"Summer Madness 12"

Gotta make this quick because Summer Madness 12 is about to start.

Just found out the entire card today, and I'm try'na see the whole thing.
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My predictions:

Chess vs. Shotgun Suge
Shotgun Suge is not one of my favorite battle rappers, and I like Chess' on-stage zeal.

Chess 2-1.

Danny Myers vs. Fonz
Danny Myers 2-1. I'm saying Danny in 3, but I've seen only one Fonz battle -- the one-rounder with Calicoe last month. Fonz punched that battle, and I prefer bar after bar over punch-in-punch-out.

Like Roc, Danny barks and raps -- and raps and barks. And he battles a lot, so that's a lot of barking and a lot of rapping.

Tay Roc vs. Swamp
Looking forward to this one -- mostly because I'm trying to catch a Swamp battle. I've seen a few of his face-offs and, from time to time, his interviews. But no battle.

I think JC is one of the best battlers out there, but I even missed his battle vs. Swamp for the $120,000 win last month.

Also a little curious about what angle, if any, he'll take with Tay Roc. Of course, the two have a connection thru an erotic allegation made to Swamp about Roc from a transgender woman. True or false, angles tend to be a brow beat in battle rap. <Yawns.>

Aside from that, I know Tay Roc's track record and that he raps and barks -- and barks and raps. 

​Tay Roc 2-1.

​Eazy Da Block Captain vs. Calicoe
One of my favorite match-ups tonight.

Calicoe doesn't bark; he raps. And he's smooth with it.

He's also a storyteller, and I like that combination:

Rap, Flow, and Style.

It's not the only rap combination I like, but it's one that he knows how to work.

As said in Smack Vol. 9 (See "Related Links"), I think Eazy's barking voice sounds like screeching tires. Regardless, I'ma listen to those raps.

Do I think he's about to die?

No.

2-1: Calicoe

Danny Myers vs. Fonz
Danny Myers 2-1. I'm saying Danny in 3, but I've seen only one Fonz battle -- the one-rounder with Calicoe last month. Fonz punched that battle, and I prefer bar after bar over punch-in-punch-out. Like Roc, Danny barks and raps -- and raps and barks in his battles.

And he battles a lot, so that's a lot of barking.

Tsu Surf vs. JC
Aside from Eazy vs. Calicoe, Tsu Surf vs. JC is my other favorite match-up of the night. Surf's energy seems part-passion-part-irritability, but he's multifaceted in promo, stage presence, and move-making.

On the other hand, I think the aforementioned JC is one of the most-fluid emcees in battle rappers. Definitely think this battle is a clash in energy, with Surf being the sun and JC the earth. But based on pure bars -- pure bars -- JC will orbit around Surf in a pure line -- a pure bar.

JC 2-1.

Summer Madness 12 at 3 p.m. (EST): Live and free from Charlotte, N.C. on caffeine.tv/urltv.

A battle rap review of the URL's Summer Madness 12 card

"Summer Madness 12" featuring JC and Tsu Surf (caffeine.tv)

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CORRECTION: A day after this review, I recalled a Swamp battle that I saw this year or last. In it, he rebutted that his arrest at the time was over an altercation with a girlfriend who knew he was cheating on her.

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Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). You can find dozens of her reviews at landturn.com/reviews.

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