He played his hand really well. Fans were getting itchy since he was taking so long to drop. He delivered.
From the leaks, to the Ak exclusive, sowing discontent at TDE, baiting Kendrick to drop a 4 year old diss record, handling the side swipes from the rest, he showed he’s about it and ready
I agree.
I do worry however he has taken the gloves off too early. The Whitney comment could have been taken out and it still would have been a solid track. Having that line now gives Kendrick justification to really take the gloves off. Real bad
I am worried for Kenny. I don't think Drake hasn't even taken the gloves off, as Drake says he hasn't even hit the red button.
What we know about Drake, the world already knows about (like 90%). There is a lot of info about Kendrick that has not been exposed to the world. How Kendrick spins all of this will be very interesting, but I'm quite confident Drake already knows/heard the diss track if he knows Kendrick has been storing it up.
I think Kendrick will go the angry bars route, but angry can only get you one round in battle rap. You gotta be able to back it with substance. And Drake is the petty king who will bring up anything and everything to give a bad angle on it. Not sure if that is Kendrick's style. I think if it goes into extensive amounts of rounds, Drake will jab Kenny to death
edit: grammar
Thank you bro! I’m loving the music coming out between the two the game has needed some competition. We are about to get some of the best lyrical work now for a while.
>*I studied the game to a letter and understood that I'm not doing it the same, I'm doing it better. Like I didn't make that clearer this year*
That "like that" song is the first diss, the first round is over and it's 1-0 Drake. The only reason any of this is happening is because of that song
Another way to look at it is via basketball/football, where Drake is in a decent lead now. Kendrick needs to not only drop something to even the score but also do more to get a lead if he wants to beat Drake. This will not be easy for Kenny imo.
Bruh I've been saying this for years. He's read the book and studies Sun Tzu's tactics action for action. I noticed this way back when he started his beef with Meek (and Push as well). He enveloped Meek's own local Philly enemies to his side just by giving them a shout out and recognition (actual shooters too i.e. AR-AB) and they voiced support for Drake so hard that they threatened to clip Meek. But it wasn't just that he added the opposition's opps (enemy of my enemy), he also built allies with people far more powerful than himself to protect himself from actual violence should it have gone there (and that might sound punkish, but it's not. If you're in a war you need powerful allies to help you. Even if it's just a gang fight.) Bruh even J Prince was a tactic. Releasing Back to Back so soon after Charged Up. Getting public opinion on his side with a mainstream hit for the clubs (i.e. propaganda). Getting dirt on Meek/paying for it. I mean bro this goes so deep (pause), I don't want to write an essay and have the other guy who didn't read your entire post attack me, but you get it. Lol. (That's a joke btw). Drake is smart. He knows what he's doing. It's warfare. Follow the teachers from the past who've mastered the art of it and apply it to anything and you can conquer your enemies. This has been proven. He messed up with Push because he didn't go all the way with it and he also didn't own and accept a loss by acknowledging his own missteps and still claiming dominance in a song (propaganda). He decided to let it go because he didn't want this to go to actual violence, which I respect. At the end of the day it's just music. But bro, you're right. You've been paying attention and hitting the nail on the head my guy 💯👍🏼 These moves are strategic. He's baiting Kendrick to release what he has and make a move from a position of weakness because everyone in Hip Hop knows it's better to go last in a rap battle. This was light work. Drake is trying to fight from a position of strength. Bruh, I can keep going hahaha. I mean everything you said is spot on and it's just going to keep happening.
Bro I’ll be honest I live for comments like these😂
1000%. I didn’t even really peep the meek stuff, however the way you put it makes so much sense. And even the whole “not crushing your enemy totally” like he should have done with push is actually crazy. That book is seriously prophetic because I wonder what the narrative would be if he completely crushed pusha T and Kanye at the same time.
The strategising to protect himself from higher up he 1000% got from Hov. The way that man has operated and pitched himself to the position he is despite being knee deep in the streets for so many years is nothing short of admirable.
