Jay Z a biter

[Spyder]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqScH2CfYTg

kind of interesting i thought

[Drama Setter]

cool

[Fa-Q]

I prefer the term "swagger jacker" kinda like a kick to the groin....but anyway yea remember Nas talked about this in Ether...but FUCK he stole alot

[Spyder]

i know man its messed up

[AliJack]

.. but he still writes alot more than he bites, so props to him.

[Kez]

I just think he's paying homage, i mean it's not like he's trying to pass off that he wrote it; anyone who thinks they can steal an Eminem lyric from MMLP and have people not notice is an idiot, and Jay isn't that stupid. (I hope)

[James R.]

This is so old and has been done so many times over. You wanna know the difference between a shout out and a bite? When you BITE you try to pass it off as your own, and it's usually concepts, not direct quotes. And even if it is a direct quote it's not from Biggie, Pac, Nas, Slick Rick, Snoop Dogg, etc. He's not only using their lines, he's using POPULAR lines of theirs so people know who he's talking about. He's not a biter. For every section of "bitten" material he's recorded he has a sick ass recorded verse to match it.

[Spyder]

i knew u woudl comment on this James, but nah i get what ur saying and franly love jay Z too just thought it was interesting

[James R.]

Naw I know what you mean. If you haven't heard it before then it is pretty interesting stuff. I remember when I first heard Cam'ron's Swagger Jacker track I was heartbroken. Then I thought about the logic behind it and it made so much more sense lol

[DrRapid]

This has been posted at least twice in this forum. I have seen this video too many times and I honestly don't give a shit anymore cause Jay-Z is still motherfucking dope. And yes, he's more like using popular lines which Hip Hop people will recognize.

[AliJack]

This has been posted at least twice in this forum. I have seen this video too many times and I honestly don't give a shit anymore cause Jay-Z is still motherfucking dope. And yes, he's more like using popular lines which Hip Hop people will recognize.

[4D]

I just think he's paying homage, i mean it's not like he's trying to pass off that he wrote it; anyone who thinks they can steal an Eminem lyric from MMLP and have people not notice is an idiot, and Jay isn't that stupid. (I hope)

That's exactly what this is. Only idiots don't realise this fact. Great artists pay homage to their greatest influences, it happens in every art form. It's just a nod to the original artist.

Remember the one Eminem did in "I'm Back"

I take seven kids from Columbine, stand 'em all in line
Add an AK-47, a revolver, a nine
a Mack-11 and it oughta solve the problem of mine
and that's a whole school of bullies shot up all at one time

Classic Homage to Rakim's lines in "My Melody"

I take seven emcees, put ‘em in a line
And add seven more brothers who think they can rhyme
Well, it'll take seven more before I go for mine
And that's twenty-one emcees ate up at the same time!

[Slimm]

'I'm not a biter i'm a writer for myself and others
i say a big verse im only bigging up my brother'

[Almostlity]

'I'm not a biter i'm a writer for myself and others
i say a big verse im only bigging up my brother'

[Ella]

at least Jay doesnt rap a whole Aailyah verse like Lil Wayne.....