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This Happened: Diddy, Lil B

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Photo by Callie Richmond for ATG.

Reggie and I spent the South by Southwest music conference comparing notes and writing for others. ATG will come through with blessed recaps and astonishing photos from an unreal week of hip-hop that boasted staggering levels of star power.

Yes, we got into Kanye: I had to make moves bro, put my shades on and walked in through the VIP line.

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While we were out: ATG catches up

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Competent diss songs aimed at big fish

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I think the Jay-Z diss songs are pretty legitimate and interesting; sonically pleasing as well. I'm discouraged at how feverishly the big satellites are defending Jay-Z like he's made or, more likely, indirectly responsible for a huge chunk of their income. It's akin to local sports radio DJs defending disgruntled locker room sources because their beat calls for repeated interviews with, like, Nick Saban.

In related news, The Game has something to say on Jigga-50 Cent-Beanie Sigel situation.


Beanie versus Jay #2*

Beanie versus Jay #3

Canibus versus Eminem



Click here for the first big Beanie attack.
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Bronco linebacker gets Blounted



  • Damn, and I had Oregon in the Rose Bowl.
  • I almost drafted LeGarrette Blount in the second round of my office, NCAA fantasy league.
  • I thought Jeremiah Masoli and the Ducks would destroy Boise State.
  • And those sweet-ass uniforms...

Alas, it wasn't meant to be. In one swift, hard-hitting punch, Blount cost himself a fruitful season, a chance at Pac-10 immortality, an NFL career. Here's to his second life as a hip-hop punchline:

"I don't run routes/ I punch mouths like Blount."

"Don't doubt/ I got the swag and clout to knock your ass over like Blount"

"I'm the big Fish like Derek/ go out guns blazing at patrons like LeGarrette"

"Call me an Oregon Duck: so fly I got wings."

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DMX attacks Jay-Z

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He's doped up, undoubtedly, but his feelings with Jay's tenure as Def Jam's president are not unlike most Jay peers who suffered career setbacks under Hov's label management. Here's transcription from the now-defunct YouTube clip:

I say what I mean, [random gibberish.] Me and Jay had a battle, I got in his ass. I got in his ass, before he got signed. Niggas was there, niggas know. In a pool hall in the Bronx. I fucks with him and had respect for him after that. Until he became the president of Def Jam, and I ain't gon say too much more about it, but you know what it is. There's a difference between doing wrong and being wrong. At one point, you were being wrong.

Niggas can't do it like we could. Niggas. Can't-- Niggas. Can't. Do. It. Like. We're. Able. To.

Jay is a talented motherfucker, don't misunderstand me. He is talented. But he has no heart. There's no soul behind it. It's motivated by money strictly... But I still maintain the respect, because our birthday is in the same month and you know, we have history. But I lost it when he became president of Def Jam, that's why I left Def Jam. '

When you became the president, you hit me "yo dog, the inmates is running the building!!!" You know what that mean, your mans is in charge... "That's what it is, we good," cuz we had history. And then you go do that.

You come down, listen to my shit... we ready. Then you go on vacation. Niggas take a picture of you with chancletas on. That's what you leave the hood for, son? That's why you walk out on your man for, son? Flip-flops? Serious? You serious? Real talk son, I respected you. I'm in my feelings about that. I'm hurt. I ain't ever talk about that.

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Metrics: Budden's fruitless feuds

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ATG sizes it all up
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Joe Budden could do with a warm glass of shut-the-hell-up.

Rather than his forceful, personal, honest Mood Muzik mixtapes or his strong-suited pair of LPs or his ambitious lyrical capabilities, one of the decade's most compelling, volatile personas is defined by petty skirmishes with bigger names.
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What's Beef: Em Strikes again, immediately wishes he didn't

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Ok, I wanted to see this, but I can't believe it's actually happened. It's official. Eminem is engaged in a new, full-on rap battle.

With these two.

Really? Really??

From the first sentence of the new diss track: "Now I'm pissed off."

REALLY????

Eminem - The Warning (NICK AND MARIAH diss)


Epilogue: Ok, so now I wanna see the photos/ hear the phone messages. Sue me.
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Rhymefest will hurt you

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Who pissed in 'Fest's flakes? The battle-hardened emcee seems to have been on something of a war path this year, first taking aim at Charles Hamilton (before it was cool) then dropping an aggressive video for homophobic street single "Chicago" which many believed contained a jab at Pharell. Last night on Twitter, Rhymefest reaffirmed his current role as leader of the putdown parade, taking aim at Beyonce before segueing into a slight at Jay-Z.

@RHYMEFEST:Yo I like beyonce as an artist but it's time she put clothes on. She's past having to look like a slut to apeal

We don't claim to have any insight at all into 'Fest's brain, but we guess he's referring to B's string of diva-themed, leotard-laden videos promoting I Am... Sasha Fierce? One thing is clear though, after dissing Mrs. Big Homie, the chicagoan and one-time Kanye collaborator couldn't resist a chance to fling mud at the head of the household.

@RHYMEFEST: As far as J, any man who let's his woman basically strip on camera for niggaz need to be talked 2

It's safe to say the odds of Jay responding are slim as always, but that won't stop 'Fest, Game and any other rapper seeking a little publicity in advance of this fall's Blueprint 3 from trying.

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Inspectah Deck attacks Joe Budden



...During "Rock the Bells."

Why are they beefing again? I was busy not paying attention to Joe Budden.
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The Game attacks Jay-Z in Madrid



Last night in Madrid, Spain, The Game opened his show by leading a willing, packed house through chants of "Fuck Jay-Z," along with assorted rambling.

"Ya'll know my controversy," he declared, "...it's how Pac felt, how Nas felt, how I feel."

Check the 1:26 mark for a Spaniard douchebag rocking a faux-hawk passionately hating on Hov. The odd event evolved into an angry "freestyle" about Jay-Z that first and foremost attacked Jay's physical characteristics:

"Big nose, makes me LOL"


"Lips so big he can suck on my cock."
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