NESS LEE VS SOUL | Don't Flop Rap Battle

[@NessLeeAtl]

I had a lot of fun in this battle b. Respect to soul.

[@2011DreamerBoy]

nessleezle bruh you shouldn't have made your 3rd so weak, he got you 2-1

[@markcullen6554]

Dope battle!

[@nathanrudzik637]

*****​ oh you're welcome

[@NessLeeAtl]

nathan rudzik you're

[@NessLeeAtl]

2011DreamerBoy yeah he def got me. I liked my third when I wrote it. The crowd and my opinion differed greatly lol. I don't think it would have needed with his third even had the crowd liked it though. We live, we learn, we write more fire.

[@kcadams1012]

Man said "That's how you do that shit! Behave yourself!" lol!!

[@jbin2424]

BEHAVE YOURSELF

[@medusa1069]

J Bin I am just watching the second round and im still lol at that because it is a term i use and he dropped it hard. Funny as hell when the crowd all repeat it!

[@nickyrobinson1742]

J Bin the best slogan in the game

[@2dTones]

Ness's 3rd: "Show em you can do it like this" Soul's 3rd: does it for the whole round checkmate indeed

[@Billyshearsss]

The reaction Soul's third got is testament to how good he actually is, very rare you see American crowds THAT appreciative of a British rapper, especially one with such an accent.

[@jbin2424]

+Devin Mills ...umm... Scotland is in Britain Sir. Good day.

[@mrnoupperlip9873]

+Devin Mills wow hahaha

[@jo929]

There was crowd reaction but nowhere as much as there should have been.90% of black people on this crowd didn't react to souls bars even though they knew how good they were.

[@Phantomdirt]

Soul looks like he got bullied through school, wrote all the bullies names down and murdered them all years later.

[@Phantomdirt]

***** Lool, But nah, Soul definitely school-shootings type of white.

[@ElusiveFreeMan]

***** Black people don't shoot up schools or they'd have nobody to shot their drugs to. 😁

[@tommyc1970]

Phantomdirt And we know in which book he wrote these names too, don't we?

[@ElusiveFreeMan]

Obadiyah Black That's what I was implying mate. The black folks shot (sell) their drugs to white kids, so therefor wouldn't shoot up schools. :) Of course, it was all meant in jest, I don't for one second believe in racial stereotyping.

[@webesorrytho]

Phantomdirt he looks a bit like varg vikernes so i totally stand behind this observation

[@UKrustafarian]

Souls "sum of the last two - I follow fibonaccis sequence" was one of the best bits of wordplay ever. Only two people there got it!

[@CamiloJamesGuitar]

Hah was just learning about it before watching this battle. What a bar! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWnGlKZ7lK6oo68

[@PhortyPhore]

"That's how you do that shit... Behave yourself!" - End of Soul's 3rd. Soul took that shit no question. Great to see the American crowd really getting behind Soul and showing respect.

[@cryptickid7388]

Came back for souls 3rd round..

[@viking6343]

And just one more time.

[@ohrightok9750]

and again

[@tanzeelkhan8134]

Still coming back, 8 years later

[@josiah_holla]

Souls bar about the Fibinacci sequence was slept on and so very dope!

[@anime_cyko]

I love Soul, more than Ness honestly but he's got to remember his crowd. Those chess bars were fucking hard but only chess players would get the win in 3 moves line

[@tylerboy612]

Soul's pen game is insane.

[@ich4b0dcr4ne]

not even 60k views, this battle is criminally under-viewed...

[@LucysDrowning505]

Ha, just clocked Ness saying "You might just be peaking/peeking, like hide and seek cheating'. Pretty similar to the "I'm the guy that cheats at hide and seek, cos I will peek/peak next' that Soul said to Raptor a couple of battles later.

[@care1essange1s]

Soul's rounds: 4:47 11:45 17:28

[@joshmitchell7334]

Soul's 3rd round holy shiiiiiiiitttttt!!

