Mase VS Jay-Z - The Beef 100% Explained

Mase and Jay-Z is a topic that hasn't really been covered in detail here on youtube. They had pretty cool back and forth and I decided to give it a shot,
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[@laurencewilliams6676]

What about Mase diss on the first violator album fest 8 ball & mjg. Do what playas do. That was the last diss

[@videogod6596]

@@laurencewilliams6676😊😊😊p😊 1:11 llilol 😊popular ppppppppp

[@seankoons2023]

Yo listen to my mind right remix by Memphis bleek. Jay-Z’s whole verse is about Ma$e

[@seankoons2023]

In the Harlem world video mase is shot out of a cannon at the beginning of the video. And then a rumor in NY is Mase flipped his Range Rover on the west side highway

[@laurencewilliams6676]

It was about meeno from Harlem world

[@chocotastic1]

Ma$e just had that sound, he embodied Harlem and repped Harlem when there were no other MC's doing it. Every Ma$e song was a banger.

[@TheNadroj10]

Dude music was fire. Damn shame he doesn’t get enough credit for his style nowadays

[@sadiki1980]

Wrong! Big L and Cam was doing it same time.

[@generalspizzy4679]

Mase was and is talented. Dude said Diddy set Mase up. No way. Mase way up in the studio working and writing.

[@seewhativescene]

Big L never wore shiny suits or pink bandanas😤 ​@@sadiki1980

[@ladysnowsu10]

@@generalspizzy4679ion think this guy was tryna diss when he said that. there’s a lot of talented ppl out there that dont get the fame or recognition. diddy’s efforts to get mase known was great for exposure. wish he wasnt shady asf tho

[@fredricksmith8760]

I'm 43 from North Philly, which means this was literally MY era, I was 15 in 1996. Philadelphia is a cornerstone market for New York. The mixtape game was CRAZY. I can tell you from experience, your doing an accurate job of recapping this time period.

[@jamalford6995]

I’m 53 it was more my era but nice try

[@pedrogates3189]

@@jamalford6995actually you’re era would’ve been the 80’s og if he was 15 in 96 that’s definitely his era 😂😂

[@NYCHeavyHitz212]

@@jamalford6995I’m 54, so it was more MY era, so now what.

[@Hooderaw]

I'm 53 and this was my Era. Older black male who worked and was able to buy and consume hip hop while driving back and forth to work and still going out with the fellas while getting no more than 5 hours of sleep and a blunt in the car waiting when I get off work.

[@fredricksmith8760]

@NYCHeavyHitz212 ACTUALLY the target audience is like 13 to 25 for Hip-hop. So 15 or 16 is LITERALLY the TARGET AUDIENCE. I've got cousins your age, I get it. But you guys were old enough to live through the KRS ONE BIG DADDY KANE SLICK RICK ERA. THAT was more your era. 1995 to 1998 were my teenage years and Hip-hop caters to that exact market.

[@19mil]

Mase does get a lot hate, but he can actually rap & he was marketable, you put anyone else in that situation after BIG died, they’d probably fold

[@camronshean1758]

Ma$e - Do You Wanna Get $? "See, the moral of the story is. I'm not here to replace Notorious. I'm just a young cat tryna do his thing. Harlem World style, pursue my dream"

[@sharpwhits0167]

To be the man that follows The MAN is an almost impossible task and he did as well could be expected.

[@RealDonfromBroward]

I usually see more love for Mase than hate.

[@jayhag5481]

People have a lot of revisionist history when it comes to Mase. Or are too young to remember. People act like Jay was a platinum artist from the jump. Reasonable Doubt is a classic. But it actually took 8 years to become a platinum album. Hov didn’t reach the next level until Hard Knock Life in 98. 97 was Mase’s year. 96 was obviously still Big and Pac. But in 97 Mase was outselling everyone.

[@19mil]

@@jayhag5481 Facts bro, regardless of how people feel, you can’t deny what he did

[@camronshean1758]

17:39 Jay-Z had already mentioned in his song Imaginary Player that Ma$e was getting screwed over his publishing "You got flash now but time will reveal money" and when he says "You got show dough, little to no dough, sell a bunch of records and you still owe dough"

[@ColdJelly19]

“Niggaz talking real greasy on them R&B records, well I’m PLATINUM a million times nigga, CHECK THE CREDITS!” That’s after Mase was on the 112 song saying “all I hear is platinum this and platinum that, when nobody got platinum hits or platinum plaques”

[@bresams2917]

Sell a bunch a records and you still owe dough " Damn🔥😆

[@LuigiCp30]

He bodied Mase on ride or die with "Check out the Credentials GHOST WRITER. And at the right price I will make your sh*t tighter"

[@camronshean1758]

@@LuigiCp30 The lyrics are "Well I'm platinum a million times n*gga. Check the credits, S Carter. Ghost writer and for the right price. I can even make yo sh*t tighter"

[@camronshean1758]

@@LuigiCp30 The lyrics are "Check the credits, S Carter. Ghost writer and for the right price. I can even make yo sh*t tighter"

[@KodakBlack23-lq2wm]

I respect your drive to do what other KZbinrs won’t do and just attempt to take your videos farther. Solid video right here.

[@whatsthedirt]

I appreciate that

[@ihatethug]

@@whatsthedirt can you do a female rap feud?foxy brown vs latifah

[@TheRealMichaelP]

Thank you! People forget Mase was on fire and Hov was nobodies favorite yet

[@millhousemillard2140]

He still ain't lol

[@keeyonniez]

That #2 line from Hov was crazy 😅 #tripleentendre

[@MarkHallOfFame]

Unpopular Opinion: Jay-Z “Sunshine” was NOT a bad song at all. It just was a terrible cheesy video. Lol

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

I just found out about it

[@qristofao1437]

Very correct. Great song but that video? Yuuuckkkk

[@Mikelauren212]

Nah Jay made it corny, you put Mase in that video it’s an hit

[@pretty_lilcryer2926]

Trash

[@NW7386]

I agree. The beat was dope af.

[@willsalter8113]

This was an excellent video and he really summarized it perfectly. As an 40 year old Hip Hop head who lived through that era this brought back many fond memories. I Will add this though, Jay always had his eye on the throne. When he released the single The City Is Mine in Feb 98 and he said “you held down long let me take those reins/and just like your spirit the commission remains” “I’m the vocal point like Biggie in his prime/but on the low though, the city is mine”. Hov caught major backlash because cats felt that Biggie (R.I.P) hadn’t been deceased long enough for someone to be talking like that. That’s why on Ether Nas said “first Biggie’s man but then you nerve to say that you’re better Big/dick sucking lips why don’t you let the late great veteran live”. Cats always felt someway about Jay making it no secret that he wanted the King Of Ny title so shortly after Big passed.

[@samg2590]

I disagree with those ppl because b.i.g & Jay was actually COOL, so who else would he pass the throne to?

[@DamianArthur-bw1so]

​@@samg2590facts, Biggie had alot of respect for Jay-z and it was even said that he first saw Jay-z memorising his raps not writing his rhymes down and started doing the same thing...

[@drewnice2345]

I love you did this. I remember Joe Budden mentioned it on Everyday Struggle in like 2017 and “Said everyone knows about this” and as a 27 I knew absolutely nothing about.

[@MichiganHendough]

Karceno does a in depth beef talk

[@tonygrady5833]

I'm 40 years old ..and I remember this beef when I was a teen ...and everything you just said was pretty much accurate good job fam👍💯💯

[@cqtheruler1247]

Mase was like 20-21 Jay was like 26-27 that’s some lowkey hating shit lol

[@3Dimensional3]

That's how the game goes

[@ladysnowsu10]

LMFAOOOO well when you put it like that…

[@6tiple6ix6afia]

I was born in 91 so i literally remember riding in the back seat of my moms car and these singles playing on the radio for the first time . What a time to grow up.

[@Bigdiego74]

I was born in 90 I remember doing the same

[@cutlasskyle]

Facts💯💪💯

[@demetriuservin2874]

Yea this hit different I was born in 91 as well. Easier times

[@bresams2917]

Yo this was DOPE ❤ That era in music was diamond. It will never be another Mase or '90s. Thanks for doing this video.

[@southsideofhawthorne6507]

I appreciate you reaching out to Bob and calling dames number. Nobody has done this on video! You are ahead of everyone else when it comes to deep research🙏🏾

[@sphakamisozondi]

It's funny that Mase was bigger than Jay in the 90s, u know what's more scarier... In 2010, Bob was bigger than Drake

[@MarkHallOfFame]

Never at any point was BOB bigger than Drake. lol respectfully because I like BOB.

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

You’re right

[@NW7386]

Thst only lasted until 1998. Once Hard Knock Life dropped, Jay became him and his run had officially started...by thst time Mase had fallen back.

[@ceejtooclean]

Jay from the intro on Vol.1 just shits on industry rappers and how broke they are, "yo don't listen to rappers, they're dying to floss" is such a cold bar, it's a running theme in the album. we forget he came in at 26, he's literally the blueprint of grown man raps, the perspective, the replay value on his albums is so undeniable, 90% of his catalogue aged gracefully. in a time where rap was a young man's game filled w/ perspective of 21-year-olds

[@whatsthedirt]

HOV by far the goat 🐐

[@alvine7117]

Jay-Z best album if he removes the Puff daddy produced songs

[@DJHellaYella]

Thank you for this! 2 of my favorite rappers but I could never get the story of the beef in long form. I never knew the singles and albums dropped so close together.

[@itsonnowTV]

Jay is a perfect example of keep grindin ur your time is coming…Didnt even realize the mase platinum talk was a jab

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

I was like ohhhhhhhh

[@MrABN86]

And when grinding isn’t enough just steal shit from other rappers.. and not just lyrics, but their styles aswell.

[@dolfp8203]

Beggattues in My J-Hova me n puff at the Grammy sittin next to Oprah…….

[@blueharlem6291]

Also a “competitive hater “ but y’all won’t see it that way … cuz hating is cool 💯

[@johngreen6521]

He an example of robbing lable mate and jumping on what's hot then your time will come eventually

[@shawnanderson466]

That's the smoothest segue into an advertisement ever...Really was part of the video...

[@whatsthedirt]

Hahaha I figured that was a good place to put it

[@qristofao1437]

Very smooooth

[@tevinlespinasse3128]

Good shit, I’ve been waiting for something I never knew!!!!

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

Me too

[@namenlosNamenlos]

True that!

[@camronshean1758]

18:56 In the beginning of Jay-Z's diss song Ride Or Die, Stevie J, who was a major in-house producer/song-writer for Bad Boy Records, says in the beginning "I'm rollin' wit Roc-A-Fella, man....cause they got money, man, a heh" Rumor is that Ma4e had a diss track towards Jay-Z but no one on Bad Boy Records was behind Ma$e on his beef with Jay-Z so Ma$e never released his diss track

[@pretty_lilcryer2926]

Wow didn’t know that was Stevie. Nice fact

[@delmarfrazier2727]

And J was sneak Jabbing Nas as well with the Line make money off you! Dead Presidents! Double Triple entendre

[@kaedawgbx1522]

Damn I'm a hip hop head to the core!!! I never realized Mase and Jay were beefing. Excellent research you're videos are always dope!! Keep up the great job

[@jermainewright4339]

Ikr😂

[@354allday]

You're not a hip hop head if you didn't know

[@youngtipz868]

@@354alldayI’m think he can’t be that deep of a hip hop fan and not know this

[@kaedawgbx1522]

@@youngtipz868 I'm from the KRS Era when emcees said actual names-

[@josephodighibor2456]

😂​@@kaedawgbx1522

[@yungpassport7897]

Im almost compelled to type in all caps cause I'm kinda livid. I watched this whole video just to hear someone talk about one my favorite Mase songs that people act like never existed. "Im No Killa" was CLEARLY a full clip aimed right at Shawn's head. How'd you miss that!? With that said, dope video regardless.

[@whatsthedirt]

Haha you’re absolutely correct bro. Apparently I missed a few things on this actually which I’m kinda chocked 😩

[@yungpassport7897]

@@whatsthedirt got enough material for a part 2 or nah?

[@Black-cd3lc]

Also Mase’s verse on “Do What A Playa Do” off the Violator Album

[@HiPNOTT]

This video answered decades worth of questions and subs ….. Thank you

[@nickjagger6351]

Dope video.. Mase's response to that last Jay record was a record called "I'm No Killa" there were 2 versions . There's a dope version of that record on the "Bad Boy 10th Anniversary The hits" album

[@EuphoricAnarchist]

I have went down the KZbin rabbit hole of rap beefs and out of a lot of the channels I have found, your coverage is one of my faves. Keep up the grind and it pays off int he growth of the channel for sure. Thanks for the in-depth analysis.

[@modernemcee]

That wasn't actually the end as Mase went back at Jay on Do What Playas Do and it's one to note. Great video!!

[@JFLOWSTYLEZ]

You're the only rap beef channel I watch. And I'd love to see some beefs that other people talk about from your channel. I'm sure a lot of other people would too!

[@thelifeofsammy2567]

Can’t nobody hold me down, been around the world, and mo money mo problem were actually all mase records. He came up with the concepts for the first two, and wrote puff’s verses. He brought the sample to Stevie j and when big died, puff put the record on big album. Very influential brother!

