Top 10 Diss Songs of the 90s

Beef evolved in the 1990's. It was no longer just a way to demand attention, it was about respect, reputation and soured relationships. The 90's also saw the emcee using much stronger language, it was not for your children's ears. We judged these on the strength of the lyrical beatdown and how hot the song is overall. There were tons of disses by dozens of emcees in the 1990s, but here's our Top 10 of that decade and the second installment in our three-part series on the Top Diss Songs of All Time.


10. Real Muthaf****n G's - Eazy E (1993) - This was was Eazy's response to Dr. Dre's "Dre Day", where production-wise it was such a bite of Dre's production style. Still though, Eazy had a point about Dre wearing fruity outfits back in the day, plus Eazy was still getting paid off of Dre's hits. Who really won?


9. F**k Compton - Tim Dog (1991) - Timmy is from South Bronx, and he can't stand NWA's curls and shades. That's enough reason for him to diss the bejezels outta Cube and 'em. ("I'll crush Ice Cube/I'm cool with Ice T." Ouch!)


8. Linda Trip - Company Flow (1999) - Mental note: Don't come off as a groupie when trying to squash a beef. El-P recorded a conversation between him and Sole (of Anticon) and threw it in this response diss track to Sole's "Dear Elpee" diss of Company Flow. Seriously, this track hurt Sole's career on all levels.


7. To da Break of Dawn - LL Cool J (1990) - This was the final blow to LL's beef with Kool Moe Dee, plus he threw in Ice-T and MC Hammer in there for good measure.


6. Dollaz & Sense - DJ Quik (1994) - The MC Eiht/DJ Quik beef brought some of the dopest diss songs hip-hop has seen, but this last salvo by Quik really put a fork into the whole thing. Even though Eiht "Def Wish" series was hot, "Dollaz & Sense" topped them all.


5. Dre Day - Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg (1992) - On Dr. Dre's debut album, he went all out including dissing Eazy E, Tim Dog, Luke, and Ice Cube in this classic headbanger.


4. 2nd Round K.O. - Canibus (1998) - Canibus is known for battling himself on wax, but he truly earned his stripes by squaring off against Uncle L in his prime. This lyrical uppercut is something like a blueprint for some of today's illest rhyme pugilists.


3. Hit 'Em Up - 2Pac (1996) - 'Pac unleashed a flurry of diss tracks on numerous emcess, but this was the most memorable of them all going after the Notorious B.I.G. and Bad Boy Records.


2. The B***h in Yoo - Common (1996) - : Produced by the legendary Pete Rock, "The Bitch in Yoo" was Common's response to Ice Cube and Westside Connection's "Westside Slaughtahouse" where Cube claimed that Com was taking shots at the west on "I Used to Love H.E.R."


1. No Vaseline - Ice Cube (1991) - When Eazy-E and NWA's management rubbed Cube the wrong way and then dissed him on "100 Miles & Runnin'", he initiated a flame-throwing match with his former allies.

Says Hashim in the comments section: "No Vaseline is the best diss track because of the effect it had on N.W.A. How often can you point to a song and say that it broke up a super group?"