Once again, all is fair in love and battle rap as Gracie and the GO-RILLA Warfare team pulled off another dope card for us mere mortal fans of the sport. The much anticipated event was truly a success as all of the battle rappers came with every intention of proving themselves. Much to everyone’s surprise, each battle held a terrific performance. Many battle rappers and supporters were in attendance including staff and members of Danger Zone Battle League proving that Chicago can truly pull together and make something happen without letting any politics get in the way. IMBL’s AC DUTCH was also in the building.
The host Mello tha Guddamann held us down with some dope music to get the event cracking, and “Hol Up” is available right now on Itunes.
TED V RICO | TED 2-1
One of the biggest surprises came from a battle rapper who was fairly new to us in the Chi: TED. TED made his way up to Chicago by way of Memphis, TN. Even though the big city and the country are two different scenes (and we often seem like worlds apart), it was hard to tell in the room because his bars resonated with the Chicago crowd very well. We like to call some of his bars “struggle stories”. The most remarkable thing about his struggle stories is that he was able to deliver them and reach the people without dropping one vile curse word. He also stated that he doesn’t like to use the ‘n’ bomb, (but uses it sparingly) a controversial topic for battle rap mentioned in a previous article. He may have even spit some Spanish at his Rican opponent which was very clever. Although for many, this was one of the best performances from Rico that we’ve ever seen, he didn’t have enough to carry the crowd in his hometown. Instead he got clowned for not being able to wear another leagues hat into the GO-Rilla Warfare building (Club Adrianna’s) but ended up firing back with a dope haymaker. We have a feeling that Rico will come back harder than before. TED took off and shook the room with several hay-makers and slight personals that couldn’t be denied. Out of all the battlers in the building, he may have been crowned MOST IMPRESSIVE.
TED [Memphis, TN]
“What you want me to rap about my struggle? About me growing up not having no supper? Cause the only time we opened up the refrigerator was to cool down the crack after it bubbled.” – T.E.D.
Rico [NWO – Chicago, IL]
“I’m Puerto Rican but I don’t speak a lick of Gwalla Gwalla, but a 9 will spit I’ll let a hollow holla, that bullet hit you and split through your madula oblongata, and when you reach the heavens send me a message and let me know if there’s a Buddha God or Allah…” – Rico
FINK FUNK BLUNTZ V CASPER THE GHOST | DEBATABLE
Funny ass battle from the jump when Casper admitted that Fink killed his fellow NWO member Danny Noriega. Casper stated that “Fink” stood for a cop informant. Fink later called Casper Cindy Brady. Both were swinging. Casper who calls himself the “Billy Hoyle” of this battle rap shyt, showed up dressed the part. There was also lots of jokes thrown at Fink Funk for his attire and of course red hair. I’m pretty sure readers can imagine where he set himself up with that, but he held his own. All in all, great performance on behalf of them both. The footage will have to be the determining factor for some and preference in style will make all of the difference in picking a favorite. Fink Funk’s relaxed demeanor may be holding him back as he begins taking on more battlers with experience, but that’s the part that many enjoy about him, the fact that he has bars and presence and doesn’t need to over do it with his delivery, while Casper is aggressive and in your face, even if “white men can’t jump” Casper is fearless.
Casper [DZBL – NWO Chicago, IL]
“Lucci taught me play chess not checkers and imma teach you the same, take this one square at a time but don’t become a pawn this game, because to get where I’m at… I had to grind they wouldn’t give me my respects so I said i’ma take mine, because sometimes you gotta stray off that beaten path, rook you can’t move in a straight line.. stop fuckin with them thots bad bitches and dimes get yourself a real woman who always down to ride… cuz with every great king there’s a strong Queen at his side, ready to risk it all to protect him…ya homies only go in one way, she goes in every direction, watch out for them bishops on the journey for juice they’ll come at you Crooked… Lay up in the cut scoop up one of ya soldiers if you ain’t lookin…yeah I know life’s hard sometimes it’s hell, but you gotta get back up on that horse like a knight when u takin a L” – Casper
Fink Funk – [GO-RILLA Warfare – Chicago, IL]
“I don’t wann hate but me and him don’t relate/ cuz I’ll fuck around and really blast him, dressed in all green hunting for ghost like this Luigi Mansion” – Fink Funk Bluntz
MENTAL D.I. V QPAC | MENTAL 2-1
We thought that Qpac was gonna give D.I. the grown man talk but D.I. gave it to him instead. Mental D.I. got in QPac’s face about racist bars, joining SBF, and questioned him about supporting SBF’s first lady CoCo during her hard time. Mental choked in the second round and free-styled the majority of it. Qpac had rebuttals for the racist talk and flipped it and got back into the racist talk lol. Mental’s 3rd had guest appearances from his NWO crew. We didn’t really catch what they said because the crowd was already hype, guess we will have to wait for the footage on that one but the energy was in full motion, you just had to be there. Nonetheless, QPac still solidified his spot as a promising contender, no sweat off of his back because Mental’s slip ups worked in his favor. Many at Catchabody Magazine are conflicted about whose the actual winner here.
