Phora, Casanova, Reason TDE, Flawless Real Talk, Shawn SmithĪfter hearing the previous groups of seasoned lyricists and newbies, it’s easy to see this group had the most passion of them all. He may have won the award for “Best Mixtape,” but his freestyling skills didn’t really measure up with the rest of the crew.Ģ. Unfortunately, the “Look Alive” rapper was shockingly the most incoherent of the group. He kept his thoughts on his indie roots and the previous presidential election brief, so that Blocboy JB could close out with a bang.

That’s when South Central rapper Duckwrth pulled us back to reality with his humble verse. Despite rare nods to Black Sabbath and Usher, Nwigwe’s freestyle eventually became more of an overwhelming diatribe of repetitive rhymes that seemed to digress too far from the neophyte cyph. “Lesson one - I’m a bad teacher/Who gives the class seizures/I smash diva, I stash reefer in the lab freezer/I’ma get my 12 wrappers where shit rhymes/Going like I’m 10 feet tall, You just 6’9.”Įventfully, Houston’s own Tobe Nwigwe stepped up to the mic in a black hoodie and Nike slides, throwing out a couple punch lines heavy enough to make any weak lung collapse. After taking a pull from his inhaler, YBN Cordae started off the cypher strong with dominant bars that would shock any old head. Hip-hop’s freshmen attempted to demolish the competition.

YBN Cordae, Blocboy JB, Duckwrth, Tobe Nwigwe He truly lightened the mood when he spoke about the minors in his community escaping the endless violence to become “renovators and pathfinders.” Although Nick Grant seemed out of place in the Chi-town cyph, G-Herbo continued to put on for Chi-town with his verse, in which he rehashed his rough come-up and embraced wise words from his Swervo counterpart Southside. “Southside told me these rappers, they pussy/A real glass will fall back, we got a cushion/I’m like ‘Yea you right,’ I ain’t a killer but don’t push me.”ģ. Fortunately, Taylor Bennett followed up with uplifting wordplay that would make his brother Chance The Rapper proud.

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