Thursday, January 26, 2006

Finally Another Hip-Hop Rivalry!!

Only, I wouldn't call this one a 'rivalry' in the traditional sense of the term, because the word rivalry implies that there is some sort of competition going on (which in this case, there's clearly not). I only blog about this article because it's all my friends and I have recently been talking about. Recently, Killa Cam (aka Cam'ron) produced and distributed a recent recording that slams Jigga-man Jay Z.

In his recent track "You Got It" Cam accuses Jay of essentially cock blocking him from becoming an exec at Rocafella Records. He also blames Jay of cheating former business partner Damon Dash. Killa Cam also takes a couple cheap shots at Jay's girlfriend Beyonce.

Let's get a couple things straight: first, Cam is not even close to being in the same league as Jay-Z. Can you name even five decent songs that Cam has ever recorded? Let alone five songs that made it into heavy rotation more than once? Second, Jay-Z is the CEO of a fairly prestegious record company (Def Jam). Third, Jay's (reported) $300 Million bank account compared to 'Killa' Cam's pink Range that he COULDN'T EVEN SELL ON EBAY!!

Recently, Jay responded to all Cam's hub-bub by basically calling it 'trash'. But it still leaves the question, does Jigga retaliate? Althought it's probably a safe bet that Jay doesn't do anything obvious to fuel the rivalry, I'd be willing to bet he drops a verse (or two) just to put Cam in is place. It should be fun to see how this one plays out.

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