(recent new york dudes falling out stories have been boring but styles p's response was good where he was like, erm i better stay out of it as i'm on interscope too and 50's bigger than me! spoken like a true second most popular member of the lox! i wonder if sheek louch could be even more pragmatic)
inevitably (rightly!) there's not much talk about the beats on dis songs, tho by nature they are the hardest and most purposeful you'll hear on a rap show right now. and if you listen to rap shows a lot you're gonna hear them all the f-ing time! let's look at the recent 50 dis sequence: "piggy bank" was a bit useless but the awesome opening strings, the distortosynth and general clatteringness won me over; jada's reply had a sleazy funk-rock gallop (he is v good at dis songs coz hypnotically never altering your rhyme scheme is good for long verses!) and fat joe busted over a super-dramatic string loop.
all deadly functional and carefully chosen for once; no need for a wack timbaland beat or whatev tho maybe because big producers are afraid to tie themselves to disses. and now the "i run ny" beat (originally mobb deep's "cobra" ahh nobody cares coz they're not glamourous): horrendous saw slicing thru metal noise, palm-muted guitar, controlled-explosion drum track - a release from dull producers endlessly recreating real-band dynamics of melodic lead instrument plus drums and bass. bands don't have a saw! well maybe rammstein does or something but you know wot i mean. this is my fav beat for ages.
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