Round By Round Break Down of the Swizz Beatz vs Timbaland Verzuz Rematch
Round 21: Busta Rhymes – “Touch It” vs. Aaliyah – “Are You That Somebody?”
Winner: Timbaland
Aaliyah – “Are You That Somebody?”
Round 22: Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne – “Transform Ya” vs. Fabolous featuring Ne-Yo – “Make Me Better”
Winner: Timbaland
Fabolous featuring Ne-Yo – “Make Me Better”
Round 23: Drake featuring T.I. & Swizz Beatz – “Fancy” vs. Timbaland featuring Drake – “Say Something”
Winner: Swizz Beatz
Drake – “Fancy”
Round 24: Lil Wayne featuring Swizz Beatz – “Uproar” vs. Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson, D.O.E., Sebastian – “The Way I Are”
Winner: Swizz Beatz
Lil Wayne – “Uproar”
Round 25: Rick Ross – “Just In Case” vs. Jay-z – “Hola Hovito”
Winner: Timbaland
Jay-z – “Hola Hovito”
Round 26: Jadakiss – “Blood Pressure” vs. Timbaland & Magoo – “Luv 2 Luv Ya”
Winner: Swizz Beatz
Jadakiss – “Blood Pressure”
Round 27: T.I. featuring Swizz Beatz – “Swing Ya Rag” vs. Petey Pablo – “Raise Up”
Winner: Timbaland
Petey Pablo – “Raise Up”
Round 28: Lox – “Wild Out” vs. The Game – “Put You On To Game”
Winner: Swizz Beatz
Lox – “Wild Out”
Round 29: Busta Rhymes featuring Swizz Beatz – “New York Shit” vs. Nas featuring Ginuwine – “You Owe Me”
Winner: Swizz Beatz
Busta Rhymes featuring Swizz Beatz – “New York Shit”
Round 30: DMX featuring J-Cole – “Bath Salts Remix” vs. J. Cole – “a m a r i”
Only because its been out a week longer…
Winner: Timbaland
J. Cole – “a m a r i”
Round 31: Unreleased Swizz Beatz track (only played the instrumental) vs. Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland – “Cry Me A River”
Winner: Timbaland
Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland – “Cry Me A River”
Round 32: Same unreleased record, this time with parts of Lil Wayne’s verse. vs. Justin Timberlake – “Sexy Back”
Winner: Timbaland
Justin Timberlake – “Sexy Back”
Round 33: DMX – “Get It On The Floor” vs. Missy Elliott – “She’s A Bitch”
Winner: Timbaland
Missy Elliott – “She’s A Bitch”
Round 34: Memphis Bleek – “Like That” vs. Pastor Troy featuring Timbaland & Ms. Jade – “Are We Cutting”
Winner: Swizz Beatz
Memphis Bleek – “Like That”
Round 35: Cassidy featuring Puff Daddy, Birdman, Ronald Isley, Jadakiss, Snoop Dogg & Swizz Beatz – “Bigger Business” vs. Total – “What About Us?”
That Total joint was MY SHITTTTTT!!!!
But…
Winner: Swizz Beatz
Cassidy featuring Puff Daddy, Birdman, Ronald Isley, Jadakiss, Snoop Dogg & Swizz Beatz – “Bigger Business”
Round 36: Eve – “Got A Man” vs. Tweet – “Oops (Oh My)”
Winner: Timbaland
“Ooops (Oh My????)”
Round 37: Beyonce featuring Slim Thug – “Check Up On It” vs. Missy Elliott – “The Rain”
Moral of the story: You can’t beat anything Missy Elliott dropped!
Winner: Timbaland
Missy Elliott – “The Rain”
Round 38: DMX featuring Westside Gunn, Benny The Butcher & Conway The Machine – Hood Blues vs. 50 Cent featuring Justin Timberlake – “Ayo Technology”
You can’t play new records in a HIT battle and expect to win anything…
Winner: Timbaland
50 Cent featuring Justin Timberlake – “Ayo Technology”
Round 39: Lox – “Fuck You” vs. Jeezy featuring Timbaland – “5 In The Mornin'”
Winner: Swizz Beatz
Lox – “Fuck You”
Round 40: Jadakiss – “Who’s Real” vs. Aaliyah – “More Than A Woman”
One of my least favorite Aaliyah joints…
Winner: Swizz Beatz
Jadakiss – “Who’s Real”
Round 41: Lloyd Banks featuring Kanye West, Ryan Leslie & Fabolous – “Start It Up” vs. Jay-Z – “F.U.T.W”
Winner: Swizz Beatz
Lloyd Banks featuring Kanye West – “Start It Up”
Bonus: DMX featuring The Lox – “That’s My Dog”
Score card has it 21 – 20 in favor of TIMBALAND.
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