Jim Jones, whose album drops next week, recently made headlines when he dropped a couple of dis records directed at Jay-Z. In support of his upcoming LP, Jones hit the media circuit and spoke up about why he made “Alarm”, what he really meant by the track and what he has coming up.
“The one where I’m dissin’ Michael Jordan?” he told MTV with a laugh. “I’m not really going at him if you listen to it. It’s tasteful. This game is built on competition. When [Jay-Z] was hot and had his little eight-summer run, he was taking so many jabs at so many people in the game, it was all love. Now it’s my turn, and everybody’s included. But I don’t do battle rap. I don’t have beef with nobody except the devil, so if y’all want that, y’all gonna meet him. This game is built on aggressive competition, and I’m gonna do what I do for the people to understand where I’m going. I got another song coming. It’s got Dame [Dash] on it. It’s called ‘Roc-A-Fella Breakup.’ ”
Later, he goes on to explain why he is dropping the new album.
“I gotta make this city hot before the album drop. I gotta let them know that’s not typical for me, but everybody keeps tooting they horn about rappin’ and rappin’ and rappin’. But this life I’m livin’, when I put it into words, that’s real rap for you mutha—-as. You can’t take that away from me. Everything I spit about is everything I live. I’m trying to get my money, and anything less is uncivilized,” he added.
(Both songs and more can be found in our audio section now.)
