The Dogg Pound initially planned on "New York, New York" being a tribute to the city. But once they went over there to film the video--BIG called into Hot 97 inciting a reaction from NY(for some reason thinking Pac was there as well) basically telling the people "y'all gon' let them make a video dissing us in our own city?". Shortly after, video set was shot up and fortunately nobody got hurt. That said--they changed the video from a tribute to a diss. The now famous video of Snoop knocking over the buildings, Godzilla style came out shortly after.

NY responded with their own record, called "LA, LA" featuring Mobb Deep, Nore, and Tragedy Khadafi. BIG almost hopped on himself but decided against it, as this was when the East vs West beef was just starting to really pop off.

Who got the better record? The lyricism on LA, LA might be superior but NY, NY beat and hook is just too funky imo NY, NY in 5

LA, LA. NY, NY, is a horrible diss but the beat is a classic.

New York
New York or LA
LA?

The most overrated beef on wax of all time.

LA LA og >

oldhead thread

La la but im a big mobb fan

LA, LA winning?

Y'all hear that funky ass beat on NY, NY?

Wasn't supposed to be a diss. Was supposed to be a tribute. After the shooting incident they remade most of the video to make it seem disrespectful and the rest is history lol

NY NY beat 🔥

LA LA

New York been soft ever since Snoop came through and crushed the buildings

Real

I'm all ready to put work in
Take ten steps then turn and shoot the first nigga smirking
Give a f***!!...what's your name, what you claim, Or why you came
motherfucker don't explain!
it shouldn't even be close

I love both, I can’t decide it just depends on how it feelin. They wa talkin that s*** on both records.

LA LA been in rotation a lot more lately I get in a Prodigy phase every few months

NY NY beat a classic tho I even like what Max and Byrdgang did, R.I.P Stack Bundles

Yo, NYC, U-N-I-verse, seriously
Havoc and P — Queens niggas, so it seem to be
Monopolize, strategies of war, exercise
Mega got word back from Noreaga
The D.A. got video cassette tape of
The god with the God-U-Now, pullin' a caper
Runnin' up in the spot, mask and duct taped up
Pig-tie they motherfuckin' wrists to they ankles
I been through, crime s*** my niggas into
Peep the issue – situation like this, we stickin' him too
JFK on our way to L.A.
Got links with big cats down in Santa Barbré
My crew do it the Mobb way, every day
Crime pay, who wanna gunplay? Thrill me
Niggas kill me, grillin' me, you wanna look? Peep the nine milli
Now undress, you know the drill-y
Niggas suspect, weak links pose threats
I have yet to met challenger who go against my set
GemStar's razor sharp like Gillette
Shavin' closely, on any character approach me
I let the streets get the best of me; infamy, my destiny
While cat burglars tryna sneak-peek the recipe
Inside my rap cookbook, paragraphs is gourmet
You pay about $5,000 a plate

fun fact: prodigy said this is why pac started dissing them when he got signed to death row

however pac claimed in interviews at the time that it was for a different reason, it was because he didn't like that they were saying "thug life, we're still livin' it" on survival of the fittest because he took that as a diss and it was also rumored that they were dissing him at live shows but ive never seen that substantiated anywhere

all out might've been a response to "drop a gem on em", one of the very last songs he recorded before his death

PAC was gonna claim whatever he thought sounded hard lmao

cause we come from queens it gets down