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Listerine
Used by PR1NC3
Used by PR1NC3
Used by PR1NC3
Used by PR1NC3
Official Crowd Decision
PR1NC3 vs NATTY EBK opened a five-battle Gzone event and immediately became an unusually hostile clash. NATTY, making his first appearance, led with bereavement, family and parenting attacks intended to overwhelm the room through shock. PR1NC3 answered by saying he had predicted the barber, wife and dancing angles, then made credibility and alleged police cooperation the centre of his response. Every personal claim is treated here as unverified battle material.
NATTY's writing was direct and performance-led. His clearest structures included better than me / better than yours, three rounds to eliminate you, the Mars-Pluto space comparison and the one-plus-two-equals-three count. He repeatedly presented himself as the hungrier new battler and used blunt family material as his main source of pressure. The approach produced room reactions, although the transcript becomes increasingly distorted during his later passages.
PR1NC3 relied more on rebuttal, compact fighting references and visible props. One-two, slip and crack imitated a boxing combination; 999 turned an alleged snitch angle into an emergency-call punch; and his second round used zinc, freezing, skin and under your skin as a loose connected field. He then produced Listerine, luxury soap and salt during a hygiene sequence, giving a straightforward breath angle a physical presentation.
The hosts announced that future events would use judges but left this battle to the audience. After the crowd call, they described the result as clear; the presenter initially began to say PR1NC3, corrected himself to NATTY and told NATTY to roll on. The official Gzone record also lists NATTY EBK. This archive records a NATTY crowd decision without inventing a vote count or round score.
NATTY EBK used his debut to apply immediate pressure through blunt, highly personal material. His writing favoured direct comparisons, simple counts and recognisable images over concealed wordplay, allowing him to project through a difficult mix. The strongest passages contrasted age and status, moved between Pluto and Mars, and used the boxing-ring setting as part of the threat. Much of the material was deliberately extreme, but his confidence and commitment gave him the room presence reflected in the crowd result.
Lyrical Themes: Bereavement; parenting; family; experience and age; money and status; rookie-versus-veteran positioning; transport; planets; music prospects; boxing; crowd dominance.
PR1NC3 took a rebuttal-led approach, opening by naming the predictable angles before attacking NATTY's credibility, writing and alleged willingness to call police. His boxing combination and 999 line were his clearest compact punches. Round two became more theatrical when he produced Listerine, luxury soap and salt during hygiene material. He retained more technical variety than NATTY, but restarts, microphone problems and the heavily compressed final-round transcript reduced the clarity of his overall arc.
Lyrical Themes: Predicted angles; credibility; alleged snitching; boxing; violence; writing quality; appearance and hygiene; breath; Listerine and soap props; redemption; competitive levels.
Three-round mission statement
NATTY states that he has three rounds to eliminate PR1NC3. The number gives his opening a clear competitive objective even when the surrounding material is personal.
Age and fraction contrast
Looking double NATTY's age but being half the man uses two opposing mathematical quantities to separate appearance from status.
Pluto and Mars comparison
A pushbike and car begin the transport hierarchy before Pluto and Mars expand it into planets. Mars also supports NATTY's warlike self-presentation.
Boxing-ring setting
NATTY points out that they are standing in a boxing ring and invites PR1NC3 to drop the microphone and fight. The physical venue becomes part of the bar.
Prebuttal opening
PR1NC3 lists the barber, wife and dancing angles before saying they do not affect him. Predicting material before answering it is a classic prebuttal strategy.
Emergency-call punch
Calling 999 is presented as proof that NATTY cannot sustain his threatening image. The familiar UK emergency number makes the credibility attack immediate.
Boxing combination cadence
One-two, slip and crack are delivered like successive boxing instructions. The rhythm imitates the combination being described.
Hygiene prop sequence
Zinc, breath, Listerine, skin, luxury soap and salt create a loose hygiene field that is strengthened by PR1NC3 physically handing over the products.
Round 1 — Better-than comparison
"Better than me? I don't think there's one. / Deep in your heart, you know that too."
NATTY makes a direct status claim and treats PR1NC3's supposed agreement as internal knowledge. The simplicity helps establish his debut confidence.
Round 1 — Three-round objective
"Got three rounds to eliminate you."
The line converts the battle format into a mission statement. Each remaining round is framed as another stage in eliminating the opponent.
Round 1 — Money and lane
"If you ain't made twenty, don't talk on my name. / If you ain't made ten, stay in your lane."
Twenty and ten create a descending money threshold, while name and lane provide the rhyme. Financial success becomes the qualification for addressing NATTY.
Round 2 — Double and half
"You look like double my age, but you ain't half of the man that I am."
