Lord Nibbler
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We've had this discussion before. A battery and two orange lightbulbs.
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So, how is it that Nelly is called the first rap act to release two CDs on the same day, when the Insane Clown Posse, who are rap artists, released 2 CDs on the same day 4 years ago?
Because ICP suck.
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Hahahahaha.
Wow, you don't realize how ignorant you came across as right there.
I say, if the Beastie Boys are incorporating different types of song writing in their songs and adding it to rap, they are doing a much better job than Eminem. They expand the genre while Eminem rhymes become boring because he never expands what he does. He never evolves. The Beastie Boys are evolving genres, evolving labels and expaning. And that is essentially the point of music.
Which is why I said RAP lyrics. Put it in bold and everything. Eminem writes better rap lyrics and CERTAINLY better battle lyrics. You might prefer the Beasties lyrics, but they're not better battle lyrics than Em's. You'd be crazy to argue they are.
No, Hip Hop fans will agree that Eminem's lyrics are better, RAP fans would say Beastie Boys. In my personal opinion, Beastie Boys are way better than Eminem for 2 reasons:1. They don't NEED to say "fuck" or rap about drugs or killing their wives or ex-wives in the presence of their daughter
2. all the instruments you hear on Sabotage, Fight For Your Right etc. is them playing the instruments. They have musical talent, unlike Eminem.
They don't need to say fuck? We're talking about the song "Hey, FUCK You".
And no, they don't rap about murder. Because it's not their style. It is Eminems style.
I don't care whether they play instruments. We're talking about them dissing Eminem. Battles are about lyrics. You can't diss someone with a guitar riff.
You're all missing the point. The Beasties (might have) dissed Eminem, and if Eminem were to reply he would beat them. Doesn't necessarily mean he's a better musician, it means he's a better battler. And he is, by a country mile.
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See, the problem here is, all the Beasties fans are rock kids. They have a very small hip hop fanbase. And, as rock fans, you judge the Beasties not as a rap group but as a rock-rap-punk-whatever band. The Beasties are NOT good rap lyricists. They don't have good rap lyrics. Nine out of ten rap fans will agree that Eminem is an infinitely better lyricist.
Like someone said before, it's like comparing basketball and football. The Beastie Boys are trying to beat Eminem at his own game, and they will fail. The Beasties fans might not think so, but the hip hop fans will, and at the end of the day they are trying to diss a rapper. They're not trying to see who can use the most fucking keyboard layers, they're not trying to see who has put out the most albums, they are trying to diss Eminem and Eminem will, if he chooses to, crush them. That's what he does best.
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The video is apparently from the Hard Knock Life tour circa 1999, so it's not actually that ironic.
Although;
Once upon a time, not long ago
A nigga like myself would have to strong arm a hoe
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According to the rumors at Allhiphop.com they say Jay was just pushing the girls camera out of the way cause he didn't want any pictures taken.
It looks like he pushes the camera away, then shoves her in the face. I'm sure he could have simply put his hand over the camera lens.
Or, y'know, let her take a damn photo.
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It was called '7 Days'
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http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.2518
Jay-Z Hits Girl Backstage!Tuesday - June 15, 2004
Albert McCluster III
I don't know what you take me as
or understand the intelligence that Jay-Z has
I'm from rags to riches nigga I ain't dumb
I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one
Hit me… - Jay-Z "99 Problems"
Apparently Jay-Z had a problem with a female in a shocking video that was sent to our offices at HipHopDX.
As of this time I have yet to hear from my numerous contacts at Roc-A-Fella in regards to Jay-Z’s side to this affair.
But, if pictures speak louder than words then Jigga-man has some explaining to do. The assault looks unprovoked as HOVA walks into what looks like a backstage area of a concert venue.
As Mr. Carter walks into the room he has a rather irritated look upon his face and without hesitation lashes out at an unidentified female in the video. The video is brief…but, shows a lot.
Now, let’s look at this from the point of view of my former profession as a police officer and investigator…from those hazy lenses Jay-Z appears to have committed an unprovoked assault upon a defenseless female while others within in Jay’s entourage, security and backstage ballas watched and did nothing…this does not appear to be good.
But, as in all things media and news related…it all comes out in the end. Jigga has his side of the story and we would love to get comment from him or his peeps…
After sending two-ways and leaving numerous messages from Damon Dash’s office to Jay-Z’s assistant, Roc-A-Fella has yet to comment in regards to the video.
So, fellow HipHopDX’ers we’ll let you be the judge…was up with Jay-Z in this video? Is there an explanation that would satisfy die-hard Hip Hop haters like Bill O’Reilly? We sincerely hope so. With the current state of Hip Hop…this is certainly something that we don’t need.
Holla@yaboi!
At Press time, it is our understanding Roc-a-Fella was developing a press release; however after numerous calls on our part they have made no comment on the situations.
