bars Ceas brought were tough.
Vader: Y-Not, your latest
battle with Shi-Dog showed
a tremendous amount of
improvement from you. The
crowd definitely respected the bars
on both sides, making that battle a
definite classic. Do you think this
was your best performance so far?
Y-Not: I really do. I have been
trying for some time now to
figure out how to shorten my
bars and to be able to bring
more punches to the table and I
feel like I have found my voice
and figured out what the people
want from me as a battler. Now
I am going to continue to just
bring an overwhelming number
of heavy-hitting punches to
every battle I get booked for, to
prove why I belong in the top of
this culture.
Vader: Who will you be up against
next?
Y-Not: Right now I am in talks
with Danny Myers and the
AHAT staff to bring a wellknown Smack rapper out to
Vegas to battle me. I can’t really
release any names just yet, but
I will only be battling people at
a high level from now on. I am
also in talks with Aspect One
and Sketch Menace to battle
both in California and Canada
in the very near future versus
some great competition.
Vader: Profecy, you and SuperSick
were a very good match. Your
performance and crowd control
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was great. Who took that battle?
We also got to see some sick
rebuttals from both of you: “you
know what else rhymes with
Hoover Crip/Mr. White?” How
important is freestyling to you
both?
Y-Not are two of the best I ever
heard on the freestyle tip.
Profecy: I won that. SuperSick
got the first round; his first
rounds are always crazy.
Freestyling is bittersweet. It’s
not usually big for me unless
its done right. I get drunk and
freestyle, but sober, I would
rather just write a track. It’s
important to have that to fall
back on in case I forget bars or
in a rebuttal. It can be a game
changer. Like the Mr. White
rebuttal; it kind of voided his
round. (Profecy laughs) I can’t
say that I’ve lost a league battle
though. I feel like I’ve won all
my battles. I would have a longer
resume, but my first year and a
half I had 11 cancels — day of
or before the event — and no
shows.
Vader: Alright here’s a question
straight from the fans, “What sort
of recon, if any, do you do on an
opponent to prepare for a battle
with someone you’ve never met?”
Y-Not: I used to only freestyle
and at some point, I was
considered one of the best in our
area. Which means a lot, because
Tucson has a lot of heavyhitting guys who can freestyle
amazingly, but at some point
I lost the love for it, because I
was so focused on my writing
game. Rebuttals are cool when
done right, but can also water
down your round if you’re not
careful. I do look to add more of
a rebuttal game to my battles as
I start feeling more comfortable.
Y-Not: Same here, I watch a few
battles and see what I don’t like
about their styles or if something
stands out I will shed light on
it, but I do like to incorporate a
few bars of personals so that way
they know I can kill them off
with more than just pop culture
references.
Profecy: I agree. SuperSick and
Y-Not: Yeah. SuperSick and the
entire MHG team are strong in
all aspects of the game. Salute to
them; they always hold us down.
Profecy: I watch a battle or two,
I don’t get very personal usually.
Although social media kind of
puts it right in your face. (Profecy
laughs) If it’s there and needs to
be spoke on then I’m going to
speak on it, but mostly I’m going
in there to bar you to death. I
think personals are better left to
small leagues where everybody
knows each other, but to each
his own. I have a kind of assassin
way of thinking; I don’t want to
personally know the person I’m
gonna kill.
Vader: Now, we always see you
guys looking very fly on camera,
wearing your own clothing line —
Take A Second To Exhale. Tell us
about the idea and where it came
from.