Jay-Z - Takeover (Lyrics)
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- Опубликовано: 11 окт 2020
- Artist/Group: Jay-Z
Album: The Blueprint
Released: 2001
Label: Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella
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"Takeover" is a track recorded by Jay-Z for his 2001 album The Blueprint. The song is a diss track aimed at rappers Nas and Prodigy of Mobb Deep.
This song was the first official LP diss track to publicize directly the hip hop feud between Jay Z and Nas (although there exists several other rap records prior to this featuring disses from both Nas and Jay Z toward each other). It samples the song "Five to One" by The Doors and "Sound of da Police" by KRS-One. The first line in this song is taken from Jay Z's verse in "Celebration" off of the Streets Is Watching soundtrack. The song also interpolates David Bowie's "Fame". Jay-Z originally performed the first two verses of Takeover as an untitled diss to Prodigy of Mobb Deep at Hot 97's Summer Jam 2001. While performing the line "you was a ballerina/ I got the pictures I seen ya" a photograph of Prodigy, as a child, dressed in ballet clothes, appeared on the large screen. Aside from its role in the Jay-Z & Nas feud, Takeover was largely seen as damaging to Prodigy (and Mobb Deep's) careers.
In the second verse, Jay Z alleges that Prodigy (member of Mobb Deep) took ballet classes as a child and mocks Prodigy's small stature. Jay-Z further dismisses Mobb Deep as competition in the hip hop industry by pointing out that his career had more commercial success than they ever would, and dissing Mobb Deep's famous song "Shook Ones Pt. II". Mobb Deep replied to Jay Z in a subsequent LP diss track, but their rivalry has more or less been overshadowed by the rivalry between Nas and Jay Z.
In the third verse (which has 32 bars, while the other verses have 16), Jay Z ridicules Nas's discography (at the time consisting of four albums) and claims Nas has a "one hot album every ten year average." Jay-Z referred to a widespread feeling from many hip hop critics and artists that Nas's subsequent albums after his legendary Illmatic debut were mediocre follow ups, and dissed Nas' famous song from that album "The World Is Yours". Jay Z sampled some of Nas' lines for the chorus of Jay Z's famous song "Dead Presidents II", and claimed in "Takeover" that he sampled it because Nas was using it wrong ("So yeah I sampled your voice, you was usin' it wrong/ You made it a hot line, I made it a hot song"). Jay Z also questions Nas's street credibility and claims Nas has lied or exaggerated about his past in songs, with the lines, "Nigga, you ain't live it you witnessed from your folks' pad/Scribbled in your notepad and created your life/I showed you your first tec, on tour with Large Professor (Me! That's who!)/Then I heard your album 'bout your tec on your dresser."(This is a reference to the Illmatic song "Represent"). Jay Z also ridicules Nas's style, flow, and career decisions, with lyrics like, "Nigga switch up your flow, your shit is garbage/What you trying to kick knowledge? (Get the fuck outta here)" and "Fell from top ten to not mentioned at all/To your bodyguard's Oochie Wally verse better than yours/Matter fact you had the worst flow in the whole fuckin' song..." which "Oochie Wally" is a song by The Bravehearts from the collaborative album QB's Finest, and samples the song in this song when Jay-Z mentions it.
The song initiated one of the biggest and most hyped hip hop rivalries within the industry, and the song was generally well received by fans. At the time, the song's hard-hitting caliber was such that Jay-Z and many hip hop fans had felt that this song could have potentially ended Nas's career. On the contrary, however, the track merely served to reinvigorate Nas' career as he responded to "Takeover" with a diss track of his own, entitled "Ether".
Jay-Z responded to "Ether" with a freestyle entitled "Supa Ugly". Jay-Z and Nas would release other subsequent diss tracks and records referencing the feud, including "Blueprint 2" (from Jay Z's The Blueprint2: The Gift & The Curse) and "Last Real Nigga Alive" (from Nas's God's Son.)
"Takeover" was produced by Kanye West and samples The Doors' "Five to One" as well as "Sound of da Police" by KRS-One. 50 Cent swards Mobb Deep in his own diss song "Piggy Bank", by telling his rival Jadakiss "Jada don't fuck with me if you wanna eat, 'cause I'll do your lil' ass like Jay did Mobb Deep." Coincidentally, 50 signed Mobb Deep to his G-Unit Records imprint a mere few months later.
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"So yeah, I sampled your voice, you was using it wrong" is one of the hardest diss bars ever
Except Serch confirmed Nas owned his publishing from that. "All I did was give you a style to run with..."
