Juelz Santana and Memphis Bleek had similar trajectories during their time under Roc-A-Fella Records in the 2000s. Both were considered protégés of two of the biggest rappers in the game (Cam’ron and JAY-Z, respectfully) with a massive amount of hype behind them, and they were known to lay down a fiery verse or two. So when it comes to them engaging in a Verzuz battle, it makes a lot of sense.
According to Juelz Santana, though, there is no competition between him and Bleek. During his recent visit to Drink Champs, the Dipset rapper downplayed a possible Verzuz matchup against the Marcy Projects product.
“I don’t think he want that,” he said. “I don’t even want to say that. He’s going to want what he wants, but the people don’t want that. I don’t want that. Matter fact, you could have that one. But Bleek good, though. I fuck with Bleek. I ain’t taking nothing away from him either, but I just put myself up there.”
He continued, “You can’t put me with him. That’s just it. As far as protégés and shit like that, I mean, n-ggas may say something about Juelz ain’t go as far as he’s supposed to ’cause I’m really supposed to be where Lil Wayne is at, but I can’t put him next to me.”
Memphis Bleek caught wind of Juelz Santana’s comments earlier this week and issued a response to his former label mate on Twitter.
“He said he want that smoke that’s been my G but he can get this [fire],” Bleek tweeted in response to a fan who reacted to Santana’s claim. “Haaa I love it hope it go down so he’ll see why he can’t feel his face much.”
If the Verzuz does go down, it’ll be a moment of redemption for Juelz Santana, who was handed a healthy ass-whooping alongside his Dipset brothers Cam’ron and Jim Jones in their battle against The LOX last August.
Elsewhere in his conversation with N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN, Santana admitted he was once addicted to lean and pretty much credited Houston rapper Paul Wall for putting him on to the drug.
Nas 'Doesn't Have Enough Songs' To Compete In JAY-Z Verzuz According To Memphis Bleek
“I was drinking lean, and did I have an addiction to lean? For sure,” he said. “I was addicted to the point to where I was drinking it every day and if I stopped drinking it, yeah, I would’ve got sick ’cause that’s what happens with the opiates and shit. Withdrawals and stuff.”
He added, “[Paul Wall] kind of introduced me to it a little bit, just on some ‘Taste it,’ you know what I mean? I’m a grown-ass man, I do what I want. Paul Wall did not drug — nah, no way. I’m not gon’ do that to that man.”
Yeah, Bleek will make Juelz feel his face because Bleeks catalog is lean
Bleek don’t want this smoke; Juelz will body him. Bleek is just Jay’s lil’ man much like Ta-Ta with a mic. Juelz carved his own lane along with and without Dipset. Bleek can’t see nobody in Dipset nor anyone of the Lox. I like Bleek but he is just weak flow-wise.
That’s how I can tell you are an I heart radio type a guy. You only like that pop rap that they made a single huh. Seems like a good match up to me.. Stop it wanksta you on here too much.
Exactly! Spot-on comment. The issue with Bleek isn’t that he doesn’t have bars, presence, or flow; it’s more so that Jay Z casts a LONG shadow over Bleek and the bar that Jay set as an MC is one that few, including Bleek, can meet. Despite the fact that Jay originally billed Bleek as a “new, improved” Jay Z, time proved that to not be the case. Bleek sounded like an average NYC street rapper and there were a thousand dudes in NYC with the same flow talking about the same things—Bleek just happened to be homies with Jay Z. That said, Bleek is a more thorough MC to me and would FLAME Juelz. If Bleek’s skill set is just average, I’d say Juelz’s skill set is slightly below average. He don’t really want smoke with Bleek and I can tell in his response that he’s just tryna convince HIMSELF otherwise.
Yeah, he carved his own lane, right into irrelevancy and prison.
don’t forget crack addiction
This would be a terrible put you to sleep versus! Except for Mind right,Money right I can’t name another Memphis Bleek solo joint!
juelz wins clearly. idek if memph bleek could have enough songs to even compete
Hov’s sidekick vs. Cam’ron’s sidekick. Riiiiiiiight.
Memph Weak! Lmao clown keeps dangling off Jiggas sack. He has like one song… you need at least like 15 for Versuz
Even his grandma would murder Bleek in a verzuz.
Memph Bleek is, trash! Memph Bleek is, weak! Lol, both him and Juelz Trashtana don’t even have 20 songs combined to do half a Verzuz. FOH!
Drag-On vs Tony Yayo coming up
Bleek had some sleepers. Is that you chick, round here, like that, Memphis bleek is, still ill, The one with Rihanna
Not a multi grammy winner, but he had some good records
Please don’t make this happen! Both trash both terrible live performers it’s a no no and no again!
Not Memphis Bleek v. anybody. The Game washed his whole career.
BOTH HAVEN’T RELEASED AN ALBUM SINCE 2005. SEEMS FAIR TO ME.