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Last Thursday, a diss track from Ludacris started making the rounds and predictably its got the internets going nuts. While War With God is a dope track, it seems to have gained most of its buzz due to the fact that Ludacris doesn't actually name any names in the song. Without a doubt, the track is aimed at a rapper (or rappers, plural) from the South, but that's all anyone can agree on. There's been speculation that the diss is aimed at almost every rapper from Atlanta to Houston, from T.I. (again) to Chingy to Lil Wayne to Chamillionaire.
War With Luda
It seems pretty obvious to me who Luda is going at, so I'm going to break it down for y'all. The first part is a shot at Jay-Z's favorite alleged drug dealer, Jeezy. The rest of the song takes aim at Jay-Z's second favorite alleged drug dealer, Rick Ross:
Never claim to be nothing but who I am (Crip!) / Never sold cocaine in my life. Jeezy claims to be a crip and constantly makes reference to pushing snow on the street corner.
Only shots you ever took was subliminal...disrespecting those who did real time with real criminals. Jeezy spent some time in Juvenile Detention, which is no doubt filled with some hardened teenagers, but not quite the same type of criminal that you'll find in the big house. Other than that, he was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon, but never fired a shot during the altercation.
I hear you talking but you ain't made it to three. On the Hustlin' remix, Jeezy bragged about selling two million records. He hasn't reached three million in sales yet.
Call yourself whatever you want except the 'multi-million'-man. What if he calls himself the Snowman?
I paid the cost to be the boss so you can rest your mouth. Seems like a counter to Ross' claim that he's "the fucking bawss."
You got played, my label never jerked me. Rick has been rapping for the past ten years, primarily under Slip-N-Slide records, where he was a ghost writer for other rappers without the label ever giving him a chance to put out his own album. It wasn't until Hustlin' started getting some radio play down south that other labels got interested in him and helped get him out of the Slip-N-Slide situation.
Make your diss record real hard. Whip it, whip it real hard.
With so many rappers south of the Mason-Dixon line calling themselves the King of the South, there are a lot of people Luda could be talking about. I concede I could be wrong about Jeezy being involved and that T.I. could be the target of all the subliminals. Tip does call himself the King and has taken a few shots at Luda even after they reconciled their past differences.
Regardless of who this track is aimed at, I can't think of any rapper from down South (and not too many from up north either) who can come with the punchlines like Ludacris. A lot of people don't take Ludacris seriously, which I think is due in large part to the videos he puts out, but its hard to deny that he killed it on this track.
Rick Ross has claimed that Hustlin' was intentionally dumbed down to get radio play and that his true lyrical skills have yet to be heard. If that's the case, this could actually get me interested in his upcoming album and what he has to say about 'Cris. As for a battle with Jeezy, that's like Tyson vs Mcneely. Jeezy might be able to drop an adlib every now and then, but he can't touch Luda lyrically.
And yeah, I know a few of you are rolling your eyes (if not currently typing an email cursing me out) after having to read another negative post about Rick Ross. I'm about to make it up to you, though. DJ Benzi has a remix of Hustlin' that is pretty dope. Go download it here -- just look for "rick ross hustlin' (benzi reeefix)".
6/27/2006 9:40:54 AM posted by Fresh