Round One Winner 607

What we said about his semi-final win: It was 607’s night. The local rapper pulled out all the stops — opening with a drama mask obscuring his face, performing his “palingraph,” a rap that made sense forwards and backwards (he unfurled a large sheet with the lyrics so the audience could follow along), sampling Britney’s “Toxic” and standing tall on the risers. The crowd ate it up.

Why he’ll win: He’s unpredictable. In the first round, he opened wearing a drama mask obscuring his face, performed a “palingraph,” a rap that made sense forwards and backwards (he unfurled a large sheet with the lyrics so the audience could follow along) and interpolated Britney’s “Toxic” with one of his raps. And he’s got more tricks up his sleeve.

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Below, the judges commentary from round one.

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