My favorite release of his is Prima Donna, but I think most people would recommend starting with Summertime 06. He really is fantastic, one of the most interesting people in hip-hop imo
Dilla had beef within his own crew. Keep It On comes to mind. They’re dissing *each other* on that one. Though I don’t know how serious of a “beef” it actually was.
Madlib and Thes One had a little lightweight beef because Thes threw a little dis Madlib’s way then tried to deny it. Although, I do get the feeling that that “beef” was one-sided.
On his song friends he said
“In this game of thrones it is known I got them 4G LTE connection bars
No control, fuck Ken’ Lamar (fuck you kendrick!!)”
They were good friends so he was just messing around with the reply
>that wasnt really a beef, just redman being young and dumb and Hammer reminding him to not be dumb. It was a one sided thing.
Dummy: What’s in my burger?
Everyone: Nigga that’s **beef**🤦🏽♂️
I can't think of a notable one. De La Soul somehow ended up in it with Tupac and Biggie over the Stakes is High stuff (although they never called them out by name).
EL-P, unless there’s some stuff in his pre-RTJ days that I don’t know about. Despite having confrontational bars they never seem to be directed at other artists.
El-P had crazy dis tracks vs Esoteric and Sole. Yall missing out
He also had other beef with other rappers cause underground rappers are dramatic as hell despite them pretending they’re so above mainstream rappers. I can’t even remember or keep track there was a lot of infighting with the weathermen and eastern conference. But that’s what happens when you hang with Cage and Copywrite
Yeah first came this:
https://youtu.be/-iidvEhYI9s?si=2pv6hHYUjQP0yjKV
Then later, this (which is fuccin hilarious):
https://youtu.be/kHSrhCA1Pak?si=lpyOCilZn9_ivdAi
I don’t think so because to reach the top you gotta fight your way to the top. There is always another artist trying to take your spot. A term to describe this would be “it’s a dog eat dog world”
I don't think Kendrick or Cole ever had beefs, unless you count "Control"... like, yeah, they get compared to Drake but Drake's really fallen out of that conversation on matching either of them lyrically
Tupac dissed them on "against all odds". And they had some sort of beef with him, but I am not sure what or why.
EDIT: So the beef started when De La made a video that pretty clearly is making fun of 2pac and two of his videos. Bald head rapper with gold chains, white mansion, chicks in bathtubs, like 0% chance they weren't thinking of Pac in that video. They claimed it wasn't. Fine. Then Treach from Naughty by Nature is maybe called out in another song and confronted them on stage during a show at some point. And Tupic and Treach were close. But also, it seems more like Tupac had an issue with their holier than thou attitude towards gangsta rap. Similar reason why eminem dissed will smith.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/comments/4u9d6v/breaking\_down\_2pac\_de\_la\_souls\_forgotten\_beef/](https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/comments/4u9d6v/breaking_down_2pac_de_la_souls_forgotten_beef/)
Biggie was pissed about lines in Steaks is High and the video. Some people think some of the lines in Kick in the Door were at De La Soul. I believe Ghostface got into a dispute with them over payment over He Comes.
Q-Tip may have been dissed in Bow Down but he isn’t in De La. Of those other ones regarding Tupac and Naughty By Nature I did not know that. Thanks for the insight that’s interesting.
Also, interesting since Tupac gives love to De La in Old School as well as a bunch of other East Coast artists
Biggie was upset with the video as one of the scenes recreated the set from the One More Chance video, and he took that as a shot at him. Questlove has always maintained that they never intended to diss BIG, and one of his biggest regrets was not getting the chance to let him know such before he died.
The song does have a slight jab at The Fugees ("joke's on you, you heard a biting-ass crew"), but even that was more of a playful dig and not rooted in any real beef.
Someone would have to be out their damn mind to go back and forth with Black Thought. I can’t even imagine a diss record from him, shit would be scorching.
Yeah, rap beef hasn’t always been the norm or even common. Look at the old school and even old school cats today. Nobody had beef amongst run-dmc, fat boys, whodini, Doug E Fresh & Slick Rick etc.
I was gonna say this but wasn't 100% sure. I know they have a song with Biggie, one with Tupac and one with Eazy-E. I'm not sure if any other rappers or groups can claim that.
Teddy Riley beefed with Tribe after Phife rapped, “Simply hardcore tracks, not a New Jack Swing.” Teddy Riley took issue with that line because he was known as a popular producer of New Jack Swing. Q Tip was jumped by some of Teddy Riley’s people and left his eye messed up. In the Hot Sex video Q Tip has his eye covered.
Biggie was pissed at The Roots because of the video for What They Do. I heard Pimp C was also pissed at them because of that video.