You made it a hot line I made it a hot song
That is just standard lines from battle raps. That is what battle rap was built on, accusing someone of sounding horrible, accusing them of stealing your style, accusing them of stealing your beats etc. Not to mention, nobody steals anything from anybody if they think it is garbage. Jay Z has always stole lines from everybody. Remember Camron doing Swagger Jacker? In Swagger Jacker he lays a compilation of lines Jay Z has stolen from everybody, and he stole so many lines from Biggie Camron says he needs to give his publishing to Biggie's mom. Then Camron says one of the fuunniest lines ever in a diss track. He says even if Jay Z comes back at him he won't believe he wrote it, and he will probably just steal some lines from James Brown or Frankie Lymon from 1968. Swagger Jacker is basically a diss song without Camron ever rapping, just exposing how much Jay Z steals from everybody, then saying a couple funny things in between listening to Jay Z lyrics he stole from others. Camron did have a couple good Jay Z diss tracks. It is really unbelievable how many lines he stole from Biggie. When you hear just a few of them in Swagger Jacker you start thinking damn Jay Z cannot make a song without using lines he stole from Biggie.
Jay is still paying to this day for trying to make it a hot song. 50% publishing of any printing of Dead President belongs to NaS.
Nobody want to say it, Jay had to sample NaS to be noticed. NaS fathered Jay.
jay spilled tha tea throughout third verse and insecure Nasir fans still crying about it 2 decades after lol. can't handle the truth
Don't get it twisted. This is a Mobb Deep diss first. Nas name didn't get mentioned til verse 3.
True but mainly for prodigy r.i.p.
Niggaz don't realise that even after all these years
Jay got ethered. not dancing around it. Kneel and kiss the ring
So this is a Mobb Deep diss and not a Nas diss? How sway? He dissed all 3 of them. And spent A LOT OF TIME on the Nas diss. Cut it out. Ain’t no one tell Jay to mess with Nas when his mother was dying cause Jay always been a jealous of Nas dick rider. Lol.
@@megazineThats what Nas did when he got signed by Jay lol
Nas won with "Ether." But, "Takeover," was no slouch! "Career comes to an end. It's only so long fake thugs can pretend!" Classic line.
gtfoh ether is trash
@@lukamg7368 supa ugly was worse
@@lukamg7368 Not really, "Crawlin" just wasn't needed Mobb Deep ended Hov right after Nas dropped "Either" Jay cucked himself
That ether beat is trash tho. Nas has no ear for beats
@@lukamg7368 stop hating all your favorite rappers will say nas won. Jayz is still a good rapper. Calm down you can like them both and admit nas won
The fact Nas survived this was incredible. The fact Jay survived ether even more incredible.
This is what people don't respect
Takeover was better
Nas had him, though Jay gave his best. Unfortunately can't say the same for Prodigy
I'm in Total Agreement. It was Beef, and Neither MC was Duckn' No Smoke 💨 Hov mentioning smashin' his BM Carmen Bryant was a Low Blow🤭 , but when It get there, U GO THERE. Glad they're Good Now❤
@@deep_thoughts_with_the_dee6480 You can make arguments for Hov winning the beef, both Supa Ugly and Blueprint 2 were hard shots.
Ether still burns though.
For everyone choosing sides, I just want to say that it was amazing living in a time where two prime emcees weren’t afraid to get in the booth and say names on wax with so much to lose. None of that weak sub dissing. Salute to both GOATS 🫡
Exactly both hov and nas are Legends and contribute so much into hip hop culture both have strengths and weaknesses both hov and nas stans will deny the other side contribution to the hip hop culture because of their beef.
That was a great transition from rappers killing each other to dissing each other
Subliminal Dissing isn’t weak
@@KuraiCelestialit is if it doesn't eventually lead to a head on diss
@@Snipezelite02 its just not weak no matter what. It takes more cleverness to be entirely subliminal
Who else is here after J. Cole’s “7 minute drill” ??😂 forever a classic 🔥
Hahaha had to listen to an actual diss track after that light pack
LOL I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT!!!! .. Somebody Caught It!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This generation has trash diss tracks, this is what a real diss tracks is
least Jay Z didn’t apologise after dissing
@@jimmyoghe actually did lol
"I sold what your whole album sold in my first week" and " thats a one hot album every ten year average " are some of the coldest lines off the song .
You mean one of the most idiotic lines in hip hop? I agree
@@lyricsanonymous9036 y'all get so salty easy than you choose to add more salt
@@lyricsanonymous9036 Mad ashit he was correct lol
@@majestymxnt7384 He was correct? Yeah, about himself 🙄 Let's look at the facts...
Illmatic dropped *4/19/94* while Takeover dropped *9/11/01.* That's 7 years 4 months and 3 weeks, it's *not 10 years* ...so we already disproved the bar 🤷♂️
Now *what's the criteria* for a hot album? Commercial success or critical acclaim?