"If you havin' girl problems I feel bad for you son..."
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"They want to see rappers embarass each other with personal attacks and using metaphors, similes, polysyllabic rhymes, multis, internals etc. etc."
You.
"Your rhymes are fake like a Canal street watch
You're hearing me and it's like "Oh my God it's Sasquatch"
That is a metaphor right there. And who develops a "diss track criteria"? The point of a diss track is to diss your opponent, and I do believe the Beastie Boys do a valid job of dissing Eminem. I'd much rather hear say someone is fake like a Canal street watch rather than hear Eminem diss black girls because he got dumped by one.
I'm sorry, I should have said "They expect to hear GOOD similes, metaphors..."
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10 Amy Lee
09 Kristin Davis
08 Lindsay Sloane
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03 Sarah Michelle Gellar
02 Katie Holmes
01 Alyson Hannigan
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And while I don't want to touch on this, I feel I ought to. Jimmy, you're confusing the ability to write biting diss songs with the need to. The Beasties are more than capable of crafting a caustic, profanity-laced track which would shut down Eminem or any other rapper who was foolish enough to try to take on the Beasties in a showdown. Check out Paul's Boutique for evidence of that. The thing is that they don't need to. They're capable of being subtle and nuanced in their disses, something that Eminem has no clue how to be. Sure, Eminem can make jokes about someone's sexuality, calling them a pussy and saying that they can't sell records, but that's ultimately weak, because ANY other rapper can do that on a regular basis (and plenty do, also). To use an analogy, Eminem's disses are like malt liquor: harsh and brutal, to be certain, but still unrefined and pedestrian. The Beasties disses, on the other hand, are like fine wine: understated, but crafted with obvious skill, appreciable by a discriminating palatte as superior...and more than capable of knocking you on your ass given half a chance. Simply because the Beasties are sardonic in their rhymes doesn't mean that they're not capable of throwing down when they need to.
Further, though, the Beasties are above getting into a war with someone like Eminem. They've been in the game since 1986, for christ's sake. They were the first rapper to hit #1 on the Billboard music charts. No rapper, dead or alive, can claim that kind of longevity. And it's not like they've been on the periphery, either: they've gone platinum on every single CD they've released. They've influenced and structured the hip hop landscape like no artist before them, and singlehandedly set the tone of hip hop for years to come. They're essentially the Beatles of our generation, constantly reinventing themselves while remaining true to their roots, and currying favor with both the mainstream media and the discerning music critic alike all the while. Duplicating what they've done is virtually impossible, and to insult it is foolish and ignorant. Simply put, any diss track against the Beasties would reflect worse upon the rapper in question than it ever would on them.
I'm not debating the Beasties talent, but as a diss, "Hey, Fuck You" rates incredibly poorly. There's not a single punch on the track that comes close to connect. There aren't any genuinely clever rhymes in the whole track. The Beasties fanbase is comprised mostly of the alternative crowd and backpackers, who don't generally interest themselves in beefs. The Beasties have an old school rhyme style, which - though entertaining - doesn't lend itself well to battles.
Eminem is a pure-bred battler. He knows exactly what the battle crowd expect. When a hip hop head listens to a diss track, he or she judges it on certain criteria. They want to see rappers embarass each other with personal attacks and using metaphors, similes, polysyllabic rhymes, multis, internals etc. etc.
Eminem brings these in his diss tracks. whereas that Beasties song does not. Yes, it's not the Beasties style, but that's exactly why they shouldn't diss people, especially not a battler like Marshall.
I'm not convinced it is a diss to Eminem, but if it is then it's nothing more than a gentle warning shot. If they were to out-and-out diss him, they'd have to come a lot harder than that.
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They are two totally different forms of rap!
That is like saying Poison the Well is a better rock group than The Rolling Stones.
Poison is a better hardcore rock group and Rolling is a better classic rock group...
both rock but with two distinctly different sounds that can't be compared
Exactly, but we're talking battle-wise. Eminem is a battle rapper, the Beastie Boys aren't. Ergo, Eminem would beat them. If he were to respond.
*odysseys
Eminem releases a pop single from every album. It's not supposed to be a serious track. However, his disses to rappers are (usually) of a much higher calibre. See; The Sauce, Nail in the Coffin, Quitter, Hail Shady, Go To Sleep etc. etc.
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I forgot, Eminem is the greatest rapper that ever lived and no one can touch his *snort* originality *snort* and skill... *bursts out laughing*
Eminem is good, I like him, but the Beasties are better.
Eminems lyrical ability dwarfs that of the Beasties, like it or not.
"With the dipsy doodle the kit and caboodle
The truth is brutal you're grandma's kugel"
Genius
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They have a quirky sense of humour, so what? The entire point is, the Beastie boys use creative, layered sources making inventive rap music, using original vocal patterning (Listen to any Eminem song, and there's only about 3 different variations in the way he sings. It's all the same pattern) whilst Eminem probably doesn't even know what a Mix deck looks like, given the fact that he raps over the same three looped chords in 99% of songs, and he's songs basically involve finding as many rhymes for the word "fuck" as humanly possible.