[@TheNadroj10]

Makes sense. When it came to mase singles, puffy always used a very reconizable sample. Its was like a Mase trademark

[@urbntvuk]

Well put together video. As an editor, I appreciate the work you put into this. 👏🏾

[@SaintLaurynn]

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[@isaiahjackson4530]

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[@melikatalks7676]

Man you were right tho! I been watching you before the whole "like that" thing but you saw it coming! I always thought you put a lot of effort into your work and you deserve to BLOW TF UP!

[@Cleo.T]

A really informative and entertaining vid. I just want to add Jay-Z also dissed Mase on Hard Knock Life when he rapped, “So I stretched the game out, X’d your name out, put Jigga on top…” Mase and Puff responded back with I’m No Killa around the same time and for all intents and purposes, that was kind of the end of their battle.

[@delmarfrazier2727]

That was for X as well! And a DJ Clue song he told X when I come back home get your ass off the throne, I just going back to the way ish was 😂

[@seewhativescene]

I feel like I'm watching the da vinci code everyone deciphering clues ​@@delmarfrazier2727

[@rasulsamad5860]

Thought it was for nas

[@delmarfrazier2727]

@@rasulsamad5860 ha Nas was never King 👑 but it’s 24 let it go!

[@nixonmyrthil7960]

Ayoo not for nothing, but this video was ELITE, relived mid to late 90’s with these 2 NYC legends right here. You always heard faint whispers about their beef but wasn’t concrete

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[@TheStop]

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[@darkskinwhite]

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[@eriksherman4818]

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[@TheBlackAbstract]

Amazing job dude this was fire

[@christopherl.townsend4779]

Great video commentary, it bought back so many good and bad memories in my personal life at this time an era. I normally don't comment on videos but this was very informative, skilled and seasoned again GREAT JOB💪!!

[@jimweb3230]

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[@eamesgraves]

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[@BlackPanther-ix3md]

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[@V1P3R819]

If I may say I really would love you to go over the beefs that more well known. I love how you go on about these videos and others don’t tell it like you do.

[@AndyG1111]

Another banger!! Can't wait for the next one

[@briankersten3287]

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[@Fernandesci]

Keep up the good work g i didnt even kn9w these 2 had beef

[@chocdubbie]

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[@phadeawaycuts]

Great job you actually put me up on a couple points i missed and believe it or not i knew about this beef when it was happening.

[@christianbanks7458]

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[@turnuppapi5252]

Love ur content keep it up bro

[@TheKingofmat]

It’s not easy to find Hip-Hop channels where the narrator is a respectable voice of the culture who clearly do their research with love and passion. Thank you!!

[@bayleafcreativetv9627]

You did ur thing with this one…I lived thru this beef and some of this info I didn’t know

[@suavesantana2050]

This was a good video. One thing I think was overlooked is that Big was gonna start his own group with Jay, “ The Commission”. I’m pretty sure Jay wouldn’t of been kool with that being under a Bad Boy umbrella. I also have one of the original Jay reasonable doubt albums and on the back there’s a company (distribution I believe) called “Freeze” that was pressing the albums. Bad Boy is a way bigger conglomerate. In those days of hip hop there was always a kinda quiet Beef between Brooklyn vs Harlem that most don’t know about, aren’t from this side or aren’t old enough. Good vid

[@kawslife]

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[@pauladekoye1148]

You really got everything spot on! Cheers

[@Ju5Tice718]

Thank you for telling it like it is. I’ve had countless arguments about Hov and he was very inferior to not only Big but even Ma$e. Reasonable Doubt wasn’t a big hit. It was overlooked. Nobody was checking for Hov until Big died.

[@aaaggg4097]

The ad transition was smooth 😭

[@aldoshakur]

Jay was independent so he made more from being Gold compared to Mase quadruple platinum.

[@Jaymastia]

Your research work is so detailed yet simple to digest.

[@whatsthedirt]

Thank you!! I try to make things as clear as possible!!

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[@liquidamerican8543]

Good video. And you're right, I haven't really heard much about this since that time. I forgot it happened lol. I'll be checking out your channel.

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[@BradPitts]

Super dope video. Never even knew they had any sort of beef

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[@jaysinista]

Yo this was crazy! I’d have never thought about that number 2 line 😂😂

[@jaysteel2483]

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[@whatsthedirt]

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[@funkdoc1491]

Yes, this was incredible. This takes me back to the 90s and all of this and that was going on, in front of people and behind the scenes. Now I'm not sure if you touched on this one or not, but do you remember when the Wu had beef with the Puffster?

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[@whatsthedirt]

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[@HARLEMSNEWVOICE]

Great video you missed a few diss records

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