Remember the great "Renegade" debates that lasted up until Nas dropped "Ether" and confidently declared that "Eminem murdered" Jay on his own track? Over the years, the conversation has occasionally resurfaced, as time and perspective have seeped in, swaying people's thoughts about the now-classic verses.

Now, former Roc-a-Fella Records artist, Memphis Bleek, has sparked the discussion again. He recently went on the Justin Credible Podcast and, after a bit of hesitation, ultimately said Jay-Z is the victor.

“You really trying to spark some drama,” he says in the clip. “Everybody, of course, I feel like certain songs Jay records be over people’s head, I guess not at that time. To me, the streets and everybody, the public opinion of course says Eminem, right? At that time. Go back and listen to that record today, I bet y’all gonna agree its Jay, because Jay was talkin’ something that was so far ahead of what you even understood or comprehend, that you didn’t know what he was talking about.”

"Renegade" was featured on Jay-Z's 2001 classic, The Blueprint, and features one of his most quotable lines: "Do you fools listen to music or do you just skim through it?" as he blasted critics of rappers who were detailing what was going on in their communities, especially when their situations were created by oppressive systems:

"Motherfuckers say that I'm foolish I only talk about jewels (bling bling)/Do you fools listen to music or do you just skim through it?/See I'm influenced by the ghetto you ruined/That same dude you gave nothing, I made something doing/What I do through and through and/I give you the news, with a twist it's just his ghetto point-of-view."

Em was in his prime at the time the song dropped, and over his own production delivered two scathing verses about people's hypocritical anger at his lyrics when their own houses weren't in order:

"Maybe it's hatred I spew, maybe it's food for the spirit/Maybe it's beautiful music I made for you to just cherish/But I'm debated, disputed, hated and viewed in America as a motherfucking drug addict, like you didn't experiment?/Now now, that's when you start to stare at who's in the mirror/And see yourself as a kid again, and you get embarrassed/And I got nothing to do but make you look stupid as parents/You fucking do-gooders, too bad you couldn't do good at marriage."

You can be the judge, and listen to "Renegade" below.