LET'S ARGUE: Best Diss Tracks of All Time 

this may be an unpopular opinion, but the story of adinon is the greatest diss track of all time because it vastly improved the life of drakes child imo

The fact that Ice Cube’s “No Vaseline” wasn’t mentioned is an absolute sin. It is the single most important diss track in all of rap, it popularized diss tracks and really set the standard for what they should contain. Unlike a lot of diss tracks that are just pointless nonsensical beef, No Vaseline addressed actual problems and drama between artists of easily the most iconic rap group in history. Ice Cube ditched the sinking ship of NWA, got shat on my former friends, and then completely dismantled not only them and the entire group, but even their manager, to the point where No Vaseline is the single largest factor in NWA initiating its end. The vitriol in Ice Cubes tone and rhymes is nearly unmatched by any other track, and the track itself doesn’t attempt to be anything it’s not. It’s very forthright, very focused on the beef itself instead of trying to be clever and funny to win the listener over. Plus, ice cube left nwa and then proceeded to release three of the most iconic rap albums in the entire genres history consecutively. His diss track hits harder than anything else

I’m surprised nobody’s talking about how Kanye literally took a beat that he knew Drake wanted and turned it into a song where all the lyrics are “poopity scoopity” the brilliant pettiness of that move alone makes it one of the best in my eyes

The Anthony Fantano diss track

the story of adidon has to at least be mentioned. it may not be the best musically, but i would argue that no other disses successfully landed on someone as big as drake. on top of that, every part of that diss from the story of oj beat, to the cover art, to even his opening and closing lines work perfectly

Ok but like fr we just not gonna mention The Story Of Adidon? Questioned Drake's blackness, called him out for being a deadbeat like his dad was to him, and revealed to the world that he had a son. Probably the greatest diss track of all time.

Top 3 diss tracks 1) Story of Adidon - Pusha T 2) No Vaseline - Ice Cube 3) Hit Em Up - 2Pac

How did “Union Dixie” not make it in? That’s easily the best diss track of all time

Hit Em Up is so vicious. Tupac basically stops rapping in the final two minutes and starts screaming how he's going to kill Bad Boy Records.

Neither Ether nor Takeover being named is crazy

In the Spanish language, the ultimate diss war was between Fito Paez and Joaquin Sabina, after they made a disastrous collab album. For context, imagine if Billy Joel and Tom Waits (but with Joel-level popularity) going at each other. They didn't just exchange bars, but stanzas. As in, Sabina wrote a diss poem.

Mgk's disstrack was actually pretty good, he just dissed the wrong person so he got obliterated

1985 is the diss track equivalent of “I’m not mad I’m just disappointed”

Having JPEGMAFIA respond to a Let’s Argue is a flex

Sam Hydes Anthony Fantanio diss was pretty good.

Love your vids and I’m a huge fan. Thank you Anthony. Happy to be a subscriber.

"I'd kill Fantano, right hand on the bible!" - some jamaican guy

Mr. Grinch is the greatest diss track of all time, and nothing could ever change my mind.

El-P dissing Sole in Linda Tripp. Starting the track off with the secret phone recording of Sole pitifully apologizing to El-P was one of the most ruthless things I've ever heard.

honestly as much as I love what All Too Well represents in the Swift-verse, I gotta say Dear John and I Bet You Think About Me are better diss tracks in the sense that they're far pettier and overall more straight-to-the-jugular. All Too Well is more a reflection of a breakup with a few call outs here and there, while in Dear John she straight-up calls out John Mayer for grooming her and IBYTAM is basically a 4-minute Jake Gyllenhaall roast about how pretentious and bland he truly is. "I'm shining like fireworks over your sad empty town" and "I don't have to be your shrink to now that you'll never be happy" are SAVAGE lines.

we need a part 2, here are some pretty obvious missed ones - - ether - takeover - no vaseline - the sauce - adidon - dre day - real mf g’s - back down - checkmate/problem child - kick in the door - fuck compton

To me Ice Cube's "No Vaseline" stands as one of the most brutal diss tracks, yeah there's a lot of problematic lines and jabs that have aged like milk and weren't ok even back then but that single Diss track schooled the 2 diss tracks NWA did, was the final word of that feud and then NWA disbanded while Ice Cube was on the top of his game throughout the 90's. Think about that.

Everyone brings up “Killshot” for Eminem, but that was nothing compared to “Quitter” or “Nail in the Coffin”. Some of the angriest shit I’ve ever heard him say. “It’s not that we don’t like you, we HATE you. Period.” Or the line where he reprimands Benzino for not selling crack anymore cause he’d make more money from it than he does rapping lmao

didnt even refrence "Fuck Anthony Fantano" the disrespect

Bruh how do we talk about greatest disses of all time and not even mention The Story of Adidon? It’s absolutely one of the greatest disses of all time, if not the greatest

The ending part of 50 Cent's Many Men is my favorite, "In the Bible, it says what goes around, comes around “Hommo” shot me, three weeks later he got shot down Now it’s clear that I’m here for a real reason ‘Cause he got hit like I got hit, but he ain’t fuckin’ breathin’"

Excellent list! Have to admit, all too well (10 min) is amazing!