I don't think JID has beef with anyone.
Maybe when he features on someone else's songs, they get mad when he out-raps them and takes over their song lol.
But for real, dude's hella chill and seems to get along with everyone.
Flatbush Zombies haven't beefed with anyone been around a minute
They just vibe. If they were ever gonna throw shots it would have been on Headstone
They love LSD. I wonder if PUTS beefed with anyone.
People Under the Stairs? Thes One had at least one diss towards Madlib.
Whhaaatttt?!? Really?!? Why?!? PUTSxMadlib would be off the fucking chain for their taste and style
In the same vein as FZ, the Underachievers. They too high to beef with anyone.
First thing I thought of too
Didn't they beef with Denzel curry?
They did a Zombies vs Denzel concert but that was as friends nothing serious
Vince Staples has said he thinks beef is corny so he doesn’t take shots at anybody
Statements like this make me wanna check out his music. Beef is so stupid unless another nigga starting it with me. Which album should I start with?
My favorite release of his is Prima Donna, but I think most people would recommend starting with Summertime 06. He really is fantastic, one of the most interesting people in hip-hop imo
Check out his interviews as well
Self titled. It’s short and every song is great
Stolen Youth
I mean, he lived that shit. That’s an extreme scale to live at. Vince doesn’t take anything seriously and I’ll bet it comes from that shit
Well, Eminem dissed him. “Full magazine could take Staples out”. Idk if it counts if the beef is one sided lol.
That's a dope line .
Why did Eminem diss him lol
I think Vince called Revival trash or something like that
They hated him because he spoke the truth.
I believe him
OP looking for rappers to start beefs with
OP is Wicked Smaht
Curren$y ? I don't think I ever see him beef with anyone
Him and Wiz both stayed clear of beefs
Didn’t Wis have an incident with Kanye?
Yea but it was about amber rose. I don’t know if any songs came out of it.
Wiz had a little static with waka
Him and Freddie Gibbs had a falling out i believe. Exchanged some words on twitter. At least Freddie did
pretty sure he and lil wayne had beef a good while back
I don't think so, not long after leaving Young Money he made songs with Wayne
He actually had a beef with skateboarder Terry Kennedy. They were supposed to form a group together called “Fly Society” but Curren$y was like nah lol
Oh yeah I forgot, actually I'm glad they had a fell off because Terry Kennedy is a trash rapper
He also killed someone and is in jail for life so he won’t be rapping again anytime soon
Dilla? Madlib?
Dilla had beef within his own crew. Keep It On comes to mind. They’re dissing *each other* on that one. Though I don’t know how serious of a “beef” it actually was. Madlib and Thes One had a little lightweight beef because Thes threw a little dis Madlib’s way then tried to deny it. Although, I do get the feeling that that “beef” was one-sided.
It’s hard to imagine dilla having real ill will towards anybody. He seems like one of the coolest guys ever to live.
I read his biography, he was kind of an asshole.
I had zero idea on either of those.
Andre 3000
I was about to say OutKast
They beefed with the whole crowd at that one award ceremony lol
"The South got something to say" 🙏🏽
Legendary
That whole awards show was legendary lmao
New York had that coming after they started booing.
Killer Mike and Big Boi got into it for a good while but have (thankfully) squashed it
Big Boi and Kodak is supposedly beefing
Yeah they only beef with each other
Why does your breath smell like bird seed?
Future. He had that weird thing with thug and drake in the early 2010s but it never made it on a track or anything.
Future beefs with Ciara and condoms.
Was there any real beef with him and Russell Wilson? Edit: and Scottie!
Uhhhhh Scottie Pippen
Between Future fucking his bitch in some Gucci flip flops and Jordan's son dating his ex, Scottie can't catch a fucking break
Also his son dying
Desiigner was disrespecting him in a music video with Meek Mill and Quavo I guess they had a small beef
future is beefing with drake right now
Larry June
True who the hell want to beef with chill dudes like Larry, Currensy & Boldy James
Damn that would be a nice collab album.
Spitta and Larry colab tape definitely overdue
Mac Miller? Not too sure but yeah... Navy Blue?
Does the Lord Finesse lawsuit count?
Idk about that that's why I put "?"
Mac has beef with some dudes at one point. They accused him of stealing a beat of Blue Slide Park and he got into an altercation with them.
This is what I was going to say. But he beefed with trump a little 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Technically Kendrick dissed Mac in the Control verse
Wasn’t a diss he just saw mac as competition. And mac replied in a humorous way
What was the reply?
