100 BARS MAGAZINE 004 Dec/Jan 2013-2014 | Page 110

The first Battle in the Moshpit is causing a stir in the battle rap culture. Finally, we can experience a battle with no influence of an emcee’s performance. Ironically, the overall word on the streets (feedback from the fans) is Danny Myers won although the judges called it 2-1 to Ah Di Boom. For the record, the judges called it and they did a great job. Here is our 101 take on it. First, as I stated in the intro to the Mosh Pit battle on our podcast, this is a #barzordie competition. In my eyes, whoever has the most frequent & creative bars will win since each competitor only has three minutes to perform. In addition, the angles or strategy an emcee uses to break down an opponent is always paramount. Ah Di Boom and Danny Myers both brought a slew of heavyweight bars to the table and it didn’t take long to see the beauty in this matchup which centered off the contrasts in their styles. Regardless, the question still becomes who had heavier bars and who would deliver more bars inside of three minutes? “I don’t like niggas yelling on my