*Illmatic -* 5 Mics in The Source
*It Was Written -* 4 Mics in The Source and went double platinum within in 3 months
*I Am -* 4 1/2 Mics in The Source and sold 470,000 its first week and went platinum within a month
*Nastradamus -* sold 232,000 its first week and went platinum in less than a month
Either way you go, Nas has 3 hot albums in the given time frame 🤷♂️ And I know, Nas debuted in 1991 on Live at the BBQ and that makes 10 years...still don't make a difference, it makes no sense
*Jay Z* debuted in July of 1989 on Hawian Sophie, so he has til July of 1999...
*Reasonable Doubt -* 4 Mics in The Source but it only sold 43,000 in its first week (less than Illmatic). It also didn't go platinum til 2002
*Vol. 1* 4 Mics in The Source but only sold 138,000 its first week
*Vol 2. -* 4 1/2 Mics in The Source and sold 350,000 its first week
So *critically,* Jay has *3 hot albums* ...but *commercially,* he only has *1 hot album* in 10 years. So Jays bar isn't true about Nas in any way, shape, or form...but can be said about Jay 🤷♂️
@@mateoGdogg Not salty, I just know what the facts are. If you don't believe me, look at my comment above this 🤷♂️
I absolutely love this diss song...
Not because of the song, but because it sparked the greatest diss song ever. Lol
this also fire
Acknowledge and nail in the coffin ? That had nothing to do with this
Lol ether is overrated btw
@@sugs1191 Hit'em Up = most overrated
@aryan raina lmaooo this nigga
This is one of the greatest diss records of all time, and against any other rapper it would have won the beef hands down, but Ether is just different.
jay z won lmao takeover was better than ether and jay fucked his girl
@@thetruth6877 everyone knows nas won fam lol get over it
@@GodyP nah there’s plenty of people that say jay won. Stop idolizing and look at facts jay won the battle and the war.
@@thetruth6877 lol I’m not even a big fan of either of em but it’s pretty well known that nas won bruh you’re the one getting wrapped up with the idolizing nonsense
@@thetruth6877 he didn’t win…
For someone to lose a beef with this diss track... Man then the challenger was out of this world 🙆🏾♂️
FR, that's what makes this so fucking memorable
Hes a god and deffintly one the beef
*lose* , not loose. 🤦🏼♂️😂
jay got humbled
Never forget Jay only gave Nas one verse on this joint and we thought it was the end of Nas whole career. That was a monster ass verse.
Then ether dropped
2 verses
@@christophersteele7384 what was the second verse? For me he only went at Nas on the 3rd verse. The last verse is more of something for everybody. First two verses was for Mobb Deep.
Gay - Z and cockafella records wanted beef so i came to explode on a camel and his soldiers hahahaha
@@MrRop-yp3wt Loolll 😂
"You made it a hot line, I made it a hot song"
dammmmmm!!!!! I love Takeover
@@Grillz15 eh! I like your comment but idk if I completely agree with this or not
@@Grillz15 I said I like your your comment but idk if I totally agree or not.
@@Grillz15 you’re absolutely right, I didn’t think he meant to help him on purpose though
Nas song wasn't hot though? 🤦
@@jasonmoan8269 The world is yours?? That song was fire.
This in my opinion is one the most criminally underrated diss songs of all time. Ether is obviously the better diss track and one of the greatest disses of all time. Takeover is a classic diss as well and I hate that it doesn't get the respect it deserves and it saved Nas' career because if it wasn't for this brutal diss we would have gotten Ether in which Nas completely destroys Jay. People need to realize how important this beef is instead of choosing one side and trying to discredit one rapper over the other. Nas won but the beef only made both of them stronger.
Nas roast JZ with Either
@@allouttv7343 You do know I just said Nas won and Ether was the better diss track. Please pay attention before commenting. I like Nas more than Jay-Z but Takeover needs love too. It's a better track but not the better diss. Jay is overrated but we wouldn't gotten Ether if it wasn't for Jay-Z so please keep that in mind.
Why do people think ether ws better? It wasn't even close this is leaps above that juvenile nas diss not to mention that breast on ether. Sounded like a kid made it
@@cjnv48 This has the dumbest bar in hip hop though 🤷♂️
@@lyricsanonymous9036 lol you really think one bar ended the beef in Nas’s favor. I have agree that Ether has a shitty beat though. Ether was carried by Nas’s nasty lyrics. The only criticisms of Ether is the lame name calling homophobic shit, and the lame ass instrumental. One of the greatest disses though. Kick in the Door, Long Kiss Goodnight, Real Muthaphuckin G’s were better disses than Ether though
I still remember when this first dropped Jay was destroying everything and everyone. 5 mic album, direct by-name diss at Nas, no subliminal. It looked like Jay had completely ended his career. Good times, Hip-Hop was on fire at the time.