QPac Alypse [SBF – GO-RILLA Warfare – Chicago, IL]
“A headshot will have him laid out with his thoughts everywhere…I’m ya therapist, after he get the subs this kids fucked…that’s that Jared shyt!”
“My punches kill in the ring, if he dies he dies since I look like a smaller Drago…I’m Dolph Lundgren, ya bitch can get the ox or get shot tell ya babe I blue cows like Paul Bunyan, SBF but we wolves tonight ready to maul something, everybody cryin’ when I peel a round back but it isn’t a large onion, and I got sammies so when I pop maggies it ain’t the dude that Marge fckn…” – Qpac
Mental D.I. [NWO – Chicago, IL]
“If shyt ever turn around wit QPac & SBF gonn say F the BS and try and cap Q…”
“You a white bitch hanging with the niggas with the real shells like April Oneal…”
LUCKY LUCCI V K STREETS | LUCCI 1-0
K Streets choked and started the round over but if he would’ve gotten it out we think Lucci still wins. Lucci talked that shyt as always then he had a “Dream” Falsetto Scheme that shook the room. Coming off of the back of a great battle against Gunnz, we didn’t really know what to expect as many have a difficult time keeping that heat in the chamber. Lucci proved that he’s here to stay. Although K Streets was able to restart his round, it felt long and drawn out and the crowd may have lost interest.
Lucky Lucci [GO-RILLA Warfare – Chicago, IL]
“What u been thru, u played basketball and suffered a couple broken bones. At 14 I bought a basketball to try to fix up my broken home. I bet yo mom said be in the house when the street lights came on but I hit the block when the street lights went off to make sure our heat and lights stayed on”
“I was raise in the streets so I didn’t know nothing about the rules. Niggas used to wolf in class I used to punch em in they mouth in school. Now I got big shit extended clip shit these bullets can make a mountain move. Mac 90 double drum Mickey ears its not a Mousecatool” – Lucky Lucci
LEX BUBBA V GG | LEX 3-0
GG stumbled a lot and started her round over. We liked her Chicago bars about Navy Pier, D. Rose, and the Buckingham Fountain. Lex slowed down and let her bars land. She left earth. She had a rebuttal in the middle of the 2nd round that was fire. In her 3rd she broke down an Emmit Till bar that GG had spit in a previous battle, explaining how Till wasn’t hung to his death and Bubba got the 3-0 and taught black history at the same time. GG came in the building pretty confident and aggressive, we’re not sure what happened. Word has it she had very little sleep but the excuses seemed to keep coming when her thoughts on the crowd gassing Bubba got around. We definitely expected more from GG and we’ve seen her do much better. Perhaps she will come back and have another chance at winning the city over. But for today, Bubba is still the battle rap princess of the Chi.
Bubba Murda [Chicago, IL]
“If I bring techs in shells a send faster than a mad bitch when she texting. Everybody with you getting tagged just so yo group can get the message…” – Bubba
TRU V COACH CANNON | TRU 2-1
Tru vs Coach Cannon was a “Solid” battle. I’m not gonna elaborate on the bars in this battle because of my lack of gang affiliation. No, but seriously, this battle was highly anticipated and caused GO-RILLA Warfare’s owner Gracie to rise to her feet. If you’re not a member of the GO-RILLA Warfare Facebook group, then you’re missing out. There was a lot of back and forth between the two men who have similar backdrops when it comes to the streets. However, the two are very different with their approach and it showed with a spectacular performance which is already rumored to be considered a classic. Coach Cannon, who wishes to be referred to as Coach Corleone (as there are enough “Cannons” in Chicago…) was very aggressive as predicted. Many say he stepped up his performance and provided the fans with the best Coach they’d ever seen. All eyes were on TRU as previous battles were few and far in between and he missed his opportunity to battle Mr.Mill$ due to Mill’s car accident. TRU was more calculated and focused on his delivery and had no problem under the pressure. Many are still undecided while others have edged TRU with a clear win. This is another battle that may appear debatable on cam.
