DJ Premier talks: Biggie vs. Jeru the Damaja beef

[Menelik II]

little know fact that i've never seen on the internet but jeru ya playin yaself was a response to Junior Mafia's - Player Anthem. From Jeru and Preem. They took the whole concept and flipped it and Preem took the same sample and flipped in crazy in response to what people considering to be lazy looping at the time from the Puffy style producers.

 

[Art Barr]

I cant think of one single Pete Rock remix that I liked better than the original ........the closest was Fades Em All but still I like Redmans beat better.

Oh and I liked Jeru better than Biggie back then too......I appreciate Big now that hes gone sadly but back then Juicy was a channel changer.

Shut em down makes the original nonexistent, damn near and rhe original was cold.
That is how next level those remixes were.

Art Barr

 

[Art Barr]

That was easily ascertained back then, breh.



Art Barr

 

[Awesome Wells]

Jeru's first two albums were damn near flawless.

Huge fan of his back in the day. Dude's voice and diction meshed perfectly with Preme's beats back then. He didn't sound like anybody else, and I always felt like Primo gave him a lot of his best shyt at the time. I wanted more albums from them together, they had dope chemistry.

 

[Menelik II]

That was easily ascertained back then, breh.



Art Barr

Didn't realise it was the same sample. Also he didn't mention bad boy, he always seemed direct to me

 

[Art Barr]

Didn't realise it was the same sample. Also he didn't mention bad boy, he always seemed direct to me

Jeru was the guy who kept it really real culturally.
Wish another guy like him would come out to get rid of this second coming of diggety based rap.

I hate diggety rap.....


Art Barr

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

Jeru has a really dope voice. 1 of my all time favorites.
Thought people used to say he was a great lyricist though.

 

[DoomzdayzV]

EVERYONE know Playin Yaself was a jab at Junior Mafia and Puff....man.....fukk are u talking about "little known fact"

 

[Originalman]

The sun rises in the East is a dope album. I like Jeru over Big a bit.

Breh that black prophet song blew my mind away. How a kat could make a song battling ignorance.....wow.

Then that crooklyn dodgers where Jeru kicked this verse.

Now it's Desert Eagles, government issue
Probably the same one that killed Noriega
Chips that powered nuclear bombs, power my Sega
Subliminal hypnotism and colonialism
Leaves most %$#@& dead or in prison
In Crook-land, right hand cuts off the left hand
To spite the hand, jealous of the next man.

 

[Originalman]

Winter late 93 going into Summer 94, it was all about Buckshot, Jeru, and Nas. And this wasn't just a mere underground thing. This what n1ggas in the streets were bumpin out of every whip or stereo

Breh even southern kats were bumping Jeru Come Clean cause the bass was hitting so hard on that shyt.

 

[BUSINESS AS USUAL]

i get it...big's voice was grating for sure. i hate that super cat joint because of that screaming shyt he and puff were doing. the feature with heavy d, party n bullshyt. it took me a long time to like big because of his voice...

Me too...juicy/unbelievable/TheWhat did it for me

 

[IronFist]

Breh that black prophet song blew my mind away. How a kat could make a song battling ignorance.....wow.

Then that crooklyn dodgers where Jeru kicked this verse.

Now it's Desert Eagles, government issue
Probably the same one that killed Noriega
Chips that powered nuclear bombs, power my Sega
Subliminal hypnotism and colonialism
Leaves most %$#@& dead or in prison
In Crook-land, right hand cuts off the left hand
To spite the hand, jealous of the next man.

its funny lord alot of rappers that came out i couldnt stand. However now since ive matured, i fool with them heavy like Jeru. Redman is another was originally just use to get irk hearing his verses. Now he is up there as a fav or mine due to his metaphors.

 

[Gizza]

I was 4-6 in the time frames y’all are talkin bout but seein how the 00’s get revisioned due to the charts on here. I know all of you are speakin facts. Listening to “Come Clean” I can see what @Art Barr sayin & I’ll listen to Jeru 1st 2 album as I heard his name but never got my hands on a copy until streaming.

 

[frush11]

Quite a few NYC cats really didn't fukk with Big/Badboy.

Jeru, most off Boot Camp, Flush, some Wu dudes.

 

[Jimmy the gent]

Jeru not a lyricist?

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