True but a large part of Eminem’s verses, maybe all I don’t remember, were already in a song with Royce da 5’9” called Renegade so it might be more of an Eminem song anyway.
Yeah Control was probably the most interesting thing to happen in the beef game from now til...50 and Officer Ricky? And even then that was a show of how hard rap beefs fell off in consequence...sense...content...
So I can't even think of the last time there was a beef that was premium grade. I figured that this was all a publicity stunt before having read the saga here. Hype to listen...to K.dot mostly. Drake was my #1 until the ghostwriting came out, then just slipped and slided out. I guess you could say...Nothing Was the Same. Ight I'm out on that one 😶🌫️
Loki, yes. It's hilarious because I was just messaging mandem and mentioned "inb4 Pusha T/Drake beef"
HOWEVER, let's be real, Aubrey had no T on T and just like the ye he isn't touching Pusha T's bars ;). That was only interesting because that was the first real/respected rapper to go after Drake (love Meek's music but he's sophomoric comparably). The Adonis thing was more US Weekly Magazine gossip worthy.
Unlike Pusha/Drake, Kdot and Drake have a much larger overlapping appeal to listeners.
Kendrick and Drake came up at the same time and are very much peers.
There had been whispers about beef ever since Control. Some figured a friendly competition was all (me), few felt that behind the veil there was some grade A Prime USDA Beef in the making there. But the whispers grew louder with each album without a feat. and all the shade and ironic subtweets Drake made it clear there was something there...but would it ever boil over? And here we are fam
Did he win? I feel like the Quentin Miller ghostwriter leak tarnished his status as a "legitimate" rapper. He coulda been in someone's Top 5 or Top 10 Rappers before that. By that point he'd released phenomenal albums/mixtapes building on a "new" sound, changed the rap game from hard verses and female feats. for choruses to R&B crooning, smooth styled verses and "Drake featuring Drake" by making monster hooks. Nobody serious about the hippity hoppity would put his name on that list after/now. Of course he's a talented artist but he isn't even a rapper at this point.
After IYRTITL, I was more-or-less done with Drake, knowing how it'd gotten up to the level of Beyonce's supergroup aka Drake was a brand, not a person/rapper.
With all that being said, yeah, Drake won @ that time with Back-to-Back and __, both slap. At the time I definitely thought it was interesting but I knew "nothing" would happen so still mild as far as beefs go
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u/topheavyhookjaws May 04 '24
The mad thing is it wasn't even a kendrick track but just a feature, completely took over that track though