[@KAP_]

I don't usually comment on here but, Souls 3rd............. *fucking sick*

[@Badoopboop]

KAP now I usually don’t do this but uh..... gon head am break em off a piece of the remix EVERY TIME I read a comment that starts with “I usually don’t do this” all I hear is r kelly

[@danielsidey6113]

"next time you call me out in a battle, make sure you win that" -loses to soul-

[@michaelanderson5086]

***** bender lol it's the bar before lu cipher starts dancing lol

[@yonnj]

He calls out bender in every battle lol, it's been like 4 years

[@NessLeeAtl]

JonChurchAubin do i really? i challenge you to find more than 3 out of the 30 i have

[@youngchuckie1249]

nessleezle you went fucking hard ness, cant pick a winner lol

[@NessLeeAtl]

100% of your responses to me have been on my dick. lets call it even weatherman68

[@sirtoby2070]

Anybody else catch that "I'm feeling' fairly Scrappy. What you tryinna do (Doo) cousin?" at around 15:27? I know y'all watched Scooby-Doo, right?

[@michaelanderson5086]

Never realised it bit it makes sense..well spotted

[@NessLeeAtl]

Lol, thank you brother

[@wsmn16]

Well Scrappy Doo is his nephew

[@jctrewin]

would love to see Soul's material written down ,, especially that third round which was so full of riddles and rhyming couplets and crazy references it's impossible to fully understand when delivered at that speed.

[@btlgben]

+jacquest this is the whole transcript, written by soul himself :) battlerap.com/lyrics/2015/07/15680-ness-lee-vs-soul

[@jgreen114]

Soul 2-1 "behave yourself" 3rd was straight fire

[@danculberson5433]

I have to give a shout out to the guy with glasses and a knit cap in the second row of people right in front of the stage. He's the guy standing closer to Soul's side of the stage that gets EVERY SINGLE BAR! Just watch the guy! He rocks with every punch and predicts where the set-ups are going throughout the battle. It's just awesome to see a fan like that showing love in the live setting. He understood all of the 1,000 references made and didn't miss a beat... impressive. Respect, brother!

[@TheodoreGrammar]

2-1 Soul. Nothing better in battle rap than when your opponent's bars fit perfectly for your material. Ness never should've ended his 3rd like that cause that made Soul's round beautiful. Ness got the 2nd and Soul got the 1st.

[@Jamie-su1fq]

"This is the last market where you think there's people I can't compete with. You'll be sum of the last two, I follow fibonachis sequence'' can't believe that got slept on so much one of the hardest bars I've ever heard

[@martynrogers4810]

Jamie1211 while I understand how the Fibonacci sequence I still don’t understand this bar 🙈🙈🙈

[@Jamie-su1fq]

@@martynrogers4810 In scotland rather than “add” 2 numbers we ask what’s the “sum” of 2 numbers. So fibonacis sequence isn’t the last 2 numbers added together it’s the “sum of the last two / some of the last to” insane wordplay blew my mind

[@jasonlowrie5109]

Souls 3rd still is one of the best round of all time!

[@evanoleary7721]

Soul's Fibonacci bar may be my favorite line of all time.

[@fordy5764]

That's why I like soul so much, he will say things that blow your mind. But only 1% of people get it

[@lilbro1984]

which round? sorry ive seen this and im in a hurry, bit fibbonaci is my wave i need this bar.

[@fordy5764]

first bar of the second round

[@djpassionjungledrumnbass4525]

Although soul sounds a little monotone hes one of a very few who stays true, never puts on a false act to make a impact ,what people witnessed in the third was soul going up through the gear change when he does it all 3 rounds he's someone no-one wants to face ..

[@J-CG]

Shoutouts to Bobby Lashley and his no pain no gain tee in the front row

[@doctorshemp98]

BlaqSoul both of you are moist lool

[@youngchuckie1249]

BlaqSoul is it actually him?

