Kendrick and Drake's Subliminal Cold War
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SuburbanPimp
Giving game to lames since the 90s
It was interesting for a minute, but I don't think either really disliked the other enough to go all the way in. And after seeing Drake wave the white flag after Push dropped his diss. He definitely wouldn't have the stomach for a real back and forth
duckbutta
eienaar van mans
At the time I thought Kendrick would’ve won but damn Drake is undefeated.
Pusha exposed him in blackface and he had hidden his b*stard child. Meek exposed he doesn’t even write his music.
The Drake machine is too strong. This dude is untouchable
It's the fact that his fans don't care about him getting embarrassed or out rapped in a battle, so technically there was nothing to lose.
You think a bunch of dudes who aint never touched a woman going to feel a way about a dude having a child with an industry bust down? They wish they could be so lucky.
Most his fans are white so you think they care about him being caught in blackface ? Nope.
I was going say this. I think Kendrick a lil overrated and Drake's battle tested. And didn't he trade shots with Hov too? Or was that just Hov who had the "sorry Ms. Drizzy" line and it was squashed after thatThis is why i can’t fully support Cole or Kendrick. Drake got his hands dirty with Push, Meek & Common. While the other 2 subbed Lil pump & Big Sean
That’s not Hiphop imo. U got to have a battle under your belt if u at the top
Yup, and pusha t is nowhere to be found.
Drake has the most diverse fanbase in the rap game.
Metal Face
Superstar
all this video did was prove how WOAT the rap game has gotten vocally 
erker
All Star
Drake had to have another man (J Prince) end the battle for him. Like having an older brother squashing the beef you started. That's a bytch move no matter what way you look at it. Fight your own battles.
Rembrandt
the artist
Bro, shut your stupid ass up.
Commons reply was trash and he embarrassed himself bc his feelings were hurt over Serena
He called drake Canada dry and said he ain't frank Sinatra lol oooooo
Piff Perkins
Veteran
Again, he challenged this dude for the world to see on BET and in Control. Said his name on record. Crickets.
Rembrandt
the artist
Again, he challenged this dude for the world to see on BET and in Control. Said his name on record. Crickets.
Granted, he did publicly say he didn't think control was much of a diss and he saw him in person and Kendrick was acting super friendly.
I do think they were both itching for that beef, at maybe different times, but it hot squashed. I don't think either one are afraid of each other like ppl in here think
This is gonna be a long read
Just to note, I'm fans of both Kendrick and Drake. When Drake was bubbling in 08, he was one of my favorite artists. I was rooting for him heavy especially after I heard Fear
I thought he'd be a two headed monster. A true lyricist who could give you bars and also a singer who could touch on relationships with women and other topics like that in a vulnerable way. He was killing verses and killing hooks. Unprecedented shyt
When Meek said he had ghostwriters and the reference tracks came out, I honestly never looked at Drake the same again. The GOAT talk from me went out the window at that point but I still enjoy his music
I'll say I'm a bigger fan of Kendrick than Drake now but I'm not someone who's simply a K. Dot stan talking him up
I'm a hip hop head first. When you look at this situation in the eyes of a HIP HOP fan, you'll see Drake is the one at a disadvantage. The Pusha T situation was evidence that he couldn't hang bar for bar with a rapper on that level
In all of his battles, he controlled the narrative with memes, social media posts, and other tactics that added to his diss records. His disses when heard individually have never been ones where you hear and go
6pm in Calabasas was like the closest one and even that wasn't really scathing
Drake has never put out an Ether. He's never put out a Takeover. No Vaseline. The Bridge is over. We can go on and on. He has slick lines in songs and tactful diss records. There's nothing you hear from Drake and say "Damn Drake killed _______". It's always been a narrative thing with him in beefs
When he couldn't pull that card with Push, he backtracked. Put out a press release, had J Prince come to his defense and say "Man Drake had a diss track that would've ended both Pusha T and Kanye's career", went on The Shop and tried to juelz about the situation there
And it's funny because alot of people forget he had hella subliminals toward Kanye and Push on Scorpion. He wrote those after Adidon came out and tried to put them out after the fact while backing out of the back and forth
"The only deadbeats are the beats I been rapping to"
"I wasn't hiding the kid from the world I was hiding the world from my kid"
Listen to 8 out of 10
He put that on the album on some slick shyt. Then had the Plies skit at the end
"I can't argue with you. You big mad"
It's like the nikka stepped in the ring with Duppy then ran away after Adidon came out and started talking shyt after the fact while playing the "I could've ended your career but I settled into my role as the good guy. Luck is on your side"
What part of the game is that?