Facts
Then ether come.out :D
"Crawlin" by mobb deep was not needed,cause ether already stomped takeover, but one thing i don't like about hov is that,the line about ballerina and 88 on mobb deep and nas albums was a false assumptions,jay z dissing reason was preety petty when nas didn't show up for collab in order to get clouts, but jay rocks though, and to fams if ya all thinks ether spoke nothing but only highschool insults, u are denying to go that far to know the facts, ya all are preety winded up by jays swag smh ,Jay-Z mf really jump over "radio" when ether laid its shadow.....
In 90s was thier really a nigga name jayz, poor guy got called by 2pac, meanwhile most of the east had the balls to dissed 2pac,mobb deeps "drop a gem on em literally killed hit em up",pacs that diss is mad overrated af, "against all odds" is lotta better(prolly underrated with out a doubt) tracks like "bomb first",when we ride in our enemies",watch ya mouth" etc do comes close,but never touches *against all odds*........
@@poloskier1967 takeover went broke when ether came(fax)....
Jayz didn't destroyed anyone though,nas and mobb literally hold the ground,damn jayzs fans are literally annoying af, well 2pac was the only guy who literally shook the east coast, not Jay-Z lol......
A man told me not to argue with fools cause from a distance you can't tell who is who
Jay-z...🙌🏿
Facts
The Bible
"I don't care if you mob deep, I hold triggers to crews" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Until you see em in person scared talking bout its just rap music
The killed him on crawlin
imagine jayz holding a gun 😅
@@bigboss92 I mean he did shoot his own brother
@@ThatRapperGuyParis I didnt say he didnt shoot anyone. I said Imagine him holding a gun in his hands with that face
Nas vs Jay z was a true lyrical beef.it didn't spill into the streets.
Lol u don't know shit then
You dead wrong on that one. Nas played chess with Jay. When jay said he had more shooters in queensbridge than Nas he was talking Gotti and the inc, Nas turned around and flirted with signing to the inc which changed the entire landscape for Jay. Irv even said as much on drinkchamps i believe
Nas won this in ny opinion, jay step to the wrong nigga
The controversy from rap beef meant more record sales back in the 90s and early 2000s. 50 Cent literally built is career off beef. It still wasn’t too long after Pac & Biggie getting killed too, Jay and Nas both didn’t want it to go that route.
One of the greatest diss songs ever in hip hop undeniably 🌍😇😇😇😎😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Even he respects "Illmatic"😂
Cause it was probably the best Album in history
Anybody with more than a fifth of a brain cell respects illmatic.
Everybody respects Illmatic. First album to get 5 mics in the source. Still the best album Nas has ever done and probably will ever do.
Yup, he didn't front. Really shows what he thought of those other albums tho 😂
@@aerialpenn8849 The source was kinda corrupted durin Ray "Benzino" leadership,I mean they gave 3 mics to All Eyez on me (Tupac's disstracks album)
Very good, but Ether is better
I like the other version of this song but Ether is brutal.
Agreed but Jay-Z is still a better rapper.
69
Sshh.. The King is speaking!
@@intenseninja8241 def not
Nas pretty much said “You almost had me in the first half, I ain’t gon lie” and dropped Ether. That speaks volumes to how great Takeover was.
Told my brother I just listened to Ether for the first time ever tonight, he suggested I listen to this too😂Ether is lyrical art💞
You should check out Got Urself A Gun by Nas too. If you liked Ether you’ll probably fuck with that song.
Ether is definitely a banger! Nas took it to Jay!!
Hands down, ether destroyed Hov
@@jenna27l Nas won the battle, Jay Z won the war
@@amadeuschavez. can't front, it's true
Kendall Has the most Iconic Boss Entries 👌🖤
Major Hova stan. This was as epic as the moment the beef went down. Brings back memories of heated debates. Still feel Jay lost because he was just never considered the lyricist over Nas. Much like today's Drake and KDot battle. The underdog has to win. Otherwise society will feel some kind of way, about the commercial rapper winning a rap battle against a pure lyricist. I fux with this over Ether personally.
Imagine hearing this and thinking “oh shit Nas is done after this”, then Nas drops Ether! Both god tier diss tracks imo
Never thought I'd hear The Doors in a diss track
The doors song 5 to 1 is the what hes rapping over... This dudes music is shit compared to Jim Morrisons lol
The doors 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 it's Joe Walsh man 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@sgt_chugganuggz No. Definitely The Doors
@@leeduarte2043 nope it's Joe Walsh,it's his sample check it up it's literally called taking over you may wanna check 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@leeduarte2043 I stand corrected,I was wrong my bad dudes killer track I could of sworn Joe Walsh did it
Greatest opening line to start a song ever.
