24. "Back in the day a little beef here & there was cool to me." In response to In response to 23
The rivalries on wax brought about some great songs &/or one-liners. EL-P's Linda Tripp was incredibly creative & is classic material imo. It's a shame we didn't get more stuff like that & instead the beefs took to the streets. I see your point tho. And the media did indeed fuel the fire so they certainly played their part. But as far as losing two legends of hip-hop, I place the blame solely on those that did the actual deadly deeds.
I think it was after that tho where the so-called beefs became corny. I was a huge fan of both Nas & Jay-Z but now I don't even remember what started the friction between them. And then it seemed like every other week 50 had beef with somebody over some petty shit just to sell records & draw more attention to himself. My cynicism kicked in & I wasn't hearing anymore good music come from it so I was done with it.