'Going Back to Cali' is one of my favorite songs because of all the East Coast - West Coast rivalry.
You don't want R&B singers to get into beef. Leave that to the rappers, let them do that - R&B, be classy.
For those from my era, my age, that 2Pac vs. Biggie war will go on forever about who is the greatest. But I was more of a Biggie dude.
Hip-hop is a competition culture. It's based around, "My DJ is better than you. My graffiti artist is better than you."
Cardi actually says stuff. Nicki just has attitude. So what. Big deal.
So you think that hip-hop had it's start out in Queensbridge, If you popped that junk up in the Bronx you might not live.
Jay Z and Nas is probably my favorite rap beef because Nas was kinda quiet for a while.
There's always going to be space for battle in hip hop. For competition. It's just an inseparable part of the game.
The trick with hip-hop-hip-hop is a sport. The only music that's really, really close to a sport. It starts off, "My DJ's better than yours. I can out-rap you, I can out-dance you, my graffiti piece is better than you." It's very competitive.
These other rappers getting bodied and carried away.
I mean, I'm a fan of Eminem. I'm a fan first and foremost. Maybe before I wouldn't have challenged him, but I'm contemplating it now.
When I fell in love with hip-hop, there was a terminology at the time called "battling." All that was just battling with other artists, but after Tupac and those incidents when it spilled into the street and turned into a negative situation, battling turned into a beef. A whole new dynamic.
I'd bet a million dollars on DOOM against Lil' Wayne
No offence to Nicki Minaj, but her career has essentially been a Lil’ Kim tribute
