"Ether" vs. "Takeover"

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gabbneb, Saturday, 25 August 2007 02:05 (sixteen years ago) link

qed

Hurting 2, Saturday, 25 August 2007 02:05 (sixteen years ago) link

shaboy

Hurting 2, Saturday, 25 August 2007 02:11 (sixteen years ago) link

Takeover all day.

Its not even close.

Colin_C., Saturday, 25 August 2007 02:57 (sixteen years ago) link

I voted Takeover. 2 things the Ether-boosters need to remember:

- Takeover was at best like the 5th or 6th most popular song from its album, there's really not a whole lot Stillmatic worth remembering or talking about besides Ether

- the Hot 97 call-in vote that people usually cite as proof that Nas "won" was between Ether and Super Ugly, so of course Ether won. curious how it would've turned out between Takeover and Ether.

Alex in Baltimore, Saturday, 25 August 2007 05:40 (sixteen years ago) link

Me too. I've always liked how Jay uses the first verse to set himself up as an unassailable force before he starts calling names, between that and the beat, which is some knocking-down-the-doors (npi) shit, "Takeover" sounds overwhelmingly confident, whereas "Ether" sounds withdrawn and petty.

The Reverend, Saturday, 25 August 2007 07:24 (sixteen years ago) link

jay-z had but 2 good lines in that whole half-dope gayne west track jack (every song he produced is overshadowed by what he stole ftw)

luriqua, Saturday, 25 August 2007 07:25 (sixteen years ago) link

al: rewind, one mic-- jay needs a ghost writer in light of those trx that nas never cld have writ unless he banged some smack

luriqua, Saturday, 25 August 2007 07:26 (sixteen years ago) link

ether is better than any jay song except hard knock life cuz of the chorus, u fucktards

luriqua, Saturday, 25 August 2007 07:27 (sixteen years ago) link

nobody interjects shit within the chorus. that shit's crazy as a motherfucker

luriqua, Saturday, 25 August 2007 07:27 (sixteen years ago) link

even though it's all gastfaced and shit. nas and jay both suck ass

luriqua, Saturday, 25 August 2007 07:28 (sixteen years ago) link

except d'evils and very select moments from illmatic.

luriqua, Saturday, 25 August 2007 07:28 (sixteen years ago) link

stop im-ing yourself.

Jordan Sargent, Saturday, 25 August 2007 08:35 (sixteen years ago) link

al: rewind, one mic-- jay needs a ghost writer in light of those trx that nas never cld have writ unless he banged some smack

-- luriqua, Saturday, 25 August 2007 07:26 (5 hours ago) Link

^^^ truth

and what, Saturday, 25 August 2007 13:04 (sixteen years ago) link

ether is hardly the only joint remembered off stillmatic + the other joints remembered off blueprint are bullshit like girls girls girls & renegade

and what, Saturday, 25 August 2007 13:07 (sixteen years ago) link

you're da man, what goes around, the flyest

am0n, Saturday, 25 August 2007 13:19 (sixteen years ago) link

i dunno if youre being funny or whatever but 'the flyest' is hot

and what, Saturday, 25 August 2007 13:22 (sixteen years ago) link

those are other trax beside one mic and ether that i like

am0n, Saturday, 25 August 2007 13:27 (sixteen years ago) link

</nas stan>

am0n, Saturday, 25 August 2007 13:28 (sixteen years ago) link

one mic is fuckin next level tho

and what, Saturday, 25 August 2007 13:29 (sixteen years ago) link

fuck man, i like got urself a gun

and what, Saturday, 25 August 2007 13:30 (sixteen years ago) link

rappers who freestyled over 'ether'

soulja slim
lil wayne
jeezy

rappers who freestyled over 'takeover'

camron
dude from linkin park

and what, Saturday, 25 August 2007 13:38 (sixteen years ago) link

i'm glad gabbneb weighed in on this

am0n, Saturday, 25 August 2007 13:56 (sixteen years ago) link

where is gabbs sister souljah moment

and what, Saturday, 25 August 2007 14:15 (sixteen years ago) link

the best jay diss ever was this track jaz did a few years ago, i only foudn it on some weirdo jay z fan site that would post streams of everything in the world even tangentially related to rocafella. anyway fuck jaz broke it down pretty hard....he's probably like the most underrated rapper ever. i liked that kingz county thing he put out a few years ago.

M@tt He1ges0n, Saturday, 25 August 2007 14:27 (sixteen years ago) link

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L-R: gabbneb, and what, am0n

gabbneb, Saturday, 25 August 2007 15:28 (sixteen years ago) link

wait, can you guys afford cable?

gabbneb, Saturday, 25 August 2007 15:29 (sixteen years ago) link

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Dom Passantino, Saturday, 25 August 2007 15:33 (sixteen years ago) link

What's sad is I love you 'cause you're my brother
You traded your soul for riches

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3bANUSYOys

deej, Saturday, 25 August 2007 17:49 (sixteen years ago) link

leaving for rock the bells soon! i hope nas does ether maybe that will change my opinion.

