Thursday 29 October 2015

Unanymous is back, but different.

I watched this battle just this morning as I wanted to have another look at Unanymous to see if he's continuing to go downhill or not. I've been watching Unans situation and status within Don't Flop with great interest and I'm sure many others have as well. He's an interesting character; on one hand he has good bars and some great performances in the past, but on the other, suddenly has lost all of his credibility and people seem to be seeing through all of his aggressiveness - from his opponents to everyone watching at the battle and on the internet. And I was starting to feel for him. Because clearly he loves battle rap and has put in a lot of work.

So here saw him up against a comedian. Someone who eloquently clowns his opponents with multies upon multies and makes everyone laugh with his truthful angles. Juxtaposed with Unanymous, who's currently seen, at least in my eyes, as a bit forced and not believable and so this could be a disaster for him. Pun intended.

However, like a breath of fresh air, Unanymous was a changed man. Relaxed, natural, 3 great rounds and no chokes. I was shocked. Shuffle T did the usual, and did it well, he took the second round when his jokes, truisms and witty angles were at an all time high, but for me Unanymous won the 1st and 3rd convincingly. He also had humour in his rounds as he toned down the seriousness a little. Probably due to the stye of his opponent but I think he should do this way more whoever he's facing. It gives another direction for him to go into to win crowds over because seriousness gets boring after a while. I think that's what was his problem in a string of his previous battles. He also dropped his overly aggressive act which desperately needed toning down and only said 'ye' a few times and a lot of those times he did it ironically. This was a far more composed, intelligent and less ego driven Unanymous. His delivery was clearer as he slowed down a bit and we were less focussed on his performance which previously was over the top.

He attacked Shuffle in the right way. Broke him down really really well and even used Marlo as a prop in the third which effectively won him the third round. Unanymously. Sorry. I had to. Please, Unanymous for the love of god, stay like this.

[My Verdict: 2-1 Unanymous]

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