Jay-Z Vs. Nas: Who REALLY Won?

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  • @DiverseMentality
    @DiverseMentality  5 років тому +1314

    I premiered this video live and we had nearly 1,200 viewers watching at once that was amazing and mind blowing to me! Thank you all for the support I hope you guys enjoyed this episode this is just the start of Season 2! Stay tuned more to come. Despite all the copyright issues and demonetization I'm still going to make these videos for you guys I believe in good content will bring good loyal audience regardless of anything else and that's what exactly you guys are thank you so much for the support! Over 4 months of work was worth it!

    • @0vabyte
      @0vabyte 5 років тому +6

      Get it Bro!!
      Have a great season G!

    • @Doomer-hg2fi
      @Doomer-hg2fi 5 років тому +17

      When will you make a tupac vs everybody

    • @bjchi8115
      @bjchi8115 5 років тому +5

      You da Goat 🙏🏽

    • @kaylabey
      @kaylabey 5 років тому +9

      thanks for your hard work ❤️

    • @grinchoi1
      @grinchoi1 5 років тому +1

      Heres another link to over a decade later Jay saying that Takerover was 100x better than Ether and he addresses Eminem getting him on his own joint...ua-cam.com/video/OPdHdwLOfX0/v-deo.html

  • @rubenperez5895
    @rubenperez5895 5 років тому +3404

    Nas was number 6 on the hip hop Forbes list last year. Y’all act like he fell off the planet earth.

    • @Gallos630
      @Gallos630 5 років тому +234

      Bc he ain’t dead if he was they will be movie about him

    • @donnyjones6717
      @donnyjones6717 4 роки тому +27

      AND JAY Z IS WHERE AND BY HOW MUCH.FOH

    • @fresh2182
      @fresh2182 4 роки тому +106

      Idk Nas has 70 million, Lil Wayne is sitting on twice that at 150 million...
      Then Jay Z out front with a billion

    • @thelegend2866
      @thelegend2866 4 роки тому +84

      Ameen Hassan now did that money come from rap?

    • @dDddddddddddddhhh
      @dDddddddddddddhhh 4 роки тому +122

      Nas signed TWO horrible Sony deals back to back. Fortunately for Nas the homie Hov signed him to Roc A Fella and he’s managed by Roc Nation now and they open doors for people. I’m happy Nas is on the Forbes list because Kelis is a very expensive mistake.

  • @ajtaylor8750
    @ajtaylor8750 3 роки тому +1678

    Nas hands down won with "Ether." When you have Jay-Z shaken and uneasy in an interview with Angie Martinez, and the diss track becomes its own phrase ("You got ethered"), that's says it right there.

    • @wacko37
      @wacko37 3 роки тому +20

      Its was before that
      This was when super ugly come out he was shaking

    • @robertahearn4489
      @robertahearn4489 3 роки тому +11

      The Original 8 Minute Version Was Brimstone Plain And Simple Either 👊🏽🎤🎙⚰🚬💯

    • @DaRealShinjiMcCloud
      @DaRealShinjiMcCloud 3 роки тому +51

      Not only that the record dropped on Jay-z's b-day

    • @therealrazpy1265
      @therealrazpy1265 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/brNJEXFxQGc/v-deo.html

    • @stillgotyourmom
      @stillgotyourmom 3 роки тому +18

      @@wacko37 Super Ugly came after Takeover you MiracleWip

  • @OMEGAxWARRIOR
    @OMEGAxWARRIOR 5 років тому +3607

    18 years later and they are STILL debating who really won… that means the culture won.

    • @taffygore6285
      @taffygore6285 5 років тому +41

      The Weakest Baldwin real talk 💯

    • @TheEnigmaticDeenTruth
      @TheEnigmaticDeenTruth 5 років тому +87

      They both won in funds. The Culture is dead. Peace.

    • @hrantesserian6439
      @hrantesserian6439 5 років тому +60

      I look at it like this : nas won da battle but Hov won da war

    • @diempardon4259
      @diempardon4259 5 років тому +2

      Hrant Esserian | The War isn’t over.

    • @hrantesserian6439
      @hrantesserian6439 5 років тому +1

      Cool - are nas and Hov aware of that though?

  • @stoveetiz2629
    @stoveetiz2629 9 місяців тому +476

    2:10 that aged well

    • @DJreeik
      @DJreeik 9 місяців тому +17

      😂

    • @DiverseMentality
      @DiverseMentality  9 місяців тому +61

      hahahahha

    • @qthedoggy7898
      @qthedoggy7898 8 місяців тому +15

      @@DiverseMentalityseriously bro that is a crazy prediction

    • @DiverseMentality
      @DiverseMentality  8 місяців тому +50

      @@qthedoggy7898 haha I didn't predict it I just knew that they were subliminally dissing each other this whole time since 2017 I've been wanting them to battle lol. I should've made a video breaking down everything like this documentary I will soon though since it's full fledged now.

    • @qthedoggy7898
      @qthedoggy7898 8 місяців тому +8

      @@DiverseMentality yeah bro that would be a great video

  • @TheRealRovkstsr5
    @TheRealRovkstsr5 5 років тому +3120

    Damn this video deserve to be on Netflix

    • @Suge8263
      @Suge8263 5 років тому +17

      I swear yo

    • @jlking0098
      @jlking0098 5 років тому +33

      And the Game & 50 part 1 and 2

    • @xmantheavenger8774
      @xmantheavenger8774 5 років тому +18

      All of his videos do.

    • @Nomarandus
      @Nomarandus 5 років тому +29

      @@jlking0098
      The 50 cent vs ja rule is golden and needs to be distributed.
      I lived thru a lot of these battles and Quake comes thru. He even finds some verse I never heard
      Excellent work
      Respect the level

    • @hrantesserian6439
      @hrantesserian6439 5 років тому +1

      Hov won and stay winnin .faxxxxx

  • @stillmatic109
    @stillmatic109 3 роки тому +906

    “My child I watch you grow up to be famous and now I smile like a proud dad watching his only son that made it.” Nas

    • @Christopher._M
      @Christopher._M 3 роки тому +10

      Hahaha

    • @Brawlin_7
      @Brawlin_7 3 роки тому +13

      Talk to em!!!

    • @DWALK
      @DWALK 3 роки тому +6

      Who’s the best biggie jay z or nas the takeover I’m back j hova

    • @Kar9elo
      @Kar9elo 3 роки тому +12

      Fuckin FLAMES🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @E1LTSaves
      @E1LTSaves 3 роки тому +4

      Lol...

  • @immanueloluj4671
    @immanueloluj4671 9 місяців тому +216

    4 years later Drake & Kendrick really beefing

    • @amberalert451
      @amberalert451 8 місяців тому +6

      they were technically already beefing at the time it’s been going on for like 10 years

    • @zero-ui1ew
      @zero-ui1ew 4 місяці тому +3

      It's a law. Two mega superstars can't exist

  • @KwizMatix
    @KwizMatix Рік тому +254

    The thing about Ether is when that record dropped it was hands down the number 1 requested song on the radio in NYC for a couple of weeks. Flex broke it and dropped a bomb on it on hot 97 and proceeded to play that song no less than 10 or 20 times straight. That song was the definition of an over kill and still one of the greatest hip hop diss records ever recorded.

    • @kingsavage5832
      @kingsavage5832 Рік тому +10

      For me, it's without a doubt up there with 2Pac's Hit Em Up! 💯

    • @CB-yt5xl
      @CB-yt5xl 11 місяців тому +1

      @@kingsavage5832at least Nas wrote his diss.

    • @TheWILMAS007
      @TheWILMAS007 10 місяців тому +3

      @@CB-yt5xloh so you’re trying to say 2pac did not write his verses fr hittem up 😂😂😂 everyone one on that track wrote there own verse the only reason outlaws was on there Because that was their time to shine

  • @ltothemagain
    @ltothemagain 5 років тому +635

    Nas won. Jay Z’s response to Ether on Hot 97 is all you needed to hear. Once you get knocked out. You can release 700 diss tracks in retaliation but you still got defeated. It doesn’t change the outcome of Ether.

    • @CPTxRAGE
      @CPTxRAGE 5 років тому +13

      Facts bro

    • @vellb4598
      @vellb4598 5 років тому +5

      Leon M is He Ouchie Wally Wally Or Is It One Mic/Is It Black Girl Or Shorty Owe You For Ice/I Been Real All My Life/...#Blueprint2 And He Was Bussing Nas Baby Moms Ass Nas A Joke😂😂😂

    • @thelegend2866
      @thelegend2866 5 років тому +15

      Larvelle Bell didn’t Jay Z’s mom force Jay Z to apologize to Nas for that?