[@fodolocraigo8426]

NightToRemember I'm rolling

[@itsbattlerapbastadd7667]

Criminally under viewed battle for 2 excellent battlers

[@HeavenSunArcadez]

Soul really impressed me, first time seeing him rap, but that 3rd round was amazing... his rhythm was insane

[@joeyjessie9008]

now im gettin why soul is starting to pop. his pen game is siik, that delivery needs perfectin,

[@Tallnet]

joey jessie thought his delivery was perfect imo

[@sapien82]

***** get tae fuck , his image !, man whit you oan aboot , its aww about what he is spittin. No how he is dressed when he is doin it .

[@sapien82]

***** lol , that was me trying to dumb down my scots typing ! this is how it should read " get tae fuck , e's image, man whit ye oan aboot, s'aww aboot whit e's spittin , No how, e's dressed when e's dain it "

[@cfcdougiecfc1]

sapien82 I'm wae ye, brother.

[@ElusiveFreeMan]

cfcdougiecfc1 Me tae.

[@aliastheaddikt]

Ness is criminally underappreciated. I'd say 2-1 either way, def no body bag. seeing it live and seeing it once online, i still think ness took it 2-1 but i aint mad at 2-1 for soul. soul is a great writer, ness is prob top 5 pure rappers in battle rap. salute to both, great battle

[@SikeNawGaming]

Soul's 3rd round is memorable!

[@jctrewin]

im only in the first round but already i can tell this is a classic battle. reloads from both, especially soul. great atmosphere in the room and great crowd

[@Jaybers100]

daaayyymn, Souls 3rd round was SICK. That 'behave yourself' thing is hilarious.

[@nvrtkn]

I want to see SOUL vs RONE. Easily my two favorite battlers.

[@mrnoupperlip9873]

Soul would do Rone so dirty

[@lukewatts7693]

Soul is defiantly one of my favs! Can't wait for Cee Major vs Soul - title match :D

[@xCLiTCoMMaND3Rx]

Don't hold high expectations, I don't think it was that good and very debatable who won

[@mejay553]

xCLiTCoMMaND3Rx totally agree wasnt what I expected, no clear winner. same with oshea vs lunar both were meh

[@mejay553]

No it really wasnt, ive watched it a few times and think that overall cee won it. All the battles from the event where pretty much a let down tbh

[@xCLiTCoMMaND3Rx]

LIV3WIR3D You either havent watched it yourself or no nothing about battle rap lol

[@mejay553]

its about preference and i preferred cmajor

[@J4remi]

I don't get why this battle doesn't have more views. One of the best all year and that third from Soul was incredible.

[@MikeWells420]

Souls third round was one of the best anyone has ever spit 🔥

[@tisbutascratch2835]

Souls third still gasses me up, I've watched that.so many times now and will still return. Are there the lyrics to this somewhere?

[@chrisburton790]

Soul 3rds are always 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@tisbutascratch2835]

Again.

[@btlgben]

+Tisbuta Scratch lyrics here battlerap.com/lyrics/2015/07/15680-ness-lee-vs-soul

[@rawvizion4125]

Soul got that one 👊

[@adrunkvagabond]

honestly its like people are just discovering soul. smh

[@adrunkvagabond]

jojo mann that being said..... soul 3-0

[@crypticraps]

No kidding bro he's been dope from the jump off...

[@multicolourMUSIC]

I know what the fuck? Souls been around

[@contrary]

Have you been sharing his battles and tryna put him on? If not, then who cares if ppl r late to him.

[@MrAfriKa]

jojo mann Exactly Michael Grayen, i didn't know who the fuck Soul was, Especially since he's mostly on Don't Flop. I like Soul he's good and I actually understand him, unlike most of the other battlers on Don't Flop.

[@samhudson15]

Fibonacci sequence bar was insane

[@ayoolanceboogie3720]

SOUL pulled a Cassidy. Took his style and made it better. SOUL 2-1

[@williamosborne5734]

Watching this again Thanks Daylyt for a Great Saturday Battle!