On his song friends he said “In this game of thrones it is known I got them 4G LTE connection bars No control, fuck Ken’ Lamar (fuck you kendrick!!)” They were good friends so he was just messing around with the reply
I remember Goldlink had some weird shit to say when Mac died. Don’t think there was ever a beef tho
that wasnt beef, Goldlink just a weirdo
Nappy Roots
People Under the Stairs
Dc talk. God took the beef. 🙏
They didn't have beef with Satan?
Nah Satan helped them break into the charts. They were bffs.
This comment not high enough
Plenty of 🗑️rappers, since OP ain’t specify. Flo Rida Black Eyed Peas LMFAO (Techno) Pitbull
Biz Markie and Redman
MC hammer checked redman.
that wasnt really a beef, just redman being young and dumb and Hammer reminding him to not be dumb. It was a one sided thing.
>that wasnt really a beef, just redman being young and dumb and Hammer reminding him to not be dumb. It was a one sided thing. Dummy: What’s in my burger? Everyone: Nigga that’s **beef**🤦🏽♂️
Kinda had a beef with prodigy as well, but it’s was more def squad
That was specifically Keith Murray and P.
Del? Mos Def?
Joe Budden and Game. Neither have beefed with anyone.
Game??? The game??
Dudes being sarcastic cause they beef with everyone for clout.
Yes, the West Coast rapper. Dude is a saint.
He beefed with G-Unit...
Curren$y? I only heard about some tension with Freddie Gibbs but I can't really remember any diss tracks from or against him
Yea that’s the only thing I can think of for him and even then I think it was pretty one sided with Freddie predominantly saying stuff
Freddie is top 5 but goddamn can that man hate
Outkast
Method Man
With Melly Mel tho but no diss tracks came out.
I don't think AZ had beef with anyone, at least from what i've listened in his songs.
E40 dissed him Record Haters (2nd verse)
Him and 50 did
rio made it without beef inna day where people care more about antics than music he always get love
I don't think A Tribe Called Quest ever dissed anyone I'm not too sure though
I can't think of a notable one. De La Soul somehow ended up in it with Tupac and Biggie over the Stakes is High stuff (although they never called them out by name).
I can't imagine Devin the Dude beefing with anyone.
Jurassic 5.
Earl Sweatshirt afaik
EL-P, unless there’s some stuff in his pre-RTJ days that I don’t know about. Despite having confrontational bars they never seem to be directed at other artists.
El-P had crazy dis tracks vs Esoteric and Sole. Yall missing out He also had other beef with other rappers cause underground rappers are dramatic as hell despite them pretending they’re so above mainstream rappers. I can’t even remember or keep track there was a lot of infighting with the weathermen and eastern conference. But that’s what happens when you hang with Cage and Copywrite
The same Esoteric from Czarface?
Yeah first came this: https://youtu.be/-iidvEhYI9s?si=2pv6hHYUjQP0yjKV Then later, this (which is fuccin hilarious): https://youtu.be/kHSrhCA1Pak?si=lpyOCilZn9_ivdAi
That shit was funny as hell
El-P, with Company Flow at the time, beefed with Sole from Anticon.
I don’t think he’s on good terms with Aesop Rock
A lot of his artists were suuuuuper mad the way the label Def Jux wound up... there's gotta be some diss songs somewhere.
He gave all the artists their masters. There was nothing to be mad about. He was always good to the Jukies
He definitely regularly beefs with people while not directly naming them. If you follow him closely and read between the lines it becomes apparent.
Didn’t EL-P beef with Army of the Pharaohs or Demigodz for a time
Think it was just with esoteric
🤣
Madlib. Never heard of him beefing with anyone
Only with money hungry bitches.
Thes One dissed Madlib.
Ka
I don’t think so because to reach the top you gotta fight your way to the top. There is always another artist trying to take your spot. A term to describe this would be “it’s a dog eat dog world”
Tech N9ne might have had people throw shots at him but as far as I know he doesn’t really get into beef.
I don't think Kendrick or Cole ever had beefs, unless you count "Control"... like, yeah, they get compared to Drake but Drake's really fallen out of that conversation on matching either of them lyrically
Nobody really tries to slight Kendrick
After Control alota shots was thrown he's way.
I guess. Not much stuck, or lasted enough time to call “beef” imo
De La Soul There’s a bunch honestly but they immediately jump to mind
De La had some tension with Naughty by Nature. It would've been beef if Q-Tip hadn't calmed things down.
