Blige’s “Family Affair (Remix),” and Jada’s “Knock Yourself Out.” Earlier, after Dipset had jabbed at Sheek for a limited role in the early rounds, Jadakiss retaliated against Zeeke’, comparing him to “The fat ni**a in Dru Hill.” As if on cue, The LOX and Technician The DJ responded with a medley including “Ride Or Die Chick,” Mariah’s chart-topping “Honey (Remix),” Louch’s “Good Love,” Mary J. Towards the end, Juelz Santana mocked The Warlocks for making songs exclusively for male audiences. Instead, they got a Rap grudge-match-with some poignant reminders to let viewers know that it was all sport.ĭuring the 19 rounds, it may have seemed like passion versus pageantry. Later in the battle, Jadakiss got a reaction when he demanded, “You gonna rap or you gonna keep playing Paula Abdul?” Given an upcoming LOX, Dipset, and State Property tour announced the morning before the Verzuz, many may have anticipated a friendly game of baseball between two heralded New York City crews. At the onset, ‘Kiss announced, “I’m in war mode.” During Round 6, Jada’ told his opposition: “Learn your words,” adding, “I love these ni**as, but this is Hip-Hop! ” Cam’ron chided back, “This ain’t S.O.B.’s,” as if to mock The LOX for treating the moment akin to one of New York’s longtime venues for the culture.
He powerfully delivered his bars while mocking his opponents for struggling to rap along to vocal tracks during the rounds. While giving the crowd hits from his solo catalog, LOX, remixes, and features, Jadakiss offered a clinic on laser-sharp MC’ing. It included show-stopping performances from mixtapes, including “Who Shot Ya Freestyle” from 2010’s The Champ Is Here 3 mixtape and a vintage DJ Clue freestyle over a classic Showbiz & A.G.
In covering the event moments after the competition (and providing round-by-round scorecards), we highlight the pivotal moments for Jadakiss.
The Ambrosia For Heads team discusses the battle round-for-round on the latest episode of our What’s The Headline podcast (embedded below). But Did You Know He Can Windmill? (Video) The LOX battled The Diplomats’ Cam’ron, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, and Freekey Zeekey in one of the most exciting Verzuz to date.Įverybody Knows Jadakiss Is an Elite MC. On Tuesday night (August 3), in front of likely his biggest audience ever with nearly 1 million onlookers tuning in, Jada’ was joined by his cohorts Styles P and Sheek Louch, and he delivered the kind of performance that epitomizes the smash-mouth New York Rap he has embodied for more than two decades. Twitter definitely enjoyed Jada’s drunk shenanigans, especially when he revealed that he was the pen behind Diddy’s “Victory” verse.However, one could argue that a career-defining moment for Jadakiss came from a stage more than any particular song, album, or accolade. Unlike the earlier installment of VERZUZ that featured an annoyingly intoxicated Sean Garrett, this VERZUZ battle was way more entertaining with a super lit Jadakiss drunkenly expressing his love for Fab while introing his records. Fab was super nice in the beginning, but it didn’t take too long for Jada to surpass him in the visibly drunk department, which added extra entertainment to the night while the artists exchanged hit records. Meanwhile, Fab just let DJ Boof control what songs to counter with, and it didn’t work in his favor.ĭuring the event which just happens to have an alcohol sponsor, shoutout to Diddy and Ciroc even though they were drinking D’ussé, the artist literally got L I T as the night went on the now Apple Music streamed event. 10 Things We Learned from The LOX on The Breakfast ClubīUT if we gonna keep it a buck about this installment of VERZUZ, it honestly really wasn’t that close with Jadakiss blowing Fabolous out the studio with a well thought out playlist of his hit records.