Dame Dash recently reflected on the long-rumored rap battle between Jay-Z and LL Cool J in the 90s. The former Roc-a-Fella CEO claims that LL took an L.
“All I know is we battled LL, and we burned him that day,” Dame told The Art of Dialogue. “Since that day, LL never got over that shit. It was bad. Yeah, we was laughing at L.”
“He gonna say he didn’t, but I remember. But he said the ‘Funkadelic Relic’ rhyme before it came out,” Dash said, referring to LL’s Funkadelic Relic” that was released in 1993.
“We was like, get that ‘Funkadelic’ shit out of here. Like, we was laughing at him. It was bad. It was embarrassing,” Dash continued. “And it definitely was. … I doubt he ever got over [it].”
Even though JAY-Z allegedly got the best of LL in the battle, Dash said that “Uncle L” was “his man.” Also, he claimed that LL made an entire album dissing Hov.
“LL made albums completely, and these albums were ill, just ripping, dissing Jay, but he never put them out,” he said. “Go ask LL…if he made a whole album, dissing Jay, and why he ain’t put it out. But I heard that shit. And it was good. LL can rap. And he’s very competitive. You know, he’s a real rapper.”
LL GIVES HIS SIDE OF THE STORY
In a previous interview, LL explained what happened in the battle from his perspective.
“You know, these are guys that ain’t had that deal. So when I ain’t have a deal, there was a suitcase of rhymes. Now I’m albums in,” LL explained. “I said a couple of rhymes. Then I said a little bit of a song, ‘Ain’t No Stopping This.’ A little bit. Then Jay came up rapping. I was out of rhymes, b. In no scenario was I fully loaded and ready to rhyme. If I was, I’m not exactly the first rapper that you really want to get into that shit with.”