    • @matthewshugart3447
      @matthewshugart3447 5 років тому +6

      @@vellb4598 Nas still won

    • @ronaldhonore3454
      @ronaldhonore3454 4 роки тому +3

      @@vellb4598 Banging nas leftovers. Jay-Z was gay for nas.

  • @bobbydeazy
    @bobbydeazy 5 років тому +1530

    We all know Nas won when "Ethered" or "Getting ethered "became a phrase that everyone used if someone got roasted. LOL

    • @analsthetic2811
      @analsthetic2811 5 років тому +12

      Takeover got turned into a slang phrase too

    • @kassdremusic
      @kassdremusic 5 років тому +14

      bobbydeazy that don’t make the song better than Takeover dummy

    • @thatzcringetv4804
      @thatzcringetv4804 5 років тому +75

      @@kassdremusic it was though

    • @bobbydeazy
      @bobbydeazy 5 років тому +36

      @@kassdremusic that shit that make your soul burn slow. nobody comparing "songs" dummy, we calling shots and who won the battle.

    • @bobbydeazy
      @bobbydeazy 5 років тому +6

      @@Eric-vh3ur the Internet is your life b

  • @slinkbradshaw8674
    @slinkbradshaw8674 5 років тому +650

    carmen was way too proud to be telling that grimy ass story

    • @slinkbradshaw8674
      @slinkbradshaw8674 5 років тому +70

      @McGregor's Snot hmmm the used condoms on the baby's carseat line didn't help

    • @Myke3362
      @Myke3362 5 років тому +8

      @McGregor's Snot TAWK, these guys are stanin for NaS hardocre lol.

    • @dwilkinsworld
      @dwilkinsworld 5 років тому +15

      McGregor's Snot 2Pac did cross the line bout Prodigy sickle cell

    • @yngsportsandhiphop5593
      @yngsportsandhiphop5593 5 років тому +13

      @McGregor's Snot wtf u talking about Nas not beating his wife u dumb 7 believe anything SMH DNT do that rumor shit bro cause kelis took that statement back

    • @harijszeregela6555
      @harijszeregela6555 5 років тому +7

      @McGregor's Snot same as drake had to cry about pusha t rhymes about 40, when he said shit about cudi's mental problems.
      Like you mentioned, its hard shit hipocricy, and many of fans are biased.

  • @daveeeee8884
    @daveeeee8884 9 місяців тому +118

    “this would be the equivalent of drake and kendrick beefing” that foresight is amazing….

    • @davemccombs
      @davemccombs 6 місяців тому

      It's really not. On one hand, two big rappers beefing. On the other hand, comparing it to... two big rappers beefing.
      Not that remarkable.

    • @_larrYFisher
      @_larrYFisher 6 місяців тому +3

      Kendrick took shots at drake in 2013 wtf do you mean

    • @_larrYFisher
      @_larrYFisher 6 місяців тому +1

      You just glazing at this point

    • @demontimen1gga819
      @demontimen1gga819 5 місяців тому +2

      @@davemccombs ohh brother just shut up

  • @dujeradman8709
    @dujeradman8709 5 років тому +206

    Who really won?
    NWA fallout
    Pt1 Ice Cube vs NWA
    Pt2 Eazy-E vs Dr.Dre

    • @brettbateson5311
      @brettbateson5311 5 років тому +31

      Cube and eazy won.

    • @qsmooth7805
      @qsmooth7805 5 років тому +6

      Duje Radman Tupac vs Biggie

    • @deezydoe3
      @deezydoe3 5 років тому +12

      Cube vs NWA gon be crazy

    • @qsmooth7805
      @qsmooth7805 5 років тому +2

      Probably going to be the next one

    • @ShiestyPLOWuTang
      @ShiestyPLOWuTang 5 років тому +2

      @@qsmooth7805 Nah that's been talked about way too much

  • @dondonattoable
    @dondonattoable 4 роки тому +1513

    Nas bodied J with Ether. It was game over.

    • @jeffreymbelu9718
      @jeffreymbelu9718 3 роки тому +12

      @@BDA302 Lmaoo facts

    • @jjjayden8964
      @jjjayden8964 3 роки тому +34

      Lol facts. 98% feel exactly the same way. Even the kids born after 2001 say ether is the best diss of all time.😅😂

    • @TrueSunGod101
      @TrueSunGod101 3 роки тому +8

      @@jjjayden8964 not the best imo No vaseline and Hit em up are better and are songs u replay

    • @coolidgeowens320
      @coolidgeowens320 3 роки тому +22

      @@TrueSunGod101 We are talking about the Nas and Jay-Z beef here, bud.

    • @TrueSunGod101
      @TrueSunGod101 3 роки тому +3

      @@coolidgeowens320 and i am giving my opinion lol

  • @ForefatherEnt
    @ForefatherEnt 5 років тому +911

    Idiots on here using liquor and clothing sales to say Jay won.... So Diddy is the better rapper than Rakim with this line of thinking

    • @Salman.khan786
      @Salman.khan786 5 років тому +56

      ForefatherEnt 😂 Right! Like wtf.
      PS: Rakim is my fave rapper. Absolute legend.

    • @VeigarAllDay
      @VeigarAllDay 5 років тому +18

      Jay did win, He got more classic albums more quotables and anything else that you think of.

    • @ArMiNiSfUCkinRedicK
      @ArMiNiSfUCkinRedicK 5 років тому +84

      @@VeigarAllDay that means he won the war.....but the battle, which just means them to nas vs jay. fuck out here, nas destroyed jay...nas is the better lyricist...jay use to idolize nas...took his style...everyone knows this

    • @lyricsanonymous9036
      @lyricsanonymous9036 5 років тому +85

      @@VeigarAllDay None of Jays classic albums, are better than Illmatic.

    • @rolandshark2741
      @rolandshark2741 5 років тому +38

      @@VeigarAllDay apart from Reasonable Doubt & The Blueprint are any of Jay's other albums even real classics? Its doubtful...

  • @Novelist1029
    @Novelist1029 3 роки тому +216

    I really respect that these two artists kept it on music and it did not turn violent. That’s how hip hop beef should be. It should be battling not violence.

    • @TyroneBiggums2003
      @TyroneBiggums2003 Рік тому +12

      Jay z and Nas is the best beef ever from a hip hop standpoint. 2pac and biggie was very one sided and only one of them was taking direct shots at the other.

    • @Formoneyclicksandviews
      @Formoneyclicksandviews Рік тому +12

      ​@@TyroneBiggums2003I hope you're referring to 2 pac. Biggie never said Pac name only snoop dog and other west coast rappers.
      Hit Em Up was a shoot heard around the world with Bigs name and his whole crew. Not to mention his wife.

    • @astralmindny9055
      @astralmindny9055 Рік тому +11

      Had Nas released the original version of Ether, I really Believe in my heart that the "illumibots" would have killed him, I GUARANTEE it! The ONLY reason why Nas didn't release it was because Scarface advised him not to do it, he VIOLATED Jay

    • @Novelist1029
      @Novelist1029 Рік тому +3

      @@TyroneBiggums2003 not to mention both Biggie and Pac ended up getting killed in their primes. It’s debatable whether the beef had anything to do with Big being shot but still. That was the definition of an industry beef.

    • @crookedithagoat794
      @crookedithagoat794 Рік тому

      @@astralmindny9055this is a joke right?

  • @gukyou5223
    @gukyou5223 3 роки тому +405

    Takeover woke Nas up
    Ether humbled Jay

  • @jabarlewis3711
    @jabarlewis3711 4 роки тому +229

    Nas & Jay Z still going head to head til this day, Jay is invested in Uber & Nas is invested in Lyft.

    • @shadowblader45
      @shadowblader45 3 роки тому +14

      Crazy man they just made a track together

    • @mannydaprofit2869
      @mannydaprofit2869 3 роки тому +11

      Nas also invested in the ring cameras

    • @AHotHabanero
      @AHotHabanero 3 роки тому +34

      Good to know, not using Uber anymore 😂

    • @angelmunoz34
      @angelmunoz34 3 роки тому +11

      @@AHotHabanero that's dirty lol

    • @daibm5392
      @daibm5392 3 роки тому +7

      @@AHotHabanero You a savage bruh LOL

  • @CarlDoesMusic
    @CarlDoesMusic 8 місяців тому +41

    2:10 hypothetically cooking beef that actually made it to the stove... is crazy

  • @mrtielk2000
    @mrtielk2000 4 роки тому +516

    I liked the both of them, however, "One Mic" released and Nas became hands down better in my book. That one song became and still is in my top 5 songs ever in this Genre.

    • @bruceodera5759
      @bruceodera5759 4 роки тому +26

      Amen!!! That album was straight fire from the title

    • @TheGamersGuide819
      @TheGamersGuide819 3 роки тому +4

      That songs hit home

    • @ccqm7777
      @ccqm7777 3 роки тому +1

      PAC or mas??

