I never even knew they had a beef at the time, that side of hip hop was not on my radar. never rated Jay Zed and Nas should have quit after recording It Was Written. Folk say Jay is the best, he has never made anything close to Illmatics perfection.
I've not bought a Jay Z vinyl album since
The Blueprint n checked for most of his stuff previous to it, last 12" i bought of his was
Lost One cos i dug the beat, stopped fuckin with his shit soon as his mixing with higher echelons became more n more weirder n suspect ...his
Best of both worlds collab with weird-Kelly was the last straw.
As said tho, did find the Nas n Jay spat entertainin.
As for Nas, i did get his more recent King's Disease 1 n part 2 vinyl albums jus to have 5 of the tracks on wax that i couldn't get on 12s. There were many periods i went off his stuff too.
Truth be told, there were many times i closed my ear to hip hop, especially once it got infested with pranksters n wankster mumbling lil fucktards who can't even pee straight.
Apart from the ATL, i've never really taken to what's come from out the South, funny thang is, the South were/are historically positioned to of give the world somethang that bangs the legs off of the table n haven't done so imo. Granted my affiliations lay East, Mid-west n West for their ability to drop or sample a tight n funky ass beat.
Was listening to Soul, Jazz, Funk n Grooves plus Reggae music from i were able to stand up knew-high n wiggle my sorry behind to the beats as a toddler n thus have always liked the old school hip hop n rap beat that give nodding acknowledgement or compliment a sampled precursor or progenitor etc.
