Grind Time Now presents: Sonny Bamboo vs A-Class

#FollowTheLeader - GTN New York's premier event! The second round of Immortal Technique's "Most Hated" tournament pits GTN Midwest GM Sonny Bamboo against Baltimore powerhouse, A-Class. Both fought against the odds and bested top competition in the first rounds; Sonny took out Nocando, while A-Class defeated Madness. The winner will go on to face the victor of Ness Lee and Real Deal. Who will win in this highly anticipated 3 round no-overtime match?
Due to technical difficulties, the footage of the judges was lost. We apologize for the inconvenience. After a long deliberation, the judges came to a 3-2 decision in favor of A-Class. A-Class will battle the winner of Real Deal vs Ness Lee in the Most Hated finals
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[@youngjoob]

A Class is one of my favorite battlers. He won 3-0 no doubt about it.

[@vanyalohov5754]

The best part of this video is when they impersonate eachother, they're both completely on point with it - showing eachother how they're both horrible...

[@Viktir123]

"People used to pick on me, now I got a lion's bite." "It's more like the violent strike of hybrid mice who developed pink tails with violet stripes." LOL that one made me laugh out loud because I've been awake for 2 days and I literally visualized that when he said it.

[@Milazzo801]

" lookin like fresco walked so far in the closet he found a narnia hobbit!! "a class WENT IN this battle that had me on the floor

[@boombox602]

good idea to post links to other battles. thanks son

[@siwooot]

why didn't they show the judging????? i thought there was supposed to be a winner

[@RespectProcess]

@ChingChowWei i just looked up the recorded averages. south korea in general has an average of 5'8 1/2 while seoul has an average of 5'9

[@linus22277]

Although it was dope, this battle's only purpose is to decide who gets to lose to Ness.

[@VintijMindVibez]

It's been a year since they were supposed to show A Class vs Ness Lee. Fuck Grind Time...

[@dieselfort]

a-class won

[@Demarcus93]

1st round-a class easy 2nd round- they both came wit it ima say tie 3rd- both came a little weak but a class edged it

[@1nDoSmOk31]

...but i could see that last round going either way in the judges eyes

[@XaeeD]

Round 1 Sonny Round 2 A-Class edged it Round 3 Sonny Still, I think A-Class is a better battlerapper and I don't know why, but Sonny isn't that interesting.. he still won the battle imo

[@hahacrazykidd]

Trippin ! Sonny Murked A Class

[@ThaGearOfWar]

Why does this shit only have 30k views? Shit is way better than Summer Madness.

[@dune310la]

Damn Class went in on Sonny,was looking for or a close one..at least Drect uploaded the vid is good huh.

[@hpdtrue]

Its "A-Class vs Real Deal" Next Event.. A-class is done 4!

[@voodoo8030]

man a-class's rebuttals won this battle alone. not to mention his bars hit harder than sonnys. sonny had a lot of filler, and not many hard punchlines

[@KingJagan]

A class has always been a beast.... he's the only reason im still subbed to GTN so I dont miss any of his battles.

[@Timothy]

good battle

[@crypticraps]

"Looking like fresco walked so far in the closet, he found a Narnia hobbit." Lol

[@murphmonroe6262]

I was dead

[@VA1DJWhiteMike]

"Your the only rapper who can stand up in a car" haha that was funny

[@Truckingsx]

Both nice. Class killed it ha

[@thinkback100]

A class is the most underated battle rapper. I'm glad he didn't get robbed again. Sonny brought it too.

[@Ryker_One]

"I'll roll up on him with a gun sized knife, and stab him one time, twice." A-Class is so fucking dope. I hope he takes this whole thing.

[@smokestakz]

A-Class 3-0'd Son....fact...bamboo had performance but class had ridiculous bars and sorry but its BARS OVER EVERYTHING

[@thinkback100]

A Class is a fucking champ. Dude ryhmes with knives

[@Angielyrica]

BEST FRIDAY EVER!!! I GOT MY SCHOOL CHECK, HUNG OUT WITH MY FAMILY, MY BROTHER MADE THE HONNOR ROLL, AND SONNY VS A CLASS IS UP! EVERYTHING IS SOO GOOD TODAY! GOOD ASS FRIDAY HI5!

[@AyoBingo]

Thats the first time I've seen Immortal Technique laugh and smile

[@MessiFaniak10]

Woohooo! A-Class ' Won ' :D

[@AlwaysElevating]

Damn! A-Class killed Sonny especially with that Wu-Tang line.

[@revronmusic]

A-Class i always been a fan dude, keep doin what your doin!

[@lilsleepy3332]

“roll up on him with a gun-sized knife and stab him one time twice” is hard 😂

[@Alphacat]

really? 3 minutes of promos?

