Big Daddy Kane and KRS-One have wanted to battle each other for decades. They finally got the chance on Verzuz, Hip-Hop's biggest stage. We score the battle, round by round, on episode 64 of AFH's What's The Headline:

0:00 Intro
1:10 KRS-One and Big Daddy Kane battled on Verzuz
7:50 Big Daddy Kane has wanted to battle KRS-One for decades
9:45 Strategy played a big part in this Verzuz
12:30 Big Daddy Kane Verzuz KRS-One was long a boxing match between fighters with completely different styles
14:50 Scoring KRS-One Verzuz Big Daddy Kane round by round
14:55 Round 1: KRS-One - “Criminal Minded” vs. Big Daddy Kane - “Just Rhymin’ With Biz”
18:25 Round 2: KRS-One - “I’m Still #1” vs. Big Daddy Kane - “Nuff Respect”
21:05 Round 3: KRS-One - “MCs Act Like They Don’t Know” vs. Big Daddy Kane - “Young, Gifted & Black”
22:48 Round 4: KRS-One - “The MC” and “Outta Here” vs. Big Daddy Kane - “Rap Summary”
25:04 Round 5: KRS-One - “Jack of Spades” vs. Big Daddy Kane - “Set It Off”
27:18 Round 6: KRS-One - “My Philosophy” vs. Big Daddy - Kane “Mortal Combat”
29:00 Round 7: KRS-One - “Super Ho” and “Jimmy” vs. Big Daddy Kane - “I Get The Job Done”
32:37 Round 8: KRS-One - “Part Time Suckas” vs. Big Daddy Kane - “Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy ft Nice & Smooth”
35:25 Round 9: KRS-One - “Black Cop” and “Take It Easy ft Mad Lion” vs. Big Daddy Kane - “Raw”
38:00 Round 10: KRS-One - Freestyle vs. Big Daddy Kane - Freestyle
41:35 Round 11: KRS-One - “Represent The Real Hip-Hop ft Das EFX” vs. Big Daddy Kane - Freestyle and “Smooth Operator”
45:00 Round 12: KRS-One - “Step Into A World” vs. Big Daddy Kane - “Wrath Of Kane”
48:35 Round 13: KRS-One - “South Bronx” vs. Big Daddy Kane - “Ain’t No Half Steppin’”
50:41 Round 14: KRS-One - “Sound of Da Police” vs. Big Daddy Kane - “Platinum Plus” (Big L)
53:36 Round 15: KRS-One - “Poetry” and “Love’s Gonna Getcha” vs. Big Daddy Kane - Freestyle
56:27 Round 16: KRS-One - Freestyle vs. Big Daddy Kane - Freestyle and “Another Victory”
58:45 Round 17: KRS-One - “The Bridge Is Over” vs. Big Daddy Kane - “The Symphony" ft Masta Ace & Craig G
1:05:25 Round 18: KRS-One - Freestyle vs. Big Daddy Kane - “Warm It Up Kane”
1:09:08 Round 19: KRS-One - “9mm Goes Bang,” “Ah Yeah,” “Self-Destruction” and “Mad Izm”
1:16:44 And the winner is…

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