M@tt He1ges0n, Saturday, 25 August 2007 18:26 (sixteen years ago) link

"Cause the nigga wear a coofie, it don't mean that he bright
Cause you don't understand him, it don't mean that he nice
It just means you don't understand all the bullshit that he write
Is it "Oochie Wally Wally" or is it "One Mic"?
Is it "Black Girl Lost" or shorty owe you for ice?"

Hurting 2, Saturday, 25 August 2007 18:38 (sixteen years ago) link

uh, that should be "kufi" obv.

Hurting 2, Saturday, 25 August 2007 18:38 (sixteen years ago) link

haha 'coofie'

deej, Saturday, 25 August 2007 20:00 (sixteen years ago) link

uffie

am0n, Saturday, 25 August 2007 20:10 (sixteen years ago) link

Uffie Smacker

Dom Passantino, Saturday, 25 August 2007 20:17 (sixteen years ago) link

am0n otm about good tracks on stillmatic, i also like 2nd childhood

deej, Saturday, 25 August 2007 20:22 (sixteen years ago) link

lol Dom

am0n, Saturday, 25 August 2007 21:35 (sixteen years ago) link

haha 'coofie'

-- deej, Saturday, 25 August 2007 20:00 (Yesterday) Link

c&p from lyrics site busted

Hurting 2, Sunday, 26 August 2007 00:07 (sixteen years ago) link

i figured, its just a funny misspelling

deej, Sunday, 26 August 2007 03:35 (sixteen years ago) link

Stillmatic = tracks 5-8 + "What Goes Around"

The Reverend, Sunday, 26 August 2007 21:16 (sixteen years ago) link

Or actually, that's me several years ago talking. I don't trust any opinion I formed prior to the past couple years. I need to reevaluate.

The Reverend, Sunday, 26 August 2007 21:17 (sixteen years ago) link

^

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 26 August 2007 21:40 (sixteen years ago) link

the other joints remembered off blueprint are bullshit like girls girls girls & renegade

Aw come on, I still hear Izzo and Heart of the City more than anything else (and Hola Hovito = most underrated Timbaland track???).

Jordan, Monday, 27 August 2007 01:51 (sixteen years ago) link

title track

Hurting 2, Monday, 27 August 2007 02:03 (sixteen years ago) link

Aw come on, I still hear Izzo and Heart of the City more than anything else (and Hola Hovito = most underrated Timbaland track???).

-- Jordan, Monday, August 27, 2007 1:51 AM

I also bump U Don't Know & The Ruler's Back on the regular.

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 27 August 2007 02:13 (sixteen years ago) link

And "All I Need"

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 27 August 2007 02:13 (sixteen years ago) link

"Song Cry" <-

The Reverend, Monday, 27 August 2007 02:45 (sixteen years ago) link

Oh, and both "Girls, Girls, Girls" & "Renagade" are GREAT.

The Reverend, Monday, 27 August 2007 02:46 (sixteen years ago) link

Genuinely thought this was a Gang of Four vs. Bad Brains thread

Lord Pickles (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 5 January 2023 04:46 (one year ago) link

xpost- everyone you know irl is wrong lol

i'd rather do music and chill tf out (Austin), Thursday, 5 January 2023 05:25 (one year ago) link

lol Boring

paranormal bully romance (Neanderthal), Thursday, 5 January 2023 06:00 (one year ago) link

i wonder what in-his-prime Jay-Z woulda done (if anything) with all of Nas's "King's Disease albums"

paranormal bully romance (Neanderthal), Thursday, 5 January 2023 06:00 (one year ago) link

that's a two arthritic diseases every ten year average

paranormal bully romance (Neanderthal), Thursday, 5 January 2023 06:01 (one year ago) link

Ofc ether gets ethered; the real challops is that takeover is the only good song on the blueprint

Vapor waif (uptown churl), Thursday, 5 January 2023 17:27 (one year ago) link

lol damn fine challop there as i just had to delete a longass post about how wrong it is

i'd rather do music and chill tf out (Austin), Thursday, 5 January 2023 17:39 (one year ago) link

"ether" isn't and never was a good song. it's vicious, sure, but if you remove the homophobia there are maybe four bars left

sault bae (voodoo chili), Thursday, 5 January 2023 17:42 (one year ago) link

slowly loading up this ammo
To explode it on a camel

Motion to adjourn to enjoy a footling (President Keyes), Thursday, 5 January 2023 17:46 (one year ago) link

My child, I've watched you grow up to be famous
And now I smile like a proud dad, watching his only son that made it
You seem to be only concerned with dissing women
Were you abused as a child, scared to smile, they called you ugly?
Well life is hard, hug me, don't reject me

Motion to adjourn to enjoy a footling (President Keyes), Thursday, 5 January 2023 17:47 (one year ago) link

Nas has been horrible for 24 years or so. The gross misogyny. The absence of humor. The guy is a cancer on hip hop.

paulhw, Thursday, 5 January 2023 22:57 (one year ago) link


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