Round By Round Break Down of the DJ Premier vs RZA Battle on IG LIVE
Round 11: Raekwon featuring Nas & Ghostface – “Verbal Intercourse” vs. Nas – “Nas Is Like”
Winner: DJ Premier
Nas – “Nas Is Like”
Round 12: Ghostface Killah feat. Cappadonna & Method Man & Masta Killa & Redman – “Buck 50” vs. GangStarr – “The ? Remainz”
Winner: RZA
Ghostface Killah feat. Cappadonna & Method Man & Masta Killa & Redman – “Buck 50”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HkauyhaTX4
Round 13: Raekwon featuring Method Man, Ghostface Killah & Cappadonna – “Ice Cream” vs. The Notorious B.I.G. – “Unbelievable”
Winner: RZA
Raekwon featuring Method Man, Ghostface Killah & Cappadonna – “Ice Cream”
Round 14: Ol Dirty Bastard – “Brooklyn Zoo” vs. Jeru The Damaja – “Come Clean”
Winner: DJ Premier
Jeru The Damaja – “Come Clean”
Round 15: Ol’ Dirty Bastard – “Shimmy Shimmy Ya” vs. The Notorious B.I.G. – “Kick In The Door”
Winner: DJ Premier
The Notorious B.I.G. – “Kick In The Door”
Round 16: The Notorious B.I.G. – “Long Kiss Goodnight” vs. Gang Starr featuring Inspectah Deck – “Above The Clouds”
Winner: RZA
The Notorious B.I.G. – “Long Kiss Goodnight”
Round 17: Ghostface Killah feat. Raekwon & RZA & Inspectah Deck & Masta Killa – “Assassination Day” vs. Nas – “N.Y. State of Mind”
Winner: DJ Premier
Nas – “NY State of Mind”
Round 18: Raekwon featuring Ghostface Killah – “Criminology” vs. Gang Starr feat. Nice & Smooth – “DWYCK”
Winner: RZA
Raekwon featuring Ghostface Killah – “Criminology”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE656lxTNVs
Round 19: Raekwon featuring Ghostface – “Incarcerated Scarfaces” vs. Royce Da 5’9″ – “Boom”
Winner: RZA
Raekwon featuring Ghostface – “Incarcerated Scarfaces”
Round 20: Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige – “All I Need” vs. The Notorious B.I.G. – “10 Crack Commandments”
Here’s the thing. The version of that Meth & Mary track isn’t the best version. So I have to give it to Biggie with this classic.
Winner: DJ Premier
The Notorious B.I.G. – “10 Crack Commandments”
Before this DJ Premier vs RZA battle started, I thought for sure RZA would easily and he should have. But RZA held on to some of his classics. At this point I still haven’t heard “Triumph” and that’s one of the best Wu Tang Records of all time. And how has he not played “C.R.E.A.M.”?!!!???!!!
And “It’s Yourz” didn’t get played until the 6th bonus round!
DJ Premier wins the 20 rounds by a narrow margin of 11 – 9.
Bonus Rounds:
Wu Tang Clan – “C.R.E.A.M” vs. Gang Starr – “Mass Appeal”
Winner: RZA
Wu Tang Clan – “C.R.E.A.M”
Bonus Round 2:
Wu Tang Clan – “Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing Ta F’ Wit” vs. “Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers” (by Crooklyn Dodgers ’95 – Chubb Rock, O.C. and Jeru the Damaja)
Winner: RZA
Wu Tang Clan – “Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing Ta F’ Wit”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDNTSdoMz8w
Bonus Round 3:
Kanye West – “Dark Fantasy” vs. Kanye West, Nas, KRS-One & Rakim – “Better Than I’ve Ever Been / Classic (Remix)”
Winner: RZA
Kanye West – “Dark Fantasy”
Bonus Round 4:
Wu-Tang Clan featuring Cappadonna – Triumph vs. Nas – “Represent”
Rza was obviously holding onto some records. He said he wasn’t counting. That was a mistake.
This where I stopped working though and just enjoyed the music.
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