    • @mrtielk2000
      @mrtielk2000 3 роки тому +6

      @@ccqm7777 my main choice of music is all things rock. Forgive me when I say Tupac and Naz was on the same level. I don't idolize people.

    • @kan50805
      @kan50805 3 роки тому +1

      “ Nas is like “ good too

  • @ContextReallyMatters
    @ContextReallyMatters 5 років тому +1554

    If I beat you in a fight 20 years ago and you become more successful than me, I still beat you in a fight 20 years ago.
    If I beat you in a game of basketball 20 years ago and you end up winning 4 MVPs in the NBA, I still beat you.
    If I beat you on a rap battle and you end up becoming a billionaire, I still fucked with your soul like Ether.

    • @Mrkevi123
      @Mrkevi123 5 років тому +78

      Yeah but the success makes that small battle irrelevant.

    • @_IsrealPerez
      @_IsrealPerez 5 років тому +183

      Kevin Hinojosa not really we still saying people got “Ethered” and we still bring up Nas getting Jay when it comes to ranking the top 5

    • @lemuelreyes1941
      @lemuelreyes1941 5 років тому +24

      lmao best comment

    • @pranavarora4347
      @pranavarora4347 5 років тому +22

      Well that does mean that you havnt improved after you defeated the other guy and he did the hard work and became successfull later on;Still Nas won.

    • @ContextReallyMatters
      @ContextReallyMatters 5 років тому +14

      @@Mrkevi123 It doesn't change the results.

  • @rezarfar
    @rezarfar 4 роки тому +823

    Ether made Jay Z re-evaluate his career trajectory. Ether actually changed Jay Z's life.
    No diss track has ever done that, furthermore, Ether is not a diss track directed at one person.
    It's a diss track that's directed at any fool stupid enough to throw down with the best lyricist in the game.

    • @tmann9neyrgsalazar993
      @tmann9neyrgsalazar993 3 роки тому +90

      Actually Pusha changed Drake just as much

    • @whiplash7884
      @whiplash7884 3 роки тому +39

      @@tmann9neyrgsalazar993 He sure did. That was nasty!

    • @NYJ82Bklyn
      @NYJ82Bklyn 3 роки тому +20

      Naw son, it may be a warning to anyone who wants to fuck with the greatest rapper, alive or dead to ever touch a microphone but it was directly a diss at Jay-Z!
      1. Nas
      1a. Biggie
      2. Tupac
      3. Eminem
      4. Jay-Z (I guess by default because of his longevity success)
      5. Pick your choice (Busta Rhymes, Rakim, KRS-1, Method Man, Kool G Rap, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Redman, Fat Joe, Big Pun, Common, Black Thought, Mos Def)

    • @NYJ82Bklyn
      @NYJ82Bklyn 3 роки тому

      @Cfc7ninja 12 Can’t argue that! Maybe he doesn’t. That song “tha shiznit” blew my mind when I first it. Actually Snoop’s entire first album was a straight bagger! Other than that, he’s been aight, so your probably right on this one. Big L was lyrically a beast but he was never really my flavor of a rapper. Maybe it was his voice or something but I just never really felt Big L like that!

    • @RlMohdFaisal
      @RlMohdFaisal 3 роки тому +18

      Hit em up changed alot of lives dude.

  • @keishawnrennix
    @keishawnrennix 10 місяців тому +860

    You predicted the Kendrick and drake beef😭

  • @cyhimramsay7747
    @cyhimramsay7747 3 роки тому +347

    Nas won period. Their business ventures or other dealings outside of making a song has nothing to do with their lyricism. I get annoyed when people say Nas won the battle but Jay won the war. The whole battle and war was over WHO was the better rapper and Nas won, period.
    And if we mentioned anything out of lyrics let's talk about how Jay-Z was a Nas groupie, and obsessed with Nas that he rapped like him, sampled him, got rejected by him and because Jay-Z was hurt by this even screwed his baby mother to feel more like him. Now if that ain't a case of single white female syndrome then I don't know what is.

    • @cyhimramsay7747
      @cyhimramsay7747 3 роки тому +11

      @@TheFourthPosition Facts...That's why Jay-Z slept with Carmen Nas baby mother. Jay-Z was a Nas groupie and was mad Nas didn't show up to the Dead Presidents video shoot, that is why Az is in it and Nas wasn't because he no showed.

    • @papii2gunz115
      @papii2gunz115 3 роки тому +2

      I’m 23 from DC ( Riko Monté all platforms but not why I’m here) and I wholeheartedly agree . Was too young for most but I did my research, being a student of the game, and this is nothin but facts 💯

    • @E1LTSaves
      @E1LTSaves 3 роки тому

      Your 2nd paragraph is just your fairy tale. Stick to the first paragraph, talking nonsense!

    • @therealrazpy1265
      @therealrazpy1265 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/brNJEXFxQGc/v-deo.html

    • @cav65
      @cav65 2 роки тому +4

      Hov the Goat

  • @autismisuncontrollable4925
    @autismisuncontrollable4925 5 років тому +893

    I love how nonchalantly Carmen talks about her miscarriage and cheating, like it was just an average Tuesday.

    • @turtleanton6539
      @turtleanton6539 5 років тому +99

      It probably was she bee doing this shit all the time

    • @vassoanzaoui8530
      @vassoanzaoui8530 5 років тому +20

      fr🤔🤨

    • @Msboochie2
      @Msboochie2 5 років тому +125

      Right, it made me look at Nas a little different. Like, you had a child with a woman like her? There are really some trifling women out there, that give the rest of us a bad name.

    • @trilll6
      @trilll6 5 років тому +39

      @@Msboochie2 lol she was so nonchalant about the situation like it was just ok to go and do that

    • @mg19cal
      @mg19cal 4 роки тому +41

      "Average Tuesday" 😂😂😂😂

  • @csiistandard
    @csiistandard 5 років тому +763

    You cant win when youre crying on the radio! 🤣 ... Nas takes the W

    • @johnrod2325
      @johnrod2325 5 років тому +11

      c s factssss

    • @dontquityourdayjob5188
      @dontquityourdayjob5188 5 років тому +50

      Nas won and jay z is my favorite rapper of all time . Never would have admitted the L during the battle tho lol

    • @BodysWorldProduction
      @BodysWorldProduction 5 років тому +9

      Facts...With Angie Martinez sitting right next to Jay... Hov ain't fucking with Nas period.com

    • @ivorydogan730
      @ivorydogan730 5 років тому +1

      PeriodT!!!

    • @platosrepublic6965
      @platosrepublic6965 5 років тому +5

      c s I mean Nas kinda was crying on the radio with that interview about jay and how he degrades women. Nas is a giant hypocrite once you really think about it.

  • @bryanwilliams507
    @bryanwilliams507 2 роки тому +67

    As of 2022, Nas is currently on a run with Dr. Dre appointed Hit Boy production. Won a Grammy in ‘21 for King’s Disease that dropped around in 2020. Then, a yr later dropped KDII(as good as previous), plus a surprise drop on Christmas Eve: Magic, which foreshadows a KDIII

  • @dennisthemenace855
    @dennisthemenace855 5 років тому +345

    Bro Nas won . In the early 2000s it was no discussion but because of Jay success now y'all trying to use that . Imo ether and takeover are top 5 diss tracks of all time

    • @subhanamjad8787
      @subhanamjad8787 5 років тому +7

      Nas won the battle. Jay Z won the war.

    • @N0ticer888
      @N0ticer888 5 років тому +19

      People always tryna talk about jayz success after the beef like that matters, nas won the beef period, what happen after the beef doesn't matter

    • @patrickadonislewis
      @patrickadonislewis 5 років тому

      @Summer Of Sam Beatz To me all of that was part of the beef. Look at the 22:00 min mark and listen to what Nas said. He wanted to end it, but Jay-Z new the Marketing behind it. So, I think you have to include that in the beef.

    • @willsmooth1355
      @willsmooth1355 5 років тому +5

      There was no war. It was a lyrical battle that nas won. So by your logic if nas ends up being a billionaire and surpasses jay then does that mean that nas won the war??😳😳😳😳. Stop with this war nonsense.

    • @knicksfan3647
      @knicksfan3647 5 років тому

      @@subhanamjad8787 war is far from over, 👀 feds are coming for jay z, yall think they stopping with R. KELLY. But🤫🤫 yall aint hear that from me. 2020/21 bout to be lit.

  • @fitzgerald434
    @fitzgerald434 5 років тому +401

    Ether is the top 5 in diss tracks

    • @thelegend2866
      @thelegend2866 4 роки тому +6

      Alexander Fitzgerald isn’t takeover also?

    • @deepwebtunes6415
      @deepwebtunes6415 4 роки тому +7

      Canibus second round knock out is no1

    • @jasminenicole4799
      @jasminenicole4799 4 роки тому +4

      Him an Tupac’s hit me up neck and NECK❗️

    • @gloriouslyaesthetic
      @gloriouslyaesthetic 4 роки тому +4

      It's THE best

    • @romeogeorge2562
      @romeogeorge2562 4 роки тому +18

      Nah fam,Ether is the best diss track Ever... It will always be No. 1💥♨️💯

  • @jmos005
    @jmos005 4 роки тому +451

    I chose Ether. Hands down! Nas won the battle. End of story! That’s why he’s my favorite top 1st MC’s and my first favorite influence.

    • @kristsheldunn7331
      @kristsheldunn7331 4 роки тому +5

      "ETHER" Stole That Battle, Nas Beats Was Off The Chain As Well.

    • @Kingmaly42
      @Kingmaly42 4 роки тому +14

      He the best to ever touch the mic

    • @godofwar6344
      @godofwar6344 4 роки тому +2

      @@Kingmaly42 you're going a bit too far man

    • @stellabrown909
      @stellabrown909 3 роки тому +8

      Well said!!! Nas is number one ....this isn’t even a debate

    • @mcsniffabitch7828
      @mcsniffabitch7828 3 роки тому

      Who won the War

  • @EpicRadDude
    @EpicRadDude 2 роки тому +165

    These videos are extremely well done. When you mention disses in songs, you actually play them so people don't have to go search for the lyrics, and you go through the whole beef with an unbiased opinion. I can't wait until Tupac vs Biggie.

    • @LLCoolJay23
      @LLCoolJay23 2 роки тому +8

      We need the 2Pac v Biggie video ASAP!!!!!!

    • @ciscadanielle
      @ciscadanielle Рік тому +1

      Top notch 👍🏾

  • @TheRealest127
    @TheRealest127 5 років тому +176

    "Women left me cuz they thought I was Finished/ I shoulda knew she wasnt true, she came to me when her Man caught a sentence..."
    ~ NAS 💯

    • @joshualee5282
      @joshualee5282 5 років тому +15

      KINGSEANFAME extremely underrated song

    • @csiistandard
      @csiistandard 5 років тому +9

      Fckin deep when you listen to that part. One is a masterpiece! Audio and lyrics needs to be listenable displayed in a music museum in the future when nas is gone

    • @conduitofthegospeldarrellb9154
      @conduitofthegospeldarrellb9154 5 років тому

      ALL I NEED IS ONE MIC...

    • @conduitofthegospeldarrellb9154
      @conduitofthegospeldarrellb9154 5 років тому

      One of the greatest records in hip hop history

    • @1klikesfrombots436
      @1klikesfrombots436 5 років тому

      I cant help to think that Carmen is lowkey a thotty for calling J after she had an arqument with Nas, girl, you dont just do that.

  • @ADyani6
    @ADyani6 4 роки тому +62

    I definitely agree with your war and battle commentary. I just hate that we compare Jay Z & Nas because to me they are completely different artists and people. Nas has a different love for music (due to his dad’s influence) and is held to a higher standard. When Nas puts out commercial songs, it’s the “Nas fell off”. But at the same time, Jay Z does several commercial songs and everyone loves it. Nas wasn’t trying to play the political games, hence why he hasn’t won a Grammy.
    Jay Z not getting signed to a label was his biggest blessing. He learned ownership, which made him the mogul he is today. Because of Jay-Z’s come-up story and current success, he gets more respect from all generations. When people talk about Jay Z, it’s beyond the music. Nas put out a “grown man” album (Life is Good) in 2012 and it was phenomenal, but rarely mentioned. But when Jay Z did it (4:44), everyone loved it. Nas is just ahead of his time and paved the way lyrically.

  • @mrs.claudiawhite3134
    @mrs.claudiawhite3134 3 роки тому +399

    Of Course, Nas Won hands up and down. PPL will say Jay Z won due to the money Jay got but Lyrically Nas Showed Up Showed Out and Smashed Jay Z Hova. This new generation won't even understand the dynamics of Nas Story telling and Truth deliverance.

    • @JuanMartinez-eu3uo
      @JuanMartinez-eu3uo 3 роки тому +8

      Low key nas may have More money than Jay Z

    • @Man_eee
      @Man_eee 3 роки тому +21

      When people speak about another man's money, they already lost.

    • @indiangawd2177
      @indiangawd2177 3 роки тому +19

      @@JuanMartinez-eu3uo noooo the fuck he didn’t 🤣🤣

    • @JuanMartinez-eu3uo
      @JuanMartinez-eu3uo 3 роки тому +12

      @@indiangawd2177 nas without being flashy has years investing in various companies all these companies aré worth 10s of millions of dollars one of them was bought for $1B by Amazon

    • @MrSayWhatIThink23
      @MrSayWhatIThink23 3 роки тому +13

      @@JuanMartinez-eu3uo and HOV doesn’t have a ton of investments? Come one bro, stop

  • @believei-must5092
    @believei-must5092 2 роки тому +31

    The “Momma Love” did it for me…. NAS did the most respectable thing I’ve ever seen in any artist ever….

  • @xceed09
    @xceed09 5 років тому +197

    This reminds me of the 'Beef' DVDs but super sayan'ed up lol

    • @drefrazier8973
      @drefrazier8973 5 років тому +6

      That’s a damn lie lmao this ain’t shit like the beef dvds

    • @ShiestyPLOWuTang
      @ShiestyPLOWuTang 5 років тому +3

      @@drefrazier8973 Right! I like those better

    • @pbm2324
      @pbm2324 5 років тому

      xceed09 Facts 🤣

  • @xaviergeorge3359
    @xaviergeorge3359 5 років тому +100

    I'm glad radio stations stopped doing interviews with a beat in the background

  • @MindMan424
    @MindMan424 2 роки тому +25

    You forgot to mention that on Nas' *Nastradamus* album , Nas had a lowkey diss track "Come Get Me" dissing Jay-Z , which Jay responded with "Come And Get Me" ..

    • @MankillTaylor
      @MankillTaylor Рік тому

      2023 VISION BIG FACTS LOL 😎

    • @waynesalisbury
      @waynesalisbury 11 місяців тому

      I always would listen to come and get me off that Life and times of Shawn Cater and wondered who Jay was dissing? I mean he was going hard on somebody but never knew who. Wow now I know

  • @ForefatherEnt
    @ForefatherEnt 5 років тому +261

    This was never up for debate .... Jay admitted he lost... His stans are in denial

    • @Israel-nb7ip
      @Israel-nb7ip 5 років тому +36

      The revisionist history on this comment board by Jay stans is absolutely ridiculous. Now it's about this imaginary "war" that Jay supposedly won. It's pathetic actually.

    • @kanedashotaro1397
      @kanedashotaro1397 5 років тому +13

      Facts !

    • @Israel-nb7ip
      @Israel-nb7ip 5 років тому +18

      @Kurt Jovain in an interview with Angie Martinez on Hot 97.

    • @Israel-nb7ip
      @Israel-nb7ip 5 років тому +14

      @Kurt Jovain ok...whatever you say. Ignore reality cuz you're a stan. Cool

    • @Israel-nb7ip
      @Israel-nb7ip 5 років тому +21

      @Kurt Jovain LOL...you accuse Nas of not making sense but you're the one who's not making sense. Nas was born in '73 so he was 15 in '88. Second, those verses aren't related to each other. He said Jay was calling him when he never gave him his number cuz he was sweating him and his style THEN he says Jay was getting chased to his building back then which is accurate. Jay grew up getting bullied until he started selling drugs later. Jay stans always claim that Takeover was more factual when all Jay did was give his opinion on Nas' career..."one hot album every ten years average?" WTF is that? It Was Written is universally considered a classic and it went 3X platinum. It was one of the 90s top albums. Plus, MC Serch is on record saying Nas got publishing money for Jay sampling his voice on Dead Presidents...so that was a lie too that Jay said. He lost...accept it cuz everyone else has, including Jay himself.

  • @stephenwashington2227
    @stephenwashington2227 5 років тому +241

    It's here😊 been waiting on this for couple yrs now quake did it 💯

    • @brandonayong7656
      @brandonayong7656 5 років тому +3

      Diverse mentality brings us so many great hip hop content he really is underated , i CANNOT wait until pac vs biggie , he said he will do it one day that will be the day i"ll loose it

  • @amazingheartbreak8567
    @amazingheartbreak8567 4 роки тому +117

    “First rapper to bring a platinum plaque back to the project “

  • @CeeBee781
    @CeeBee781 2 роки тому +200

    I love both these guys but I will always maintain that Illmatic is the best rap album ever produced

    • @thegotti2917
      @thegotti2917 2 роки тому +6

      Facts

    • @PLawton2900
      @PLawton2900 Рік тому +9

      even with dem wack ass subway beats. u gotta be from NY.

    • @Gen965
      @Gen965 Рік тому +11

      @@PLawton2900 I need a Inhaler!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🎉💯

    • @paulEG8
      @paulEG8 Рік тому +14

      @@PLawton2900 NY beats are better than the wack ass g-funk westcoast shit

    • @PLawton2900
      @PLawton2900 Рік тому +3

      @@paulEG8 Yeah, if ur from NY. I love both coasts beats. Just not that shit. Da beat Jay used was hard. He just should’ve made a damn song. Da Blueprint 2 beat was waaay better.

  • @HandlelessTML
    @HandlelessTML 5 років тому +189

    Damn, looks like I'll be a couple mins late for that appointment

    • @909News
      @909News 5 років тому +8

      Hahaa but real deep fans of hiphop know its all worth it!

    • @akagrizzly1385
      @akagrizzly1385 5 років тому +1

      Negro Please💺

  • @BrianGlaze
    @BrianGlaze 5 років тому +341

    Nas won for the simple fact that his track made every Jay response lackluster.

    • @tyronetnj79
      @tyronetnj79 5 років тому +9

      Brian Glaze THANK YOU💯🤦🏾‍♂️

    • @BrianGlaze
      @BrianGlaze 5 років тому +2

      @@tyronetnj79 Jay spent time trying to chase the effectiveness of this track and couldn't.

    • @BrianGlaze
      @BrianGlaze 5 років тому +1

      @Kurt Jovain ?

    • @BrianGlaze
      @BrianGlaze 5 років тому +1

      @Kurt Jovain It wasn't that they were lackluster in and of themselves but I didnt have them measuring up to Ether.

    • @gingersnap8790
      @gingersnap8790 5 років тому +9

      I didn't even know Jay followed up with a response...after Ether, that was it for me...didn't need to hear anything else...lol

  • @EmacMac-ph2zd
    @EmacMac-ph2zd 5 років тому +39

    Man I loved the way NAS handled this whole situation! Every time he felt he was wrong he admitted it. Even said he had respect for Jay-Z in the heat of the battle.

  • @MrRiptideX
    @MrRiptideX 10 місяців тому +20

    came back to this video just to see him predict kendrick vs drake again

  • @joshkroenke7693
    @joshkroenke7693 5 років тому +459

    Jay-Z was no match for ‘Ether’. Nas tore him apart!
    ‘Ether’ shook up the rap world, period! 🌍 🎤 🔥 💥

    • @vellb4598
      @vellb4598 5 років тому +5

      Josh Kroenke But He Went To Work For JAY-Z After All That At Def Jam So Who Really Won🤔

    • @dailyhunter3683
      @dailyhunter3683 5 років тому +5

      @@vellb4598 But at least the situation didn't end up like Pac and Biggie!

    • @thelegend2866
      @thelegend2866 4 роки тому +7

      Larvelle Bell I only care for the battle, not the aftermath

    • @TonyMasters27
      @TonyMasters27 4 роки тому +1

      He wrked for la reid

    • @deepwebtunes6415
      @deepwebtunes6415 4 роки тому

      Between nas ether or second round knock out canibus...which1 would you say is iller?

  • @phatshah7377
    @phatshah7377 5 років тому +481

    I swear i didnt realise this was even a debate. Nas won this hands down.

    • @lnapjr76
      @lnapjr76 5 років тому +19

      Lmao. I said the same thing. Is this a debate? Who is debating this?
      #NasForTheWin

    • @msanw
      @msanw 5 років тому +2

      phat Shah it’s not

    • @lunionfaitlaforce3986
      @lunionfaitlaforce3986 5 років тому +1

      HANDS DOWN

    • @t.stanley6315
      @t.stanley6315 5 років тому +9

      Opinionated. I loved Ether...but I think Blueprint 2 (the song) would've won the battle if Jay dropped it as the first response to Ether instead of Super Ugly.

    • @merathe9391
      @merathe9391 5 років тому +2

      T. Stanley hell nah

  • @ltothemagain
    @ltothemagain 5 років тому +90

    Made you look was a shot. “You a slave to a page in my rhyme book”.

  • @atribecalledlen3567
    @atribecalledlen3567 9 місяців тому +64

    Who’s here after the Kendrick and Drake beef going on right now?

    • @matthewsengendo6302
      @matthewsengendo6302 8 місяців тому +3

      It has now gotten in a more uglier situation than this one jeez it's getting scary about right damm know

    • @atribecalledlen3567
      @atribecalledlen3567 8 місяців тому +1

      @@matthewsengendo6302 Yea this is worst than Jay and Nas

    • @moustik31
      @moustik31 8 місяців тому +2

      Me. I wanted to compare it with past beefs.

    • @lindastevens1969
      @lindastevens1969 8 місяців тому

      Yeahhhhhh

    • @atribecalledlen3567
      @atribecalledlen3567 8 місяців тому +3

      @@lindastevens1969 drake just released his “super ugly” 🤦🏿‍♂️

  • @MrKingoverall
    @MrKingoverall 3 роки тому +101

    "Name a rapper that I ain't influence..."
    Nothing more can be said after that line really...

    • @sugs1191
      @sugs1191 3 роки тому +13

      Rakim, Krs one, llcool j and all those other greats that came b4 him. Actually Rakim and Kool G Rap Def influenced Nas to

    • @markmercado89
      @markmercado89 3 роки тому +2

      Unless u name a rapper that he ain't influence😂

    • @korontos9038
      @korontos9038 Рік тому

      ​@@sugs1191 are you dumb ? how is he going to influence rappers that came before him ?

  • @JaeAR20
    @JaeAR20 5 років тому +94

    Alot of this was covered by hiphopdx but u dug up those j tracks and interview that makes this a classic

  • @JohnBoyBeattie
    @JohnBoyBeattie 5 років тому +197

    Nas won. You could have made this video in 2 seconds....
    Seriously though, I love these videos, some great work and your efforts are greatly appreciated.

    • @gailjones7044
      @gailjones7044 5 років тому +4

      LOL @ 1ST SENTENCE

    • @goat8434
      @goat8434 5 років тому +5

      No need to argue with these morons man. Everyone who knows rap knows that Nas won with ether.

    • @Movveeken
      @Movveeken 4 роки тому

      He could have just said listen to ether

    • @markjefferson2434
      @markjefferson2434 4 роки тому +1

      🤣

    • @zaneleleeuo1876
      @zaneleleeuo1876 2 роки тому +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @delorasledge2492
    @delorasledge2492 Рік тому +60

    I had no idea rappers spent so much time up at radio stations 💀. This is amazing to me. Not just these 2 guys, but watching this series, realizing how NY stations were really a stomping ground.

    • @mizzerybeats3
      @mizzerybeats3 Рік тому +16

      hot 97 in the 2000s was CRAZZYYY

    • @MiaMore.
      @MiaMore. Рік тому +8

      💯 Facts, but of course this was all pre-social media, UA-cam etc. days! These were the days when radio play could make or break you and records were physically sold which called for 💰 & lots of effort put in by the artist and their team. This is 1 reason why J sold more than Nas who even mentioned it several times throughout the documentary (J payed 4 plays and favor at the stations). You can basically do everything from your home today if you wanted to. Different times, different rules to the game.

    • @wakandajam
      @wakandajam Рік тому +1

      That was the only Major social media back then the radio stations etc

    • @bendahova6196
      @bendahova6196 Рік тому

      That’s how they got their voice out back then people didn’t have Tim tok or Bluetooth speakers they would listen to the radio ..

    • @delorasledge2492
      @delorasledge2492 Рік тому

      @@bendahova6196 🤣😃🤣 I'm too am the radio generation. But my local stations featured local guest, unless a concert was in town. Guess I should've lived in NY or LA for the access.

  • @trecehannah8955
    @trecehannah8955 4 роки тому +144

    nas ethered him. jay fought back but nas made his soul burn slow. it took a while for jay to get back up from that lethal lyrical ether nas issued him. nas went in.

    • @derekrecollet8451
      @derekrecollet8451 3 роки тому +5

      fought back? Jay started it

    • @grams213
      @grams213 2 роки тому +1

      Lmao nas made up his whole life, jayz meant every word on the track big difference 🤦🏾‍♂️

  • @sableclaus2770
    @sableclaus2770 5 років тому +231

    Nas won their battle. Even Jay has admitted it multiple times. But if "Ether" strengthen Jay z to become a billionaire and the most successful rap artist of all time, so be it. Props to both for turning their beef into individual success and not death like their peers.

