"Swamp vs Reed Dollaz" (Capital Battle Grounds)

Two well-known battler rappers face each other in this one-rounder.
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• Reed Dollaz: A street pioneer before the formation of battle leagues and;
• Swamp: Perhaps the biggest battler to hail from South Carolina

​Different styles, but both can really rap. Neither burdens you with dense raps to unpack in real time, so I'm interested in what they spark in this brief time frame.

​The battle dropped at the beginning of the year. In the meantime, a bad-blood match 2 years in the making got booked between Swamp and one veteran battler. Recently, it was released. I won't watch it, though, till this recap is out the way. So here it goes.

Delivery-wise, Reed was flawless. Swamp, on the other hand, had a few brain burps.

Both have good performance; it's a matter of preference.

Reed Dollaz = Movement X Projection X Playing to the Camera
Swamp = Movement X Gesticulation X Playing to the Crowd

Points given in increments of either one or two: One for a rock. Two for a rocket. Points are cumulative so there's no maximum. Point range can vary between battles, depending on length, intensity, and my impression of the lyrics and bars.

Reed Dollaz vs. Swamp.

Capital Battle Grounds.
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​Somewhere in the DMV.

Reed Dollaz

• Okay, okay. Nice lead-in by Reed. Good pacing. Thought I'd predict the bar, but he got me. (01:31-01:44) (+1)
• "How much can a ------ withstand. I be with a Cannon too. Now bring me a Hitman." I like that. I really like that. A reference to the two Wild N' Out co-stars. (02:09-02:14) (+2, Point 3)
• Really like his camera performance here (02:33-02:45). The rocket didn't land with the "quicksand" line though. (Point 4)
• That's a rock (02:37-02:45) (Point 5)​

Swamp

• Swamp's intro is kind of long but his material's easy to catch. "They told me not to sleep on Dollaz. I said why... not? He got a 'z' in his name" (06:10-06:16) (+1). I like that.
• "... living legend... die one, too (06:34-06:44)." (+1)
• "... it take a special pen to see if Dollaz legit" (06:59-07:08). My favorite Swamp line of the battle so far. Smooth. And yet a rocket. (+2, Point 4)
• Visual with the wordplay: It took a few seconds, but I caught it. (07:21.3-07:28.8) (+1)
• Wordplay with a visual: Swamp is good at that. (08:14.5-08:28.5) (+1)​​

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