Noo he really wasn't. DMX had that first album that rocked Black spring break and the whole summer. I give you that. DMX wasn't rappin about money in that era. Jay already had a catalog from hell and #1 collaborations everywhere. He was featured on all the underground Clue albums. The Warlox weren't signed to Bad Boys long. It was significant because Y.O (Yonkers) was finally getting the credit it deserved.
Everyone wants to know who was bigger let's look at this from all angles. Jay-Z had the radio. X had the streets. Dmx's first 3 album's were classics all reaching number one and selling around 14 million. Jay-z like Nas had a classic first album that only connected on the streets and went gold. 2nd album went plat and hard knock life went 5x plat. They both toured on the hard knock life tour. The Ruff Ryder's comp went Plat. DJ Clue's album went plat. X recorded hits with Aaliyah and not many people outside of the RR camp. Jay did hit records with Beyonce, Mariah, Mya, Missy Jermaine Dupri and R.Kelly with whom he did an album with. X started doing movie's Jay focused on fashion with Rocafella and later had a shoe deal with Reebok. Dmx released a book on his life which was dope. Jay-Z brought out Michael Jackson at hot 97's summer jam where he declared war with Nas and Prodigy. They both ran the late 90's early 00's but it's neck and neck in my opinion.
Sorry but my boy DMX was huge! Ja Rule was nice and also huge in the neighborhood Jay was nice but never got as much playtime in the hood, well at least not on my block.. it was always DMX and Ja Rule!
Jay Waz alwayz da "too cool 4 school" type 2 me, it can only get tolerated 4 so long b4 u wanna hear som grit, animation, passion, or az dmx said "heart" behind da rhymes. Stop tryna impress me & spit from da gut & then balance mind blowing barz n between which showz u're not a 1 trick PONY or put out what u think I wanna hear vs. what needz 2 b heard organically no matter what a label thinkz & stand by it not juz tryna make hitz 2 satisfy da label 4 da $ b/c u either got it or nah & originality alwayz overrule all b/c eventually u'll get exposed & turn lackluster.
Jay got mad play time in the hood I live in Brownsville the heart of the hood in Brooklyn he got crazy playtime you obviously ain't from the hood ya niggas just hate Jay so ya say and lie about stupid shit like this
If you only get played in the hood you stay in the hood when you get play worldwide then you major to give others the same chance but hey. Like 50 said if you still in the hood that means you not making enough money
That was actually Supposed to be Ja Rule’s lead single. Jay heard it and asked for it, he returned the favor by giving Ja Rule like 3 verses for his album.
Def Jam Took Over!! The Roc Ruff Ryders Murder INC Damn! Hip-Hop was @ it’s Peak! Shit! I still have Mic Geronimo Cassette Tapes!! Another Banging Video!
50 cent or Eminem aint did shit The problem was drugs and others dirty thing on irv Gotti and his brother nothing else stop giving fake crédits to 50 cent like he was all that...
This was a cool 1.. Always wondered why that collab never materialized. U should do 1 on What happened to CORMEGA, 1 of Nas boys from Queens who had SPIT, but never really blew up..
Gotta admit Ja was hot in the late 90, early 2000s. He was on fire after being featured on Jay's Can I Get A. The Murderers Group would've been fire with Jay, X, and Ja. I bought Ja's 1st 3 albums and the 2 Murderers albums (w. Vita, Black Tah, Charlie Baltimore, Ashanti, Lloyd). Murder Inc had the game on lock, top budget videos, a lot of Radio Friendly songs...but 50 and the Feds came...and the rest is history.
Yea it's pretty hard to drop new music when feds take everything and have to get ready for trial. Can't deny 50s shine was huge then but if a certain song by him didn't get the feds involved murder inc would have lasted longer than they did.
Jay Z was the only smart artist, he went into retirement because he did not want to compete with 50 cent. he said 50 cent was like a tsunami, 50 cent started rapping right behind Jay Z in 1997 with Jam master Jay. Jay Z knew him from that time.
Irv and Ashanti got what they deserved for creeping behind his wife back. On Irv reality show his wife and kids cried and pleaded constantly for his love, time, and affection and he kept hurting the that why his shit crumbled and Ashanti been washed up ever since. They paid for her tears!!
@@Just93GGE It makes me think why so many hip hop fans (and DMX) think Jay is wack or has a lack of passion. The 4:44 song and album are great examples of how passionate Jay was and still is in his music.
