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Originally Posted by jwb
Nas.
Blueprint 2 was fire but the perception is still that Nas won cause that **** came out later and missed the hype.
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Blueprint 2 was kinda bloated - that said, it was better than Nas's double album (Street's Disciple).
The common wisdom is that Nas won with Ether, but I've always felt otherwise. I mean, it's not a terrible track or anything, but the beat is kinda goofy and a lot of the disses in the song are variations of "Oh yeah? Well you're gay!". Kinda weak tbh.
Jay desconstructed Nas's whole career to that point in his song, and he did it pretty mercilessly. In a weird kinda way, I think Jay helped rejuvenate Nas's career. Takeover's beat is definitely better, that Doors sample is mint.
They had other diss tracks - Jay's "Supa Ugly" was pretty gross though tbh. Certainly one of better beefs in hip hop history though.
On the down low, one of the best diss tracks from the '90s.