Is Ether the most overrated diss of all time?

Started by KingZ, May 31, 2018, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. KingZ
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    Now I love Nas, hes in my top 5 no issue. But this song is overrated as f---, I never understood the hype. Takeover is wayy better and it does it all in one verse. This is just a bunch of middle school insults and the worst thing it accuses is of jay using biggie rhymes.

    What do you ni:capitalb::capitalb:as think?
     
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  2. Big Dangerous
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    The last verse alone puts it up in the upper echelon of rap disses
     
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  3. Michael Myers
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    Made this thread years ago.

    I still think takeover&supaugly > ether

    But its great nontheless
     
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  4. Step Daddy
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    No, drakes p---- a--- disses are
     
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  6. Enigma
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    Yes. I mean it’s good but like.... it’s hardly as scathing as people make it out to be. It got that reputation simply because Nas was the underdog & no one expected him to come back like that after Takeover.
     
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    Tae bo hoe a--- thread
     
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  8. JIGGA MANE
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    Nas lost
     
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  9. Kon
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    I liked it a lot years ago, but yeah nowadays I think it's kinda overrated and nothing special other than a few lines really.
     
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    “Left condoms on your baby seat” singlehandedly won the battle.

    But in a weird way, the Ether beat makes it a legendary diss track even though I ageee, the lyrics aren’t as scathing as you would think.
     
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    Ether is really just Nas calling him
    gay for the most part, he doesn’t really hit Jay with anything of substance until the final verse. It’s not a bad diss, but it’s definitely not as good as Takeover.
     
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  12. KingZ
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    I dont dislike the song, btw. The beat is a classic, just think it isnt very hard hitting.

    I think if Jay didnt admit to losing then it wouldnt be as one sided in popular opinion.
     
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    Ever heard of back to back?
     
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  15. KingZ
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    Tbh i didnt even think of drake diss records when making this because i dont think of them as disses, they are too soft.
     
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  16. nunofherdeiro
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    True.
    Yet people call it a TOP 5 BEST DISS SONGS OF ALL TIME :hoplease:
     
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  17. Winter
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    Does anyone really rate Back to Back that highly? Meek’s loss was more to do with the fact he botched his reply than anything Drake said about him.
     
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  18. KingZ
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    I feel like only kids rate it that high or people that havent been following hip hop that long.
     
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    This guy that bleaches his own skin said it :
     
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    Another clown:
     
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