TDE’s Ray Vaughn wants to keep the record. Joey Bada $$ after a noticeable shot on the West Coast on January’s track “The Ruler’s Back”, Ray felt obliged to applaud and represent his shore. A week later, the MC in Long Beach, California did this in the form of a “collapse legacy.” It has begun since then.
Both rappers have been licking songs over the past few months, including this week’s new record. Joey has released five tracks, while Ray has released four so far. But it’s not one-on-one, but a two-sided rap battle with several artists from the East and the West.
California’s Rhyme Daily was actually the first rapper to clap Joey. However, his first reaction flew under the radar until a day later, Thunder left. The reason has jumped into melee. and New York artists such as NYCK Caution and CJ FLY. Now, it’s a full-blown battle.
XXL recently chopped it up with Ray Vaughn in an exclusive interview, discussing Joey Bada $$’s “Smoke” in an exclusive interview, other West Coast artists jumped into Fray, his fighting strategy and what it could end.
XXL: Why fight with Joey Bada $$? Do you think this is your responsibility?
Ray Vaughn: Yes, it’s definitely my responsibility to our shores. It’s like someone says something, we have to say something. You can’t just let him speak like this, there is no reason to stand on it. He had nothing to say. I just took it out, “You call someone, who do you call me? [Kendrick Lamar]won’t even mention you. “I’m here.” That’s all.
Between you, the Daily and everyone else, there has been a conversation that it has become West Coast with Joey Beef. Is that true?
I hate this view because it makes me feel like people don’t respect anything
I did a lot because everyone else was joining him. So, like when I dropped it didn’t have the same effect or effect because the other guy just dropped it and it looked like, “Oh, they’re going there [on the West Coast]. ”
I don’t like it. It’s fun for part of the exercise. But for part of the culture, if it’s just me and Joey, it’s like, “Oh, let’em buck.” I think it’s OK for some people to get off, but for me, I can handle Joey myself. But, anyway, it is kind to be felt different because if 10 people jumped one, then they would look at it, “Oh, he’s a man. He even tried to stand up, fight all the ten and talk about them, ‘Come on.
In this case, he is the top dog in this case. He came down from my high horse to me. So it prevented me from being weak because now he has jumped up and no one likes to see no one jumped up.
I’m not saying don’t do that. I’m just talking about when and when is the right time for everyone [from the West Coast] It broke down and they broke up for the second time. The first time we did this was in January and no one noticed it. So now, when it is covered up, people see numbers and opinions, and everyone has something to say and want to fight for the West. I’m not saying “don’t do that,” but now it looks like it’s going some way towards my side of his situation.
How do you develop such a diss track, and what are the strategies behind it? Obviously, you have a bar anyway, but what are you trying to win the battle?
I search for shock value, I search for bars, and search for topics. These are my main factors. You know, other people’s opinions may vary, but that’s what I like to see. If I see a lot of things going on one side, it’s all good. They may provide small limits to the scale.
Do you think you have the upper hand?
I felt like I had the upper hand until everyone started jumping in.
Jump in again, it changes the narrative about how to draw it to people. So, it doesn’t matter, my fist isn’t that effective. I might say someone just left it down and said. So now, my shock value is not the same, because others may have said that. Just like what people want to see most is me and him. They treat it like we do. However, when you accept external noise, it will cast everything on the shadow. For this simple reason, I think it looks slight and I can’t argue.
So what is the next step in the battle? Where does this battle go from here?
Hip-hop, man. I have no idea. I don’t know the negative. This is not smoking. We don’t have real smoke. It’s more like sports. To your worst words, I mean my worst rapper. If you’re a man and are involved in the fight, it’s like, “Well, you put yourself on a platform and let someone speak the craziest person.” You expect. I didn’t let anything go. So I went straight there because I knew I was putting myself on a platform to get me to do the same thing to me.
From a sporty perspective, what marked the end of the rap war?
Say if anyone is hit. If I don’t throw away those things that are playing s, and can get dirty, it might be shrouded: “Well, do it because you’re all in a hot click space. Then, you just make the music again. I think that’s why the fight stops because if there’s not, you don’t have the garbage for life. Then we’re going to see people for 10 years because they can throw away the whole process, and they’re probably throwing those, and they’re probably throwing away. They’re competitive for them again.
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Listen to all the diss tracks of Ray Vaughn and Joey Bada $$ for the battle range below.
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Listen to Joey Bada$$’ “Red Bull Freestyle”
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Listen to Joy Bada$$’ “finals”
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