"these dirty ass staten island nikkas" - 50 cent

[AJaRuleStan]

I was listening to the diss song that 50 made towards Clyde Smith(Reakwon) the other day, and 50's blatant disrespect for SI made me curious about how Staten Island was viewed by it's neighboring boroughs in the 80s/90s. More to the point, how persuasive was the view that 50 held? You know...SI nikkas being a bunch of dirty, dust blunt smoking, country bums.

Since I was born in 91 (which is old in terms of coli years) I really have no recollection myself, although I know from my personal experience that Staten is usually viewed as less significant that the other boroughs. Matter of fact, I feel like Yonkers is even more connected to the city than SI is.

So can some of you coli oldheads redpill me on "Soft and Smiling Staten Island"? Bonus question, did wu exaggerate about places like Park hill and Stapleton projects because they felt insecure about how dangerous the other boroughs actually were in the 80s/90s?

 

[Big Skilly Films]

clyde smith is method man not raekwon...

 

[the cac mamba]

clyde smith is method man not raekwon...

what? no it isnt

 

[DoomzdayzV]

North Shore of SI is grimey as hell....dirty decrepit pissy high-rise building just like BK.....its just that there arent alot of hoods out there

 

[BigMan]

Where are you from OP? Staten Island has always been known as the forgotten borough and all the 9ther boroughs shyt on it

 

[2stainz]

probably why ghostface threw his ass down a flight of stairs

 

[Billy Ocean]

Fif didn't want any real static with Wu. That diss track was the weakest diss track he ever created. He just threw some weak diss lines at the end of a track he already had.

 

[Millions]

they got all the small hoods... i neva considered them part of the city

 

[Poh SIti Dawn]

Ew, that diss got me ready to listen to some G Unit is the Future mixtape.

"Got that marijuana persona, say whatever I wanna"


Stay with the jokes too.

 

[New Jeruzalem Journalist]

what? no it isnt

Clyde Smith is Method Man's actual gov't birth name. The character "Clyde Smith" on SC is played by Chef.

 

[toetoe]

That diss track was the weakest diss track he ever created. He just threw some weak diss lines at the end of a track he already had

That's what he did in all his beefs though, and the reason D-Block slayed him.

 

[the cac mamba]

Clyde Smith is Method Man's actual gov't birth name. The character "Clyde Smith" on SC is played by Chef.

thought it was clifford

 

[Billy Ocean]

That's what he did in all his beefs though, and the reason D-Block slayed him.

Nah. Those D-Block disses went much harder than that Wu diss track. By far his weakest diss effort. It was half hearted. The n!gga was mumbling some bullsh!t at the end of it.

 

[AJaRuleStan]

Where are you from OP? Staten Island has always been known as the forgotten borough and all the 9ther boroughs shyt on it

Queens, living up state currently though. Poughkeepsie to be exact.

 

[Billy Ocean]

thought it was clifford

It is Clifford. Meth's real name is Clifford Smith. The Clyde Smith skit is Raekwon.