Kiss bet on playing to the hardcore fans, and won. Jim broke out “Purple City Byrd Gang,” but by then it was too little, too late. The LOX even went so far as to reframe the idea of which type of songs work well in a Verzuz-winning a match has long been considered a hits game, but Jadakiss thrilled fans by going deep into the bag for verses you’ll only find on datpiff. Winging it is how you get through a night without playing potential haymakers like “Built This City,” “Real N-ggas,” “My Love,” “Mic Check,” or “War” (where Cam remarks he’ll “stab a bitch over ice, Nancy Kerrigan”) and resorting to B-level latter-year tracks like “Salute.” Ostensible aces like “Summer With Miami” or “I Really Mean It” didn’t land as they should have. They have the catalog, but without the structure, it wasn’t as formidable as it should’ve been. Verzuz is as much about strategy as it is “the hits.” Throughout the night, Dipset played great songs that either didn’t land with the impact they could have or were not the right choice at the right time. The above entry was more about group chemistry than having a gameplan, but it was clear the LOX sketched out a lot of their haymakers and planned attacks. (It’s all love though: the match is being spun-off into a small tour, alongside State Property.) It didn’t have to be this way though: here’s what the Diplomats could’ve done differently. It was a rough, at times terse and frustrating night for the Dips, as Styles and especially Jada smelled blood early and taunted them mercilessly while performing both hits and deep cuts with the audience live and at home eating out of the palms of their hands. M.Reck N Rip Pulls Up To LL Cool J Rock The Bells Festival And Catch Dipset Performing At The Event. What followed was a bloodbath-at one point Jada joked that the match was “25-2”, and he really wasn’t being hyperbolic. Dipset, by contrast, were discombobulated from their entrance, when Cam’ron missed the walk-out cue and staggered out casually nearly three minutes later. The LOX walked into the ring first with big “champ is here” energy and they never let up. What I expected wasn’t a lopsided defeat, but rather that Jadakiss, Styles P and Sheek Louch would come out strong but lose steam midway, while Cam, Jim and Juelz Santana would endure with the steady stream of unimpeachable hits: Diplomatic Immunity is a two-disc with next to no skips, and together the three of them have at least two solo projects that have six heavyweight contenders each. But that’s not to say there aren’t dozens of classic Jadakiss/LOX songs that stay in rotation for me to this day (and while we’re being honest, I’ll readily lap up new projects from both crews Jim Jones’s most recent album is great, check it out). Nostalgia gave Dipset the edge for me, because my high school formative years coincided more closely with their peak (which we’ll call roughly 2002-2006) than the LOX’s (more late’90s to early aughts). Favoring either group in last night’s Verzuz event, where the two legendary New York rap crews faced off in an actual boxing ring in Madison Square Garden (complete with an intro from Michael Buffer) should’ve been a Sophie’s Choice for rap fans. “We In Motion… The Album…Top Of The Year…long Time Coming #ICFMF #BackOutSide,” Santana captioned a post from December while announcing the project.The LOX and The Diplomats are unanimously beloved. About Nick Cannon Presents: Wild N Out Juelz Santana - 'Dipset Anthem' Season 18 E 5 Harlem rapper Juelz Santana gets an assist from the Wild N Out crew as he throws back. Santana has been teasing a new album with DJ Drama for months now. He joined Freekey Zekey, Cam’ron, and Jim Jones for performances of “I Really Mean It,” “Dipset Anthem” and “We Fly High (Ballin’).” 21 had collaborated with Drake on their album Her Loss. Santana also linked up with 21 Savage at Drake’s concert at the Apollo Theater, earlier this year. When you ask questions, you got to be real particular ’cause he’s just talking …” “Because in today’s society, with the younger generation, these kids are very lit out here, and they put ‘lit’ and ‘relevant’ in the same thing, when it’s two different things.” Santana elaborated: “I think they should have found out what 21’s definition of relevant is, too. I don’t think that he meant it as what people were taking it as, or shit like that,” Jones explained. “I’m just looking at what 21 Savage was saying. 21 had said that he felt the legendary rapper is “not relevant.” Both Santana and his Dipset partner, Jim Jones, defended the opinion. News of the collaboration comes just months after Santana spoke out to defend 21 following his controversial comments on Nas’ relevancy.
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