The painted veil part 11 In

The painted veil part 11

In fact, from the beginning, the artistic battle served as a tool of culture that prevented people from fighting and killing each other in real life. The metaphor soon changed as people were being slain via hammering metaphors and viscous bars. KRS-One once boasted, I dont battle to win or lose/I battle to ruin your whole career. And, that he did to a number of emcees. But, a curious thing has started to occur in recent history and the trend changed in 20 Rappers stopped replying and began to ignore their competition, even those that had legitimacy in the rap space. Jay-Z has ignored The Game, Beanie Sigel, Peedi Crakk and even MC Hammer. He has barely made mention of them even though they all hold some serious weight in the game. He schooled Drake on Light Up, where he said other rappers were merely starting silly rap feuds trying to distract you. Even Nicki Minja subliminally dissed Lil Kim to death on songs like Romans Revenge with nary a mention of Kims name. And, now that Kim has returned fire with Black Friday, Nicki still has nary a mention. I suspect Sun Tzu would be proud. What is this new phenomena? Is lyrical battling dead or is this something a new? As rap has grown up a bit, it appears that the rappers have opted not to engage in the ways of old. Jay-Z is 41 now, Nicki Minaj is pushing her brand to a pop audience and frankly, cats just dont want to give their haters a stage to stand on. So, it is highly unlikely that there will be any more 50 Cents birthed in our lifetimes. This new Jay-Z isnt going to say, Im about a dollar, what the fk is 50 Cent to his millions of minions. Hell certainly sublime them, but engage directlynah. Perhaps these backdoor wranglings are good for the game. Once upon a time, rap battles were a genuine clash of titans, not a vital point in somebodys marketing plan. When Nas and Jay-Zs beef came to the surface, there were soft jabs and subliminals in a number of songs before it bubbled over. KRS-Ones war against MC Shan and The Juice Crew was established in a real place, in a real time. Nowadays, every silly thing sets somebody the painted veil part 11 into a war of words and the public sees it as silly and juvenile.