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I know what Dogg Pound is saying these days, and nearly every rapper these days is putting out revisionist history on the matter of the East/West beef. They are saying this was a tribute track to New York and of course every rapper is blaming the East/West beef on the media, etc. etc.I'm old enough to remember when all this shit actually came out. So I really only want people voting on this who are old enough to remember the mid 90's...
it’s a dissyou can tell by the intro where they’re mocking NY slang
Quote from: Infinite Trapped in 1996 on March 04, 2020, 02:04:56 AMI know what Dogg Pound is saying these days, and nearly every rapper these days is putting out revisionist history on the matter of the East/West beef. They are saying this was a tribute track to New York and of course every rapper is blaming the East/West beef on the media, etc. etc.I'm old enough to remember when all this shit actually came out. So I really only want people voting on this who are old enough to remember the mid 90's...Watch the video in the sidebar to hear Kurupt speaking on it:https://genius.com/1493021He says the lyrics in the verses have nothing to do with the hook, which I tend to believe. I heard that Pac criticized Snoop and the Dogg Pound for using random verses on songs that don't have anything to do with the song title/hook/theme of the song, and if you are familiar with their catalog from their Death Row days, this is absolutely true. The verses seem like your standard Kurupt verses from the time and make no specific mention of NY.So because of that, I tend to think they did the chorus randomly and it was a tribute to some degree, although a half-assed one. Keep in mind they recorded this song before the Source Awards and the murder of Jake Robles, when the beef got serious.
Quote from: Sccit on March 10, 2020, 12:30:31 PMit’s a dissyou can tell by the intro where they’re mocking NY slangYup the intro gave it away Kurupt was also rapping in a more pronounced east coast style than he usually did to show that the west coast had lyricists as well
Quote from: HighEyeCue on March 10, 2020, 06:34:17 PMQuote from: Sccit on March 10, 2020, 12:30:31 PMit’s a dissyou can tell by the intro where they’re mocking NY slangYup the intro gave it away Kurupt was also rapping in a more pronounced east coast style than he usually did to show that the west coast had lyricists as wellThe intro I will concede but the 2nd part of what you said could be seen as an ode or friendly competition type thing. Either way I don’t think their main intention was to diss all of NY, but to just show they could hang with the NY rappers. Like they felt slighted so they were seeking the respect and recognition they felt they deserved from that side.
Quote from: dj coma on March 10, 2020, 08:24:02 PMQuote from: HighEyeCue on March 10, 2020, 06:34:17 PMQuote from: Sccit on March 10, 2020, 12:30:31 PMit’s a dissyou can tell by the intro where they’re mocking NY slangYup the intro gave it away Kurupt was also rapping in a more pronounced east coast style than he usually did to show that the west coast had lyricists as wellThe intro I will concede but the 2nd part of what you said could be seen as an ode or friendly competition type thing. Either way I don’t think their main intention was to diss all of NY, but to just show they could hang with the NY rappers. Like they felt slighted so they were seeking the respect and recognition they felt they deserved from that side.Okay but what about the Juice Crew reference? Juice Crew was a legendary East Coast Crew, Kurupt raps "Oh you got the Juice, I squeeze the Juices" something like that
You guys are right, the intro seems like they’re mocking.
Quote from: dj coma on March 10, 2020, 08:18:15 PMYou guys are right, the intro seems like they’re mocking.Could be the other way too though in my opinion.Quote from: Infinite Trapped in 1996 on March 10, 2020, 08:46:50 PMQuote from: dj coma on March 10, 2020, 08:24:02 PMQuote from: HighEyeCue on March 10, 2020, 06:34:17 PMQuote from: Sccit on March 10, 2020, 12:30:31 PMit’s a dissyou can tell by the intro where they’re mocking NY slangYup the intro gave it away Kurupt was also rapping in a more pronounced east coast style than he usually did to show that the west coast had lyricists as wellThe intro I will concede but the 2nd part of what you said could be seen as an ode or friendly competition type thing. Either way I don’t think their main intention was to diss all of NY, but to just show they could hang with the NY rappers. Like they felt slighted so they were seeking the respect and recognition they felt they deserved from that side.Okay but what about the Juice Crew reference? Juice Crew was a legendary East Coast Crew, Kurupt raps "Oh you got the Juice, I squeeze the Juices" something like thatSecond topic from you about this subject and the second time you're gettin' the lyrics wrong. U should check out RapGenius.