Nas: Ether Vs. Jay-Z: Takeover - Which Is The Better Diss?

[LyRiCaL_G]

even jigga admitted in an interview on mtv that nas won the battle in the end but its only gon make him stronger.

Nas ether joint is legendary...both bangin but nas won hands down no doubt.

Poeple use ether as a blueprint for disses

pz

[corner_boy]

the takeover was a good shot but ether was murda

[hellrazor86]

the takeover was a good shot but ether was murda

[wc-reppin]

Takeover was hard but I am gonna go with Ether. Nas killed it with that!!!

[Man On The Moon]

Ether


I love the fuckin "Doors" sample on "Takeover" though.

[stillinrehab]

Ether by alot for me!!!! Nas on his game is WAAAAAAYYYYYY better than Jay Z on his game IMO... This is an example of it!!!!

[Nat Turner-reincarnated]

Both are dope but I saw Nas do Ether liver at central park so Ether.

you talking about that free concert he did a couple of summers ago?

[Invincible]

Both dope. But IMO Nas got him harder.

Agreed.

[West Coast Veteran]

One thing I agree with Jay-Z on, in one of his interviews about the whole situation was that only one verse was aimed towards Nas so it was kind of unbalanced. Who knows what could of happened if Jay-Z focused all his attention on Nas, before he got shook after listening to "Ether". I know he dropped "Supa Ugly", etc. but that was after he was shook. I mean he totally annihilated Prodigy cause that was his main target at Summer Jam, not Nas. It's a "what if", but all in all Nas won.

And HONESTLY, that was the LAST moment in Hip Hop that actually had me excited about Hip Hop again. It was the most important event since Pac and Big passed and Hip Hop hasn't been as exciting since.

[Sofa_King_Awesome]

One thing I agree with Jay-Z on, in one of his interviews about the whole situation was that only one verse was aimed towards Nas so it was kind of unbalanced. Who knows what could of happened if Jay-Z focused all his attention on Nas, before he got shook after listening to "Ether". I know he dropped "Supa Ugly", etc. but that was after he was shook. I mean he totally annihilated Prodigy cause that was his main target at Summer Jam, not Nas. It's a "what if", but all in all Nas won.

And HONESTLY, that was the LAST moment in Hip Hop that actually had me excited about Hip Hop again. It was the most important event since Pac and Big passed and Hip Hop hasn't been as exciting since.

[Blood$]

Takeover - Better instrumental.
Ether - Better lyrics & style.

co-sign, but on "Takeover" I also feel like there was more energy (that reflects on the beat probablly), and Prodigy basically got his career ended there as well haha

"Ether" still has the edge though IMO

[herpes]

Both are dope but I saw Nas do Ether liver at central park so Ether.

you talking about that free concert he did a couple of summers ago?

Yea shit was crazy.  Hot97 fucked up and didn't tell anyone it was a 3,000 person limit.  Something like 10,000 showed up at central park.  I got there late but I was by myself so I blended in and cut the whole line to get in.  I was skeptical of going b/c everyone says Nas puts on a crappy show.  But the energy he had the crowd had was crazy.  When he finally came on stage mad cats that couldn't get in bum rushed the stage.  Everyone moved 5-10 feet closer to the stage and the cops were about to shut the show down lol.  But he had a lot of guest.  Q-Tip, A..Z. , Mobb Deep, Busta Rhymes, it was crazy.  The crowd exploded when Mobb Deep came out b/c everyone thought they were still beefing.

[The Big Bad Ass]

Ether is the better diss, Takeover is the better song.

One thing I agree with Jay-Z on, in one of his interviews about the whole situation was that only one verse was aimed towards Nas so it was kind of unbalanced. Who knows what could of happened if Jay-Z focused all his attention on Nas, before he got shook after listening to "Ether". I know he dropped "Supa Ugly", etc. but that was after he was shook. I mean he totally annihilated Prodigy cause that was his main target at Summer Jam, not Nas. It's a "what if", but all in all Nas won.

And HONESTLY, that was the LAST moment in Hip Hop that actually had me excited about Hip Hop again. It was the most important event since Pac and Big passed and Hip Hop hasn't been as exciting since.

I agree with both these statements. This battle really was the last thing in hip hop that had me excited about the music. Shit is so watered down compared to a few years back, but these 2 were still on par.

[WestCoasta]

this question can't be serious

[K.Dub]

"I rock hoes, y'all rock fellas"

...I'll leave it at that.