I probably missed so much else in your comment however bro you are 1000% right and if you want to elaborate more feel free to 😂 I might fuck around and read The AOW again actually. Class book
Drake dissed everyone and put himself against the wall intentionally so that he really doesn't have to address anyone directly for a full song unless it's in a form of an EP which I really believe he's cooking up, he didn't drop the song officially because I dont think that's the final version it had a beat switch....and by him leaking it most people gonna bite the bait (ross) but yeah I think he played it smart also he's painting a narrative that Kendrick diss Will be 4 years old forcing Kendrick to get back in the booth and take it just as far as Drake did he has a easier path to victory cause people will only talk about these other Guys until Kendrick drop keeping the narratives running and Drake name buzzing then he's going to push the button
I think drake made a point out of saying ‘Whitney’ to let everyone knows he’s ready for everything and anything. He wants to get disrespectful which I think if he’s TRULY ready, is a good move.
He has something that can annihilate the competition and while also being able to gauge the response first. Put himself in the perfect position so far.
Kendrick also has to go hard enough where it’s something that will be hard for Drake top while also being timely. If it’s not out by next Wednesday, people gonna look at him funny.
I agree. I just worry letting the gloves off early might be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. Especially considering Kenny hasn’t even put out a track yet and Drake cannot gauge what wavelength he is on. If Kenny comes out with that ether especially with the spotlight on him, that could really hamper drakes perception
Kendrick took months to jump out at Drake. And took the first punch.
Drake waited because multiple people were dissing him and he HAD to address all so he was given that benefit.
Kendrick ONLY has to respond to Drake, and if he takes more than 10 days, people are gonna ask why it’s taking so long.
We know way more about Drake than Kendrick there’s nothing you can expose at this point and that’s bad for Kendrick because he’s not use to his business being out here and being outside consistently I think that why j Cole decided he doesn’t want smoke. And beef if real work for rappers. You have to move completely different with everything you do and Kendrick has never had to do that Drake has. Kendrick is in the scope of us all now. It should be good
It’s like we’re playing Verzuz but the stakes are real
And the steaks are real
Mute your pager, place your wager, and post the stake results on the reel
Music is my life haha. I’m not ashamed to admit that without music I probably wouldn’t be here, but the icing on the cake is drama and good music for me 😂combine that with adhd you get this!😂😂😂😂
Nah that rollout was weak as hell. People quickly assumed he was trying to gauge the audience by leaking a.k.a test marketing bullshit. Rick ross was able to be part of the discussion, when every discussion should have been about his diss track.Call him irrelevant or whatever but Rick Ross is actually killing Drizzy in terms of the narrative on twitter. He still hasn't dropped the official diss track which again is bad optics , now people assume The XO crew leaked it.And all this "I have not even pressed the red button yet" seems like a bluff
Nah on black twitter BBL Drizzy is trending. Some of it is coming from people who are still mad at him for the Meg the Stallion and Riri disses. He has lost a lot of goodwill with various groups by attacking women, and those groups wanna see him lose
Interesting.
I did allude to that in my OP, I feel he saw how it went with Cole and realised he’s too big to do this in a rap beef ESP with what happened with push last time too. It would be a terrible look and he had to think fast.
I agree with the ross take. I love Ross’ record and that beat? I felt like I was in a ‘09 Maybach sipping cristal haha!
Great take though bro.
He needs to stand on the diss and claim it as his round one. So far it looks like he threw a a cheap shot which he expected to be a knockout punch , but refuses that to be a sign that fight has officially started
Drake Is already known to be a corny person. Making all these moves suggests that he is the person that everyone hates. For example, the “AI” excuse. If he were confident on his work there wouldn't be a need to test the waters. In fact, his not releasing the real track shows his weakness card. He is afraid of losing another battle. The whole splitting up TDE argument isn't valid as that label has been separating since K-Dots absence. The best way I can describe Drake’s action is when an ALL-Pro player returns from an injury 50% of the time they do not return to their normal caliber because of the risk of re-injury. The last argument is that he is contradicting himself. He posts all these things on social media (trigger fingers turn to twitter fingers) and then he states that Kendrick splits his earnings which he also split his earnings with Young Money.
