JM VS PASSIVE

Mother

"PASSIVE, your mum’s overly massive."

JM opens with a blunt mother/weight insult. It is direct and sets a rude tone.

Smoking

"You build your spliff with roaches and ashes."

This attacks PASSIVE’s smoking habits and makes him look dirty or desperate.

Status

"Been on TikTok live and you just made four pence."

This is a platform/status joke. JM says PASSIVE is online but not earning anything meaningful.

Violence

"Verbal GBH for your headtop."

GBH means grievous bodily harm. JM frames his bars as serious verbal damage.

Pop Culture/Sexual

"If your girl was Toothless with a long neck, she would still give dead top."

This references Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon. JM uses it as a crude sexual insult about PASSIVE’s girl.

Image

"Go on, show me your red socks."

This seems to reference PASSIVE’s style or prior image. It is a visual call-out.

Hygiene

"You got a pungent fragrance, smells like onions, bacon and tons of vaping."

A smell/hygiene bar. JM attacks PASSIVE as dirty and vape-smelling.

Name Flip

"P-A-W-L-S-I-V-E."

JM spells PASSIVE’s name wrong deliberately to mock him. It turns the name into a joke and makes him look unserious.

Strategy

"I’m using a cheat code."

JM says he has unlocked an easy way to beat PASSIVE. It also connects to the name-spelling angle as if he has found an exploit.

Ego

"On your high horse, little man, come down."

This attacks PASSIVE’s ego. JM says he is acting above his level.

Food/Status

"I’m cooking your goat, you are making a curry."

This is a food/goat line. It also plays into the farm/animal themes that appear across the battle.

Pressure

"One sixteen and he’s blatantly worried."

A 16-bar verse is treated as enough to make PASSIVE nervous.

Football

"I told ZEN that he looks like Ibra, but your Zlatan’s Italian buddy."

This references Zlatan Ibrahimović and flips football identity. The wording is rough, but it is a football/comparison punch.

Confidence

"Round one, warm-up, murk him awkward."

JM closes by framing the first as only a warm-up, implying he has more levels.

Upset

"I caused an upset last time, it’s only right that I upset you."

This is JM’s best round-two opener. It references his previous upset win and turns it into a promise against PASSIVE.

Appearance

"Why does this guy right here remind me of a confused Asian dude?"

This is a racial/appearance joke and should be treated carefully as battle material. JM uses it to attack PASSIVE’s look.

Image

"I bet you watch anime loads."

This continues the image angle, making PASSIVE look nerdy or unserious.

Status

"You’re an amateur, my calibre stays locked."

JM says he is operating at a higher level and PASSIVE is not ready.

Flow

"Let me ask who’s Shelley then, who’s ready then?"

This starts a flow-switch section with repeated “who’s” phrasing. It shows rhythm and control.

Status/Appearance

"I’m taking your spot and your residence, all of your relevance and the three hairs off your chin."

This attacks PASSIVE’s position, status and weak facial hair all at once.

Status

"JM, I’m the PenGame menace."

A self-branding bar. JM positions himself as a threat in the tournament.

Relationship

"Your girl is a pavement."

This is a crude sexual/reputation insult. It is battle material.

Alcohol

"White boy wasted, drunk, like I’m a big fat bottle of rum."

This uses alcohol imagery to attack PASSIVE’s state and image.

Career

"You had one good battle at first, but you ain’t improved from that evening."

This is a strong career critique. JM says PASSIVE peaked early and has not progressed.

Production

"You try to claim you’re a sick producer, but all your beats been slipped off Splice."

This attacks PASSIVE’s producer credibility. Splice is a sample platform, so JM accuses him of using pre-made loops.

Production

"I asked P for a bassline beat I could rinse on, but they’re all shit."

This opens JM’s third-round beat angle. He says he tried to use PASSIVE’s own beats but could not find a good one.

Production

"I was searching for 25 minutes and I still couldn’t pick one."

This extends the producer critique. It says PASSIVE’s catalogue is not usable.

Grime

"The only time that you’ve seen any grime was in your bathroom and on your teeth."

A strong grime/hygiene flip. Grime means the genre and also dirt.

Rumours

"I won’t listen to anyone’s rumours."

JM distances himself from rumour-based angles, then moves into his own attacks.

