DJ Clark Kent: Jay Z & Nas Would Be Friends If their Beef Was Just About Rap

[@jaywill142]

Vlad mad cause Nas will never be in Vlad Tv

[@RafaelLopez-xj1th]

jaywill142 exactly

[@Mr127Patrick]

jaywill142 Facts!!

[@kayfuller7304]

That’s a fact

[@Ro7777]

Why not? Them niggas soft now. Jay and Nas will always be classic shit i grew up on.

[@naturalimmunity7007]

Right..

[@zislec]

Illmatic was and still is exactly what hip hop is a about. From the beginning to end. When ppl talk about a classic album, this album is the best example for it.

[@wordlifefactory1656]

PLEASE Say it louder for those deaf blind and acting dumb, just bc Jay Z playing "Simon Says" with dey ass lol

[@Icebgriz]

ILLMATIC GOT LIKE 3 OR 4 SONGS TO ME ....

[@Maal7432]

@@IcebgrizAnd you’re crazy!

[@ILLAILLS]

I think the beef been settled and they're are on good terms

[@truestdude]

It has..

[@truestdude]

They made amends a long time ago

[@S.T.E.E.Z.Y]

truestdude Like 10 years ago

[@truestdude]

+8ball64 Right

[@DaboooogA]

On the real they hate each other. You think you can be friends after beef like that? They avoid each other like the plague Nas throws shots at Jay on every track they have managed to make

[@slick1hit]

Let's not forget during the whole battle Nas was dealing with his mom having cancer. Nas was taking care of her, and moved her to his home. She passed a little after he moved her in. Just imagine your mother just passing and you have to deal with niggas trying to take your spot. Even Jungle said he doesn't know how Nas dealt with that. Oh yea, I'm a Jay fan but "Ether" got Jay but when Nas released "Last Real Nigga Alive" that put the final nail in the coffin. People slept on that record!

[@KiDiN2020]

Yooo u right

[@AKILAHTRAMMELL]

Jayz was just jealous of Nas. He wanted to take the top spot, he wanted the accolades that Nas had and when Bleek said that Nas was talking about him, he jumped at the opportunity to attack. I thought he was lame for going at Nas. One of Jay's only career missteps. He slept on Nas cuz he wasn't popping like he was when he first came out. He didn't think Nas had it in him. Then he dropped that Ether and shut his ass up!!

[@Maal7432]

PUD NUK Straight up facts. Jay knew Nas was nicer than him lyrically.

[@CHASE0001VB]

Well said.

[@ch.illmatic]

PUD NUK I don't think it's just jealousy and accolades. Mostly because Jay was near the top of the world with albums goin platinum left and right, while Nas was really declining

[@Curtchrisdagod]

Perfectly stated! @PUD NUK

[@tilwanna8081]

@@Curtchrisdagod so why go at somebody if you feel like they declining

[@MINDxWORM]

Nas & Jay have collaborated 4 times since the beef finished. Both with at LEAST 3 classic albums under their belts. Shits been over for a decade Vlad...

[@nikkisandz119]

All the songs nas a jay z did together was trash and both are my favorite mc's the only decent track they did together was let that bitch breathe, and even that song is so so, it wasn't the lyrics it was just bad production

[@TheAirForceFly]

@@nikkisandz119 success on american gangster wasnt trash at all

[@nicksandz3209]

@@TheAirForceFly i agree it wasn't trash but it wasn't a classic either and i actually like that song, we are talking about 2 of the best mc's ever and they couldn't make a classic together

[@mistahmst]

Those songs were meh (except the one on MCHG, that song was atrocious). Just imagine what they could've put out if they collaborated in their primes.

[@geraldadams8084]

Success on American Ganstars

[@Caunstruct]

The one thing that always bothered me about Takeover was this specific line. 'You said you've been in this 10/I've been in it five-smarten up, Nas.' The problem with this line is that Jay-Z used two different measurements for himself & Nas. Takeover was released in 2001, so when Jay says, 'You said you've been in this 10/I've been in it five', Jay is using the measurement of Nas' 1st time on record in 1991 with Live at the Barbeque(Main Source ft. Nas, Joe Fatal, & Akinyele). 1991-2001=10 years. Jay uses the measurement of when his 1st album released, Reasonable Doubt-1996. 1996-2001=5 years. Jay can't use two different measurements regarding the facts. It has to be one or the other, either he uses the measurement of 1st time on record or 1st album released. It can't be both. If Jay used the measurement of 1st time on record on himself like he did with Nas, this would be the correct line. 'You said you've been in this 10/I've been in it 12-smarten up, Nas. Jay-Z's 1st time on record, 1989-Hawaiian Sophie(The Jaz ft. Jay-Z.) 1989-2001=12 years. Or Jay could've used the measurement of 1st album released on Nas, like he did himself. Then the line would be, 'You said you've been in this 7/I've been in it five-smarten up Nas.' Nas' 1st album released, Illmatic-1994. 1994-2001=7 years.

