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>As far as Ether goes, the beat was meh. The disses weren't >anywhere near the caliber of No Vaseline, Shut The Eff Up >(hoe), Hit Em Up (at least Pac's verse), To Da Break Of Dawn, >Dollaz & Sense, Da B*tch In Yoo...
I have no idea why people group Hit 'Em Up with other classic disses. Pac's verse isn't that good or biting. It's short. And the rest of the song is by the fucking Outlawz !
It's not good.
>I liked Nas calling Jay out >for Un, and for riding Big's coattails, I guess, but after >that, the disses were simple and/or silly. But it was madly >effective given the time and everyone's expectation after that >freestyle spread. Couple that with Super Ugly backfiring >(probably a better diss, but below the belt. True, Pac pretty >much said the same thing to Biggie, but condoms in child seats >feels below board). > >Ether is great only if you view it in context. Taken by >itself, it's slightly above mid at best, I think.
I dunno. I think the disses in Ether were great. They hit Jay where it hurt. That's the point. There's some "juvenile" stuff, I guess. But the stuff about Jay riding his dick, being sort of a trend hopper/wannabe, biting Biggie, etc. It obviously worked. ----------------------------------------
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