If I were Fantano I’d get me a rifle…

Anyone who can make a 10 minute, in depth, poetic diss track, while feeling like 5 minutes, has my absolute respect as a songwriter.

Everyone always forgets the brutal verbal assault against MC Eiht that was DJ Quiks “Dollars+sense”. To sum it up in his own words “E-I-H-T now should I continue, yea you left out the G cause the G ain’t in you”

It’s Sam Hyde’s Anthony Fantano diss

"Obsessed" by Mariah Carey is one of the most unexpectedly great diss tracks I've ever heard. Quite possibly the best diss track aimed at Eminem, and I refuse to hear otherwise

Story of Addidon was the best, most ruthless, and lazer focussed diss track. A diss so effective a child gained a father. No contest. The stuff about 40 was evil and the most vicious attack I’ve heard in any decade of rap.

The best diss track of all time is most definitely You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch.

Pusha Ts now infamous diss track on McDonald’s fish sandwich has got to be mentioned. Musically & impact wise it still holds the title of a true masterpiece of music & disstracks

Honestly, Death On Two Legs by Queen is absolutely insane. That song is such a big “Fuck you” to their record label at the time and just pulls zero punches, it’s absolutely amazing and I really don’t think that I’ve heard Freddie Mercury that angry before. And this is off the same record that gave us classic Queen tracks like You’re My Best Friend, and of course Bohemian Rhapsody just to give context about when it came out

"5 shots couldn't drop me, I took it and smiled" is one of the hardest lines ever put into a diss song. It's not just the energy behind Hit Em Up but the context and real life danger surrounding the beef.

Madvillain - Fancy Clown An MF DOOM diss track, from the perspective of Viktor Vaughn. Gotta be the only self-diss ever made.

blowing my mind that Eminem's diss tracks for Benzino ('The Sauce' 'Nail in The Coffin' aren't mentioned on the vid or in the comments. He absolutely ended any career Benzino had and demolished him lyrically with some of his best lines ever. Absolute classics.

I think Sam Hyde's diss was the best.

Carly Simon’s You’re So Vain is the ultimate diss track and I’m upset it is not in this video.

Despite Exodus 23:1 not being a totally direct diss track, its does its job perfectly as a subtle diss. I mean, it annoyed Wayne and drake, and forced them to clap back, in this sense, this is just one of the many yet important things that led up to "Story of Adidon" which is a pretty direct and brutal diss track

Sam Hyde’s diss track of you is elite

Lauryn Hill's Lost Ones is a very classy (and devastating) diss imo

The Story Of Adidon is the correct answer btw

No Vaseline and Ether are obvious choices, they are easily top 5 of all time.

One I love is Bob Dylan's "Positively 4th Street." I don't know who it's at. I love it

The Oracle by Mase, Acknowledge from Masta Ace or even Pest Control from The Game should definitely get some mentions

I will never let anyone forget Pusha T bullied Drake into being a good father, ever

the story of adidon is so easily the best diss of all time

Personally, I've long had Pusha T's - Story of Adidon has the deadliest diss ever. NOW, it's gotta be Mickey Factz's - Wraith - The manner in which he deconstructs Royce's character and discography using metaphors, mimicking RJ Payne, Ransom (the rappers Royce claims to be skilfully above among others) and Royce's rapping styles against him! It's the perfect Diss track!!!

Bagpipes from Baghdad is still one of the most vile and funny disses to come out of early 2000s em

The Story of Adidon is fucking cruel. It’s as clever as the more lighthearted cuts like Killshot while being more cutthroat than hardcore diss tracks like Hit ‘Em Up

It doesn't end up in the diss song conversation often but Lauryn Hill dragged Wyclef John's whole soul on Ex-Factor

Crooked I had a snoop Dogg diss that was fire..forgot what's it's called but he had a line " for shizzle my nizzle, bless you my nephew, God damn that's his first verse and his next two"

The Lil B track against Kevin Durant is amazing and hilarious and I'm so glad it got mentioned.

Just to think that eminem had beef with mariah carey is fucking hilarious to me

Eminem - Quitter has got to be one of the hardest disses I have ever heard. The things that are being said against Everlast are truly shocking in my opinion

Lmao the guy who was impressed by the idea of “rap devil”

Nail in the coffin by Eminem is a diss track I keep coming back to. It’s so intense

Hit ‘Em Up is the gold standard for diss tracks. Story of Adidon is a borderline masterpiece, though.

I love how no one even mentioned Ether, Takeover, Story of Adidon, No Vaseline, Real Muthaf**kin G's, or The Bridge Is Over by KRS-One.

There's an upcoming expansion for Hearthstone, and online TCG. The expansion is set in a music festival. On of the cards is called "Flowrider." The flavor text reads "Her music sounds a lot better underwater where you can't hear it at all."

eminem could be mentioned multiple times here, he has so many ruthless diss tracks that its hard to choose a best. Nail in the coffin, quitter, killshot, the warning, girls, go to sleep and so much more

John Lennon's “How Do You Sleep” diss against Paul McCartney is BRUTAL.

