It's Thursday, and for this #ThrowBackThursday we decided to take viewers back to the earlier days of Battle Rap, before all of the flashing lights and video cameras.  Years ago DJ Vlad hosted a Battle Rap tournament at PhatBeats in New York City, and Murda Ave spitter Cortez faced off against Jay Focus in the semi-finals.  Both were given thirty seconds to get their bars off, and after two rounds of sending lyrical punches back-and-forth, the judges voted for an overtime round.  Cortez cooked up more consistently in the final OT to take the victory in this throwback Butcher Battle.

Check out the throwback battle above.