BAttle Rap Ain't Dead!!

In the words of Jeezy rap battle ain’t dead, these rappers just scared. OK. That’s not exactly what he said. The truth is that the rap battle game is alive and thriving. No longer are these battles happening on street corners. Now they’re held in clubs and venues with a 1,000-plus capacity. With stages this big you would think that the biggest names in hip-hop would be going head-to-head. That’s where you’re wrong. Rap battles are like the dunk contest. It’s one of the most anticipated events without any of the big names. But if you look on the sidelines you will see these same stars spectating. Battle rappers are more like And 1 players. They found another way to play the game without being confined. But only a few street ballers have made it to the NBA. Just like few battle rappers have translated to mega-star rappers with hit records. But there comes a time when the world wants to see a good battle rap, and Twitter showed just who the world wanted to see battle. And Remy Ma was able to make it happen. The match. Hitman Holla vs. Eazy The Block Captain. Get your popcorn ready!

The Contenders
Hitman Holla is a battle rapper from St. Louis who is the more widely known contender due to his frequent appearances on Nick Cannon’s Wild 'N Out and a true veteran in the battle rap community. The other contender is Eazy The Block Caption, a battle rapper from Philadelphia who has also done some TV, most notably on the remake of the “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” called "Bel-Air”. But really still on the come up, but has made a name for himself. As you can see, both contenders have a pretty impressive resume. But that’s enough talk. Let’s get to the battle! Below are some of the bars from each round that I felt did the most damage.

Round 1 
Hitman Holla:

• (6:17) He think he got the juice, til I squeeze, it’ll  lemon-ade 'em
• (13:12) It’ll get cinematic if I give Cinn-a-matic
• It’s like I’m askin eazy questions. You gonna get this right.
• And you know the left behind like a missed flight
• Face shot they forgot how he look, they had to trace him
  
  

Eazy The Block Captain

• (20:47) I got hittas that will hova ya house, everybody in that crib will have Covid restricions, mask will cover they mouth
• (21:41) If I tell my niggas sweet potatoe pie, he'll cry, cause what he'll find in the ground, cinnamin
• Ain't that your brother, you better tell him to chill before he gets you in some shit
• (24:29) my shootas come from Tubi, cause they don't know how to act
• (25:13) Out of town, the Coke and the popcorn expensive, like we going to the movies
• (28:18) you played 4 quarters, I sold two halves
• (28:21) I seen fiends recover from everything, but I never seen em rebound off the glass
• (29:11) Profit off another hustle, 20 grams of coke, 10 grams of cut, to us was a double-double

The first round was tough because both competitors had a great round, even with all the technical difficulties. But the thing that separated them was that Eazy The Block Captain had bars that stung way more, He had the crowd, Plus he was just throw combination after combination of punchlines. I gotta give this round to Eazy the Block Captain.

Round 2
Hitman Holla:

• (32:42) I gotta stand here and listen to a nigga drug talk me to death, and I make money than the plug he copin from
• (33:14) He said he never seen a rebound off the glass, well you gonna leave in a casket, and Remy gonna have to box you out
• Why y’all keep bringing up this easy run. Jog my memory.
•  (37:35) He get mad cause she get wet for errbody, but ain’t that the shit that hurrican’es do?
• (38:55) One night I slid in Nike’s and turned them bitches into Nike Slides.
• I’ll stand in ya circle, then raise an arm, I’m gettin ready for the tip-off.
• I lied about the age, this 19, eleven.

Eazy The Block Captain

• (48:54) You’ll need more than a band-aid on your face if I felt any disrespect from that country grammar. 
• (​50:04) That bill shit wou’dve happened to me, the steel of my gun would’ve been corroded. 
• The get back we would’ve gave you would have an LLC attached and you would’ve unked it
• How you let shortie take a head shot for you and you still ain’t marry her. 
• Ima a hitman too, but what I assonate is character. 
• (​53:35) I would've built my credit off you niggas if we would've went to war, they would've seen hitman and  Show Out, I would've seen TransUnion and Experian, I was lookin' at two different scores.
• (53:45) Ain't you the bull? Ain't you the bull who said you hit Bill Collector, cause he said he was gonna rob Hitman. Where was that same bull when they really robbed hitman? 
• (56:28) I was shocked, I said is it me or do all straight niggas get to Hollywood, and just unlock
• (57:49) I told these niggas I don't play PlayStation, I sell drugs, I take a player and build it, til my plater really make 2K on some real shit.

