Jay-Z On Using Biggie’s Rhymes

Monday, July 18 2011 4:04 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Focus

It’s the story you love to hear again and again. In this video from the Decoded iPhone app, Jay justifies using the B.I.G.’s rhymes in his lyrics. He’s not a biter, he’s a writer.

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Comments (76)

  1. mac DIESEL says:

    HOW MANY OF BIGGIE’S RHYMES ARE GONNA COME OUT YA FAT LIPS NIGGA??!!

    ….HA!!!! ONE OF THE GREATEST HIP-HOP LINES OF ALL TIME!!!! THAT’S DEFINITELY BITIN’ EVEN IF THEY WAS BOYS!!!! BUT I’M OVER THAT SHIT THOU!!!! WHO CARES!!!! JAY CARVED HIS OWN LANE AND MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  2. t says:

    dont kno how u can say it any better, perfect explanation. the total of big lines jay uses is not even a page’s worth of the ridiculous rhyme book jay has

  3. CaniBlog? says:

    Haha Hov Cool

  4. Hip_Hop_Schola says:

    Plagiarizer! Is what he is, so many rhymes he has copy from past rappers which get no credit. This is why today rappers be doing the same, looking up to a fruad!

  5. I'm Just Me says:

    Big Pun was 10 times better than BIG. Dude’s flow and lyrics were amazing. I’m Listening to Capital Punishment now and shit still sounds so good. BIG and Jay Z are overrated.

  6. dumb dumb says:

    This nigga is the Carlos Mencia of the rap game, but these dick riders bloggers i.e. bdot and yn will never admit this nigga is overrated.

  7. BLU LAMBO says:

    NOW. OKAY JUST PUT THIS LEG UP. YEAH. SHOW THE TORN KNEE. THATS YOUNG. THATS ARTSY. ANNNND TILT OF THE CAP, HERE, PUT THESE THICK FRAMES ON.

    THERE. YOU’RE BASQUIAT!

    OH, AND PUT THE B&W EFFECT ON IN POST.

  8. BRu973 says:

    @Hip_Hop_Schola Correct!! All these journalists, radio personalities, industry heads all the way down to the average fans are either brainwashed or complete sell outs! I’m not saying Jay isn’t talented or great. But it’s disgusting how these clowns really put this guys skill, talent & lyricism on the level of the likes of Biggie, Nas, Rakim…Dudes are doing heavy drugs talking that reckless shit

  9. Black MAChsiMO says:

    Pun was real nice i’m not downlaying but on no day no way was he ever better then BIG

  10. shaqovich says:

    Pun>Big Lyrically….rap circles around that nigga im sorry…if pun had been black instead of Puerto Rican niggas would be calling him the goat

  11. Bran.D says:

    If people honestly think Jay-z is a “biter” they seriously need to reevaluate their thought process. Even with the amount of praise Jay receives, I still believe he is underrated. Watch this entire interview. The man’s a genius, literally. Unlike most rapper today, Jay does not just rap to “rap”…his music always has an underlying significance. Even a song such as “I Know” which, on the surface, most people would think he’s talking about a female when really he’s talking about drugs…and the way he can subliminally reference both topics throughout the song is pure genius. Jay is a poet. Analyze a song like “Lost Ones”…many of his songs do not get enough credit. What I love about him is that he is not only poetically advanced, but extremely smart, especially for the lack of education he received as a youth. With his intelligence and swag put together, there’s no wondering why Bey loves this man so much. He’s great.

  12. I'm Just Me says:

    Pun was real nice i’m not downlaying but on no day no way was he ever better then BIG

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy9i1lXAG7E

  13. I'm Just Me says:

    BIGGIE IS THE MOST OVERRATED ARTIST EVER

  14. Chi Town says:

    They gon make Jay start popping shit keep playing with him….u heard what he said anyday!!!

  15. dumb dumb says:

    Bran D, you must be Brand New too believe half the shit jigga spew. How deep was that?

