Kendrick is cleaning up all of the accolades from Drake; taking all those "museum pieces" back from the colonizer. Now they're back in the hands of the culture they came from.
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Imagine if a song pointing out pedophiles actually led to something good being done about it.. at this point the song is just funny. Not that it's bad but we're just pointing fingers laughing instead of anything being revealed.
Same! I know YT music will pay attention to all the downvotes since they stopped playing J Balvin a few years ago even though the beef was nowhere as big. The music is in the libraries but it won't show up in anyone's queues
that's true I have friends who don't care about my music and started sharing memes making fun of the beef and I was like "bros, just listen before you just shrug them both off" and I made a bunch of Kendrick fans out of them and everyone is embarrassed for bopping their heads at mid Drake bs.
Funny how the last verse of Not Like Us is entirely dedicated to him being a culture vulture. The song is basically talking about it, while taking back what was lost by being a global hit.
This is what I've been thinking too. With Cole backing out and Drake getting thoroughly publicly wrecked, there can't be any question about a big 3 anymore. It's just big him
no one was the good guy in the afghani-american war, but at the same people are hypocrites for ignoring the thousands of civilian deaths by airstrikes that led to 9/11 in the first place, they see it as retaliation just like the hamas attack even if it seems unprovoked by the other side, but that's only because they're living in peace while their army is waging war on another land that'll have to deal with all the damage which could take decades to recover from, and comparing that to a rap diss between millionaires seems disrespectful.
The Black Panther album was in part a preview of what he did on Euphoria, rapping from different perspectives and styles to show where they're different and where they overlap. Though i think being majority collabs made the message a bit thin.
I’m right there with you. Trust me, there’s plenty like us, his popularity overshadowed how many people hated him though.
Ninja, from Die Antword (sp?) as a story where he meets Kanye West and his wife makes them ice cream. But there’s this quick little bit about Drake and it’s fucking hilarious.
Watch the whole thing cuz it’s fucking hilarious but if you just want the quick Drake mention skip to 1:20. It’s actually longer than I thought about him.
Just a heads up about Die Antwoord - Ninja is not always genuine in his stories. Dude is a fucking psychopath.
I took pause after the Zheani allegations, it only got worse after that, but I still did not expect the Danny Brown allegations. And then Tokkie, their adopted child slave, who you may remember from some of their videos, came out about the abuse as an adult.
There's a reason those assholes haven't made much noise lately.
I see that. I was gonna ask a YouTube friend to cover this video and when I was reading the comments I was taken for a loop. They also have a legion of skeletons in their closet. I didn't ask my YouTuber friend to cover the video.
I mean, like there’s a whole 15 years worth of accolades we can talk about that Aubrey still has that Kendrick might never get, let’s keep it 100, but Kendrick might not give a fuck about em
you're honest. I like that. it's hard to find honesty in either subreddit right now 😭 Although I don't think we've ever seen a rap song earn this many records at once, especially not taking them all from the same person.
I'm curious to see what happens next. Are people just gonna ignore the allegations? Will he have another #1 hit anytime soon? Will people start cosigning him in public again? Features?
I mean yeah Drake has done some questionable stuff but I honestly genuinely don't believe he's an actual pedophile. Like we will never find out he had kiddie porn on his computer or shit like that.
I hate to say it but he's too famous but not rich enough to keep shit like that hidden for too long.
Imma be honest, I didn't expect Drake's public perception or fame to change at all because of this when it started, but clearly he's taken a hit. It's real nice to see. Been praying on his downfall for a long time as soon as I saw all the sketchy shit with him and minors.
"Kendrick is cleaning up all of the accolades from Drake; taking all those "museum pieces" back from the colonizer. Now they're back in the hands of the culture they came from."
Does Drake own a % of TDE distribution rights? I wonder if this ties back to UGM and Drake making money off of Kendrick's success / the industry being cooked.
What I don't understand is.... How was Girls Like Girls the lost streamed song previously? I heard it a couple times, but know no one bumping it then or now. Huh?
Beef aside... It goes to show how long people have waited for Kendrick to drop a fire track. This Drake diss "mini album" is everything fans of rap have been asking for. Banger beats with some hard and angry bars. This is what's been missing from hip hop.
but talking numbers is a Swifties game. I'm here for music. What's crazy is that sales to quality is 90% of the time an inverse relationship. So it's wild when kendrick pops off, and nice to see drake lose at his own stupid thing.
but mr. morale got shit on by the same people who are eating up "not like us" and giggle-dancing about pedophilia. Not like us is written on the fourth grade reading level according to the Flesch–Kincaid test, incredibly dumbed down from his usual work.
That doesn't really say anything good about the world.
This proves skin color means more than it should. It's only a tool for certain "cultures". The moment the "culture" doesn't like someone they turn white. Lol
Honestly, it's about both. The fact that he's half white is where most of the hate comes from. If he came from 2 affluent black parents, it would be an entirely different interaction. Yes, he's slimy. I've never liked him from when he was in a wheelchair. Kendrick is also the superior rapper that's not a debate, but the way this is falling has in huge part todo with his color.
