Kendrick Lamar - Like That (Drake & J. Cole Diss) (Produced Metro Boomin) (fukk A Big 3 & Remember Prince Outlived Mike Jack)

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Drake was about to pass Michael Jackson in billboard number 1s. He bragged about about being one away on the collab with J cole. Kendrick is saying it doesnt matter how many hits drake got. His artistry is Prince and will outlive Drakes discography regardless.

It STILL doesn't make sense. Prince never surpassed MJ.

 

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Also it goes back to his point about he rather have respect than money and power. Prince probably has more respect with people than Michael Jackson you got a lot of people who think Michael is a pedo even though he was the bigger artist.

U nikkas just making shyt up at this point. Lol

 

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I mean Prince DID outlive Michael breh. Prince’s new material was also more relevant during the later part of his career than MJ managed (mostly due to his health and controversies not because of any decline in skill or ability) its not rocket science to conclude that Kendrick is saying in the most exaggerated manner possible that his music and career longevity will outlast Drake’s. In the same way that Nas is still making a case for his GOAT status 30 years after Illmatic while Jay seems to have thrown in the towel, Kendrick could very well be making acclaimed music years and years after Drake’s last ghostwriter hangs it up.

MJ's music outlasts Prince in literally every sense of the word. Let's cut this shyt out brodie. The line doesn't make sense. Every rapper has lines that don't make sense.

 

[SNG]

U nikkas just making shyt up at this point. Lol

You looking at that bar face value and you don’t see the substance in it.

 

[SNG]

MJ's music outlasts Prince in literally every sense of the word. Let's cut this shyt out brodie. The line doesn't make sense. Every rapper has lines that don't make sense.

Do you know Prince has written for artists that have the biggest hits? Yea mike had more hits but in terms of artistry and talents he ain’t fukking with Prince like that.

 

[RaspberryFitted]

I never heard Carti real voice before....what the hell breh sound like?

 

[BK The Great]

 

[JealousOnesEn_V]

People really in here arguing that Prince’s music has outlasted MJ’s

 

[Chip Skylark]

Drake’s taken direct shots from Kendrick before and did nothing more but cry about it. I’d suspect that he wouldn’t link up with Cole just to hide behind him when hiding in plain sight has been working for a decade now. There was money, BIG money in aligning himself with Cole, whose a big draw himself. The song went number 1. the tour sold out. There’s been legit excitement seeing those two make music together. That plus they’ve been friends since they came in the game together. People forget the original “Big Three” of the new generation wasn’t supposed to include Kendrick. There was Wale, Krit, Kid Cudi, and Jay Electronica kind of vying for that third spot with Big Sean, Cyhi The Prince and Charles Hamilton bubbling. Hamilton lost his fukking mind and his buzz went with it. Cyhi, due to label/management issues was never able to capitalize off the My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy/ Good Music wave the way Sean did. Cudi went too far left too soon and was fighting drug problems. Krit signed to Def Jam, who didn’t really promote him right nor clear crucial samples he needed. Jay Elect fled to Europe to avoid paying Erykah Badu child support and waited a DECADE to drop an album. Wale had a nice run with MMG but never became a bonafide superstar. Kendrick literally LEAP FROGGED all of them nikkas plus his own label-mate Jay Rock when Section 80 dropped (some might say Overly Dedicated but i’m just going by general public consciousness) and became that third pillar when he delivered one of the greatest mainstream debut albums of all time.

I say all of this to say that Cole & Drake were anointed and solidified as the NEXT dudes a good 3 years before Kendrick started making a real splash. They knew each other. Had worked together. Had similar backgrounds (both biracial, black fathers, white mothers, semi-estranged from their fathers for a point during their youths, came up under the tutelage of popular mainstream rappers, combined rapping & singing, girls liked them, guys fukked with them, etc) so it makes perfect sense for them to have always been aligned.

Kendrick on the other hand never really seemed like he cared about Drake one way or the other. Drake put him on Take Care but its not like he was doing him any great favors and by that time Kendrick was pretty much solidifying himself as a force to be reckoned with. They went on tour. Then Kendrick pretty much ceased associating himself with him. He had TDE and the West Coast behind him he never needed alliances after he blew up. His relationship with Cole seems to have been one of mutual respect but again, its clear that Kendrick saw himself as a separate entity. Kendrick’s never really been publicly buddy buddy with anyone outside of TDE and he even left THEM behind at the first opportunity to have his own label situation.

