Shots Fired: "It used to be fun, makin records to see your response/But, now competition is none, now that you’re gone/And these n-as is wrong - using your name in vain/And they claim to be New York’s king?/It ain’t about that." - Nas, "We Will Survive" Nas drops "We Will Survive," which addresses the deaths of Biggie and Pac while pondering the prospects of another major feud between two rap giants. Shots Fired: "It's beef I'mma see you, and bang til you hang up/Your life a lie, but here's the truth: You ain't hype to die, but you hype to shoot." - Memphis Bleek, "Mind Right" Shots Fired: "You wanna ball till you fall, I can help you with that/You want beef? I could let a slug melt in your hat." - Nas, "Nastradamus"įired up, Memphis Bleek responds on "Mind Right." He questions Nas' credibility and blatantly references Nas' album title ("Your lifestyle's written/So who you supposed to be, play your position.") Nas references the line and Bleek's trademark tilted cap, which Bleek wore on the cover of Coming of Age: Jay-Z's protege Memphis Bleek's debut single from Coming of Age is a song titled "Memphis Bleek is.," which seems to ape Nas' "Nas is Like." Elsewhere on the same album, Bleek raps a line that will sow the early seeds of the beef. "My whole team rock rocks, we don't speak to cats/I'mma ball till I fall what you think of that?" - Memphis Bleek, "What You Think of That" It wasn’t necessarily a shot at him but because the song was a shot at everybody, he fell into that. It’s not a shot at him but he inspired that line. It wasn’t a shot at Jay but it was just saying that’s the minimum you gotta have. I got rid of my Lexus at that point and I was looking for the next best thing. "I saw Jay-Z driving a Lexus with the TVs in them. Nas later confirmed that Jay-Z inspired that line, telling Complex:
Plus, his "Dead Presidents II" video shows off a sweet Lexus GS. Recall that Jay likened his mind to a Lexus on "Can I Live" ("My mind is infested, with sick thoughts that circle like a Lexus").
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The album opener "The Message" includes the first of many perceived subliminal shots at Jay-Z: "Lex with TV sets the minimum." What does this line have to do with the Brooklyn rapper? Well, Jay-Z's first album sports several references to Lexus. Nas' second album, It Was Written, arrived a month later.
Word on the street is that Nas was supposed to appear on Reasonable Doubt, but he never showed up to record his verse for "Bring It On." In the absence of the real deal himself, producer Ski Beatz samples a Nas line from "The World is Yours" (Pete Rock remix) on another Jay-Z song, "Dead Presidents II." Arguably Jay-Z's best song, "Dead Presidents II" prominently features the line "I'm out for presidents to represent me." Reasonable Doubt hit shelves in June '96. Nas is one of the hottest MCs in the country, thanks to his debut, Illmatic, released a couple years earlier. It does not store any personal data.Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.