“Beat Biter” was a single released by MC Shan back in 1986. On this track, he accused LL Cool J (and indirectly, Rick Rubin, LL’s producer at the time) of plagiarizing a beat Shan’s producer Marley Marl had made and re-purposing it into his classic jam “Rock The Bells”. LL himself never directly responded to the track (As he was already beefing with Kool Moe Dee at the time), but, in a twist of irony, enlisted Marley Marl’s services for Mama Said Knock You Out a few years later.

But the “Beat Biter” single isn’t remembered at all for it’s title song. It’s best remembered for it’s B-Side: The Bridge, which kickstarted The Bridge Wars between Shan’s group Juice Crew and KRS-One’s Boogie Down Productions.