@@kenterminateddq5311 i don’t like his music i mean we are entitled to own opinions i’d rather listen to a dog shitting then his music but that’s just me
6:24 the difference between what you see here and what happened in 1994 is that 1994 was an actual battle, and this was just a cipher. Yes, battling does happen in ciphers, but this was just freestyling for freestyling sake
@@pindaryahashua What are you even talking about? I don’t give a damn who has the most money or “who I see now”, I’ve always liked X way more than Jay and will continue to. Having the most money and success is irrelevant to me when it comes to who my favorite rappers are. Get Jay’s **** out of your mouth and respect other people’s opinions “sir”. Lol
Dmx is the greatest out of the 3....ja rule was runner up in my book until he got exposed for portraying dmx and 2pac....and Jay never really had me into his music Jay is a legend but not what the other 2 were
It was a good idea but each were on 3 different labels, with another label bringing them together. No way you can bring 3 breadwinners to the table like that without serious egos getting involved. They collaborated nicely from time to time but when you look at DMX, he walked it as he lived it, and wasn't afraid to walk alone.
Between 98-2000, I thought dmx was better than Jay. That’s taking nothing away from Jay though. He was still putting out quality music. X was just better. Jay z obviously became much better over time though. In 2001 with blueprint, seems as if Jay evolved into a much better artist.
Jay didn't really start making passionate music until he dropped song cry i could be wrong if i am correct me but it was easily to see Jay didn't want no one to be better than him
50 cent and overrated ass eminem didn't end murder inc the Feds out a end to they they was just at the right place at the right time to benefit from the downfall.
@@jayrock6818 Please tell me how em ended murder inc. Cause the only people I remember Em really going at were the people who came at him. Pre 50 nobody in hip hop was beefin with em that I remember. I could be wrong.
Yes that album is a classic. I bought the album and listen to it daily! Mic Geronimo is actually really cool....he responded to my message on Instagram and I was excited!
You forgot Ja and X had beef. After Ja blew up they started calling each other out. X said Ja was stealing his style and Ja said X was jealous of his success. But I think they're good now
G units buzz was dying out. Olivia had too much competition she wouldn't have succeeded. Mase couldn't be taken serious by most from being murder Mase to pastor mase back to murder Mase. The way 50 jerks his people around I'm sure mase, mobb deep and mop all saw through it and got outta there.
Ja Rule is raw too!😕 He was pushed on radio all the time! DMX fazed out and Ja Rule was the man going into the Early 2000's unttil.....? The new cents of🤔
Ja and X still hate each other over 20 yrs later niggas will probably still be beefing in the after life and Jay was low key jealous of both of them cause that was his biggest competition at the time.
Jay never let making money stop him from being lyrical, he just figured out the formula to be commercial and was able to appease the club hit audience and the lyrical hunger audience. X was never as lyrical as Jay, X has more energy, more heart, and more repeatability than Jay though and that's why you can feel X more than Jay
Yo I had to pause video when dude said that! I dumbed down for my audience to double my dollars, doesn't that mean he was too lyrical for the consumer so he dumbed it down to access their ear. Ain't that a smart move? I mean truth be told "Truthfully I want to rhyme like Common Sense, but I did five Mil, I ain't been rhyming like Common since"
@@drizzyfreckles 50 cent also did that as well. His Power of the Dollar album was extremely lyrical, so was his Guess who's back mixtape and the songs he did with Nas. He dumbed down his lyrics to make it more accessible. Lil wayne also said something similar.
I wonder why the other Mc's like Black Child, Cadillac Tah, CMC, Ronnie Bumps etc. didn't drop albums while on Roc a fella and Ruff Ryders any mc under x and jay dropped an album 🤔
X is better than J...yes, even though he is a crackhead...As a matter of fact if a X had a better label and no drug habit it would still be killing the game...His songs still rock harder...
Thought you would've have mentioned that Jay and X were so competitive they BOTH opted out of doing the video with JA when they heard the other one wasn't going to do it yet X had J in his what's my name video
The only rap group Hov was apart of was The Firm with Nas, AZ, Foxy Brown and Cormega. He would've been apart of the comission if biggie didn't die. Murder Inc was only a label
Jay was definitely a bigger artist from 98-2000. Hard knock life was bigger than anything X had at that time. X was huge (pause) but Jay brought more to the table than X.
