best line in "ether"

i dont think its bad at all, i think its funny. also not the best line here

"Takeover" is kinda OK as an early 00s indie-friendly crossover novelty single, but at the end of the day I kinda want my rap to have more in common with "Ya Playing Yourself" than "Bad Babysitter"

-- Dom Passantino, Thursday, August 23, 2007 6:21 PM (10 months ago) Bookmark Link

Actually whether it's a better song is kind of beside the point. I can see people liking "Ether" better, but I find it hard to believe people think Nas got the best of this battle even if he put out the better "song".

c'mon there are no classic or even canonized lines in "ether"-- "one hot album every ten year average", "smarten up nas", "your bodyguards 'oochie wally' verse was better than yours" are basically rap memes at this point

I thought this thread was going to be about various African myths and stories Nas cites in his lyrics. I wish it was that and not this completely retarded thread.

If a woman wears pink is it still gay? How about a white shirt with pink lettering? What percentage of the shirt must be pink in order for it to be gay? What hues of pink? Where do you draw the line between dark pink and light red? Light red is straight right? Or are all of the bloods gay?

The whole fucking song is a rap meme, "ethering" has been a fucking rap urbandictionary fave for six years now.

xp

^^^^

What it boils down to is that this was a battle between a man with an innate, almost Mr Bean-esque, ability for making himself look like an utter twat (Nas) and Jay-Z, who could pull my entire family out of a burning building and still come off as massively unlikeable. Judging "winners" here isn't really an exact science as a result, but Nas made the "better" song (ie, to listen to), the "better" song (ie, by tedious rap purist rating systems), and the "better" song (funnier disses, both juvenalia and "remember the past dunny" shit). So yeah, Nas won this. Jay-Z actually loses it because the first time I heard "The Takeover" was on a free CD on the cover of the NME.

http://www.discogs.com/release/1047534

^^^I remember 2001 being a fucking fantastic year for music, but that CD apparently doesn't. Needs DJ Pied Piper and Wideboys ft Dennis G.

Oh you Britishes.

Takeover all day.

Its not even close.

-- Colin_C., Friday, August 24, 2007 10:57 PM (10 months ago) Bookmark Link

^^^ keep this in mind ether-haters

and all you other cats throwin shots at jigga
you only get half a bar
fuck yall niggas

i mean actually comparing the songs now i dunno but jay carries it because he has charisma like basically no one else in history ever xpsss

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So yeah, Nas won this. Jay-Z actually loses it because the first time I heard "The Takeover" was on a free CD on the cover of the NME.

-- The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Thursday, July 3, 2008 2:27 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

the UK lost

i don't hate ether.

i just always thought jay got the best of the whole thing.

but I don't read NME so what do i know?

so dom doesnt like it because people he doesnt like liked it

rappers who freestyled over 'ether'

soulja slim
lil wayne
jeezy

rappers who freestyled over 'takeover'

camron
dude from linkin park

-- and what, Saturday, August 25, 2007 9:38 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark Link

"funnier disses, both juvenalia and "remember the past dunny" shit"

This might be true in Dom-world, but for the rest of the known universe I don't think this is the case.

the best jay diss was this one jaz-o internet track along time ago, i can't remember the name, but jaz was mad that jay wouldn't do the video for that collab song on the "kingz county" album

You rapped over "Takeover", Ethan? Is it on youtube?

ether is a bad song that is also totally classic

and not in a 'so bad its good' way, but as if those two characteristics are two trains passing in the night

A did you live in milwaukee/minneapolis??

-- luriqua, Monday, August 27, 2007 1:36 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark Link

take your shit to the bill o reilly identity crisis thread.

i've never lived/been to milwaukee/minneapolis (f you were asking me).

-- Jordan Sargent, Monday, August 27, 2007 1:41 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark Link

^ rude

-- luriqua, Monday, August 27, 2007 2:12 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark Link

??? which part

-- Jordan Sargent, Monday, August 27, 2007 2:13 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark Link

you're rude

-- luriqua, Monday, August 27, 2007 2:15 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark Link

luriqua vs. sargent

-- am0n, Monday, August 27, 2007 2:18 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark Link

nah luriqua's cool. if luriqua's a real person of course.

