Other than the introspective Em, his asshole alter ego may be what I most remember him by. In lieu of the recent tongue lashing that he gave the Carey-Cannon union, an Eminem track I haven’t heard in ages (more like 22 months to be exact) is excavated while looking through a forgotten folder on my hard drive when I should be searching for a new apartment.
“Nail In The Coffin” and “Hail Mary 2003” rank as the more known diss songs from Marshall. However, one that continiously gets swept under the rug is the dark sing-a-long, “Bully.” Already knee deep in an era that found the Interscope machine entrenched in beef, Slim Shady was in rare form. Addressing Benzino in the first verse and Ja and Irv in the second, it was clear to see that his opponents were horribly outmatched to go bar for bar with the pride of Detroit. In what appeared as epiphany mid-song, the last verse explains the potential consequences from a beef which gained intensity with each battle record.
If you’re stickler for catalogs like myself, feel free to add to update your “Shady/Aftermatch beef” folder with this (if you don’t have it or lost the file over the years). If not, cool. Now if you’ll excuse me, back to the grant/scholarship search I go.
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“The Warning” was coo’ but it WAS aimed at a pop/R&B singer and a B-list actor/”rapper.” Why didn’t he go after Gucci Mane? It’s funny how he conveniently forgot dude was on “Obsessed.”
I remember Napster only played the first 30 seconds looped over and over when this first came out. This is my first time hearing the whole song.
“Bump Headz” FTW
Damn, Em spazzed on that one too.
“So which are you? X, Luther, Pac or Michael/ Just keep singing the same song recycled…”
Mariah better fall back
I got that Slaughterhouse (http://tinyurl.com/mgzth7) its not a game. Wow. I have to cop it when it drops. Worth the 13
Nail in the coffin is top ten diss records all time
@Pawzilla by Barry Washington
Alright let’s see:
Jay writes his lyrics in his head. Nas may be more “visual” (although I beg to differ) but Jay goes much deeper than Nas when it comes to double entendres and metaphors there is no one that comes close to Jay (maybe Lupe). Jay is more appealing to the average listener selecting better beats for his music. Nas couldve had much better production but was almost stubborn as to not wanting to. (Don’t tell me a beat doesn’t matter because if you listen to any other genre of music the instrumental effect 100 percent matters. Same should apply to Hip Hop/Rap.) Jay’s discography is much better than Nas’s. Come on “Hip Hop is Dead” “Streets Disciple” and “Nastradamus” are duds. Reasonable Doubt is easily as good as Illmatic, The Blueprint is better than It Was Written and The Black Album is better than Stillmatic/God’s Son/The Lost Tapes. Jay-Z has one of the best flows if not THE best flow in Hip Hop/Rap.
These are not really opinions they’re facts. I used to be a hardcore Jay hater four years ago when I first started listening to Hip Hop/Rap. I, like other kids on the internet thought it was “realer” to stay true to the underground but then I started to appreciate the culture and genre more and am now a fan of both underground and mainstream rap music. I started to open up my eyes and ears and realized that there is not one rapper ever that is as complete as Jay (BIG was but died way too early in his career to be considered the true GOAT). I put Nas in the top five and have Nas in my personal favorites of all time but he just isn’t overall better than Jay.
PS If any other TSS readers see this dont bother responding this is between me and pawzilla, cause I’m sure I’ll get hit with internet dwellers going “NO NAS IS REAL JAY ISNT!! (EVEN THOUGH IVE NEVER REAL DUG INTO JAY’S MATERIAL AND HAVE A BIASED OPINION AND AM TOO CLOSE MINDED, STUBBORN AND IGNORANT TO CHANGE THE OPINION THAT WE UNDERGROUND “TRUE” SUPPORTERS OF HIP HOP SHARE!” . . . eat a dick
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Regardless of whether the lyrics are ‘written’ in the head or scribbled down with a pen a pad, it’s all good. I’m sure both emcees have spit straight from the head & heart, and also scribbled down some with a pen and a pad.
I concur about Jay-Z having a more solid discography overall, and yes NAS does pick some mediocre beats to spit over.
However, all in all, his (NAS) lyrical dexterity, flow, delivery, and basically the depth of the subject matter and the way he conveys this across to the listener, is superior to Jay-Z.
Jay-Z got a great flow and delivery too, witty humour, punchlines etc, you’re right he has mass appeal, that’s why he is in my top five.
But NAS is higher on my list, because when he edutains, it makes me think, that’s deep, how he flipped that and broke down the science.
Besides, Illmatic, is the shining crown jewel within the kingdom of hip hop. Yep, Reasonable Doubt is dope too, but it’s no Illmatic, in my humble opinion.
