it was good damage control for his fans to run with to disguise the loss, but as a diss? f***ing awful
semantics
How did this beef start? Like before "Like That?" Did "Hillbillies" set it off - "Smokin on your top 5 tonight"?
Why Kendrick beefing with a dude not from the street?
You mean the dude who calls himself Don Corleone?
Nah we getting that greedo inspired Kendrick album after this, straight outside music
This made me wet (no drizzy)
Why Kendrick beefing with a dude not from the street?
Because he was desperate for his position at the top
lol umg told people to chill that’s why punch and top both said good battle
If Kendrick drops another diss anyways he is a Gotham City villain
You seem a little nervous about all the publicity
We need a no-debated West Coast victory, man
Gotta leave this motherfucker broken and bruised before we really lose
You asked for the smoke, now it seem you too busy for the smoke
I won't lie, the people confused
Now you 'bout to give this s*** another week?
And fall back so homegirl can run her numbers up? I woulda refused
F*** these industry relationships, she not in your shoes
You supposed to be the boogeyman, go do what you do
Unless this is a moment that you tell us this not really you
'Cause right now it's looking like you writin' out the game plan on how to lose
How to bark up the wrong tree and then get your head popped in a crowded room
World is watching this chess game, but are you out of moves?
The first one really only took me an hour or two
The next one is really 'bout to bring out the coward in you
Hate all you corporate industry puppets, I'm not in the mood
Since "Like That," your tone changed a little, you not as enthused
How are you not in the booth? It feel like you kinda removed
You tryna let this s*** die down, nah, nah, nah
Not this time, nigga, you followin' through
I guess you need another week to figure out how to improve
What the f*** is taking so long? We waitin' on you
The rest of y'all are definitely involved, y'all gettin' it too
Soon as you get the courage to drop, I'm out on the loose, on the loose
Dot, I know you're in that NY apartment, you strugglin' right now, I know it
In the notepad doing lyrical gymnastics, my boy
You better have a motherfuckin' quintuple entendre on that s***
Some s*** I don't even understand, like
That s*** better be crazy, we waitin' on you
that's one track
Mother goose nursery rhyming ass
semantics
semantics are pretty important in a RAP BATTLE
It’s over
https://twitter.com/artofdialogue_/status/1787849655935537425People are really in the comments crying over some spray paint on a window
to me this is a semantics thing that i dont really care about and doesnt make it trash. he could have worded it differently so all the kendrick nerds wouldnt be like "well actually kendrick didnt say that!" but maybe it wouldnt have fit the rhyme scheme to add another bar explaining that kendrick denied it but drake thinks kendrick was hiding it.
i also dont care that kendrick got joel osteen and haley joel osmont confused.
i generally dont get too nitpicky with lyrics like that
Like for just a song you can say you don't nitpick lyrics and that it's still cool and like
Whatever I guess?
But a diss track isn't just meant to be an enjoyable song it's a song with a purpose, to embarrass the other party, and the lyrics matter and are how that goal is fulfilled
When the lyrics are based around a complete misunderstanding and then also going back and forth between "clowns did it but also I did it" that's not embarrassing for the other party that's embarrassing for you
It's a complete failure as a diss
You can't really say "well the main point being based around a misunderstanding doesn't matter I don't nitpick lyrics" when the point of the song is to embarrass the other party with lyrics
It's a very hard argument to make
Does Kendrick do a victory Lap or no
Not Like Us going #1 gonna be the victory lap at this rate
It’s over
https://twitter.com/artofdialogue_/status/1787849655935537425Them clothes are s*** too. Burn it down
If drake kept this mostly rap & numbers he might could have won on the strength of being perceived as more of an accessible type of rapper by the gilly’s and cams of the world, he activated that nigga by mentioning his family
Drake did it again on his last diss. Certified Boogeyman you might need to reveal all the s***offenders on payroll & do this one for the culture 😒
Does Kendrick do a victory Lap or no
It’s not even victory lap time
He needed to hit him again after heart 6 if he wanted the decisive win
But I guess he didn’t