locksmith may have had a short GT career,but I've never seen delivery and style like this in battle rap...the only person that comes close is hollow,but locksmith is just unreal.
Locksmith was one of my fav battlers, Jonny Storm was really only mid tier at this time, this battle should have taken place a couple years later then it would have been alot doper
The bar that killed me was locksmith was the only mc that lost to blind fury, blind fury would kill anyone in grindtime if it had to be freestyle and it was over a beat, then locksmith said jonny storm was the best in orlando which is completely false, hes dope bimut i can name a handful of mcs that are doper then storm from the ozone without even thinking about it
I wish Locksmith did more than his 4 battles. Such an aggressive, attacking, direct, ruthless battling style with powerful delivery. Can u imagine Locksmith battling on Smack/URL?
I remember watching this when it first dropped, as a fan of Locksmith; I have since been a fan of both. Lock is still dropping fire ass tracks, while Johnny is still a beast in his region. If you didn’t catch that, I gave this battle to Johnny 2-1.
I watched this because I'm a New Locksmith fan, wanted to see what he can do in battle rap. he did good but yall are not being honest if y'all say he won this
+Romario Briscoe dude the way lock goes into voices and does funny spoken word shit at the start is genius. I will say out of anyone lock battled he put up the biggest fight. lock is one of the best to ever grip a mic for sure. if you haven't heard his albums check em out
Completely disagree, nothing was special about the other guys verse, not only did he sound like he was a junior battle rapper just finding his style bit he only had a few hot lines, the crowd was his crew it seemed, what was original about what he said at all ? Lock on the other hand showed way more skill in my IMHO.
This niggah ain't got shit on Lock 🤣💯yeeee I guarantee he wouldnt go to Richmond and talk like that while he there 🤣 that would be the last thing he ever did.
Johnny has no presence at all, he spits his bars like he excited to get them out...gtfoh. Anyone who says Johnny one is a nub who has no idea what battle rap is...nice lines but no presence.
Holy shit, didn't disappoint! I'm leaning towards JS in 3. No one needs to exaggerate and say this guy got murdered or that got decapitated. JS edged it out! Locksmith in OT though, he got that, but not the first 3.
The Locksmith line "the real criminal with a predicate.... you shoulda kept him in conecticut" sounded almost exactly like Jada's from Animal. dope battle though
Just because the crowd cheers for one more than the other doesnt always mean that that guy was better. This battle was filmed in Florida and you can clearly hear the crowd hyping Johnny's lines up. *Lyrically*, the 1st 3 were dead even, and that's exactly what judges are for.
I've never seen either one of these guys battle but I'd honestly give it to locksmith. Storm has some good punchlines but he delivery fucking succkksss
lock is one of the sickest MC's in the game right now, dude is just craaazy, if ya;ll heard his wakeup show freestyles and other shit yall would know, dood is like a westcoast cannibus, battle rap is just one of the things he does, dude is raw n straight murdered this fool
lock had no filler lines,thats why hes dope.
He just fills his section with real bars. No filler needed.
locksmith may have had a short GT career,but I've never seen delivery and style like this in battle rap...the only person that comes close is hollow,but locksmith is just unreal.
Johnny should have never battled lock,the first round automatically killed Johnny
Ur dick riding hard
The look on Locks face when Jonny screwed up at 4.07 is priceless lol
Damn! Jonny almost dropped the ball at 4:09 Look at Lock's reaction... lol
Locksmiths the best newschool mc in the game.
daryl boughner new? he's been rapping forever.
daryl boughner bahahahha fuck outta here you goon lock been around for years
To me if he been rapping since after the 90's he is new school to me.
hahahah whatever dreamer
So your saying he is old school??? C'MON MAN REALLY???
That crowd so damn bias 😂
Its Florida, Storm’s from Orlando so obviously.
