Papoose is making the news a lot lately. I guess he is gearing up to his debut album drop later this year. In case you don't know, Pap still doesn't have a studio album out, although he has released two dozen mixtapes through the course of his career so far. He was asked which rap battle he considers the greatest in the history of hip hop, and he said it would have to be the Nas/Jay-Z battle. He then went further to state who he felt won that battle.
Read Pap's mind below-"To keep it real with you, there was a lot of great battles, but I've got to say, I can't even say great battle but just to see somebody get annihilated? I've got to say Jay-Z and Nas," Pap said in an interview when asked to name his favorite rap battle. "That was decapitation, man. ... It's not rocket science what happened. That's one of the great battles, there's other ones too though, in hip-hop history. I can go on and on, but that's one that stands out. ... It wasn't an age thing but a lot of people were sleeping. Like, 'It's over! Jay-Z killed him!' I was like, 'Aight, watch.' I knew it was coming, man." (Hot 93.7)
A lot of people have really started speaking on this issue, and i think people that don't know when it went down would think it happened 3 years ago. Not knowing that it has been over a decade long. The Jay-Z and Nas battle happened back in 2001. And it birthed ether and takeover- two of the best rap battle songs in the history of hip hop. And i think i agree with Papoose on this being the greatest rap battle of all time. Think about it...which other battle had two worthy opponents going at each other. In the case of Tupac and Biggie, biggie didn't release a direct diss track at Pac after hit em up. And contrary to what a lot of people say, i don't think LL COOL J came back stronger than Canibus's 2nd Round Knockout.
I think the Nas/Jay-Z beef made people really wake up to Nas's genius. I remember hearing "Takeover" and thinking- "how the hell will nas come back from this". I think that's what made the battle so great. It's like watching those Van Dame movies where he comes back to beat the bad guy after a broken rib or something. Truthfully speaking, Jay-Z had the whole world on lock-down at that time, and for nas to even get an audience after "Takeover" is incredible. But it is cool that they are past that and are very cool friends. I remember when they squashed the beef, a friend of mine seized being a Nas fan (till this day). And the funny one was how Fat Joe said he felt he would die when he heard the news. In case you didn't know, Fat Joe has always been a huge Nas fan...and for a long time he didn't like Jay-Z. The hate between Jay and Fat Joe ended when Jay went to Fat Joe's J.O.S.E 2 release party without being invited. After that, Fat Joe tweeted the incidence and how honored he felt. And that was the end of the hate.
No comments:
Post a Comment