![]() An exercise in concision, "Takeover" contextualized all of Nas' perceived shortcomings, namely the idea that the Queens rapper had only dropped mediocre albums since unloading Illmatic seven years beforehand. Once "Takeover" officially dropped, it was clear that Hov had the upper hand. ![]() The diss had some quotable bars, but it simply couldn't live up to the yet-to-be-released full version of "Takeover." But, he either didn't record or didn't perform the actual Nas diss portion of the song that would appear on the final track when The Blueprint was released that September.įollowing the preview of "Takeover," which was not officially released yet, Nas responded with his "Stillmatic Freestyle"-a Hov diss-the same month as the 2001 Summer Jam. Concluding the moment, Hov shouted the lyrics, "Ask Nas, he don't want it with Hov," and from there the beef was officially on. Jay-Z and Nas' feud had been steadily brewing since the mid-1990s, but it didn't really explode until Jay-Z previewed his The Blueprint song, "Takeover," at Hot 97's 2001 Summer Jam concert. Jay-Z's "Takeover" Response to Nas' "Stillmatic Freestyle" Peep the list below to see which diss tracks made the cut.- Peter A. Today, XXL takes a look at diss songs that were better than the ones they responded to. ![]() Still, there are plenty of other epic clapbacks to address. dropped "Who Shot Ya"-the New York rapper recorded the track months before Tupac was shot, doesn't respond to a particular diss track since Biggie's effort wasn't a diss track in the first place. The song, which was released after The Notorious B.I.G. Full disclosure: Tupac Shakur's "Hit ’Em Up" won't be on this list. ![]() Now, it's time to look at some epic diss tracks that were better than the ones they responded to. Sometimes, one rapper will fire off a minor diss on a low-key track that isn't even about beef only to have the person they name-drop or allude to come back to empty a full clip through a whole diss song. When Ice Cube used his guest verse on Mack 10's 1995 song "Westside Slaughterhouse" to diss Common, it's hard to imagine he knew the fury Com would strike back with the following year on the scathing reply "The Bitch in Yoo."Īs is the case with most diss songs, the artist who manages to be the most incisive and outright disrespectful usually takes home the win. In other instances, the response diss track comes from places fans never expected. ![]()
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