Takeover (At Least the Nas Verse) Was One of The Weakest Diss Tracks Ever

[Ziggiy]

Oh shyt. I did not know that.

He wrote about it in his book


Ashanti attended his Grandmother’s dance studio

 

[-Quikness-]

Nas lost

 

[Pop123]

I feel exactly the same, always have, that shyt is trash to me. He kinda got at Prodigy, I'll give him that...but the Nas verse and the song itself wasn't hard at all, imo. Neither was the other one he did, the "oh behave" shyt,


"People talkin" over whatever that one was called where he was sending clear subliminals at Nas was kinda hard, that was the hardest one

 

[Love Sosa]

I’ve never ever understood why people compare Takeover to Ether. Takeover was a song with a few disses to Nas. He had one short verse. Ether was a whole ass diss song dedicated solely to Jay. If anything, at least compare it to supa ugly (Nas still wins)

also nobody back then though Nas “couldn’t come back” or his “career was over”, the consensus was just that he had fallen off, dramatic ass nikkaz.

 

[Piff Perkins]

Rap disses in general are full of immature disses


On Takeover Jay called Nas a "faq model" which is just as immature as Gay Z.


It seems at one point in a rap beef you had to call your opponent gay at least once

Gotta love how certain industry people accuse Nas of homophobia on Ether while completely ignoring that line on Takeover. These people do anything to big up Hov and hopefully get that brunch invite.

 

[kes929]

I’ve never ever understood why people compare Takeover to Ether. Takeover was a song with a few disses to Nas. He had one short verse. Ether was a whole ass diss song dedicated solely to Jay. If anything, at least compare it to supa ugly (Nas still wins)

also nobody back then though Nas “couldn’t come back” or his “career was over”, the consensus was just that he had fallen off, dramatic ass nikkaz.

The hip hop media changed courses over the years. We all know it was ether vs supa ugly, but supa ugly was so trash that the media decided to change course along with his fans to say it was takeover vs ether.

 

[WMG the 2nd]

Y’all nikkas 39 and up and been talking about this same battle since 2003

 

[Billy Ocean]

Nah he got at Nas on some more fact based shyt....i used your own words and you didn't even get paid off it. you weren't really about that street life, you just watched other ppl actually do it and tried to pass it off as your own experiences....you got outrapped on a song by your bodyguard and your weed carriers.

The problem is Jay just spit it too laidback and chill so ppl didn't really FEEL it like you want ppl to on a diss

I know Ether is classic but Nas's shyt is mostly sandbox elementary school insults....you ugly, whiskers like a rat, taebo hoe....the only real shyt he got Jay on is the fact Jigga has used too many of Biggie's rhymes and the fact that Beans at times outshined Jay on songs.

Nas just went at the diss with more fire and oomph which is why more ppl fukk with it even tho lyrically it's super light.

Get ALLLLLL the way the fizzzuck outta here with this big ol' bullshyt.

 

[Ukbrotha]

How can you lot find new ways to still talk about this.

 

[Bigb41513]

I just listened to takeover. He was tawking to nas lmao. Nygga you ain’t lived it witnessed it from your folks pad (will) you scribbled in notepad and created your life!

 

[Ducktales]

Jay always been corny to meincredible rapper. But spit real life real shyt. Jay Z just be saying shyt to sound cool.

 

[Saint1]

I don't know. "You know who did you know what with you know who"
Is probably the most scathing diss ever

 

[HNIC973]

I don't know. "You know who did you know what with you know who"
Is probably the most scathing diss ever

If it was Nas woulda been sounding like this on Flex the night Stillmatic dropped

 

[Controversy]

Nah he got at Nas on some more fact based shyt....i used your own words and you didn't even get paid off it. you weren't really about that street life, you just watched other ppl actually do it and tried to pass it off as your own experiences....you got outrapped on a song by your bodyguard and your weed carriers.

The problem is Jay just spit it too laidback and chill so ppl didn't really FEEL it like you want ppl to on a diss

I know Ether is classic but Nas's shyt is mostly sandbox elementary school insults....you ugly, whiskers like a rat, taebo hoe....the only real shyt he got Jay on is the fact Jigga has used too many of Biggie's rhymes and the fact that Beans at times outshined Jay on songs.

Nas just went at the diss with more fire and oomph which is why more ppl fukk with it even tho lyrically it's super light.

That's the problem with casual rap fans...they don't understand how Nas broke Jay down on Ether. He was literally responding to so much, that's why it hurt Jay on a personal level. Ether broke down the coke rapper.

Jay - You nikkas gonna learn to respect the king
Nas Response - Burner at the side of your dome, come outta my throne

Jay - "Who's the best MCs, Biggie, Jay-Z or Nas
Nas Response - Whose the best, Pac, Nas & Big...ain't no best

Jay - Had a spark when you started but now you're just garbage
Nas Response - How can Nas be garbage? Semi-autos at your cartilage

Jay - If I ain't better than big, than I'm the closest one
Nas Response - First Biggie's your man, then you got the nerve to say you better than Big

Jay - There's only one rule, I will not lose
Nas Response - God's Son across the belly, I proved you lost already

Jay - That's why you're LAAAAAAAAME! Career's come to and end
Nas Response - I've been fukked over, left for dead, dissed and forgotten

Jay - I know you're missing all the FAAAAAAAAAME
Nas Response - What's sad is I love you cause you're my brother, you traded your soul for riches

Jay - That means I fly rough early plus I know tae bo
Jay - nikka switch up your flow, your shyt is garbage, but you try and kick knowledge
Nas Response - You Tae-bo hoe, trying to work it out, you tryna' get brolic? Ask me if I'm trying to kick knowledge

Jay - Used to tell they friends I was ugly and wouldn't touch me
Nas Response - What you think, you getting girls now 'cause of your looks?

Jay - We bring knife to a fist fight and kill your drama
Nas - And your man stabbed Un and made you take the blame

 

[mr. smoke weed]

Sean Carter to Jay z? Damn you on Jaz dikk