  16. Chex says:

    “Who’s the best Mc’s? Biggie, Jay Z and Nas”
    From Jay’s own mouth. This nigga lost so bad. He even signs acts who are heavily influenced by Nas i.e. J Cole and Jay Electronica, ha!

  17. mac DIESEL says:

    @ I’m Just Me

    DID U LISTEN TO PUN’S LAST ALBUM??!! THAT SHIT WAS GARBAGE!!!! NO WAY IN HELL PUN IS BETTER THAN BIG AND BIG IS NOT OVERRATED!!!! LISTEN TO BIG’S ALBUMS AGAIN!!!! U BUGGIN’!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  18. Tim Lee VA Stand Up says:

    SO THE RINGS AND THINGS YOU SING ABOUT BRING EM OUT…..

  19. Cam says:

    Hov need to keep some clippers near that head. He got that T.I. yap…(sorry, I’m a barber)

  20. Illuminati says:

    Big pun was the nicest lyricist, we didn’t even kill him, he just died of a heart attack r.I.p

  21. Michelle says:

    Yes Brother, I love it when Hov gets cocky.

  22. Nat Turner says:

    At Bran D that was real talk fam.

    Jay is definitely up there with Rakim, Big, Nas, Tupac, Pun….etc

    Jay been in the game since 89 and he really doesn’t get the accolades he deserves from hip hop, but he has managed to get his own in his own way.

    Jay is very lyrical niggaz!

    I hate BRATS: Blogging Runts Always Talking Shit

  23. get bucks says:

    Jay-Z got bars forever. BIG is one of the top two rappers of all time. Pun was crazy nice and only really made one album. BIG used to use other rappers lines and Snoop Dogg. It’s part of the game.

  24. NYdreams says:

    i mean does it really matter …. how many albums BIG got ? how many albums jay got ? jay passed big long time ago … JAY is def top 3 hip hop artist all time my nigga due to not only his success but classic albums my nigga so fuck it ….

  25. Chex says:

    Yo thanks for the link BRu973..i didnt realize how much of Biggie’s rhymes this dude stole!
    Never follow an artist who crowns himself “king” or”god”. Let the people decide. Real kings dont crown themselves.

  26. still best rite now!! says:

    “Yo publishing should go to Ms. Wallace,Honest, stealing Big shit, he made 2 albums, you wildin” – CamRon

  27. Mikey says:

    Call this nigga Jay the Vampire, cause he stay bitin!

  28. ZoomZoomDad-Otis says:

    Jay got crazy wordplay. I bought DYNASTY the day it was release. Im jamming while i was driving look at the cd player thinking “Where the fuck does he get theses rhymes from?” Dude is a genius FADE TO BLACK lets U see the process of how Jay operates.

  29. NYdreams says:

    nigga jay done had the title king of NY longer than your favorite NY rapper… not only that but he 40 years old and shittin on all these young niggas… man fuck that …..

  30. thinkRED says:

    jayz hes a biter not a writer not a real MC

  31. I'm In The Wrong Site says:

    He’s not a Biter. nor, He’s a Writer….
    he’s a Freestyler.

  32. Loo-pay says:

    you cant compare jigga to pac&biggie cuz they passed away and you will never know how good they would be today. jay never lost quality so i can def. say he is one or maybe the best rapper alive with nas as competition. they be here up so long and atay hot. you cant say that from snoop dogg and eminem. i mean the old eminem > the new eminem and if you wouldnt have known thw old eminem you wouldnt love hia last 2 projects. its beceause of his old stuff people still think he be dope. jigga is still hot. look at american gangster.

    jigga = Goat

  33. Nat Turner says:

    Co sign Loo Pay

    American Gangster starts where Reasonable Doubt ended and that’s real talk.

    I hate BRATS: Blogging Runts Always Talking Shit

  34. Papa Wemba says:

    Jay-Z is nice.He’s defin8ly a top 10 MC.the GOAT?nah.

  35. DMV says:

    Jay is easily the GOAT. For the simple fact that what he has done and continues to do (not just in hip hop) but music overall will NEVER be done again by any rap artist. Look at his damn accomplishments….only behind the beatles for most number 1 albums in history….first rapper to headline glastonbury, first rapper to perform royal albert hall in london, unmatched influence on pop culture…..and a track record of great albums and music to go with it. How many rappers have sold out Madison Square Garden? Not Nas, LL, Rakim, none of them.

