Kool Moe Dee - "Death Blow"

Perhaps the definitive dis of L.L. Cool J (and let's face it, there were tons of them), this Kool Moe Dee concoction takes a dope James Brown beat, hard lyrics and a satire of L.L.'s own "Mama Said Knock You Out" video, as well as his song "To Da Breaka Dawn" of that same album.

This was one of the first real "beefs" in hip hop history and it's too bad it had to end, because it was just pure back and forth between the two. This was probably the most skilled verbal beatdown of the series (and until such gems as Ice Cube's "No Vaseline" and Common's "The B*tch in Yoo"), one of the best ever. Match to you, Kool Moe.

My lyrical beatdown will leave ya in a coma
'Cause you can't hang without a high school diploma
Your brain of fatigue, you're out of your league
You're running out of gas and you're tank is on E
Somebody buy him a heart 'cause he's petro
Take you're whipping like a man brother let go
No apologies, tears of violence
Get your black suits 'cause I ain't smiling
I'm shooting the gift of gab, brother you're ripped in half
Soon as the mic is past, you won't live to laugh
If there's laughter, I'll get the last one
You loafed on the lyrics and you caught a bad one