Swizz Beatz and Timbaland continue to see their Verzuz platform grow with each battle, and fans have seen legends such as The LOX, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, the late DMX, Snoop Dogg and more step into the Verzuz ring.
However, there’s one legend in particular, fans and fellow artists wonder who would be able to battle, and they’ve gotten some insight on that proposed showdown.
On Tuesday (December 21), the TIDAL Twitter page issued a tweet with a quote from JAY-Z regarding his stance on performing on the Verzuz stage. The quote was from Hov’s surprise guest appearance on Alicia Keys’ Twitter Space celebrating her new album Keys on Tuesday. According to Hov, there’s zero competition for him regarding Verzuz.
“No one can stand on that stage with me,” he said. “It’s not a chance in hell that anyone can stand on that stage with me. You gotta stand in front of the Grammy Family Freestyle live?”
For those who don’t know, JAY-Z hijacked Hot 97 in 2006 for an impromptu freestyle titled “Grammy Family Freestyle” that many consider one of his best freestyles ever. The verbal assault blew listeners away with how vivid Hov’s rhymes about success and the cost of it had on him at the time.
Elsewhere in the conversation, Hov revealed his favorite moment from Verzuz was Jadakiss’ perceived annihilation of Dipset in August. Hov felt Kiss had “one of the best performances of the year.”
Although JAY-Z didn’t technically rule out a battle, he’ll likely never take the stage. That’s bad news for Rick Ross, who recently revealed his dream Verzuz opponent would be none other than JAY-Z.
Rick Ross Wants JAY-Z Verzuz Battle: 'That's A Possibility'
“My favorite Verzuz?” he said. “JAY-Z… Yeah! Why not? To me, that’s what makes Verzuz special because it brings out the best in both parties. Oh, that’s a possibility, but I gotta give my flowers to the big homie. I got to. My homie gave me my first opportunity signing me to Def Jam Records, and he’s one-of-one.”
NaS can wash Jay-Z any time of the day.
I don’t disagree with him but music straight from the streets, Nas could spank that ass… As long as Jay does not play any of that famous Pop hits or shits is what I call them. That corny shot that everyone love. Nas could spank that ass!
Grammy Family Freestyle? Come on! We have seen badder freestyles than that! What’s wrong with people’s memories, anyway? Black Thought gave us arguably the greatest freestyles of all time in recent memory. Let’s not get it twisted.
All pop music of course you will win!
Hov plays too much. Don’t get me wrong. He is a Juggernaut. But we all know who can put him in his place.
Shady. They do renegades at the end. Done.
Lol at people still saying Eminem murdered Jay-Z on “Renegades”. With what, angry rambling and scratching noises? “Do you fools listen to music or do you just skim through it” is the most quotable line from the song. And that’s not the only one from Jay on there too.
you got jokes – and Jay was talking about you when he said “do you fools listen to music or do you just skim through it”….what rambling noise are you talking about can you quote?…lets start there and I’ll explain the delivery for you and what you missed
Jay-Z Verzuz A Set of Clippers or a good Barber (C’mon man, time to cut that ridiculous sh*t your head already)
Jay-Z Verzuz Eminem or Nas would be the only logical one other than that, I wish he would not bring it up cuz he just sounds foolish.
Eminem or Nas could beat him
Snoop IS better than jayz
Hahaha, good one.. Auntie Snoop is better at being a b**** that Jay-Z. And besides in the Struggles Against Mother Nature Always Bet On The Camel Over The Dogg Any Day.
Eh..put Nas or Busta up there on the stage with his “grammy family” sold out a##..
NaS, Em, Ghostface and Busta would beat Jay. All of their catalogs are deep and got different angles they could use. Whatever Jay throws at them, all of these artists got a better answer.
Fan of them all but na none of them beating Jay-Z
Anyone saying Nas or Eminem is just hilarious. Hov is in a class of his own and his discography is immaculate. I’m sure whatever boring trash beat Nas song or mom/drug Eminem song is thrown his way, Jay got something that will blow it out of the water. He’s right, “Grammy Family Freestyle” is amazing and will get the crowd pumped. No coming back from that. Remember, Verzuz isn’t just about hits or how lyrically skilled you are, it’s also about moving the crowd and getting the people on your side, hence why Jadakiss is pretty much the Verzuz champ at this point. And Hov can rock plenty a show too. He’s the GOAT for a reason.
Use me as a this guy is a clown button
You like Pop Music. You are not a street dude… You wear women underwear. FOH… Nas is the GOAT fool.
