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  • awkward...

  • I like how under Jay-Z it says "Hip-Hop Artist"

    and under Em it says "Rapper"

  • They didn't even mention Royce's name.

  • I used to be mad at those two about being influenced by the Illuminati and playing the devil's game, but in this video they seem so innocent and human. Now I'm just worried about them more than anything else.

  • Detroit!!! Eminem!!!

  • heyy i just wanted to tell u that u made this vid on my birthday :) :) :)

  • Eminem will kick Jay-z's Ass in fighting and music anyday!

  • the interview on yes network was better

  • I Wanna See Jay Z Box Eminem

  • Where is the interview with Michael Kay

  • Why does Eminem talk/sound more ghetto than Jay-z in this interview, I swear just listen to Em talk... lol

  • lol.

    has eminem moved to new york? or is he still in detroit?

  • it should of been emenim vs. drake

  • rofl em is like wtf is baseball

  • Two of the most overrated rappers of all time.

  • @Flames00809 are you on crack...these are the two best rappers in the game right now. Eminem music is sick just listen to the song till i collapse or not afraid if you dont like those songs by eminem you have brain damage idiot

  • @lrod132

    I will have some of what you are smoking. If you would have said that from where I am from, you would've have been ridiculed to the point where you would wanna commit suicide. I have listened to better songs than Not Afraid and they don't have shitty singing in them.

    I don't HAVE to like what you like you fucking Eminem dickriding homo.

  • @Flames00809 hahaha good one...NOT now i know why ur youtube name is "Flames" haha what a faggot

  • @lrod132

    You're the faggot. You like Jay Z and Eminem. That alone makes you one of the biggest fags ever.

  • @Flames00809 yea me and the other millions of fans that they have that go to their concerts and listen to their music....actually your the faggot cuz u r like the only one who doesnt like them....you prob listen to like taylor swift haha you are a waste of time talkin 2 so i aint gonna waste my breathe....im done with this conversation

  • @lrod132

    Yet there are millions who cannot stand these two washed up homos as well so what is your point?

    So I'm a fag because I don't like Jay Z or Eminem when there are BETTER and more TALENTED hip hop artists out there?

    No wonder these times are the end of times....

    And fyi I don't listen to country music so Taylor Swift is not one of my choices.

    Yes faggot, you are done making yourself look stupid. When are you gonna be done being a faggot?

  • "umm can you take that?" lmao. 0:41

  • jigga be lookin at niggas like they crazy 1:46-1:53

  • you can bareley hear eminems part

  • I'ma be @ da show in da "D"! Gon be fire!!!

  • hahaha two fat old white dudes who are baseball commentators, they dont know shit about hip hop LMFAO!!!

  • @flight235bbrs lol yeah - it's kinda like two brothers knowing how to swim.

  • i have a qustion this concert is the stage gonna be far out there ir up close in the middle where u can see i'm comeing all the way from kansas city

  • lol eminem looks maa funny like he dont give a fuk

  • 21 Grammy awarrds? Wtf. Get out of here...

  • eminem said "like" like 10 times or something like that in a row lol

    i do hope they collab and makes some new songs, renegade was sick!

  • This Gay-Z shit face is smart. Since EM is coming out with his new album"Recovery", he intends to make some dough out of it to by coming together and performing to a larger audience. When is Eminem gone realize that he is better than Gay-z?

  • @eleab101 hes a genius. hes keeping jay-z on the same team cuz he knows most people that dont appreciate hip hop listen to jay-z and wayne. you appeal to the masses when you get on songs with rappers the commercially brainwashed folks love.

  • @ConCityPoet you dont know shit about hip hop, jay is hip hop personified

  • @eleab101 ...The day he kills both Jay-z and Nas's career.

  • @Sileni em will never kill nas boy!!!!! never!!!!

  • @DTVisDISNEY1984 i think he already has hahahaha

  • @MajahKOfficial never......nas is better then em.....way better....nas wordplay is 2 killer

  • @DTVisDISNEY1984 nah Eminem is the top dog man...can't nobody fuk wid ma wiggah Em recovery kills nas new album although i like that also ....

  • @eleab101 He's never gonna realize it. He has too much respect for too many rappers that don't even deserve it. Which sucks cause Em is i think def top 5 material.