I'd love to see Locksmith battle Pat Stay. They both have similar styles and are very comfortable and confident with their approach.
i got love for hip hop .. i honestly like locksmith much better. he spits without thinkin too much about it. youre my number one lock!
lock smith is talented!!! "you dont wanna rap, you wanna valet park"
"Wearing his golden robe and purple socks" best punchline in this whole battle LOL
Seen this for the first time, I still can't get passed the first round it's on repeat
Locksmith is just another level
Locksmith was one of my fav battlers, Jonny Storm was really only mid tier at this time, this battle should have taken place a couple years later then it would have been alot doper
The bar that killed me was locksmith was the only mc that lost to blind fury, blind fury would kill anyone in grindtime if it had to be freestyle and it was over a beat, then locksmith said jonny storm was the best in orlando which is completely false, hes dope bimut i can name a handful of mcs that are doper then storm from the ozone without even thinking about it
How are you Locksmith, yet you can open doors for yourself... That was hard
but its hows how much about cali storm knows for saying he never herd of richmond. they had the highest murda rate in cali not to long ago
lock got the flow and bars johnny sounds whiny af
Locksmith Killed it by far no retreat no surrender. He's always on point. Best MC alive. Eminem, Jay-Z, Biggie, Nas, and now yours truly Da Locksmith
lmfao look at locks face at 4:08 wen storm slips, priceless
Locksmith- Rare Form. Its a solid track.
Dey need to do a Grind Time (the best) Vs Fight Club (da Best)
Remember when battles started at 0:48 instead of 3:30?
I wish Locksmith did more than his 4 battles. Such an aggressive, attacking, direct, ruthless battling style with powerful delivery. Can u imagine Locksmith battling on Smack/URL?
incredible battle. grind time has the best stable of battle rappers out. Every one of these dudes has talent
0:04 “It’s like a like a like a like a dorito”
Jonny had a strong round 2, but easily 3-0 to Lock, imo
One of the best cards in early internet battle rap years
"Since I'm flyin Han Solo I'll let O Lando have it" Nice Star Wars reference Lock.
Locksmith won.
Seemed like a man vs a child. Jonny seemed like simple jack. So simple
it's funny seeing people just now getting into Locksmith commenting on these old battles
I like how he paid tribute to Iron Solomon with the opening lines. (Iron Solomon vs Jin)
Johnny = passionate mc with dreads lol?
that's what I thought! thought I was the only one lol I wonder if this is him back in the day
Cruz SageZ yea that is passionate mc before he was reppin r.i. and grind mode
Is it really Passionate MC????
Those are braids. Not dreads.
*Sigh* I miss Grind Time...
lush's western conference shirt is dope (eastern conference, mr eon ect)
I remember watching this when it first dropped, as a fan of Locksmith; I have since been a fan of both. Lock is still dropping fire ass tracks, while Johnny is still a beast in his region. If you didn’t catch that, I gave this battle to Johnny 2-1.
I watched this because I'm a New Locksmith fan, wanted to see what he can do in battle rap. he did good but yall are not being honest if y'all say he won this
Fucking thank you man. Was starting to lose faith in everyone here
+Romario Briscoe dude the way lock goes into voices and does funny spoken word shit at the start is genius. I will say out of anyone lock battled he put up the biggest fight. lock is one of the best to ever grip a mic for sure. if you haven't heard his albums check em out
he only had 4 battles n how r u just a fan in 2016 it been years
Completely disagree, nothing was special about the other guys verse, not only did he sound like he was a junior battle rapper just finding his style bit he only had a few hot lines, the crowd was his crew it seemed, what was original about what he said at all ? Lock on the other hand showed way more skill in my IMHO.
fuck yeah man johnny storm was niiiice.
This niggah ain't got shit on Lock 🤣💯yeeee I guarantee he wouldnt go to Richmond and talk like that while he there 🤣 that would be the last thing he ever did.
im a new fan of lock but he got rocked on that last verse!
Lock still my fav battle rapper long wit dizaster, concieted, thesaurus
Lock destroyed this clown!!!!
Lock won the first two rounds but storm had him the last round
locksmith all the way, guys like him are the reason i loved hio hop the first time
eye of the storm line was dopeeeee
Lock ate him up the crowd was getting loud with everything storm was saying
Is it actually passionate mc?
No.. but i thought it was...passionate is way younger
Wait...mabey not
true
Locksmith is really physically animated, literally, lol
wow you could see that the crowd was hella tough on Lock man, Jonny had like the crowds approval on every line
LOCKSMITH KILLED HIM
Leesen yonny
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They both dope!!
