THE LOX AND DIPSET TOUR HOW TO
Cam’ron knew how to make lines like “drinking sake on a Suzuki in Osaka Bay” roll off the tongue with a cool ease that nobody can replicate. Dipset was equal parts weird, rebellious, and musical. Led by Cam’ron, Juelz Santana, and Jim Jones, they were a part of Puffy and Mase’s Harlem World scene in the late Nineties and joined Roc-a-Fella Records in the early 2000s. The Harlem rap group the Diplomats, a.k.a Dipset, have had a whirlwind of a career.
4': 'It Was Absolute Pandemonium'įor those born outside of the five boroughs, some backstory. It would have been a crime to miss out.īlack Sabbath on the Making of 'Vol. As a native New Yorker, this was like seeing the Knicks in the Finals. This was Dipset versus The Lox, Jadakiss versus Cam’ron, D-Block versus Harlem World, Swizz Beatz versus The Heatmakers. It pays to know some good people, especially on this particular occasion. Eventually, I ran into some friends who were able to secure a ticket from a New York Times critic who had an extra. I wasn’t given tickets outright but was told that if I put in a request they would get back to me via email. I called MSG in the morning and tried to work my polite and boyish charm while talking to the person on the other end of the line. For me, however, there was a real problem: I didn’t actually have a ticket. After all, when you are putting on a hip-hop event, you can expect this sort of thing - big entourages telling security about the connections they have as they try to get into the show. Despite the hectic scene, nobody seems too pressed. Security is telling everyone to move back, encountering issues with holding down a crowd of folks waiting to get into the media entrance. They’re here to see Dipset and the Lox’s Verzuz battle, and some members of Dipset’s entourage aren’t being allowed in. at Madison Square Garden, and the crowd of people outside is restless.
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