Top 10 Diss Tracks of ALL Time (975 AD-2024)

[@diggingthegreats]

What’s your favorite diss track of all time?

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

Top 5 rap diss track 1. 2pac hit ‘em 2. Ice cube no Vaseline 3. Eminem warning 4. remy ma shether 5. Ether - Nas 6. J Cole 1985. 7. Kendrick Lamar control 8. lady leshurr div 9. notorious big you shot ya 10. lauryn hill - lost ones 11. Eminem nail in the coffin 12. kendrick lamar meet the grahams

[@RussianOrthodox14]

Ok some good ones in here, but how the hell do we forget over the LL Cool J and Canibus beef. LL Cool J's The Ripper Strikes Back was 🔥🔥

[@anonsaku39]

El-P - Linda Tripp is the most clever, vicious and robust battle track of all time.

[@clementinelives]

@@maryannappiagyei4277lost ones is a good pick

[@dp6921]

​@anonsaku39 - Came here to say Linda Tripp! Has there ever been a more comprehensive victory?

[@thomaskinsey3424]

I find the idea of hip hop verses translated to old flyting hilarious “Maidens are naught but ladies of the night and entirely morally corrupt” - Sir Snoop of Dogg

[@diggingthegreats]

😂😂

[@ScorpioIsland]

I’m dead lol

[@geraldtshebeletsomobeng5013]

Man, do I have a channel for you😂😂😂

[@gnarwhal7562]

I will forever respect Kendrick for lifting the copyright on his Drake disses just so Content Creators could discuss them without being bludgeoned by the UMG hammer. Truly a man of the culture

[@nicolesherman8974]

I just knew that Digging the Greats was gonna come through with this one 😂💪🏾. He was like “Kendrick v. Drake? Lemme make this video” 🔥🤣

[@diggingthegreats]

I had to do SOMETHING - pretty much impossible not to

[@DaveJacoby]

​@@diggingthegreatsand you did the timeless thing with it. Great job.

[@Deadguy2322forreal]

Paul McCartney got the last word in epic style. Lennon had a line in "How Do YouSleep" about how it was a waste to just write "silly love songs", and instead of firing off more venom, Paul wrote Silly Love Songs for Wings, a song in which he declares that he just wants to fill the world with silly love songs to express how happy he is.

[@samwest1097]

Nice mention. I’m a KDot stan, but I really think Drake would’ve came out of this looking better if he did the McCartney playbook.

[@grilledcheez8491]

Drake’s “Silly Teen Love Songs” coming soon. 😂

[@testadalord01432]

@@grilledcheez8491 oh don’t do it

[@normie2716]

Paul McCartney took down the King of Hippies. I can never repay this debt.

[@MusicFromAnotherTime]

No Vaseline is the peak. He doesn't just throw NWA under a bus, but he goes after the manager too.

[@Jepie]

Hit ‘em up tho 2pac goes for everyone, and meet the grahams from Kendrick those are the top 2

[@94umkilla]

@@Jepie ya dont know shit about diss tracks and hip-hop as a whole if you put Meet the grahams (that was written in a rush) and hit 'em up on top of the song that made NWA lose a lot of popularity, No Vaseline is the best diss track period.

[@grinchoi1]

Hit Em Up by far. That shit was an earthquake

[@diggingthegreats]

Consensus is I should’ve included Eminem or No Vaseline as well as others - agreed! It’s just hard making a top 10 list when 4 of the tracks aren’t hip hop 😂

[@dekal760]

Eminem- Nail in the coffin and Killshot. Man. Those are some of the best dissertation songs

[@danaalexander9591]

The Bitch in Yoo by Common is one of my faves.

[@alphaza76]

Dollaz and Sense by Quik....

[@juliangoodman33]

Also the Bloods & Crips albums - they are unmatched by anyone ever in my opinion

[@ntrinidad716]

No Vaseline is widely considered the best diss track ever.

[@illford]

Now i know it's not top 10, but the fact that Metro even made BBL Drizzy is enough to make worthy of some note considering Drake managed to get dissed by a producer

[@BuddyCorp]

No Vaseline is my favourite. Cube makes zero mention of the beef through the whole album, until the very last song when he's like "oh, hold on. Before I leave...."

[@metro-sn]

“Here’s what they think about you”

[@zachcolbert5365]

MC Shan is my neighbor. Pretty interesting dude!

[@PatrikMarko]

wow you're one lucky man bruv

[@snooopledinkeroo]

I think KRS-one is in my attic

[@Uitverkorenen]

Please tell him he's still got fans in Holland who play his music. And ran to the one record store in Amsterdam that imported lp's and 12 inch HipHop records. (Back in the early eighties.) Just to get a copy of the latest Mc Shan. We loved him then and still love him now. Please tell him. It would mean the world to me.

