D-Block Vs. The Diplomats

As I came in home one Saturday night, and I sat down and turned on my computer to play music, I got a blackberry messenger message from my darling home-girl Bri-Bri. It read D-Block or Dipset, I was immediately going reply ‘Dipset Bitch’, but then I engaged my brain n began to think D-Block, nar Dipset, but D-Block is hard doe, but Dipset are maaad fly! So we chat on bbm debating each crew’s pros and cons and we came to the conclusion that we could not decide, damn.

But let me break each crew down for you, for those of you who never came up on this piff!

Here it goes!

D-Block (The LOX)

Profile

Original Members – Jadakiss, Styles P, Sheek Louch

Discography – Money, Power, Respect (Bad Boy Records 1997), We Are the Streets (Ruff Rydaz, Interscope1998 ), No Security (Koch Records 2009)

Definitive Song-Mighty D-Block (2 Guns Up)

Other Members – A.P., Bully, Straw, Team Arliss, Bucky, DJ Poobz, Vinny Idol, Don D, T.Y.

The Lox were discoverd by the late Notorious B.I.G. in 1995, and were quickly signed up to Bad Boy Records as a collective. The three are part of a lucky small number to have collaborated with Biggie Smalls when he was alive. After releasing 1 album on Bad Boy, the trio wanted out because they didn’t like the way they were being portrayed with the whole fiasco about the imfamous shiny suits aka Bad Boy records uniform lol. Being at Bad Boy repressed their street credibility, they never really let them.

Member Profiles

Jadakiss

Discogrophy – Kiss Tha game Goodbye(2001), The Kiss Of Death(2004), The Last Kiss(2009)

Definative Songs – Air It Out, Still Feel Me

Styles P

Discography – Gangster & a Gentleman, Time is Money, Super Gangster, Extrordinary Gentleman

Definitive Songs- Good Times, Ghost P, How We Live, Blow My Mind

Sheek Louch

Discography- Walk Witt Me, After Taxes, Silver Back Gorilla

Definitive Songs – Kiss Your Ass Goodbye

Dipset (The Diplomats)

Profile

Original Members – Cam’Ron, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, Freaky Zeaky

Discography – Diplomatic Immunity, Diplomatic Immunity 2, Dipset: More Than Music

The Diplomats, easily one of the most influential groups in Hip-Hop! The rap collective that made u feel u were part of a movement deeper than music. These are the most flamboyant individuals straight out of Harlem, New York. Undisputed street respect with added commercial appeal.

Member Profiles

Cam’Ron

Discs-Confessions of a Fire, Come Home With Me, Purple Haze, Killah Season, Crime Pays

Definitive Songs-Oh Boy, Hey Ma, Down & Out

Juelz Santana

Discs-From Me To You, What The Game’s Been Missing

Definitive Songs- Santana’s Town, Make It Work For You, There It Go, Shottaz

Jim Jones

Discs-Harlem: Diary Of A Summer, On My Way to church, Hustlers POME, Prey IV Reign

Definitive Songs- We Fly High, Summer With Miami, Pop Champaign, Certified Gangsters, Weatherman, Pin The Tail On The Donkey, Rain.

Breaking Both the teams down, its clear to say that Dipset have put far more work into their careers, in terms of material, but the LOX label issues must be taken into account, also the fact that Dipset have broken up merits them with minus points.

But trying to distinguish which crew is better is near impossible! They both have heavy qualities and very few flaws, so if you’re in a D-Block Mood listen to them, if you are in a Dipset mood listen to them.

Peace!