[@potofgold_5hose393]

Caunstruct nigga shut the fuck up

[@redpiller169]

He said and got 1 hot album every 10 years but firstly two nas albums are better than Jay-Z catalogue.

[@joeljoseph8754]

Caunstruct great point

[@crownchrist]

Wow !👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@Maal7432]

So fucking true.

[@KMas89]

illmatic is definitely a top 5 hip hop album

[@redpiller169]

It was written too. In fact nas first two albums are the best two albums ever.

[@jclokes]

I am from Brooklyn, and would choose Jayz 99.999% of the time. The day "Ether" dropped though, That was the 1%, and Nas won.

[@twocents6951]

It’s no shame in losing to Nas. People shame Jay for it but losing to Nas is like losing to Kobe or Jordan.

[@dubbrown5594]

Ether is better than Takeover.

[@bawentertainment9895]

Dub Brown ether just emotional takeover is facts

[@TheKondinho]

ether is full of facts as well, listen to it again

[@KaizerMan]

Everyone focuses on the Nas verse on Takeover without actually realising Takeover had a better beat and it also pretty much ended Mobb Deeps career too.

[@KayMattersOfficial]

Dub Brown without question

[@TheKondinho]

Okay, i'll do a couple. #1 "name a rapper that I aint influenced" - one of those rappers was Jay. If you do research you'll find Jay used to rap fast until Illmatic came out, then he slowed it down. #2 "Calling my crib and I aint even give you my numbers" Ok, there was this belief at the time that Jay Z was super obsessed with Nas, like scary obsessed and this was just one example of it. Anyway this actually did happen...How the hell he get the mans number? Lol weird shit #3 "All I did was give you a style for you to run with" - Like I said, after Illmatic, a lot of rappers changed their flow to be more like Nas', including Jay Z. #4 "Rocafella died of AIDS that was the end of his chapter and thats the guy ya'll chose to namd your company after?" - all this shit really happened. Rocafella was a known street dude who died of AIDS. Now at the time, people believed you could only catch AIDS through homosexual acts. So Nas basically asking, 'why would you align yourself with a gay dude?' Hence the I rock hoes, ya'll rock fellas line #5 "Foxy got you hot coz you kept your face in her puss" - LOL this shit made me laugh, because apparently it really did happen. I think Foxy Brown even admitted it. Jay Z ate Foxy Brown pussy to get her on a track. Looool

[@andrayanderson19]

Ya'll bugging. I was in high school when ether & take over dropped & ether was felt more in the streets. Everyone one was talking about it. Ppl weren't talking about takeover like that. Cars weren't driving around bumping it like that. Jayz & co need to hold that L & get over it. Hold that L fam.

[@jasonelbowran4l]

Amaru X yeah. even down south people felt ether way more then takeover. ether went way more harder then takeover.

[@Betoven81]

for real! niggas trying to rewrite history. When Takeover dropped, that beat....shit was dope. Everybody thought Nas was already done with and this was just the nail in the coffin...Once you hear that 2pac sample "Fuckk Jay Z"...you knew that shit was on. I cant understand the argument..Jay Z is one of my fav rappers but Ether was on another level

[@drkdze]

Yup, talking about nobody won!?!? Nas won that, period!

[@makehumanitygreatagain8128]

This is the problem with stupid people like you. You speak in absolutes. Were you roaming all of the streets of ghetto USA?

[@mikeb3936]

+bigjayking24 supa ugly flopped and Jay just appeared weak with it because it was tantrum rap. Was nothing to expose because the streets already knew what happened between them. There's a code to NY rap and that song broke it, lol. Even Jays mama publicly came out and made Jay apologize.

[@kingMJ23]

2 of hip hops greatest legends, but can't EVER be compared. Nas was born with the lyrical gift, and has always made it look easy. Jay is witty, learned from the greats around him in the 90's and perfected his craft. This has always been like comparing Jordan and Kobe. One was a man amongst his peers, inspiring on lookers with his gift. The other was a scholar that, in time, conquered the throne and made people respect his talent.

[@JayWerx]

Ether wasnt about no laughs hommie.

[@sbrooks904]

"You no mustache havin with whiskers like a rat"

[@walkwithme]

vlad a nas hater.... ether is a full record at hov. Nas just got a verse.

[@NYCHeavyHitz212]

+walkwithme verse at Nas > Ether

[@walkwithme]

nyc voted ether to be a better song then takeo ver on hot 97 which publicly supported hov during teh beef. That's all the proof that i need. you and vlad don't make a fucking difference in real time boy

[@jaydham1]

exactly I laughed way more with takeover when Jay said "ya only get half a bar fuck yall niggas"I was lmao

[@dwillwilliams1240]

The good days when it used to be about talent

[@irwinfletcher3879]

The Takeover was nothing compared to the track Blueprint 2

[@sbrooks904]

So underrated

[@MINDxWORM]

Buck Jones facts! Jays lines at Nas on that track were some venomous shots.

[@GGecko23]

Buck Jones people sleep on that album period. He was going at nas

[@irwinfletcher3879]

+Darnell Jackson Exactly he kilt it hands down

[@MINDxWORM]

Dayquan Johnson People sleep on it cos it was a double album so there was a lot of filler tracks that felt pointless. After All Eyez on Me & Life After Death everybody was putting out double CD's for a while thinking they'd sell like Big & Pac's CD's did. Nas even has a double album that's slept on.

[@Datruthshines]

Wasn't no laughter about Ether.

[@dropdarealest]

Datruthshines I know right. it was just straight bombs being dropped

[@Powerule23]

That's word. I don't recall being doubled over when I first heard it. If anything, just a constant reaction of "daaamnn."

[@Powerule23]

bigjayking24 Those are fighting words. Those lines weren't funny at the time. Are you from Brooklyn or Queens? Ice's Cube's "No Vaseline" is one thing; but Ether was some straight up disrespectful go for the throat shit. Even Nas now says that battle crossed way beyond the lines of music.

[@Datruthshines]

bigjayking24 Jay got desperate with the Supa Ugly response.

[@Powerule23]

bigjayking24 Honestly, I questioned your insight with the "hella" comment.(You sounded like you were from the west coast Bay area). I'm with you, I don't side with beef, but also being from Brooklyn, there were people who did take sides. My point being, Nas drew a serious line that wasn't comedic. When that song dropped, I had a girlfriend in Queens Village and dudes in here neighborhood were acting tight against me over Ether. You really didn't get that friction-like reaction within the boroughs before. I knew dudes in Brooklyn who refused to listen to Nas, which I found to be pretty stupid. For me, Ether was a pretty personal track, although Jay arguably made things more personal with Super Ugly

[@ProdbyGrimeyred]

this segment of this interview is the definition of how a person who loves hip hop and all its elements act. we need more moments in hip hop that create feelings like this.

[@renoaproblem5951]

Rip the freeway. Shoot thru meemphis with money bags💰. Stop in philly order cheese steaks and eat beans fast.

[@jasonsweet5972]

Stillmatic freestyle was wicked!!!!

[@Cr1ngeK1ngs]

Mudd foot been pumping the stillmatic freestyle up until yesterday. shit dope

[@ricocrockett370]

Mudd foot I thought that freestyle was a better response than Ether imo.

[@Michael-no1vi]

Rico Crockett I totally agree

[@SIDub14]

What was this on? Where can I hear it?

[@havemersyonem]

Ether>takeover And it's not even close Idk what they talking about...

[@sbrooks729]

havemersyonem ether was the coffin, last real n’ alive was the nail for that coffin

[@colinc5531]

@@sbrooks729 FACTS

[@sbrooks729]

Colin C jay said nothing else after lrna

[@colinc5531]

@@sbrooks729 he couldnt say anything, dead man tells no tales 🤣

[@sith06]

Pretty much everything Has said on Ether Jay had already said about himself. I guess there was some New York guy named Rocafella who died of AIDS that I don't know anything about. Because I thought Nas made a mistake and confused John D. Rockefeller, who didn't die from AIDS and name perfectly fits with Rock Hudson, who died from AIDS (I still think this but I'm not from New York so I don't really know).What Jay said about Nas was exactly how I felt about him. One Mic is one of my absolute favorites while some of his other songs I don't know what the hell he is talking about.

[@lightmajor1]

Why does no one ever talk about the fact that Takeover was not an ENTIRE song toward Nas. There was one verse about Nas...vs ether which was a whole song about Jay

[@Michael-no1vi]

lightmajor1 I try to tell people this all of the time. And Jay still won.

[@blackricktheruler]

I'm a Hov and Nas fan but to me Illmatic is the greatest hip-hop album of all time and Hov doesn't have a album that comes close to it.

[@MidTierVillain]

Illmatic & Reasonable Doubt are Two classics.. can't ever front on both.

[@itsmike5757]

Rick Scorsese true but jay has more great albums

[@yusef21595]

Rick Scorsese reasonable doubt 🤔

[@YouCanCallMeLizzy]

It was written & illmatic over reasonable doubt

[@chrisma313]

Rick Scorsese it was written is slept on

[@mr2seven6]

Vlad nas opinion on Nas is ridiculous the fact that it was written is just overlooked as if it wasn't so fucking crazy only because it came right after illmatic is a hip hop crime

[@philwilder4665]

Yeah. It was written is a classic. But I can listen to Nastradamus just as much as It Was Written. A lot of people claim to be Nas fans, but only know his mainstream songs. Shit from the radio... But they can't recite a single line from I Gave You Power. Nothin about The Message. Them are my two favorite songs from that album. But it's good to see that there's still people out there that can recognize real hip-hop. It don't matter how watered down the culture has become. Cuz we can still turn to this old shit, and take a stroll down memory lane.....

[@jay07261986]

+phil wilder suspect is another 1 and silent murder on the cassette tape...I wish he threw De ja vu on there...that's a real gem from that era...

[@ronaldgreenjr1423]

Listen to "What you want I already had...the Gift and the Curse...f*ck that sh*t...the first shall be last"...n*ggas be sleepin on Nas. Tell your favorite rapper to stop hiding behind loud beats

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

R Gee 👌

[@2Greezy2Envy]

Was Nas talking about Beyonce?

[@DJBooks1]

2Greezy2Envy 😂😂😂

[@paschalvfx]

Nas did hide a lot of shit on Ether, he mentioned some very subtly to let Jay-Z know if they keep on going it will be a major problem

[@darcanjel7]

"Looking at the front door" is one of my favorite songs...ever!!

[@tone2106]

Oh yes Breaking Atoms is classic!!!

[@nothere8747]

Nas > jay z all fucking day

[@MrGodismypower]

Based on what? Just curious

[@whayes8084]

I like Jay better.

[@ronaldgreenjr1423]

Nas a better lyricist and rapper. Jay Z always has top notch production that he can hide behind.

[@MrGodismypower]

So do y'all value lyrics over content nowadays or what? Because Jay definitely has some outstanding content in his albums

[@BlackOwnedDollars]

Clown Roach No way.

[@A.Nel2684]

What is Vlad's beef with Nas it seems kind of odd.....

[@felipealem6590]

I NOTICED THAT.

[@incangeneral7996]

He mad he won't give him an interview and isnt a rapper who gives a fuck about what lames like him think

[@ronaldgreenjr1423]

Incangeneral Exactly

[@Invinciblez18]

salty with Nas as if he must of leaked his nudes or something

[@LIBryda]

Vlad gets petty af whenever he has a problem w/ an artist

[@RuthIessVillain]

Vlad really don't fuck with Nas lol

[@BluntNews]

Jam Starr he is a fuck boy and ppl like mas don't fuck with him. Mas don't need his check like lord jamar

[@kennethsaunders1589]

What most people don,t realize is that Take Over has only one verse going at Nas. The first second and third verse was aimed at Prodigy of Mobb Deep .I don,t think one verse was enough to beat Nas.

[@ContextReallyMatters]

"before you used to rap like the fu schnickens, Nas designed your blueprint, who you kidding" but people keep saying nas didn't have facts. That's the most factual linevin,this beef.

[@ayomideolawale4528]

To say Nas gave Jay a style is not factual… Outside of QB when Nas came out many people was like yo… this dude is trying to sound like Rakim. Listen to Pac’s Against All Odds. Nas did not father a style he just adapted it to his own pen.

[@ContextReallyMatters]

@@ayomideolawale4528 Nas rhymes are way more advanced than Rakim though. Jay literally used some of Nas lines.

[@animebrospodcast4577]

@@ContextReallyMattersnot more advanced than jay

[@esseen100]

Clark has it reversed. Takeover made me laugh. Ether had the venom to give me a screw face.

[@stacyr4768]

I'm starting to think Vlad has some obsession with Nas. Then again, I can't blame him, Nas is amazing.

[@user-xb4fm5rx8h]

He has an obsession on Pac the most

[@BlushGush]

He has the same obsession with Michael Jackson. He can't keep nas and mj out of his mouth

[@malcolmx1155]

I need to ask Ja Rule about this, he'll help me make sense of it all.

[@paschalvfx]

Where's Ja? 🤣😂🤣

[@kevinboyyyyy]

Nigga you ain't lyrical you witnesses it from your folks pad scribbled in your notepad and created your life Still get chills from that line

[@kevinboyyyyy]

You know who did you know what with you know who Let's keep that between me and you

[@jjss3055]

+Keving Durant that was the bullet right there. None of Nas bars could fuck with that one line.

[@drestathagangsta8880]

Kevin Durant Have to respectfully disagree. "How much of biggie's rhymes is gon come out your fat lips?/Wanted to be on every last one of my classics." This line hit a major nerve with Jay and was the nail in the coffin.

[@jjss3055]

Deleon Dendy I always thought it was corny that people would accuse Jay-Z of stealing Biggies rhymes. Jay-Z was paying homage to his deceased friend. Every hip hop fan knew biggies rhymes so there was no benefit in stealing his rhymes.

[@kevinboyyyyy]

JJSS I agree

[@THISandTHISandTHAT]

Jay Z & Nas are NICE! DJ Clark Kent is NICE. This interview is NICE! Vlad is NICE!

[@tadyjerry7733]

😂

[@timdellon4051]

That 3rd verse on either alone haunts jay z to this day

[@chazatlas]

'BREAKING ATOMS', Main Source / Large Professor = timeless. If you don't have it, make sure you have it.

[@joejett5084]

Large Professor definitely killed it.

[@YouCanCallMeLizzy]

Why do I feel like I am the only one that thinks "It was written" was slightly better than illmatic?

[@timothyjenkins851]

YouCanCallMeLizzy I don't think ur crazy he had bars but the beats were better

[@dropdarealest]

I don't think ur crazy.

[@YouCanCallMeLizzy]

The story telling, the intricate wordplay, the vivid descriptions. Man It was written was way better. Most people who make real rap can't follow up because now they're rich. But it was written took a whole other angle from illmatic and was better as far as staying relevant to the times.

[@drestathagangsta8880]

YouCanCallMeLizzy Illmatic>Anything Jay Z ever recorded.

[@drestathagangsta8880]

YouCanCallMeLizzy It was Written>Any Jay-Z album ever recorded.

[@StoneGone]

Pac. Nas. Ice Cube. Method Man. Busta Rhymes. Kurupt. The Game. Big daddy Kane.These are most of the rappers in my top ten of all time.

[@Lexruger1249]

El Fuego hombre Great list add Kool G Rap tho

[@gregson8533]

The Game? You're really going to put GAME next to Daddy Kane and Nas & PAC? Nooooo!

[@MoejiiOsmanTV]

This should be an hour long interview.. Step ya game up vlad

[@agthaog1986]

Moejii - it probably is u late....he late lol

[@GwopUpEnt]

Moejii - you'll be seeing clips of the interview for the next 6 years

[@mattiasjohannson1716]

GwopUpEnt fr thats how vlad be doin it 😂😂😂

[@truestdude]

+GwopUpEnt It's funny bc it's true

[@Powerule23]

Interviews are broken up because analytics prove that it's easier to watch short interviews as compared to long. You basically have to look at your watch to view a long video, whereas, watching a seven minute interview is a no-brainer. There's a reason Vlad and others shoot long interviews and release them broken up in short publication.

[@igg3937]

All dope emcees respect each other on some level. The beef shit is always personal.

[@Dreamerland101]

Stillmatic is probably nas most complete album in his career

[@TotalOneEighty]

THANK YOU!!! I been saying this 4 yrs

[@jaredbaker5887]

yes! rewind still trips me out! to me its better that illmatic!!!! and Nas smoked jay!!!!!

[@sunsetvest3048]

Facts

[@Asarekojo]

Facts!

[@jayyarbrough9902]

Takeover was a Mobb Deep diss with a Nas verse remixed into the end of it. That is NOT how you go at Nas.

[@sbrooks729]

Jay Yarbrough this here 🏆

[@Curtchrisdagod]

PREACH!!!

[@stereo-type1510]

almost 20 years later and yall still trippin over Nas and Jay... they went on to squash the beef and sittin on millions and yall still cant let that shit go...

[@zazaballa7586]

Nas is definitely a better MC than Jay Z no question. Jay obviously has a better body of work, but Nas has 2 albums that tops anything Jay z ever released in Illmatic and It was written. And what is this nonsense I keep hearing about Takeover having "facts" while Ether didn't? Ether was a better Diss song...plain and simple!!

[@Demsky83]

zaza balla No Jay-Z has more hits Nas has a better body of work as a whole.

[@MrGodismypower]

Bruh did u just say Nas's 2 albums is better than anything Jay has released? Hold this L. You lose

[@zazaballa7586]

MrGodismypower name ANY JAYZ album better than Illmatic and it was written??

[@chistability5405]

zaza balla Nas is a better emcee/ conscious than Jay but Jay is a better battle rapper and Takeover was definitely better than Ether. Illmatic and It Was Written might be better than anything Jay ever did but Jay has,a better overall body of work and Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint are hella close to Illmatic and It Was Written in all fairness

[@zazaballa7586]

Yep...there's always that Hov fan who will bring up how rich he is...read my comment again.

[@K1NGCED]

JayZ has managed to stay relevant for so long because he has stolen a lot of other rappers flows and lyrics.

[@gangsquad4363]

KING CED L

[@hthtv3440]

adds: And he's married to Bey {someone with a massive following on her own}; someone that's significantly younger than him; 1/2 his age + 7, no?

[@K1NGCED]

HTHTV3 nas turned down beyonce a long ass time ago... jay z is so obsessed with Nas.. its fucking ridiculous.. he wants all of nas leftovers.. thats why he went after Nas Baby Momma.. I would be surprised if cheating rumors came out exposing Jay Z for fucking kelis

[@lucashammond5191]

I don't even think you believe that

[@mikeb3936]

You right. Go listen to him and Jaz O on Hawaiian Sophie and then tell me who's style he starting biting.

[@PrAnG2000]

7:34 - Eric B said in his Combat Jack interview that the track was originally an Eric & Ra track, but Ra's peeps convinced him it was wack so Rakim didn't do it. Somehow Fresh Prince got to hear it and wanted it. Eric didn't say whether or not Ra actually wrote or recorded the track so who knows. One thing for sure though is Eric B produced "Summertime".

