Lil Wayne has named JAY-Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records as Cash Money’s best competition in a potential Verzuz battle.
Appearing on a recent episode of sportscaster and former NFL player Marcellus Wiley’s More to It podcast, Weezy was asked who he thinks would make a worthy opponent for Young Money or Cash Money in the Verzuz ring.
Despite legendary labels like No Limit Records, Death Row Records, Bad Boy Records and Quality Control Music being mentioned, Wayne settled on the Roc Boys.
“I would say the best competition, I would have to go with Roc-A-Fella,” he answered. “JAY-Z the homie.”
During the same interview, Lil Wayne called JAY-Z the greatest rapper ever, comparing him to seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady.
“The greatest rapper of all time is Shawn ‘JAY-Z’ Carter,” he declared. “When you do this rapping thing, obviously like football, every sport is different. You play hockey, I’m sure they got something that they only know about. Something that they probably can’t explain, but only they know. That thing in rap, that we only know in rap, he has that. He’s the Tom Brady of that.”
Lil Wayne previously claimed JAY-Z tried to sign him to Roc-A-Fella Records for $175,000 during a 2016 interview on DJ Drama’s Shade 45 radio show.
“You know, when I went out to talk to him about being at Roc-A-Fella — and mind you, this was years ago,” he said at the time. “First of all, he was at the 40/40 in the daytime, and when I got up there he was talkin’, it was Denzel [Washington], it was Derek Jeter.
“I was like, ‘This is his clique?’ And they up there just laughing at jokes I just don’t get. He literally sat me down next to him, and this where all that is going on at, and he sat me right here. Like, ‘You ain’t a part of this,’ you know? And he would talk to me on the side after every joke.”
He continued: “That man offered me 175 [thousand dollars]. I said, ‘Believe that.’ I was looking like… two teeth in my mouth is 175 [thousand dollars]. My bottom teeth. We laugh about that all the time.”
During Lil Wayne’s legal battle with Cash Money in 2016, rumors circulated about him signing to Roc-A-Fella after he threw up the label’s signature diamond hand sign at Tyler’s The Creator‘s Camp Flog Gnaw festival, while changing a lyric on “I’m Me” during his performance.
“I’m a muthafuckin’ Roc-A-Fella millionaire,” he rapped, replacing the mention of Cash Money with Hov’s label.
Cash Money would wipe the floor with Cock-A-Fella!!
Cash Money would wipe the floor with Cock-A-Fella!!
hopefully vs causes a big ass rap beef and all these idiots will kill each other off since we can’t have nice things
I disagree, Cash Money Records V.S. Rap-A-Lot Records. (Scarface, UGK, Z-Ro, Do or Die, Tha Outlawz, Getto Boys, Willie D, list goes on. Rapalot was a powerhouse. No Limit Too.
Lol nobody but hiphop heads even know or listen to these guys.
Southern hip hop heads. Besides Scarface and Geto Boys as a group, Rap A Lot’s reach was regional. Not a hater, big fan of Devin the Dude and ZRO.
Agreed. Lot of slept on artist. Nowadays kids think guys like Isaiah Rashad make the ultimate vibe music. For me it’s Devin, very solid discography.
Me personally, including albums, singles, and features, it should be a triple threat. Lil Wayne/Cash Money VS Jay-Z/Roc-A-Fella VS Eminem/Aftermath. That would be phenomenal!!!!
It sure would be interesting but the sound is very different. I mean, Cash Money for me isn’t just Carter 3. Actually something like Carter 3, to some extent even Carter 2 already, is a good mile away from the original or usual CM sound. Although this combination would be more interesting to me than something like CM vs No Limit.
Let’s see, Iam all there for it.
Early 2000s Shady/Aftermath/G-Unit would destroy all of them. I would even pay to see Eminem slaughter the competition with lyrics and pure talent, 50 with his presence and trolling, Dre with his beats. Then you have Tony Yayo as hype man and trash talker. And when we talk about the old G-Unit, we also have Lloyd Banks, who is a beast too. The Shady/Aftermath/G-Unit artist’s mixtapes alone are better than anything Cash Money, besides Wayne, Nicki and Drake, have ever released.
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For as long as Cash Money history is as a label, most of their music doesn’t stand the test of time. I think they would get washed by most.