The outrageous biting of the Jigga man...

[Jome]

You could make a list like this about most rappers.

Yup.
He's copying Biggie & Pac a lot, but after all he was a fan of both of them, and which rapper is NOT inspired by Biggie and Pac?
..and these \/ are ridiculous.. shows that the dude was too desperate in his search..

-----------------------------------------------------------------------6. Jay-Z on "Friend or Foe 98"
"Do me a favor dude, get 2 ice cubes I pass them
Take that ice up, for the nicest MC"

Biggie: on "Unbelievable"
"Get ready to die, tell God I said hi
And throw down some ice, for the nicest MC"
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10. Jay-Z Freestyle
"Old school, new school need to know this
I burn like Left Eye Lisa Lopez"

Biggie on "Who Shot Ya"
"Old school new school need to learn though
I burn baby burn like Disco Inferno"
-----------------------------------------------------------------------12. Jay-Z on "Jigga My Nigga"
"From the crap tables down in A.C.
Back on the block Jay-Z muthafucka from the, the, the R-O-C
Went solo on that ass but it's still the same
Brooklyn be the place where I serve them thangs
...You heard the name"

"He is I, and I am him
Slim with the tilted brim on twenty inch rims"

Snoop on "Who Am I (What's My Name?)"
"From the depths of the sea, back to the block
Snoop Doggy Dogg, funky as the, the, The D.O.C
Went solo on that ass, but it's still the same
Long Beach is the spot where I served my cane
...What's my muthafuckin name?!"

"He is I, and I am him, slim with the tilted brim"
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Jay-Z on "Never Change"
"From the womb to the tomb, from now until my doom
Drink army from one cup pass it around the room
That's the ritual"

Nas on "Verbal Intercourse"
"From the womb to the tomb, presume the unpredictable
Guns salute life, rapidly, that's the ritual"
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20. Jay-Z
"Why you over here lookin at me
While all these girls up in here"

Mase
"Why you over here looking at me
While my girl standing here"
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21. Jay-Z
"It was all a dream"

Biggie
"It was all a dream"
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22. Jay-Z
"The rap version of T.D. Jakes"

Nas
"The rap version of Sisqo"
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23. Jay-Z
"Ain't no other kings in this rap thing, ya kiddin"

Notorious B.I.G.
"Ain't no other kings in this rap think they siblings"
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27. Jay-Z
"Who you lovin, who you wanna be fuckin, huh?...

Lil' Kim
"Who you lovin, who you wanna be huggin..."
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30. Jay-Z
"Cause you don't understand him don't mean that he nice Just mean you don't understand all the bullshit that he writes"

Talib Kweli on "Good Mourning"
"Just because no one could understand how you speak Doesn't necessarily mean what you be saying is deep"
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[Trauma-san]

I don't really mind him doing it, but yeah, he does do it more than anybody else.  They missed some too, I know I heard him bite Snoop more than that, I'm pretty sure I've heard him bite more snoop & Kurupt stuff from the Chronic.  

[Mudpole]

Just goes to show if Biggie weren't dead
Jay-Z would never be as big as he is now!

[eastcoasta]

Biggie and jayz use to rap with each other.... and im sure they helped each other finnish verses.... no one here has yet reinforced the fact that jay z did some of the writing for dre's 2001... i am going to try to get a copy of a list of albums that he has wrote on.....

[Twentytwofifty]

Just goes to show if Biggie weren't dead
Jay-Z would never be as big as he is now!

 

[King Tech Quadafi]

cmon c2 knuckles, u seem like a proper hip hop head, dont tell me u actually believe Jigga would be just as big is Biggie was still around?

[Twentytwofifty]

He wouldn't be AS big as he is now, but he said "Just goes to show if Biggie weren't dead...", these bullshit quotes don't show that.  I'm not even a big Jay-Z fan but when I see:

Jay-Z:
"Do me a favor dude, get 2 ice cubes I pass them
Take that ice up, for the nicest MC"

Biggie: on "Unbelievable"
"Get ready to die, tell God I said hi
And throw down some ice, for the nicest MC"

gimme a break, that ain't biting, that's going too far.  He would of been popular anyways, he had 4 singles before Vol 2 (that's when he really blew) was released and 2 more after, that album was going to sell big, Biggie alive or not.  But he probably wouldn't considered "the king of New York" by some, people just needed to call someone that and he filled the void.

[Mudpole]

Listen c2 knuckles i beleive in what i said and i
stand by it, you may have a different opinion
and your entitled to it. But you're being selective
when you compare a Jay-Z lyric to Bigs.

All i'm sayin just take another look at the list

Peace

[Jome]

Kinda funny how this thread was placed in the Westcoast part of the forum on purpose..
Jay-Z doesn't stand a chance in this part of the forum.. or should I extend that to "Eastcoast rappers alive and not signed to a Westcoast label".....