Dmx sold more records then Jay when Jay was out... Jayz first album really is not considered a classic because people had to go back and buy the album to make it a classic
No he was suppose to release power of the dollar in 1999 album got shelved sometime after murda inc beat him down in atlanta then after that he was stabbed in the hit factory then the order of protection gets filed he kept running his mouth then he got shot in front of his grandma's house all the while murda inc is still tearing up the charts look 03 Curtis Jackson gets signed and links up with Eminem and Dr Dre at this time they made diss after diss but the feds rush murda inc studio offices ceasing equipment guns drugs etc then they start putting pressure on their accountants lawyers def jam stops fucking with murda inc they finally go to trial spending millions of dollars they beat the case but damage is done already no label backing you murda inc finally responds but the public eye was fooled by smoke and mirrors but not the streets and even then they hit them hard with disses then ja released r.u.l.e spawning hits wonderful caught up and new York which is a classic record that no new York rapper can touch till this day but everything came to an end in 05 but after that g unit got dismantled by game curtis keeps doing the same antics for a few years after then he lost to Kanye West then after that Rick Ross beat him cause he put out better music young buck got kicked out the group curtis clowns him and records his phone call Lloyd banks starts to fizzle out and 50 is stagnant now his music career is over and he has power and a few investments here and there.
@@justinstewart1828 I can agree with you on most parts but you forgot the lox were the ones ripping G unit apart in 05 as well Jadakiss wrote the blueprint that game used against 50 by relentlessly going at him 50 and g unit couldnt respond to kiss, styles and sheek g unit realized they were outta their league and lox was a whole different animal compared to ja. Let's add a few things. Lox had NY and the streets 50 dissing lox NY streets wasn't fuckin with 50 anymore they saying 50 can't come back to NY so 50 loses credibility with NY, the east coast and the Eastern streets. Chris lighty father was an FBI agent and Lighty was close to 50 and 50 had feds surrounding him wherever he went so he didn't care what he said in any interview. 50 and Banks go down south, talking shit on rap a lot records and big Moe on the radio and on stage. Fans are displeased and rap a lot gearing up with Z Ro, yukmouth, even Hussein fatal dissed 50 for that hail Mary joint where 50s verse is word for word 2pacs lyics from the second verse of hail Mary and the first verse of against all odds with just name changes from the people pac was dissing to the people he was dissing ( refer to 50s interview where the guy says to 50 he don't pick and choose his battles and 50 says that's sucker shit if he did, but he never went at zro or fatal) 50 loses credibility in the south g unit fizzles out down south as well with buck really being the only member still cared for out there. Game come into play and does the lox treatment on 50 by overwhelming them with diss after diss. G unit couldn't keep up. Game was already on the rise and built up some stardom and sparked the west coast scene back up had the mainstream and west coast streets playing him. 50 loses credibility with the west coast and big part of the mainstream. 50 and G unit is on life support at this point Curtis doesn't do no where near as well as massacre which was a mediocre album, before I self destruct before 2019 hadn't gone platinum yet. Animal ambition didn't go gold. Lloyd banks rotten apple barely went gold with 600k album sales and hunger for more 2 only sold 87k which ultimately leads to banks getting dropped by interscope. Yoyo hasn't done shit and buck had his fallout with 50 and before and after 50 would never let buck shine. 50 tries to resurrect g unit by trying to make them a super group signing made, mobb deep and M.O.P does nothing with them
Black rappers like Jay Z , Nas, Tupac, and even DMX had to make commercial and radio friendly songs to blow up unlike feminem who the mainstream was going to embrace whether he had a mainstream sound/hit or not white rappers don't have to follow what's hot at the moment or none of that, they're accepted from the very first time the breathe on the mic Jay, Nas, Pac X didn't blow until they made radio friendly music, feminem came with hi my name is , which was anything but a radio commercial hit but since he's white he's going to get embraced from the gate he never had to prove himself in the mainstream. that's why icki Minaj wanted to sign a white rapper because they're 99.9% guaranteed to sell in the mainstream regardless of skill Reasonable doubt and Illamatic are considered by many to be flawless hip hop classics then why didn't they do good commercially? They would have if Jay Z and Nas were white
That is the reason why IF you listen to 50 cent before he was with emienm like hsi Power of the Dollar album and Guess who' s back mixtape, you can see the decline in lyrical content compared to Get RIch or Die Tryin.
I wasn't no Jay-Z fan because I was loyal to 2pac if any artist he didn't like I don't like because I was 2pac,Biggie, & Nas fan after pac died that's when I started to listen Jay-Z in middle school but luv DMX & Ja Rule I was an Murder Inc,Ruff Ryders & Roc-Fella fan they was killing it back 98-00 era
That battle on backstage was the only battle they had people called a tie it happened in a pool hall in the Bronx. BIG L filmed it the only reason y we didn't the full thing was because ruff Ryder didn't have a LLc
Im sorry but DMX was bigger than Jay-Z back in ‘98-2000
Noo he really wasn't. DMX had that first album that rocked Black spring break and the whole summer. I give you that. DMX wasn't rappin about money in that era.
