Puffy (allegedly) punched Drake in the mouth. The angst that should’ve yielded the decade’s great hip-hop matchup is, instead, a fade deferred. Word on road is that Drake called Kendrick out by name at ESPN’s studios in Bristol six months after “Control” dropped - but then, predictably, that rumor has Drake asking for his remarks to be scrubbed from the record. But on recent songs “4PM In Calabasas” and “For Free,” Drake sucks up to Kendrick - “And like your boy from Compton said/ ‘You know this dick ain’t free’! ” - as if he hadn’t spent the three years since “Control” whining about Kendrick Lamar in rare interviews and cowardly raps. Meek Mill’s unrelated feud with Drake - see below - would shed new light on a couplet from the To Pimp A Butterfly single “King Kunta,” where Kendrick Lamar raps, “I can dig rappin’!/But a rapper with a ghostwriter?/What the fuck happened?” For a second there, it looked like we might have a good old-fashioned rap war. After Kendrick Lamar challenged Drake ( and 10 other rappers) by name on that song and Drake took it personally, every move either one of these guys made for two years thereafter might’ve been perceived as a slight against the other. KENDRICK LAMARĪh, “Control” - that unholy, offbeat mess of a Big Sean song that started it all. It’s an impressive record of evasion, when you think about it. You’d think a guy who loves battle rapping would also love rap beefs instead, Drake has managed to parry, subdue, or outright ignore just about every challenge lobbed his way. Coincidentally, Drake is also the shifty coward who single-handedly ruined the entertainment value and craft of what is, now, a lost art form - the rap beef.
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The only real winner here is Drake, a rapper whose musical catalog might be adequately summarized as a series of dramatic sighs.ĭrake is a lifelong, deep-web fan of battle rap. No more duels now, rappers dramatically sigh at one another. What was once a sport of outrageous insults and pop-up fisticuffs is now a cold war of “subliminal” insults and crowd-sourced memes. In the 2010s, however, rappers swear by passive-aggression. At the height of rap-beef culture in the 2000s, we had “Ether,” the perpetual antagonism of G-Unit, and 50 Cent’s surreal “Pimpin’ Curly” saga with Rick Ross. In the 1990s, diss tracks went intercontinental.
In the 1980s, we cheered local turf wars and crew clashes that played out in the form of diss records. And he has, so far, thwarted would-be rival Kendrick Lamar with maddening vagueness. Drake defeated Meek Mill with bad songs and dank memes. Here's A History of Rappers Picking Fights With Lil B.A mere six days after firing an opening salvo at Drake with “Making a Murderer (Part One),” Joe Budden today released a second Drake diss track, called “Wake.” A dozen rappers have stepped to Drake over the past few years, and Drake has survived all of his challengers, though through rather unconventional means. This isn't his first, and most likely not his last, beef. These scenarios are exhausting, but not unfamiliar for Lil B. Lil B released a diss track in response to Joey Bada$$ tweeting him to not quit his day job (a reference to Capital STEEZ's lyric on "Survival Tactics") and Joey Bada$$ came back with his own diss track later that night. It's not fair, and last night's negativity was a breaking point. Apparently, not everyone thinks it's cool that there's a rapper releasing classical mixtapes and letting his cat perform on songs. SInce emerging as a solo act, he's been consistently crucified for his music, style of dress, and general outlook.
His rare music might be a blessing to some, but that hasn't stopped artists like Freddie Gibbs, Kreayshawn, and now, Joey Bada$$, from throwing shade at the former The Pack member. As an artist who promotes positivity on a daily basis, regularly reassures women that they are God's gift to the world, and make sure his entire fan base feels loved, it's discomforting that people still find a way to hate Lil B.
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