I feel the opposite. I think Cole didn’t really feel any of those things he said on 7 Minute Drill, most of it felt like a reach coming from him. But once the shyt is out you gotta STAND on it. The time for backtracking was over the minute he uploaded that song for the public to hear.
Also i’m not sold on either Drake or Kendrick helping Kendrick IMMENSELY as Kendrick was always going to blow up. Game, Snoop and Dre had that man on stage passing the torch to him BEFORE he linked up with Drake. The west coast had already chosen Kendrick as their next up. Drake saw what it was and did what he always does, took advantage of the moment and brought Kendrick on tour so he could buddy him up and hop on his wave.
I’m not saying that its a bad thing to do this. It was mutually beneficial for both of them. I’m saying that Kendrick is in no way wrong for not having some undying loyalty to Drake to the point where he can’t compete with him. Thats actually the mistake Cole made. Thinking that because somebody gave you a look it means you owe them forever or that ya’ll are friends. You wouldn’t have gotten that look if you didn’t in some way come to the table with your OWN leverage. Kendrick seems to be acutely aware of his talent, his leverage, and his status. It’s whats gotten him this far.
Let’s also not act like Drake didn’t move like a whole Hoe over that Control verse. He cried and bytched about it like Kendrick dropped Hit Em Up or some shyt when it was nothing more than a respectable battle verse. Literally NOBODY else reacted that way because they knew what it was. Drake was so pressed about it he went on a rant on ESPN and then had it pulled because he knew it was a bad look.
I’m not sure who pump faked on the Cole/Kendrick collab album. Cole, in his podcast made it seem like both of them just got too busy to make it work. Kendrick became a superstar after TPAB dropped and Cole was already there. Both of them seem reclusive and in their own worlds. Not to mention its hard for two artists on two different labels to drop an entire project together. I wouldn’t blame either Dot or Cole for that album not happening. I mean Dot has said his focusing on his own career deaded the Black Hippy album. So that means a Cole project definitely wasn’t on a high list of his priorities.
I agree with you that Drake and Cole will squash whatever issues that may have come from the battle. I mean why wouldn’t they? They themselves didn’t battle each other and even if Cole decided to wave the white flag, that ain’t got nothing to do with Drake. Drake really has no reason to be mad at Cole personally other than being disappointed like the rest of is that Cole didn’t follow through.
Cole and Kendrick might take years to squash but i’m sure it’ll eventually happen. Kendrick seems to be in “fukk any and everyone who rocks with Drake” mode and Cole made it clear on Port Antonio that he still fukks with Drake. So Dot is probably cool on that. I don’t think he’ll ever diss Cole on wax though, it would look like bullying to diss a man who publicly kissed your ring.
In summation this entire battle has been an incredible lesson on mixing business with supposed friendship in a culture as competitive as Hip Hop. It really reminds me a little bit of the Magic/Isaiah/Jordan frenemies competition of the 80’s. Isaiah and Magic were both cutthroat competitors who could still be friends off the court while Jordan HATED Isaiah’s guts. Jordan never forgave Isaiah for freezing him out at his first All Star game and for the infamous “Walk Off” moment at the 91 Eastern Conference finals. Even years later when Isaiah tried to make amends Jordan still won’t let it go. I feel like Kendrick will hate Drake forever lol.
That 7 minute drill thread was wild
Boy is too good.