Jay already had a catalog from hell and #1 collaborations everywhere. He was featured on all the underground Clue albums. The Warlox weren't signed to Bad Boys long. It was significant because Y.O (Yonkers) was finally getting the credit it deserved.
Dmx was bigger. Dmx was huge
Exactly. His first 3 albums all debuted at number 1. First rapper to do that.
Realm Opposite the Merkiba X albums paid def jam bills. Hov just outlasted X. But 98 - 2000 definitely was X. Ruff Ryders had the edge on rocafella
Exactly!!! I spoke the same shyt saying that DMX was better, back in the day and niggas claimed I was bugging.
DMX was a once in a lifetime rapper. There will never be another. SO sad. RIP King
This group would’ve rocked Hip Hop in the late 90’s
I remember bumpin DMX back 98 it was live... Jay Z was weak next to D.
Yup
X came wit that ENERGY...
R.I.P DMX. You will be missed
Everyone wants to know who was bigger let's look at this from all angles. Jay-Z had the radio. X had the streets. Dmx's first 3 album's were classics all reaching number one and selling around 14 million. Jay-z like Nas had a classic first album that only connected on the streets and went gold. 2nd album went plat and hard knock life went 5x plat. They both toured on the hard knock life tour. The Ruff Ryder's comp went Plat.
DJ Clue's album went plat.
X recorded hits with Aaliyah and not many people outside of the RR camp.
Jay did hit records with Beyonce, Mariah, Mya, Missy Jermaine Dupri and R.Kelly with whom he did an album with.
X started doing movie's
Jay focused on fashion with Rocafella and later had a shoe deal with Reebok.
Dmx released a book on his life which was dope. Jay-Z brought out Michael Jackson at hot 97's summer jam where he declared war with Nas and Prodigy. They both ran the late 90's early 00's but it's neck and neck in my opinion.
Sorry but my boy DMX was huge! Ja Rule was nice and also huge in the neighborhood Jay was nice but never got as much playtime in the hood, well at least not on my block.. it was always DMX and Ja Rule!
Ja Rule is a nice guy and is an ok rapper but I couldn't get over his voice.
Jay and DMX are fantastic rappers.
Jay Waz alwayz da "too cool 4 school" type 2 me, it can only get tolerated 4 so long b4 u wanna hear som grit, animation, passion, or az dmx said "heart" behind da rhymes. Stop tryna impress me & spit from da gut & then balance mind blowing barz n between which showz u're not a 1 trick PONY or put out what u think I wanna hear vs. what needz 2 b heard organically no matter what a label thinkz & stand by it not juz tryna make hitz 2 satisfy da label 4 da $ b/c u either got it or nah & originality alwayz overrule all b/c eventually u'll get exposed & turn lackluster.
Jay got mad play time in the hood I live in Brownsville the heart of the hood in Brooklyn he got crazy playtime you obviously ain't from the hood ya niggas just hate Jay so ya say and lie about stupid shit like this
If you only get played in the hood you stay in the hood when you get play worldwide then you major to give others the same chance but hey. Like 50 said if you still in the hood that means you not making enough money
@@philo2189 not in my hood..
This is legendary I'm glad everything happened how it happened but DMX is a real dude not a flashy guy hes just street and keeps it real .... 👌🏼
That Goku and Vegeta reference is spot on! 😂😂😂💯🤞
Hell Yeah!!
Of course whoeva iz Vegeta ( Unfortunately seemz to be J but rather DMX ) go win !!!!
One thing I must note; ja was better than Jay on the "bounce with me (can I get a)" track
That was actually Supposed to be Ja Rule’s lead single. Jay heard it and asked for it, he returned the favor by giving Ja Rule like 3 verses for his album.
@@DM-lj2mn ]l ht
It ain't even a question...
Def Jam Took Over!!
The Roc
Ruff Ryders
Murder INC
Damn! Hip-Hop was @ it’s Peak!
Shit! I still have Mic Geronimo Cassette Tapes!!
Another Banging Video!
What happened to murder inc. ask 50 cent dr Dre Eminem the whole aftermath 😂😂😂😂
.....or the feds?
50 cent or Eminem aint did shit
The problem was drugs and others dirty thing on irv Gotti and his brother nothing else stop giving fake crédits to 50 cent like he was all that...
G Unit and Shady Aftermath murdered dem niqqa’z!
