The Dynasty Is Over

Man, I definitely didn’t see this one coming. Beanie Sigel and Jay-Z are beefing. I’m taking this one kinda personal. This is my favorite rapper and another one that I really really like. These dudes was supposed to be like brothers back in the day, but it seems like the good times are over. Kinda like when James Evans died. To me it seems like Jay just flaked out on Beans. When Sigel he was going through his trial a few years ago, Jay was busy being president at Def Jam and Dame was at every court date, and Beans still rode with Hov after that. That’s the kind of loyalty one would only expect from Memphis Bleek. Apparently Sigel got fed up with Jay hanging out with Oprah and Coldplay and called him out. Jay forgot about the people he came up with. And this ain’t the first time it’s happened. Look at Jaz-O, Foxy Brown, Dame and Biggs, and now Beans. With Jay it’s like very few people are actually considered friends of his, and if you can’t help him make money then he really has no need for you. He just better not do anything wrong to Beyonce, or me and him are gonna have serious problems. But this made me look at Jay in a different light. It’s not easy seeing somebody that you look at as the best to ever do it as somebody who is constantly doing some not-so-cool shit to the people that are supposedly closest to him. Then again, my favorite ball player of all time is Michael Jordan and we all know how much of an asshole he is from his hall of fame speech (which I loved by the way). So it just so happens that my favorite rapper is an asshole, as well as my favorite athlete, and one of my favorite shows is based on the main character being an asshole: Martin. What exactly does that say about me?

Anyway, Beans released a song today going in at Jay. It ain’t no “Ether”, but still it’s sort of surreal for anybody who was a huge fan of the The Rocafella Family. So now the question is: What will Hov have to say about this one? I was ok with Jay not responding to the Game when he tried to start beef. We all know how much Game has been baiting Jay since he started rapping, but when you mention somebody’s name in 83% of your songs saying how great he is it’s kinda hard to take you seriously when you say you don’t like him. Besides, it was basically a lose-lose situation for Jay-Z. Really no benefit to battle with Game, or Jim Jones. We all know Game is an ex-stripper, with a butterfly tattoo, who got rejected on national TV on a dating show. The material was too easy. But Beans is cut from a different cloth. The majority of the rap world and its fans respect him. He’s pretty gutta. You know how grimy them Philly dudes are. So for Jay to just lay back and let this one ride…he would seem like a bit of a pussy. Personally I’m waiting for another “Takeover.” We all saw how Mob Deep’s career went after that joint dropped. Then again, with these two being close for so long, I don’t think Jay is gonna go that route. It’ll probably be handled “in house” behind the scenes. Besides, Beans is a little too grimy even for the dude from Marcy. I’d hate to see Jay take a haymaker and fall to the canvas. Who knows? This could all be backlash from the World Series. Beans is from Philly, Jay is from NY and is a big Yankee fan. So in a week or so this will probably all blow over…or we could have the best rap battle since Jay and Nas were going at it. Either way, I’m looking forward to see how this one is gonna play out.