[@chinortega3]

​@@Uitverkorenen real fan 👆🏾💪🏾

[@pierobattelli]

In 10-20 years time Kendrick’s current run of diss tracks, even if it ends right now with Not Like Us, will be looked upon as probably the greatest diss track series of all time.

[@axMf3qTI]

Yeah no

[@pierobattelli]

@@axMf3qTI spotted the Drake fan!

[@Jon8445]

​@axMf3qTI who had a better series of disses?

[@JustinPivinski-cm2rh]

Lots of people. Including the artist in your profile pic

[@Maltesfilm]

​@@JustinPivinski-cm2rh A better SERIES of disses? I'm not so sure. What other diss than ether are you thinking of?

[@liquidamusica]

Here in Brazilian Northeast, we have a culture called Repente, that is nothing more than two percussionists/poets rhyming offenses over a beat, it's like the grandaddy of rap beefs, and it's a whole culture!

[@MetalSonic420]

No Vaseline is still the best diss track of all time.

[@djstuc]

Big Mama by Roxanne Shante for me.

[@JustinPivinski-cm2rh]

Problem child, ether, no Vaseline my top 3. No real order.

[@tahamohammedi5898]

No it's not, it's average at best with some primary school level rhyme schemes

[@martinfiala2712]

Agreed

[@TheFlippertube]

Agree. Bars are one thing, but when the production makes it so catchy your adversary will hear it everywhere, that's punishment

[@flooper8441]

We can't forget Dollaz and Sense by DJ Quik

[@alphaza76]

Dollaz and Sense probably has the smartest diss line ever..... "Tell me why you act so scary Givin' your set a bad name wit your misspelled name E-I-H-T, now should I continue Yeah you left out the G 'cause the G ain't in you" 👌

[@samwest1097]

Hell Yeah! Shout out to DJ Quik 👊🏾

[@slim11yt]

Ended MC Eiht

[@06Deuce]

Finally someone else mentions Quik! He’s always being overlooked, in my opinion that’s neck and neck with No Vaseline.

[@smoothmedia4858]

Yep I would to see a Dj production on here

[@OGmane-r5n]

hey man, i wrote an essay about Illmatic and got an A- for it. Thanks to the videos where you talked about ny state of mind and one love, i was able to achieve that. Just wanted to let you know man !!

[@keepdrafting]

Honorable mention ( or No. 11) El-P 's 'Linda Tripp'' Sole Diss from 1999.

[@anonsaku39]

Came here to post this

[@conradhartgmx]

I wanna be down. 👍🏻

[@sunflowersamurai10]

this and 7700 years to date

[@afroham]

haha amazing video. Interesting choice for Not Like Us. While I believe it was a good track I felt that "meet the grahams" was by far the heaviest diss track of the set. The haunting alchemist beat, with Kendricks calm demeanor, comfortably ripping Drake to shreds. Felt that in my bones

[@marrickvillian]

Word. I felt that too.

[@giblet1618]

You could argue that the divine comedy by Dante is one giant diss track.

[@francescobenati2045]

also there's a series of sonnets exchanged between him and another poet to diss each other, actually it was a custom at the time, they called it a "tenzone" (duel)

[@jacobheintzelman2755]

Facts! Best disses of all time. Literally put his enemies in Hell

[@lukel.6582]

Canibus' 2nd Round Knockout gotta be up there

[@jabmalassie]

That Mike Tyson intro.

[@eclipseblade1266]

Your timing is perfect as always.

[@marrickvillian]

For your consideration. "Catullus 16" - Gaius Valerius Catullus (c. 84 BC - c. 54 BC).

[@doublejkim0621]

It's super interesting that you dove into other genres as a diss track in essence is just taking shots at someone's character with a melody thrown on it. Appreciate your videos man, super informative, always underrated.

[@jjtiojohn12]

Honorable mention: Dollaz and Sense by Dj Quik You gotta do a separate video on this! best diss track in my opinion because of the nature of it being a gang diss track!

[@KalebPeters99]

This is dope. I love that you take the time to deliver a history lesson whenever possible haha

[@samuelfek]

Everytime you got me amazed by your knowledge! greetings from Brasil!

