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VERZUZ, the friendly music competition sparked at the height of the pandemic and later evolving into a performance format, found its once-formidable hold on viewers waning. However, it appears that the platform is all the rage once again in the wake of the one-sided Omarion vs. Mario debacle.
We won’t get into an exhaustive recap but essentially, Omarion, the former B2K star, locked horns with fellow vocalist Mario in an entertaining display of the pair’s catalog. Ahead of that battle, Ray J and Bobby V took on Pleasure P and Sammie in a battle that inspired a host of jokes, memes, and the requisite slander on Twitter.
While some observers believe that Ray, Bobby, Pleasure, and Sammie started out strong, it was clear that the pipes from the crooners weren’t what they used to be. Moving ahead to Omarion and Mario, things got unusually tense early on. Baltimore’s Mario showed expert professionalism with little signs of ring rust while Omarian relied on the antics of eating fruit onstage and an occasional idle threat. Please don’t ask us to delve too far into that.
Comedians such as KevOnStage and Mr. Commodore had plenty of fun on social media picking apart the VERZUZ clash. But what we want to be very clear about is that Omarion, Mario, Ray J, Bobby V, Pleasure P, and Sammie deserve our love and respect for entertaining music fans for years with their hit songs.
Perhaps the battle will reawaken the old hunger in the artists as they work to reclaim whatever glory some may feel they lost. As the singers noted, they’ve got hits and those of us sitting home watching them perform can’t say the same.
Since the conclusion of the event last Thursday, Twitter has been abuzz and we’ve got some of the reactions and hilarious chatter listed out below.
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Me everyday since the Verzuz for no reason. pic.twitter.com/pddWjKrHrn
— Kevín (@KevOnStage) June 26, 2022
2.
Baby…Omarion been getting ate up for 3 days straight. But I been told y’all about them “spiritual” people…a lot of them are some of the nastiest people on the planet. pic.twitter.com/Z47kqrIKto
— Perfectwurk (@perfectwurk) June 26, 2022
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Baby…Omarion been getting ate up for 3 days straight. But I been told y’all about them “spiritual” people…a lot of them are some of the nastiest people on the planet. pic.twitter.com/Z47kqrIKto
— Perfectwurk (@perfectwurk) June 26, 2022
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That verzuz the worst thing that happened to Omarion. Now everyone knows he’s a bothered ass nigga. Yikes
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(@_donniiiii) June 26, 2022
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I’m finally getting around to watching the Omarion/Mario Verzuz and Mario saying Omarion was lying about a track being his vocals was by far the wildest part imo lmao
Mans said “S/o Lil Steve”
pic.twitter.com/47zCC2mNL5
— Chris (@_S_choir) June 25, 2022
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If you thought Mario ended Omarion's career during that #Verzuz then watch how J Boog just swept and mopped the floor with Omarion watermelon eatin, non singing, bothered ass! #OmarionVsMario #JBoog #B2K pic.twitter.com/03QffJr6dl
— Insidious Trader (AMC gang) (@InsidiousTrader) June 26, 2022
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Mario every time he picks up his mic
#Verzuz pic.twitter.com/k3L7E7lPyh
— jae
(@whitleygwayne) June 24, 2022
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Nobody:
Omarion and Jeremih #Verzuz pic.twitter.com/cNq5SLoL9L—
DEKTX83
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Mario having the crowd sing while grinning in Omarion’s face is some anime villain level shit that I can respect
#Verzuz pic.twitter.com/rv10Xl8Pfj
— D.E.O.
(@ImJustDEO) June 24, 2022
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Mario called Omarion a dancing lil nigga, a terrible singer, and called his tour “raggedy shit”. Then skipped away hitting a high note…
and no swings were swung #verzuz
— Dvrryl (@Dvrryl2times) June 24, 2022
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Woke up this morning realizing
1. Jeremiah is absolute trash
2. Omarion is a dancer not a singer (Call Yo Boyz B2K Bruh)
3. Ray J is a great businessman nothing else
4. Mario is more talented then them all … And no lie was way more hood then I expected
MR 1950 #Verzuz
— Mr 1950 (@Mr__1950) June 24, 2022
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The funniest part is even Mario told us that on the verzuz stage, “shout out to lil Steve”, and I knew it wasn’t a lie cause Omarion got hella quiet.
— Bej’a (@Be_j_a) June 26, 2022
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Omarion: “why are my ladies with the good pH balance”
Mario: “where my ladies who are focusing on better themselves”
— inventing nisie (@MuvaNisie) June 24, 2022
14.
Mario Dewar Barrett first man in #Verzuz history to
• Beat every round
• Bother the most unbothered man in the planet
• Run for run w/ tank
• Sing acapella every round #versuz pic.twitter.com/JvyYmTVUCA— WURRR YO MASSSSS! (@ihatedeenise) June 24, 2022
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Omarion: you ain’t got no more hits
Mario: YOU SHOULD LET ME LOVE YOU #Verzuz pic.twitter.com/5w21cTvNdk
— Rihanna is on B7 (@wiz_thcreator) June 24, 2022
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“Don’t bring no more artists out here, singing off key n shit….both of y’all sounding like cartoon characters.” MARIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO #Verzuz pic.twitter.com/drf1xUikSc
— MELISSA CARTER (@MELISSAACARTERR) June 24, 2022
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Omarion sends “Grand rising queen” texts while Mario says “Get dressed babe I’m taking you out.” #Verzuz
— Pendy † (@_Ambience) June 24, 2022
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— Shaun G (@ShaunG) June 26, 2022
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The Hip Hop Verzuz GOAT Jadakiss
The R&B Verzuz GOAT Mario
That is it that is the post
#Verzuz pic.twitter.com/n25ZMvNXg4
— Christian (@KingJaffe617) June 24, 2022
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Omarion legacy just a bit tainted after tonight while Mario’s got better, verzuz is a dangerous thing pick your opponents wisely
— Let me be black in peace
(@4thQtr_Ninja) June 24, 2022
Source: Hip-Hop Wired