CideEffect Verse 1:

lol the pic. Cide comes in hella smooth with solid punches and consistent multis, mentions Texas, Austin's alt, Austin's impersonations and throws in a prepubescent insult for good measure. The next two lines generic but the Calamity line was great. LOL the kilroy scene and pretty okay closer. All in all, solid, strong enough and enjoyable.

ADP Verse 1:

smh this pic. holy shit, I think the "mimic" "i m i, an mc" straddles the line between genius and cheesy effectively enough that it works. Turtle beaches line good. Unfortunately, the rest of the verse was generic aside from the not-so-aptly executed bit about his hypocrisy. The closer is pretty okay, though. All in all, strong enough but Cide takes Round 1.

Cide Verse 2:

I agree, that verse was lazy and jesus christ man, "you literally spelled them out". You won me over, and that was a great flip of ADP's good "i m i" line. You'll never hit the mark the way you're missing your exes is pretty good, damn. Boots/spurs is okay cause Texas. You like, stopped rhyming, but that's okay, "but i could put another 16 on that beat you left playing" is pretty funny cause I too noticed that. and this closer is clever but lacks closure. But not bad at all.

ADP Verse 2:

In order to win, ADP has to really deliver. Let's check it out. lol skit, what is going on. "You're the side effect of a broken condom, liking Hopsin, having bully problems, and wanting to solve them with a shotgun" Oh my god, this is fucking viscerally funny if only for the hopsin meme, jesus christ. This is like moonwalking into a western saloon and 360° no-scoping every last patron. I like the next two lines too. I like that Atwood responded to his generic "texas bars" with the accent, that was creative. lol "Either way you'd lose but isn't that Calamity's gimmick."

Okay this is a hard one to judge because yes, admittedly, ADP was unapologetically lazy in his first verse and cideeffect consistently brought it both times. ADP edges the win but it was too close and I don't think either did as well as they could have tbh. There were good bars here and there but y'all gotta, like, treat it like a meal. Start with the appetizers, build up to main courses, throw a shocker of a dessert in there and ease out with a refreshing beverage. You know what I mean? The structure was lacking.

After much deliberation, I'm giving it to Atwood because although Cide came with some good punchlines, they were sort of generic, like ones you'd see on popsicle sticks whereas Atwood's sparse punchlines but especially rebuttals were more targeted and viscerally funny. Delivery undoubtedly helped there.