  • So at about 1.5 min in it says Jay-Z "Hip-Hop Artist" and Eminem "Rapper/Actor"... Now I understand that Em was in 8mile and all but what's up with the different titles of hip-hop artist and rapper? Aren't they one in the same???? Jay-Z isn't a rapper? Eminem isn't in the hip-hop genre?

  • @rachelm920 Eminem is also going to be in another movie + funny ppl and hes directing and acting in a movie called Shady Talez

  • oh and anybody else see Mr Porter/Kon Artis at the start behind em ;)

  • I like how as soon as they turned up pretty much nobody cared about the game anymore lmao

  • who the hell is jay z ?

  • People saying that Eminem only sells because he's white is just plain wrong. Going by that other white MC's like RA Rugged Man, Apathy, and Vinnie Paz should be going platinum every time they drop an album. Did Asher Roth go platinum ?

  • my nigga royce

  • make love no war. i love you s.c.c

  • Em needs to do a tour.

  • not like manchester united and man city lol xx

  • Haha Eminem is just like "I don't give a shit about baseball"

  • @JQuile0881 so why he wearing detroit tigers shirt dude i dont care wats your sport but baseball is the best is the oldest and the second most popular sport the 1st one is soccer

  • eminem hell ye

  • Moment of Clarity is also a song Jay-Z and Eminem worked on together.

  • man that boy Em would tear any rapper or any persons that try to come at him a new asshole the whole mariah things was for shits and giggles for himself all the rappers he did beef with he shut them the fuck up and yes i think Em is one of the best rappers alive and ever aint nobody got anything on him not even LIL WAYNE. and NAS isn't shit neither but i forgot everybody on Wayne's cock. EM's not getting the props that he deserves that nigga EM went diamond with all his CD's who else have

  • Two aholes.

  • jay-Z ! :)

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  • Hip HOp is dead when u have morrons on youtube claiming that EM is a beast because he beef with pop singers and boy bands. SOrry thats not beef. Beef is more like nas and jayz, llcool j and cannibas, or even jeezy vs gucci and 50 vs fat joe and ja rule and young buck. Thats beef.... When nigga make a song dissing a pop singer like mariah carry and britney thats not beef sorry.

  • @geordany11 he isnt a beast because of those beefs because those werent beefs, they were spoofs, just him havin fun. he doesnt have any ill feelins and he has stated this many times. his real beefs were with benzino, ja rule, icp, everlast, cage, and canibus. but thats not why he's a beast. he's a beast because he is a lyrical beast. no matter how u slice it or want to talk about his choice of singles. you name the best and hear the song they have featured him on and he out shines them.

  • @geordany11 wah bout em and erv, wah bout the old beef he had?

  • @geordany11 So its not beef when Eminem and Canibus beef, but it is when LL and Canibus beef?? Its not beef when Eminem and Gucci beef but it is when Jeezy and Gucci Beef?? You have no idea what you're talking about just shut up! Em's beefed with Jermaine Dupri, Benzino, Ja Rule, Insane Clown Posse, and so much more you're just stupid

  • @LilDtherapper

    Uh let me ask you this: What the FUCK does a 14 year old know about hip hop?! This dude wanted to make a diss record of Kanye and Lil Wayne because he was jealous they were on top the time this faggot was making his shitty Relapse album!

    And you actually think that is normal?! I find that attention seeking and childish!

    Just make the music and shut up!

  • @Flames00809 As you just proved, I know a lot more about hip hop than you I argued with facts about Em's music. you judge a rapper on how he spits, not judg him based on actions in his personal life like some little girl watching E!. And for the record, Em was under depression and drug influence, so he thought about it, but he DIDNT and he now reflects on it shamefully which is the only reason we know so even if it really mattered while judging music, it's still really stupid and invalid.

  • @LilDtherapper

    Yeah right you know more about hip hop than ANYONE. You're a child. You have not even finished high school yet. Who are you to claim you know more about something than anyone?

    Eminem beefs with others because he is a fucking lowlife who has nothing to do rather than make his shitty pop rap music. Just focus on the music! Beefing is fucking played out and just stupid shit nowadays. I don't see the fucking point.