[@ChanceJolivette]

ether was better cuz the flow and the wordplay, takeover had some facts but parts of it at the end that's so LAMEE, those parts fucked the song up so Nas got that

[@PharaohLawLess1]

You could see by this interview alone that Clark Kent is serious about hip hop and it's culture

[@RafaelLopez-xj1th]

Why the fuck does he keep saying this takeover was hard but jay wasn't even rapping he was talking ether is better

[@hthtv3440]

We're wondering Y too... some think that Vlad is an agent. .. if he is. Then it would explain WHY he's NOT allowed to EVER vote for the underdog; or who would be perceived [by he masses] as the underdog.

[@KtotheG]

Russell Simmons said he sounded too much like G. Rap.

[@1988ruger]

I thought that was Sheek Louch...

[@taureanmcdade3420]

Nobody told him they've been in good terms for years.

[@sbrooks904]

They aren't actually friends. Just cordial

[@mikeb3936]

+S Brooks Jay actually said in his interview on hot 95 that they were friends. There are also stories of them kickin it together other than laying down tracks. These are busy dudes though, so I'm sure they not having dinner together much but they have found that level of respect for each other. They have a wisdom now that 15 years can make so it's all love.

[@jfraz1992]

takeover was not better than ether, nas bodied jay lyrically bar for bar, takeover beat wasn't even better either

[@Curtchrisdagod]

This is how you know Nas won, when the WHOLE industry does damage control for Jay-Z. 😂

[@sc84_]

damage control? Did blueprint 2 flop or the Black Album -> BP3, AG, MCHG, 4:44. “cant they see that its foolish to tryna kill me with songs, wtf are they Lauren you killing me softly” HOV in a different league man

[@mikeprat1]

it absolutely matters if will smith wrote summertime.

[@hthtv3440]

He did, didn't he? Still listening to this interview...

[@mikeb3936]

Well Nas wrote getting Jiggy wit it so fuck, who knows.

[@gabewilliams9862]

Please post the entire interview....very interesting....

[@anthonymoody5459]

Ether was a little more fire than The Takeover...both was fire

[@MrVIP1993]

In other words, Jay Z was a Nas stan, like he said on Ether. Jay Z changed his whole style because of Nas lol

[@polorican_Red_I.D.]

NAS won hands down Ether bodied Takeover better rhymes punchlines metaphors flow substance

[@thefreakyrobber0]

Of course Clark Kent going to say Takeover, that's Jay homie. They scared Jay gonna cut em off financially. NAS WON.

[@MrNeal-wc7rr]

Vlad hates on Nas every chance he get...smh

[@Spacely9697]

Take a shot every time dude says "NICE!" and you'd be drunk in 8 mins flat #facts

[@gk_knight]

Lol

[@commonsense9389]

Ether was called ether for a reason!!! jay kno he took a l.. no debate.. jay just bounced back all stupip💯💯

[@allstarwook]

Folks need to thank Jayz for Takeover. Nas was coming off that Nastradamus album and got critizied for it. Jayz put that battery in Nas

[@aselinekerro1]

Nas is a fkn God!!!

[@si-lince6818]

THX SUPAMAN!!!

[@southmbsc]

Nas best album to me was "It Was Written"....

[@renoaproblem5951]

southmbsc Right. The boy has so many albums thats 🔥. i hate when people say illmatic was his best.

[@Butterd4t4ss]

Mudd foot illmatic is my fave Nas album but I think stillmatic is his best work.

[@renoaproblem5951]

Kevin Gallego Stillamtic was dope too. Just think tho. It was written. I am. Nastrudamus. Godson. Streets disciple was ok. I like the firm and the bravehearts albums also. Even tho they weren't solo. Just to name a few. Esco has so many albums its ridiculous.

[@el84oro]

i totally agree. people just like to claim illmatic was the best cos jay z used it to diss him...every song on 'it was written' was dope. nastradamus is also my second favorite nas album, i don't care what nobody says

[@emack4371]

southmbsc .....I always liked It was written better... and always will

[@jdsirrom4314]

Ether killed the Take over. Lol!

[@Dank_Dank]

Nas > Jay Z (Before 2002) Jay Z > Nas (After 2002)

[@Scrapper1]

Dank Dank bullshit Nas>>>>Jay Z (before 2002) Nas>>>>>>>>>>>>Jay (after 2002)

[@Scrapper1]

kingleo horse shit

[@Scrapper1]

kingleo Kingdom Come, Magna Carta, BP3, BP2 were trash bro.

[@Scrapper1]

kingleo pseudo intellectual? You know nothing about me. Nothing. So relax.

[@antoniomontana2047]

All of Jay Z albums after the black album were garbage .Nas has hip hop was dead , untitled , life is good and did a album with Damien Marley which was also a classic

[@commentbeast3985]

Clark got a mean "nice" game!

[@MichaelBatmanKeaton]

"im a mans man a rappers rapper g.o.d s.o.n. they'll be none after i was scarface jay was manolo it hurt me when i had to kill him and his whole squad for dolo" -nas

[@kalihaze765thlemon9]

Finally someone is speaking da truth on dis shit. Takeover was classic

[@TheBuddahLoc]

I always thought about rakim when listening to will smith's summertime, because it was like he was attempting to use his style.