You mean to tell me the same man who did that p*ssy ass shyt against Push won't do the same with Kendrick? Keep in mind not only is Kendrick built from the same cloth as Push when it comes to lyricism, but Kendrick is way more famous
Like I said before, Drake hasn't seen that monster before. A rapper who is calculated, can dissect your whole character, bar you up, and has the fame to prevent you from playing the "you aren't famous" card. There's no logical reason to put Drake over Kendrick
And another thing like @old boy said, just because your career isn't over after a beef doesn't mean you didn't lose. This is hip hop. It all boils down to who outdid who on wax. If Drake couldn't do that to Push then he isn't doing that to Kendrick. Simple as that
Just to note, I'm fans of both Kendrick and Drake. When Drake was bubbling in 08, he was one of my favorite artists. I was rooting for him heavy especially after I heard Fear
I thought he'd be a two headed monster. A true lyricist who could give you bars and also a singer who could touch on relationships with women and other topics like that in a vulnerable way. He was killing verses and killing hooks. Unprecedented shyt
When Meek said he had ghostwriters and the reference tracks came out, I honestly never looked at Drake the same again. The GOAT talk from me went out the window at that point but I still enjoy his music
I'll say I'm a bigger fan of Kendrick than Drake now but I'm not someone who's simply a K. Dot stan talking him up
I'm a hip hop head first. When you look at this situation in the eyes of a HIP HOP fan, you'll see Drake is the one at a disadvantage. The Pusha T situation was evidence that he couldn't hang bar for bar with a rapper on that level
In all of his battles, he controlled the narrative with memes, social media posts, and other tactics that added to his diss records. His disses when heard individually have never been ones where you hear and go
6pm in Calabasas was like the closest one and even that wasn't really scathing
Drake has never put out an Ether. He's never put out a Takeover. No Vaseline. The Bridge is over. We can go on and on. He has slick lines in songs and tactful diss records. There's nothing you hear from Drake and say "Damn Drake killed _______". It's always been a narrative thing with him in beefs
When he couldn't pull that card with Push, he backtracked. Put out a press release, had J Prince come to his defense and say "Man Drake had a diss track that would've ended both Pusha T and Kanye's career", went on The Shop and tried to juelz about the situation there
And it's funny because alot of people forget he had hella subliminals toward Kanye and Push on Scorpion. He wrote those after Adidon came out and tried to put them out after the fact while backing out of the back and forth
"The only deadbeats are the beats I been rapping to"
"I wasn't hiding the kid from the world I was hiding the world from my kid"
Listen to 8 out of 10
He put that on the album on some slick shyt. Then had the Plies skit at the end
"I can't argue with you. You big mad"
It's like the nikka stepped in the ring with Duppy then ran away after Adidon came out and started talking shyt after the fact while playing the "I could've ended your career but I settled into my role as the good guy. Luck is on your side"
What part of the game is that?
You mean to tell me the same man who did that p*ssy ass shyt against Push won't do the same with Kendrick? Keep in mind not only is Kendrick built from the same cloth as Push when it comes to lyricism, but Kendrick is way more famous
Like I said before, Drake hasn't seen that monster before. A rapper who is calculated, can dissect your whole character, bar you up, and has the fame to prevent you from playing the "you aren't famous" card. There's no logical reason to put Drake over Kendrick
And another thing like @old boy said, just because your career isn't over after a beef doesn't mean you didn't lose. This is hip hop. It all boils down to who outdid who on wax. If Drake couldn't do that to Push then he isn't doing that to Kendrick. Simple as that
damn @Groovy Tony you knocked that one outta the park. drizzy just ain't built like no damn kendrick for myriad reasons. and his behavior on the shop with lebron? maybe top 5 cringe moments in hip hop history. even bron looked uncomfortable & he loves champagne. hiding behind j prince, craftily trying to make it him vs soft target non-lyricist kanye instead of high powered king push, claiming there was some scathing dis but he's not gonna release it, drake's trigger fingers turn to IG fingers, then on top of that you're still sending sublims on scorpion with the most egregious being nonstop? WOW and yeah back to back was wild overrated. nikkas acted like that was takeover, ether or bytch in yoo stop it
he actually told push he's "pulling gimmicks cuz he's scared to rap"
drake YOU were scared to rap! OMG son
yeah kendrick you might have to leave him be
he actually told push he's "pulling gimmicks cuz he's scared to rap"
drake YOU were scared to rap! OMG sonyeah kendrick you might have to leave him be
Drake would wash Kendrick. Its not even close.