[@diggingthegreats]

🇧🇷 🇧🇷 much love from the US 🙏

[@utoobbloz]

My favorite diss tracks are Fuck Wit Dre Day and - related to #8 - Wings' Silly Love Songs, which was Paul's response to How Do You Sleep and is completely radio-friendly even though the chorus ("I love you...") is really Paul telling John "FUUUUUCK YOOOOOUUUUU." The fact that you can still regularly hear it on classic rock/oldies stations today while John is largely heard via Imagine and Instant Karma makes Paul's diss even sweeter.

[@derrickhopson7975]

Your channel is fire bro. Keep up the good work.

[@brnfc]

Shout out from Brazil 🇧🇷 I was just thinking that would be crazy if you mentioned the samba beefs between Noel Rosa and Wilson Batista during the 30s and YOU DID!! Thanks, Brandon! That gave me goosebumps 😂 your channel is amazing

[@IMA321]

No Vaseline - Ice Cube Long Kiss Goodnight - B.I.G Back Down - 50 Cent The Game - Pest Control The Game - 300 Bars

[@ArthurGomesZah]

Nice to hear about the Brazilian diss! Thanks for the info and the sources!

[@PrGibus]

Wish SLR 3.5 (Steve Jobs) was brought up in more of these discussions. 7 minutes of nothing but character assassination off a FREESTYLE is legendary

[@thatguysince1974]

so… no room for No Vaseline…

[@christophergarza9118]

Honorable mention: “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd Neil Young released the song “Alabama” Lynyrd Skynyrd heard Mr. Young sing about her (Alabama) They would clap back with one of the most famous hits music history! 🎶Well I hope Neil Young will remember, a southern man don’t need him around, anyhow”

[@maneater3795]

YES, THE BRIDGE WARS! The Bridge is Over is one of the catchiest disses. Until Not Like Us, I'd probably call it the catchiest diss for sure.

[@axMf3qTI]

Busy Bee vs Kool Moe Dee. We went from Da-dang-da-da-dang to the early days of lyricism. Also MC Lyte vs Antoinete they had beef over the Impeach the President break beat.

[@Saulzino48]

Common "Bitch In You" he serves up Ice Cube!

[@spud9772]

You kept us waiting... but im glad you're finally here

[@jaydeem1264]

Not Like Us and I THINK Story of Adidon are actually content ID free right now, so you coulda let them go longer.

[@browndamon]

Appreciated! The only omission would be the entire Rumours album. Singers dissing each other every night on stage!

[@MATALOMUSIC]

Man I can't thank you enough, I knew of these other beefs but some of the breakdowns taught me stuff I didn't know about. Paul vs John making it on the list is something I never thought I'd see 😆

[@spikethrowaway]

Just for an answer to the question, the plural for 'beef' just also 'beef'. The word beef itself is meant to describe a quantity of something so more of it is the same. Its not like a hoof which just describes a singular object.

[@diggingthegreats]

Of course! But in this case though, it feels weird to say “there are too many rap beef to fit on the list” 😂

[@nyswan]

@@diggingthegreats I think "beefs" is correct here in the same way "peoples" can be correct, you're pluralising a plural to differentiate the groups of beef/people 😂

[@spikethrowaway]

That's why you say "too much" instead of "too many" You could also go "too many instances of" as a substitute. But at the end of the day it's nomenclature so it's whatever you make it I just thought I'd posit a solution. Love the videos dude!

[@xodiaq]

If Flyting as a word makes a comeback, we’ll know who brought it back!!

[@NumunuBeats]

Masta Ace “Acknowledge” The Entire “Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” album The entire “Tapestry” album by Carol King

[@iamdamo]

Amazing video as always! Oh and Hi from New Zealand!

[@ArthurlimaCdosSantos]

While I was writing about that beef you surprised me by citing noel x Wilson. Shout out from brazil

[@TheHuskyK9]

Arguably, I say No Vaseline had more impact on rap beefs than Hit Em Up. It popularized diss tracks as a whole

[@charlescdt6509]

Good stuff but Im shocked you didnt include "Your So Vain" by Carly Simon. She was bashing James Taylor. Also "You Oughta Know" Is also a banger of a diss track from Alanis Morissette. You know no one drops a diss track like a pissed off lady (Taylor Swift) lol. A hot one as always.

[@artisans8521]

James Taylor? Warren Beaty....at least that came out of the horses mouth. Not to compare Miss Simon with an elegant quadruped 😂. Just a figure of speach, right? And then there were Rumours....eh was Rumours. Two of the best dis tracks that were performed by the same band. Icy looks over and forth included. If looks could kill, Mr. Buckingham and Mrs. Nicks would be in jail for years.

[@BackToTheBoomBap]

Who was Alanis Morisette dissing on You Oughta Know?