  • @Flames00809 That doesnt mean anything. Im young and I haven't finished school, but they don't teach hip hop in school, smart one. That's completely unrelated. Name ten rappers that finished school. Hip hop has nothing to do with age or school and as you keep proving i know more about it than you

    And how is beefing "played out"?? if someone says something about someone else they get dissed back, and if they return its a beef. You still have yet to say anything about Em's lyrics....

  • @LilDtherapper

    No shit they don't teach hip hop at school. What I am saying is don't fucking say you know more hip hop than anyone. Ur a fucking little kid! WTF u know about anything? And wtf does hip hop artists not finishing school have to do with what I was implying to you dumbass?!

    Why bother beefing nowadays? Who does it benefit? Did it benefit Soulja Boy and Bow Wow? Did it benefit Nicki Minaj and Lil Kim?

    As for Em's lyrics, I have heard better. Nuff said.

  • You just said I shouldn't say I know hip hop bc I didn't finish school, but whatever. My age doesn't matter. I'm 14, so what? Hip hop is music, no age requirement. Dee Snider is a middle aged rock singer, I'm just a little kid and I know more about It than him. It doesn't involve how old you are it's just the music you listen to, and the history you know. And as for beefing, Em doesn't do it for benefit or anything, as I said, someone disses him they get dissed back

  • @LilDtherapper

    Yes you are a fucking child! Ur gonna tell ME that YOU know more hip hop then me! I am fucking 19 but I listen to ALL kinds of music, 80's 90's, you name it! So ur gonna tell me YOU know more about anything than me! Keep dreaming!

    Who dissed Eminem? Mariah? Are you fucking joking? He should have never made Bagpipes from Baghdad!

  • Once again, my age has nothing to do with this You listen to hip hop from the 80s and 90s but just because I'm 14 doesnt mean i don't. I listen to 80s and 90s too, you don't know me. Check my iPod before you say anything about my knowledge of hip hop before you just assume stuff by how old I am.

    And Bagpipes wasn't intended as a diss it was supposed to be wishing them good luck (I don't get it either, i admit Em was stupid for that). She lied she didnt date hhim and he made the Warning

  • @LilDtherapper

    Then why the fuck are you saying I don't know shit about hip hop? What makes you think YOU know more than I do or anyone else for that matter? STAY IN SCHOOL IDIOT. Your knowledge of hip hop is minuscule.

    Well both mariah and Em are stupid for that. That dumb whore made obsessed and he made the Warning. And this was all because of a misunderstanding! If Em wasn't SURE how they would take it then why he do it?

  • @Flames00809 I only assumed you didn't know much about it because the way you were coming at me saying I didnt know about it because i was young and the way you were judging Eminem by stupid crap. You assumed you knew more about hip hop than me, so what are u talking about? What makes you think you know more about hip hop than me?

    And about Eminem and Mariah, she was a dumb lying whore, and i do agree Em shouldnt have done that in Bagpipes, it was really stupid on his part

  • @LilDtherapper

    Because you wanna come at others for stating their opinion and THEN claim you know more? What makes you think I know more? The fact that I recognize what is REAL in hip hop. The WACK rappers and the GOOD rappers. Eminem turned into a WACK rapper now.

    Both Eminem and Mariah suck ass. I don't like them as artists no more.

  • @Flames00809 I didn't come at anyone for their opinion, he was saying something factually untrue and contradicted himself, and I responded. Idk why you think Eminem is whack now. Just because he works with whack people all the time now and does love songs and works with pop singers, it don't mean his rhymes aren't on point

  • @LilDtherapper

    Well no matter what let him be! If people wanna say dumb stuff, let them say dumb stuff. Why bother wasting your time?

    Who cares if I don't like Eminem? Why does it bother YOU? His rhymes aint even all that as well!

  • @Flames00809 Idk it just bothers me when people think theyre smart and say stupid stuff.

    And if you dont like Em thats cool its just you were dissing him for irrelevant reasons. And lol at how you went from talkin ghetto black to proper in one sentence. "his rhymes aint even all dat....As well."

  • @LilDtherapper

    You shouldn't. People have their opinions. That's the way it goes.

    I can TYPE however I want thank you very much.

  • eminem e foda porra

  • look up ZEITGEIST, FEMA CAMPS i DARE YOU

  • can not wait for this eminem gunna kill it

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  • @bumrush57 Jay-z ain't obligated to give money to anyone, regardless of how much millions he has.....You fail to understand the laws of life and how it works....try some hylozoics brother man......