-- Jordan Sargent, Monday, August 27, 2007 2:19 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark Link

U WANT REAL????? U WANNA BLACKOUT????? I'LL HANDLE YA, BITCH ASS DUDE. JUST NAME A SERVER, I'LL FRAG YA GAY ASS. WHAT!?

-- luriqua, Monday, August 27, 2007 2:25 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark Link

"Just name a server, I'll frag your gay ass" would be the best line in either song.

HUNTA-L

lurq takes all always

2003 symphonic grime riddims owe so much to this beat

rappers who freestyled over 'ether'

soulja slim
lil wayne
jeezy

rappers who freestyled over 'takeover'

camron
dude from linkin park
Colin_C??????

takeovered

no mustache havin, whiskers like a rat LOL

fat+overconfident used to pretend to be nas (no homo!) and think out loud like "hmmm... i'ma get that nga... ... ... yeaaaahh... HE AINT GOT NO MUSTACHE!" and then scribble a note, usually an unrelated insult to me.

rofl ;_;

she would also pretend that nas had a framed picture of jay-z on his writing desk and she'd stare at it while

uh i guess you gotta be there. idk

I'd rather listen to Ether (better beat, Nas is a better rapper, etc.), but "half a bar" is the best zing in either track (or the related radio freestyles).

is fat+overconfident your ex/lacey turner????

xp true milo

milo u a liar!!!!!!!!!

idk deez i guess that story would have been 100% more tasteful if i'd referred to her as luriqua-ex

Ether isn't flashy, but it's solid and the beat is less showy. Just dramatic.

Takeover is flashy, funny, and has Jay's charisma. With the lol recognizable sample it's essentially a pop song.

Ether is good when I'm in a Mobb Deep mood or OB4CL mood. Takeover's better when I feel like enjoying what I'm listening to.

haha

Ether: only for when you're feeling masochistic

Dick suckin lips, whyn't you let the late, great veteran live

because I use the term "dick suckin lips" on a regular basis

not necessarily an insult

lol @ usic dating a nas stan

How much of Biggie's rhymes is gon' come out your fat lips?

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

-- am0n, Saturday, August 25, 2007 9:27 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark Link

</nas stan>

-- am0n, Saturday, August 25, 2007 9:28 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark Link

lol @ usic dating a nas stan

-- am0n, Thursday, July 3, 2008 7:51 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

clue to am0ns identity????

Ether: only for when you're feeling masochistic

-- J0rdan S., Thursday, July 3, 2008 11:28 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

yeah i mean maybe this is a separate thread but i realized today that i don't think i like raekwon

;]

anyone who hates on 'takeover' for being crossover should hate on one mic like 100x that

<3 one mic btw but cmon

whatup ilxas...

n a pinefox, like 9 rocks from my pot, fellas
Ally kept u hot ...

lol

xp sup am0n ;]

totally gonna write+record that song

deez wtf are you talking about

^^next level

am0n im sayin one mic has total crossover appeal structurally + emotionally

which is perfectly great btw but just sayin

hahha

wow i'm creeping up there with unintended ally entendre.... BETTER HIDE YR GIRL TOM

darn fine song tho darn fine, im listening to it now

erm not talkin bout lurq's song which afaik is yet to be recorded, unfortunately

i remember it being generally regarded that nas won, like the UPS guy told me that nas won

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Y'all just piss on me, shit on me, spit on my grave (uh)

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ether is a bad song that is also totally classic

-- deej, Thursday, 3 July 2008 19:34 (2 days ago) Link

and not in a 'so bad its good' way, but as if those two characteristics are two trains passing in the night

-- deej, Thursday, 3 July 2008 19:34 (2 days ago) Link

en el dinero

^ groundbreaking

^ fuckin w/ magic in 08

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