[@jbourkebrickwork]

Sick battle from both

[@lotorohe8439]

Don't Flopple Day

[@Alphabetizeist]

You ole "Yo you got a trench coat I can borrow face ass nigga" 😂😂😂

[@mickey4125]

"THAT'S how you do that shit, behave yourself" could sound so boastful but Soul earned the shit out of that. Fuuuuuuuuuck.

[@thatsperverse]

Soul's 3rd was fire. Easy 2-1 to soul

[@jasty2372]

so much heat in the pad he havin flashbacks

[@BR8PP]

Anyone know when the Lunar C vs Oshea Battle is being uploaded?

[@cigma]

It sort of feels that, Ness second round stumbling, had to do with how Soul cruised through his first round and ended it. Soul's first round is actually brilliant how it was stitched together. Them E-ness comparisons all the way thru to the Heartless bars affected Ness. Not only does Soul have bars, but he understands how to battle. The Angles he took against Ness were superlative. He dissed his status in the game, his Name, his career, the house fire, his relationship, and connected them all together like an essay. You rely on other peoples power to put out fire... the house fire was really a scam... but karma came back in the form of a scheming bitch.. etc Soul out Calibarred him... all Ness had at the end was the hype of his home crowd and going down, trying to play the "i'm way cooler" than you angle, haha, let's see you try and rap like me... oh shit.

[@A2DaZMc]

^ 100% Agree

[@NessLeeAtl]

cigma i wasnt affected one bit. i was just underprepared. the house fire bars have literally been used against me in every single battle since it's happened. absolutely impossible for anything regarding that to move me. and what scam? and what scheming girl? and what "i'm way cooler" angle? and what home town hype? they didnt even react to my best bars. he won the battle you dont have to make things up.

[@jag456]

cigma The shit Ness spat, after that "I'm way cooler than you angle" (when what he actually did was basically call up Soul for an outright bar-off, which I think was awesome) was absolute fucking poetry. I almost wish Ness had spat that in the second because Soul's retort was so ridiculous it totally seems to have distracted people from it... Outright disrespect and ignorance to say Ness didn't come with some fire, Soul just came with more on the day. Respect to both mc's.

[@jastypowalski9720]

+nessleezle man you really need to stop arguing with kids online

[@NessLeeAtl]

+weatherman68 i dont think you read anything i said. i dont care that anyone thinks soul won. why? because soul won. its when people make up shit and discredit me in the process of justifying his win. no one has to do that....because....he...won. simple as

[@BIurstoftimes]

Soul's 3rd was ridiculous. Great battle.

[@DomTVdotTV]

man low key classic. so slept on

[@tommydickinson8874]

that 3 round from soul....i was shaking my head and pulling faces like i was breathing in a dog fart, disgustingly good!

[@krem1982]

Likewise. His entire 3rd has set ups harder than most battle rappers haymaker punches. Smelly dog belly fart face pen game. "Behave yourself" DAMN!

[@josiah_holla]

So good to see two beast writers kill it... Can't name a winner. Soul's 3rd was incredible... Big up to US for showing soul the respect he definitely deserves

[@LionelWitchieWardrob]

You should link to the poll on the video

[@NoelTeruGibson]

Wow, Ness Lee has lost some battles. There were a few years that mans only LOSS was to Illmac Good job Soul and DFUSA

[@AtticusFresh]

Noel-Teru Gibson I don't think he lost to Illmac but I feel you. He lost to Swave and Soul back to back but to be fair, Soul would have beat a lot of people with that performance. It was pretty perfect. And Ness did good but Soul was just too much.

[@greysheepged]

soul vs shotty next

[@2011DreamerBoy]

grahame reed calm down

[@greysheepged]

2011DreamerBoy i wasnt asking i was telling , behave yourself

[@jbourkebrickwork]

Hahaha

[@louiethelegend]

No disrespect to Shotty, but I don't think he could compete with Soul's pen. His best chance would be to make full use of his talent for delivery and his 'fan favourite' appeal. Still, Soul's delivery, although the weakest part of his overall package, has improved a lot, so I'm not sure if Shotty could take it overall.

