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PASSIVE VS SKAMZ

Battle Result

Official Battle Result

Clash Summary

PASSIVE vs SKAMZ took place during the PenGame Rap Battle 2025 Cold War Tournament in Group A, where the top two from each group progress to the quarter-finals. The host explains the tournament format, shouts out Platinum Education Services, Sound On, Chicken Shop and Lounges TV, and reminds viewers that episodes drop on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

SKAMZ wins the coin toss and chooses to go first. The host frames the clash as a possible redemption moment because SKAMZ has carried a reputation for flopping, choking and inconsistent performances. SKAMZ opens confidently, attacking PASSIVE's appearance, race, hygiene, sideburns, smell and writing ability. His main angle is that PASSIVE is passive by name and nature.

PASSIVE responds with a cleaner, more structured first round, attacking SKAMZ's voice, music, Instagram page, car-flexing, choking history, money, breath control, dreads and reputation. Round two is closer: SKAMZ brings more aggression, GTA references, knife talk, Jake/GRAMS angles and Arsenal imagery, while PASSIVE uses more technical and humorous material around SKAMZ's voice, hair, engineering sessions, weed, music, poverty, plugs and sockets, REN/Renee and past losses.

The third round decides the battle. SKAMZ's final round is short and mainly uses sexual and mum jokes with scam-scheming wordplay. PASSIVE answers with a much stronger round built around toe-to-toe, shoe-for-shoe and slew-for-slew patterns, then attacks SKAMZ's voice, puberty, followers, statistics, image and originality. His percentage-fee and copied-bars section gets a major reaction and leads to a heated moment around the 'it's his flow' line.

The judges give the battle to PASSIVE. Rippy says SKAMZ was present and had moments, but PASSIVE stole it towards the end. Jodie says the third round decided the battle. PASSIVE wins through cleaner writing, stronger structure and the decisive final round.

Performance Analysis

PASSIVE

PASSIVE wins through cleaner writing, better structure and a stronger final round. His first establishes a teacher-versus-student contrast and uses varied attacks on SKAMZ's voice, music, social media, choking, money and image. His second is his most consistently technical, using voice, pitch, engineering, Krusty Krab, Mariah Carey, REN/Renee, plug/socket and battle-record flips. His third clearly seals the result with a rhythmic toe-to-toe pattern followed by statistics, followers, originality and copied-bar angles. The percentage-fee section creates the battle's clearest crowd moment. He fumbles slightly in places, but his punchline construction and control carry him through.

Lyrical Themes: SKAMZ's voice, SpongeBob, helium and compression, Instagram car pictures, choking, poverty, dreads, weed, Krusty Krab, Mariah Carey, REN/Renee, past losses, followers, originality, copyright and a trademarked notebook.

SKAMZ

SKAMZ starts with energy and confidence but does not maintain enough structure. His first round has effective PASSIVE name flips, appearance attacks and a strong collateral-damage sequence. His second is his best because he moves toward more direct aggression, using GTA, knife, Jake/GRAMS, Arsenal and arsonist imagery. His short third round relies mainly on mum and sexual jokes and does not carry enough weight against PASSIVE's complete closer. His stage presence is strong, but the material is inconsistent and several angles remain underdeveloped.

Lyrical Themes: PASSIVE's appearance, sideburns, smell, white-rapper angle, passive/damage wordplay, GTA, knife talk, Jake/GRAMS, Arsenal kit, mum jokes, scam scheming and producer/music angles.

Key Technical Highlights

PASSIVE

Best round

Round three.

Strongest trait

Structured punchline writing.

Best angle

SKAMZ's voice and originality.

Best crowd moment

People using my bars / percentage fee.

Battle-winning factor

Stronger final round and cleaner writing.

SKAMZ

Best round

Round two.

Strongest trait

Stage presence and aggression.

Best angle

PASSIVE being passive, average and not dangerous.

Best technical moment

Collateral damage / passive damage scheme.

Battle-losing factor

A short and weaker third round.

Indexed Bars & Breakdown

SKAMZ

Status

"Wait, hold on, who is this guy?"

A dismissive opener belittling PASSIVE's status.

Birth insult

"Your mum should have had her tubes tied."

A harsh birth-regret insult.

Cold wordplay

"Think that you're cold till I show up and frostbite."

Extends being cold as an MC into frostbite.

Name flip

"Couldn't find ZEN, now you're getting scammed on sight."

References ZEN and flips SKAMZ's name.

Name flip

"P-A-J-L-S-I-V-E, watch me P-A-S-S right through."

Mocks PASSIVE's spelling intro and turns it into passing through him.

Pop culture

"Sideburns failing to look Wolverine."

Uses Wolverine's facial hair as a visual comparison.

Hygiene

"How the fuck could your bars be clean? B.O. louder than your THC."

Combines body odour, clean bars and cannabis.

Hygiene

"Did your ancestors tell you not to bathe?"

Continues the cleanliness angle.

Character attack

"PASSIVE is average, he doesn't cause damage."

Attacks PASSIVE as harmless and forgettable.

Damage scheme

"He got in the way, now this damage is passive."

Turns passive damage into a direct name flip.

Damage scheme

"The first shot was collateral damage."

Extends the passive-damage sequence.

Film wordplay

"So you better move rapid after I say cut - action."

Uses film-set language to frame a threat.

Style attack

"This guy is white and he raps white."