Pop Culture/Violence

"I’ma kick this pussy like I’m Kurt Zouma."

This references the footballer Kurt Zouma, who was involved in a widely criticised animal-abuse incident. It is a harsh battle reference.

Regional

"I’ve been putting Cardiff on the map."

JM asserts regional pride and status.

Pop Culture

"Andrew Tate is that guy and your inspiration’s Joseph Kony."

This is a deliberately provocative reference section. It uses controversial public figures as insult material.

Judges

"The only radical one here’s Koji."

This references judge Koji Radical and flips his name into the bar.

Judges

"I push keys and aim for progression while he tries to Roll Deep."

This references judge Progression and the grime collective Roll Deep. It is a clever use of the room and judging panel.

Writing

"He writes his bars with crayon, not pencil."

JM says PASSIVE’s writing is childish and basic.

Writing

"My 16s are all loaded clips, yours come like an unsalted pretzel."

This contrasts JM’s bars as weapons with PASSIVE’s bars as dry and flavourless.

Threat

"I’m an MC that’ll knock your block off."

A direct grime-style closer. JM states his identity as an MC and threatens to take PASSIVE’s head off lyrically.

Lock Off

"I make your girlfriend take her top off, move like section, everything lock off."

This is a crude sexual/lock-off closer. It gives the round a final crowd-friendly punch.

Religion

"Today I’m feeling holy, Joseph."

PASSIVE opens with biblical imagery. Joseph links to the Bible and to JM’s real name angle.

Religion/Sexual

"I’ll ghost your girl and still get her pregnant."

This is a religious/sexual ghosting flip. It plays off immaculate conception-style imagery.

Religion

"Not even Ginger Jesus can save ya."

This references Ginge and Jesus at once. PASSIVE says no one in the room can save JM.

Religion/Sexual

"She’s on her knees, but it’s not for repentance."

This continues the religious/sexual scheme. Repentance becomes a sexual image.

Farm

"Animal lover might raise an alarm."

This introduces the farm/animal angle that defines PASSIVE’s first round.

Farm/Status

"You ain’t a goat if you’re sleeping with goats."

This is a goat/GOAT flip. GOAT means greatest of all time, but PASSIVE turns it into a farm insult.

Farm/Sexual

"If you’re gonna fuck something, at least be a bird."

This continues the animal/farm insult. It is crude battle material.

Family/Farm

"No family, cause I heard you got a herd."

PASSIVE keeps the farm scheme going. 'Herd' replaces family with animals.

Status

"It should have been ZEN in your place."

A tournament-status angle. PASSIVE says JM should not even be in the quarterfinals.

Death/Shock

"I laughed when I heard your dog passed away."

This is one of the darkest lines in the battle. It is battle material and is designed to provoke reaction.

Family/Death

"Your dad should have died, your dog should have stayed."

An extremely harsh family/death bar. It lands because of shock value, but should not be treated outside battle context.

Death

"You live alone in a single bed, and now there’s an empty space for your dog."

This extends the dog-death angle into loneliness.

Status

"This is my stage that you stepped on."

PASSIVE claims home advantage and ownership of the platform.

Regional

"Battling my ting in Cardiff because your dog’s not barking."

This references JM’s Cardiff identity and continues the dog angle.

Parenting

"You taught your daughter Muay Thai cause you know if she calls you, you ain’t gonna back it."

This is a daughter/protection angle. PASSIVE says JM trains his daughter because he cannot protect her himself.

Shock/Dog

"Your dog’s lipstick dick was your lip balm."

This is a disgusting shock bar within the dog angle. It is battle material.

Lifestyle

"You know about sticks, you know about stacks, you probably had to drink beer, wine to relax."

This attacks JM’s lifestyle and drinking habits.

Drugs

"You did gear in a car in a car park."

A drug-use allegation-style bar. It should be treated as battle material.

Farm/Relationship

"I rate that he’s got two gals in his barnyard."

This returns to the farm/animal scheme and mocks JM’s relationships.

Angle

"Ring ring, man got a call from JM."

PASSIVE opens round two with a specific beat-request angle.

Angle

"He asked me if I had beats for man, I hung up with no reply."

This is one of PASSIVE’s strongest angles. It makes JM look like he needed PASSIVE’s production help.

