ThugPound said:
Deeznuuts, You're right in many ways homie, but i was thinkin when dre was beefin wit eazy e, snoop was on dre's side and dissed eazy
so why this time snoop would play neutral n couldnt be on pac's side and diss pac's enemies, as he did when dre was beefin wit eazy
cuz ya know if a guy attacks ya , that mean he attack ya whole record label,
Ja rule attacks 50, and suddenly eminem, dre,obie trice, busta rhymes, d12...the whole label attack Ja and murder inc back
True, but at the same time, the Dre/Eazy beef is basically what gave birth to Death Row. And at the same time, Snoop was a complete newcomer to the rap game as an actual artist. In many interviews (such as the ones from the Welcome to Death Row DVD), a lot of the newbies on Death Row (Snoop, Daz, Kurupt, Nate Dogg, The Lady of Rage, etc.) were all just doing whatever Dre wanted them to do since he was the one with experience. Plus Snoop was probably still young, just 20-21 years old, still hot-headed and very much into the gang culture and mentality, so he figured he'd back up Dre and Death Row. But as a 25 year old and already having experienced rap beef himself with Eazy-E and Ruthless, maybe Snoop didn't feel the need to jump in line and say "Fuck Bad Boy" like everyone else at the time. And with the Ja Rule thing, it did start out as a 50 Cent thing, but he did call out a bunch of other artists, hence the involvement of the people you listed.
MOBnigga06 said:
Whats the story with this? I knew about Snoop/DPG's trailer getting shot at, but I never heard anything about Biggie making a phone call to Hot 97....somebody speak on this, this is interesting.
The way the story goes, Snoop and Tha Dogg Pound were in New York to film the "New York, New York" video, as we all know. Biggie heard about it, but apparently was confused and thought it was Pac and Tha Dogg Pound, so he called Hot 97 saying that he couldn't believe that the city of New York would allow for the West Coast artists (with whom they clearly had existing tension with) to film a video for a song like that (since you need permits and stuff from the city to legally film stuff in areas like that). So some crazy New York resident (allegedly motivated by Biggie's phone call to the radio) drove by and blasted at the trailer.
I don't blame Snoop for being as neutral as he was, but I think he could've been more clear about things... I think it would've been more proper for him to say that he wasn't directly involved in the beef, but that he had Pac's back if it came down to it... and Snoop neglected to vocalize that last part.