    • @Tcrowe406
      @Tcrowe406 4 роки тому +13

      Ether is one of the best diss tracks still to this day

    • @coreyclarke2709
      @coreyclarke2709 4 роки тому

      @@Tcrowe406 😂😂😂😂

    • @arstar5435
      @arstar5435 4 роки тому

      FAX, its always better when the artists sort their beef out instead of carrying that grudge to their grave

    • @owkrikki
      @owkrikki 4 роки тому +4

      Kanye just surpassed Jay Z in terms of how successful he is lol

    • @coreyclarke2709
      @coreyclarke2709 4 роки тому

      @@owkrikki 🤔

  • @EricBishard
    @EricBishard 3 роки тому +98

    Nas is like... The king of hip hop, take it from a hip hop head that started listening and devouring hop hop since 1987. There is no greater rapper, no greater lyricist, no greater father of hip hop still releasing brilliant albums to this day. Nas is like fucking God!

    • @dsgblackheart3476
      @dsgblackheart3476 2 роки тому

      P

    • @dollalalalalotsagaming.8276
      @dollalalalalotsagaming.8276 2 роки тому +2

      And you call it "hop hop"
      Lmao

    • @shadycnetwork
      @shadycnetwork 2 роки тому

      @@dollalalalalotsagaming.8276 Hey Nas killed it with that line I rock hoes y'all rock fellas.

    • @ShizSantana
      @ShizSantana 2 роки тому

      @@dollalalalalotsagaming.8276 what’s it’s called then homie? Enlighten us with your wisdom

    • @strikercurry339
      @strikercurry339 2 роки тому +8

      He aint no god but he is a goat

  • @gonkj8284
    @gonkj8284 9 місяців тому +13

    Now Drake and Kendrick actually throwing Subliminal's LMAO

  • @gboyega_adeoya
    @gboyega_adeoya 5 років тому +60

    yooooooooo. man you'rea great guy. people actually been waiting on this. was so excited

  • @Nick_in_the_6ix
    @Nick_in_the_6ix 3 роки тому +104

    Nas's flow on H to the OMO freestyle is Straight up fire.

  • @kingnanaTV
    @kingnanaTV 5 років тому +67

    I get people trying not to offend JayZ cos of the success he has but the real fact is there is no war it was a battle and Nas got him period. Now JayZ has a billion for being a great business man but that has nothing to do with rap guys let’s not mix the two Lyrically Nas Won period

    • @thembabloemfontein4807
      @thembabloemfontein4807 5 років тому +14

      KinGNaNa@ Thank you, being richer got nothing to do with raps and skills.. Diddy is rich and he's not even rapping at all but benefiting from Hip-hop... Jay-z he's commercial and Nas he's not. it's like u saying Drake he's better than J-cole cz Drake he's commercial...

    • @tymike6065
      @tymike6065 5 років тому +3

      KinGNaNa Yeah Nas won the battle but the idea of the ”war” is who became more succesful after the battle and Jay won that hands down.

    • @thembabloemfontein4807
      @thembabloemfontein4807 5 років тому +9

      Mkr Mkr@ People got different ambitious, if u strive to be the most popular and I'm not' does it means u won the war? if J-cole or Kendrick Lamar can have beef with Drake, it tells me that automatically Drake is gonna win in your eyes cz he's more popular and most successful than both of them?!

    • @mcook-69don
      @mcook-69don 5 років тому

      A battle is for a short period of time and a war can go on forever. Im looking at it as a battle is between jay and nas rapping and the war is between who made out the best since the battle. For nas to win the war he would of had to prosper more than jay since the battle weather popularity wise or financially and he lost both of those categories. Thats why jay winning the war in my opinion. Oh and nas didnt have no businesses or investments until he was cool wit jay. So i feel jay influenced nas in that aspect. Nas won the battle. Jay winning the war.

    • @chriskyan6344
      @chriskyan6344 5 років тому +1

      @@mcook-69don nas is successful too. Jay-Z is just richer. The whole beef thing ended when Jay-Z invited nas on stage.

  • @MiaMore.
    @MiaMore. Рік тому +31

    This was a WIN for us Queens natives and a DOUBLE WIN for New York! One of the few battles where there was no clear loser... Nas won the battle, Jay won the war but they BOTH "ethered" the rap game till this day! Name a battle more iconic than this... 🤨 .... EXACTLY!! 👏🏼👏🏼 The best part was how it ended. 2 of the BEST 2 EVER do it; lead the culture as to not repeat an East vs. West situation ever again. 🙏🏼

    • @MankillTaylor
      @MankillTaylor Рік тому

      2023 ViSION ÀLL THE EAST COAST BEEF TOWARD EACH OTHER SHOULDNT NEVER HAPPEN 🤔

    • @cartierjoe
      @cartierjoe Рік тому

      ​@@MankillTaylorVibe Magazine instigated E vs W. But Pac was still chilling with Boot camp Clique and Naughty By Nature

  • @bzhmhlv
    @bzhmhlv 5 років тому +90

    Im thinking RAP won. But honestly, Nas did, if we are comparing disses and lyrics.

    • @WizardDick
      @WizardDick 5 років тому

      wrong

    • @InfamousAWJ
      @InfamousAWJ 5 років тому +4

      Kurt Jovain yes tf he did

    • @WizardDick
      @WizardDick 5 років тому

      Glock9ine he didn’t

    • @legendary2553
      @legendary2553 5 років тому

      TheBestEver yes tf he did

    • @thevangsta9892
      @thevangsta9892 4 роки тому

      @@WizardDick nas won!! Signing under jay z doesnt mean he gave up and handed the torch to him!! It just simply means he doesnt care and in my opinion not only does that make you a badass but it also makes you one of the greatest!!

  • @Fabo100
    @Fabo100 5 років тому +28

    28:33 I still get chills when I hear "ether" man. Nas was already a legend but "ether" and Nas career after that is what made him the GOAT

  • @CONS4324
    @CONS4324 5 років тому +64

    Nas Escobar hands down the legit winner.

  • @postmastersgt1670
    @postmastersgt1670 2 роки тому +17

    "Nas"
    1. The World Is Yours
    2. N.Y. State of Mind
    3. It Aint Hard To Tell
    4. Made You Look
    5. If I Ruled The World
    6. Hate Me Now
    7. Street Dreams
    8. Nas Is Like
    9. Got Yourself A Gun
    10. One Love
    11. One Mic
    12. Lifes A Bitch
    13. Gave You Power
    14. Represent
    15. Memory Lane
    16. Shootouts
    17. Phone Tap
    18. Fast Life
    19. Halftime
    20. Surviving The Times
    VS
    "Jay-Z"
    1. Empire State Of Mind
    2. Friend or Foe
    3. Things That U Do
    4. Encore
    5. DOA
    6. Niggas In Paris
    7. Can I Get A
    8. Jigga My Nigga
    9. Excuse Me Miss
    10. Allure
    11. Money Aint A Thing
    12. De'vils
    13. Roc Boys
    14. I Jus Wanna Love U (Give It To Me)
    15. Girls Girls Girls
    16. N What N Who?
    17. H To The Izzo
    18. Run This Town
    19. Anything
    20. Dirt off Your Shoulder

    • @takeover5478
      @takeover5478 11 місяців тому

      Dead Presidents, Hard Knock Life, Big Pimpin, Heart of the City, U Don’t Know?

    • @JudyMcCormick-r9w
      @JudyMcCormick-r9w 3 місяці тому +1

      Interesting list. Small World by Nas is my favorite rap track of all time. It's just so Raw and real. As far as storytellers go, nobody did them like Nas, Pac and Biggie.

  • @brokenone3654
    @brokenone3654 5 років тому +108

    The next video should be NWA vs ICE CUBE. IT'LL be a very interesting debate🔥🔥🔥

    • @truthhurts79
      @truthhurts79 5 років тому

      Stfu

    • @darthblace
      @darthblace 5 років тому +6

      That one isn't even close lol.
      No Vaseline is top 3 diss songs of all time, alongside Ether and Hit em up

    • @knicksfan3647
      @knicksfan3647 5 років тому +4

      No limit- vs -Cash Money

    • @KingL.A.W
      @KingL.A.W 5 років тому +2

      Broken One365 Cube buried them.

    • @KingL.A.W
      @KingL.A.W 5 років тому

      Abyss 11 ???

  • @tyronetnj79
    @tyronetnj79 5 років тому +127

    Bro wym longevity? We talking about the battle we not talking about money and business. Nas took it💯

    • @firedragon_ck4509
      @firedragon_ck4509 5 років тому +11

      Tyrone Norwood Jr Exactly! I am about to make my own video on this beef detailing why I believe Nas won. If I beat you in a fight 2 years ago after you called me out and then 10 years later you become the biggest UFC fighter...that does not change the fact that I defeated your prior smh lol.

    • @turtleanton6539
      @turtleanton6539 5 років тому +1

      Yuup

    • @tito9694
      @tito9694 4 роки тому

      Jay still on top I'd say he won

  • @landofthedreadheads8901
    @landofthedreadheads8901 4 роки тому +213

    Ether was so huge, it had us in Memphis laughing at how Nas was picking that dude apart, i played that song alot smh like damn he killing dude.

