Who Cares???;3563359 said:
What real story? I been in NYC damn near my whole life, so what real story you know? That you can type a bullshit opinion that majority in NYC will laugh at? Yoi niggas just type shit to be typing.
Talk to any emcee from NY and they'll let you know the truth. Nobody fucks with Jay.
Busta Rhymes
Camron
Mos Def
Ghostface
Jadakiss
Nas
DMX
50
Styles P
Method Man
Raekwon
LL
etc.
NONE of them put JayZ in their top anything. He's not considered this great rapper that y'all make him out to be OUTSIDE of NY. He's just the good businessman dude who used rap as a hustle. Bar for bar, he's not special at all.
Like I said earlier, he's the Lil Wayne of the 90's. He's good, but fairweather fans put him in that great category because he's the one that takes up the spotlight.
FuriousOne;3563475 said:
Brooklyn rides for Jay and Big. I don't know how queens views Nas or 50 or how the numbers are sales wise with each artist in each borough. I know dipset ran Harlem and had great influence in Brooklyn too . More people are purest then you would expect and don't really check for Jay at all. With that said, WTT been getting heavy rotation in bk. People be saying the rap seen is dead in NY but i don't think they realize that dancehall is a far bigger scene even amongst African Americans. Nas my fav artist but i don't hear too many people checking for him out here.
Also, the reviews were mixed when it came to takeover\Supaugly vs Ether. Many people went with takeover mainly cuz it was a club banger. If you wanna talk about the music in the streets vs the net. Most people don't didn't give a fuck about this beef. Tupac vs Big had way more impact on the publics perception.
Cosign, Dipset was HUGE. The hottest rap group since Wu. And NY hasn't checked for Jay since Black Album, unless you talking about the goofy dudes that bump the commercial shit. The American Eagle, skinny jeans crew. Then yeah, I have seen them bumpin garbage ass WTT, SMH.
tompetrez3;3563671 said:
im still trying to figure out why biggie didnt speak on that ballerina dude who fucked his wife and had him saying christopher jr may be pac's child. the biggie/nas spat is peanuts to what was happening on the surface of NY. i dont understand why everybody is beating off on kick in the door when fat ass was begging for Nas help to defeat pac.
I'm still trying to figure this out. People saying Big will eat Nas in a battle, yet he was asking Nas for bars to hit Pac with.
ustreet_monsta;3563784 said:
I would imagine Biggie didnt address Pac directly cuz:
A) Pac was fake and being used by Jimmy and Suge
B) BIG was running around with the people who shot him
C) Making records about people you have real beef with is gay
On topic tho, since this thread isnt about Nas vs Jay or BIG vs Pac....
BIG was a better battle rapper than Nas and Nas did switch his style up to be more like BIG, Raekwon, and Jay.
'Took home Ready to Die, listened, studied shit'
Biggie was fake, and didn't live ANYTHING he said in his rhymes. Biggie can't battle rap, idk where you got that from. He battled one dude in Pac and lost.
You threw Jay's name in there forgetting that Jay was a secretary during that time ... STOP IT 5! Nas did borrow from Biggie, Rae, and Ghost, but they all did the same to Nas.
Big stole his damn album cover!