[@clayphace]

A-Class all the way on this one

[@kjohns885]

Good look on the short jokes A-Class, funny as hell. LOL

[@NOTURPLUGBRO]

ooooh shit 14:02 - 14:08 had me LMAOOO

[@YouKnowMySteezz.]

A class to winn it all!!!

[@howartduck1]

class is a beast!!!!!

[@groovekiller]

A-Class killed this

[@optimi5t]

A-Class is beast!

[@TheKlingonFarmer]

A-Class. Easy.

[@sanitary103]

sonny is pretty good but I just can't get around his slow delivery. it just gets old after awhile. that's just my take. he would be better off mixing things up which he did for a little bit but not enough. and leprechaun don is by far the dumbest name i've ever heard, lol

[@Disx8o8xskaterz]

"Hey... When you get hungry, is it only a little bit?" LMAO!

[@Yungtisa]

a class was fuking pissd offf hahaha good shit guys

[@TeamLattiee]

haha a class's imitations are hilarious XD

[@calebohio]

damn tech a terrible host every event he's just unsure what he's doing and he never just flows/transitions to the next thing

[@crypticraps]

He acts like it's the first battle to ever been done lol

[@boogie504]

13:21 and 14:02 A-class nailed it.

[@ProLifik1]

A Class fell off in the third round, which was SB's best, but he still won the first two easy. Glad to see Maryland repping, I'm from MD but fuck Ray Lewis, I'll root for the Ravens when that snitch retires. I could give a fuck how good he is, best lb ever maybe, he still testified against his people. Just saying. But A Class bodied him. 1

[@trooperjoe73]

@Proudtobefilipino033 Sorry, nothing wrong with Asian, but I'm not close to that. I think Sonny was a bit off. He was prepared for NoCanDo, and did well here. I just think A-Class was better prepared. Hard lines, funny lines, multi's, personal, mimicking, etc. All around solid battle. More of what GT needed!

[@NessLeeAtl]

@BigSpecialK23 you said he hasnt battled any big names. i'm just proving you wrong. he also beat jonny storm at mob so "first battle in years" is also incorrect. he was the mw president from the beginning. he's battled half as many times as i have and still has more twitter followers. he's relevant by being a president. illmac doesnt count as he is an alien

[@SDeeOTee]

Sonny actually shocked the hell out of me against Nocando but this here was ugly. Lately, A-Class has been killing and it looks like Sonny was on the wrong side of his win streak in all three rounds! Damn A-Class where has this been hiding?

[@howartduck1]

wu tang line killed it!!!!

[@MurkLuciano]

Great battle! Could of went either way. Im a big Sonny Bamboo fan, but A-Class gave his best performance. Its a shame though because Leprechaun Don (Sonnys LP) is great and would be excellent to perform on tour.

[@KentC013]

A-Class is a monster. I was feeling Sonny Bamboo's parts as well.. Great battle. I don't even want to see Ness Lee... that was great... both were great..its hard to judge these when both go extreme and don't get lazy with the verses.. You have to realize both these dudes are nasty... I would pay to see either battle rap in person... they got bars..

[@25curio]

A-Class much respect.

[@NombaWon]

RIP SUNY BAM please dont battle again this kid killed your whole career i dont even want to hear him even finish this battle...tooo wack with that race shit

[@NessLeeAtl]

@BigSpecialK23 bro, he just battled, and beat, nocando. he also was a president far b4 he battled. please know what you're talking about before talking about it

[@solidus2009]

A-CLASS ...= BEAST!!

[@siwooot]

god team homi even have to scream their names in battles that have nothing to do with them, they're the most annoying group in all of battling

[@AznSensAsians]

Sonny tryin to kiss him

[@jusdaze]

First. Idk why I just did this. But I did lol

[@RandomBoxingGuy]

A-Class took it....no doubt....more personals, better wordplay and multi's....Bamboo is nice, but A-Class killed him here

[@Londonguy1987_]

"you'll see that i'm immortal and you're a mortal now die mortal's death!" both these dude's are dope.. but sonny got robbed imo.. he won at least 2-1 imo.

[@TrueDarkSavior]

easy choice in this one a-class go tit with easy, the way he strung together the illmaculate and the rebuttle about yao ming, the wu-tang song references were dope as fuck, this was by far a one sided battle. The whole race thing was done, but there is still points there to have it done, a lot of people just want to move past it unless you are coming with some amazing punches. Digitally doctor things was nice, there were a a few from Sonny, but A-class was just better.