  • comerica park baby the 313 all day!

  • NEW RECOVERY LEAK

    Eminem - Water Rain

    here

    watch?v=JIu9vrv5q-A

  • Is that royce Da 5'9" at the very begginning? That is a good sign. The slaughterhouse-shady movement is coming.

  • @mattS5295

    yes it is.... i cant wait

  • Seriously, eminem is the 2pac alive. Someone tell jay-z that eminem is THE better rapper.

  • @lakernation123 Jay-Z has never stated that he is better than Eminem, and i don't know how you obtained your opinion through this video

  • @MoonManify well sorry if i offended you in anyway but recently evrtones been saying even the media that jay-z is the best rapper alive. But i believe eminem is THE best rapper alive....

  • @lakernation123 u obiviously wrong. They both at they best. But Nas will kill both of them DUDE.

  • @geordany11 ur a ass u dnt knw anything do u ...... em the best .... Nas shit ... the niger cant even support his family ... that pile of waste ..... Nas couldnot keep up beef with jay-z ... how the hell he be keepin up with em .... the only rapper standing more or less alongside eminem is jay-z none other !

  • @blueberry0006!! u obviously stupid... lol U dont know shit.. STFU

  • King Of New York Is In The Building

  • who won????detroit or n y?

  • @jordanfly85 who gives a fuck eminem is there!

  • shut the fk u retard ppl Em & Jay together fuckin awesome

  • baseball is a load of bollocks. It's a gay mans version of cricket. Women play baseball in England, it's call rounders.

  • eminem < 33333

  • Em is the best alive

    Slaughterhouse is next

    and Jay is Behind them

    period

  • 8 mile

  • Jay-z on Em dick.

  • @2792Love mann fuck u.! U on hov dick then

  • Damn, I wish I lived in Detroit or New York City so I could see that concert.

  • Sup I'm yBliz, and Im just a beginner music artist tryin to get his music out. I'm a kid from a poor hood just tryin to be heard and spit life on my beats. From either what I have experienced throughout my life with my family or the hood i live in, or just how i feel right now on situations and my perspective on things. I rap from the heart and would appreciate it if yall check me out, if you got the time of course. Aight peace and thanks again.

  • Renegade going down in hip-hop history? These two faggots are outdated and damn well overrated.

  • @desidoe69: Overrated? Maybe now, but back in their prime, they were among the best.

  • @desidoe69 oh yeah these two are outdated... em just dropped one of the best albums last year with his relapse cd and not to mention Jay-z had some of the top hits with his new songs and album last year as well..... So they are far from outdated... go listen to your t-pain akon jonas brothers mixtape bitch

  • @wildthing2489

    First off, Fuck T Pain.Have you taken a quick hear at Eminem's new shit? It's fucking outdated and he some of his lyrics consist things I've ever heard. trust me bro, I was a huge Em fan, but not so much after what he's trying to portray himself as. And as for Jay, He keeps using recycled lyrics, and he's stolen numerous lyrics from Biggie. Not to mention that he's an illuminati faggot, other then that...yes these two are well deserved rappers, or WERE.

  • @desidoe69 Nah, Lil Wayne, Souljah boy. Motherfuckas like them are overrated.

    Hov and Em, 2 of the best in the rap game.

  • @hellraiza81

    Yes, those homos are damn well overrated....and so are Em and Jay. There are various reasons, I still can't deny that those two WERE hip-hop legends, they aren't shallow....but they do have their dick riders. I know what I'm about to say now is probably the most retarded thing you've heard....

    Asher Rother > Em

    Em in his prime > Asher.....?

    Jay Electronica > Jay Z in his prime....

  • @desidoe69

    Keep retarded things to your self next time. Everybody has their own opinion.

  • @xMadReaperx

    You call my opinions retarded and follow it up by saying everyone has their own opinions? Way to contradict yourself dumbass.

  • @desidoe69

    No, you called it retarded. I just stated to keep it to yourself, if you think it's retarded. "Everybody has their own opinions," is just a general comment.

  • @desidoe69 WERE?....subjective opinions aren't objective facts buddy, and unless you are the omnipotent embodiment of the soul of fuckin' hiphop your talking out of your little youtubing ass...the very fact that their songs still inspire millions and are still on top of the charts means that they're still RELEVANT. Learn some basic logic before running your talentless ego's mouth. Yezzir!!!

