Lil Cease dropped a bomb in “The Art of Dialogue” Interview; “The Ugliest” was a killer track set up to feature Biggie, Nas, and also Busta. The project’s intent was to collectively destroy 2Pac in lyrical form. Lil Cease also noted that Biggie wanted Nas to go hard on “The Ugliest.” However, the Biggie, Nas, and Busta project didn’t come to fruition.
Little History On Tupac And Biggie
Without a doubt, Biggie Smalls and Tupac were two of the illest hip hop artist to surface. Both artists raised the bar for lyricism. Their lyrical tussle will forever be iconic.
In 1994 someone shot Tupac, leaving Quad Recording Studio in New York. In February 1995, The Notorious B.I.G. released “Who Shot Ya.” All eyes turned to Tupac, the public sentiment Biggie targeting Pac. However, according to a source, Biggie denied the allegations. The artists traded lyrical punches like blows in a heavyweight bout from then on. Pac’s lyrics were semi-automatic, and he didn’t give trigger warnings. Biggies style was subtle, like a weapon with a silencer, stealthy but deadly.
In Lil Cease words,
“Big Wasn’t gon put forth a full effort into a whole full song dissing 2 Pac—Big was kinda more like sprinkling on it. “
Lyrical beast with different lethal approaches best defines Pac and Biggie, together with Nas and Busta.
What Did Biggie With Nas and Busta Rhymes Intend In “The Ugliest?”
The subtext of Biggie’s lyrics in “The Ugliest” feature with Nas and Busta undeniably shifted sights to the “Hail Mary” lyricist. However, no names come up. So how do we know Big took aim at Pac? The lyrics tell the story.
“And the winner is, not that thinner kid, Bandanas, tattoos, my fist never bruise. Land still cruise, Frank White paid his dues.”
Everyone had familiarity with how Pac appareled himself. The portrait Biggie painted with his lyrics left nothing to the imagination.
What Happened With Biggie’s, Nas’s, and Busta Rhymes’s Project “The Ugliest?”
The song went unreleased. According to Lil Cease, Nas or Busta don’t spit on the track after Biggie flexed on his lyrics. A YouTuber contends Busta refused to release the single,
“[The Ugliest] Was supposed to be on Busta’s The Coming, but Biggie was aiming shots at Pac in his verse, so Busta took it from the album to avoid beef with Pac. Puffy tried to buy the beat from Busta, but he didn’t want to sell it.”
Despite the rationale for non-release, the world now has a sample to please the palate. If formally released, who knows if the collaborative effort of Biggie, Nas, and Busta would have forever etched their names in history as Pac’s lyrical assassins?
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Written by Renae Richardson