“Ice Water” by Raekwon
Target: Notorious B.I.G.
“That’s life–to top it all off, beef with White/Pullin’ bleach out–tryin to throw it in my eyesight…(the f–k you thinkin’ bout?)”
Raekwon and his partner-in-rhyme Ghostface Killah weren’t too fond of the Notorious B.I.G.’s self-appointed “King of New York” title in the mid-90s. (“Them dudes hate everybody…” Wu-Tang Clan bandmate Method Man would later be quoted as saying.) While Biggie vs 2Pac got all of the headlines, the two Wu-Tang lyrical virtuosos took verbal shots at the Bad Boy Entertainment star on Rae’s classic Only Built For Cuban Linx album. Did Biggie (aka “Frank White”) respond? Kinda …