"You made it a hot line. I made it a hot song"
The intro gets me hype everytime 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Love or hate Jay, he revived Nas's career and his credibility.
That’s not true. NaS was going through a lot at the time and then Jay saw it like it’s time to solidify his name by going at NaS. You know what happened next. He had his head taken off with Ether.
@@tinkyeinsteinruby8520 Nas from 1996-2000 was dropping shit that was considered by many to be underwhelming and subpar to Illmatic, then Ether dropped.
@@tinkyeinsteinruby8520he is right nas was irrelevant by 2001 nobody cared about him like that until the beef
Quotables on quotables, Jay the goat.
Ether
Eminem
He scribbled in his notepad and created his life
Absolutely awesome magnificent superb
'you made it a hot line, I made it a hot song'💥
The doors 5to 1 and rap combined hell yea love this song
Glad these 2 legends came together. This Era needs to take notes..
Exactly tbh the ether and takeover is my favorite hip hop diss song ever it completely stood out than any other diss songs in hip hop imo.
I haven’t heard this ina minute. Dam this definitely classic prime Jigga
the takeover & ether are the best diss tracks ever made in 2001 cant say which one is my fav i love them both
Same both are my favorite diss songs ever in hip hop
black friday by lil' kim is criminally underrated
@@imhigherthanagiraffesassin5060 true true
Im here after YE mentioned on the Greatest Interview ever on DRINK CHAMPS!💯💯💯
Likewise bro!!!🤣🤣🤣hell of a episode huh?
@@mannycarbajal4016 Hell yea, and i really liked to see Ye happy and smile, He was himself!💯
what did he say?
Kendall Roy brought me here..
When this song started playing, I knew Kendall was doomed. I think it was definitely foreshadowing.
Not gone lie this is STILL crazy. Takeover is wild. He also drew first blood.
Then Ether dropped.
@theorignalmartian1261 and straight walked his big lipped ahh... burn your soul Eather...
@@theorignalmartian1261yeah, last relevant nas song 😂
Only reason Nas has a better diss is because it was focused only on jay-z , jay focused on more than just Nas he came to kill the whole game but y'all ain't notice
Thank You they act like jay only focused on nas
Exactly very valid point
Then Jay could have made a response diss targeted solely at Nas instead of crying on radio lol
''Only reason Nas has a better..'' - Enough said
hov was a one man army on this track 😅
Underrated!
He not only dissed Nas but ppl forget he dissing Prodigy from Mobb deep too
Exactly
Excellence!!!!!
This whole album was legendary
Facts
american gangster is better
Nas got him with Ether but Takeover just a classic man
Agreed
That intro sound come onnnnn 🔥🔥🔥
Two Billionaires on this track, rapper and producer
This could have destroyed almost every other rapper in that era, other then NAS.
I love it 😂😂😂
That's because its a mobb deep diss with a Nas verse and mobb deep didn't survive
This is far better than ether , that my opinion tho!!💯💪🏿
U know rap music 👊
U dumb.... first 6 bars is dick riding off shoutouts for who??? Man sonstantly stealing bars from Biggie. You need Eather in your life.
Me too 🔥
Jay was speaking facts thou
In that 10 year average bar, definitely speaking facts about himself
Miss really n badly Sushantji
Lots of love n always huge huge respect for you
Never forget you
🙏🙏🙏
I know but the beat and flow is so trash tho😅
This and Blueprint 2 was all facts
@@ishmeelcurry3394 You know that facts are true statements, right? 🤦♂️
Both are great songs....
Nas won the battle....hands down...
Jay bridged a battle rap with a bounce flow....can be played at clubs, radio, and etc....
Either is a song for a mood...which is why it hit so hard. Takeover almost seemed like Jay got knocked out and this was laughing off the punch even though it hurt.
Takeover was all facts...Ether wasn't
Nas won nuthin. Takeover is much more than a diss song. It's a lesson.
Introduction// Transitions// A fall to launch the conclusion.
Brooklyn boy INCREDIBLE
Takeover was b4 Ether so how is this is like him getting knocked out and laughing ?
your Nas bias is a joke. U acknowledge that both are great songs but say that Nas won the battle hands down.... . Look the majority declared Nas victor. But from an unbiased fan's perspective The Takeover was a superior diss track.
I will always play this track Over the ether, but that's just me
No it's not just you
Same here Takeover better.
To me Jay won 🏆
Favorite diss by jay growing up
One of the most insane lyrical beefs of all time if not the best...
