Why are we going back to the
Jay Z/Nas beef in 2013? I guess cos it is one of, if not the most legendary battles in Hip Hop history. In a recent interview on VLAD TV,
Black Hippy member,
Schoolboy Q said he believes
Jay Z won the battle, but that people say
Nas won cos they don't want to admit that Jay Z is the best rapper ever. Hmm! Hear him out.

"Honestly, I think Jay Z won. Everybody say Nas won but honestly I think Nas won. Nas
is my favorite rapper but Jay Z was pretty scandalous. Jay Z didn't let
it go. When Nas was kind of letting it go, Jay Z didn't let it go. He
was still throwing a jab out there and add people to his roster. Nas was
going simply at Jay. It was like one time he mentioned somebody else,
Jay was bringing his homies, [getting them] involved, his brother,
everybody, just going at him. Jay felt some type of way after 'Ether.'
... Jay's the best rapper and they don't want to believe, even though
Nas is my favorite, Jay's like LeBron, Jordan, Kobe. People just want to
say [he's never lost] or hate or people just want to hate on Kobe." (VLAD TV)
Okay, you guys know I am a bigger
Nas fan than I am of
Jay Z, but I am going to try and be unbiased with my analysis of what
Schoolboy Q is insinuating. He said
Nas was an Underdog, and everybody supported him over
Jay Z because of that. Hmm! That is definitely not what I remember. Everybody felt it was over for
Nas after Takeover hit. In fact, the fast time I heard
Takeover was at a party I threw. The party was over, and someone threw in the new
Jay Z album (
The Blueprint- 2001)...
Takeover was the second track on that album, and after it finished playing, my friend looked at me and shook his head for
Nas. As a big
Nas fan, the song made my week miserable. It was like a deathblow, and I never thought
Nas could top it. I guess that is why 'Ether's is so respected...it definitely not about people not wanting to admit that
Jay Z was the best rapper ever (as School 'Boy' Q feels).
If Jay Z won, why did he say, and I quote.
..'I got stronger after Ether', off the diss track (
Brooklyn High) he made for
Jim Jones back in 2006. And, during the whole battle back in 2001, Hot 97 held a call in program, which allowed the public to vote on who had a better diss track...
Jay Z got 48% and
Nas got 52%. A Pretty close margin, but
Nas still won. And it kinda solidified the
Nas victory the whole thing, cos
Jay Z had/has more radio following than Nas, so for the radio people to accept that
Nas had a better diss track means just that. Besides,
Q was just 14 years old when all this was going on. How much could he/did he really grasp? Let me just leave this alone before I type out an epistle. What do you guys think of what
Schoolboy Q had to say?