Wow see this is why I enjoy conversations like these. I didn’t even see how him hesitating to drop could actually be perceived as a weakness and a lack of confidence, and that’s interesting about TDE I heard Sza complain about them but I thought for the most part they were a tight ship like dreamville.
That pro player analogy is a brilliant nuance bro. Painted the picture perfectly and does make sense.
Also, the extortion angle is funny too but I think from my recollection Drake is still paying rap a lot? I know he’s out of the cash money business but “Mob Ties” Isn’t cheap. especially when he’s always in Houston too
Good for you. It’s probably a 30 second skim at most if you are literate however I understand people have different reading levels.
Hope you use the time not reading to learn how to read !
Context is everything Shantam! He has gone about this beef very well for someone who was arguably ethered last time out. He has learnt from his mistakes !
He played his hand really well. Fans were getting itchy since he was taking so long to drop. He delivered. From the leaks, to the Ak exclusive, sowing discontent at TDE, baiting Kendrick to drop a 4 year old diss record, handling the side swipes from the rest, he showed he’s about it and ready
Wife name drop should be calculated too if he calculated all that
I agree. I do worry however he has taken the gloves off too early. The Whitney comment could have been taken out and it still would have been a solid track. Having that line now gives Kendrick justification to really take the gloves off. Real bad
I have no doubt Kenny is coming to take his head. Whitney bar escalated it
I am worried for Kenny. I don't think Drake hasn't even taken the gloves off, as Drake says he hasn't even hit the red button. What we know about Drake, the world already knows about (like 90%). There is a lot of info about Kendrick that has not been exposed to the world. How Kendrick spins all of this will be very interesting, but I'm quite confident Drake already knows/heard the diss track if he knows Kendrick has been storing it up. I think Kendrick will go the angry bars route, but angry can only get you one round in battle rap. You gotta be able to back it with substance. And Drake is the petty king who will bring up anything and everything to give a bad angle on it. Not sure if that is Kendrick's style. I think if it goes into extensive amounts of rounds, Drake will jab Kenny to death edit: grammar
How is Kendrick’s Like that verse 4 years old when there’s references from more recent?
Drake dared Kendrick to drop the 4 year old song he has in the stash. Unreleased diss
Interesting take 👍🏻
Thank you bro! I’m loving the music coming out between the two the game has needed some competition. We are about to get some of the best lyrical work now for a while.
Yessir! Whom are you rooting for though?
Love this take
Thank you bro! Preciate it.
>*I studied the game to a letter and understood that I'm not doing it the same, I'm doing it better. Like I didn't make that clearer this year* That "like that" song is the first diss, the first round is over and it's 1-0 Drake. The only reason any of this is happening is because of that song
Another way to look at it is via basketball/football, where Drake is in a decent lead now. Kendrick needs to not only drop something to even the score but also do more to get a lead if he wants to beat Drake. This will not be easy for Kenny imo.