Uh Do your research sir, agreed, the esco shit is not his greatest work, but he did not even talk about being esco, until he had a shit ton of hits! Songs like “Nas is like” “Your the man” and Either, that will make the crowd go nuts and take his side in the versus battle, there is no clear cut win for JAY against NAS, real hip hop historians know there is no arguing this!
Who’s a better performer that Busta Rhymes? He would bury Jay.
Eminem washes JayZ in a versuz all day. Jay knows this too.
LMFAO FOH Em aint washing none of the top vets in a verzuz.
Dude dont have bangers like that. He has his hits, but who banging them hits in the hood, on the block, Clubs?
His hits are for suburban white kids mainly dudes.
We dont rock with Em like that, and im in the D.
Name a Jay song Big Homie … I’ll tell you the Em song that beats it.
Big pimpin…
Shake that
Not a hope…
Difference between Nas and Jay….Nas is humble. They asked Nas about Verzuz and he mentioned it was dope and good for the culture and is in a state of mind where he does not want to participate in it but likes the direction. Jay always cocky to a fault. He’s got plenty of success to just boss up and put it to rest but he will always make it about himself. I like Jay and Nas both and have both of their catalogs. There’s no “Nas won the battle, Jay win the war” BS. Both have different flows and angles in their music and career. For me, Nas has more classics and has put out recently…better music. Jay on the other hand continues his PR campaigns on sites like this to remind you how rich he is and how great he is. Let the music speak for itself. Since American Gangster I havent felt much of Jays music. If it was Jay vs. Nas….all Nas gotta do is keep the Ether loaded in the chamber. No Grammy Family Freestyle will compete with that.
Plus that either record was crowned the best diss record of all time.
Im going down the list typing 2 words “Busta Rhymes” …game over lol
Jay was good pre-Beyoncé but he has competition. There are plenty artist that can compete with Jay. The ONLY artist that have zero competition is R Kelly regardless of his troubles, Em, and Mary J Blige. Everyone else can be touched. R Kelly, and Mary would have to go head up as they have hella cuts and are equally as good.
Uh you forgot Busta Rhymes mY friend
People forget that you can pull out any track your featured on in a verzuz as well.. Jay can pull out any watch the throne record or any Beyonce collab too with those people on stage with him…. on TOP of his own discography…. It wouldn’t be fair… Not to mention his songs with biggie…
Lmao none of that crap would matter against the mighty BUSTA RHYMES…I think THE WORLD knows that lol
Eminem can battle him
Lol Eminem or Nas can do a versus battle with him and not only that he will get ethered. Jay doesn’t want that kind of smoke.
bigger eminem fan but Jay would probably take em JUST because he has a lot of pop and clubby hits
IMO opinion Jay can never fuck with Scarfaces catalog..
Put the lean down
He does not have a chance in hell with Nas! Period!!!
If VS was limited to ten songs only then Jay Z would have plenty of competition on a Versus. Hov has a lot of deep cuts he can dig out but if it was just ten records any era, there’s at least 10 acts that would dust Jay Z. There is no way Jay Z can handle EPMD first off. No way
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Thank you and happy new year!
i’m trippin on tha cats in here that think you gotta be a street dude to know who’d win. Y’all wear the streets logo as a badge of honor when really it shows how ignorant you are. Verzuz is not about how street you are. As much as i hate to say it, its not about lyrical caliber, its not about who hits harder in the streets, its about how you move the crowd, its about who hits harder globally,..and I’m sorry guys but Nas doesnt come remotely close to Jay in that regard. i’m in full agreement that Ether is the best diss track of all time but its only one track (plus, if we bein realistic, Nas and Jay wouldnt pull those tracks out anyway. Additionally if Nas did pull it out it would be because he’s losing terribly. There is absolutely nothing else in his catalog that would shake the crowd more. BUT, after that he’d be holding on for dear life.. For Jay Z a better opponent would be Em or Busta Rhymes. Again, it dont matter what the streets bang to, it matters what the world bangs to. Lets go a lil deeper: Em is a battle rap LEGEND, Busta Rhymes is a showmanship LEGEND. Jay would definitely have some trouble with either one. I can’t say who’d win but i strongly believe that if Nas was the opponent he’d lose.
Versus is not a battle. Its a competition of showmanship of each others catalogs. So in my opinion, LL could not only stand up there with him, but would be the winner. That’s in versus. In a free style battle Jay-Z would win, in a wax battle, with responses LL would win. Made love to all rappers and hip-hop. 100 deep proves theres a lot of talent out there.
How Y’all forget the heir to the throne Weezy F. How don’t stand a chance. No one does