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Shooting Cole the TINIEST bit of bail here, i don’t think he was “scared” and in quaking in his boots at the thought of battling Kendrick. I think he truly overestimated one thing.

1). His “friendship” with Kendrick

And underestimated one thing

2). The amount of ambition Kendrick had to be the best and his loathing of Drake.


Cole don’t have no hate in his heart for either Drake or Kendrick. He sees Drake as a kindred spirit as they have similar backgrounds. Both are biracial, with white mothers who raised them and black fathers who they only saw during the summers. Both got on by dropping mixtapes, both got mentored by superstar legends, both struggled with the pressure of living up to being the “next up”. They helped each other at crucial points during that come up.

Cole sees Kendrick as an artistic soulmate. They share the same hunger for rap. The same love for the artform. The same desire to be respected amongst their peers. I truly think if someone offered to ghostwrite a single bar for either of them, they’d probably murder that individual. They spent time on the road together. Cole probably thought there was a solid brotherhood between them. And Cole does strike me as the type to hold friendships dear.


When Cole spit that “Big three” line. I do think he meant it with his whole heart. He’s said that he’s close to retirement and The Fall Off is supposed to be his last album. So that would mean he’s content with his place in Hip Hop and is content with being part of the top three where each had a claim to being the best. Drake because of his monumental commercial success. Kendrick because of his prodigious critical/commercial acclaim. And Cole because of his incredible skill. Kendrick said “F U C K That. Its time to go to war and PROVE whose number 1”

Not skirmish
Not battle
WAR

And thats wherein the problem lies for Cole. He ain’t scared of a skirmish. He ain’t scared of a battle. He don’t want to go to WAR. Kendrick had an entire WAR strategy planned out. Including the inevitability of things getting dirty. Cole’s deadly mistake was thinking this was going to be a battle. 7 Minute Drill is a BATTLE record. He should’ve checked the temperature with Kendrick or his camp before he put out that song. Or he should have said “fukk friendship. This is what Hip Hop IS” and prepared for WAR.


Either way he should have NEVER put himself in a position where he’s apologizing on stage in front of thousands of his OWN fans. That was egregious as fukk. fukk being friends with the man who said “Muthafukk a big three, its just big ME!”.

Cole misread the entire situation from top to bottom and if anything, should be being clowned for being blind to the situation. That might be worse than simply being afraid to engage.
Great response. And this is where the issue is at and where my issue has been with Kendrick for years. Another thing Cole and Drake have in common is helping Kendrick IMMENSELY in the beginning of his career and I don’t see how anyone can dismiss that. IMO. Kendrick never really fukked wit either one and used both of them to get where and what he needed. This is why he always pump faked that collab album. This is why he had no issue not even attempting to peace shyt up with Drake when he felt a way. He never really fukked wit them. nikkas shyt on Drake but he saw Kendrick’s personality and drew the line a minute ago. Cole was naive as fukk and thought they was real friends not realizing their friendship was all on Kendrick’s terms. Kendrick def heard the chatter that people were saying Cole is becoming a better rapper than him and he DID NOT like it. I TRULY feel Cole meant every bar in 7 Minute Drill cause that’s some shyt he was holding in for a minute with how Kendrick been treating him. Son played himself by apologizing. I believe him and Drake will squash their shyt before him and Kendrick.
 

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Kendrick had the exact same problem as most people in the community with the big 3 line...it was simply dishonest to put all 3 in a big 3 when only kendrick was considered as the king due te quality of his work and drake as the commercial front runner. Besides that, hearing someone claim there was a big 3 was...insulting.
 

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Lmao at rewriting history...checking the 7md thread, you can notice a lot of people were saying it was obvious Cole didnt believe the shyt he was rapping about and would end up apologizing or removing the track (also due to the bad reception)...and this is what happened the next Day.
I don’t give a fukk about the thread. I said since then that the shyt Cole said in that was shyt I been saying for years and that’s how Cole was feeling. He just wasn’t comfortable saying it out loud. Even other people in the industry was saying FINALLY Cole said it out loud how nikkas been feeling. Kendrick a grimey lil nikka. He’s leaning into it now even with GNX which I respect. But ain’t no two ways about it. No matter how many of ur bots respond to me with bullshyt laughing. Cause I do think ur responsible for all the bots by the way.
 

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I don’t give a fukk about the thread. I said since then that the shyt Cole said in that was shyt I been saying for years and that’s how Cole was feeling. He just wasn’t comfortable saying it out loud. Even other people in the industry was saying FINALLY Cole said it out loud how nikkas been feeling. Kendrick a grimey lil nikka. He’s leaning into it now even with GNX which I respect. But ain’t no two ways about it. No matter how many of ur bots respond to me with bullshyt laughing. Cause I do think ur responsible for all the bots by the way.
I already won a ban bet, i know it burns your soul theres no bot :wow:

Cole removed his shyt because he didnt feel it, and because he faced major backlash from the industry...not only he was making shyt up, he also was in a very bad position to talk bullshyt...and shyt was trash:beli:
 

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I already won a ban bet, i know it burns your soul theres no bot :wow:

Cole removed his shyt because he didnt feel it, and because he faced major backlash from the industry...not only he was making shyt up, he also was in a very bad position to talk bullshyt...and shyt was trash:beli:
I didn’t say u were a bot. I said ur RESPONSIBLE for the bots. bytch ass nikka. Ur the only real one. The rest are ur minions.
 
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