[@greysheepged]

yh you make a point , the 2 biggest english rappers right now tho and i want to see it ;)

[@krem1982]

SOUL has set ups landing harder than tag line punches. His referential schemes are weaved seemlessly, depends on the crowd. Glad to see Ness get off nice lines as well. Good battle!!

[@simplelife88393]

scared to move around the air-he-in like anne frank

[@gutsoriginal83]

I know it's bad but I'm from Georgia and I still think Soul body bagged him

[@bubblecoatgaming7308]

Ness lees soul was taken

[@billyholmesstockwell]

2-1 soul, good to see the audience understanding soul

[@doovders]

Now that's how you do promo, I think Ness took round 2 with Soul edging the first and smashing the 3rd. That was just straight fire, gawd daym

[@OfTheOldWorldband]

So this is the third battle in a row I have heard Ness use those "we are not peers boy.." lines. This is getting old. Since when does Ness use catch phrases?

[@OfTheOldWorldband]

ChronicRiot You shouldn't have to tell the crowd you are about to roast somebody, just do it. It's that kind of garbage that keeps me from liking Arsonal and a few others. It just builds up lines to sound better than they actually are. Ness is one of my favorites but honestly I didn't feel he was that strong here. R1: Soul, R2: Ness, R3: Soul.

[@NessLeeAtl]

Vedran Sunjic i take it you dont like shotty's intro either?

[@fodolocraigo8426]

what are some great soul battles? I'm new?

[@johnkelly4359]

Soul Vs Shox the rebel. Both of them write and perform really well. Soul's 3rd round not the best but very high Quality for first 5 rounds. Soul vs Raptor is amazing too but only Soul's rounds are Fire. See the "Watch" version of that and you have some American rappers giving a great breakdown of his bars as they watch the Battle. Just type in "Watch soul vs Raptor" and you should find it easy

[@b3a5t89]

Soul vs: Illmac, Tony D, Loe Pesci, Bender, Osa, Dialect, Raptor, Quill, Shox, Cee Major, Mos Prob, Wizeguy, Sketch Menace, Pigsty. All good showings by Soul.

[@samyheath8103]

Soul vs Cee Major

[@kierso118]

Souls third 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@claytonthegiant]

is that mook front and center in the crowd?

[@cosmicserpent2181]

Keep coming back for souls 3rd

[@DavidWood-ho9zw]

Souls 3rd was alot stronger than his first 2..

[@johnathanmonroe5197]

Is that lu cipher in the back?

[@bertiemunn129]

soul's chess round is brazzzy

[@MrTongeh]

had a close 1-1 till the 3rd.. soul 2-1 all day..

[@sonsofbyzantium40k]

Soul's third though!!!! Mad

[@Skilldoggz]

A kinda awkward match up to look at on paper, performance-wise it was a bit lack-lustre in places however overall i wasn't disappointed with the battle. Dontflop USA is a good look. The E-ness vs Bill battle was ridiculous i really enjoyed that shit. I gave this 2-1 to Soul.

[@MrJinky86]

Soul killing it for the scots go on son

[@rl-cr6ve]

Souls third is one of my favourites ever

[@rowdyelitehater8595]

Soul 2-1

[@callummason456]

Souls got that goosebumps shit going on!

[@callow2207]

Souls bar about Anne Frank was hard!

[@HDRahmas]

'He struggling to breathe in the air he in like Anne Frank' - Soul

[@jeyz777]

I'm I the only one who realized it wasn't scarface who Elliott Ness "caught up" to? I mean unless al capone was nicknamed scarface 😕

[@ich4b0dcr4ne]

+Jey Nunya scarface was capone's nickname for a long time and the moniker he is known for the most.

[@jankles_0345]

"I'm staring at you sideways like I waiting on you at the door" ctfu soul 3-0 tho

[@blahtoausername]

They both winners, that was a great battle - and the crowd were on point!

