on mobile so i didn't search to see
if this thread was made already

i feel like coming off of Act II,
Jay Elect's Control verse would
have gotten more love

would the hype around kendrick's verse be as strong?

? Kendrick’s verse is why the song was talked about

There was a small minority that said Jay had the better verse

This opinion is objectively untrue by virtue of the fact that kendrick dropped a top 5 kendrick verse on that song

In because of 🥴

I have yet to hear act II because I've lasted this long without Tidal

F*** the verses, that beat was legit the best beat of the decade and shame on whoever refused to allow the sample to be cleared.

big Sean had the best verse on control

if Act2 had dropped in 2012, Control might’ve been on there as a Jay E song ft. Sean

really

No, because if big sean couldn't clear the sample how tf jay going to?

Would still get washed by Kenny

There would be no Control without 10 2 10 Sean. We talking peak sean right now

control is so overrated

The nigga above me is broke

I prefer the Jay elec verse. But Kendrick brought the thunder. He was possessed on that song.

not even top 5 features f*** off

it was originally Jay’s i’m p sure

then Sean begged him to let him have it, so he did, but there was still a chance it could’ve wound up on Act2

then Sean got Kendrick on it & dropped it within 2 days of that feature being added lmao

act 2 seems too cohesive to just add/take away songs like that tho thats tthe only thing

Relax Homeboy

No because people were thirsting for some kind of rap beef so they used Control as one. If it was after Drake/Meek and Drake/Pusha then it wouldn’t have been nearly as talked about as it was

Edit: did op change the title? Maybe I’m just high and read it wrong

it wasn’t definitely on the tracklist but they were playing around with the idea

Yeah Kendrick said that people blew it out of proportion because Hip Hop hasn't been competitive in so long, he didn't expect this to happen and he just did that verse for fun

Jays verse is light years better

Theres a reason they cut half of Jays verse lol. It woulda been unfair