Diss track
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A diss track or diss song is a song primarily intended to disrespect a person or group. While musical parodies and attacks have always existed, the trend became increasingly common in the hip hop genre fuelled by the hip hop rivalry phenomenon.
History
One of the earliest was You Keep Her by Joe Tex. James Brown was with Joe's ex and when they broke up, sent a letter to him saying he could have her back. The Joe Tex song was in response to that letter.
Another example of a diss track occurred in Jamaica. After Lee "Scratch" Perry left producer Coxsone Dodd he released a track called "Run for Cover" (1967) poking a joke at him.[1] Perry in particular has a long history of releasing diss tracks directed at former musical collaborators. The musical single "People Funny Boy" (1968) attacked his former boss Joe Gibbs. In response Gibbs himself released a track called "People Grudgeful" (1968).[2] Perry's "Evil Tongues" (1978) was aimed at The Congos[3] and “Judgement Inna Babylon” (1984) and "Satan Kicked the Bucket" (1988) at Chris Blackwell.[3] Perry also attacked Michael Jackson (with whom he never worked together) on the track "Freaky Michael" (2010).[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "The Upsetter", Black Music (January 1975). "Perry says the song was his was of expressing how he felt about the way Clement Dodd (Sir Coxsone) had treated him financially while he had been working for Dodd. It spoke of revenge: 'You take people for fool, yeah / And use them as a tool, yeah / But I am the av-en-ger...'."
- ↑ http://rougheryet.com/people-funny-boy/
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/magazine/lee-scratch-perry-album-guide