By this time I think he had lost the crowd and he was complaining that his mic wasn’t working. This was a great round. Both competitors had some great bars. But the technical issues was really bad at this point. Hitman Holla had seemed to really lose the crowd in this round. Eazy The Block Captain was still throwing some clever bars tho. I gotta give this round again to Eazy The Block Captain.

Round 3
Hitman Holla:

• (58:15) He brought up the home invasion, my girl was innocent and got shot, I just don’t want ya’ll to mistake for wars, but you wouldn’t know shit abuot that because you don’t own a house that’s nice enough for niggas to want to break in yours. Sounds like a Wild ‘N Out bar. 
• (58: 44) He talkin bout ” why you ain’t marry her yet?”, cause I’d rather let it ring on you.
• (59:09) I'm watchin' ya'll get real hype, cause he bought out a nigga, that got knocked out in real life
• (1:02:15) Have you ever been on Facetime with someone you loved and witnessed them get shot in the… How this nigga gonna talk pain to me.
• (1:02:43) That paperwork they sent ya’ll, I would’ve never signed, they said I ain’t lyrical, but I was always cool with knowing I had a lawyer with a pen better than mine
• (1:03:19) Yo Suge, they got me battlin a nigga named Eazy that be having contract issues, the irony
• (1:04:54) I’m the reason anybody after 2010 even liked the sport
• (1:05:00) They say Holla, it’s time for a new slogan, no it ain’t, cause I’m reason battle rappers started makin em in the first place. 
• (1:06:50) You want the fade, you as dumb as can be, I think not, it’s barbershop. I lift him up, the pump is under the seat,
• (1:08:44) Cause on stage niggas die when I get to performin, that’s Travis Scott

Eazy The Block Captain

• (1:09:46) My real parent only gave me a puzzle but that wasn’t the only thing that was in pieces
• (1:10:06) Cause in my profession a black man with a cannon start wild ‘n out, it’s not funny, we end up at the precinct. 
• (1:10:32) That’s Tom Brady, a rusty 40, we wanted to see if that bitch still had a bullet in it
• (1:10:50) Buffalo, Kill Kill, shit sounds like an audible.
• (1:11:08) And we can’t saver her, if everything in this gun based on true events, you get to watch dis-claim-her
• (1:11:25) I had nick, like you, but I had to sell a hundred of em, to have a good nite too. By this point I think he lost the crowd he had said to many Nick Cannon bars.
• (1:12:43) Have your CDL drivers dispose the body, put the weight on they shoulders, let them carry the load. Most of that niggas body in there, truckstop, the rest on the side of the road
• (1:13:11) I’m starting to like these sports bars, travel to Oklahoma to get to him sooner
• (1:13:19) I want you to die, even if it’s my man’s gun, raise it not mine, platinum maneuver, that’s Russell Wilson, now you gotta accept ya little future.
• (1:13:54) I told them I was selling drugs for research purposes, the judge gave me a clinical trial
• (1:14:18) If my brother gotta jump in my fight, it’s to make sure he don’t have to hold me up

The third round I didn't feel like lead up to the the hype. Both rappers had subtle bars. Nothing that really stung or stood out like the first two rounds. I really say it was a tie. I think Hitman Holla was more about braggin about what he got, which battle rap is the wrong stage for that, it was more bravado than just going at ya competitor. I think Eazy The Block Captain had to many Nick Cannon bars. After a while it was like another Nick Cannon bar. 

The Score Card
After 3 rounds I have Eazy The Block Captain winning Round 1. I have Eazy The Block Captain winning Round 2. I have it a tie for round 3. Overall, I have Eazy The Block Captain winning the fight. He had better early rounds and was able to survive Hitman Holla in the 3rd. And one thing is fasho. Battle Rap ain't dead.

​Let me know who you think won the battle.

Here's the full battle: