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		<title>Rap Battle: Jay-Z Vs. Beanie Sigel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamika Sanders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They once were great friends with one of the hottest rap crews around. Things went sour and now Beanie Sigel and Jay-Z are going to war. ]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://cdn.giantmag.com/files//2009/11/beaniejay.jpg"></a><span class="capital_holder"><span class="capital_letter capital_l">L</span></span>ast week, Beanie Sigel released his diss track &#8220;Average Cat&#8221; <object width="200" height="50" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xr26uhxlgz0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xr26uhxlgz0" /></object> against his long time partner and friend Jay-Z. In the song, He claims that Jay at his September 11th tribute concert &#8220;called the police on me//cause I was front row at the Blue Print 3.&#8221; He also raps &#8220;I can say shit, that will make Bey look at you different.&#8221;</p>
<p>At one point, Rocafella Records reigned supreme with hits and artists that ruled hip-hop. There was a time when the Roc expanded its resume and ventured into Hollywood with movies like <em>The Streets Is Watching</em>, and <em>Backstage</em>. Memphis Bleek, Amil, DJ Clue, Young Guns, Nore, Freeway, &#8220;Beanz,&#8221; Dame Dash, and of course, Jay added thespian to their repertoires. The Roc&#8217;s most successful movie venture was <em>State Property</em> (2002). It put lyricist Beanie Sigel in the forefront and he led the way straight through Lionsgate studio onto our theater screens. The movie didn&#8217;t have incredible numbers, but it instantly became a hood classic.</p>
<p>Besides Jay, Beanie was the next best thing on Rocafella. Memphis Bleek couldn&#8217;t rap, and Amil played the token female mcee position and The Young Guns and Freeway couldn&#8217;t sell records. However, as a whole they were hot! If you didn&#8217;t like &#8220;Do It Again&#8221; or &#8220;What We Do&#8221;  then you didn&#8217;t appreciate the Roc!</p>
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<p>But, like any record label there were  problems looming in the air and in the backgrounds. After dissecting Beanz diss track it seems as though he was the backbone of the Roc. He brought all the talent to the label, and he maned all battle stations when rocks were being thrown at the throne. He even would&#8217;ve taken a bullet for the Roc at the time!</p>
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<p>Leave it to Jay-Z <object width="200" height="65" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/FG2i9bm4WQc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FG2i9bm4WQc" /></object> to defend himself by retaliating with, &#8220;What people choose to do when they attain that type of success &#8230; at some point, you gotta look in the mirror and look at yourself. Beanie Sigel had a record deal, a record label, and a clothing line. Never went platinum, ever. I don&#8217;t know in the history of rap, if anyone has done so much with so little.&#8221; Jay gave him all that stuff because he was his friend, but Jay, where is what Beanz actually earned?</p>
<p>By the way after losing to Nas, Jay hasn&#8217;t thrown a rebuttal to anyone who could rap so if Jigga and Beanz got into a lyrical battle, who would win?</p>
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		<title>Tell &#8216;Em Why Ya Mad, Diddy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GIANT</dc:creator>
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Looks like Diddy&#8217;s finally reached his breaking point. Somebody call the WAAAAAMbulance. 
Something about Diddy and gangster rap is so hilarious to me. Maybe I&#8217;m the only one. I don&#8217;t know. But his &#8220;new&#8221; song &#8220;Fuck Yall Niggas&#8221; just makes me go, &#8220;Diddy&#8230; Really?&#8221;
Apparently, he knew from the gate not to trust us niggas, and [...]]]></description>
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<p><span class="capital_holder"><span class="capital_letter capital_l">L</span></span>ooks like Diddy&#8217;s finally reached his breaking point. Somebody call the WAAAAAMbulance. <span id="more-118371"></span></p>
<p>Something about Diddy and gangster rap is so hilarious to me. Maybe I&#8217;m the only one. I don&#8217;t know. But his &#8220;new&#8221; song &#8220;Fuck Yall Niggas&#8221; just makes me go, &#8220;Diddy&#8230; Really?&#8221;</p>
<p>Apparently, he knew from the gate not to trust us niggas, and we act like he won&#8217;t break and bust us niggas. Some gems to listen out for:</p>
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<li>&#8220;I&#8217;d like to dedicate this to my nigga Notorious BIG. Because if he was here, this is how he would want me to come: FUCK YALL NIGGAS!&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;I know niggas pressed to stick me; that&#8217;s why I pack glocks that hold shots &#8211; nuttin less than 50&#8243; (word?)</li>
<li>&#8220;Hate on me cause I got the keys to the city. You wanna see me get notorious without Biggie. See me without The Lox &#8211; say I ain&#8217;t jiggy. See me without Ma$e &#8211; say I ain&#8217;t pretty!&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Why you mad cause I&#8217;m bad and the boy get papers? Is it the looks, the wheels, the skills, the flavor? House on the hill, hundred acres, no neighbors &#8211; you can&#8217;t hate this 90s Lee Majors&#8221;</li>
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<p>This song just made my whole world. Whenever Diddy turns on the hood, all I want to do is clap my hands and call him &#8220;My Little Gangster.&#8221; Then walk the ends of the earth to secure him a pint of Cambodian breast milk. And Diddy, if you ever read this, I&#8217;m sorry that I have such trouble taking you seriously. Maybe it&#8217;s cause you have items (read: &#8220;famous money&#8221;) hanging out your anus, or maybe it&#8217;s because you snitched on Shyne, or maybe it&#8217;s because you fight with champagne bottles instead of these alleged glocks that hold shots, or maybe it&#8217;s simply because you really used to refer to yourself, with a serious face, as Puff Daddy. I don&#8217;t know.</p>
<p>But I do know you can fuck some Junior&#8217;s cheesecake up proper.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>DIDDY &#8211; &#8220;FUCK YALL NIGGAS&#8221;</strong></span></p>

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		<title>Give The Drumma Sum</title>
		<link>http://giantmag.com/point-of-view/steven-psyllos/give-the-drumma-sum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Psyllos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black Milk's first single off <em>Tronic</em> flaunts the production and rhyme skills of our boy. Pick up the LP asap...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="capital_holder"><span class="capital_letter capital_b">B</span></span>lack Milk&#8217;s first single off <em>Tronic</em> (Fat Beats Records) flaunts the production and rhyme skills of our boy. Pick up the LP asap, if you haven&#8217;t yet.</p>
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