Refusal

"Asked man for beats, that shit is a nah-nah."

A simple refusal bar. PASSIVE says he was never helping JM.

History

"You stand on stage thinking you wanna talk DEENO’s kids in a cot — that was a mad one."

PASSIVE references JM’s previous material about DEENO’s child and calls it mad.

Parenting

"When his girlfriend asked him, does he want kids, he said yes but not actually have one."

This flips parenting responsibility into a punch.

Status/Regional

"The only JM that I see in Cardiff are junk men and junkies."

This is a Cardiff/name flip. PASSIVE makes “JM” sound low-status in his own city.

Status

"Your time’s done, your period’s finished."

This is a simple time/period punch. PASSIVE says JM’s run is over.

Grime

"Your music is more limescale than grime."

This is one of PASSIVE’s best music critiques. Grime means the genre, while limescale is household dirt. He says JM’s music is stale and dirty, not grime.

Appearance/Pop Culture

"You look like you know how to Train a Dragon, but you still look way too disabled to drive."

This references How to Train Your Dragon and attacks JM’s appearance. It is harsh and disability-based battle material.

Regional

"Go back to Wales."

A direct regional attack.

Relationship

"We had a truce, but it’s betrayal."

PASSIVE says any friendly relationship between them is over.

Pop Culture

"We have a photo, but we’re not friends, he just thought I was Gareth Bale."

This references Welsh footballer Gareth Bale. It is a Wales/photo joke.

Family/Money

"You need the prize to buy your mum’s spices."

This attacks JM’s finances and his mother.

Mother/Wordplay

"Your mum is a very large woman, so you literally come from Wales."

A weight/Wales wordplay line. 'Whales' sounds like Wales.

Mother/Weight

"Your free fives are coming up short because your mum’s always breaking the scales."

This continues the weight/scales scheme. It is crude but technically connected.

Money

"You need to see these Ps, you don’t see Ms."

A money/status bar. Ps are pounds; Ms are millions. PASSIVE says JM is not making serious money.

Name Flip

"I am Jordan, you’re the small JM."

This is a name/status punch. PASSIVE makes himself the bigger Jordan/JM figure.

Culture

"You wasn’t raised by Yardie, you was manipulated and fucked hardly."

PASSIVE opens round three by attacking JM’s Jamaican/Yardie image and cultural authenticity.

Culture/Pop

"You never went on WWE, but you came out to Bob Marley."

This mocks JM’s entrance and Jamaican styling. It says he uses Bob Marley imagery without truly belonging to that culture.

Race/Culture

"Your white role, just look at your skin colour."

A race/culture angle. PASSIVE says JM should not force a Yardie persona.

Pop Culture

"Only farm that you’ve ever been to is Emmerdale."

This references Emmerdale, the British soap set in rural Yorkshire. It continues the farm/Welsh/posh angle.

Appearance

"Your teeth are not a good reason to speak."

A direct appearance insult about JM’s teeth.

Prebuttal

"Are you gonna mention my mum, or are you gonna mention my ex?"

This predicts JM’s likely angles and tries to neutralise them.

Rebuttal

"Pretend to use my beat, what’s next?"

This responds to JM’s third-round beat angle. PASSIVE says JM’s setup is forced.

Production

"Talking producers fam, I’m the best."

PASSIVE defends his production credibility directly.

Production

"Prod by Westy is your bestie."

This references producer Westy and says JM’s strongest sound comes from someone else.

Culture

"He wants to be David Rodigan badly."

This references David Rodigan, a famous reggae/dancehall broadcaster. PASSIVE says JM is forcing a reggae/Jamaican persona.

Underdog/Death

"Underdog with a dog six feet under."

This combines tournament underdog imagery with the dead-dog angle from round one.

Culture

"You went to Jamaica, but you don’t fit in."

This is the core of PASSIVE’s culture angle. He says visiting Jamaica does not make JM authentically Yardie.

Pop Culture

"You’d love to be crammed up in a bobsled."

This references Cool Runnings / Jamaican bobsled imagery. It is another Jamaica-themed punch.

Pop Culture/Name Flip

"Put one to your head like Sanka."

This references Sanka, a character from Cool Runnings. It closes the bobsled/Jamaica scheme with a name punch.