[@charlescdt6509]

@@BackToTheBoomBap THe dude who played Joey from Full House

[@johnthies1150]

People always forget that ealry reggae was full of disstracks, for example, people funny boy by lee perry, small axe by the wailers, blood and fire by niney the observer... A lot of beefs!

[@christophersmith3005]

No Vaseline - Ice Cube Let's Go - Kool Moe Dee Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd One could argue that "Sweet Home Alabama" is the most successful diss track because the song itself is so well known by the most people. The song was Lynyrd Skynyrd's response to Neil Young's "Southern Man" from 1970.

[@dakata2416]

And just remember... grow man are writing poems about each-other.

[@ricki399]

the noel rosa part was great. What he was criticizing with the diss track was the "malandro" culture, which was a lifestyle very popular in brazil at the time and celebrated in many sambas. Love from Brazil!

[@CurtisBond]

Been waiting for this one!

[@danilogondim9300]

As a Brazilian. I'm glad of the Wilson Batista vs Noel Rosa mention. I knew but very few people know that beef here. I also laughed at you speaking Portuguese . Lenço no pescoco. The Ç is a latin letter it has An S sound. But very good vid man

[@aaronquadsquad5]

Brandon did you copy the lofi music from Your Friend Kyle or was this original?

[@JamieFurlong]

Great vid, I do love a good diss track. Honourable mention has to go to Roxanne Shante and the whole UTFO/Real Roxanne shenanigans, which crossed over into the Bridge Wars. And the greatest rapper ever, Kool Keith, should get an award for dissing any and all rappers on every single track he releases. "You live at home with your mom" 😅

[@konLVdon]

didn't expect to hear about Noel Rosa here if it wasn't a sample ("rapaz folgado" is actually pronounced like "Nas" at the end of Rapaz and the "ol" in "Folgado" is like "wow", but I appreciate including him)

[@liquidamusica]

Holy Sh*t, dropping some deep deep Samba trivia here, my dude! Noel Rosa was, is and will ever be A GENIUS!

[@Zhade_12]

Thanks for including The story of Adidon, it‘s so amazing.

[@dreamsinthree]

Great stuff, DtG!

[@orlandowright2323]

Carly Simon - You're So Vain is also a prime diss track

[@rachaad]

like how you include non rap diss , love a good history lesson in music . Honor mention dollor and sense

[@K.Y54]

I think "Meet the Grahams" is better but "Not Like Us" is also goated, so I'm not really mad abt that

[@danieldrams8092]

Hit em' up is more than a diss tracj, it's also a banger. Till date the track still get played in the club and you will definitely see people evennthe new generation bumping so hardly to it. No other diss track is as popular as Hit em up.

[@theonlycaamz]

common digging the greats w

[@diggingthegreats]

🤜🤛

[@nathangarcia7921]

A close runner up should be "You can keep her" a diss towards by James Brown

[@macbeatDugg]

Great list. Very original. Enjoyed this.

[@mokodo813]

Nothing makes more excited than to see a new Digging The Greats video.

[@jayaye9483]

The fact that No Vaseline didn't make this list got me looking at this sideways

[@dereklarkins7601]

“MacFlecknoe” by Neoclassic poet John Dryden dissing Thomas Shadwell was my intro to flyting in college. It made us all want to write…it was the equivalent to Nas vs Jay-Z. Even in Westminster Abbey Dryden has a bigger headstone than Shadwell’s. Thanks for including battles from centuries back…but check out MacFlecknoe!

[@pierreyveshuet1763]

In 1973 Sweet Home Alabama, southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd answers to Neil Young who had pointed the racism of the southern state a few years earlier in "Southern Man" and "Alabama". Lynyrd Skynyrd sings (talking about their Alabama state) : "Well, I heard Mr. Young sing about her, Well, I heard ol' Neil put her down, Well, I hope Neil Young will remember, A Southern man don't need him around, anyhow". However, they appreciated each other's music and years later Neil sometimes performed wearing a Lynyrd Skynyrd T-Shirt, as well as Van Zandt with a Young T-Shirt.

[@Darthimpakk]

Good countdown B, BUT where's "No Vasoline" by Ice Cube?

[@fredrichholmes3296]

from 975 AD is wild, henry the 8th was defo droppin bars on his wives

[@ginahouston9352]

Maester!!! good to see ya.... great timing on this!

[@ginahouston9352]

flyting.... take us to school, Maester!

[@lucas07700]

So cool that you mentioned Noel Rosa. Cheers from Brasil!