[@JonathonLyons1]

Soul bodied it as per.

[@apexplays-private7507]

Soul never fails to surprise . took ness's style and made it look way better

[@elfinzilla]

Souls 3rd slept on, christ

[@DJDilemma1]

and that ladies and gentlemen is why Soul is the Don't Flop champ.

[@mejay553]

DJDilemma1 he deserves to be champ because of this battle but vs cee major dont think he did enough to win it

[@zainmanunited]

Jheeeze soul never fail to impress that 3rd is one of the best still. He killed it vs cee major too man's ona mad1

[@sulimanm9087]

Soul's 3rd... Jheeze

[@John_17x]

"packin a mack in the back of the lac" !!!! wow... stealing Big Pun shit now. lol Ness Lee is better than this !!! Soul won easy !!! Big up Scotland !!!! Soul is a fuckin beast !!!

[@MrJnazty]

TruthSeeker He wasn't stealing Pun's shit, everybody knows it's Pun's. People use that line to refer to a time back when they were doing some bad shit. It's been used a lot in Battles over the years for the same purpose

[@kikokazuma]

TruthSeeker You're a dumbass.

[@John_17x]

none of your shit makes sense. it is still a Pun line lol if its been getting done for years in battles then your admitting ness lee is worse than I even said originally because your now saying he is doing something that a lot of people have done which is even worse than just copying the line from Pun's song. lol may the force be with you !!! lmfao. Soul fuckin destroyed him !!!! Scotland rapper fuckin up that whack yank !!! love it !! can a get a whoop whoop????? lmfao

[@kikokazuma]

TruthSeeker He's simply referencing the line. He's not "stealing it" or "copying it". What is your malfunction?

[@John_17x]

kikokazuma it seems the biggest malfunction is ness lee and the fact he got shat all over while using a line that many others have used (your words) not mine. Ness Lee got shat on by a Scottish rapper, why did he need to say the pun line? for a fucking irrelevant filler line? lol fuck off man. gimme a break, the guy was shit in this particular battle. I actually quite like the guy but he was garbage here and Soul was absolutely insanely good. he was almost flawless and perfect and showed what a real rap battler is. I didn't hear any other rapper's lines being used for filler's either from Soul. lol and anyway, why say "packin a mack in the back of the lac" in the first place? what the fuck relevance does it actually have towards a Scottish rapper who is representing Don't Flop? lol its pointless and irrelevant plus NOT original.

[@paulkraft6705]

This Atlanta event was nice.

[@OGjimbo]

Great battle, def worth check'n out. It's hard to say who won exactly, Ness often seems like he's on the cusp of freezing up, but then he usually picks it back up, or I'm just mistaken, I'm not really sure but either way this was good shit.

[@kingjimos]

soul must have been smashing coke pre battle

[@johncodona4472]

Soul criminally underrated

[@str8cain]

ness got robbed on sound...soul last verse sounded amazing for the fact that he kept rhyming with a good amount of content but syllable wise it was simple..even looking at the people reactions they looked around as if they felt they had to respond and was looking for assurence..when they responded to ness it was more real and uncontrollable

[@mickey4125]

It might only have been two rhyming syllables, but he did it for the WHOLE round, as well as making the bars themselves fire

[@str8cain]

@@mickey4125 I can see how someone could see it that way.. But I'm sticking to what I said.. Ness had way more depth lyrical ability and so on... But to each his own.. I'll respect your thoughts

[@mickey4125]

Well, I can see we each have different tastes when it comes to battle rap, and that's cool. I respect your opinion good sir, Ness did indeed put on an impressive performance here, if not entirely to my taste. Stay easy and thanks for being cool... ;)

[@JustinLaidlaw]

That wet tissue bar was a straight rip from Unan vs Soul like 3 months ago... damn.

[@nyjets2357]

Good battle but SOUL deff won !

[@Anwarmeahkat]

Souls third just out shone every round of Ness Lee !