Alex ander ja rule never capitalized after his music career was dead
Dr. gay hahahaha
This was a cool 1.. Always wondered why that collab never materialized. U should do 1 on What happened to CORMEGA, 1 of Nas boys from Queens who had SPIT, but never really blew up..
R.I.P. DMX !! I STILL LISTEN TO DMX. AND JA RULE !!
Jayz wasn't even freestyling... X won
Word, he was spitting writing lyrics
Jay was weak as hell in that battle.
I wish hip hop never died.
Yep it was called the hard knock life tour, jay head line red and meth opener dmx was in the middle, i was there Albuquerque New Mexico 1998.
Gotta admit Ja was hot in the late 90, early 2000s. He was on fire after being featured on Jay's Can I Get A.
The Murderers Group would've been fire with Jay, X, and Ja.
I bought Ja's 1st 3 albums and the 2 Murderers albums (w. Vita, Black Tah, Charlie Baltimore, Ashanti, Lloyd).
Murder Inc had the game on lock, top budget videos, a lot of Radio Friendly songs...but 50 and the Feds came...and the rest is history.
Damn... Somebody finally speak da real... I say dat shit all da time but niggaz don't believe in feds..lol
Truth
💯
Yea it's pretty hard to drop new music when feds take everything and have to get ready for trial. Can't deny 50s shine was huge then but if a certain song by him didn't get the feds involved murder inc would have lasted longer than they did.
Jay Z was the only smart artist, he went into retirement because he did not want to compete with 50 cent. he said 50 cent was like a tsunami, 50 cent started rapping right behind Jay Z in 1997 with Jam master Jay. Jay Z knew him from that time.
X won that battle. Hands down.
This channel is so dope 🔥🔥🔥
X better than everyone
X was the best of the Inc
Yup
Irv and Ashanti got what they deserved for creeping behind his wife back. On Irv reality show his wife and kids cried and pleaded constantly for his love, time, and affection and he kept hurting the that why his shit crumbled and Ashanti been washed up ever since. They paid for her tears!!
the blueprint was perfect for those who feel jay wasn’t enough. try it
PERFECT
@@Just93GGE It makes me think why so many hip hop fans (and DMX) think Jay is wack or has a lack of passion. The 4:44 song and album are great examples of how passionate Jay was and still is in his music.
Imperial stats agreed
@Imperial stats I like both, but good point. I love the song "Say hello" on AG
@@kenterminateddq5311 i don’t like his music i mean we are entitled to own opinions i’d rather listen to a dog shitting then his music but that’s just me
6:24 the difference between what you see here and what happened in 1994 is that 1994 was an actual battle, and this was just a cipher. Yes, battling does happen in ciphers, but this was just freestyling for freestyling sake
It's not to late for the OGs to drop that Murder Inc album
Lmao jay is beyond them....dmx can barely walk .. an ja doing commercials for bodegas ⚰
@@kamikazeekobra7187 bodied 😁😂✌️
DMX thinks Ja is a clown
It kinda is.
I prefer DMX to Ja Rule or Jay Z. Always have. DMX is one of my favorite rappers of all time. Never really cared for Ja or Jay.
Faxx
Agreed
Who asked you… who you see now not DMX(even before his death) not Ja-Rule…. Respect the King sir
@@pindaryahashua What are you even talking about? I don’t give a damn who has the most money or “who I see now”, I’ve always liked X way more than Jay and will continue to. Having the most money and success is irrelevant to me when it comes to who my favorite rappers are. Get Jay’s **** out of your mouth and respect other people’s opinions “sir”. Lol
@@orlanzo2621 who mentioned money?😂 real adult response….you can tell a hater on how they speak about Jay-Z … easily a born hater.. I blame ya parents
DMX ALL THA WAY🎤💯
JAY WAS A HATER YHATS IT
You ppl need a life
Dmx is the greatest out of the 3....ja rule was runner up in my book until he got exposed for portraying dmx and 2pac....and Jay never really had me into his music Jay is a legend but not what the other 2 were
DMX wasn't a great rapper.
He has a legacy yes but please don't make him out as one of the 🐐 of actual rapping.
@@mistereuro hes more of a goat than ja rule and Jay-z
@@cj-qt6mjyea your delusional
It was a good idea but each were on 3 different labels, with another label bringing them together. No way you can bring 3 breadwinners to the table like that without serious egos getting involved. They collaborated nicely from time to time but when you look at DMX, he walked it as he lived it, and wasn't afraid to walk alone.
