If he didn't use AI it wouldn't be bad, people only feel a way about this song because of verse 1
Except if AI was always thing 96 Pac would've definitely used the shyt too. Death didn't stop Pac from talking about people. "Switched sides guess his new friends wanted him dead"
There can't be no rules in rap battles now all of a sudden...well...we found the rule book. It says here number 1 rule is you can't mimic dead people. Not after decades of threatening to shoot & stab each other, laughing at sickle cell & diseases, fukking the rapper's underage daughter, condoms on the baby seat etc. nikkas were coming out the woodwork with regulations for Drake to follow and didn't even need to he lost anyway
You can do and say ANYTHING in a rap battle, but you better make sure it LANDS with the populace and strikes a blow against your opponent. The A.I. bullshyt didn’t land with anyone and it didn’t strike a real blow against Kendrick. When you invoke the spirit of Tupac Shakur your calling upon the persona of a true Hip Hop deity. I’m not even a Pac fan like that but everyone who has even a passing interest in rap knows that Pac is considered a God. Drake not only made a mockery of a dead legend, he used it against a WEST COAST artist, which was foolish as fukk, because it only served to help unite the West Coast behind Kendrick’s cause. Just like when Drake had the nerve to call out who was and wasn’t banging sets on Family Matters. Thats West Coast shyt you don’t play with, especially when Kendrick has been outspoken on never claiming a set or gang.
Almost every decision Drake made after Push Ups helped to prove Kendrick’s main point correct. Drake is an outsider who cosplays as a Hip Hop artist without understanding any goddamn thing about the CULTURE surrounding the music.