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will wrote:
Definitely miss College Dropout/Late Registration/Graduation 'Ye
The Blueprint. Fire.
Illmatic. Don't need to say anything.
Lupe's Food & Liquor and The Cool. Nothing else he has done touches those first two LPs.
will wrote:
Lupe's Food & Liquor and The Cool. Nothing else he has done touches those first two LPs.
- Raptors RealGM Forum re: Masai Ujiri - June 2023What an absolute failure and disaster this franchise is, ran by one of the most incompetent front offices in the league.
LoveMyRaps wrote:The point of a rap battle is to evaluate the quality of the diss tracks and decide on a winner based on who had the better bars.
It's clear, and quite evident in this thread, that people declared Kendrick the winner because of Drake's "off-court issues".
I've never been a big fan of Drake, I appreciate what he's done for the city but in terms of GTA music there are SEVERAL talents that I like over him (The Weeknd, Tory Lanez, PartyNextDoor, DVSN).
None of Drake's albums are anywhere near my top 10 hip-hop/rap albums. Possibly not even top 20.
(F&L, The Cool, Illmatic, Late Registration, College Dropout, TCII & III, Blueprint - some of my personal favorites off the top of my head in no order).
WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID - I've been listening to Rap music for a VERY LONG time. I can admit Kendrick is, and always has been, the better lyricist in comparison to Drake.
However, I would not use this "rap battle" to support that claim. Because if we're evaluating each track solely based off lyricism than Drake, for sure, got the better of Kendrick.
Kendrick's delivery and flow is lethal, so even if he says the most basic line like "your son's a sick man with sick thoughts, I think n***** like him should die" - people will go bezerk over it. Like calm down...
Or when Kendrick said "there's no big 3, only big me" - people thought it was some monumental diss.
MTG was my personal favorite, Euphoria A VERY CLOSE 2nd - however, MTG is just straight up weird now cuz he dedicates a good chunk of the track to a non-existent child that was supposed to be Drake's daughter. He looks like a fool now. But nonetheless, I commend his strategy to drop it right after Family Matter.
My favorite line from Kendrick was "Tryna strike a chord and it's probably A minor" - see now that is called bars.
But Drake countered that beautifully with: "You mentionin' A minor, but n****s gotta B sharp and tell the fans, "Who was it?"
You thought you left D flat, D major ('D made ya')"Spoiler:
Now those are the types of bars I wanted to hear. But this battle got weird real quick.
From both rapper spewing nonsense to people declaring Kendrick the winner before even giving Drake a chance.
I'm impressed by Drake, because he didn't back down from a literal 20v1 and even held his own against Kendrick, who is a very good (not elite) lyricist in his own right.
But people won't give Drake credit because he's an alleged pedo... even though that literally has nothing to do with who makes better music.
Refer to:
https://genius.com/Drake-push-ups-lyrics
https://genius.com/Drake-family-matters-lyrics
carlosey wrote:Kendrick fans are like taylor swift fans in terms of how idiotically tribal they are with their narratives.
Barack Obama wrote:You can’t lose heart, or grow cynical if there are twists and turns on your journey. The cynics may be the loudest voices — but I promise you, they will accomplish the least.
YogurtProducer wrote:will wrote:
Lupe's Food & Liquor and The Cool. Nothing else he has done touches those first two LPs.
Tetsuo and Youth is up there IMO
BC_IS_A_PLAYA wrote:jonas sucks, his dad should have got a vasectomy
UnderdogRaptors wrote:This version of pushups is so much better
https://youtu.be/P_odIhjnm8E?si=uOh0ofAfMylG_2VC
will wrote:UnderdogRaptors wrote:This version of pushups is so much better
https://youtu.be/P_odIhjnm8E?si=uOh0ofAfMylG_2VC
The OG and1 legend himself!!!!!
BC_IS_A_PLAYA wrote:jonas sucks, his dad should have got a vasectomy
UnderdogRaptors wrote:will wrote:UnderdogRaptors wrote:This version of pushups is so much better
https://youtu.be/P_odIhjnm8E?si=uOh0ofAfMylG_2VC
The OG and1 legend himself!!!!!
Hope u been good my friend
YogurtProducer wrote:ATLTimekeeper wrote:YogurtProducer wrote:Wild how out of touch some of you are.
Does no one here know anything about how many rich and famous dudes do sketchy **** for years before they get caught? Cosby, Weinstein, etc. did worse than what Drake is rumored to and it took decades for them to come down.
For the record, I'm not denying that the accusations are improbable. I'm saying that there's nothing there beyond some internet gossip at this point, and so I doubt the Raptors would be worried about it. These allegations have been around a long time and the extent of damning evidence seems to be that Drake kissed a 17 year old onstage years ago. If it wasn't a big deal then, I don't see how it's a deal breaker now just because a famous rapper brought it up in a musical argument.
If some women start talking to the media or charges get pressed, then I think you would see a shift in corporate attitude.
We currently have millions of streams in which the premise of the song is that Drake is a pedophile and that OVO is now being sung as "O-V-Hoe".
If you don't think the Raptors are talking about this IDK what to say. They are 100% going to likely distance themselves from Drake, even if it is somewhat of an overreaction. No NBA team will want to associate with this beef on the off chance the accusations are actually accurate. Drake is already barely seen here, it would not take much for them to severe ties quietly.
LoveMyRaps wrote:YogurtProducer wrote:will wrote:
Lupe's Food & Liquor and The Cool. Nothing else he has done touches those first two LPs.
Tetsuo and Youth is up there IMO
T&Y is HEAVILY slept on. It's a masterpiece.
I honestly very much enjoyed F&L II as well - Form Follows Function, Lamborghini Angels, Strange Fruition, etc.
- Raptors RealGM Forum re: Masai Ujiri - June 2023What an absolute failure and disaster this franchise is, ran by one of the most incompetent front offices in the league.
will wrote:UnderdogRaptors wrote:will wrote:
The OG and1 legend himself!!!!!
Hope u been good my friend
Out of banned status now.
We good, player!!!