6:54 guy behind X always makes me crack up ,thats how hard he went
This is a great explanation, thanks for the video
Damn DMX an jay alone r a powerhouse
What about Ja? U hating
@@stevenbeets9863 I think people just forget how big he was before the whole 50 thing
@@stevenbeets9863 na ja is wack in never comes up in the "top 10 conversation"
@@stevenbeets9863 Ja is ok but he's nowhere on DMX level who's arguably top 15 all time
Between 98-2000, I thought dmx was better than Jay. That’s taking nothing away from Jay though. He was still putting out quality music. X was just better. Jay z obviously became much better over time though. In 2001 with blueprint, seems as if Jay evolved into a much better artist.
X the 🐐 ......decent video here...
Jay didn't really start making passionate music until he dropped song cry i could be wrong if i am correct me but it was easily to see Jay didn't want no one to be better than him
I think “You Must Love Me” ft Kelly Price had some passion to it.
@@rondadon2025 you know u right i forgot he did a record with her
Lucky Me
Soon you'll understand
man then you haven't listened to his catalog. Aint no love in the heart of the cittaayyy. Shit plenty of soulful classics from Jay Z.
We all know 50 is what happened to murder inc💯🤞 end of story🤷♂️
Facts 😂😂 I looking for this comment
That is why Jay z went into retirement when 50 cent came out. He moved out the way, he did not want to get ran over by 50.
50 cent is what happened to Murder inc!!!
The Feds is what happened to murder inc frfr. 50 had a whole restraining order against ja.
@@elrail713 Eminem is what happened. 50 picked up the sloppy seconds to play his selfish games
50 cent and overrated ass eminem didn't end murder inc the Feds out a end to they they was just at the right place at the right time to benefit from the downfall.
@@jayrock6818 Please tell me how em ended murder inc. Cause the only people I remember Em really going at were the people who came at him. Pre 50 nobody in hip hop was beefin with em that I remember. I could be wrong.
@@elrail713 ICP and whitey ford beefs were before 50 was even a thought in hip hop.
Why would artists of this stature split the money 3 ways? Was never gonna happen
It would’ve been the equivalent, to a mixtape, great promotion for their solo albums
Man, Mic Geronimo's The Natural is dope album 👌. Classic
Yes that album is a classic. I bought the album and listen to it daily! Mic Geronimo is actually really cool....he responded to my message on Instagram and I was excited!
You forgot Ja and X had beef. After Ja blew up they started calling each other out. X said Ja was stealing his style and Ja said X was jealous of his success. But I think they're good now
No that wasnt wat happened
Great video!! Still waiting for why Mase left G unit 👊
Puff wanted to much money mase was under contract with bad boy puff wanted
3 million
Hell M.O.P., Olivia, and Mobb Deep too
@@DerwinDaDestroyer Hes already done them 👍
Honestly, I keep forgetting to do the slaughterhouse and mase videos but I got you.
G units buzz was dying out. Olivia had too much competition she wouldn't have succeeded. Mase couldn't be taken serious by most from being murder Mase to pastor mase back to murder Mase. The way 50 jerks his people around I'm sure mase, mobb deep and mop all saw through it and got outta there.
DMX is real fo reels!😎
Ja Rule is raw too!😕 He was pushed on radio all the time! DMX fazed out and Ja Rule was the man going into the Early 2000's unttil.....? The new cents of🤔
Ja and X still hate each other over 20 yrs later niggas will probably still be beefing in the after life and Jay was low key jealous of both of them cause that was his biggest competition at the time.
Jay never let making money stop him from being lyrical, he just figured out the formula to be commercial and was able to appease the club hit audience and the lyrical hunger audience. X was never as lyrical as Jay, X has more energy, more heart, and more repeatability than Jay though and that's why you can feel X more than Jay
Yo I had to pause video when dude said that! I dumbed down for my audience to double my dollars, doesn't that mean he was too lyrical for the consumer so he dumbed it down to access their ear. Ain't that a smart move? I mean truth be told "Truthfully I want to rhyme like Common Sense, but I did five Mil, I ain't been rhyming like Common since"
@@drizzyfreckles 50 cent also did that as well. His Power of the Dollar album was extremely lyrical, so was his Guess who's back mixtape and the songs he did with Nas. He dumbed down his lyrics to make it more accessible. Lil wayne also said something similar.
I wonder why the other Mc's like Black Child, Cadillac Tah, CMC, Ronnie Bumps etc. didn't drop albums while on Roc a fella and Ruff Ryders any mc under x and jay dropped an album 🤔
This was good one
Do you have a Patreon or anywhere i can donate? Love your content
Thanks Man. I don’t have a patreon but your view is sufficient enough.