    Stealing other peoples lines? Really? You people must not be Hip Hop fans if you think hes the only one that has ever inserted a line from another rapper into one of his verses. Are you morons really discrediting his entire 15 year career and all his accomplishments because he used some lines here and there? What idiots. Sounds like you guys are pissed your favorite doo-doo rapper is not relevant and cant sell out a damn gymnasium

    and spare me with the “if biggie and pac were alive, jay wouldnt be hot”. You have to be an absolute moron to think that. Youre not only dissing jayz with that statement, but every successful rap artist that came after them (Eminem, DMX, 50, Kanye, Wayne, etc)….as if Biggie and Pac are the only ones that are allowed to be hot and great and nobody else could have coexisted with them…FOH…

    Biggie and Pac are dead. All you can do is assume what COULD have been. With Jayz, there are no assumptions…HE DID IT. Its all on paper. His career is factual and has been proven

  36. MR. 101 says:

    LOL I knew they’d bring up Deep Cover. Its ONE SONG, ONE LINE. most heads cant’ even name a Pun song that wasn’t a single. Pun aint better than BIG man. #c’monson

  37. Malcolm X² says:

    @DMV damn nigga…you just won the nobel prize for the #1 JAY-Z DICKRIDING COMMENT OF ALL TIME!!! you aint got better things to do instead of writing novels about someone who you dont even know personally??? i bet you would EAT jays dick plus balls if you get the chance to…such a groupie smh

  38. Fatnigger says:

    Pun rhymed so much he got a heart attack from rhyming so much.

    Big would never even come close to Pun lyrically but in terms of being an artist, Big was better but just raw lyricism? Pun smashes Big like nothing.

  39. Jaymalls says:

    @ Malcom X

    you just did the same @DMV you hypocrite… The sad part is @DMV is a nobody!

    On another note, all you haters should listen to his last statement…. Tell ya favorite rapper to put a verse up, then put their albums up, then put that money up!!! There is NO COMPARISON!!!
    Theres also no 1 thats still rappin, that hasn’t used a fucking line from somebody else and/or a flow from somebody else. The same goes for every artists or composer…. everything gets recycled, its on you to add your on touch/twist on it.
    P.S. yall gotta start paying me for my comments!

  40. 106 says:

    I remember when Cam tried coming at Jay for using lines then they made one about him biting lines just as long a list. If u been into hip hop for a long time sometimes a verse describes a situation perfectly. BIG was one of Jay biggest influences if he didn’t throw a verse in every now and then it would be disrespectful.

  41. uhm says:

    Killuminati

  42. Your Mother's "friend'' says:

    Niggas call jay a biter & fail to mention that more people have stolen from Jay than any other rap artist out there , Wayne, Pusha, Fab,Jada, Young chris,Cam, Juels. any New York rapper… shit basically any raper that came up after Hardknock life . all these dudes owe Jay his royalties

  43. Mikey says:

    lol@ DMV hahahaha!
    YN, I see u!

  44. I'm In The Wrong Site says:

    @DMV
    There’s no such thing as a G.O.A.T.
    in the end, it’ll always be just a bunch of Opinions..
    Jays in MY top 5 no doubt tho.

    and to anybody who thinks it’s Biting. Please Slap yourselves. I knw you guys would be Quoting other Legends as well!

  45. Aj says:

    @ Don d and @Chi town, get off jay z dick. Especially u Don d. For u to say hes underrated, u need to be shot. That nigga is a weak ass biter.

  46. TrackHustle says:

    I think it kind of depends on if people know you are paying homage or not. I remember I was in a cypher and this rapper tried to pass off a whole entire Canibus verse as his own.

  47. Malcolm X² says:

    oh and the #1 NONSENSE SHIT TALKING AWARD goes tooo —> @Jaymalls aka HIS MOTHERS FUCKER

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