Mount Westmore sans Snoop Dogg talk about their dream features and praise Eminem.
Ice Cube, Too $hort, and E-40 came to the Bootleg Kev podcast to talk about their new music and old histories. Both got intertwined in a question about features that rap veterans still had not managed to bag in their long careers. All rappers had their answers ready:
Ice Cube: Nas, Rakim. I think everybody in their MC life wanna do a song with Rakim at some point. These are the OGs. I think I can do a good song with Busta. Me and him can do a dope song together. These are the ones that I know we could probably do something crazy.
Too $hort: For me, it was always one answer. It was always me, Missy Elliott and Timbaland on the same record. I wanted that.
E-40: I would say, Jay-Z, Nas, Q-Tip, KRS One, Missy. I’d love to do a song with Eminem.
Ice Cube would echo this sentiment and shortly add his own:
Wait, I wanna do a song with Eminem!
But firstly, E-40 wanted to bring some clarity to the comment he made earlier this year weighing the dynamic of a possible Verzuz battle between Busta Rhymes and Em. He said back then:
I love Eminem. I love this guy, too, to the fullest. Busta Rhymes would eat Eminem in a Verzuz battle. I really believe that. Busta Rhymes goes crazy. Because, now, it’s turned into a performance type of situation. Busta Rhymes is animated, he’s got gas, he raps fast, all that. He do all that stuff that Eminem do. And Busta Rhymes got up-tempo slaps that get the party going. Anytime you got up-tempo slaps, you’re gonna win. You, guys, gotta agree with me. You know it’s the truth. Eminem is so legendary. Definitely, can’t take it away from him. Great hits, great style. He’s legendary, he’s an icon. But Busta Rhymes’ got it what it takes to bring it to the surface when people say, “Damn, I didn’t even know he had all these hits”. Them he gotta sing the stuff he did with Mariah [Carey] and the stuff he did with Craig Mack. He got his own slaps, and he’s animated.
Not everybody was happy. And while E-40 was very respectful in expressing the opinion he’s absolutely entitled to have, looks like some stans gave him grief. So now, almost a year after the actual comment had been made, the West coast legends felt like he needed to add something. And he did:
I wanted to address the Eminem situation. A lot of his fans thought that I was dissing him. No, I could never do that. He’s one of the greatest MCs that ever did it and got away with it. He does his job. Somebody had asked me who would win in a Verzuz battle between Eminem and Busta Rhymes, and I said Busta Rhymes. Because Verzuz is about a live performance. I was not knocking Eminem. Busta got a lot of hits and he’ll get the party going. That’s all I meant. I was not trying to diss. I would never diss Eminem he’s one of the greats if not the great.
Watch the interview below:
