LE Tournament #1 ROUND ONE - C.Melendez versus 7thwardslim

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raw-material_ahh
raw-material_ahh Members Posts: 555
edited January 2011 in Lyrical Executions
C.Melendez versus 7thwardslim
  • Check in by Wednesday, January 19, 2011 11:59 pm Eastern time.
  • It's cool to drop your verses before the check in due date.
  • Verses are due by Sunday, January 23, 2011 11:59 pm Eastern time.
  • Voting will end on Saturday, January 29, 2011 11:59 pm Eastern time.
  • Verses: Mandatory 16 lines. Only one round. Voting can begin anytime after both verses are posted.
  • 3 votes to 0 is a knockout.
  • 5 votes first wins or the most votes by the end date.
  • 50 posts to vote unless you are participating in the tourney.
  • All votes MUST be explained well and no crew or hate votes.
  • Don't vote sway. No comments by either battler in the thread besides "uppin for votes" and/or the current score and no comments about votes or your opponents verse. Take criticism like a man. Everyone has their own opinion. Use the Predictions/? Talking Thread to voice your opinions, not this battle thread.

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  • 7thwardslim
    7thwardslim Members Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭
    edited January 2011
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    Im checking in.......Whats good C. Melendez........i will stop by from time to time to see whats up.........but im here and im down to battle..... just to see what happens or see if i have any skills..... may the best verse win......
  • C.Melendez
    C.Melendez Members Posts: 1,250 ✭✭✭
    edited January 2011
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  • C.Melendez
    C.Melendez Members Posts: 1,250 ✭✭✭
    edited January 2011
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    my verse will be finished in bout 15 mins.....sooo post now or wait....other dude prob feed off my verse if i post now???
  • raw-material_ahh
    raw-material_ahh Members Posts: 555
    edited January 2011
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    C.Melendez wrote: »
    my verse will be finished in bout 15 mins.....sooo post now or wait....other dude prob feed off my verse if i post now???

    There shouldn't be feeding but there aren't rules restricting that. That's why there is a verse due date BC some battlers may worry about the other battler feeding off there verse so it'll be safe to post minutes before the deadline. Just don't forget.
  • C.Melendez
    C.Melendez Members Posts: 1,250 ✭✭✭
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    Feel like Im John starks or Chris Childs with it/
    Simply breathe on the *Mike*, they say Im foul with it/
    Thats a veteran call, olderheads vouch for me/
    sending bullets 7th way, like he's running routes for me/
    be a rout shortly like the lakers and cavs game
    and im equipped with the 40. don't wanna hear the cal bang
    got goons on 8th tell 7th they just a *ward* away
    Cejota's a demon something crucifixes can't ward away
    my lines like *? 's wife*, ? *hanging* on words I say
    They love my swag the way I swerve and sway
    last battle I killed it ..thought ole *bud* was *wiser* (shouln't checked in b)
    I got something * brewing* for him, not talking *malts* or *lager*
    *silver bullets* for his *wide mouth*, got the *steel reserved*
    Empty conscience loaded guns...*coors* & *steel reserves*
    *4 Loko's who'll *spark* for me..leave u *tilt* on the curb
    Leave the comp *punch ? * *pilsner* smooth with my words
    whip em like christ leaving *redstripes*... nothing iller man
    Judges shoulda threw away the keys...told em I'd "kiligan" ....? again
  • Tupacfan
    Tupacfan Members, Moderators Posts: 2,428 Regulator
    edited January 2011
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    LOL at coors and steel reserve...

    This about to get interesting....
  • C.Melendez
    C.Melendez Members Posts: 1,250 ✭✭✭
    edited January 2011
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    PR.......heard muthafuckas say they created Jo.../okay i say create another Jo lol

    and why the ? u didn't enter? smh where's bwoah wheres the rest of the fight klub at
  • 7thwardslim
    7thwardslim Members Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭
    edited January 2011
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    ? ......that was up.... my bad i just checked it..... i see we got a battle started.... i came back a few days and didnt see nothing posted ...... but im here right now.....
    i will post my verse shortly..............
  • 7thwardslim
    7thwardslim Members Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭
    edited January 2011
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    Is that Gucci shades tucked under your balding braids,
    u look 7 feet tall with 2 feet long legs//
    ? u look like u come out a comic book jack,
    if u have a watch, it should read "its time for a hat" //
    U look like a ? who dont have no swag,
    who wear man purses and fitted jeans with the 1/2 off price tag//
    You the type of ? that polish his nails, went to community college and failed,
    and recently excelled at rubber-banding dog tails//
    They say a picture say a 1,000 words,
    but i only have 1 word when it come to yours, and thats nerves//
    After u read this verse, i bet u take that picture down,
    since u achololic it should be easy to get this ether down//
    ? you should just try to ? yourself, by overdosing on Rogaine until the hair reappear on ya scalp//
    You live with your parents and they call you scooter,
    made ya pops take the blame, when ya moms found porn on the family computer//
    Look at yourself in the mirror, close ya eyes and look again
    know u will never be the same after battling 7th Ward Slim//
  • raw-material_ahh
    raw-material_ahh Members Posts: 555
    edited January 2011
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    Thread is open.

