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In the 1980s, diss tracks began to feature prominently in the hip-hop genre. The first known hip-hop feud (or "beef") was the Roxanne Wars. [20] The Roxanne Wars began in 1984 when Roxanne Shanté and Marley Marl released the song "Roxanne's Revenge", a diss track aimed at the trio U.T.F.O. "Roxanne's Revenge" was a quick success, leading U.T.F.O. to compose a response: they joined forces with ...
14-year old Roxanne created the renowned diss track after freestyling on the instrumental of the original "Roxanne, Roxanne" for 7 minutes straight due to the group, U.T.F.O bailing out on the show organized by Roxanne's friend. This began the infamous Roxanne Wars, leading to several diss tracks being directed towards the teen Roxanne Shanté [41]
Diss tracks in hip hop are getting a lot of hype in 2024. Big names like Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and Megan Thee Stallion are igniting an online frenzy with their lyrical jabs.
Hip-hop fans and outlets alike speculated Drake's verse on the remix was a diss targeted towards Lamar. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] The same day, Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith and Punch (both key figures at Lamar's record label Top Dawg Entertainment ) posted responses on Twitter to Drake's verse disregarding the supposed disses.
Kendrick has responded and it is glorious. “Euphoria” is one of the great diss records of hip-hop history. The noise you hear reverberating throughout the culture is K Dot fans cheering like ...
It is considered to be a classic diss track, [1] aimed at MC Shan, Marley Marl, the Juice Crew and rappers from Queens, NY and the Queensbridge projects.. It, and from the same album, "South Bronx", are the most famous songs of The Bridge Wars between rappers from the Bronx and Queens.
It is a diss track criticizing the West Coast hip hop scene, including the Compton-based group N.W.A and its members Eazy-E and Dr. Dre as well as the latter's then-girlfriend Michel'le and former N.W.A member Ice Cube. The song is often credited for igniting the East Coast–West Coast rivalry of the 1990s. [2]
"Ether" is a diss track by American rapper Nas, from his 2001 album Stillmatic. The song was a response to Jay-Z's "Takeover", released earlier that year."Ether" has been called a "classic" diss track [1] and the "wildest" in hip hop history by music publications.