Mass 2 was a weird event, a lot of cats had heavy first rounds that made their next two rounds light by comparison. Not bouta review each battle in detail, but thoughts on some:
. Shotti P vs Xcel was cool to me. Shotti's first was flames and Xcel's second with the Boston v Flint ish got one of the biggest reactions all night.
. Gjonaj vs Danny woulda been fire without the interruptions that kept ruining momentum. Couldn't ask for a better moment for power to go out though. Danny was more consistent and heavy; Gjonaj wanted to do Super Lupe Lyrical or some ish and on first listen I heard some reaches and some punches built up too much for a light finish. Danny was Danny, punch after punch and I'd give it to him but I'm sure there's cats that'll give it to Gjonaj just because his ish was complicated...complicated doesn't always equal flames, dude was just alright.
. Pass slept on Moneybags and got ATE. Good to see Moneybags in a major match-up and he bodied. Hopefully this locks him in for KOTD major events.
. Ice vs K was the battle of the event imo. K had the best performance of the night to me, after Ice's first I wasn't sure K could take back momentum but he had the round of the night.
. Math vs Thesaurus is never happening, too bad because Thesaurus has been on a nice run of consistent performances and Math has had a few good ones recently too.
. Forcing Bangz vs DNA up after the bigger match-ups wasn't even fair. Bangz wasn't good, but it would have at least gotten a chance if they had a lead off battle.
. Solomon v Magic was great. Magic at his best in a long time, Solomon was in his bag with some heavy ish. Solomon sounds like he's gonna be around for a long time and like he wants to battle in a few leagues. Don't Flop v Shotty or Tony D would be cool; A URL redemption attempt needs to happen; and more KOTD reps too.
. Looking at KOTD fans trying to pump Pat 3-0 is ridiculous to me; but I guess it's a preference battle? Idk, I thought Hollow got it clearly and the gap got wider the longer they went back and forth. Wouldn't hate a 2-1 Hollow call, but that's as nice as I'd be. Hollow 3-0 for me, GOAT status as untouchable as ever.