The LOX even went so far as to reframe the idea of which type of songs work well in a Verzuz-winning a match has long been considered a hits game, but Jadakiss thrilled fans by going deep into the bag for verses youРІР‚в„ўll only find on datpiff. Winging it is how you get through a night without playing potential haymakers like РІР‚СљBuilt This City,РІР‚Сњ РІР‚СљReal N-ggas,РІР‚Сњ РІР‚СљMy Love,РІР‚Сњ РІР‚СљMic Check,РІР‚Сњ or РІР‚СљWarРІР‚Сњ (where Cam remarks heРІР‚в„ўll РІР‚Сљstab a bitch over ice, Nancy KerriganРІР‚Сњ) and resorting to B-level latter-year tracks like РІР‚СљSalute.РІР‚Сњ Ostensible aces like РІР‚СљSummer With MiamiРІР‚Сњ or РІР‚СљI Really Mean ItРІР‚Сњ didnРІР‚в„ўt land as they should have. They have the catalog, but without the structure, it wasnРІР‚в„ўt as formidable as it shouldРІР‚в„ўve been. Verzuz is as much about strategy as it is РІР‚Сљthe hits.РІР‚Сњ Throughout the night, Dipset played great songs that either didnРІР‚в„ўt land with the impact they could have or were not the right choice at the right time. The above entry was more about group chemistry than having a gameplan, but it was clear the LOX sketched out a lot of their haymakers and planned attacks. Their demeanor last night was par for the course for anyone whoРІР‚в„ўs been to one of their group or solo shows these last few years-too many people on stage, lapses in engagement and passion-but with a little rehearsing, they couldРІР‚в„ўve come out like it was 2003 again.

TheyРІР‚в„ўre a well-oiled machine Cam, Juelz and Jim, for all their history together, have reasonably atrophied a little. The LOX, by contrast, have pretty much always been unified and have been actively recording and touring together again for the last five years. These days they seem to be on solid ground, and appear together often especially if the check is right. TheyРІР‚в„ўve drifted apart, reunited, feuded and reunited again various times. The Diplomats have had a bit of a rocky brotherhood for the last decade or so. (ItРІР‚в„ўs all love though: the match is being spun-off into a small tour, alongside State Property.) It didnРІР‚в„ўt have to be this way though: hereРІР‚в„ўs what the Diplomats couldРІР‚в„ўve done differently. It was a rough, at times terse and frustrating night for the Dips, as Styles and especially Jada smelled blood early and taunted them mercilessly while performing both hits and deep cuts with the audience live and at home eating out of the palms of their hands. What followed was a bloodbath-at one point Jada joked that the match was РІР‚Сљ25-2РІР‚Сњ, and he really wasnРІР‚в„ўt being hyperbolic. Dipset, by contrast, were discombobulated from their entrance, when CamРІР‚в„ўron missed the walk-out cue and staggered out casually nearly three minutes later. The LOX walked into the ring first with big РІР‚Сљchamp is hereРІР‚Сњ energy and they never let up. What I expected wasnРІР‚в„ўt a lopsided defeat, but rather that Jadakiss, Styles P and Sheek Louch would come out strong but lose steam midway, while Cam, Jim and Juelz Santana would endure with the steady stream of unimpeachable hits: Diplomatic Immunity is a two-disc with next to no skips, and together the three of them have at least two solo projects that have six heavyweight contenders each. But thatРІР‚в„ўs not to say there arenРІР‚в„ўt dozens of classic Jadakiss/LOX songs that stay in rotation for me to this day (and while weРІР‚в„ўre being honest, IРІР‚в„ўll readily lap up new projects from both crews Jim JonesРІР‚в„ўs most recent album is great, check it out). Nostalgia gave Dipset the edge for me, because my high school formative years coincided more closely with their peak (which weРІР‚в„ўll call roughly 2002-2006) than the LOXРІР‚в„ўs (more lateРІР‚в„ў90s to early aughts). Favoring either group in last nightРІР‚в„ўs Verzuz event, where the two legendary New York rap crews faced off in an actual boxing ring in Madison Square Garden (complete with an intro from Michael Buffer) shouldРІР‚в„ўve been a SophieРІР‚в„ўs Choice for rap fans. The LOX and The Diplomats are unanimously beloved.

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