However, the actual content of the line where he dropped the F bomb was really fucking stupid. I’m gonna at least try to be fair when listening to stuff like this. I try to be conscious of my Nas fanaticism. Nas said a LOT of homophobic shit on Ether. I’d have more respect for rappers if they didn’t use words like that, but I’m not gonna take off points for that shit. Politically correct diss songs are like the softcore porn of battle Rap. Political correctness and rap battles aren’t a very good combination. I don’t think I’m gonna penalize rappers when they use F bombs in diss tracks. I’m just indifferent towards it honestly. I just didn’t like the David Bowie sample he flipped. Okay, that line where he called Nas lame… I thought it was a little lame. Okay, now he’s gonna go at Nas in the final verse. He’s shittin’ on Prodigy.ĭon’t let ’em gas you, like, “Jigga is ass and won’t clap you” / Trust me on this one I’ll detach you / Mind from spirit, body from soul / They’ll have to hold a mass, put your body in a hole. Okay, the second verse is where shit really gets poppin’. It was really aggressive, but he didn’t really seem to be targeting any specific rappers. Lemme stop dickin’ around and listen to this shit already. Like, there’s never a conversation about the best diss tracks of all time in which this song isn’t mentioned. I never heard Em’s disses to Benzino, or 50 Cent’s disses to Ja Rule, or Common’s Ice Cube diss. Wait a minute… What the fuck am I talkin’ about? There’s a shit ton of classic stuff I haven’t heard. What are the classics people always mention? No Vaseline, Ether, Real Muthaphuckin’ Gs, Kick in the Door, Hit ‘Em Up… Well I never heard the shit from that LL Cool J & Canibus beef. Now that I think about it, I think this is pretty much the only classic diss song I’ve never heard before in my life. Mostly because I’m not really much of a JAY-Z fan in the first place. Believe it or not, I’ve actually never heard this song before. Okay… For any readers who aren’t very familiar with my taste, it should be noted that I’m a borderline Nas stan, so this is gonna be hella biased. Anyway, I enjoyed the fuck outta this track. I thought it was kinda funny how he just shamelessly jacked that shit. It didn’t really bother me that much personally. I guess you could defend it by saying it’s just an allusion. He stole that line about leprechauns from Biggie almost word for word. Jay may not be the most interesting MC as a lyricist, but goddamn he has a good ear for beats. If a producer did a really good job with a beat or album, I’m gonna start saying they “fucked” it. The horns that come in after the first verse sound so fucking good. I don’t really have anything to say about this shit before listening. Do people say that? Whatever it doesn’t matter. From what I’ve heard, the production is stellar. A lot of people consider it his second best album. I think Reasonable Doubt is Jay’s most critically acclaimed album, but this is probably his most popular one.
0 kommentar(er)