So we just gon ignore Viper’s JPEGMAFIA diss like that? For shame Anthony, for shame…

I would have always said Benzino diss by Eminem but as of late it’s got to be Anthony fantano diss ;))

T-Shirts Buddens is my favorite diss track ever. Classic Lil B, he's yet to miss on a diss

“All this shit for my son because he inheriting it” -Drake on Knife Talk This line only exists because Pusha T bullied drake into becoming a father figure for his child 😭😭

Let’s not pretend like Eminem didn’t absolutely body MGK

So many good ones. Some others not mentioned: Budden vs Saigon and Royce Da 5'9" vs Mistah FAB were great. Also Royce Da 5'9" vs D12

Hand on the bible

Death on Two Legs (Dedicated To...) is an incredible diss track that actually caused Queen to have to settle out of court for defamation. It's just brutal and relentless.

Gucci Manes - Truth. "Go dig you partner up, bet he wont say shit", has got to be the most cold blooded line ive ever heard, Gucci literally killed that dude and now he's rubbing it in? brutal

I can't believe that Acknowledge by Masts Ace was not mentioned

Snak The Rippers Trilogy about Madchild is fire. It’s about a goof from North Vancouver, BC and if you haven’t heard it you should. Savage.

I love how Peggy is an active member of the community.

I always look toward Obsessed. It expectational for diss, but it is also a killer song. I can hear the hook in my head like I had just listened to it yesterday.

Carly Simon's You're So Vain is my favorite diss track, good shit.

love the "switch genres" line, for real he had him doin Paramore covers on youtube lmao

We need a Part 2 Mr Melon. You left off some pretty savage disses like The Story of Adidon, No Vaseline, Ether, Black Friday, Back to Back, just to name a few

the double entendres on the story of adidon are legendary. every line has like 2-3 different disses packed into one

the fact that "eff grand dad" by thugnificent was left out is damn near criminal. plus it had a legendary nate dogg hook. easily top 5

100% spot on ...morrisey ain't got nothing on all the similarly themed punk ditties. class war's "royal funerals" immediately comes to mind

Ya'll forgot Stormzy bodied Wiley twice in a week and drank a cup of tea while doing it.

I think Union Dixie is the greatest diss track of all time. It's a diss track we are still talking about 100+ years after the fact.

Fun fact, Arab rap (Gulf Countries to be precise) is infamous for its aggressively good Diss tracks. The inception of rap in the gulf included plenty of beefs. It got to ghe point where there was diss tournaments at a certain point. As the scene matured and the shit rappers got filtered out..honestly, Gulf rap has some of the hardest Diss tracks out there tbh. Infinitely slaps.

Cole Porter had some fire bars in the early 20th century with his song "Anything Goes"

If your best diss is "your beard is weird", your diss track is extremely weak. MGK literally called Eminem the best rapper of all time in a song meant to be dissing him.

Ether makes me laugh and I love the beat. You outta know Alanis Morissette is passionate. Danzig Mother vs. PMRC is overlooked as well.

Ether, Back Down, and No Vaseline are obvious tracks I hope to see in the second take on this subject. There is a reason when rappers/anybody gets bodied by words, they say you got Ether’d🤷🏼‍♂️

The feud between the members of N.W.A left us with some of the hardest disses in the rap game

Anthony singing "Rap Devil" for 11 mins straight is not a video.

I think that SLR 3 1/2 by Lupe Fiasco is one of the best diss tracks I’ve ever heard. Royce came at Lupe with tons of deep and complex lyrics just like Lupe does on all of his other music while Lupe just went straight for the jugular. He had some of the best diss lines I’ve ever heard such as: “Nerds had they hands in everything, gangsters won’t even touch the police”, “all this extra innings may come across as master, but my impression’s apprentice, Your penmanship has the fingerprints of a gimmick and affection and the intimacy of impressions of that n--a you’re friends with”.

He's fairly unknown, but The Jokerr's disses a decade ago were legendary. Most notably The Maestro (dissing Tech N9ne with a personal story how he got mistreated and a banger last verse where he mimicked Tech's style to perfection) or Permanent Enemy (dissing Funk Volume members, mostly Hopsin). Obviously not best diss tracks ever since not many people heard them but they were really strong.

I wonder what new age diss tracks are gonna be considered great disses in a few years

Haven't watched the video yet so idk if it's in there, but "Bruise Violet" by Babes in Toyland (Courtney Love diss) and "No Vaseline" by Ice Cube are two of the hardest diss songs of all time.

I know the subject of Eminem has been beaten to death, but I don't understand how anyone can leave out Em's diss to Everlast in "Quitter". That is, hands down, the most brutal diss track ever. And I can speak with authority on this because I've listened to all of them. His diss tracks to Benzino are classic, too, but Everlast went on Suicide Watch after that diss.

“Eminem saw my video, he pussied out” Nice 🤣🤣

LL Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out" had some very heavy lines directed at Kool Moe Dee, Ice T, and MC Hammer.