In recent years it has seemed that the sacred art of the perfectly-crafted diss song has gone out the window. Gone are the days of "Takeover" and "Ether," "How To Rob" and "New York, New York." Instead, sneak disses, subliminal shots and broad allusions have won the day. But in 2014, hip-hop got a little of its bite back. Maybe it was a delayed reaction to Kendrick Lamar's shots-spewing "Control" verse last August or a general response to the state of the industry, but after a slow start—nothing in January or February—diss tracks began rolling out with regularity.

And it wasn't just younger artists on the come up; some of the biggest names in hip-hop, from Drake to Jay Z to Meek Mill and The Game were all involved in musical spats, responding to each other on wax the way that hip-hop feuds should go down. While past years have seen bits and pieces of tracks slight other rappers—and that trend of course continued this year as well—2014 saw a small re-commitment to the full-length diss track, where bar after bar attacks a single target. Here are some of the most biting diss tracks we've seen in 2014. Who ether'd who? —Dan Rys

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March

Lil B Disses Kevin Durant
"Fuck KD"
Mar. 8
Best Shot: "You said that I'm wack, see me on the court / Score on me if you talking 'bout points / I like Roc Nation and I love Jay Z / But I'm West Side, I'm screaming fuck K.D., bitch"

Freddie Gibbs Disses Jeezy
"Real"
Mar. 12
Best Shot: "Thought I'd say this shit 'cause you ain't man enough to come discuss it / You wanna be Jay Z? Nigga you just a fuckin' puppet / Gary boys ain't 'bout talkin', so bitch I had to show ya / Don't make me expose you to those that don't know ya"

Jay Z Disses Drake
"We Made It (Remix)"
Mar. 23
Best Shot: "Damn Hov, stunt on them haters / Sorry Mrs. Drizzy for so much art talk / Silly me rappin' 'bout shit that I really bought / While these rappers rap about guns they ain't shot / And a bunch of other silly shit that they ain't got"

April

Drake Disses Chance The Rapper
"Draft Day"
Apr. 1
Best Shot: "You should've followed all my moves, you won't realize 'til after / And if I left this shit to chance I would've picked a name like Chance The Rapper"

Jay Z Disses Drake
"They Don't Love You No More"
Apr. 29
Best Shot: "Niggas talking down on the crown / Watch them niggas you 'round got you wound / Haters wanna ball, let me tighten up my draw string / Wrong sport boy, you know you're as soft as a lacrosse team"

Plies Disses Donald Sterling
"Donald Sterling: Racist Muthafucka"
Apr. 29
Best Shot: “You said you feed us Donald Sterling? Bitch, we feedin’ you too / You say you made us mothafucka, naw, we made you"

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May

Lil Durk Disses Tyga
"ChiRaq"
May 4
Best Shot: "Heard Tyga sneak dissing on me, tell them thot bitches I'm not right / Tyga only got one name but that nigga ain't got one stripe / He backpack, so easy to get the nigga shit snatched / Ask Mally Mall to get his shit back / And ChiRaq, don't come here"

Tyga And Game Diss Everybody
"ChiRaq To LA"
May 6
Best Shot (Tyga): "Who the fuck is Lil Durk? / I dust you like ash and purp / Your flow wack, my flow crack / Got marble floors, your floors crack"
Best Shot (Game): "Tyga hit me like 'Durk dissin'' / Dirk Nowitzki? Dirk who, nigga?"