[@operationthc]

wow sick battle... both fuckin killed it. a-class had more punches but i liked bamboos rappin better at times.. a-class beat him with the impersonation, nice flips, constistant punches. bamboo was sick as fuck had nice style and crazy flow sick rhymes. a-class brought a bit more humor, though they both had serious bars. bamboo was definitely more serious with the personals and violent shit. now that i think about it, with this battle, it really depends a bit on personal preference. wut u like mo

[@WhiteGuysAsianGirls]

@aznflipseven hey BRUH. If you're bringing up DFD, it makes no sense for Sonny Bamboo to say that in the first place. Far East Movement does count regardless if you think they are quality or rappers or not. Point is, they are rappers and they are known. You're taking this way too seriously yourself. LOL

[@GreenmanCGM]

A-Class 3-0

[@WOMCProductions]

@IconoclastCrewTV There was almost a fight before the Uno Lavoz battle. Vicci (I think it was Vicci if I remember right) tried to rush the stage and after the battle Uno and his boy Ray Casta had to be walked to their car so they didn't get jumped.

[@EndingVisions]

Aclass fucking bodiedddd lmfaooo violated with the "fuck the bitch in you" line he's too sick. Sonny bamb is annoying just by the fact of his breathing control and his voice. Shit is unberable I haven't heard one good line yet.

[@WhiteGuysAsianGirls]

@coolcalmahn lol stop analyzing lines? that's like telling people who complain at any type of show to stop analyzing. Just because you can't think in depth don't hate on other people who actually care about the quality.

[@operationthc]

@nvrtkn thats not biting the line when you use it differently against someone in a battle he was referencing immortal techniques line outa respect. after he said it he was like shout out technique yknow.. don't hate son

[@Nuggifresh]

a class smashed sonny ...lol and i ain asian lol hahah sonny is weak all super rehearsed garbage

[@jIlxg]

I already knew A-Class would win without even hearing him yet. Sonny Bamboo is regular,nothing different, no talent or special at all.He's one of those guys that has confidence for no reason.

[@siwooot]

@furmdo its a good idea for the future though, more money means bigger battles and bigger events

[@novastyleNL]

saw first half of title.. sonny b.. thought WICKED sonny bamboo! *click* then i notice its vs A-Class! havent seen a sec of footage yet but clicked like anyway, epic matchup!

[@SwitchHipHop]

sonny cooked nocan.realtalk. imma nocan fan too but he came unprepared n got killed@JaedmCIVIC

[@JohnTheFierce]

@VendettaMonkey Great Battle! I gave it to A-Class 3-0. No bodybag, but that 2nd round from A-Class he shitted on Sonny. Sonny could've donebetter, but props 2 both MC's.

[@JDuBzOfficialPage]

Everytime you rap its tiny chat! Lmao!!!

[@TimClauson]

is sonny bamboo a vampire? he loves a classes neck. this battle should've been a classic but the video production and crowd audio didn't do it any favours.

[@LoyalT401]

omg that was one of the best battles of this year! A class want hard Sonny did also to be honest i don't know who won that.. Great rap battle grind time!

[@SaraKana]

@SevenRayedGod funny i ran the event and hosted and organized ... and umm i didnt see such a thing happen.. sorry.. thats not why he got ran out.

[@Qui3tMon3y]

yall trippin, both of these cats went the fuck IN!!!!!!!!!!! damn!!!!! a-class 2-1 tho.

[@AdrenalStorm]

Sonny Bamboo is sick. I love all his battles. But A class got this one. Sorry. He had short jokes, personals, and everything. And he's stepped up like mad since his first debut on grind time and his battle with dizaster. He's slowed down, added quality and became more of a beast. His voice is still a bit forced and mechanized like Sonny said. It does make me wonder how he can make music like that. Props to A class, though. Where the hell is A class vs Ness Lee? Is grind time still even alive?

[@1nDoSmOk31]

sonnys first was not based fully on the country a class is from (which is not south korea) he was basically just Smashing his heritage and his descent. A class came hard, but sonny was more personal. second round sonny came hard but he wasnt as consistent and a couple lines werent heard well, that being said some of a classes bars went over heads, the fact that the reactions weighed the same w/ the crowd and both did impersonations. TIE.. third round.. A class had a few corny angles BARS>JOKES!

[@BoriquenBeast]

@bubbah1012 Bubbah. Pay attention next time. A-Class clearly said he was going to use short jokes while Sonny Bamboo said he was sick of the same comparisons with Asians and is not your typical American. But what did he revert too? Typical Asian jokes. So again, it's not the fact that he simply used Asian jokes it's the fact that he was trying to come off as not using typical jokes. I'm not even Asian and I can clearly hear that. That's the difference.

