Young Guru says that he and Jay Z went to the studio the day that “Ether” came out.
“In a less than 24-hour period, you got ‘Supa Ugly’ as a response,” he says on the Combat Jack Show.
The Jamla Director of Operations says that “Takeover,” not “Supa Ugly” should define the Nas-Jay Z feud.
“If you put ‘Takeover’ versus ‘Supa Ugly,’ ‘Takeover”s a better record,” he says. “‘Takeover’ has facts. ‘Supa Ugly’ is playing the dozens… ‘Takeover’ didn’t lose to ‘Ether’ on the radio. ‘Supa Ugly’ lost to ‘Ether’ on the radio.”
He says that when he and Jay Z went to Hot 97, Angie Martinez played “Ether” right after premiering “Supa Ugly,” which is what got fans interested in the feud.
Guru gives insight into the creation of “Takeover” and says that Jay Z tested it out at Summer Jam before recording it.
“He ends the second verse, ‘Ask Nas, he don’t want it with Hov, no.’ Then you didn’t hear the third verse. He never did the third verse at Summer Jam. Comes back, lays the third verse after Summer Jam.”
The engineer says he personally asked Jay Z if he could mix the track.
“I’ve got my Roc-A-Fella chain on,” he says. “I’m fully all the way in. This is competition.”
Young Guru says, “it was just fun to do.”
“This was always all Hip Hop,” he continues. “It was never no point where I don’t think anybody from either side wanted to do physical harm to nobody, like that’s dumb.”
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Ether killed everything, please get over it niggas
Nas a washed-up bitch still chasing the acclaim of his 1st album, hov was this hoe boss @ Def Jam lol #ole irrelevant,stuck in da 90 studio gangster queer.
@ truth. Nigga you stupid, never speak on this topic again
Jay lost. Nas won. Even if you polled Ether vs. Takeover, Ether still wins. Story over. Ya’ll got ragged leave it alone
Young guru is jay man what you expect this dude dont have a interview without mention jay
and everyone know it was ether vs takeover and jay lost super ugly isnt on the level of either one of those songs
Yes
I always find it funny that its Rockafella dudes that can’t let it go that they lost. Nas doesn’t even talk about it anymore. It’s like that washed up high school B ball player telling anyone that will listen how they got screwed, in some tournament, and should of won for some BS reason.
jay z fans always get emotion about this topic and start cursing and using gay comments lol you mad bro
its a fact that pre 1994 jay z rapped one way (that fast spend up bull shit lol) then illmatic drop and he rapped another way
One shot Head shot red dot. sniper on rooftop. Mainstream is the target. Got enuf confidence to corner the market.
Put the cell down. Hold all calls.I
Never been a follower or obeyed man’s laws. WMW. The persistent predicate felon.
No story telling. No name yelling. What you selling?
I’m not buying! Stop lying!
Dude got rich on snitching. This ain’t 50!
I’m not Voice pitching. He CB4 TYPE.
I does this in my sleep.
Me and Freddy Skype.
Wake up. I’m words deep.
Alphabetical slaughter. 2015 first quarter. No relief. I Jack beats. The hot nigga. What’s beef. I plot bigger. Hotter than 97. The caramel brethren. Paid in full AZ. This is not JZ.
I’m a headache ask dehaven.
I tag on pages misbehaving.
Request my attention. I’m way back. The rappers convention. Dressed in black.
911. No protection! Share this on your page. Start collecting. I don’t care if you like this or not. Everything I jot is hot. Tell Facebook if you want me blocked.
Nas lost. Hov won. Period. End of story.
Only in your mind did that happen.
Check the stats, idiot. Nas’ career and sales descended after the beef and Hov kept banking and getting richer. Hov was Nas’ boss at Def Jam for a few good years. Nas married Kelis only to get financially fucked by her, while Hov married Beyonce and the two are living happily ever after. So you tell me who won.
How Jay dick taste bro?
Check the lyrics idiot
everyone at that time knew Nas “ethered” jay-z thats where the term comes from. Take over was ok but Nas killed Jay z and the whole rocafella roster with one diss. Nas didn’t need another. That proves right there he won. one and done. No matter how many times yall bring this back up Jay z lost. Get over it
Jesus…. The streets spoke, Ether won the beef, get over it.
No amount of trying to reinterpret history will change this fact, stop bringing it to remind everyone how butt hurt you got when you had to hang that L around your neck.
Hahahahshshshhshshshs the truth..
Facts!!!!!
word nas killed it you want to make an album called blue print krs one all ready did it
Realize how fucking big this universe is then think about how trivial takeover and supa ugly and this whole rap game is
Ether won FFS!
ETHER WON, FOR EVERYBODY THATS SAYS THAT JAY WON BECAUSE HE WAS MORE SUCESSFULL I QUOTE NAS ‘… BECAUSE YOU MY BROTHER YOU TRAIDED YOUR SOUL FOR RICHES’
Nas was dead b4 d release of takeover…soon as his name got mentioned, has came alive n did his tin but dat was it…Hova survived n progressed…wyl Nas jus hung on 2 dat ether hype all d way…Neva d less both are Icons and dis whole beef and diss shit is over dragged….dese mcs r abt d cash not guns and bullets…#Peace
Nas had better records since this beef than Jay has. Jay is a pop star now still making the same song about whatever clothes he’s wearing. Nas is making actual real music.
Nas is one of my top 3 and jay is top 5….but jay won with the takeover. Then jay came with super ugly..THEN jay came with blueprint 2 (song not album) and destroyed nas lyrically.
Best part of ether… The “fuck jay z” co sign by 2pac. The people who think nas won are usually the guys who assume that nas is a better rapper and more “real”.
Both are real as fcuk and hard to decide who’s best. But jay won in the ether vs takeover battle
G.T.F.O.H!!!!!!!!!!!
I like both songs, but I think Ether was a better diss record.
Fuck Gay-Z…………………
Hov won when he fucked Nas baby mom lol.
I hate when people use sales as a way of ‘who won’. MC Hammer sold more albums than Rakim….I guess he’s the better emcee then.
I liked both songs, and both artists. But Jay is a pop rapper now, who still talks about whatever expensive clothes he wears.
Nas is still making great music though. Life Is Good was better than any album Jay put out since the Black album.
Anybody that says “Takeover” is better than Ehter is either smoking crack or doesn’t know sh about Hip Hop.
Nas is a lyrical Genius while Jay-Z is not. Jay-Z is a genius at talking about himself and praising himself, that’s it.
When Jay makes a classic like Illmatic or Stillmatic, then he can talk. Everything Jay-z puts out is called “Commercial Garbage” in Hip Hop.
Commercial is wack.
100 percent correct sir
I agree a 1000% with u Truth. Why is N*gga even discussing this when is been over and Nas Won. D!CK RYDERS DONT KNOW WHEN TO GET OFF!
jay-z is ugly
This guys bong holed by Jay Z. Nas won fool. It is so over! New York spoke, the blocks across the US spoken! Nas won! Please let it go! Nas only need one record not two! Nas the greatest of all time!
Gogetit Nas did actually record a diss before ether it was trash tho