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StoneColdMikey;c-9562823 said:https://twitter.com/lilbthebasedgod/status/811974216417308672
saracenwire;c-9561340 said:Takeover is the better song. I think any objective person would admit that. It's a top 5 Jay z song imo. But it isn't a great diss record at least when it comes to Nas. The diss hinges on the "1 hot album" line, which admittedly is a great line, it just isn't true, especially for the casual hip hop fan. The "1 hot album" line was aimed at the so called "real" hip hop fans, but they weren't the ones who were going to decide who won the battle, the casual fan was. Most casual hip hop fans had never even heard of Illmatic, so for them the entire narrative around Nas's career really didn't come into play.
5 Grand;c-9562941 said:saracenwire;c-9561340 said:Takeover is the better song. I think any objective person would admit that. It's a top 5 Jay z song imo. But it isn't a great diss record at least when it comes to Nas. The diss hinges on the "1 hot album" line, which admittedly is a great line, it just isn't true, especially for the casual hip hop fan. The "1 hot album" line was aimed at the so called "real" hip hop fans, but they weren't the ones who were going to decide who won the battle, the casual fan was. Most casual hip hop fans had never even heard of Illmatic, so for them the entire narrative around Nas's career really didn't come into play.
I'm not sure if Takeover was a better song, but Ether came out of nowhere. Jay was hogging up the radio waves for 3 consecutive years and everybody had written Nas off. Then out of nowhere he drops Ether.
What made Ether so powerful was the fact that Jay released SupaUgly the following day and Hot 97 took a poll and Nas won.
If Jay had never released SupaUgly then it would have been Takeover vs Ether. But Jay dropped the ball and instead of Takeover vs Ether it was Ether vs SupaUgly.
If Jay didn't release SupaUgly it would have been a tie.
5 Grand;c-9562941 said:saracenwire;c-9561340 said:Takeover is the better song. I think any objective person would admit that. It's a top 5 Jay z song imo. But it isn't a great diss record at least when it comes to Nas. The diss hinges on the "1 hot album" line, which admittedly is a great line, it just isn't true, especially for the casual hip hop fan. The "1 hot album" line was aimed at the so called "real" hip hop fans, but they weren't the ones who were going to decide who won the battle, the casual fan was. Most casual hip hop fans had never even heard of Illmatic, so for them the entire narrative around Nas's career really didn't come into play.
I'm not sure if Takeover was a better song, but Ether came out of nowhere. Jay was hogging up the radio waves for 3 consecutive years and everybody had written Nas off. Then out of nowhere he drops Ether.
What made Ether so powerful was the fact that Jay released SupaUgly the following day and Hot 97 took a poll and Nas won.
If Jay had never released SupaUgly then it would have been Takeover vs Ether. But Jay dropped the ball and instead of Takeover vs Ether it was Ether vs SupaUgly.
If Jay didn't release SupaUgly it would have been a tie.