Diss songs in rap: Brutal hip-hop beefs, battles and more throughout history.
excavated a bunch of conversations about how rap battles should be conducted, what’s fair, and how far is too far.Both songs saw the rappers working to pick apart their opponent by excoriating their interior lives. Drake claimed that Kendrick’s business partner fathered one of his kids and that he physically abuses his fiancé, while Kendrick claimed that Drake is a drug addict who employs pedophiles and has another child that he has not publicly acknowleged.
With a verse dedicated to each crew member, Shanté developed a diss approach that stars like Kendrick Lamar would emulate 40 years later on cuts like “Meet the Grahams.” Between sparking the Roxanne Wars and changing the course of hip-hop history, “Roxanne’s Revenge” is an easy all-timer. —Once upon a time, the biggest rap label in the world had an all encompassing beef with the biggest rap magazine in the world.
Many thought Common, the chill, conscious brother from Chi Town, would leave well enough alone. After all, this was Ice Cube, one of the progenitors of gangster rap and the guy who went dropped what many consider to be the best diss record of all time. But, nah. Common, who had recently shortened his name, knocked some sense into Ice Cube with “The B—h In Yoo.
With his classic rebuttal, Nas spearheaded a revival in the battle, ultimately securing the once-elusive victory. This was more than just a win—it was a game-changer. “Ether” not only relaunched Nas’s supremacy in the hip-hop world, but it also instantly elevatedto the status of one of his most revered albums. This was the moment that revitalized his career, solidifying his status as the modern-day God MC. —“Creepy,” “sadistic,” “insane” — all adjectives you can use to describe this song.
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