There wasn’t a lot of hoopla around the last Verzuz battle. The face-off between UGK and 8Ball & MJG, two of the all-time great Southern rap duos, was only announced a few days before it happened. This showdown didn’t bring the chaotic drama of some past Verzuz battles. As far as I know, there was never any bad blood between the two groups, and the whole thing proceeded in orderly fashion, without anyone throwing any punches or ripping anyone’s bandana off their heads. It went down in a not-huge club, with what sounded like a fairly sedate crowd. There were guests, but there were no stop-the-presses guests. And the whole thing had to happen without Pimp C, the biggest personality of those four rappers, since he’s been dead for more than 14 years. It was still great. It couldn’t help but be great.