  • @desidoe69

    Yeah, can't say i agree with that. Em is way tighter than asher roth. they're both white, that's about all they have in common. Asher raps about frat boy shit. Em in his prime was on some other, crazy shit. Rapping about killing his baby mama and other crazy shit. LMAO

  • @desidoe69 fuck tht dude how tha fuck are they overrated? Esp. Eminem; 4 diamond albums within 5 years of each other and jay-z is also great. and how are they outdated? just bc they're getting older makes them outdated? Even with all the great shit they're putting out? go fuck yourself dude

  • y'all notice Royce in the beginning of the video?

  • these two announcers dont listen to rap.. i wonder who forced them to talk to these two rappers.. they could give a shit less about some damn rappers.. the link maybe is they all freemasons...

  • the two biggest names in hip hop...em and jay-z are fucking great.

  • Em is the man! Best rapper alive!

  • Jay Z and Em lookin like 2 skinny midgets

  • oh Em so hates doing interviews, it's written all over his face

  • Jay-z Dont wana do another song with Em because he dont wana get killed by em again.

  • @Lacosanostra699 "I'm not sure if we gonna make another song together" Of course not, Because only Eminem's Verses "Went down in hip hop History" Jay-z Is SHIT!

  • @Lacosanostra699 no you are wrong, he outrapped Jayz on that song...but he clubbered lil wayne to death on the song "drop the world" it's so laughable.

  • @Lacosanostra699 ...Yeah right.

  • this concert gonna be dope folks*****

  • Anyone notice Em saying "like" a lot more than usual? Strange.

  • @bazbal I counted 8 "like" in that last sentence...funny or weird

  • @shcrocope Its weird. You would figure Em would have a huge vocab.

  • ya em is like cool and like he's trying to like get back into baseball, so like ya.

  • @HalSka8 : you suck, jay z is the best!!!!!!

  • two legends..

  • gonna be a mean show.....check my page/video for more

  • jay-z says he hate white people

  • @philly1537 : you asshole! quit making shit up! jay z never said that!

  • rappers like baseball? please man, its about promotion

  • yes i do have sexy vids. Sub me!

  • As an upcoming rapper, I have to respect these two guys...They've done it to the highest caliber. Really, tho, if you're a rapper and you don't respect and see these two proven legends of rap, you don't understand the first thing about it, so you'll never make it in the rap industry.

  • @MrYungFatal : just because i disagree with you, doesn't mean ill never make it into the rap industry, besides, i bet im a better rapper than you anyway. and jay z and eminem are the shit!

  • @thekingofpopmj1234 Prove it, bitch...Post yo shit and I'll post my reply to yo shit and we'll see who's better mutha fuckin rapper...I ain't trippin, asshole. We can do this shit whenever, I gauarantee yo flow ain't aquafina like mine, nigga. Fuck it, we can do this on Youtube or in da fuckin Streets...Acapella or on da beats, asshole. I'm wit it! YUNG!

  • I'm not white or black...and still eminem is the shit, along side jay-z,nas,andre 3000,jadakiss...so that cornball who said that eminem is half-decent sounds funny coming on a video that is connected to none other then eminem...like wow are u serious

  • like like like like lol eminem is cute

  • in the beginning i think Em sold cause he was white, he said it himself, but now at this point its because of talent. pure talent.

  • where and when is jay-z's and eminem's concert in new york???

  • jay z talking all the time because eminem can't speak anymore

    i don't know what happened to this guy , eminem seems to lack confident lately his eyes always to the ground and he don't smile anymore

    that's weird

  • @sadcommunity thats marchel mathers you looking at not the slim shady :)

  • @sadcommunity cause he has no one in life no mom best friend died and no wife i would be the same

  • @bdawk20524 he has his daughter

  • @sadcommunity the illuminati got him I'm jus kidding idk lol.

  • it dont matter if he white he got famous for go to eminem best verse compiled 3 his old shit was better

  • Seriously everyone that just tried to come at Em can go die.

