i dont understand how Ether shits on anything Jigga put out. which lines in particular? the first 2 verses Nas is just shit talking about people going @ him and how good he is. it's only in the final line of the second verse that he begins his assault. so let's summarise Ether:
* calls Jay-Z a camel
* refers to Jay-Z as "Gay-Z" and Rocafella as "Cockafella" (childish)
and redundant lines which have no credibility like;
This for dolo and it's manuscript, just sound stupid
When KRS already made an album called Blueprint
^^ thats a reach.. the names are SIMILAR.
First, Biggie's ya man, then you got the nerve to say that you better than Big
Dick sucking lips, why not you let the late, great veteran live
^^ what does he even mean? it's a childish "gay" swipe and is just stupid. in some respects Jay IS better than Big.
Y'all niggas deal with emotions like bitches
What's sad is I love you 'cause you're my brother
You traded your soul for riches
My child, I've watched you grow up to be famous
And now I smile like a proud dad, watching his only son that made it
You seem to be only concerned with dissing women
Were you abused as a child, scared to smile, they called you ugly?
Well life is hard, hug me, don't reject me
Or make records to disrespect me, blatent or indirectly
^^ all of that is just shit talking. so far we are a quarter of the way through the THIRD VERSE and he hasn't said anything concrete or solid or anything worthy of a "wow...."
In '88 you was getting chased through your building
Calling my crib and I ain't even give you my numbers
^^ no body even knows if this is true. it's most likely BULLSHIT.
All I did was gave you a style for you to run with
Smiling in my face, glad to break bread with the god
Wearing Jaz chains, no tecs, no cash, no cars
No jail bars Jigga, no pies, no case
Just Hawaiian shirts, hanging with little Chase
You a fan, a phony, a fake, a pussy, a Stan
I still whip your ass, you thirty-six in a karate class
You Tae-bo hoe, tryna' work it out, you tryna' get brolic?
Ask me if I'm tryna' kick knowledge
Nah, I'm tryna' kick the shit you need to learn though
That ether, that shit that make your soul burn slow
^^ again.. nothing concrete here. tai bo ho? wearing hawaiin shirts? none of this is hard hitting. now we're half way through the third verse and STILL nothing worthy of a "wow..."
Is he Dame Diddy, Dame Daddy or Dame Dummy?
Oh, I get it, you Biggie and he's Puffy
^^ i suppose this one is OK
Rockefeller died of AIDS, that was the end of his chapter
And that's the guy y'all chose to name your company after?
This line is fucking ridiculous. Rockefeller is an entrepreneur worth billions....
Put it together, I rock hoes, y'all rock fellas
And now y'all try to take my spot, fellas?
^^ the wordplay here is decent... but nothing flash..
Philly's hot rock fellas, put you in a dry spot, fellas
In a pine box with nine shots from my glock, fellas
Foxy got you hot 'cause you kept your face in her puss
What you think, you getting girls now 'cause of your looks?
Ne-gro please
You no mustache having, with whiskers like a rat
Compared to Beans you wack
^^ here Nas talks about putting Jigga in a pine box.. and spends a few lines knocking his appearance. Those kinds of lines CAN be good if theyre funny or witty in someway.. but instead Nas only comes up with "you no moustache having.. you have whiskers like a rat"... i mean, what the fuck? that sounds like some school yard shit.
And your man stabbed Un and made you take the blame
You ass, went from Jaz to hanging with Caine, to Herb, to Big
And, Eminem murdered you on your own shit
You a dick-riding faggot, you love the attention
Queens niggas run you niggas, ask Russell Simmons
Ha, R-O-C get gunned up and clapped quick
J.J. Evans get gunned up and clapped quick
Your whole damn record label gunned up and clapped quick
Shawn Carter to Jay-Z, damn you on Jaz dick
So little shorty's getting gunned up and clapped quick
How much of Biggie's rhymes is gonna come out your fat lips?
Wanted to be on every last one of my classics
You pop shit, apologize, nigga, just ask Kiss
^^^ nothing here.. all bullshit.. Eminem murdered you on your own shit... So fucking what? Eminem is a great rapper, so how is that a negative that he may have outshined Jigga? makes no sense.. Is it bad to be outshone by Eminem? whats the point of that "diss"
so in summary, Ether boils down to:
* comments about Jay-Z's appearance
* Eminem having a hotter verse
* dick sucking lips
* homo jokes like "Gay-Z"
* biting biggie
there's nothing else.
Super Ugly and the Takeover SHITS all over Ether.