“This was a warning shot”. Well, that isn’t true.
So let’s break this down. The whole concept of a ‘warning shot’ and/or a verse to bait someone so you can make a bigger song comes from how Jay vs Nas went. And others followed.
1- Jay vs Nas:
The ‘warning shot’: ‘Ask Nas he don’t want it with Hov, no’: 1 line
The reply: Stilmatic freestyle
The finisher: Takeover
The rare counter finisher: Ether
2- Push vs Drake
The warning shot: How can right your wrongs, when you don’t even right your songs: 1 line
The reply: Duppy
The finisher: Addidon
Counter: ?? Idk, shyt was over
3- Drake vs Meek
Warning shot: A Meek tweet
The reply: Charged Up
2nd reply/finisher: Back to Back
Counter: don’t remember. It was over
4: Meek vs Game
The bait: Blood’ll be dripping like Niagara if I poke Meek + a few more bars. Very short
The reply: Ooou
Finisher: Pest Control
Counter: none. It was over
So based on how these things go, Like That was the bait, NOT 7 Min Drill. ‘Bait’ is short n sweet. Like that follows that pattern. 7 min drill does not. The bait is never a full on song directed at someone. That would make it a song, that’s your diss, it ain’t bait just bc you went light. So 7 min drill = Stillmatic freestyle, Duppy, Charged Up, Ouuuu: all songs that ultimately were nowhere near enough and with the exception of Nas, resulted in an L
So, historically speaking, this is bad, very bad for Cole. He’s already seen as losing to some. So he’s set the stage for Kendrick to do him dirty with the finisher