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beef

Date: Mar 30 2006

Quote

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“Hip hop has just been a whole lot of extra, unnecessary beef. I’m about feel-good energy in music.”

Hip hop artist Busta Rhymes, talking about his new music video and song Touch It.

Definition

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problems, troubles or difficulties; conflict

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

When you’ve got a beef with someone, you’ve got a big problem or conflict with him/her. Recently, billionaire Donald Trump had a beef with Martha Stewart because her version of the tv show The Apprentice was not as popular as Trump’s version. There have been rumors that Madonna had a beef with Gwen Stefani because Gwen is copying Madonna’s image: a pretty blonde who is married to a British man.

In the quote above, Busta Rhymes is saying that a lot of hip hop music is meant to create problems or conflicts. One popular example is the beef between east coast and west coast rappers a few years ago. The beef was primarily between rap artists 2Pac and Notorious B.I.G.

Examples

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“There was a lot of beef between rappers 2Pac and Notorious B.I.G.”

Winners

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	to complain about... by abbycha23
	something useless, people don't want anymore by kenien
	Quarrel by palina
	I think "beef" means to complain or grumble about. by Yanger
	a complaint or grievance by hossein99
	crap...excess filler. by PinkRibbon
	energy,spirit by vander