Wooo like Goku and Vegeta good comparison
X sent a subliminal with "I gave you the crown" line.
Lyrically X is better than ja and gay z put together i said what i said
Jay Z is better....sorry
@@jameshamilton5947 gay z will neva be that, he's a good business man but rappin wise nah ya mans ain't got no soul facts
@@thegeorgiaaquarius X has more heart and soul....but lyrical Jay Z *is* better but that dude steal too many lyrics and flows
Nice intro!
Either that was an ad lib or a echo when DMX yell EVER.
Jay, DMX, are legends, while Ja is a has been
all 3 are legends
Jay is gay!
What video is that where Ja was in that 6ers jersey?
X is better than J...yes, even though he is a crackhead...As a matter of fact if a X had a better label and no drug habit it would still be killing the game...His songs still rock harder...
It wouldn't be in any different state. That album would probably be a couple notches above the Jay Z R Kelly albums. My opinion.
I didn't know JAYZ, DMX, and JARULE was in a group??? COOOOL
Can’t wait to see the DMX movie!
X is for real
Maaaan, if only this album came into fruition..
What happened to slick rick? My favourite rapper of all time
There’s a difference between a battle and a freestyle
Imagine Jay being in a rap group that's named after another record label...
@Ciggy ONIZZO 50 Cent In The Commission Doesn't Sound Right 50 Cent In G-Unit That Sounds Accurate
Thought you would've have mentioned that Jay and X were so competitive they BOTH opted out of doing the video with JA when they heard the other one wasn't going to do it yet X had J in his what's my name video
The only rap group Hov was apart of was The Firm with Nas, AZ, Foxy Brown and Cormega. He would've been apart of the comission if biggie didn't die. Murder Inc was only a label
50 cent is what happened to murder inc LMAO
Ya comprehension level is lacking
Jay z the goat Dmx the savage ja the rent a Rnb singer 🤣🤣✌️
Laughing to your life
I don't agree, but the Ja part gave me a giggle...
J is a business man, X is a rapper and Ja is a duet dude...a lil bit soft...
jay is def not the goat but keep thinking that 😂
All four of those solo albums were released on def jam.
accurate assesment . i was more of a dmx dude back in the day and what x said is true about j
Jay was definitely a bigger artist from 98-2000. Hard knock life was bigger than anything X had at that time. X was huge (pause) but Jay brought more to the table than X.
X killed him in a freesty
Freestyle
DMX was always better than Jay-Z. Dude is the most overrated rapper to ever touch a microphone.
50 Cent shut Murder Inc down. End of story.
hi Hip Hop Forever plaese if you can do What Happened To onyx
Never was a fan of Gay Z's music
I feel you...I rock with his 1st album and Blueprint only.
Do a what happened to MOCHA ,also one on Nicole wray
Jay on that rap sound like bone thugs
Jay Z was more consistant. Dmx had 2 good joints
Jay had changed his style by then
Basically 50 Cent is what happened to Murder Inc ⚰💀🥀
Why would 2 rappers that are competing against each other be in a group together ?? WTF 🤔🤔🤔🤔
DMX was better than Jay-Z in 98’... hands down
Dmx sold more records then Jay when Jay was out... Jayz first album really is not considered a classic because people had to go back and buy the album to make it a classic
50 happened lol
Word, people sleep on g unit
Feds happened ahh the misinformed.
justin stewart Na 50 happened then the feds finished they ass off
No he was suppose to release power of the dollar in 1999 album got shelved sometime after murda inc beat him down in atlanta then after that he was stabbed in the hit factory then the order of protection gets filed he kept running his mouth then he got shot in front of his grandma's house all the while murda inc is still tearing up the charts look 03 Curtis Jackson gets signed and links up with Eminem and Dr Dre at this time they made diss after diss but the feds rush murda inc studio offices ceasing equipment guns drugs etc then they start putting pressure on their accountants lawyers def jam stops fucking with murda inc they finally go to trial spending millions of dollars they beat the case but damage is done already no label backing you murda inc finally responds but the public eye was fooled by smoke and mirrors but not the streets and even then they hit them hard with disses then ja released r.u.l.e spawning hits wonderful caught up and new York which is a classic record that no new York rapper can touch till this day but everything came to an end in 05 but after that g unit got dismantled by game curtis keeps doing the same antics for a few years after then he lost to Kanye West then after that Rick Ross beat him cause he put out better music young buck got kicked out the group curtis clowns him and records his phone call Lloyd banks starts to fizzle out and 50 is stagnant now his music career is over and he has power and a few investments here and there.