Locksmith got this
Johnny has no presence at all, he spits his bars like he excited to get them out...gtfoh. Anyone who says Johnny one is a nub who has no idea what battle rap is...nice lines but no presence.
I think he's solid but to each his own.
you mean won, lol
lmaoooooo "since he don't understand let me talk with a soft j lmaoooooo
Grizzlemania was an epic event
That blind fury bar
Sheeeeeeeesh
js had the best one bye turning it into a metaphore, how many sombrero and chips lines u heard? real creative.
now that nocan is back....nocan vs. johnny would be a sick battle
jonny storm is the true king of FL ..this was a sick battle from both but storm proved he's the best!
i feel u. they both came with it
Holy shit, didn't disappoint! I'm leaning towards JS in 3. No one needs to exaggerate and say this guy got murdered or that got decapitated. JS edged it out!
Locksmith in OT though, he got that, but not the first 3.
nah dude, locs a beast, his 3rd round, bruuuuuutal, his spectrum line kills
That Pop Lock Line Was Savage! But Locksmith Brought It!
2 of the realest spitters
The Locksmith line "the real criminal with a predicate.... you shoulda kept him in conecticut" sounded almost exactly like Jada's from Animal.
dope battle though
Storm: where you get that shirt ?!?!?!?! i need that.
I agree, he would wipe the floor with most of their rappers
his music is sick syllable mastery
The first thing I´ve ever heard about Locksmith was "He´s a fuckin´ maniac". And, yes, he is.
storm KILLED IT !!
sick ass wordplay
they're both really good.
🔐 preparation was on another level
Lock needs to come back and save battle rap please😂
I’ve watched a lot of locksmiths battles and cams to the conclusion that no one can even come close to what locksmith brings
That was dope! I was thinking locksmith had it all the way but he lost that land round,
Pretty fair Match up, But he does look like Passionate MC
I thought the same thing...he sounds like him too
He looks like the Anonymous mask.
MAN GREAT BATTLE
i wanna c locksmith and serious jones battle
Dude lock is mad good!!!! I think Jonny got him on Round 2, but Jonny just finished too weak last round.
just looked up blind fury. he dope. 1st blind rapper i ever saw.
Just because the crowd cheers for one more than the other doesnt always mean that that guy was better. This battle was filmed in Florida and you can clearly hear the crowd hyping Johnny's lines up. *Lyrically*, the 1st 3 were dead even, and that's exactly what judges are for.
Locksmith is strait up on anotha level than every other grindtime battler!!!!
look at jonny storm , all pimped out with em clothes, and those dread locks, and the big ass watch, lol
"you should have kept him in Connecticut or Rhode Island or whatever"
I've never seen either one of these guys battle but I'd honestly give it to locksmith. Storm has some good punchlines but he delivery fucking succkksss
When is Locksmith gonna come out with a new battle?????????????????
believe it or not , some dudes were born with mustaches over their eyes hahahaha ... maybe thats why he trims em' up if he does .. lol
Is this the same Locksmith that just dropped an album with Apollo Brown?
Yeah he even battled on MTV back in 03 or 04.
Locksmith acted like he didn't know who Blind Fury was by saying who the fuck is blind theory lmao foh
lmao, Locksmith's got the best presence in Grind Time I think.
that jonny quest line was dope good battle tho
when is Locksmith gonna come out wid another battle????
i cant find that locksmith vs blind fury battle
+XxAnonymousBeastxX there's a reason locksmith said 'who the fuck's blind fury?'
Johnny all the way. That no need for a punchline thing was fucking hilarious.
Nice Special Effects!
locks mith vs papoose, dizaester vs murda mook ,soul khan vs iron solomon , dirt bag dan vs dirt ,trex vs theasurus i wanna see those
lock is one of the sickest MC's in the game right now, dude is just craaazy, if ya;ll heard his wakeup show freestyles and other shit yall would know, dood is like a westcoast cannibus, battle rap is just one of the things he does, dude is raw n straight murdered this fool
@FiringSquadHipHop nope it was a written battle, locksmith requested 3 months in advance
I think Johnny took it to and I am from oakland. Johnnys lines stood out.