No, the point is they (allegedly) dissed Eminem for no apparent reason. Whether you use layered keyboards or original vocal patterning or a fucking didgeridoo, a diss is about the lyrics, a field in which Eminem is more than capable of massacring all three of them.
Came across this...
We caught up with Beastie Boys last week in New York City. The night before, they appeared on MTV premiering a clip of their ridiculous new video for "Ch-Check It Out," the first single from their long-anticipated sixth album To The 5 Boroughs, set for release in mid-June. Later that night, Eminem and his band D12 also performed. Somewhere during the evening, Em stopped by the Beastie Boys’ dressing room to show respect to the white rappers who paved the way for him. There was a mix-up, which, for the Beastie Boys, could turn out to be deadly."It was actually funny, ‘cause there was a little misunderstanding when he came to the dressing room," explains the group's MCA (a.k.a. Adam Yauch). "Because we’d been joking around, saying that we should have called our album Still Doin’ It, Huh? and we kept on saying that. And so, when Eminem came into our dressing room, he was like, ‘Yo, what’s up, just wanted to say what’s up to everybody‚’ and we shook his hand and stuff. And then he said to us, like, ‘Still doin’ it, man, still doin’ it.’ And we all just burst out laughing. He kind of looked puzzled and walked out."
"Nah, I don’t think he… it wasn’t that big of a deal," says Mike D (a.k.a. Mike Diamond).
"I wonder if he told his group," MCA ponders.
"He must have a sense of humour..." Diamond speculates.
Why would they go on to diss him after that?
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Are you being serious? Eminem can, and probably will, demolish the Beasties.
It's a laughable attempt at a diss, especially against someone the calibre of Eminem.
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Why would they be dumb enough to diss Eminem?
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Who is 'Hey Fuck You' aimed at?
Also, I can't put my finger on the sample on 'Triple Trouble'. Is it some TV show theme tune or something?
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Is it weird that I had the exact same idea as AJ?
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And a little off topic, but I've always noticed something:
A rock group, or any other type of music, really, will make, let's say, fifty songs. And then they take the very best of them, about ten or twelve, and release an album. They will do this every few years. It seems like rappers will make 20 songs, 19 of which are mediocre, stick all twenty on an album, and then four months later, after they've written another twenty songs, they release another. They don't care about quality at all, just quantity.
Please don't base your assumptions about all rappers on Nelly.
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How much of a twat is Quentin Tarantino?
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I DESPISE "rap battles" and "feuds" between rappers. It all stinks of "My Dad Could Beat Up Your Dad" to me...
Rap battles aren't the same as beefs.
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I was gonna post this, but I assumed nobody would have heard of (Mad) Skillz.
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A Japanese cryptographer has demonstrated how fingerprint recognition devices can be fooled using a combination of low cunning, cheap kitchen supplies and a digital camera.
First Tsutomu Matsumoto used gelatine (as found in Gummi Bears and other sweets) and a plastic mould to create a fake finger, which he found fooled fingerprint detectors four times out of five.
Flushed with his success, he took latent fingerprints from a glass, which he enhanced with a cyanoacrylate adhesive (super-glue fumes) and photographed with a digital camera. Using PhotoShop, he improved the contrast of the image and printed the fingerprint onto a transparency sheet.
Here comes the clever bit.
Matsumoto took a photo-sensitive printed-circuit board (which can be found in many electronic hobby shops) and used the fingerprint transparency to etch the fingerprint into the copper.
From this he made a gelatine finger using the print on the PCB, using the same process as before. Again this fooled fingerprint detectors about 80 per cent of the time.
Fingerprint biometric devices, which attempt to identify people on the basis of their fingerprint, are touted as highly secure and almost impossible to fool but Matsumoto's work calls this comforting notion into question. The equipment he used is neither particularly hi-tech, nor expensive and if Matsumoto can pull off the trick what would corporate espionage boffins be capable of?
Matsumoto tried these attacks against eleven commercially available fingerprint biometric systems, and was able to reliably fool all of them.
Noted cryptographer Bruce Schneier, the founder and CTO of Counterpane Internet Security, described Matsumoto's work as more than impressive.
"The results are enough to scrap the systems completely, and to send the various fingerprint biometric companies packing," said Schneier in yesterday's edition of his Crypto-Gram newsletter, which first publicised the issue. ®
*stocks up on gummi bears and superglue*
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Why hasn't any channel in the UK picked up Chappelle's Show?
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It's not Wallace's soul. Rather, Quentin didn't intend it to be his soul. It's supposed to be open to interpretation. Two orange lightbulbs and a battery is what was PHYSICALLY inside the briefcase.