Greetings OKFreestylers, it's your boy 'dub back again to hit you with more homegrown hotness from these very boards. I know normally folks say that March comes "in like a lion and out like a lamb," but this past month in this tournament we came in like a lion and we're going out like one too.

I know I'm coming early with this one, but honestly I already got these two audios in my inbox and they were just too hot to hold on to. Of course voting on last week's battle still doesn't close until 8pm so if you have any last words on that one by all means hit it up. The revised rest of the schedule will be posted up once everythings decided in there. I'll even throw up the link to make it easy:

http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=7&topic_id=54475&mesg_id=54475

^^^Last weeks battle was a bit of a roller coaster ride. We had a lot of ups and downs on that one, for a second there it even seemed like the Gods of Soundclick were deadset against us. I think this week's matchup is going to be extra ill though and we'll be back on track with these raps in no time. If you don't mind I'm going to break out of unbiased host mode and be real with you all for a second.

Honestly, when I first made up the brackets I thought this one was going to be a blowout of etherrific proportions. We all know blak is a beast, and if you didn't know that before this tournament you most definitely do now. But after listening to both links I can say that willi despite his rookie status is not going down without a fight. Whatever happens I got to say this to willi; I know you've made a big investment in time and equipment and it shows. You've been moving up fast, and now I'm thinking this battle might be a pretty close call. The reason I mention this is because this kind of growth is exactly what this tournament is all about and I'm stoked to see it. So wtih all that being said, let me shut my longwinded ass up! Without further ado here's blak versus du:



blak's submission...(mini.medley)

http://www.myspace.com/vicversus


Overdue
My next project to most will be a debut
Every line devised to you
Comes across as overnight success
But nah, this a dime and few pennies of many
Setbacks yet that just kept flows intact
Few sugar sis damp cause of a nigga’s point of view
My raw subtle
Oh fa’sho will bubble indeed
My type of tai chi sedates souls, make foes reconsider
Ill advised maneuvers against the time tested
Rally your ears around he who finessed it
Braille mines, those stale rhymes fall flat in a abyss
Alchemist over what’s given
Power steer driven
Commandeered authentic long dick out for pennants
Staircase music for those with a jones for label
Absolut on the rocks for like an hour still stable
This for those who,who saw eviction steal cable
Still able to bang out shit
Opposite of frail fables and shit
One of many a mic mechanics overtime with rhyme
Killin’the stagnant
Homegrown minus the additives
At it again in all black
Like Annakin Sky
The black Hispanic V.I. still doin’it
Aight, play the whole thing back real quick…

First gesture is that of the crucifix
Lonewolf in wallabies fascinates yet aint said shit
Squad rolls one deep
Heineken owns the bloodstream
Observe flaws in I and yours that forge
Deferred dreams
Right here where Pac’s revered like the bible
In it gotta be one of the fittest in the game of survival
I’m what you get when you got skill, style and finesse
Couple with doubt
Voice drops out
Whenever the urge borne to shout
In this day and time
For likeminds trying to come by
On a staircase on building 3
For most a mystery
Flows part of history when I devise timeless quotes
Beyond guesses and made theories
And while some hazel eyes haunt me
Out of debt I climb
I find a line to scribble
It’ll blind a little, fuck it…
Type nigga who breaks his neck to say nothing to fit in
Hip square most circles could never fit in
After work to the top I rise
Tunes by Keni Burke
Network
Increase net worth
In a zone
To the letter it’s known fact
Vocals is graphics etched in rosetta stone
Let alone blak
Never gave chase for contracts, nah-uh..



willi_dudat:

song: Stardom

link:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=501713&songID=3723062

HOO are you ready for the...)spotlights, limelight, cameras flashin,
screamin mobs, pleas and sobs, unendin' action;
heavy coat tails its a chain reaction,
obsession with stardom's the greatest distraction:

(interview #1)

I: so you think you can handle the pressure?
the spotlight hosts those with the most depression;
surrounded by snakes that's only out to do'em harm,
though they unarmed there is need for alarm:
financially lose an arm at the hands of a lawsuit,
for thinkin that a project was flawproof, but now they got you, playin your defense in a courtroom, with fans that's supposed to adore you, but once that gavel slams they ignore you,
and what you're goin thru, you knew that they would slam that door soon, rep done been torn to, shreds and all those who endorsed you,
done turned they backs as if they don't know you,
and man its so true,
the line between love and hate so thin,
and its the 'tightrope' that too many put hope in;
but be warned if you can't stand on your own,
when you fall off you fall alone... (...ready for the...)

HOOK & interview #2

II: i try to tell'em 'the bidnezz' aint for all,
the feeble at heart need not apply, application denied;
and you'll experience it a million times,
the only things that change are the days and the lines:
monday they say they'll call you, tuesday the slot's been filled,
wednesday they say you're good but don't seem too thrilled;
and if you on, don't think you can't be gone,
cause there's a million and one who's just (dyin to be a starrrr!!!)
so if the opportunity knocks
and you're rewarded with gratuity stocks,
but get dropped cause they assumed you'd be hot,
be confused you should not,
its all a game...we the pawns and they the 'kaings':
but rank is so hard to gain,
when there's so many puttin knives in ya back that you just used to the pain, when you complain you get written off its so bizzarre,
forget who you are! you should be (dyin to be a starrr!!!)

HOOK & interview #3

III: now to my recollection, wack is wack and dope is dope,
and yeah some niggas just ain't got no hope;
like a paraplegic man, they simlpy don't stand a chance,
but swiftly i advance, to quickly enhance:
my okpeeps to euphoric trances with the rhythm,
and trample the subsequent like extended logarithms;
while shinin' like a prism, forebodin' all the schisms,
exercisin' wisdom, askin the lord to forgive em:
they know not, yet blindly believe that they're so hot,
head gassed and won't be relieved til' it go POP;
and the general public exposure will overdose ya,
twist your head in knots, depress then comatose ya:
WAKE UP!!! and face facts before its too late black,
'fore ya heart becomes the neighorhoods daytime snack;
and nighttime fairy tales, stories they know very well,
failed attempts at grandeur, hood standard yet to be excelled:

HOOK & goodnight!!!

...(the end)...