Music: The Official Hip-Hop Thread: The Next One

[Dubi Doo]

J Cole really apologizing and deleting his diss toward Kendrick has got to be the softest move in hip hop, and here I am thinking Im too old to care about these rap 'beefs', haha.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

J Cole really apologizing and deleting his diss toward Kendrick has got to be the softest move in hip hop, and here I am thinking Im too old to care about these rap 'beefs', haha.

It was incredibly lame and as a Cole fan I’m disappointed.

The Fall Off better live up to the hype.

 

[Dubi Doo]

It was incredibly lame and as a Cole fan I’m disappointed.

The Fall Off better live up to the hype.

It's strange because as a 35 year old dad I view his self awareness as a mature move but as an old school hip hop head my natural reaction is 'LAME'. And in terms of the sport, it is incredibly lame. It's not that serious, either. This isn't Jay vs Nas. It was never that personal. Just flex some bars, man!

I honestly think Cole just has a whole lot of anxiety he deals with. He said he felt pressured to do it, hasnt slept right in days, etc...that's a man dealing with a lot of anxiety, and if youre that anxious of a person- rap beef isn't for you.

The only thing this changes for me is- his catalog of 'Im the best and will smoke any rapper' is now hollow. I really enjoyed the Offseason phase + all his features recently, but it's going to slap different now.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

It's strange because as a 35 year old dad I view his self awareness as a mature move but as an old school hip hop head my natural reaction is 'LAME'. And in terms of the sport, it is incredibly lame. It's not that serious, either. This isn't Jay vs Nas. It was never that personal. Just flex some bars, man!

I honestly think Cole just has a whole lot of anxiety he deals with. He said he felt pressured to do it, hasnt slept right in days, etc...that's a man dealing with a lot of anxiety, and if youre that anxious of a person- rap beef isn't for you.

The only thing this changes for me is- his catalog of 'Im the best and will smoke any rapper' is now hollow. I really enjoyed the Offseason phase + all his features recently, but it's going to slap different now.

Agree with all of this. I didn’t think J. Cole’s response was that flagrant but I understand his mindset of feeling guilt for going after a friend who really didn’t go at you that hard. The negative reception was probably weighing on him too, but apologizing can only make that worse.

It’ll be funny if Kendrick goes after Cole for taking the high road considering the content matter of his last album. Is he Mr. Morale or is he the Big Stepper. Kind of ironic.

 

[Dubi Doo]

Agree with all of this. I didn’t think J. Cole’s response was that flagrant but I understand his mindset of feeling guilt for going after a friend who really didn’t go at you that hard. The negative reception was probably weighing on him too, but apologizing can only make that worse.

It’ll be funny if Kendrick goes after Cole for taking the high road considering the content matter of his last album. Is he Mr. Morale or is he the Big Stepper. Kind of ironic.

Thinking back when Kendrick did Control, he was trying to bring the competitive nature back to the game. It's really not that personal to him. He just wanted to flex bars with the so called 'Big 3'.

He poked fun at first person shooter, and clearly said Cole and Drizzy aren't on his level. He gave them a chance to step up and prove themselves in the name of the sport. Nothing more, nothing less, and Cole doing a 180 comes off as him being afraid of Kendrick's response because his diss was already getting shredded on the interwebs. Should've just ignored the hate, and waited for Kendrick's move...that's where the anxiety killed him.

I'll always love the dude's music. It has that rare impact on me that few musicians do. His legacy has taken a hit, though. I'd assume he understands that since he's a bigger hip hop head than me. It probably sounds so lame to a layman, but that's the culture of hip hop and it really did drive some rappers to step their game up. Competition has a way of doing that!

 

[93gilmour93]

 

[tacogeoff]

Pretty solid reply by Drake



Rick Ross hit back a few hours later with fire as well

 

[BobColesNasalCavity]

Drake releasing texts with his mom about not getting a nose job.

This is the state of hip hop in 2024.

 

[BobColesNasalCavity]

 

[93LEAFS]

30 Years of Illmatic. In celebration Nas/Premier dropped this, and I teased a joint album

 

[Dubi Doo]

Drake using AI in his beef with Kendrick. I'm actually feeling it. Drake's verse slaps. Kendrick has so much ammo to annihilate him, though This is entertaining as hell!

 

[BobColesNasalCavity]

Snoop going to wake up High as f*** wondering when did he record it

 

[TheDoldrums]

J Cole just steadily taking nuclear level strays since his apology, hilarious.

 

[AlaBlueShirt]

J Cole just steadily taking nuclear level strays since his apology, hilarious.

I feel bad for him. Kanye is a guy he looked up to growing up.

 

[The Marquis]

Man, Hip Hop in 2024. Buncha soft dudes trying to be hard and it's just silly.

 

[holy]

Man, Hip Hop in 2024. Buncha soft dudes trying to be hard and it's just silly.

It is at it's tail end but hip hop's always been full of actor.

Happy for Drake, gotta love the hometown hero going for the jugular. And I've never been a Drake stan but he shit all over everyone.

 

[kmart]

 

[Peasy]

Kendrick just murdered Drake

 

[tacogeoff]

Kendrick just murdered Drake

Ridiculous. That was very well done

 

[Dubi Doo]

Kendrick just murdered Drake

I listened to it at first, and thought it was pretty good, but the more I listen to it, the better it gets. Drake will probably respond, but he really doesn't have the lyrical game to go toe-to-toe with Kendrick. Luckily for him, he has a rabid fanbase that follows him, so I don't think this will harm his character. I also think Pusha's diss did way more PR damage than this one largely because it brought up his son that he *apparently* neglected, which was an unturned stone at the time.

 

[Mitch nylander]

This beef has went to the point of no return wow. Bringing in family, also dissing Rick and Future.



Literally 15 mins later.

Going at each others kids... Kendrick dropping some serious allegations, including drake having a daughter.

 

[BobColesNasalCavity]

Damn. It's getting ugly. We all remember when Push bullied Drake into being a good dad. Drake hiding more kids would be embarassing as hell.

 

[Peasy]

J Cole the real winner

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

That Meet the Grahams track is disturbing. Alchemist killed it.

Can’t help but feel this is all too much, on both sides. Mutually-assured destruction.

 

[Dubi Doo]

J Cole the real winner

Yeah. I gave him shit. I was a fool. Smart MAN. Taking the wrath from the hip hop community to keep his family from taking strays. As a 36 yr old man with a wife and son, that's what a father/husband should do.

That Meet the Grahams track is disturbing. Alchemist killed it.

Can’t help but feel this is all too much, on both sides. Mutually-assured destruction.

It's honestly one of the dirtiest disses Ive ever heard. Kendrick is too damn clever, and bringing out the demon in him was not a good move by Drake. It seemed like this could've been a flexing bars type of beef, but then Drake mentioned Kendrick's wife. I guess rap beefs rarely ever stay clean.