I’m old skool, so I can remember when stuff like Live at the BBQ and Back To The Grill Again were dropped, and when NAS spat on those tracks, you knew it right then that this dude was extra special.
I’m still bugging off Rewind, that was like a movie scene unfolding in reverse.
Peace.
@ Barry Washington
“These are not really opinions they’re facts.”
BRAWHAHAHAHAHAHA! OKAY skippy…..keep tellin yourself that. Andre 3000′s flow > Jay’s flow…..and that’s a FACT! Hell, Andre 3000 >>>>>Jay Z.
As for eminem’s bitch ass…..he needs to stick dissing people irrelevant to hip hop because when he ACTUALLY disses someone relevant, he takes an L.
@southcakc23 i dont ever remember Em taking a L
@southcakc23
you’re trippin homey. when did em ever take an L?
canibus, ja, cage, jermaine dupri, benzino… they all either backed off or got shitted on.
@ Classic Ice
rapping a line with the word nigger in it while you’re white = an L
you aint know?
*Yawns*
I’m done with this. Andre>Jay? With what solo career? It’s like calling a tennis player that was strictly a doubles player a greater player than someone that played solo. Can’t make the argument.
Anyway, that’s cool Paw that you feel that way. I just think as an overall rapper Jay is better. If you’re not going to take into account what they’ve accomplished (hits, album sales, consistency) then I guess it’s not a complete debate. But like you said you’re “old school” which leads me to believe you’re stuck in the past not letting you accept or see the evolution of the genre.
When people say who’s the best Pop Musician, they say MJ.
When people say who’s the best rock band, they say The Beatles.
When people say who’s the best solo rock artist, they say Elvis.
And so on . . none of these people were known for just being lyrical. If you’re going to base a rapper strictly off his lyrics and not his MUSIC, then basically what you’re saying is that Hip Hop/Rap isn’t a genre of music. The majority of people have their mindstate stuck in that “park mentality” of who can out show-case who by rhyming words. That’s not music, start looking at the bigger picture.
That’s my last comment, if you any more that’s cool.
Em’s turned into Weird Al Yankovic. He was great in the late 90s and early 2000s, but he’s just fallen off the map now. Feuding with Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey? Seriously? Find some real beef, man. He might as well call out Bow Wow and Miley Cyrus if this is what he’s up to nowadays.
@Barry Washington, old skool as in been down since the Def Jam explosion till present, so I have seen and lived through the ‘evolution’ of the art. However, sticking to the artists in question, yep, I heard em both during their early stages, and like I said already, I tip my hat to the both of them, fantastic musicians and entertainers that’s why they in my top five.
However, for me I think NAS is better, for the already mentioned reasons, he’s like a street poet laureate, nuff said.
I duly note your points, however, good music never sounds dated, no matter how old it is and regardless of how the current state is evolving.
I tip my hat to the old skool because they paved the way for the current crop, without their efforts and sacrifices the beast called hip hop probably wouldn’t be breathing now.
BTW, I class NAS and Jay-Z a part of the old skool, they been doing it since the early part of the 90s and they both still going strong, at the very top of their respected art form.
Not sure what you mean by the ‘park mentality’ I’m not from the Bronx and was not privlidged enough to witness that whole explosion (wish I had).
But I’ll see this much, I’ve been down with this thing for a long time now, long enough to make a sound evaluation of what I like and what I don’t like.
I’m sure the same applies for you, so you say Jay-Z and I say NAS, we all got our own tastes and points of views, and let’s just leave it at that.
Peace and blessings.
Hadn’t heard the track all the way thru. Em always nails the rhymes. Thnx TSS crew for posting that. If there’s other loosies you guys got, post them as well.
nas doesn’t take bad beats
he takes some beats that u dont expected
nas is betta than jay cuz people critic beats and career’s aspect
but jay still wants him for his new album. he knows that esco’s the flyest !
jay is da jiggaman, crazy career and ish but nas’ the qb poet, god’son, the only true rebel since the beginning. still in musical prison, in jail for the flow
Nas made the best rap record of all time imo.
Jay-Z is a better rapper though.
How? Why?
Because battling is a hugely important part of hip hop and Nas was lazy for years with his rap while Jay-Z was grinding the shit out of the game, and then when they did finally rub their little swords together in the heat of the moment, Nas got ABSOLUTELY FUCKING TOTALLED and he never recovered, and then Jay-Z BECAME HIS BOSS and basically now owns the whole universe.
But yeah Illmatic > anything Jay-Z ever did, but Jay-Z’s the better rapper.
Nas did it to himself.
Funny world huh
jay stole his style from biggie.. nas stole his style from….. i forget.