Pete Rock has reflected on assisting Common in dissing Ice Cube almost three decades ago and how his contribution rubbed the N.W.A legend the wrong way.
During an appearance on Drink Champs that premiered on Saturday (June 1), the veteran beatmaker talked about producing the 1996 hit piece “The Bitch In Yoo,” which took aim at Cube as well as his associates Mack 10 and WC.
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“Of course Ice Cube was a little upset with me,” he said, before pointing his thumb at the Chicago MC. “That man had me feeling bad, man. He’s like, ‘Yo, he was angry, he was upset.'”
About seeing the West Coast spitter following the song’s release, he recalled him saying: “Aww Pete, come on — you good, bro, you good.”
Listen to Pete Rock talk about the song at the 21:08 and 36:52 marks below:
Last month, Common admitted that he feared his beef with Ice Cube would get “ugly” when the two exchanged disses in the mid ’90s.
During an interview on Carmelo Anthony and The Kid Mero’s podcast 7PM in Brooklyn, the 52-year-old rapper reflected on their feud, which produced iconic diss songs such as “I Used To Love H.E.R.” and “Westside Slaughterhouse,” in addition to the one mentioned above.
“I’m a warrior too,” Common said while looking back at his decision to take shots at his peer. “I’m from the South Side of Chicago. At a certain point, if you come at me, I’ma defend myself and I’ma go at you. I’ma fight to kill, John Wick style.”
He also detailed how things nearly escalated beyond diss songs, adding: “Ultimately, I felt good that we kept it on wax. It was getting to that point with me and Cube, because they was looking at me like, ‘Oh, Common’s just the backpack dude.’
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“But then we had a little confrontation in Atlanta and this was like ’95 where — and like I said, me and Cube, it’s all love now — but at that point we had a little confrontation and I was like, ‘Man, this might get ugly.'”
Common and Ice Cube eventually buried the hatchet with the help of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who brokered a peace meeting that was also attended by the likes of Snoop Dogg, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Too $hort, Fat Joe and Chuck D.
