ether-diss song
i loved this diss song. honestly most of my hiphop friends made fun of me for loving this song. at that time (2002?) nas was so played. but i love the fact that he slowed down and simplified his flow. but his rhyme scheme is still immaculate and conversational. it sounds effortless.
ask me if im trying to kick knowledge
nah im trying to kick the shit you need to learn though
the ether the shit that make your soul burn slow
honestly i could have started this blog on something much more positive and ‘conscious’ but i am not trying to impress anyone with my knowledge of hiphop. i have lived it. instead i wanted to give you something that gave me a life lesson.
nas won this battle. his diss was better than his opponent’s jayz.
‘eminem murdered you on your own shit’
because he changed up his style and proved why competition brings out the best in some people. and simply saying that he ‘murdered jayz’ is not wholly accurate. what he did was prove that a diss record did not have to go to the streets. instead he made it clear that violence is not only a metaphor in hiphop. but that verbal violence is necessary in order to destroy the myth of anothers self-image. in other words: i will not protect your ego.
the beat is sick…the rhyme scheme is neo-old skool…and yet all of this is flawless…
and i am a hiphop geek.
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