    Just noticed C.Melendez wrote 18 lines. Ya'll both went over the 16 line limit but 7th Ward Slim cut his down to 17/18 too so we'll let it go this time around. If y'all make it to round two, 16!! Lol. Let's get some votes. Both these dudes spit hot lyrics.
  • Legend24
    Legend24 Members Posts: 689 ✭✭
    edited January 2011
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    I got the winner of this battle in the next round, so I ain't gonna vote on this match.

    Lookin forward to the outcome here... good luck to both.
  • sniperk
    sniperk Members Posts: 1,562 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    They both spit some hot verses.

    C. Melendez kinda reminded me of a Gza joint how he had the theme of different beer brands going on. Gza is the GOAT at writing songs like those where he picks a central theme and makes a bunch of related name drops (see songs like 'Labels', 'Animal Planet', 'Queen's Gambit'). The verse here recalled that vibe and it still flowed nice so I was feeling the effort.

    The best diss lines were the shots fired in these 4 well-constructed lines:

    got goons on 8th tell 7th they just a *ward* away
    Cejota's a demon something crucifixes can't ward away
    my lines like *? 's wife*, ? *hanging* on words I say
    They love my swag the way I swerve and sway

    7thwardslim, on the other hand, said "? it" and went straight for the jugular. Almost every bar was a stab at his opponent... ? , he was trying to decapitate him.

    u look 7 feet tall with 2 feet long legs... haha, ETHER.

    A lot of funny jokes about ? 's hairline my favourite being:"if u have a watch, it should read "its time for a hat". However, the rhyme on a whole wasn't as complex and lacked the double entendres and multis. It was a nice roast..no doubt...but it didn't quite flow as well.

    A close match but I give the victory to C. Melendez. Peace...
  • raw-material_ahh
    raw-material_ahh Members Posts: 555
    edited January 2011
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    Legend24 wrote: »
    I got the winner of this battle in the next round, so I ain't gonna vote on this match.

    Lookin forward to the outcome here... good luck to both.

    Respect! I am going to make that a rule in the next round. Battlers can't vote on battles when the winner will face them if they win their own battle.

    I will vote on this battle soon.
  • Tupacfan
    Tupacfan Members, Moderators Posts: 2,428 Regulator
    edited January 2011
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    Ahhh, this is a difficult one..

    C.mendez came with some nice bars, his lyrics was on point, easy to read, flowed well.. It was orchestrated very well.

    7thwardslim went for the throat from start to end.. Literally every bar wasn't a jab but punches.. And because the strength off of how he came hard in his verses and every bar was pound for pound..

    My vote goes too.... Dam this is hard..

    7thwardslim!

    Sorry C.Mendez...
  • raw-material_ahh
    raw-material_ahh Members Posts: 555
    edited January 2011
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    Young-Ice wrote: »
    1st off

    lmao at both of you guys writing 18 bars

    I was so concerned trying to get Slim to cut his 31 lines down to 16, that I hadn't realized Cejota had 18. A few messages later, when Slim had 18, rather than tell him "Dammit, you still don't have 16!", I stopped pressing when I realized Cejota had 18 all along. So I'll let it slide this one time. Now my vote.


    C.Melendez
    Feel like Im John starks or Chris Childs with it/
    Simply breathe on the *Mike*, they say Im foul with it/
    Yo, that was sick!!!! But you aren't dissing 7thwardslim LOL.

    Thats a veteran call, olderheads vouch for me/
    sending bullets 7th way, like he's running routes for me/
    be a rout shortly like the lakers and cavs game
    and im equipped with the 40. don't wanna hear the cal bang
    got goons on 8th tell 7th they just a *ward* away
    Cejota's a demon something crucifixes can't ward away
    IDK. Some fair lines. I liked the last line too but you were boasting about yourself and not dissing him.

    my lines like *? 's wife*, ? *hanging* on words I say
    They love my swag the way I swerve and sway
    First line is SICK!! I think it's a minus though when you're in a battle with only one round and you have 16 lines to bury him and you're wasting them on boasting instead of dissing. Each line is valuable.

    last battle I killed it ..thought ole *bud* was *wiser* (shouln't checked in b)
    I got something * brewing* for him, not talking *malts* or *lager*
    *silver bullets* for his *wide mouth*, got the *steel reserved*
    Empty conscience loaded guns...*coors* & *steel reserves*
    Sick sets of lines.

