How NOT to Diss Jay-Z.

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Jay-Z’s stature has made dissing him very enticing, but also dangerous. A Jay-Z diss is an event and will earn an enterprising rapper plenty of attention. But if that diss is flimsy and unimpressive (Cam’Ron’s “Swagger Jacker”), nobody will take that rapper seriously. That wasn’t a problem for Cam, because nobody took him serious to begin with. He’s Cam.

Beanie Sigel, a former member of Jay-Z’s Roc-a-Rella Records, has drawn widespread attention with his Jay-Z diss, “What You Talkin Bout (I Ain’t Ya Average Cat)” On the track, Beans reveals his frustration with Jay’s handling of his career and brings to light an incident where Jay had the police remove him from a show. The problem is, Beans is too cautious. He doesn’t diss Jay so much as he bemoans him to return his calls.

The low-key diss doesn’t work for Beans. Low-key disses have to be more subtle, whereas Beans spells out his issues as if he’s writing Jay a letter. Also, the beat and Beans’ voice are far too threatening for such a toothless song. Altogether, “Average Cat” is not compelling. Beans relies too heavily on the gravity of dissing Jay-Z.

Game on the other hand, did a much better job of attacking Jay in July. True to his character, his diss “I’m So Wavy” was aggressive, reckless and at times childish. He gave a wild, ignorant answer to the mature, measured Jay-Z. Entertaining as it is, Game’s diss can also be considered a failure because it failed to provoke a response, which appeared to be the whole point of the song.

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  1. quan

    Well, I don’t think it’s supposed to be a diss for the sake of being a diss. Beans and Jay were homies and Beans is mad at a brother for betraying the code of the ROC. This is way deeper than rap. It’s a dude trying to piece his way of life back together.

  2. knobbzXL

    But it’s a weak song. His problems with Jay may be deep, but the song isn’t deep. It plays like angry letter with little emotion and no bite.

  3. Diallo

    Jay-Z got roasted, point blank
    I’m not a fan of either of these cats but the lyrics and messgae conveyed was more than a diss, it’s a statement of JayZ’s fraudulent behavior which is too real to be ignored.
    Whats can J say in response that can equal that in measure?
    I’d like to see

  4. researchALLwars

    a simple youtube search for us all:

    http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jay+z+exposed+truth&search_type=&aq=f

    c’mon now, MASSIVE PROMOTION from day 1. 90% of his vast lyrical library is saturated with BULLSHIT about the disconnected chase of big money. We need to concern our ignorant selves with the discovery of what in the heck we are, how we got here, and WHAT is controlling us to the point of exhaustion and confusion on all levels.

    You gonna claim that you’re not exhausted from all this wack shit going on around us? TRILLIONS of our dollars being printed out of thin air sucking the value out of our paychecks? Bombing the fucking barren desert mountains?? Ho-ly shit.

    A nice place to start would be the book “The Covert War On Rock”.

    Or “The Unseen Hand” if you care to pull your head out from under the covers. Mom is bustin your bedroom door down and flicking the light on. Time for school.

  5. Kaz-West Philly

    Here here.

    Please click that link above concerning Gay Z getting exposed. He is a sell-out illuminatti d*ck ryder. Them small hats going to roast his camel ass as soon as they can figure out what to do with us. Gay Z is into that satanic bull just like them punk rockers!

    Beans will give him a reason to where them rosary beads!


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