Please leave it alone, don't throw rocks at the throne

If there is an "older" rapper struggling with being relevant more than Jay Z, it has to be LL. Mr. Todd Smith is like the Madonna of the rap game. Some how, every two years or so LL manages to "reinvent himself". And usually this reinvention amounts to some extremely unoriginal corny club song (remember Head Sprung). Granted, occasionally he hits the nail on the head with his trademark "I can treat you better than your man" hip hop love song, but clearly that is a lane that now belongs to Fabolous. I'm not mad at LL for trying to keep himself "hip" but I am a little disturbed by a video that has been making the rounds on the net. Apparently, LL hints at a possible diss record aimed at Hov. The two have had tensions ever since Hov took the helm at Def Jam, and LL has taken several opportunities to express his disdain for his "boss". But is a diss record really warranted? Is this really a good move for either of the two rappers? Yes, Jay is on the eve of releasing another rushed project to the masses known as American Gangster (I hope for the best). So maybe the beef will serve him well. Probably not, considering he had a beef with the hottest rapper in the game at the time of the Kingdom Come release and it still didn't do much to thwart the "comeback" debacle. Does anyone really care about a Jay v. LL "battle"? Seriously, the 15-23 year old contingent that make up the actual purchasing audience for hip hop, probably doesn't care about this beef. Despite his strong showings in previous battles, I think it's obvious that even in Jay's less than stellar form, he is very capable of destroying anything that LL throws in his direction. I'll be slightly interested in seeing what this amounts to, but either way it won't do much for the world of hip hop but add another "battle" onto the already long list of frivolous rap beefs.