The Day Ether Dropped
https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!searchin/alt.rap/ether$20/alt.rap/7iw0HaDUwGc/xyvmfv4cI80J
"Damn. Nas opened a can of whoop ass on Jay. The beat and bars are way better
than "Takeover" (at least to me). When you hear the song, please dont think
about hearing super dope multi's and what not. Think about the personal shyt
he's saying to rip through Jay's ass. The beat is on some slow "What ya life
like" emperor shyt. The rap game is starting to finally look like something
again. Competition is arriving for people to be hungry like they used to. Beef,
when on wax, is a good thing. Search for this song, bob your head, and prepare
as many "oh shyts" in advance to the shyt Nas says".
"Well I hated Takeover to start off with, I thought it was flowless
uncreative garbage, so Ether was always going to be better. Nas remembered,
unlike Jay, to flow on beat, and he had more dope lines. "I rock hoes, you
rock a fella" or however it went for instance. However, I did expect Nas to
come a bit harder, there's a lot of ammunition you can use at Jay and I
don't think he took full advantage"