@@justinstewart1828 I can agree with you on most parts but you forgot the lox were the ones ripping G unit apart in 05 as well Jadakiss wrote the blueprint that game used against 50 by relentlessly going at him 50 and g unit couldnt respond to kiss, styles and sheek g unit realized they were outta their league and lox was a whole different animal compared to ja. Let's add a few things. Lox had NY and the streets 50 dissing lox NY streets wasn't fuckin with 50 anymore they saying 50 can't come back to NY so 50 loses credibility with NY, the east coast and the Eastern streets. Chris lighty father was an FBI agent and Lighty was close to 50 and 50 had feds surrounding him wherever he went so he didn't care what he said in any interview. 50 and Banks go down south, talking shit on rap a lot records and big Moe on the radio and on stage. Fans are displeased and rap a lot gearing up with Z Ro, yukmouth, even Hussein fatal dissed 50 for that hail Mary joint where 50s verse is word for word 2pacs lyics from the second verse of hail Mary and the first verse of against all odds with just name changes from the people pac was dissing to the people he was dissing ( refer to 50s interview where the guy says to 50 he don't pick and choose his battles and 50 says that's sucker shit if he did, but he never went at zro or fatal) 50 loses credibility in the south g unit fizzles out down south as well with buck really being the only member still cared for out there. Game come into play and does the lox treatment on 50 by overwhelming them with diss after diss. G unit couldn't keep up. Game was already on the rise and built up some stardom and sparked the west coast scene back up had the mainstream and west coast streets playing him. 50 loses credibility with the west coast and big part of the mainstream. 50 and G unit is on life support at this point Curtis doesn't do no where near as well as massacre which was a mediocre album, before I self destruct before 2019 hadn't gone platinum yet. Animal ambition didn't go gold. Lloyd banks rotten apple barely went gold with 600k album sales and hunger for more 2 only sold 87k which ultimately leads to banks getting dropped by interscope. Yoyo hasn't done shit and buck had his fallout with 50 and before and after 50 would never let buck shine. 50 tries to resurrect g unit by trying to make them a super group signing made, mobb deep and M.O.P does nothing with them
Jay fears the rough riders .
Yea like BK isn't worse than Yonkers only you 🤡s think this Jay z got billions while you 🤡hate
What happened to Jay and X
Blunt and brash is not automatic victory. Anyone can make threats.
Black rappers like Jay Z , Nas, Tupac, and even DMX had to make commercial and radio friendly songs to blow up unlike feminem who the mainstream was going to embrace whether he had a mainstream sound/hit or not white rappers don't have to follow what's hot at the moment or none of that, they're accepted from the very first time the breathe on the mic Jay, Nas, Pac X didn't blow until they made radio friendly music, feminem came with hi my name is , which was anything but a radio commercial hit but since he's white he's going to get embraced from the gate he never had to prove himself in the mainstream. that's why icki Minaj wanted to sign a white rapper because they're 99.9% guaranteed to sell in the mainstream regardless of skill Reasonable doubt and Illamatic are considered by many to be flawless hip hop classics then why didn't they do good commercially? They would have if Jay Z and Nas were white
That is the reason why IF you listen to 50 cent before he was with emienm like hsi Power of the Dollar album and Guess who' s back mixtape, you can see the decline in lyrical content compared to Get RIch or Die Tryin.
Damn what J to do y'all? 🤔😂
So someone telling the truth it had to be hate. Jay z isn’t the best rapper. I know y’all find that hard to believe
X was the one for me who keep things going!!
I wasn't no Jay-Z fan because I was loyal to 2pac if any artist he didn't like I don't like because I was 2pac,Biggie, & Nas fan after pac died that's when I started to listen Jay-Z in middle school but luv DMX & Ja Rule I was an Murder Inc,Ruff Ryders & Roc-Fella fan they was killing it back 98-00 era
Really they need to battle again
DMX crack habit, and def jam didn't 2ant a part of ja rule street beefs, only leaves jay Z.
Black Child was just as guddah as Styles P, Tah Murder put in work. Jarule first Album and Murder Inc Albums put in work period.
This is Ja Rule Today.
DMX had probably won the rap battle, but their was probably that one guy that said Jay won. I think that little bit of doubt pissed DMX off.
Goko & vegeta are a great comparison👌
That battle on backstage was the only battle they had people called a tie it happened in a pool hall in the Bronx. BIG L filmed it the only reason y we didn't the full thing was because ruff Ryder didn't have a LLc
Them 3 oh boi 🔥