Hip Hop Beef Frenzy
March 26, 2009Some dude named Henry Adaso wrote an article for About.com called 10 Greatest Hip-Hop Battles (and their winners). Here’s a list of the matchups and videos of the tracks powerful enough to end beef. Feel free to debate both the rankings of these beefs, and the winners of these beefs in the comments section.
10. Kool Moe Dee vs. Busy Bee
9. Eminem vs. The Source
Winner: Eminem – The Sauce
8. Eazy-E vs. Dr. Dre
Winner: Dr. Dre – Dre’s Day
7. Canibus vs. LL Cool J
Winner: Canibus – 2nd Round KO
6. Common vs. Westside Connection
Winner: Common – The Bitch in Yoo
5. Ice Cube vs. NWA
Winner: Ice Cube – No Vaseline
4. Kool Moe Dee vs. LL Cool J
Winner: LL Cool J – Jack the Ripper
3. Boogie Down Productions vs. Juice Crew
Winner: Boogie Down Productions
2. 2Pac vs. Biggie
Winner: 2Pac – Hit ‘Em Up (Hard to choose a song)
1. Jay-Z vs. Nas
Winner: Nas – Ether
Some people might think twice before declaring a “winner” in a beef that ended with both rappers being tragically murdered. Not Henry Adaso.
Also, man, mad revisionist history in dude’s recounting of LL vs. Canibus. I know I was cheering for ‘Bus at the time, but he pretty much disappeared afterward (guess stringing together a lot of big words that didn’t necessarily make sense didn’t have that long of a shelf-life). Plus mad lolz at LL being “in his prime” in the late 90s.
agree with hooks. The BIG-Pac beef is the most overblown of all time as well. I am a huge Pac fan but Hit’em up isn’t that good. It’s startling for its ferocity and overall coldness, but lyrically it should be ranked after a lot of great diss records.
I was just listening to 4,3,2,1 yesterday and the fact that LL invited ‘Bus, who was one of the hottest in the game at the time, onto his record and dissed him on the same record is fucking ridiculous.
2nd round KO trumps a lot of shit just for “now watch me rip the tat from your arm/kick you in the groin stick you for your vanguard award/ in front of you moms, first, second and third born/make your wife get on the horn to call minister Farrakhan”
bananas
How could you include an emcee vs a magazine. give me masta ace over pumpkinhead (“you can’t spit n____/so you obviously must swallow) or MC Eiht VS DJ Quik (“givin’ your set a bad name with your misspelled name/e-i-h-t/now should i continue/you left out the G cause the G ain’t in you)