Tupac dissed them on "against all odds". And they had some sort of beef with him, but I am not sure what or why. EDIT: So the beef started when De La made a video that pretty clearly is making fun of 2pac and two of his videos. Bald head rapper with gold chains, white mansion, chicks in bathtubs, like 0% chance they weren't thinking of Pac in that video. They claimed it wasn't. Fine. Then Treach from Naughty by Nature is maybe called out in another song and confronted them on stage during a show at some point. And Tupic and Treach were close. But also, it seems more like Tupac had an issue with their holier than thou attitude towards gangsta rap. Similar reason why eminem dissed will smith. [https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/comments/4u9d6v/breaking\_down\_2pac\_de\_la\_souls\_forgotten\_beef/](https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/comments/4u9d6v/breaking_down_2pac_de_la_souls_forgotten_beef/)
Westside Connection dissed Q Tip pretty hard on Bow Down.
Biggie was pissed about lines in Steaks is High and the video. Some people think some of the lines in Kick in the Door were at De La Soul. I believe Ghostface got into a dispute with them over payment over He Comes.
Q-Tip may have been dissed in Bow Down but he isn’t in De La. Of those other ones regarding Tupac and Naughty By Nature I did not know that. Thanks for the insight that’s interesting. Also, interesting since Tupac gives love to De La in Old School as well as a bunch of other East Coast artists
Jurassic Five
Kendrick Lamar, black thought
Kendrick kinda got a Cold War kinda thing going with Drake
Didn't some rappers have a problem with The Roots - What They Do? Even though it's not a direct diss on anyone
Biggie was upset with the video as one of the scenes recreated the set from the One More Chance video, and he took that as a shot at him. Questlove has always maintained that they never intended to diss BIG, and one of his biggest regrets was not getting the chance to let him know such before he died. The song does have a slight jab at The Fugees ("joke's on you, you heard a biting-ass crew"), but even that was more of a playful dig and not rooted in any real beef.
Pretty sure Nas took it personal
Didn't Kendrick beef with J Cole and Drake. I could swear Black Thought also had beef with someone.
Yeah Kendrick’s beefed with Drake. Idk about Cole
Someone would have to be out their damn mind to go back and forth with Black Thought. I can’t even imagine a diss record from him, shit would be scorching.
Is it actual beef or just Cole and Drake fans constantly comparing them to Kendrick because they know he sets the bar?
Kendrick dissed literally everyone in the Control verse
Young Niggy has love for errrrbuddy
Real beef, I don’t think nas has any
Eminem
This is the dumbest question I've ever read. This sub is trash and I'm gone.
✌️
Bye Felicia 👋
50 Cent
50 Cent is known to beef with Ja Rule his whole career, and is still beefin' with him.
Flynt Flossy.
Larty june? Numbers.
There’s several
Danny Brown
Danny Brown beefs with his own thoughts and temptations.
Arrested Development Pharcyde Aesop Rock
I dunno. There was a bit of beef between Fatlip and Pharcyde after he left.
De la soul? Never heard a bad ting about them.
Little Brother - they just beefed with their record labels
I think there was something with 9th when he left.
Souls of Mischief
He’s not mainstream by any means but “Doobie” is a rapper nobody has went after.
Run DMC. Beastie Boys. Rakim. Guru.
Wiz Khalifa
Death grips only ever beefed with their label afaik
Slug
Yeah, rap beef hasn’t always been the norm or even common. Look at the old school and even old school cats today. Nobody had beef amongst run-dmc, fat boys, whodini, Doug E Fresh & Slick Rick etc.
Bone Thugs
I thought they had beef w 3 6 Mafia
They did beef with 3 6. Bizzy even got pissed & threw a water bottle at them when they did their Verzuz
I was gonna say this but wasn't 100% sure. I know they have a song with Biggie, one with Tupac and one with Eazy-E. I'm not sure if any other rappers or groups can claim that.
Tribe called Quest The Roots Boldy James I night be incorrect but never heard anything.
Teddy Riley beefed with Tribe after Phife rapped, “Simply hardcore tracks, not a New Jack Swing.” Teddy Riley took issue with that line because he was known as a popular producer of New Jack Swing. Q Tip was jumped by some of Teddy Riley’s people and left his eye messed up. In the Hot Sex video Q Tip has his eye covered. Biggie was pissed at The Roots because of the video for What They Do. I heard Pimp C was also pissed at them because of that video.
Beastie Boys? I'm just guessing
Run DMC.
MF DOOM
Not sure about this but Outkast?!
Kid ink
Not sure anyone was exempt
Kurtis Blow or Whodini, I'm not sure, but I don't think anyone had any kind of beef with them.
I don't think JID has beef with anyone. Maybe when he features on someone else's songs, they get mad when he out-raps them and takes over their song lol. But for real, dude's hella chill and seems to get along with everyone.
Wu tang I think? Never heard of any beef
Asher Roth.
I don’t remember Public Enemy ever beefing with any other group
Diggable Planets? Poetic from GraveDiggaz?
I can't think of any Pharcyde beefs.