    He's the all time BEST. When you can mention ONE rapper/hip-hop artist that has had the balls to battle him and has WON, then u can talk all the shit you want. But since that is NEVER going to happen I'd sdfu if I were you. Please take your time thinking of a better MC (not a "rapper" auto-tuning about hoes, cars and $) I'll be patient bc I'm sure you'll take a while. :)

  • @shadyzdiamond17 ur right tho there aint NOBODY in the game who can step to Em if there is WHO? alot of artis in the game dont fuck with Em now days cuz they rather have a career in the music bizz. y dont u ask ja fool of all ppl anyone heard from him lately or any of those murder inc assholes NO but theres alot of careers Em has ended an do u hear from them anymore i dont think so

  • @MacDaddyj20 Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones. Period.

  • @MacDaddyj20 i know. Look at Christina ag., ja fool as u mentioned, ICP -__-, Benzino, do we hear of any of these ppl anymore? NO not at all. Mariah Scary is next on the list along with her Dick Cannon husband. Obsessed was like asking for a death wish seriously. Every one saying eminem is whack or overrated obviously knows NOTHING about rap music or being a true MC. not auto-tune & i was found on youtube "artists". Fuck that.

  • @shadyzdiamond17 yea i know ppl who hate on Em are dumbass i mean if u have ur own opinion bout his albums thats different but Em is someone u cant fuck with an like u said bout that mariah shit shes was reallly a dumb bitch for making a video thinkin eminem wasnt guna respond to that yea ok then look wat happen Em killed her with the warning shot enough said

  • @MacDaddyj20 please.. EM only beef with females. EM lost my respects after he made that song going after Maria carrie..Ja rule was more 50 beef then Em. You sound more like a groupy then a fan.

  • @geordany11 that shit with mariah wasnt a beef, that was personal, he fucked her and she lied and told the public that they had no type of relationship. makin him look like a stalker peace of shit, that he talks about her for no reason. what would you fuckin do? he put her on blast for her lies. ya nikkas have all these stupid opinions and dont even know all the details. go bump young money faggot.

  • @geordany11 dude stfu u have no idea wat u sayin EM only beefs with females? dude u really dont know Em's music ur jus a hater yea 50 had beef with ja an Em got in it cuz ja was running his mouth bout Ems family an other shit. an wat bout icp canibus royce back then but now they cool,everlast whitey ford,benzino u call those females. and then he did go at mariah why cuz she denied dating him an then she made a video bout him,then there was christina agularia ok dude do plz shut

  • @MacDaddyj20 AHAHAHAHA.. u sound more like a groupie..

  • @geordany11 i aint no fuckin groupie man so jus shut up about it

  • @MacDaddyj20 u worst then a groupy.. .. Let face it the only ppl that think Em is the best rapper in the world are white.. Em is good but he aint the best rapper alive. When u say shit like that it shows that u dont know shit abt hip hop to know that they are all type of rappers. Em is the best at what he do and jay and nas are best at what they do. So PLease stop suckin Em dick on Youtube and go do your homework abt hip hop.

  • @MacDaddyj20 lool he thinks eminem only had beef with females wtf

  • @MacDaddyj20

    icp, benzino, ja rule, everlast....all those guys are garbage. they stood no chance against Em. royce & canibus are the only 2 decent rapper's he's ever beefed with. im not saying eminem isn't a great mc cause he is but u can't deny that 90% of his beefs are with people that can't defend themselves. he would never in a million years dream about dissing Nas on a track or talk about jadakiss and jay-z the way he talks about lindsey and Britney. you've gotta b crazy to believe that

  • @Rudboi100 rite he wuldnt diss them unless they diss him first but that wuldnt happen cuz nas ,jayz an jada are gd rappers an are most common in hiphop

  • @Rudboi100 Regardless of who is better or who is more "unique", art is supposed to be about expression, it's not supposed to be used as a weapon against eachother. All in all the spread of negativity isn't right, and it sets a bad example for their fans as humanity as a whole. I just can't figure out why everyone's so dark-sided.

  • @calabiyauasaurus

    i see what you're saying. u make a great point but i think hip-hop is different than most art forms b/c it's very competitive almost like a sport. you don't want to physically harm anybody but you want to be the best. since the earliest days of hip-hop it was always about "who's better". It's been apart of rap since the very beginning & appears to be permanently ingrained in the culture. both Jay-z & Eminem built their reputations from battling others.