All of this seems to stem from competition (as it should. This is rap we’re talking about) and Kendrick understanding that if he’s going to take out two birds with one stone NOW is the time. Drake will look even more like a punk if Cole responds (he will) and he doesn’t. That plus Drake went to war with Pusha-T, who we all know isn’t on Drake’s level of popularity but Kendrick very much IS of that level and again, Drake will look weak if he remains mum. This was a brilliant chess move on Kendrick’s behalf now he just has to back it up with a fire album and do something that rappers don’t do nowadays, include a full clip response to whatever Drake and Cole drop ON the album itself. Its time to bring back the days of Takeover and Ether, where the diss tracks are ON the album and live on forever. The Story Of Addinon is one of the best disses of all time…available on YouTube. Control was a great moment in battle history…available on YouTube. Hiss is a loosie track. Back to Back is a loosie track. Its time to out these shyts on ALBUMS

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Sounds MUCH better with his real voice

 

[Still Benefited]

Also it goes back to his point about he rather have respect than money and power. Prince probably has more respect with people than Michael Jackson you got a lot of people who think Michael is a pedo even though he was the bigger artist.

Personally I fukk with both Michael and Prince and their talent allows them to be great at different things.

I dont love either musically,but Prince 100% doesnt have more respect musically than Michael god damn Jackson imo. Outside those contrarians who hate everything thats popular

It STILL doesn't make sense. Prince never surpassed MJ.

Aint your uncle Rakim,your shaming the family at this point


Your not supposed to take it literally imo,although he could be giving a fan opinion like the other poster said. But I think he is saying Drakes legacy of hits is what Michael is representing here. Prince represents a purer artistry,so Prince represents Kendricks career here. Hes saying his purer artistry will outlive Drakes career of hitmaking.

 

[Hood Critic]

Looks like it was an emotional night

 

[Blessings]

That outlive part makes no sense at all

 

[Hood Critic]

Y'all got to be hella young to not understand the everlasting rivalry Prince and MJ had, that's why this simple bar is going so far over your heads.

MJ is the undisputed king of pop but you're out of your rabbit ass mind if you don't think that the entertainment industry doesn't hold Prince in just as high regard as an artist.

 

[Ziggiy]

Also it goes back to his point about he rather have respect than money and power. Prince probably has more respect with people than Michael Jackson you got a lot of people who think Michael is a pedo even though he was the bigger artist.

Personally I fukk with both Michael and Prince and their talent allows them to be great at different things.

Ehhhh I think Michael commands slightly more respect as he was the rare child prodigy who managed to become even BIGGER as an adult. Smokey Robinson and Jackie Wilson were calling Michael the greatest when he was TWELVE YEARS OLD. Michael is the first and to date ONLY recording artist ever to be inducted into the dance hall of fame. Michael was and is respected the world over.

Prince might get props for being a true musical auteur but I think its not as played up as it should be, meaning the general populace isn’t aware that Prince would routinely play ALL THE INSTRUMENTS on his songs in addition to writing and producing them. Stevie Wonder gets more credit and acclaim for this than Prince seems to.

Michael too was an underrated producer. Even though he didn’t play instruments he could instruct musicians on what and how he wanted a melody to play out. He could perfectly mimic instruments and put those mimics on tape so when the studio musicians came to recording sessions he’d have them listen and play out the ideas exactly as he’d thought them up. Michael and Quincy almost fell out because Michael wanted co-producer credit on Billie Jean and Quincy refused to give it to him. Michael basically put Billie Jean together himself, the demo version is extremely similar to the mastered version.

Prince wrote more songs than Michael but Michael actually wrote bigger hits. And that starts with his time as a member of the Jacksons writing the number 1 hit Shake Your Body. Michael wrote most of his own biggest hits. I think the only number 1 charting song he ever had that WASN’T written by himself was You Are Not Alone. Michael’s respect in the industry and amongst fans trumps Prince’s