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Video: Nas Vs. Biggie – The Battle That Never Happened

Posted on June 17, 2009March 20, 2023 by Robbie

Uptown tape king DJ Doo Wop threw me this exclusive blend video he made, which answers the question – What if Nas and Biggie had gone at each other on the same stage, verse for verse? Here’s how it might have gone down…

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22 thoughts on “Video: Nas Vs. Biggie – The Battle That Never Happened”

  1. Des of The Killaz says:
    June 17, 2009 at

    vid is cool but… really, who cares?

  2. DanjaMania says:
    June 17, 2009 at

    On stage? Well, as a person who’s seen and participated in battles before, I can safely say Biggie woulda had that. Stage presence is something that plays a part in battling live, and Nas is notorious (no pun intended… well maybe a little) for his lack thereof. I think that on that alone, Big woulda got him. And also, I feel like if Big ever really engaged in directly going at somebody’s head on the mic, he PROBABLY woulda buried ’em. Not that Nas wouldn’t go hard too… but Big woulda prob. had the edge on that as well.

  3. DanjaMania says:
    June 17, 2009 at

    BUT… song-for-song, in ’96-’97… a lil’ more close to call.

  4. chronwell says:
    June 17, 2009 at

    Nas has no charisma, Biggie sweated charisma. Album for album, Nas wins but in a street corner battle in say ’96, Biggie embarasses him!

  5. RowanB says:
    June 17, 2009 at

    off the head biggie would murk it but if your talkin’ tracks then its gotta be nas,.. although i havnt really enjoyed isht hes done since his 2nd album… but if you compare their two first albums nas is better track for track in my opinion… :)

  6. R says:
    June 17, 2009 at

    BACK THEN ; NAS WAS ILLMATIC NEVERTHELESS
    DONT FORGET DAT, A EASY BATTLE 4 BIGGIE,
    I DONT THINK SO !

    THREE BIGGEST AND MOST LEGENDARY “GIMMICKQUOTES” :
    BIGGIE SMALLS IS THE ILLEST !
    LL COOL J IS HARD AS HELL !!
    NASTY NAS IN YA AREA
    ABOUT TO CAUSE
    MASS HYSTERIA !!!

  7. Mikey McFly says:
    June 17, 2009 at

    First, that damn Diddy and his dances are still Hysterical a decade later… but I say biggie woulda won it EASY! Illmatic and It was Written were dope albums BUT from the footage I’ve seen of Biggie’s performances… he woulda won the crowd over IMO.

  8. zues says:
    June 17, 2009 at

    I voted nas, just for his verse on Back To the Grill… on a side but related note… remember how on OBFCL Rae and Ghost were exposing BIG for biting Nas cover? well it has happened again… YakBallz latest effort “Gas Galaxy” is a direct bite, title and cover artwork of P Bros. “The Gas”…. peep this foul shit:

    http://grandgood.com/2009/06/16/yak-ballz-gas-galaxy/

    http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51O2ByOQhbL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

  9. R.Jones says:
    June 17, 2009 at

    It would have been Biggie all day!!!!!! But a nice battle indeed.On another note how many of y’all caught those darts(PUN)fired at Biggie in-DREAM SHATTERER????Now there’s your BATTLE for real!!!!!!!!!

  10. KellEl says:
    June 17, 2009 at

    Nas is my dude but Big would of won no question!

  11. don king says:
    June 17, 2009 at

    What are these shots at Biggie on Dream Shatterer then? Bearing in mind the track came out over a year after Big’s death in would have been in spectacularly bad taste. The only link to Big on that track is ‘I’ll even let you rhyme to the Benjamin beat…’ but that’s just Pun cockily saying he’d make it easy for his (imaginary) rap rivals in a contest by generously giving them a dope track to freestyle to….

    on the subject at hand, Lyrically Nas can be Godlike, but there’s no question Biggie would’ve ripped him to shreds – Biggie was a ‘star’ where as Nas is an ‘artist’.

  12. DanjaMania says:
    June 17, 2009 at

    At R. Jones… that woulda been crazy… on record only though. You ever seen Pun perform on stage? Maaan, SKEE-LO could prob’ly top Pun on stage, just on the strength of being able to get thru two bars without getting winded.

  13. Brock says:
    June 18, 2009 at

    On stage? Biggie no question … did you ever hear that freestyle he did with Pac, Kane, and them? He totally ripped it … ! In terms of presence, few could top Biggie live! Nas doesn’t have3 that type of presence live. Now, if the battle were strictly on wax, then that would have been a much closer battle … but the question was who would rinse who on stage!!! Biggie, no question!!!

  14. R.Jones says:
    June 18, 2009 at

    @ Danjamania-Lol,no doubt!!!!!!!

    @Don King

    that,”over the benjamins beat line,I theorize was a shot at B.I.G.,in preperation for a potential battle,never realized because of B.I.G.s death.The title alone:Dream Shatterer,”Dream”?As in it was all a…,Biggie verse:Christopher/real name Lucifer….Pun verse:Fakin like[you]Satan when I’m the real rapping abomination.The track alone sounds like Pun is addressing someone in particuliar,not emcees in general.God bless ’em both,they were both great,…but back to B.I.G. he was hands done THE BEST in his GENERATION(not ever,but his generation) to do it,the most complete emcee package,and not surprisingly..the most HATED during his short reign.Nas is great in his own right,…but it would have been no contest.

  15. REAL TALK says:
    June 20, 2009 at

    this aint the today’s Nas cool,calm & collective….THIS WAS NASTY NAS ERA. So, dont give me that Biggie charisma BS because Nas was raw on stage back then

  16. IN_SITE says:
    June 21, 2009 at

    Nas has no charisma, Thats straight bullsjit The man acts his Rhymes out on stage if he is in his zone /he will get emo and sjit…on stage …Big would flip it easy off da top off the dome and he was mad Live ….sjit ….i would not nooo i have to see that 1

  17. Antonio says:
    June 22, 2009 at

    Considering Biggie is reputed the best rapper of all times, a 5% difference is not bad for Nas.
    I still think he would have won (probably on wax, rather than live).

  18. Styles Bri says:
    June 24, 2009 at

    SHIT IS FUCKING NICE, props @ DOO WOP!!!

    need an MP3 of this joint tho…

    UNO!

  19. Ste says:
    June 27, 2009 at

    Biggie all day.. Nuff said

  20. GOD IS says:
    October 26, 2009 at

    BIG – NAS doesn’t battle. even on wax he’s just lyrically clever

  21. Informed Listener says:
    June 16, 2010 at

    It’s like comparing Jehova to Allah, it can’t be done. They’re both amazing.

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