KANDI and iiiBEREALZ met in Champions League Fixture 3 at Boxpark Croydon. iiiBEREALZ won the coin toss and sent KANDI first. The upload closes with instructions to use the QR code and website, but no completed audience tally or declared winner is preserved. The result below is therefore an independent LOTA review.
KANDI's first began with bar one and bar two, words in his mouth like a cartoon, teachers marking iiiBEREALZ and yard food not making him Jamaican. He openly addressed coming from a good home, his mixed-race family arriving in the 1950s and building with white and Black bricks, then contrasted his owned four-bedroom home with the council-charmer insult. A cracker cracking a back like a physio led into Central Station, Twisted Metal and racing. KANDI invoked an Irish relative, the Armagh Brigade and car bombs, then moved through football passes, Pelé, Billy, demons, left and right, fitting twelve into thirty-five and fishing for iiiBEREALZ. Sound trouble forced a restart, but the completed round was substantial.
iiiBEREALZ's first built almost entirely around KANDI's name and image. Roman Reigns and SmackDown opened the verse before candy became sweet boy, toxic waste, Twizzlers, candy cane and KitKat. Internet wars, Smarties and a Jawbreaker extended the confectionery scheme. A Milkybar compared KANDI's family to whiteness; Evergreen and supposed killers attacked his music; a round box and putting him in a box moved into accusations about children and knowing the real man when cameras were off. A stripper name and collateral damage closed the round. The long, coherent name scheme gives iiiBEREALZ the first.
KANDI's second announced that he would perform like iiiBEREALZ. His damaged face became evidence of boxing experience, while his opponent's mouth was the only box he knew. Ducking, weaving and Custard Cream led into a cow's backside and mouth fart; armour, a controller and Tekken formed the central game sequence. Jonathan Ross and a speech-and-language therapist attacked iiiBEREALZ's delivery. Morgz at a PenGame event and bar, Stevie Wonder, evacuation, women and children, body-count ratios, a PC avatar and Avatar in his element followed. KANDI closed with Central, a gas pedal and heels, teams driving under the influence, Mayfair, beating a corpse like Claudia Winkleman and writing off more than a nan. It is his strongest and most varied round.
iiiBEREALZ's second accused KANDI of repeatedly calling men gay and projecting from the closet. Reaper, Midas touch, going viral, antivirus and stopping vitals drove the opening. He criticised KANDI for switching flow and cadence without connective tissue, then used Lion King and pride, being unrated by his mother and a childcare business that would not allow its own son around. Sunken eyes, dirty clothes and a heartbeat spelling a word in Morse code led into Haribo, Marlboro, ice and melting. The round is sharp, but KANDI's longer connected boxing and gaming passages take the second.
KANDI's third attacked iiiBEREALZ's partner, age, work and future. A drunken partner, a 4K scam picture, a window and pregnancy formed the opening personal. iiiBEREALZ being around thirty and a baker led into getting a case and Big Zuu. His mouth, tongue and military claims followed; KANDI then contrasted being remembered in ten years with not knowing who iiiBEREALZ was. Minimum wage, loading a car, ageing, children, Morley's and chasing rap became the career attack. A Black Panther and West Croydon Forever reference closed before two sticks, a smothering woman and pufferfish speech.
iiiBEREALZ's third returned to the opponent's name: KANDI became a feminine name, the Cavity Kid, yellow teeth and a refusal to floss. A full-body cast and compact car developed the body-bar idea. He spelled P-I-M-P and T-R-I-C-K, challenged KANDI's stutter, and converted Arsenal, gunner and PTSD into a shuddering gun sound. Parkinson's linked shaking with stealing flow or dance. Being above opponents became an eagle over Storm, an X-Men character; A, B and Lime became a cider reference before Black queen and candy reign closed the verse. The construction is clever, but it is less personal and consequential than KANDI's sustained attack on iiiBEREALZ's relationship, age, work and future.
LOTA scores KANDI 2-1. iiiBEREALZ takes round one through the sustained candy, confectionery and identity scheme. KANDI wins round two with the battle's best boxing, Tekken, Morgz, Stevie Wonder and Avatar sequence. KANDI takes round three through the more direct partner, pregnancy, age, career, ten-year-future and West Croydon writing.