Attacks PASSIVE's style and authenticity.

Writing critique

"If you're here to describe what a man looks like, stop that now, that shit is a reach."

Pre-emptively dismisses appearance-based material.

Name flip

"Of course we don't wanna hear violent bars if you're P-A-S-S-I-V-E just talking."

Questions violent material from someone named PASSIVE.

Gaming

"I'll pull out my knife on PASSIVE - cold word, GTA."

Frames the threat through Grand Theft Auto.

Personal

"If your name is Jake, you're telling the world that you're carrying Grams."

Uses PASSIVE's name and GRAMS for a scene-specific punch.

Football

"Brother, I'm an arsonist, now it's top red and white like the Arsenal kit."

Links arson, Arsenal and the club's colours.

Name flip

"You ain't never had a battle with a guy scheming - Scam scheming."

Connects SKAMZ's name to plotting.

Win denial

"You must be loco thinking you can take this dub - how do I tell you? It's a no-no."

Denies PASSIVE the win.

Sexual punch

"How many inches she take? Ocho."

Uses the Spanish word for eight in a crude punch.

PASSIVE

Authority

"I'm a teacher, my lesson."

Frames PASSIVE as teacher and SKAMZ as student.

Music

"Stop making songs, I've done liked your sessions."

Attacks SKAMZ's music outside battle rap.

Voice

"You sound like a really good SpongeBob impression, mix of helium and compression."

Combines cartoon voice, helium and audio production.

Status

"Talk about hardest bars, give PASSIVE a mention."

Claims a place among PenGame's strongest writers.

Tournament

"I'll test any contestant, the worst or the best and I'll best them."

Claims he can beat anyone in the tournament.

Social media

"20% of your page is your music, the rest is pics of him sitting in cars."

Attacks SKAMZ's car-flexing Instagram image.

Car wordplay

"I run it cause he ain't got drive for his bars."

Flips driving into motivation and writing.

Name flip

"Your name is Scams but you're always broke."

Says SKAMZ cannot live up to a money-making name.

Double meaning

"I'm a professional, he is a scam - in this game you have pros and cons."

Uses pro as professional and con as scammer.

Appearance

"All of your dreads are dead out - he uses one when he wipes his nose."

A crude visual attack on SKAMZ's hair.

Weed wordplay

"Hold the mic while I put Scams in a joint."

Uses joint as cannabis and confinement.

Voice and weed

"Gonna get smoked cause I came to the clash more high than your voices."

Links cannabis and vocal pitch.

Appearance

"Hair like a mop, you reckon you're so cool."

A simple visual attack on SKAMZ's hairstyle.

Engineering

"I feel bad for the guy that does your vocals."

Says SKAMZ's voice makes recording difficult.

Engineering

"If I was your engineer when it's your turn, I'd have to cover up my ears."

Extends the painful recording-session angle.

Pop culture

"Go work at Krusty Krab on the fryer."

Returns to the SpongeBob theme.

Voice

"You don't carry with a voice like Mariah."

References Mariah Carey while attacking vocal ability.

Voice

"You sound like SEVZ but an octave higher."

Uses musical pitch to compare SKAMZ with SEVZ.

Voice wordplay

"Big man, watch your tone - sorry, I mean watch your pitch."

Corrects a behavioural phrase into a vocal-pitch attack.

Family wordplay

"If Ren is your dad, Renee is your mum, which means you're a literal son of a bitch."

Builds a family structure from REN and Renee.

Status wordplay

"You're not the plug or a socket."

Says SKAMZ is neither connected nor important.

Battle record

"You lost to Blazn and she was the worst, then you lost to Ren, so you must like losing to birds."

Uses previous losses for a gender-based wordplay attack.

Preparation

"You're flopping with more than a month to rehearse."

Targets SKAMZ's preparation and choking reputation.

Pattern writing

"We can go toe to toe, shoe for shoe, slew for slew."

Creates rhythm and sets up footwear imagery.

Voice

"You battle puberty too."

Uses SKAMZ's voice to suggest unfinished puberty.

Statistics

"I've been on PenGame half the time as you and have double the followers."

Claims faster platform growth and greater status.

Statistics wordplay

"I'll read them stats, you're binoculars."

Connects visible statistics with binoculars.

Fashion wordplay

"Kick man until my shoes Louboutin."

References Louboutin's red soles through violent imagery.

Pop culture

"You look like the girl from Jimmy Neutron."

A cartoon-based visual insult.

Pop culture

"You'll get kicked off a cliff for lying like Scar."

References Scar from The Lion King.

Originality

"People using my bar cause he tried to be me - I want a percentage fee."

Frames PASSIVE as influential and owed payment for imitation.

Copyright

"If I copyright things, it's PenGame, it's peak."

Says protecting his style would expose widespread copying.

Penmanship

"Who else could say they trademarked their notebook?"

Closes by presenting his written material as uniquely ownable.

Judgement Summary

PASSIVE wins (2-1)

Rippy says SKAMZ was present and had moments, but PASSIVE stole the battle towards the end. Jodie says the battle was close before the third round decided it for PASSIVE. The judges reward PASSIVE's stronger writing, better structure and decisive closer. Suggested round split: PASSIVE takes rounds one and three; SKAMZ takes round two.

Battle Stats

Date08-03-2025
Views406K
LeagueSeason Cold War
Judges
RippyJodie