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My point exactly. Nas didn't really come at Jay like that on Got Yourself a Gun. It was all subliminals and Jay lost the second Nas dropped Ether. Jay should have stuck to the "Takeover" "Blueprint 2" formula.superugly, checkmate off the top of my head.Yup. New rap fan here.
And You can't come back on the same beat because
A. Kendrick already murdered it, so there's a bias towards his verse over yours
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B. 100 other rappers are hopping on the same exact beat. You're gonna get lost in the cypher.
If you want to have an effect as strong as what K did then you come back on your own track and you snatch the belt back.
These dudes responding on the Control beat can spit verses that are fine a la Joell, but it won't be the same as the first time you heard Kendrick. And they won't win.
How many rappers have murdered a dude on their own beat as a rebuttal?
it aint about who can have the biggest effect or who can cause us internet dweebs to go the most bizerk. tough bars over a tough beat thats it, the music. stop overanalyzing it.
I can't even remember if 50 dissed Jada on the original track from Checkmate. Been so long... was that off G Unit Radio 10? It's the "I'm an Animal" beat right?
The only time I remember a real back and forth where someone seized a beat and the other rapper dissed him over it/took it back was Pump it Up.
I guess my point is if you're trying to go at someone, the effect is doubled when the track is original. Coming back on their own beat makes for more gamesmanship and competition and is more WHOA if you really do step on their neck, but the odds are stacked against you.
This isn't everyone jumping on Started From the Bottom. Dude already got round 1. Just listen to the song. Jay Electronica had the third verse and no one noticed after. Move on to a different beat.
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