[@Olando89]

Great video and by the way we forgive you for your pronunciation amigo. One! ☝🏾

[@ymoneyunofficial]

For me: Euphoria deserves to be on this list and Hit 'Em Up deserves to be #1. Maybe just a little bit of bias because K. Lamar is my favorite rapper. But it takes so many direct shots at drake its insane. Even targetting his ghostwriters, his parenting abilities, the different girls that drake was caught hooked up with. Even flipping around the things that he said in both Taylor Made Freestyle and Push Ups. Not only that but it even targetted his relationships with other rappers (specifically, J. Cole.) About the beef that he had with Pusha T. Even the bars that he made about Drake made previous bars in Like That and future bars in 6:16 in LA hit WAY HARDER. I could go on and on and on about how masterfully made this track was and why it should be on the all-time list. But I rest my case.

[@charlesw7397]

No Vaseline is easily my favorite. Just so damn catchy and he absolutely dunks on Eazy E and Jerry Heller.

[@bruhkisg6662]

I’m sure since this artist is not as well known it never gets exposed but Kam with “whomp whomp” is a superior diss to ice cube. The song reminds me of the undertone of “they not like us”

[@toomuchtobmac]

Nobody put the fire in a diss track like Pac did. You knew he meant every word.

[@DiegoDiaz-rr2og]

John also got surprisingly dirty mentioning Paul’s dead mom saying “jump when your mama tell you anything”. Both John and Paul’s moms died when they were young so John knew it would cut, also references how Paul wrote let it be through a dream where his mom told him that. Calls him a pretty boy who can’t write. Also George is on the track playing guitar lol

[@andrewmcquade9413]

Silly Love Song is Paul McCartney’s best diss track. That’s another shot at John.

[@dmercy8477]

Top 10 Diss Tracks 1. No Vaseline 2. Ether 3. Hit Em Up 4. Takeover 5. Long Kiss Goodnight 6. The Story Of Adidon 7. Meet The Grahams 8. Back Down 9. Real Muthafukkin Gz 10. Second Round Knockout

[@Spacepilot616]

I found out about flyting in a video game. Lol But its called ripping now. I spend hours with my childhood friends ripping on each other.

[@RenR70]

How does "No Vaseline" not make the list?

[@jasonmurray4714]

The Kool Moe Dee vs LL beef. Even Ice-T got into the mix.

[@lordbear]

This one. It was one of the longer running original rap Beefs. It even extended to album covers.

[@juliangoodman33]

Tweedy Bird Loc - What's Really Goin On, Luke - Cowards In Compton (couple of rarer great ones most people haven't heard - about Eazy and the other one about Dre)

[@userJFK]

Ngl beefs are hella entertaining

[@Ezoangelofdeath]

Ill go with Velocity dissing Nirvana on the track Riot Going On, MC Ren dissing Mumble rap on Villan Is Back, Mobb Deep dissing 2pac and Outlawz on Drop A Gem On Em, Quik dissing AMG and House Of Pain on Get At Me, Quik dissing MC Eiht on Dollars + Cents,and of course Cube dissing NWA and Jerry Heller on No Vaseline

[@matthewgoldring]

Extremely proud of my country for taking the top spot

[@starkillermarex]

You're usually spot on with stuff but not including No Vaseline at all? This list is instantly null and void

[@pablomartincabal]

now we need the official "digging the greats" diss playlist

[@MatteoTagliabue-q2r]

Great video as always man! Do you think you're ever going to do an eminem video? He's my favourite rapper and it would be amazing hearing maybe an album breakdown from you just like the one you did for DOOM or Nas

[@BoomDoop]

My man Dunbar dissed so hard he changed the way people use the English language.

[@K1NG931]

How is No Vaseline not on this list??????

[@mulengachanda7659]

Peter Tosh - Stepping Razor (Bob Marley Diss)

[@seajae3622]

CML - "Where's Waldo 2" is the best diss i ever heard.

[@DavidSoul-vj6so]

Lest we forget: LL knocking EPMD on their own track 'Rampage'.

[@deldominguez]

No "No Vaseline?!?!?" This is the first fail of allllllll the vids on this channel.

[@metro-sn]

Any list without no Vaseline at the top is flawed. It’s not even on this list. That is the greatest diss track of all time. Love your content but this one gotta go in the bin.

[@DocR-S]

How are you not going to include the Kool Moe Dee vs LL Cool J beef? There were some fantastic tracks in this series. For you younger folks, go listen to "How ya Like Me Now", "Jack The Ripper” and Kool Moe Dee’s “Let’s Go.” “To Da Break Of Dawn,” was LL's final diss in the series, but Let's Go was the best of the series.