[@coolcalmahn]

ive watched aclass' battles over and over and over again... yes im a fan, yes im korean, yes hes been robbed once or twice... but i dont think he needs everyone to defend everything diz, bamb, charron has said to him... battles over, hes on to the next one. stop analyzing lines and just enjoy the show. btw, bamb came hard this battle but class came harder, thats it. keep reppin class.

[@BoriquenBeast]

@RespectProcess it actually depends on areas, Northern Asians such as South Korea as compared to Southeast Asians or Southern Han (such as people from Hong Kong) are more known to be taller. Maybe not as tall as 6ft on average but they are definitely taller than Sonny Bamboo and A-Class. But let's be real, most people in the crowd wouldn't even know if Sony Bamboo was lying about that.

[@RespectProcess]

a class is nice hes battled some big names but he gets little love.. hes a weird guy to match up against because hes not that predictable.. a name i just thought of that would be a good match up for him would be mike flamez though.. i dont know how many people saw that last mike flamez battle but id like to see him against some real competition to tell if he really stepped his shit up too.. who the fuck is freak nasty?

[@sewamouf256]

Overall, this was a dope battle. Both came with it. No round was weak from either MC(even tho I aint care for all the Korean disses. Everybody does that. He coulda chose another lane. He did the typical shit. He should have separated himself from the norm.)A-Class won 3-0 in my opinion. Sonny brought that heat, but A-Class came back harder each round! This battle was good and I can see it going down as a classic!

[@GrindTimeMoments]

Sunny lost for the following reasons: A classes rhymes were directed at Sunny Sunnyh's rhymes were historically incorrect ambiguity Aclasses rhymes racial take was correct and actually humbling :I finally found a white person shorter then an Asian Sunny is claiming Christianity some how Originated and belongs to America INNCORRECT Aclass is of Asian descent BORN in America Sunny is Caucus Mountain Descent BORN in America making them equal Americans Sunny WAISTED A WHOLE VERSE ON NONSENCE=FAIL

[@MrCommonsense23]

Your both right, the white and height part doesnt matter but it was just a way for me to get out my point which is: When you in that type of environment with real hustlers/ and Gz/ or just people who have been around real Gz and hustlers their whole lives have a good judge of character in people. They can tell you fakin and the shit you say might just be overlooked as normal to them if you can understand what im sayin. If not ignore me. true sonny didnt come as hard lyrically as he could have.

[@BigSpecialK23]

@nessleezle Ok your are right in a way,but im sayin for over a year now Sonny has been promoting his album on grindtime and literally the battle game has changed since it first started when he first became president,the bars just arent the same anymore,,look at someone like Dizaster who has improved 100 times since when he first started.Sonny is getting overshadowed by all the Vets,and ive heard a lot of battlers say that he is a Bad president,so all i know is he has to provehimself in the now.

[@BigSpecialK23]

@nessleezle yea and that Nocan battle was boring as hell for his first battle in years, yea he was the pres,,but far before he battled?,,then what was he the president of?, when GT DID come out he only battled few people,,unlike the greats that kept battling and battling proving themselves and making a name for themselves to stay relevant,,he didnt keep battleing.He stopped battling when GT got big and did president stuff,you know how many more battles ILLMAC had done in that time.

[@chriszee814]

I woulda walked out if I was Sonny after the first round lol

[@patrickcarolla]

A class won, Funniest bar of the night : "Have yall heard his music?? Holy shit! My name ring bells, i pick your pocket and pivot povit, that shit is garbage(ROFLROFL) Sonny gets honorable mention for his opening bar in round 2. : YOu're always all quiet and mysterious on some alone in the corner Ninja shit. AHAHAHAHHAHAH

[@patrickcarolla]

It was a clash of styles. Both had bars, but sonny's information about south korea was way inaccurate. The whole country is Sonny's height? Are you fucking kidding me? About 80% of girls in korea i've seen are over 5"6, taller than you Sonny. The guys are over 5'11 at the least. I'm korean and im 6' 2".

[@lyricalabyss]

Close battle. I give it 2-1 to A Class. Sonny's first verse was fire. The second was the closest rd, and I edge it to A Class. The last verse I definitely give to A Class. I'm glad A Class rebuttled Sonny saying there were no aasian stars by mentioning Yao Ming. He could have mentioned Bruce Lee and Ichiro at least. Overall it was a good battle.

[@MrThirtyFour]

AClass got it..... Cool battle...... Thought Sonny was gonna get it but I was wrong....... Put that RealDeal battle next

[@ter405]

A class 2-1..didn't end that strong the 3rd round. This is america..we live here as one. Ppl still rap bout stupid shit like that? My country is better than yours..this and that..A class lives in america not korea. Sonny did better his last battle. This one wasn't one of his strong ones.