    *4 Loko's who'll *spark* for me..leave u *tilt* on the curb
    Leave the comp *punch ? * *pilsner* smooth with my words
    whip em like christ leaving *redstripes*... nothing iller man
    Judges shoulda threw away the keys...told em I'd "kiligan" ....? again
    Sick closer. I don't remember you spitting this good.

    7thwardslim
    Is that Gucci shades tucked under your balding braids,
    u look 7 feet tall with 2 feet long legs//
    ? u look like u come out a comic book jack,
    if u have a watch, it should read "its time for a hat"//
    First two lines were okay. Last half was alright but IDK why it made me laugh.

    U look like a ? who dont have no swag,
    who wear man purses and fitted jeans with the 1/2 off price tag//
    You the type of ? that polish his nails, went to community college and failed,
    and recently excelled at rubber-banding dog tails//
    LOL!! Some of these punches are starting to hit.

    They say a picture say a 1,000 words,
    but i only have 1 word when it come to yours, and thats nerves//
    After u read this verse, i bet u take that picture down,
    since u achololic it should be easy to get this ether down//
    Um. I kind of like the last line but I felt the rest was played.

    ? you should just try to ? yourself, by overdosing on Rogaine until the hair reappear on ya scalp//
    You live with your parents and they call you scooter,
    made ya pops take the blame, when ya moms found porn on the family computer//
    Look at yourself in the mirror, close ya eyes and look again
    know u will never be the same after battling 7th Ward Slim//
    I thought you could have ended the battle a little bit better.


    This is a real hard battle to vote on. C.Melendez had ill flow. I like the wording of his lines and has crazy metaphors but some of his sickest lines weren't even disses against 7thwardslim. And 7th spit about a personal ALMOST every line but some of the disses just didn't hit hard for me. I'm going to compare this battle to boxing and to me, C.Melendez threw punches but when you aren't dissing your opponent, those punches are a swing and a miss. And he had probably one or two of the sickest lines in the battle but they weren't disses so they were like KO punches that would have knocked 7thwardslim out so had he dissed him, 7th would be out. And if you check 7thwardslim's verse, it was pretty much all directed at dissing C.M. so it's like he was swinging and barely hitting BC he wasn't hitting hard for me so sometimes he got gloves or was just tapping but it still counts. Overall, both of y'all had better metaphors and wordplay than I've seen so far in this tournament but one of you was more focused and racked up more points for me. This was a close one still.

    Vote - 7thwardslim
  • raw-material_ahh
    raw-material_ahh Members Posts: 555
    edited January 2011
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    7thwardslim up 3-1! First to 5 votes wins. Finally, a battle that doesn't end in a KO lol.
  • 7thwardslim
    7thwardslim Members Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭
    edited January 2011
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    Shots out to C.M.....man this was a good battle.......RM u know i literally chopped my verse over and over and over and over and over...... even in the PM i told u, man i dont chopped up my verse so much and took out so many lines it dont even flow like i wanted....and the quick reply box, all my bars are set up up perfect...but when I posted in the battle it threw my rhyme scheme off.......C.M. went hard off the rip.....this was a good battle
  • Old Fart
    Old Fart Members Posts: 1,574 ✭✭✭
    edited January 2011
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    C.Melendez came straight with the lyrical wordplay and got this off to a good start eventhough i felt some of the play on words were unneccessary reaches. Clever tho. But I gotta say personally when you gotta punctuate or highlight every punchline in order for people to 'get it' then it kinda comes off as forced. But again, ? was dope.

    Then 7th went in straight up battle style. ? said ? trying to be extra lyrical and just came with hard cracks/put downs with a touch of humor. I also like the fact that 7th's verse seemed more focused directing the lines straight at his opponent. He decided to stick to the script of trying to point out C.Melendez's flaws and ran with that. Dude did a little research and checked out his challenger's pics and went IN on ol boy's hairline (damn that was raw), went at his family and even tried to make C.Melendez come off as unintelligent. Those are all the ingredients in winning a battle. I felt C.Melendez was more lyrical but this aint Def Poetry Jam...this is a battle. Both came with it but my vote is going to 7th
  • love yal
    love yal Members Posts: 1,327
    edited January 2011
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    C.Melendez I enjoyed his nba word play, but lines on 7thwardslim was more insteresting......Gucci shade line was pretty good but I enjoyed both battles
    My vote goes to 7thwardslim
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