    • @darriusmackey7981
      @darriusmackey7981 3 роки тому +1

      Ain it mane knight Arnold memphis shyt

    • @captainlongjohnson9743
      @captainlongjohnson9743 3 роки тому

      @@darriusmackey7981 he yea hardest diss track fuck Memphis tho

    • @TheBsheep
      @TheBsheep 2 роки тому +1

      Hell naw..Down here in Olive Branch Ms. we were riding with JayZ...you can't let someone throw a used condom on your baby's carseat and win...game was over for Nas then.

    • @luismendes5868
      @luismendes5868 2 роки тому

      @@TheBsheep actually jay lost there. And even his momma said so

    • @TheBsheep
      @TheBsheep 2 роки тому +1

      @@luismendes5868 I never said who won or who lost..I just said who we were riding with and who does his mother suppose to be? The hiphop battle judge??? lol gtfoh

  • @kolsrudy
    @kolsrudy 9 місяців тому +10

    this has aged beautifully now that kendrick and drake are beefing.. minus j cole apologizing 😭

  • @ImEnzoProductions
    @ImEnzoProductions 4 роки тому +533

    NaS won cuz the line “you traded your soul for riches” is true. Jay z did do that

    • @TasetiMuhammadan70x70
      @TasetiMuhammadan70x70 4 роки тому +21

      ByL EnZo Nas was winning... and then came Carmen

    • @bigzizzo
      @bigzizzo 4 роки тому +15

      Nas traded his soul for riches. The minute he made a song with Lauryn

    • @youngdexter4516
      @youngdexter4516 4 роки тому +21

      @L. C Nas sold his soul the moment he signed his contract with Columbia Records Nas was just less ambitious than Jay

    • @COLEJUSTKID
      @COLEJUSTKID 4 роки тому +8

      Okay so didn’t nas and he flopped, while jay z made CLASSIC albums your point is invalid

    • @kavetta
      @kavetta 4 роки тому +2

      I think that line came a few years too early. He sold out after the record he did with R.Kelly (2004)
      4:44 and The Black Album are exceptions tho

  • @tayferrell6738
    @tayferrell6738 5 років тому +41

    Nas is a better rapper than jay-z, Jay-Z is a better businessman and marketer

    • @abeltamanji2360
      @abeltamanji2360 5 років тому

      Ya true.

    • @finnbalor8021
      @finnbalor8021 5 років тому +17

      Nas ain’t no bad businessman himself lately

    • @noble7461
      @noble7461 5 років тому +10

      Why does business matter to the fans? Jay ain’t putting money in your pocket.

    • @finnbalor8021
      @finnbalor8021 5 років тому +3

      The Pillage It’s always been like that, they admire Hov for his moves but at the same time don’t really learn from him. To be fair he peep his lyrics he rarely drops the moves just saying “you rich through me” which is kinda bizarre

    • @tayferrell6738
      @tayferrell6738 5 років тому +1

      The Pillage I’m not saying it does matter. Jay has more commercial success and is a better businessman and that why people look up to him. But nas is a street poet and a better lyricist than Jay Z.

  • @GreenHypnotic
    @GreenHypnotic 4 роки тому +125

    Edit: Bro that first scene when Pac screamed "Fuck Jay Z" is hilarious

    • @MrAjking808
      @MrAjking808 4 роки тому +5

      That’s 2Pac

    • @GreenHypnotic
      @GreenHypnotic 4 роки тому +1

      @@MrAjking808 Thanks for the correction

    • @GreenHypnotic
      @GreenHypnotic 4 роки тому +10

      @@Risk6ix nah he's right because it was a sample of Pac on Ether. It's a sample off his song "Fuck Friendz" go check it out.

    • @Risk6ix
      @Risk6ix 4 роки тому +1

      @@GreenHypnotic shit my yall, haven't heard that song

    • @GreenHypnotic
      @GreenHypnotic 4 роки тому +1

      @@Risk6ix Hahaha no worries fam!

  • @octaviusmarks2534
    @octaviusmarks2534 Рік тому +10

    Yo this was SOLID!!!! love how you delivered the info and story telling.... Mad Props

    • @kingsavage5832
      @kingsavage5832 Рік тому +1

      The only takeaway from this epic beef as far as how it started or escalated was Jay-Z's disrespect towards E-Moneybags who's associated w/ Nas & Mobb Deep..

  • @msfootballgr9655
    @msfootballgr9655 5 років тому +20

    I was never so hyped up about a video. Congrats man !
    Also I think the next should be Ruthless Records vs Death-Row

  • @sammathis7737
    @sammathis7737 5 років тому +37

    T.I. vs Ludacris
    Royce da 5'9 vs D12
    Bone Thugs vs Twista
    T.I. vs Shawty Lo
    The Game vs Joe Budden
    Ice Cube vs Common

    • @-Anthracite
      @-Anthracite 5 років тому +4

      no one cares about these battles

    • @datboycotvdotcom9593
      @datboycotvdotcom9593 5 років тому +4

      Royce vs D12 interesting ass situation

    • @datboycotvdotcom9593
      @datboycotvdotcom9593 5 років тому +4

      Three 6 vs bone thugs
      50 vs Wayne
      Wayne vs pusha
      Big Sean vs Kdot
      Meek vs Cassidy
      50 vs Fat Joe
      Nelly vs Krs1
      The Game vs Jay
      Nas vs 50cent

    • @dwilkinsworld
      @dwilkinsworld 5 років тому +2

      Isardella I Agree Same For Krs One vs nelly

    • @dwilkinsworld
      @dwilkinsworld 5 років тому +1

      Isardella yea Krs one vs nelly is corniness beef ever

  • @sandile84
    @sandile84 4 роки тому +121

    "But I got stronger after Ether, Wow!“ - Jay-Z (Brooklyn High)
    Admission right there.

    • @sadiyqbetancourt1293
      @sadiyqbetancourt1293 4 роки тому +11

      Facts!!! " i will not lose!!!" Most people dont like jay because he keep winning!!! Instead of looking at other people; win yourself!!!

    • @mishibataylor865
      @mishibataylor865 4 роки тому +1

      Lol

    • @Man_eee
      @Man_eee 3 роки тому +9

      The fact that he even had to say that is all cap! That Ether still burning slow today.

  • @Peterpan-ph3pm
    @Peterpan-ph3pm 2 роки тому +10

    Nas was the one responding and only needed to respond once in order to Either that man. Say all you want about Jay’s success, but that’s irrelevant to the question

  • @g-unit8478
    @g-unit8478 5 років тому +10

    Everytime, i watch your "who won" documentaries, i always leave with bangers to add to my playlist

  • @andrewwarren8119
    @andrewwarren8119 5 років тому +46

    Brandy did a song ft Nas, "What About Us remix, and on his second verse he said, "It's the real best of both worlds." That was a shot at Jay Z and R. Kelly album Best of Both World.

  • @SinghChronicless
    @SinghChronicless 3 роки тому +49

    Man !
    NAS plays by the rules and ethered dudes out there
    Jay z wasn’t bad but the way NAS did it it’s more impactful in my opinion

  • @Marcus-gi5xx
    @Marcus-gi5xx 8 місяців тому +17

    Crazy you predicted the drake n Kendrick beef

  • @quddusism19
    @quddusism19 4 роки тому +878

    Cmon Nas Ethered him, a whole word was created. Ethered!

    • @dopaminetxmusic8215
      @dopaminetxmusic8215 4 роки тому +36

      That's all there is to say....

    • @yazminswindell771
      @yazminswindell771 4 роки тому +4

      💯

    • @leelukhele2112
      @leelukhele2112 4 роки тому +28

      Yo lets be honest nas Just Got Worse after illmatic were as jay Just Got better And Better Eventually Married Beyonce Became A Billionaire And Is The Most powerful And Influential Force In Hip Hop Today

    • @LEGENDTHEGOD25
      @LEGENDTHEGOD25 4 роки тому +55

      Lee Lukhele he got worse? He dropped it was written, I am, stillmatic, godson, life is good was a dope album and kings disease is nominated for a Grammy. The only knock on his catalogue is nastradamus

    • @royalmcmorris1211
      @royalmcmorris1211 4 роки тому +28

      @@leelukhele2112 it's not about money and all that and still successful doesn't mean u won that beef

  • @MA-hb1jo
    @MA-hb1jo 5 років тому +196

    Nas absolutely won this! Ether is the best diss track of all time!

