Seven years ago today, NaS released a record called "Ether." It was a response to Jay-Z who released a record called "Takeover." The day NaS dropped "Ether" the world (at least New York City) stood still. Many people felt that it was the end of Jay-Z's career. Don't think so? Listen to the record:
Here is audio of Jay-Z on Hot 97 after he heard "Ether" with some funny pictures and "facts":
You can hear it in his voice that he also felt that his career was over. He tried to bounce back with a record called "Super Ugly." Hot 97 did a poll with their listeners to see who won:
MTV did a special on the whole battle:
This was the greatest battle in Rap history. "Ether" is cited by many to be one of the greatest diss records of all time. It will be remembered by many for a long time. It is great to see that both men squash the beef at Jay-Z's "I Declare War" Concert:
Both of them sat with MTV to discuss the battle and more:
They went on to do two tracks together: "Black Republicans" from NaS' album Hip Hop Is Dead
and "Success" from Jay-Z's album American Gangster
Battling is great for Rap, but coming together is greater.
Happy Birthday to the 39 year old Jay-Z.
3 comments:
"Battling is great for Rap, but coming together is greater."
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No pause needed for a great comment like that. Plus this is not that kind of site.
The battle between Jay-Z and Nas was a great day in hip-hop. But, what was even greater that they moved on and were able to create great music together. Shawty -Lo and T.I. needs to take a page out of this history book.
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