Double and half are mathematical opposites. NATTY contrasts looking older with possessing less status, reversing the advantage usually associated with age.
Round 2 — Pushbike to planets
"Taking your kids to school while you're riding a pushbike? / Go get a car — you're like Pluto, I'm like Mars."
Pushbike and car establish a transport hierarchy. Pluto and Mars then enlarge the distance, while Mars carries a secondary association with war.
Round 2 — Drama and music
"You ain't gonna go far in music. / Flows like a real-life drama — all you do is damage the music."
Music repeats as career and craft. Drama characterises PR1NC3's life while damage turns the criticism back onto the quality of his output.
Round 2 — One plus two
"One plus two, that's three... I really want more."
The basic count points toward three rounds and presents the current performance as insufficient to satisfy NATTY's appetite for competition.
Round 3 — Transit van visual
"Your mum's so large she looks like a transit van trying to go down a one-way strip."
A wide commercial van in a narrow one-way route creates an easily pictured size mismatch. The punch relies on the visual rather than complex wordplay.
Round 3 — Boxing-ring challenge
"Ironically, we're up in a boxing ring. / Drop the mic and go fight, my G."
The venue is literally styled as a ring, so NATTY turns the performance space into an invitation to replace rap with a physical contest.
Round 3 — Bully and finish refrain
"The first round man bullied this... this round, let me just finish it quick."
First round and this round create progression, while bullied and finish claim that the outcome is already decided. Repetition makes it the third-round thesis.
Round 1 — Predicted-angle prebuttal
"I already knew what this man was saying: barber, wife or how I was a dancer. / That's knowledge everyone knows; it doesn't affect me."
PR1NC3 names NATTY's expected subjects before dismissing them. That prebuttal attempts to reduce the impact of the round that has just happened.
Round 1 — Gang and shanks credibility
"You're not bad, even though you think you're a gang, even though you talk about shanks. / Not one body here's scared of you."
Gang, shanks and scared belong to the same threat field. PR1NC3 argues that NATTY's language has failed because it produces no fear in the room.
Round 1 — Artist and hit list
"I know I'm a real rap artist... this man's dying tonight because I put a man on the hit list."
Artist frames PR1NC3 as a musician, while hit list can mean targets and successful songs. The phrase lets music and threat occupy the same setup.
Round 1 — 999 credibility attack
"I can never take chat from a snitch. / You get scared and call 999."
The UK emergency number acts as a compact rebuttal to NATTY's threatening persona. Calling for help is placed against the idea of handling conflict personally.
Round 1 — Boxing combination
"Hit him with a one-two, slip, then crack it. / Head top leaking."
One-two is a standard boxing combination, slip is defensive head movement and crack is the impact. The delivery follows the sequence of a short exchange.
Round 1 — Rat and vermin rename
"Mike's ratting — your new name's Vermin."
Ratting means informing and a rat is vermin. PR1NC3 converts the alleged behaviour into a new identity for NATTY.
Round 2 — Croydon Diddy comparison
"Why bring on a Croydon version of Diddy?"
The line compresses location and celebrity comparison into one image. Its function is appearance and persona mockery rather than an extended scheme.
Round 2 — Zinc and Listerine
"Your breath smells like zinc... your breath smells like dirt — here's Listerine."
Zinc supplies a metallic smell image before Listerine becomes both the answer to the insult and a physical prop handed over in the room.
Round 2 — Freezing and under-skin chain
"My flow cold, freezing... I'm under your skin, I can see you're annoyed."
Cold and freezing describe the flow's quality, then under your skin changes skin from body surface to the idiom for causing irritation.
Round 3 — Redemption and levels
"I'm here for redemption, so know you're clashing a monster... shouldn't ever try to battle a PR1NC3; there's levels to this."
Redemption frames the appearance as recovery, monster escalates the persona and levels presents PR1NC3's experience as a hierarchy NATTY cannot reach.
The hosts explained that this was the final event using an audience-only decision before judges would be introduced at future shows. Following the crowd call, they described the outcome as clear. The announcer started to say PR1NC3, immediately corrected himself to NATTY and told NATTY to roll on. The official Gzone record lists NATTY EBK. No vote total or round allocation is available, so the archive records only a crowd decision. All personal and family claims remain unverified battle material.
NATTY EBK — official crowd decision
PR1NC3 showed more varied technique through his prebuttal, 999 punch, boxing cadence and hygiene props. NATTY EBK was more direct and consistently forceful, using clear comparisons, number structures and the physical ring to make his attacks accessible in a difficult audio environment. The crowd result was described as clear, the host corrected the announcement to NATTY, and the official Gzone record confirms him as winner; the footage does not justify adding a score.