[@elliotjersey]

dope interview

[@St23Vincent]

Reasonable Doubt ≥ Illmatic In My Lifetime > It Was Written Hard Knock Life > I Am Life and Times > Nastradamus Roc La Familia ≥ Stillmatic The Blueprint > Gods Son Best of Both Worlds > Streets Disciples Blueprint 2 > Hip Hop is Dead Black Album > The N Album Kingdom Come > Distant Relatives American Gangster > Life is Good Blueprint 3 > N/A Watch the Throne > N/A MCHG > N/A Besides the fact that Jay has had more commercial success he's just put out more consistent music overall. Some of those Nas albums I'm sure 95% of y'all reading this have never heard of. If anybody feels I got the album comparisons wrong let me know which one and we can talk.

[@HeROSEproduction]

I gotta disagree bro. I love both artist but nas The N album is sooo underrated. I love the black album but The N album is a concept project. The message in that album is superb. Also you gotta compare Stillmatic and Blueprint, not Roc la familiar because that album was a rocafella compilation album. You gotta compare albums that were released around the same time. American gangster was released in 2007, than Life is Good came out in 2012. as the times change the music and the message change.

[@St23Vincent]

@heroseproduction I understand where you're coming from but I was in a rush and didn't match them as well as I wanted to. I just matched them based on what order they were released with the exception of I Am and Nastradamus bc I think they both dropped in '99 but I'm not sure in what order. I'll go back and check The N Album out again and I'll let you know what I think. But I feel it's become cool to dislike J for whatever reason but the music can not be denied. I don't think ether was better than Takeover or Blueprint 2. I like them both but I feel Jay gets judged on things outside of his music like the way he doesn't fuck with people from the ROC or whatever.

[@St23Vincent]

@jax45 the reason I said they were equal or the dynasty was better is bc it was the whole Rocafella on there lol that's just too much to compare to Stillmatic as great as it is.

[@mackvelly8899]

QB Finest>>> The Dynasty album It Was Written > Vol 1 Nastradamus>>> Vol 3 Nastradamus shits on Vol 3. Vol 3 had more sellout songs on it. Nastradamus had a couple duds Vol 1 was Jay-Z pandering at his worst. It Was Written was strictly street. Even If I Ruled The World was a good song

[@michaelcorleone7598]

Jay-Z is still bitter about Ether.

[@toreall101]

did y'all not hear nas 2nd freestyle where he legit MURKED jay z

[@toreall101]

Vlad needs to stop hating on nas. I'm starting to think he is salty that nas won't give him an interview or some shit.

[@KKB45]

notoreeuzz lol he always say " I think takeover was better"

[@87Michael]

Vlad constantly hating on Nas. SMFH

[@jasonsweet5972]

Nas did more than make you laugh with Ether he had bars flow facts history(Rockefeller died of aids that was the end of his chapter) FOH with the joke talk & takeover was opinion 1 hot album every 10 year average Jay said himself he put out bad albums so how he gonna tell Nas that you made a hot line I made a hot song they both classics but the world is yours more classic than dead presidents mc serch said he never owned Nas publishing horse said he was never Nas bodyguard so don't ridicule one diss song without the other

[@SatanDynastyKiller]

Jason Sweet you quoted wrong. Rock, a fella... the line is referencing Rock Hudson, Hollywood golden age legendary actor who died of aids...

[@jasonsweet5972]

+PATHH88 oh ok thanks

[@Datruthshines]

PATHH88 wrong.... Rockefeller died of Aids too bruh

[@SatanDynastyKiller]

Datruthshines shit, just goggled it and seen it was a Brooklyn hustler named Rocafella that Jay named the company after...my bad...

[@SatanDynastyKiller]

***** you are basing that on what?

[@eklipsta]

Ether is the best diss track. They even use that name as slang now when someone kills with a track. Like yo he ethered him

[@ssj-rose4572]

Nice nice nice nice

[@DM94JAK]

How many fuckin times are u gnna say "NICE" God damn he said that shit so many times I don't understand the word anymore

[@MrJ1S]

the best diss of all between the 2 was the 1 jayz had on bp2 but too late by then.

[@oxenfree4355]

Mr. J1S Facts, too bad everybody made up they mind by then, nobody ever brings up BP2

[@MrJ1S]

its the timing of it. battle was over. i remember when they put supa ugly and ether on hot 97 and then NY voted on it. so that was that. but had it been ether vs this song it woulda shook ny up even harder

[@Datruthshines]

Mr. J1S on Hot 97 they played Ether and Take Over all day. Supa Ugly was rushed to be a response to Ether, after Jay got crushed. Ether and Take Over were by far the strongest diss records of the two artists. Jay lost the battle hands down.

