Relive DJ Premier and RZA's Instagram Live Beat Battle

Last night, DJ Premier and RZA entered the digital octagon to put their respective catalogs to the test.

Set List:

1. GZA – “Liquid Swords” vs. Jay-Z – “A Million & One Questions/Rhyme No More”
2. Method Man – “Bring the Pain” vs. M.O.P.’s “Breakin’ The Rules”
3. Wu-Tang Clan – “Maria” vs. Mos Def – “Mathematics”
4. Raekwon – “Wu-Gambinos” vs. Big L – “The Enemy”
5. Ghostface Killah – “Run” vs. KRS-One – “MC’s Act Like They Don’t Know”
6. Wu-Tang Clan – “Shame on a Nigga” vs. Das EFX – “Real Hip-Hop”
7. Wu-Tang Clan – “Protect Ya Neck” vs. Group Home – “Livin’ Proof”
8. GZA – “Cold World” vs. D’Angelo – “Devil’s Pie” (Remix)
9. Wu-Tang Clan – “Method Man” vs. Gang Starr – “Just to Get a Rep”
10. Ghostface Killah –  “Motherless Child”  vs.  Jay-Z – “D’evils”
11. Raekwon – “Verbal Intercourse” vs. Nas – “Nas Is Like”
12. Ghostface Killah – “Buck 50” vs. Gang Starr –  “The Remainz”
13. Raekwon – “Ice Cream” vs. Notorious B.I.G. – “Unbelievable”
14. Ol’ Dirty Bastard – “Brooklyn Zoo” vs. Jeru the Damaja – “Come Clean”
15: Ol’ Dirty Bastard – “Shimmy Shimmy Ya” vs. Notorious B.I.G. – “Kick in the Door”
16: Notorious B.I.G. – “Long Kiss Goodnight” vs. Gang Starr – “Above the Clouds”
17. Ghostface Killah – “Assassination Day” vs. Nas – “N.Y. State of Mind”
18. Raekwon – “Criminology” vs. Gang Starr – “Dwyck”
19. Raekwon – “Incarcerated Scarfaces” vs. Royce Da 5’9” – “Boom”
20: Method Man – “I’ll Be There For You/You’re All I Need to Get By” vs. Notorious B.I.G. – “Ten Crack Commandments”

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