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Soulja Boy vs. Fabolous: Beef Is Dead, Tweef Is Livin’
Will we actually see music from Soulja Boy and Fabolous’ Twitter war of words?
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Last week, when I was holding down the XXLStaff twitter account, I somehow started talking about that Chappelle’s Show skit where he envisions what it would be like if the Internet were a “real place.” Classic. Genius. Hilarious.
Then, the other night, I re-watched the “Imaginationland” episode of South Park. Again, it was an actual manifestation of a world that exists, but doesn’t really; a place where all the characters we had ever imagined in our minds were real and lived together. Again… Classic. Genius. Hilarious.
I’m not sure what Twitter would be like if it were a real place. If Chappelle remade that skit in 2010, he’d have to include it. There’d probably be people saying a lot of short, witty sentences. Everyone would be retweeting repeating each other. And then repeating each other’s repetitions, adding three to five words of their own. There would be three times as many people standing behind Lady Gaga as The New York Times. And Fabolous and Soulja Boy would be battling.
When the Kat Stacks x Soulja Boy video surfaced a week or two back, Fab made some comments on Twitter, basically saying the videos shoulda been called Stupid Boy Swag. But he also said it was all fun and jokes, and he had no beef with Soulja; he just wouldn’t be fuckin’ with Kat Stacks himself.
At first, SB said nothin’, but then late last night, he lashed out a little bit. He launched some classic shit talk, like, “I wish that fab would quit copying my swag damn he a nut rider i swear man.” That’s good stuff.
Fab couldn’t believe it, “Yooooo!!! Jus had another crazy dream @Souljaboy was talkin shit bout me on twitter but then i woke up & went to his page, its nothin there.” Maybe it wasn’t at the time, but by this morning, either the words had reappeared, or SB had some new ones. Either way, he was retweeting his followers and their general sentiments of “Fuck Fab” and “You’re a better rapper than Fab, Soulja Boy.”
At one point, he issued a challenge: “I tell you what fabolous get yo weak ass on wax and spit them weak ass bars so I can shit on you boy;” adding, “I will murder that nigga fab in a freestyle battle he garbage compared to soulja boy.”
Aight. Word. A freestyle battle between Soulja Boy and Fabolous. I’m with it. Let’s do it.
As a rap fan, I’m ready to see it happen. Battles are always exciting. In this case, it’s particularly intriguing because one dude has a shitload more Twitter followers, and the other is generally regarded as a better lyricist (oh, and ’cause it started on Twitter). How would that affect the outcome? How important would fan support be versus content? Whether they recorded diss tracks aimed at one another (yeah, right) or really did freestyle battle in person (yeah, right), it would be a moment for hip-hop.
But until Dave Chappelle comes back (yeah, right), Twitter isn’t a real place, and we’ll never actually hear Fab and Soulja battle musically.
This is the closest we’ll come. —Adam Fleischer
This is clear stupidity at it’s best (if you could call it that)….
First…. Soldier Boy can’t get mad. He put pen-to-bush with the most notorious prostitute in recent memory.
Second…. Soldier Boy likes Christmas year-round. If you didn’t guess, I’m referring to that coke that was shown in the video.
Third….. A battle with Fab?! Huh??????
Fab was out of line for making those comments. But who isn’t. I’m out of line for making these comments. So is XXL….. But that’s what happens when you let fame go to both heads. You forget your upbringing.
This is dumb. Fab wins strictly off of the fact that he didn’t lay Kat Stacks. Soldier Boy got caught acting like his name….BOY! Get an H.I.V. test.
“This is dumb. Fab wins strictly off of the fact that he didn’t lay Kat Stacks. Soldier Boy got caught acting like his name….BOY! Get an H.I.V. test.”
^^^^^
lmao… Kat Staccs is given prostitutes a bad name…. She fuccin over tha call girl industry… Those chiccs maybe prostitutes but they hav more class than her… U’d think a high class hooker would keep he mouth shut wit all that dicc in it…
@Dinero…..
I feel you on that one. Prostitutes aren’t stooping to the levels “Kat Stinks” is….
Sum authentic bozo behaviour. Them man got a track TOGETHER!
Str8 mismatch right there.
Fab been doin this solid for years.
DIAMONDS ON MY DAMN CHAIN-better bars than SB could ever spit. Plus da remixes were even better than da original
SB couldn’t make da top 100. Fab is like a #50 at least!
Kat Stacks is Kat Stacks. U lettin her take footage of u, with coke???
like Papoose once said and I quote;
“aaaah man…. These niggaz is sum fuckin idiots.”
Who Cares,
Funny how folks get mad when they hear the truth. Souljah Boy shouldn’t be mad a Fab, he should be mad at himself what was he thinking? Maybe cocaine IS a helluva drug, because that’s the only thing I see that can cloud his judgement to go around and mess with Klap Trapz after seeing how she can be. So if the Stupid Boy Swag comment hurt his feelings maybe it means that he probably don’t think he did anything wrong. I know Salvadorean cats that won’t mess with her and they got NO standards, believe that.
I think SB only knows Fabolous album music and has no idea what he (Fab) does to mixtapes to go out and challenge him lyrically. I doubt SB is gonna surprise me with some etherlike lyrics or a new “No Vaseline” type shit. If he does then this year is Detroit vs Cleveland for the Superbowl too.
“…this year is Detroit vs Cleveland for the Superbowl too.”
Hahahaaa!! I hope I live to see the day!
Beef is what’s for dinner
Tweef is an irrelevant made up word which should never have been coined
Queef is disturbing expulsion of air, much like a Soulja Boy song
“A wise man told me don’t argue with fools.
Cause people from a distance can’t tell who is who”
dope quote
JIGGA!!!…SCHOOL THE YOUTH!!!
I stopped reading right there, no vids…
*sidenote – Be sure to watch/DVR ESPN’s “30 For 30″ episode tonight. It’s about Tupac’s last night in Vegas. Supposed to be an excellent show (30/30 usually is).
I can’t believe people are really following this up, Soulja Boy vs. Fab in a freestyle battle…are u serious. Okay the article says Soulja Boy could win because of his mass following and if that was to ever happen in this genre of music we call Hip-Hop, that’ll be it for me. I will never ever listen to Hip-Hop again. I can’t believe Soulja Boy’s fans really think he’s a better rapper than Fab. This is why the real Hip-Hop heads needs to come out of their shells, stop listening to this garbage, and support the real Hip-Hop heads out there doing their thing. There’s no way Soulja Boy could even consider himself to be better than Fab. Is he gonna beat Fab by rapping or singing “Get out the waaaaay…” lol. This really shows how the real art form of Hip-Hop is dead. The “Man” has stole another one of our creations and is making money off of us again, damn.
This is funny Souljah is stupid for trying to start beef with Fab, cause Funeral is just to fucking raw on his mixtapes, personally i think Souljah had 2 good tracks Crank Dat and Pretty boy Swag
Hopefully Fab finishes this clown for good.
RE: Fab
CC: XXL MAG
Dear Fab,
You know what??? I think this is very stupid and its a mismatch. And you shouldnt be caught battlin’ S.B….BUT, on another note, We could rid S.B. outta the rap game if you ETHER him. So, FAB, KILL HIM DEAD. His music fuckin’ sucks and we can do with out it.
Thank you,
(inserts signature here)
Sincerely,
That Nigga
im bored so i kinda wanna see a battle. I dont see it happening tho. Should Fab really waste bars on Soulja Boy and Lil B?