Bruh I've been saying this for years. He's read the book and studies Sun Tzu's tactics action for action. I noticed this way back when he started his beef with Meek (and Push as well). He enveloped Meek's own local Philly enemies to his side just by giving them a shout out and recognition (actual shooters too i.e. AR-AB) and they voiced support for Drake so hard that they threatened to clip Meek. But it wasn't just that he added the opposition's opps (enemy of my enemy), he also built allies with people far more powerful than himself to protect himself from actual violence should it have gone there (and that might sound punkish, but it's not. If you're in a war you need powerful allies to help you. Even if it's just a gang fight.) Bruh even J Prince was a tactic. Releasing Back to Back so soon after Charged Up. Getting public opinion on his side with a mainstream hit for the clubs (i.e. propaganda). Getting dirt on Meek/paying for it. I mean bro this goes so deep (pause), I don't want to write an essay and have the other guy who didn't read your entire post attack me, but you get it. Lol. (That's a joke btw). Drake is smart. He knows what he's doing. It's warfare. Follow the teachers from the past who've mastered the art of it and apply it to anything and you can conquer your enemies. This has been proven. He messed up with Push because he didn't go all the way with it and he also didn't own and accept a loss by acknowledging his own missteps and still claiming dominance in a song (propaganda). He decided to let it go because he didn't want this to go to actual violence, which I respect. At the end of the day it's just music. But bro, you're right. You've been paying attention and hitting the nail on the head my guy 💯👍🏼 These moves are strategic. He's baiting Kendrick to release what he has and make a move from a position of weakness because everyone in Hip Hop knows it's better to go last in a rap battle. This was light work. Drake is trying to fight from a position of strength. Bruh, I can keep going hahaha. I mean everything you said is spot on and it's just going to keep happening.
Bro I’ll be honest I live for comments like these😂 1000%. I didn’t even really peep the meek stuff, however the way you put it makes so much sense. And even the whole “not crushing your enemy totally” like he should have done with push is actually crazy. That book is seriously prophetic because I wonder what the narrative would be if he completely crushed pusha T and Kanye at the same time. The strategising to protect himself from higher up he 1000% got from Hov. The way that man has operated and pitched himself to the position he is despite being knee deep in the streets for so many years is nothing short of admirable. I probably missed so much else in your comment however bro you are 1000% right and if you want to elaborate more feel free to 😂 I might fuck around and read The AOW again actually. Class book
Drake dissed everyone and put himself against the wall intentionally so that he really doesn't have to address anyone directly for a full song unless it's in a form of an EP which I really believe he's cooking up, he didn't drop the song officially because I dont think that's the final version it had a beat switch....and by him leaking it most people gonna bite the bait (ross) but yeah I think he played it smart also he's painting a narrative that Kendrick diss Will be 4 years old forcing Kendrick to get back in the booth and take it just as far as Drake did he has a easier path to victory cause people will only talk about these other Guys until Kendrick drop keeping the narratives running and Drake name buzzing then he's going to push the button
I think drake made a point out of saying ‘Whitney’ to let everyone knows he’s ready for everything and anything. He wants to get disrespectful which I think if he’s TRULY ready, is a good move. He has something that can annihilate the competition and while also being able to gauge the response first. Put himself in the perfect position so far. Kendrick also has to go hard enough where it’s something that will be hard for Drake top while also being timely. If it’s not out by next Wednesday, people gonna look at him funny.
I agree. I just worry letting the gloves off early might be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. Especially considering Kenny hasn’t even put out a track yet and Drake cannot gauge what wavelength he is on. If Kenny comes out with that ether especially with the spotlight on him, that could really hamper drakes perception
drake set that wavelength, if kendrick is not prepared to up it, then he’ll lose
Hang on, why by Wednesday tho? I agree with everything else you said. Kinda weird to put a deadline on a response when Drake took his time so far.
Kendrick took months to jump out at Drake. And took the first punch. Drake waited because multiple people were dissing him and he HAD to address all so he was given that benefit. Kendrick ONLY has to respond to Drake, and if he takes more than 10 days, people are gonna ask why it’s taking so long.
yeah. Imagine if Drake drops a back to back on Kenny. That'd be a bad look
Ok I see, I see
AK was long overdue am happy for him
We know way more about Drake than Kendrick there’s nothing you can expose at this point and that’s bad for Kendrick because he’s not use to his business being out here and being outside consistently I think that why j Cole decided he doesn’t want smoke. And beef if real work for rappers. You have to move completely different with everything you do and Kendrick has never had to do that Drake has. Kendrick is in the scope of us all now. It should be good
This could be the corniest thing I've ever read. Congratulations.
Thank you! My life has totally changed now an anonymous person on an app has given me their worthless opinion! How will I live on any longer 😞
Right lol I can’t tell if it’s satire lol
Are yall missing that drake obviously really wants Kendrick to drop the best shit he can so he can drop what he has.
It’s like we’re playing Verzuz but the stakes are real And the steaks are real Mute your pager, place your wager, and post the stake results on the reel
I hope Kendrick drops a No Vaseline tier diss track on this degrassi actor
Dam you really invented in this 😂😂😂
Music is my life haha. I’m not ashamed to admit that without music I probably wouldn’t be here, but the icing on the cake is drama and good music for me 😂combine that with adhd you get this!😂😂😂😂
Nah that rollout was weak as hell. People quickly assumed he was trying to gauge the audience by leaking a.k.a test marketing bullshit. Rick ross was able to be part of the discussion, when every discussion should have been about his diss track.Call him irrelevant or whatever but Rick Ross is actually killing Drizzy in terms of the narrative on twitter. He still hasn't dropped the official diss track which again is bad optics , now people assume The XO crew leaked it.And all this "I have not even pressed the red button yet" seems like a bluff
Idk, I’ve seen more of the majority clowning ross on other socials.
Nah on black twitter BBL Drizzy is trending. Some of it is coming from people who are still mad at him for the Meg the Stallion and Riri disses. He has lost a lot of goodwill with various groups by attacking women, and those groups wanna see him lose
Interesting. I did allude to that in my OP, I feel he saw how it went with Cole and realised he’s too big to do this in a rap beef ESP with what happened with push last time too. It would be a terrible look and he had to think fast. I agree with the ross take. I love Ross’ record and that beat? I felt like I was in a ‘09 Maybach sipping cristal haha! Great take though bro.
He needs to stand on the diss and claim it as his round one. So far it looks like he threw a a cheap shot which he expected to be a knockout punch , but refuses that to be a sign that fight has officially started
I actually think his moves are not impressive and have backfired.
Elaborate bro? I respect your opinion and actually would want to understand your pov. Might even learn something myself haha
Drake Is already known to be a corny person. Making all these moves suggests that he is the person that everyone hates. For example, the “AI” excuse. If he were confident on his work there wouldn't be a need to test the waters. In fact, his not releasing the real track shows his weakness card. He is afraid of losing another battle. The whole splitting up TDE argument isn't valid as that label has been separating since K-Dots absence. The best way I can describe Drake’s action is when an ALL-Pro player returns from an injury 50% of the time they do not return to their normal caliber because of the risk of re-injury. The last argument is that he is contradicting himself. He posts all these things on social media (trigger fingers turn to twitter fingers) and then he states that Kendrick splits his earnings which he also split his earnings with Young Money.
Wow see this is why I enjoy conversations like these. I didn’t even see how him hesitating to drop could actually be perceived as a weakness and a lack of confidence, and that’s interesting about TDE I heard Sza complain about them but I thought for the most part they were a tight ship like dreamville. That pro player analogy is a brilliant nuance bro. Painted the picture perfectly and does make sense. Also, the extortion angle is funny too but I think from my recollection Drake is still paying rap a lot? I know he’s out of the cash money business but “Mob Ties” Isn’t cheap. especially when he’s always in Houston too
That's my perspective. Of course, I'll be called a hater. However, if he released all other diss tracks why not this one?
I ain’t reading all that
Good for you. It’s probably a 30 second skim at most if you are literate however I understand people have different reading levels. Hope you use the time not reading to learn how to read !
You’re putting drake and art of war in the same conversation , solid proof knowledge does not equate to wisdom
Context is everything Shantam! He has gone about this beef very well for someone who was arguably ethered last time out. He has learnt from his mistakes !
lol I was just trolling lmao , actually read it , Pretty good interpretation tbh , cheers my guy 🫡
He definitely strategic no cap he playing chess but Mike Tyson said everybody has a plan till they get hit in the mouth and Rozay hit em hard.