You definitely hear the ye in here 🔥
Imagine dropping this level of a diss track and *losing* the beef
Takeover 9.9. Ether 10 lol
Super ugly > this and ether
To me he didn’t lose
Jay spit facts. Ether was emotional
Without this masterpiece from Kanye & Jayz nas wouldn't have created the greatest diss of all time
Ether was overrated
@@Ohitsmyturn ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? nooooooooooooooooo tf
I didn't even know this was a Ye beat
Second greatest
Hit em up was something else
@@aadityajhawar2534 frankly ether is 3rd best diss imo, No Vaseline fucking destroyed NWA. That's the 2nd best diss according to me. Then Ether
Are we really sure Nas won that battle? I use to think Nas won as I got older it’s very clear Jay killed him, Nas was just doing straw man attacks, innuendos and childish “you ugly” disses, everything jay was spitting was literally facts. t the time the media convinced many that Nas won, no way he did.
Either is good lyrical is damaging but I feel Jay z won ..take over the beat the hook n flow are fire.
Ether is absolutely 90% playground insults like variations on "ugly n!gga you ghey".
As far as I'm concerned, Takeover is the better song. But I understand that Ether got more oohs and aahs based on how everyone can relate to childish taunts anyways.
@@MrWillcapone jay is ugly - facts
jay is insecure - facts
jay jumped from crew to crew - facts
jay was a nas fan - facts
jay took blame for stabbing someone but didn't do it himself - facts
jay talks bad about women - facts
jay and dame thinks they wer puff and biggie - facts
jay got destroyed by eminem on his own track - facts
jay modified his style of rhyming after nas blew up - facts
jay was talking tae bo lessons - facts
jay got a love for attention - facts
def jam (russel simmons) ruled roc a fella ruff ryders and murder inc - facts
jay paid serchlight publishing and not nas from sampling him - lie (mc serch debunked it)
jay showed nas his first tech - lies (nas grew up around guns in qb)
jay made a nas sample a hot song - lies (the word is yours is as classic as dead presidents and even better)
jay said nas has the worst flow in the game - lies (like come on)
jay said one was nahh the other was illmatic - lies (iww is a classic and i am a great album)
jay said one hot album every ten year average - lies (and since 2009 that line appies to him ironically)
jay said in was in the game for 5 years and nas 10. so he started nas carreer in 91 hen nas did his first appearance - lies (by that logic jay is in the game since 89)
bonus : jay said prodigy was a ballerina - lies, he was dressed as michael jackson and was 8 or 9. he twisted the facts and everybody went along
ether is a better diss track and that's all it matters, we don't care about the beat or the sample. in a battle it's about who's more effective. hit em up is the perfect example of this
Nas definitely won
Agreed! But people like surface, basic rhymes. The same people that though Nas won were the same people who had "Laughy Taffy" on repeat.
Nas really didn't have many classic albums but Jay on the other hand stayed dropping classics and still is to this day
Say what hahahaha
@@loganferti278 add it up
KD1,2,3, magic, choose ur poison
Lmao what? Illmatic. It was written, stillmatic, KD, Lost tapes.
@@jgadonisspeaks remove king disease and lost tapes
This was an amazing diss record, but ether was better
Listening to Ether compared to this, Ether was trash.
Nas is a better rapper #levels
NOT EVEN CLOSE HOMIE!
Yes nas killed it
I think the ether beat was fire but as far as lyrics and diss bars go jay z gotem in this one. I remember when the blueprint 1 dropped the whole album was 🔥
Nothing touches ether
How can silly people think ether was better than this masterpiece. Jay spit nothing but facts
Ether is way better and memorable
Tryin' to get brolic? Ask me if I'm kicking knowledgeable? Nah, I'm trying to kick that shit you need to learn though, that Ether that makes your soul burn slow 🔥
Takeover was better.
Weak
Damn!! Jagga spit some hard bars on takeover... This ain't no walkover man
Damn this is hard.
Love the 5 to 1 sample
Takeover better. Musically this is way above. Nas is fire but Jay-Z crushed this.
Cap
Why you lying for 🤥🤥
Thank you for telling the true. I like them both but Jay won hands down!
@@shereelewis2251 liar
@@tetsianjorin1111 how am I 🤥?
Music was better
Facts were giving
Nas ? If anything Jay helped him when he came out with Ether. Nas song was like a kid upset with a bully so he basically said he was a fxg, and ugly.
People have foggy memories. This was hot as fuck when it came out. Takeover is one of the best diss tracks of all time, and overall a better song than Ether, though of course Nas won it with Ether. Nas just held back no punches, but you can’t deny Takover is a better song, has better flow, and the beat is far superior. Jay Z also was showing off and had them funny ass bars going at Nas and Mobb Deep. Nas and Ether took the belt, but Jay ain’t no lame; know that. Real hip hop heads recognize Takeover was a top tier diss
"Nas just held back no punches"
Now that's where you're wrong, Nas wrote 2 disstracks before the released Ether, but they weren't put out, because they were too brutal and disrespectful, so he had soften it up, and write Ether to a new beat.