G Count Disses Game
"ChiRaq"
May 7
Best Shot: "White T turned burgundy / Rushin' you to emergency / You like 'All I did was diss Durk / Now niggas tryna murder me'"

40 Glocc Disses Game
"Disrespectful"
May 30
Best Shot: "Fuck the years, fuck ya kids, fuck all you love / Fuck your dead homies, fuck where you from"

June

SBOE Disses G-Unit
“0 To 100″
June 10
Best Shot: "Me and my niggas been lurkin’, we never lackin’ / 50 he a bitch, when I see him I’m gon' smack him / Yayo you a fraud, you frontin’ you seen what happen"

Game Disses Frank Ocean, XXL Freshmen Class
"Bigger Than Me"
June 16
Best Shot: "I came in with 'Ye, Jeezy and boss ass niggas / Your Freshman cover a whole bunch of soft ass niggas"

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Gucci Mane Disses Game
“The Definition"
June 6
Best Shot: "This nigga Game definition of a rap nigga / I'm not a lover or a fighter, I'm a trap nigga / On Twitter talking 'bout you want to scrap nigga? / Well I'll knock you out and drag you to the trap nigga"

Meek Mill Disses Louie V Gutta
"0 To 100 (Remix)
June 12
Best Shot: "Rat nigga got my chain snatched / And he didn't even get the chain back / On the news with the police . Now he talking on Twitter, I ain't playing that"

August

Lil Kim Disses Nicki Minaj
"Flawless (Remix)"
Aug. 4
Best Shot: "Look at this shit, still got my dick on her lips / I ain't even stunt in the bitch / Damn it's a shame / I gave you the rope, bitch, I want you to hang"

Lil Kim Disses Nicki Minaj (Again)
"Identity Theft"
Aug. 6
Best Shot: "I got bitches that'll gun butt a nigga like Tameka and Tammy, uh / I gave birth to your style, watch how you speak to ya mammy / Your team can't fuck with my family"

Gunplay Disses 50 Cent
"Hot Nigga (Remix)"
Aug. 8
Best Shot: "Nigga got them hundreds and they coming for ya neck / Bitch I’m 'bout a hundred, what the fuck is 50 Cents?"

September

C-Murder Disses Master P
“All I Wanted 2 Be Was A Soldier"
Sept. 10
Best Shot: "I'm havin' dreams that my brother's tryna kill me / It's still me, now why this nigga hate the real C? / After the mills we still s'posed to keep it gully / I went to jail and he barely said he didn't love me / It's ugly when your brother prosecute you too / Say I'm the black sheep, just tell 'em where the Mack be"

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October

Tyga Disses Drake
"Make It Work"
Oct. 27
Best Shot: "Nigga never was my homie / All these bitches know you corny"

November

Iman Shumpert Disses Charlamagne Tha God And DJ Envy
"#How2Hate"
Nov. 5
Best Shot: "Tell Charlamagne when he see me, better holla at me, hater / Envy better holla at me / 'Cause I don't do the fake shit / I bet they listen when it buzz with they name in it, huh"

Eminem Disses Iggy Azalea
"Vegas"
Nov. 20
Best Shot: "So swallow my pride, you’re lucky just to follow my ride / If I let you run alongside the Humvee / Unless you’re Nicki, grab you by the wrist, let’s ski / So what’s it gon’ be / Put that shit away, Iggy / You don’t wanna blow that rape whistle on me"

OG Maco Disses Key!
"Fat Fuck"
Nov. 21
Best Shot: "It’s whatever however you want it / Bitch I’m just so sick of the frontin' / It’s whatever however you want it / Just chill the fuck out with the cloning"

Quavo Disses GBE
"Tha Truth"
Nov. 25
Best Shot: "You fucking with the wrong rappers man, we know your address and we got your name / All this for a QC chain, like your mam' said boy, you in hot water / Put 'em on the menu, put 'em on the plate, 'cause Quavo wanna make an order"

December

J. Cole Disses White Artists
"Fire Squad"
Dec. 9
Best Shot: "History repeats itself and that's just how it goes / Same way that these rappers always bite each others flows / Same thing that my nigga Elvis did with rock 'n roll / Justin Timberlake, Eminem and then Macklemore / While silly niggas argue over who gon' snatch the crown / Look around, my nigga, white people have snatched the sound / This year I’ll prolly go to the awards dappered down / Watch Iggy win a Grammy as I try to crack a smile"

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