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Nas - Ether
Stillmatic (2001)
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Nas - Ether
"Ether" is a diss song to fellow New York
rapper Jay-Z, who had surpassed Nas in
commercial success since 1998 and had
dismissed him as a has-been on the diss track
"Takeover." Nas responds to Jay's claims by
rapping, "I got this, locked since
Nine-One(1991), I am the truest/ Name a
rapper that I ain't influenced." The song
contains numerous gay-based slurs directed at
Jay-Z: "When these streets keep calling,
heard it when I was sleep/ That this Gay-Z
and Cock-A-Fella Records wanted beef," "First
Biggie's your man, then you got the nerve to
say that you're better than Big/ Dick-suckin'
lips, why don't you let the late great
veteran live," "You a dick-ridin' faggot, you
love the attention/ Queens niggas run you
niggas, ask Russell Simmons" and "Put it
together/ I rock hoes; y'all rock fellas."
Nas also attacks Jay-Z's street cred,
claiming, "In '88, you was gettin' chased to
your buildin'/ Callin' my crib, and I ain't
even give you my numbers/ All I did was give
you a style for you to run with." He also
accuses Jay of selling out, "Y'all niggas
deal with emotions like bitches/ What's sad
is I love you cause you're my brother, you
traded your soul for riches." He had lines
regarding Jay's unattractive appearance and
accuses him of misogyny, rapping, "You seem
to be only concerned with dissin' women/ Were
you abused as a child, scared to smile, they
called you ugly?" and "Foxy kept you hot,
kept your face in her puss/ What you think
you gettin' girls now because of your looks?"
He also accuses Jay of brown-nosing other
rappers for fame: "Your ass went from Jaz to
hangin' with Kane, to Irv to Big/ And, Eminem
murdered you on your own shit." Not only does
he criticize the usage of other rappers'
influence for increased fame, he mentions
that Eminem vastly outshined him on his song,
"Renegade". It was the only Blueprint track
with a guest rapping appearance, and many
fans and critics feel that Jay-Z was
overshadowed by Eminem's visceral, assonant
rhymes. Finally, Nas insults Jay-Z's biting
of Big's lyrics, "How much of Biggie's rhymes
gonna come out your fat lips?".
Nas - Ether
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