    • @powertothetubers456
      @powertothetubers456 4 роки тому +20

      Excuse you..... "Hit 'Em Up" is the greatest diss track of all-time and don't you ever get it twisted!! "Ether" could very well be # 2 though

    • @spideydudenof7085
      @spideydudenof7085 4 роки тому +24

      PowerToTheTubers Hit Em up is overrated

    • @deepwebtunes6415
      @deepwebtunes6415 4 роки тому +7

      @@spideydudenof7085 Canibus second round knockout to LL is

    • @spideydudenof7085
      @spideydudenof7085 4 роки тому

      Greggory Baas true

    • @gkay8889
      @gkay8889 4 роки тому +3

      @@powertothetubers456 hit em
      Up is mid

  • @kouleeofficial
    @kouleeofficial 5 років тому +511

    Jay lost. Even people on his team admitted he lost.

    • @Mcraz05
      @Mcraz05 4 роки тому +21

      Kou Lee won the fuckin war tho. People would rather hear a jay verse than a nas

    • @arispan1173
      @arispan1173 4 роки тому +70

      @@Mcraz05 no

    • @MrPek-fe9fp
      @MrPek-fe9fp 4 роки тому +44

      @@Mcraz05 Thats just a lie.

    • @aaronstorey9712
      @aaronstorey9712 4 роки тому +53

      @@Mcraz05 would rather hear Nas any day of the week

    • @jordanthomas8540
      @jordanthomas8540 4 роки тому +11

      @@Mcraz05 thats a fact like hov said he only got 1 hot album Jay z got at least 6 classic albums.

  • @rich_dillinger
    @rich_dillinger 5 років тому +19

    Dude, just because you actually had footage of the team actually working on the jay z Lynching, as described.
    I'm subscribing. Keep up the great work. Bless.

  • @VK-el3of
    @VK-el3of 5 років тому +66

    Ether is arguably the best diss song of all time. That tells you everything you meed to know.

  • @JamesJordanbestnetworkeralive
    @JamesJordanbestnetworkeralive 4 роки тому +48

    Nas Ethered him, Nas did a whole album with Damian Marley, Jay z then does a song. JAY-Z sampled Nas on his 1st single. Nas drops ether after all this nonsense shuts jay up & then gets Jay to not only write him a check but do a feature on his album. Facts is facts no debate Nas won before the beef even started 😂

  • @mattlawrence1932
    @mattlawrence1932 2 роки тому +8

    The fact that NaS was long broke up with Carmen before Jay dropped those lines about her in his disses makes it not nearly as powerful as people make it 💯

  • @alainsurpris8425
    @alainsurpris8425 5 років тому +35

    You didnt mention the dynasty intro in 2000 when Jay went at Nas saying “nothing has gone as you predicted” after nastradomis dropped

    • @kanedashotaro1397
      @kanedashotaro1397 5 років тому +3

      There were a few subliminal shots of both before and after

    • @knicksfan3647
      @knicksfan3647 5 років тому +1

      Yea, but what did jay do on that album? It was chok full of guests. It was a group album 😂😂, nas very rarely does collaborations on his albums, he dont need the extra help. Yea he doesn't sell as many records, but if you put thier albums side by side, Nas is by far the better mc.
      Jaz z made a whole song about Tom Ford, and Art😂😂😂😂 then followed up trying to be woke, gtfoh😂😂😂

    • @rcfresh4345
      @rcfresh4345 5 років тому

      What about You're the Man off Stillmatic? 1st verse got Jay again..

    • @armelyobo697
      @armelyobo697 5 років тому

      @@knicksfan3647 we understand that you are a Nas fan. What about american gangster ?

    • @paschalvfx
      @paschalvfx 10 місяців тому

      Then Nas sampled Sopranos theme song on "Got Yourself a Gun" after Jay-Z said on that Intro the theme song of the sopranos"

  • @g-dub5272
    @g-dub5272 5 років тому +88

    Jay was desperate after Ether came out with Super Ugly, even challenging Nas to a ppv boxing match 😅😅

    • @willsmooth1355
      @willsmooth1355 4 роки тому +3

      Yea that's what losers do. Where was this boxing match after the stillmatic freestyle came out??😭😭😭

    • @o.gparamount3099
      @o.gparamount3099 4 роки тому

      @@willsmooth1355 he obviously didnt think the stillmatic freestyle was hot enough, and it wasnt...

    • @willsmooth1355
      @willsmooth1355 4 роки тому

      @@o.gparamount3099 u just proved my point. Clearly u didn't understand my post.

    • @willsmooth1355
      @willsmooth1355 4 роки тому +3

      @@o.gparamount3099 By the way Stillmatic freestyle was fire. He killed the whole roc on that record. Stillmatic freestyle is greater than that trash Supaugly.

  • @Vinxi
    @Vinxi 5 років тому +84

    52:20 Nas wins because of this interview alone, "Ether Napalm bomb!" 🤣...Nas is a legend

    • @australium7374
      @australium7374 4 роки тому +6

      Nas is so funny lmao, I heard something like he said “they playin this shit like it’s a jay z memorial! What the fuck is this?”

    • @omarley6584
      @omarley6584 3 роки тому

      🤣🤣 daaaaaammmn

    • @omarley6584
      @omarley6584 3 роки тому

      I must say Nas used to talk too much! Listening to him now it's like a different man 🐐!

  • @hocuspocus1237
    @hocuspocus1237 9 місяців тому +3

    What makes Nas' story in this whole beef and the track Ether so legendary is that he doesn't just lyrically cook Hov, he effectively resurrected his own career simultaneously. He got so much flack for his last few albums like Nastradamus and I Am and then Ether hit along with Stillmatic and it was Nas' way of essentially booting everyone off his throne and reclaiming NYC.

  • @FS-gt9ww
    @FS-gt9ww 5 років тому +34

    Nas definitely won this beef, and I love Jay-Z and I'm glad they squashed it

  • @dwaynegreene152
    @dwaynegreene152 5 років тому +17

    Early 2000s was a great era for Hip Hop. We got some of the best diss tracks n rap music in general.

  • @LSDdreams808
    @LSDdreams808 3 роки тому +50

    Naz is my favorite Rapper alive hes definitely genius an hes very humble

  • @dylanchadderton1
    @dylanchadderton1 Рік тому +3

    That track that Nas is talking about that never played again at 40:00 was Don't You Know. The intro starts off "Fresh from London, Paris, Germany...it's Euro Jay!" And the other track which was a funk flex freestyle in 2002 on Hot 97. Jay says "While y'all was running your mouth complaining about Summer Jam, I was in flip-flops in the South of France, see how it flip-flops with the number one station for hip-hop and r&b? You thought Summer Jam was starring you, It was starring me, even in my absence, my presence is felt, I gotta tell you I'm the king, dog, if nothing else, I'm on another continent, you still ain't content, I'm in the Mediterranean, you still ain't vent, explain to me why I wanna be you again, you on the radio crying, I'm learning to swim"
    I still got those original songs, including Don't You Know which you said was hard to find but you found it on a mixtape. I got it with no DJ tags. It was leaked in 2002 as "the_blueprint_2_advance_cds" 1. Early This Morning 2. People Talking 3. Show You How 4. Don't You Know

  • @82finesse
    @82finesse 5 років тому +136

    The WINNER is NAS hands down 💯💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

  • @GWaynetv
    @GWaynetv 3 роки тому +170

    Jay-Z soldiers never stood a chance against Nas. Shit Barely Jay but Jay did make a boss move and became THE BOSS

    • @chanimarie6753
      @chanimarie6753 3 роки тому +4

      Jay is only as relevant as his wife

    • @sugs1191
      @sugs1191 3 роки тому +9

      Wayne. Have you ever actually listened to Takeover bcos lyrically it's streets ahead of Ether. And I say that as someone who jumped on the ether bandwagon and thought Nas slayed him. In retrospect Jay had the better diss track. But at the same time if the public feels you won then you kind of did win. Nas was declared Victor but by questionable decision....

    • @horatioh2020
      @horatioh2020 3 роки тому +2

      Takeover,
      and im a day One Nas Fan
      Both Nas & Jay-Z are lyrical Giants

    • @aizenzae4510
      @aizenzae4510 3 роки тому +1

      @@horatioh2020 lol bruh Nas won. And if you listen to the 2 tracks today. It was still better than takeover. Not a nas fan if u think takeover was the better diss track than over.

    • @horatioh2020
      @horatioh2020 3 роки тому +1

      @@aizenzae4510 lol I was a Nas fan Since Illmatic Son, "It aint hard to tell" But its my opinion Takeover was a better Track for me Personally in that Time and Space with all that was going on. Remember Hov got tested Trials, Weapons Charges and it seemed like around that time Nas and the Whole Queensbridge including Mobb Deep (another personal favorite) was coming at Jay-Z, and he dissected them individually, by Himself on one song.
      Even if he lost in Some Peoples Minds, I respect Jay-Z for always holding his own. At That time Nas and Queensbridge were Giants in the game, Jay Z just had his little Rocawear lol, but he didnt back down. Big Props👑