DJ Premier has been in the news a lot lately, and i am guessing he is working on something new. Anyway, he recently named his favorite beefs of all time; premier is from the old era, so you should expect beefs from back in days.
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"Busy Bee and Kool Moe Dee is the ultimate, ultimate [beef]," Premier told DJ Vlad. "I know Busy Bee isn't on the level of rhyming skills -- Kool Moe Dee, I just never heard a rhyme like that back then. He just wouldn't stop -- So that's number one. Definitely Roxanne Shante, the Real Roxanne...[Number three], MC Lyte and Antoinette. That should be talked about even if you're in the new cats that's coming up in the game. Study this sh*t. This sh*t is a culture." (Vlad TV)
"Definitely 'Ether' and 'Takeover' when Nas went at Jay," Premier added. "Nas [won], but musically, [Jay] killed it with 'The Takeover.' ... Jay has a little bully in him. Nas is just, 'I'm rhyming, doing my one-two. And I'm chilling.' ... Jay won until 'Ether.' I don't even count 'Super Ugly.' That don't count. And I would have to say LL [Cool J] battling Ice-T and [MC] Hammer and everybody. That was ill right there." (Vlad TV)
It is funny he put Nas and Jay-Z up in there, but missed out pac and biggie, maybe he didn't want to touch on the matter of dead comrades. But, if you would ask me, although, pac and beef had more energy thrown into their beef, i think jay and nas's own beef was more lyrical...like it was a battle of two worthy emcees- both dope, but one choose to be commercial with his skills, and one went the knowledge kicking way. Till this day, i think that is still the best battle ever- Ether and Takeover can stand each other, and make people say this is better, and another set say, no, this is better...it literally divided the hiphop fans in two.
Yeah, i know pac and biggie did the same with their beef, but ask anybody what lines they can quote from biggie dissing pac. In fact, big never had any official reply for HIT EM UP, he just played it cool and went the subliminal way. And even HIT EM UP, which i consider the greatest beef ever, maybe neck to neck with ether, was more about the energy and directness and emotions pac put into that song, it wasn't really about skill.
Anyway, those are just my thoughts, and i would like to here yours.
"It's gonna come out before the Summer ends. Me and DJ Premier are finally finishing it up. We finally got all the paperwork ready and all the music together. We just did a cut with Bumpy Knuckles last night. It's gonna be a fun project, and a lotta people thinking it's gonna be like a total East Coast sound cause of Premier, but it's a real diverse album as far as what's expected from Eiht and DJ Premier. It's gonna be a classic in that form with just some real underground Hip Hop. Premier is in Switzerland right now, but he's got Pro Tools with him. Like I said, we did a cut with Bumpy Knuckles last night and he's mixing it, so we gonna get Rage (The Lady of Rage) on the record and then we got Xzibit and Maylay and we should be good."
Melle Mel. Melle Mel is the first rapper on my list. Melle Mel was the first one to talk about how gutter the ghettos were. Even though he's political with it, you can still party and dance to what he's talking about. Even to this day, when his music comes on, you dance to it.
Chuck D. Chuck D, that's another one. He's another one in my Top 5. When "Don't Believe The Hype" comes on in the club or even "Rebel Without A Pause", they're talking about the government and everything else but you still listen to it. Definitely gotta keep Chuck D in there.
Kool Moe Dee. Kool Moe Dee is my third pick. I loved those battles from back in the day, [as well as] his wordplay. I loved how he had his own little style. Even when you look at the shades he would have on. He had his own style to what he was doing. He's one of the first ones who took battling to the next level. He just wouldn't stop. He'd just keep going and going [during] battles. It was like trying to stop the Terminator. That's what Kool Moe Dee is.
Chubb Rock. Number four I would have to say Chubb Rock. He's a National Merit Scholar, one of the illest lyricists ever in hip-hop. I mean, ever. This guy's got flows, he can dance. I'm going from experience and witnessing this sh*t.
Guru. My final pick would definitely be Guru. Sh*t. If you take the music out, his voice and flow would be there. It's not even just that, his wordplay and everything about him was so unique. That's why you gotta wonder how is this motherf*cker overlooked. He's got so many f*cking flow patterns that are insane.
“NY State of Mind." “Shout to Showbiz, Showbiz from D.I.T.C. was there that day. It was Showbiz, Biggest Gord, me and Nas had a whole bunch of his friends with him from Queensbridge,” he recalled. “Back then, he used to roll real thick with a lot of dudes. Big crew. We all had posses. I used to have 100 people on stage with me. I made the beat on the spot, right there at D&D studios, and he likes to sit at the head of the control board and rhyme like this, with his hand over his mouth like he can only hear himself while the beat plays.”
"Definitely, Rakim. That’s a no brainer. We all just didn’t understand how could anybody be this original and different and then he had the look with the way he dressed, the mean look on his face, and he bragged but he was so so dangerous, and still is." 
"And KRS-One. Man, its always a big “fight” between Chuck D and Kool G 