I also disagree when you say that Takeover had better flow, cause Ether's flow is much better, imo. I agree with the beat tho, it's a Kanye West masterpiece
This was way better then ether imo, jay z a low key bully 😂 🔥 verses sheeeeshh
@@JulioSanchez-ol5yk agreed. Ether sucked. Then super ugly demolished him. I don't understand how nas won? His career needed reviving. It revived as long as the beef and nas went right back down to "underground legend" meanwhile Jay z kept climbing.
@@robertojefferson3428 Yeah supa ugly is slept on. I'm surprised no one really mentions it
Nah, Ether smashed Takeover on every level....Ether is unFUCKwitable 💯💯💯
Lots of quotables of this survived through hip hop lingo . Definition of a classic
Catchy af
When he says "fell from top 10 to not mentioned at all" ... I hope he wasn't referring to album debut on US billboard cos God's son & Magic are the only Nas albums to debut below top 10 on US billboard.
Think he means Nas was considered a top 10 rapper of all time then at that time he was falling off and wasn’t mentioned at all in hovs mind.
Raah God's son was actually 🥶 as well
@@countmusa1074 wasn't just in Hovs mind. Nas had Illmatic in 1994 and It was written in 1996 but in 1998 he dropped I am which was supposed to be a double disc but it leaked and was heavily bootlegged. The version of I am that dropped in 1998 was a single disc and he promised a second album which came in the form of Nastradomus. In addition I think in 1997-1998 he came out with the Firm. Bravehearts came after Nastradomus...so if you look at Nas after it was Written you can say he was kind of shaky.
Hov basically comparing Nas position in 1994-96 vs Nas in 2001 when this dropped. He aint wrong. Nas came back though with that Stillmatic album. Some real good joints on that, not to mention the stuff on the Lost Tapes (and if you can get the double disc version of I am) show Nas quality never really slacked at that time despite how the music was released.
This is top 3 diss tracks of all time. The beat, the lyrics, the flow! 🤒
Definitely not top 3
@@theorignalmartian1261 ong, Hit em up, Ether, No vaseline and muthaphuckin g’s easily the top
No probably not. It was just a vibe that day. But it might break my top 5 diss tracks. Heck I think Cry me a River is a dope diss track
I reckon it's: No Vaseline, Ether and Hit Em Up.
it's still fire though - people will forever remember this song and think of Ether so it doesn't get enough credit but it's a great track and beat goes off
After actually listening to it a lot more I can say that it’s a Top 5 diss song
Still 🔥
"That's a one hot album every ten year habit"... You could smell the ashes in the air.
I love Takeover and I love Ether 😂
Same 😅
Same but I think Takeover is lyrically superior
The verse about Mobb Deep was disrespectful ☠️🤣🤣🤣🤣
Damn........ damn..... that's wild.... I'd be hurt , like I'd be big mad
I will stand on it Takeover is better than ether on how he broke down Nas career at the point all facts all facts! Nas fans ether was good I’m not taking away from so don’t come here attacking it’s just my opinion Takeover is incredible!
Takeover is a better song and ether had a better impact
No facts
My favorite line is
"No. Youre not on my level gets your brakes tweaked. I sold what your whole album sold in my first week" pretty simple bar but still sick
you say its simple. But ether was filled with simple bars period.
What makes this song better than ether … everything jay said was a fact Lolol .. fact rap
...and he STILL lost😂😂
The takeover, the break‘s over
'Ether' was a better diss, but 'Takeover' had a MUCH better beat.
No shit, it was THE Kanye West
You nuts take over is better and jay only gave him a verse haha
The beat sample is taken from a song by The Doors called Five to One. Very cool. They did a great job turning it into a hip hop song.
@@deepaparakkal4241 takeover was better than either. Nas was good in the 90s but sucks now
lol this is The Doors 5 to 1 sound. Came out like '69. Sound is hard, check it out.
I’m just listening to this song in 2022, I’ve always been an ether fan! I neva cared to hear this.. but this kills ether! I swear!!
That 10 years one hot album bar ruined the song though
No!
@@lyricsanonymous9036 it didn't because it was true. Nobody like I am and nastradamas. Illmatic was illmatic. It was written was considered ehhh. What's false about that? Nas was sinking before this beef
@@robertojefferson3428 *"One hot album every 10 years average"* Really?
Illmatic dropped *4/19/94* while Takeover dropped *9/11/01.* That's 7 years 4 months and 3 weeks, it's *not 10 years* ...so we already disproved the bar 🤷♂️ And I know, Nas debuted in 1991 on Live at the BBQ and that makes 10 years...still don't make a difference, it makes no sense
Now *what's the criteria* for a hot album? Commercial success or critical acclaim?