[@MrJ1S]

i never understood why he picked that dre beat to rap on. well i assume it was dre beat cuz it was his artist knockturnal on it i think

[@pay_it_forward_franklin4469]

he piked the beat bkuz what knok was saying on the hook which honestly is what the beef was all about which is why cam line "suka for love" on you gotta love it was so random but direkt being that alot of drama with jay alwayz surroundz female energy but yea knokz hook is why #irie

[@Casanova102986]

top 5 all time: 1. biggie 2. tupac 3. nas 4. big pun 5. jay-z

[@skyizdalimit6539]

im tired of vlad interviews about nas. he is to biased he will not give nas the props he deserve. its ok not to be a fan but not to admit pure lyrical genius is just stupidity. nas is g.o.a.t period

[@sbrooks729]

skyizdalimit6539 vlad is a male wendy...

[@antonioevans5533]

I REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN "SUMMER TIME" CAME OUT. EVERY BODY DID THINK RAKIM WROTE IT AND CLARK IS RIGHT, IT DIDN'T MATTER. AROUND MY WAY ALL THE GANGSTERS WAS KNOCKING THAT SONG. 1991

[@commonsense9389]

i just listened 2 both tracks.. NO FUCKN WAY JAY SHIT WAS BETTA!! he lost.. period.. but he won the war.. he rich as hell wit 1 of the baddest 2 call his wife and just started a beautiful fam.. but he lost dat rap battle

[@kevinirvin760]

Jack Elson mannnn shut ya stupid ass up

[@LIttleKeg1985]

Vlad, can you interview Karceno4life who is a KZbinr, and someone that knowns a lot about these types of HipHop topics?

[@Molock77]

GTFOH...Nas never liked Jay-Z from day one Jay sampled Nas voice and paid Mc Search for it and then wanted Nas to be in the video Nas said hell no,and a few other times Jay tried to work with Nas but Nas treated Jay like he was beneath him.it was one track that Nas and Jay was on together but Nas didn't know Jay was gonna be on the record it was a track on Shaq album called no love lost.till this day i don't think Nas likes Jay and i don't blame him Jay steals from everybody.when ever u see Jay and Nas together it's just business

[@Jamez8888]

word, jay wanted to get close to Nas because he was popping. remember illmatic came out in 94 Jay first album didnt come out until 96 so nas already had the upper hand. Jay was always the type of nigga to stay around other cats that were hot. Hes a businessman. Think about it after nas the next big thing was Biggie, he always leached off of other artists. Kanye came out his album was critically acclaimed then all of sudden he ends up taking Kanye after the roc broke up when he was Dame artists. Then they drop a duet album because kanye is more relevant. He wants to work with Drake so bad but Drake feels hes the new Jay and it must hurt his feelings knowing that he isnt the go to go guy for verse anymore. Jay is nice but he aint Nas level. Nobody is on Nas level, Nas is GOAT in opinion.

[@Molock77]

i agree..it's almost like Jay was obsessed with Nas from sampling his voice to saying his name in his songs to fucking Nas baby moms and Jay first album came out the same day as Nas 2nd album came out.Jay can't fuck with Nas and he found that out the hard way.Nas is a once in a lifetime artist

[@techyone2374]

Ether was only about Jay-Z ,3 whole verses

[@ave383]

Ether was better. Ether was no laughing matter. Nas won because he spit facts about Jay Z stilling ryhmes from biggie getting killed by em on his own song Jay wanting to be like him etc. Nas had more facts. Furthermore vlad nas took Jay's motto and used it against Jay. I'm a lyricist you nor this guy know what your talking about. Jay Z had a banging beat that's why you think it's better. Take the beats away put them in a cypher facing one another with nothing but their lyrics and there's no way Jay won. No way

[@garcel1251]

ave383 naz one the battle but then he signed to see jam and Jay became his boss so Jay won the war

[@Michael-no1vi]

So the legendary DJ Clark Kent, who’s been in the rap game since it’s infancy, doesn’t know what he’s talking about, but you, an unknown youtube commenter, does? 🤨

[@sandrosmontana7777]

"Another Clark Kent, Remix " .. haha I miss the DJ clark kent remixes man! big ups DJ Vlad for the interview. (The Natural remix -Mic Geronimo)

[@cphillips2795]

Are you insane, Ether was clearly better than Takeover.

[@teejay3698]

This dude has said "nice" way too many fucking times

[@MobKnowledge]

Damn straight Akinyele was nice. "Put It In My Mouth" was a childhood classic.

[@LordKimani]

Pause

[@intelligencecycle3523]

Vlad hates the fact Nas won't do an interview with him, so he constantly pokes at his album career makes living throwing shade at catalog for trolling purposes. Nas truly has at least 3 classic records like redman, em, erick sermon, Jay, ghostface, too short. IWW Stillmatic The lost tapes God son

[@urielriley]

That's the exact psychology.

[@Mvnueldidthvt]

Just think if biggie nas and jay z made an album my headphones would melt

[@alimontana7471]

clark kent dopest interview do more

[@MrShaheedone]

One of the realest dudes in the game.. thank him for Jay Z .. and that hat is ill

[@montana7]

Large Pro did Kool G Rap - Wanted Dead Or Alive album too. Another classic.