. My advice to him would be to vary his flows and try using different vocal inflections and project towards the crowd when he is on stage. Gin-I was very energetic, but I think he needed more lines.
Final Grade: D+
This battle would have probably been better in a closed room. Wish I could have heard more.
My Winner: Pigsty
Definition vs PH
My Prediction: PH 2-1
I forget who went first, but this battle definitely woke the crowd up. PH had a great first and Definition had a super great second. I remember the battle coming down to what Definition did in the 3rd round and he dropped the ball a little bit (seemed like he lost the crowd?), while PH was solid throughout. Apparently, Definition was drunk at the last world domination and PH Jazzy Jeff’d him out of the hotel room. In PH’s first round he pretended like Definition did it to him - very funny and creative.
Final Grade: B-
The battle had highs and lows, but these two definitely sparked up the crowd.
My Winner: PH
J Pro vs Anygma
This was moved to Day 2
Pass vs Osa
Didn’t happen. It crushed my life - I was so hype to see this.
100 Bulletz vs JC
My Prediction: JC 2-1
The only person I have ever really felt that convincingly beat JC was Blackheart Adonis, but apparently not too many people saw that. In some fans eyes, JC is just plain unbeatable - he just has that very professional approach that is commonly seen in the “Top Tier.” I knew 100 Bulletz could beat JC, but he was definitely the underdog. Honestly ... JC kinda got washed. I remember the third round starting and Bulletz saying “I know people from your town that gave me dirt on you” and JC was shaking his head like “yea right.” Bulletz then says, “you live with your cockeyed sister.” I don’t know if that was true or not but JC had a look on his face like, “oh shit ... its over.” That’s what did it for me.
Final Grade: B+
Good battle, but a top level JC performance would have made this a classic.
My Winner: 100 Bulletz
Loe Pesci vs Daylyt
My Prediction: Too close to call
KOTD threw a press conference to hype up the battles the night before day one. Daylyt came all the way from Cali and was so excited to do the press conference. Loe Pesci did not show up to the Press Conference and Daylyt became infuriated. I need you guys to understand that Daylyt didn’t necessarily plan to disrespect Pesci on this level until he didn’t show up to the press conference. He literally freestyled the disrespectful stuff during the battle and didn’t completely finish his verses. For those of you that are confused right now ... peep: Daylyt stuck his hand down his pants and rubbed it in Loe Pesci’s face, pocket checked him, pushed him around and opened an umbrella while Loe was rapping. I personally believe that Pesci should have just pocket checked Daylyt back and dealt with the consequences, but whatever. Watching Poison Pen & PH argue over who actually won the battle was hilarious. I tried to insta-video the moment, but I couldn't catch it fast enough. All drama aside there were actually some crazy bars from both sides:
“I’m ahead wit the flo(or) ... DDT” - Daylyt
“These lines are over your head like chemtrails” - Loe Pesci
Final Grade: B+
Without the drama, this battle would have been great. The drama still made this battle very entertaining.
My Winner: Daylyt ... like ... cmon son
Charron vs Shotgun Suge
My Prediction: Charron 3-0, but somehow Suge would still win
For about 10 mins, Charron just stood on the stage while Bishop Brigante called Suge’s name through the microphone. After a little while, Bishop announced that Suge couldn’t make it and the lights went dim. All of a sudden, a video of DNA pops up on the back wall. DNA says he heard Suge couldn’t make it and he will be there in 10 minutes to battle Charron. Everyone was kind of confused and couldn’t tell whether it was a joke or not. 10 minutes later, DNA comes on stage and the crowd goes crazy. We had a new main event!