TRU [GO-RILLA Warfare – BarMobb – Chicago, IL]
“I got a God flow, so some might not get what I mean, so already in this verse…I gave John three 16’s… but wait, three times 16 is 48, you bout to die and they gone know who killed you before I spit my FIRST 48, Gorilla Warfare, I could’ve shown up with like 40 apes, plus these 48 is ours..You’re gonna die today…” – TRU
Coach Corleone [MO3B – Chicago, IL]
“Shoot at Me on the 4, You better hit, Or I’m sending Shooters at cho Crib 4 two days, BACK 2 BACK… #COACH Make his team crab arms and stop niggas from shooting, that’s a HACK A SHAQ, His head fall off, the k kicking, keeping it in the air, like a hacky sack, these actually facts” – Coach
GAUGE V GUNNZ | GAUGE 1-0
Gauge won clear 1-0. Under the circumstances I don’t think that the GW family put too much pressure on the men regarding this battle as almost everyone in attendance was just happy to see Gunnz enjoy himself after he suffered such a tragic loss. Gauge performed and punched like crazy. His “House Party” bars hit with the crowd heavy. So did Gunnz cabbage patch dance while shooting with two invisible guns in the air.
Gauge [GO-RILLA Warfare – SBF – Chicago, IL]
“I wrap a belt around my hand and then those fists come flyin’ , I’ll swing through a turnbuckle like a 619…” – Gauge
GUNNZ [St. Louis, MO]
“Death in tha air do u smell it cuz? Don’t run from it… It’s easier if u inhale it cuz, U locked in… I started writing knew what tha hell it was, I was coming back to handle a Gauge better den Elmer Fudd!” – Gunnz
SAMMY WILD 100’S V MR. MILL$ | MR. MILL$ 1-0
Sammy Wild 100’s vs Mr. Mill$ was a dog fight. Sammy came with plenty aggression and made it interesting, probably debatable on cam. Sammy did a name flip about Drake and Meek Mill (Mr. Mill$) beef. Mr. Mill$ had a “Talkt to a nigga” moment about how him and Sammy always kept in contact but Sammy didn’t call to check on him after his car accident that stopped him from making his last battle against TRU. Although Mill$ knocked this one out of the park, there was a lot of murmuring about whether or not it was okay to use recycled bars that had already been heard for someone else. Ironically there was a lot of name dropping about that last battle, especially when Sammy pulled out Mill$ former opponent Meech who bares the same name as TRU… he somehow associated the name with the possibility that Mill$ ducked TRU “MEECH” out of fear of his name alone, but it wasn’t enough. These two are a crowd favorite and have lots of experience so it’s always entertaining to see them put on a show.
Mr. Mill$ [Gary/Indianapolis, IN]
“I don’t give a fuck that I’m in your backyard… I ain’t going for no funny shyt/ I will have complete strangers give u BUCKS on some gofundme shyt.”
“Yall gonn fuck around, fuck around see me run up on this fuckin clown, smack him in his fuckin mouth, watch em fall, soon as his back touch the fuckin ground, I’m gonna up the pound, load it with a couple rounds, then borrow Melo the Guddaman slogan and buss it down” – Mr Mill$
Sammy Wild 100’s [GO-RILLA Warfare – Chicago, IL]
“Tweek on me, you’ll get stomped, think Rhonda Rousey, I’m known for hemming a bitch up i’ll run up on you and your kids with a big pump i called that gun Jared from Subway, them kids fucked…”
“Them niggas u beat in the past, I am not those Jenkins I will run up and let the glock blow at your little snot-nosed Jenkins go to the family reunion and pop those jeans you show up like Martin Lawrence and get welcomed home with the Roscoe Jenkins”
Shoutout to GO-RILLA Warfare for an amazing event and card. Here’s a few pics of others who were in the building…
Heavy Half [GO-RILLA Warfare – Chicago, IL]
Yung Dave [GO-RILLA Warfare – Chicago IL]
Danny Noriega [NWO – Chicago, IL]
Young Kannon [GO-RILLA Warfare – Chicago, IL]
Gracie – TRU – ChayChay
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This card was crazy and this Recap was also salute to Gw and CatchaBodyMag
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Thank you! It was a pleasure to be there.
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