Ice Cube's "No Vaseline" Declared Best Diss Track Of All Time By Twitter

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It's been over 30 years since Cube decimated his former N.W.A. members.

When it comes to debating the best diss tracks in hip-hop history, there are a few titles that regularly come out on top, though none more frequently than Ice Cube's 1991 assassination of his former N.W.A. members on "No Vaseline."

The song comes in at five minutes and 13-seconds and finds the Los Angeles native relentlessly addressing Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, DJ Yella, MC Ren, as well as the group's manager, Jerry Heller, for his shady business contracts.

Ice Cube's "No Vaseline" Declared Best Diss Track Of All Time By Twitter
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"Lookin' like straight Bozos / I saw it comin' that's why I went solo," are among Cube's first few bars that help set the scene of his departure from the famed group. "And kept on stompin' / When y'all motherf*ckers moved straight outta Compton."

More specific disses for his past collaborators include, "Yella Boy's on your team, so you're losin' / Ay yo Dre, stick to producin' / Callin' me Arnold, but you been-a-d*ck / Eazy-E saw your ass and went in it quick," and "Half-pint bitch, f*ckin' your homeboys / You little maggot, Eazy-E turned f*ggot."

As per usual, when XXL Magazine's Twitter account asked users to debate the best hip-hop diss track of all time, Cube's release began trending on Twitter as people shared why they think "No Vaseline" simply can't be topped.

"'No Vaseline' is the only right answer," one person wrote. "He went for all the blood and basically destroyed what was left of N.W.A." Speaking on 2Pac's often suggested song, "Hit 'Em Up," the same user said, "[it] was cheeks."

Another hip-hop head explained their take, writing, "'No Vaseline' and it's not even close. Not trying to take anything away from tracks like 'Hit 'Em Up,' 'Ether,' 'Story of Adidon,' or 'Killshot,' but – 'No Vaseline' is one dude coming for four dudes, and he annihilated them."

Check out more Twitter reactions below, and let us know who you think has the best diss track of all time in the comments.












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Hayley Hynes is the former Weekend Managing Editor of HotNewHipHop, she stepped down after two years in 2024 to pursue other creative opportunities but remains on staff part-time to cover music, gossip, and pop culture news. Currently, she contributes similar content on Blavity and 21Ninety, as well as on her personal blog where she also offers tarot/astrology services. Hayley resides on the western side of Canada, previously spending a year in Vancouver to study Fashion Marketing at Blanche Macdonald Centre and Journalism at Mount Royal University in Calgary before that. She's passionate about helping others heal through storytelling, and shares much more about her life on Instagram @hayleyhynes.
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