Rap Star Says His ''Takeover'' Was Better Than ''Ether''
6:00AM ET November 16th, 2010
Contributor : Chris G.
A Rocky Williform Company

Jay-Z and Nas lit up the summer and fall of 2001 with their heated rivalry for the title of New York's king. Jay dropped his scatching, Kanye West-produced diss track, "Takeover" that summer--a Doors-sampling banger aimed squarely at Nas, Mobb Deep and anyone else who spoke ill of the chart-topping emcee from Brooklyn. "Ether" was Nas' fiery response--a classic tongue-lashing that resurrected Nas' standing in hip hop circles that instantly entered the annals of the all-time great diss tracks.

But Jay, in a recent radio interview, may have re-opened old wounds by saying his song is still better than Nas.' "I think in the history when we look back, and I don't mean no disrespect to Nas, I think when we look back it's not even close," he shared, adding, "I just think it was a better record."

"I think in history when we look back, and I don't mean no disrespect to Nas, I think when we look back it's not even close," he said during his appearance on Peter Rosenberg and Cipha Sounds's podcast, "I just think it was a better record."