Happy birthday Bam

So a couple of weekends ago I attended my first rap battle at Brixton Jamm for Bamalam's birthday bash and Don't Flops 'Raise a glass' event. Unan was supposed to be on the card but I didn't know he cancelled until I spoke to one of the regulars in there. Which pissed me off.

So I was forced to watch amateurs the whole night. Nah, I'm messing there was some decent battlers in there and an awesome freestyle face off between Arkaic and Dotz. All in all a decent little night. I Met Eurgh, Cruger, Bamalam and Mr. 13 who seems like a bit of a wanker. He was pissed out his head so I'll allow him for now. 

Anyway enough about that let me break down the other battles and how I saw them. I arrived at the third battle in, and it was Frankie Phraser vs Gemini. I don't know much about these guys but Gemini was much better. In all three rounds. It was a bodybag and would be good to see Gemini step up to something bigger.

[My Verdict 3-0 Gemini]

Next up was Sleepy Gee vs Willzy. This was very close. I was told by one of the guys in there that Willzy was a force to be reckoned with but he wasn't hugely impressive. He was good though but so was Sleepy Gee. Willzy had a stumble in the second I think so lost that round to Sleepy who was pretty consistent through out. But when Willzy spat a clean round he was just a bit more effective. And he spat two clean rounds to win it.

[My Verdict 2-1 Willzy]

Then it was Bloodstro, a mancunian who is known for getting smashed by Lunar C and then quitting rap facing Big J. It was very one sided I thought. Bloodstro just didn't say anything very entertaining or hurtful and Big J had some great jokes and a line about Villun that had the place crackin up. Big J body bag.

[My Verdict 3-0 Big J]

Finally, it was the freestlyle battle between Arkaic and Dotz. These guys are really talented. It's great to see this sort of thing live. A raw freestyle battle where pictures are projected on a wall and they have to use whatever it is to diss their opponent. And they got to do it on beat. Some great improvised lines came out of it and it was a good way to cap off the night. Who won? Dotz. Definately. But a great effort from both. I don't recall a formatted set of rounds for this one.

[My Verdict Dotz]