25 Songs Where Rappers Got Murdered on Their Own Sh*t
By Dee Phunk | Dec 9, 2011 | 1:12 pm | Permalink
Whenever one rapper reaches out to ask another to guest on their song, they risk getting stuck in a Catch-22. There's usually genuine respect there—unless the feature was mandated by the label. But either way, you don't want your guest turning in a lackluster performance since that wackness reflects badly on you. Then again, you don't want anybody jacking your spotlight either.
As Fat Joe recently explained to us, "Every time you’re rapping with somebody, it’s like a competition, but it goes without being said." There are times, as with Jay and Biggie on "Brooklyn's Finest," where two MCs go hard and the result is a win/win. But in an industry of machismo and status symbolism, something's got to give—and sometimes dudes just get outrapped.
Ever since Nas hurled those immortal words—"Eminem murdered you on your own shit"—at Jay-Z, we've been thinking about all the songs where rappers stepped in and straight bodied their hosts. That's why we're taking a trip to the land of damaged egos and career-making cameos with 25 Songs Where Rappers Got Murdered on Their Own Sh*t...
Written by Dee Phunk (of TreesForBreakfast) (@DeePhunk)
Special thanks to Alvin "Aqua" Blanco (@Aqua174) & BosNaud (BosNaud)
Jessica December 9th, 2011 at 01:31 PM
Cool list!
Kevin Sanchez December 9th, 2011 at 01:55 PM
kendrick murdered the game on "the city"
Zain December 9th, 2011 at 02:57 PM
WTF complex why does your page auto refresh? To get more hits on your pages? I was in the zone listening and it abruptly stops and refreshes.
Cinsere December 9th, 2011 at 02:59 PM
LOL @ mentioning Bleek as two of Jigga's "cold cases." Ya'll know that shit don't count. One was originally Jay's song, and the other didn't even actually HAVE Bleek on it. That's just blatant stat-padding. lol
Cinsere December 9th, 2011 at 03:02 PM
And Beans?! Ending lines with "...and 'em" for like the whole second half of his verse?! C'mon son. He's had his moments, but son ain't murk nobody on that track.
Jerm December 9th, 2011 at 03:02 PM
disagree with Beautiful Bliss. Wale has some slick ass lines, but J Coles catch everyone's ear
O April 5th, 2012 at 08:13 AM
WHAT?! Strongly disagree. J. Cole humbled Wale on this track
Grimm560 December 9th, 2011 at 03:03 PM
Winter Warz shoulda been up in the top 10 at least. http://bit.ly/jKoay3
Chris December 9th, 2011 at 03:03 PM
The Em verse on Renegade was from 1998 or 1999 or some shit. Hell, the whole song was just it had Royce instead of Jay.
Grimm560 December 9th, 2011 at 03:05 PM
Winter Warz shoulda least been in the top 10. C'mon Complex...smh...http://bit.ly/jKoay3
BG December 9th, 2011 at 03:15 PM
I can't agree with Nicki murdering "Monster" her shit was cool but Kanye destroyed that shit.
Mike December 9th, 2011 at 04:55 PM
I co-sign, Kayne owned this. Nicki did not own this her verse was the weakest. Kanye > Jigga > Ross > Nicki
jc December 19th, 2011 at 05:11 PM
im sorry but nicki KILLED it. im not even a huge fan of hers and i can admit that. smh people never wanna give her credit for shit. and how u guna say ross was better when the dude spit like 2 lines? lmao
Kareem December 20th, 2011 at 01:18 PM
complex dumb as hell for that only reason people think nicki verse is the best because 5 different voice so you dont listen to her lyric Kanye was definitely the best on there