Even if T.I. officially has a Verzuz challenger in fellow Atlanta rapper Jeezy, Busta Rhymes won’t let the self-proclaimed King of the South breathe over dismissing a hypothetical battle between the two.
During an interview with Ebro In The Morning on Hot 97, the Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath Of God rapper once more referenced his conversation with Fat Joe that eventually led to his squabble with T.I. In fact, he repeated why it would end badly for Tip and insisted he’d “bust his ass.”
“Let’s be clear. You said that you didn’t think me and T.I. would be a good Verzuz,” he told Ebro. “Direct response to that: Neither do I. It would be uncivil, that ass-beating. But what I’m saying is, I never asked to do a Verzuz with T.I. That’s my brother and I love him, but I never asked to do a Verzuz with him.”
Ebro had previously suggested that Busta wasn’t a good matchup for Tip and would have a far better experience if he went up against Missy Elliott or Snoop Dogg. Busta was intrigued by the idea but reiterated he wasn’t playing second to anyone.
“I worked hard throughout these years, man, and I’ve been very consistent throughout these years. And I speak from a place of pride,” he said. “I’m speaking from a place of being very clear of the fact that I’ve earned my right … to be very, very confident. I’m not speaking from a ‘stroking my own ego’ place, but I don’t think anybody can actually have a problem with me actually stroking my own ego if I chose to. Because I’ve earned it—justifiable so.”
Busta Rhymes Details Making Of Kendrick Lamar Collaboration 'Look Over Your Shoulder'
ELE 2 had been much-hyped for years and was teased earlier this week with the release of “Look Over Your Shoulder,” a collaboration between Bus-A-Bus and Kendrick Lamar.
During a conversation with Zane Lowe of Apple Music, Busta broke down how the record came to be thanks to a snowstorm and a pack of beats producer Nottz had sent him.
“Finally, we are in a snow storm in New York and they declared it a national emergency and gave everyone a curfew,” he told Lowe. “I refused to accept the curfew so I stayed in the studio. So I stayed in the studio, they shut the Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge down, they shut the Midtown Tunnel down, so I couldn’t leave the city anyway once it passed 11 o’clock.”
He continued, “So I was like, ‘Fine. I’m going to stay in the studio tonight.’ I stumbled on the beat. When I looked at the date of when I got the beat from Nottz, I couldn’t believe that I had this sh-t so long the whole time. So I ended up putting a verse on it. I sent it to Kendrick. Kendrick bodied the verse, sent it back.”
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Busta would shit on T.I in a versuz, no doubts..
You are kidding right? Busta is the better lyricist but do you realize how mainstream hits Ti has? Ti may lose a vs battle but he has a catalog where he ain’t getting shit on.
You must be like 20 years old. Busta has way more hits than TI. TI never even wrote any of his hits, they were cookie cutter radio singles put together by producers. Stop trying to act like TI has any type of lyricism or hit making ability. He doesn’t. He’s a clown.
Wtf are you talking about
Fantastic work-from-home opportunity for everyone, Work for three to eight hours a day and start getting paid in the range of 7,000-14,000 dollars a month.
Weekly payments……. Salary8.com
Busta STFU already. Go battle Twista or something. Stop acting like a whiny bitch. T.I. already committed to a battle that makes a more sense considering his era.
Why is he coming for T.I.? I mean, I get it with the competition and all, but they’re not in the same lane. He needs to be somewhere with Raekwon or Ghostface Killah or something of that nature
Exactly, Ti vs Busta just felt too random. Ti vs Jeezy makes more sense. Ludacris vs Busta would have been a better pairing, two slept on lyricists from the 90s with a line of hits in their catalogue.
Busta Rhymes has never been slept on, and Ludacris dropped his first album in 2000.
I wish TI would try to act tough…I would legitimately enjoy watching Busta rag doll this little gremlin. It’s a Rottweiler vs a tea cup yorkie.
U my dude Buss…but from 2001 till now TI wins…u clearly a better artist…class by yourself…but mainstream hits? Ya last hot shit was The Big Bang and please dont play anything off Year of the Dragon….every since the 04 05 BET Awards he had it out for TI…again, anything after the 1st ELE will put u 2nd….factual shit
Busta needed that versus with his new album coming out…. Busta had the opportunity to have bread like LL COOL J but bad money management at its finest should be name of album
You need to do research Busta has more than enough money to feed many families if you listen to him he follows his guidelines everybody don’t want to do c.i.s or host t.v shows. I’m sure he’s not wanting for anything.
Busta vs. E40
The battle possibly needs to be Busta vs Jay Z
Jay would bury him. It wouldn’t even be close.
Jay who
Scenario
Put your hands up
pass the courvoisier
What’s it gonna be
Touch it
Da Goodness
Fire
On Fire
He got so many songs to give Jay comp. It would be very very competitive
Nope. Scenario is ATCQ. Not a Busta song. That’s the only track on your terrible list that could fuck with a Jay throwaway. You have horrible taste. I’m guessing you’re a Drake fan.
So violent nowadays why does it always got to be beef can’t just have a good time playing some shit back and forth