*Illmatic -* 5 Mics in The Source
*It Was Written -* 4 Mics in The Source and went double platinum within in 3 months
*I Am -* 4 1/2 Mics in The Source and sold 470,000 its first week and went platinum within a month
*Nastradamus -* sold 232,000 its first week and went platinum in less than a month
Either way you go, Nas has 3 hot albums in the given time frame 🤷♂️
*Jay Z* debuted in July of 1989 on Hawian Sophie, so he has til July of 1999...
*Reasonable Doubt -* 4 Mics in The Source but it only sold 43,000 in its first week (less than Illmatic). It also didn't go platinum til 2002
*Vol. 1* 4 Mics in The Source but only sold 138,000 its first week
*Vol 2. -* 4 1/2 Mics in The Source and sold 350,000 its first week
So *critically,* Jay has *3 hot albums* ...but *commercially,* he only has *1 hot album* in 10 years. So Jays bar isn't true about Nas in any way, shape, or form...but can be said about Jay 🤷♂️
@@robertojefferson3428 Considered ehhh? Were you even born yet? IWW was a pretty big album, that shit was everywhere 🤦♂️
underrated thing about this beef is Jay probably made this just chillin in the studio one day off the dome
Nas on the other hand took months for him to drop a diss, which should’ve took points off. He had to really sit back and figure how to attack.. Jay didn’t need all of that and he was speaking FACTS on Takeover, Nas diss hit on a emotional level cause you could feel the preparation and anger Ether.
You people love to d-ride Jay 😂. You probably believe Jay came up with “I got 99 problems…” in a studio session, too 😂.
@@znhait ??????????
He shouldve wrote something then cause he lost.
@@bigboss92 yea he lost by popular vote, I like his diss better than Nas though. Ether probably the greatest diss track ever, while Jay diss track is in the top 5. The fact that you here commenting with me lets you know how lethal the diss track was. Nas took months to respond with that emotional track, none of it was facts.. he sounded hurt. Jay smashed his girl homie, lol idc taking the logical and fact base diss track over Ether. Cry about it.
@@bigboss92 didnt need to write nothing else you here when this track came out in 2001 cut it out. You love Jay style, you a supporter if anything bozo. Why are you here if you think Nas won ?? Go on that side you fan
I can play takeover and ether back to back everyday
Same my favorite hip hop diss songs ever
He sleeping 😂it's never enough i just like watching how it goes in and out 😂😂
Kanye brought me here from Drink Champs
good, now listen to Ether
@@prodigyy505 vouch
HIM AND YE AND COLE "NEED" TOO MAKE A TAKEOVER 2...just to remind the game jay-z running everything still.
@@prodigyy505 Why Ether is whack 🤮🚮 Takeover is way better 🔥🎯🎯
@@fredos4623 I ain’t a stan like you , both were good . Your uglyass calling ether trash shows how one sided you are. I liked ether more, takeover was fire too. But we all know who won the beef so yea.
Unpopular opinion: this is better than ether in every way
Very unpopular cause it’s cap
@@JohnDoe-yn1xk my opinion still
Only because you think it's facts but it's really well told lies
@@JohnDoe-yn1xkAin't cap. Takeover directed at multiple rappers, ended mobb deep's career and damn near ended Nas', not to mention its more factual. Ether has fire insults, but they're just that, insults.
I'm sorry but Takeover > Ether. Ether was a whole song for Jay and it was brutal but Takeover only had a verse for Nas and what a verse it was
Can you imagine thinking this is better than Ether. Out your dam mind
it’s better than ether gang. Nas called him gay z 💀
At the time I thought Ether was better but definitely not today
Probably the hardest Jay z ever
Does anyone appreciate The Doors being an unofficial sponsor of the diss? The beat is sick. RIP Jim
This is an example of picking a fight and losing
Idk why people think ether was a better diss, I find the lyrics of takeover way more clever and as a song it sounds better too
Sympathy for nas. JAY-Z was about to vanish Nas from earth so hiphop felt sorry for David against Goliath 💯
Anyone after J.cole chickened out ?
Me 🗿
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@@realprincevegeta aye fellow struggler 👏🏼
Have a good day brotha!!
"The sun don't shine the sun don't shine"
AND THEN EITHER WAS BORN
I don’t care what anyone says. This is better than ether. It’s straight facts. Ether was just childish insults
hell no
Bro feel sorry for you
Just say ether went over ur head 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@davesylvindeckerii4528 your childish replies prove him right already lol
@@husseinandout3867 hop off cuz nobody was talking to u goofy