Jay had a plan. And it was a brilliant plan. He was 15 steps ahead of Nas...up until Ether dropped. Everything was executed perfectly by Jay...up until Ether dropped.
Baits him with a single line at Summer Jam.
Nas scrambles and responds with the Stillmatic Freestyle (which was dope...but rightfully got overshadowed by Takeover).
Takeover was a masterful, brutal diss. Most rappers never would have come back from that. Not only that...Jay knew he had the dirt on Carmen and he knew that Nas knew about it. That last line was basically...say anything and I'm gonna reveal this and you're career will be over. Most rappers wouldn't have even responded. Jay had him beat on the mic and in real life
Again, Nas is scrambling. Most thought Nas was done. It was a tough time for Nas fans
We had to wait two months to hear the response...but it was worth the wait
I couldn't believe what happened next.
Jay drops a semi wack, obviously rushed freestyle
I bet he had already wrote the line about AI and though that was enough...I'll just throw a few more lightweight jabs and call it a day
What if Jay had spent a month and really crafted a response over a Kanye/Just Blaze beat capped off with the reveal about Carmen?
Then he went on the radio and apologized while
Jay was
Baits him with a single line at Summer Jam.
Nas scrambles and responds with the Stillmatic Freestyle (which was dope...but rightfully got overshadowed by Takeover).
Takeover was a masterful, brutal diss. Most rappers never would have come back from that. Not only that...Jay knew he had the dirt on Carmen and he knew that Nas knew about it. That last line was basically...say anything and I'm gonna reveal this and you're career will be over. Most rappers wouldn't have even responded. Jay had him beat on the mic and in real life

Again, Nas is scrambling. Most thought Nas was done. It was a tough time for Nas fans

We had to wait two months to hear the response...but it was worth the wait

I couldn't believe what happened next.

Jay drops a semi wack, obviously rushed freestyle

I bet he had already wrote the line about AI and though that was enough...I'll just throw a few more lightweight jabs and call it a day

What if Jay had spent a month and really crafted a response over a Kanye/Just Blaze beat capped off with the reveal about Carmen?

Then he went on the radio and apologized while

Jay was
