If you think about it, when Takeover dropped all hell broke loose.
Jay dissed Mobb Deep and Nas
Nas dissed Jay, Mobb Deep and Cormega
50 dissed Ja Rule
Benzino dissed Eminem
Cam dissed Nas
Beanie Sigel dissed Jadakiss
Jadakiss dissed Beanie Sigel
Royce dissed D-12
Ali Vegas dissed Fabulous and Stack Bundles
Ja Rule dissed Eminem, 50 and Busta
Em, 50 and Busta dissed Ja Rule
Jermaine Dupri dissed Dr Dre
Xzibit dissed Jermaine Dupri
Game dissed Joe Budden
Jaz O dissed Jay Z
The Roc dissed Jaz O
50 dissed Fat Joe, Jadakiss and Nas
All these disses seemed like they came out around the same time. Takeover came out in Sep 2001. The Massacre came out March 2005. All the disses seemed like they just kept coming out one after the next.
But it seemed like Takeover started it.
I know the Stillmatic freestyle came out before the Blueprint album, but Jay performed the Takeover verse at Summer Jam.