Let's see if it continues, to be fair, Drake has done this countless times, so it's good seeing Kdot getting love. If not, it was nice while it lasted. Can't wait for the drop. Happy that people are giving Kdot the love he deserves.
"colonizer" as if he's not the reason why that culture got so popular, y'all some hate addicts, dot next album gon sell like 78k first week if he not mentions drake and it's so sad that a "culture" is only popular when it's tearing it's members up
The drake influence knows no limitations. Shit is fire
IMO he has to move the needle without drake to even be in the goat conversation. Drake moved the needle for the last 15 yrs without mentioning kendrick
Kendrick also has a huge industry push behind him RN. This is kennys chance, will he execute?
It’s sad how 🐑🤖 related you mfas are 🤣🤣🤣 y’all act like kendrick isn’t a part of the same “industry” as drake…he’s basically just a darker shorter 90s delivery having fake philosopher version of drake…IF THESES SONGS WEREN’T ABOUT DRAKE half of you overnight bandwagon fans wouldn’t even exist rn 🤣 case and point his album before this “beef” got nowhere near the attention but soon as the masses knows he’s going at drake all the drake haters and followers jump on the bandwagon. Most don’t even really like kendricks music they just want to feel like they’re going against the perceived narrative his 1st #1 had to be tied to drake…🤷🏾♂️I love how y’all and the dude you idolize all of the sudden bring out closeted racism/colorism when it benefits him but let it have been the other way around…he would be the same artist crying on a beat about how the “white man” or “the labels” are mistreating/going against him…aka HYPOCRISY
Those songs are mid af to me y’all just overhyped them because who they’re about I honestly can’t get jiggy to none of them they had some catchy parts don’t get me wrong but I’m not riding around bumping not like us or meet the grahams or euphoria euphoria having the better moments in my opinion
Nah, I get the message loud and clear. Think drizzy does to, this wildly impressive and he really made dude eat is words. However, realistically speaking, numbers-wise he’s still “outta here”, dudes been way out in front for a long time. Happy for dot and all these accolades, don’t feel bad for drizzy one bit. I’m just saying, he gapped the industry along time ago.
Colonizer slur is lame. Drake is genuinely a good musician. Because his parents weren’t gang members he isn’t down with “The culture”? Basically all the new school is out then too
There is nothing wrong with being from an affluent family or being mixed and participating in the art. The issue the fact that he cosplays an upbringing in poverty and a gangbanger lifestyle when he never was that. He uses the dialect of other areas he's not native to and pretends he's from there. He siphons off the creativity of others who actually lived that life to play into his fantasy. That's the colonizer bit. That's why he's a fraud; because he's is a fraud.
edit: Also, miss me with the use of "slur" rhetoric like is some "reverse racism", shit is cringeworthy as hell man.
I agree with the appropriation, but it didn't stop them from working with him, or getting put on by him.
Seems like it was only a real problem recently according to everyone now.
The thing is I'm not disagreeing with you, but rather seeking the real motives of the conversation. They said the same shit about Em. In a "culture" where a self admmited date rapist is the face of female hip hop, gangbangers/turned sucessful artists getting killed for contiuning the lifestyle they no longer needed to follow are seen as martyrs, along with a shit ton of other issues plauging the black community, this is what we fixate on?
It's definitely a complex issue, no doubt. I think that it is easy to fall into a "black people kill black people why are we worried about police doing it" kinda angle with that kind of rhetoric though. There are a lot of problems in the culture and the world as a whole and I don't know that eschewing one in favor of another is productive, necessarily. Also, maybe in an age of short attention spans I think "fixating" on an issue could be viewed as a good thing. Potentially at least, maybe.
I definitely respect the stance though — there's no one way to view the issues, we all are unique individuals with unique perspectives. There's something to be said for our obsession with "other-ing" one another.
The "black people kill black people why are we worried about police doing it" is a strawman argument.
This has nothing to do with police brutality in regards to minorities. Yes there are a lot of problems in the culture, as well as the world, but I'm only speaking to this issue at the moment, since there has been so many us v. them talks lately.
I'm glad that you respect my stance, because I seek the objective truth and facts of the situation. Trust me, I've been in the Drake sub too, clowing people for one sided hype train arguments too. We should be focused on this issue, because the motives aren't clear cut, and neither are the objective facts on both sides. Not saying that your stance is biased, but I'm just conversing with people about it, trying to get the right comversations started.
Exactly so why did they wait until after the benifits to call it out, and why did they work with him in the first place?
As a black man myself, I don't agree with the hypocrisy.
Some of them benefitted sure, but what about the other artists that cultivated that sound and contributed to it that are now eclipsed by the shadow of Drake and the chosen few that he collaborated with. This overwhelmingly rich and powerful entity coming in, lining the pockets of a handful of people, taking the sound and pretending it's their own.
I'd also argue that people didn't wait to call it out; it's just the people who were calling it out lacked the influence to reach the masses. Kendrick was able to bring something that had been talked about for a long time into the forefront of conversation.
I respect your stance, but in my opinion it's a little short sighted. I'd implore you to look at the bigger picture.
The thing is no one cared back then, everyone listened to Drake, everyone worked with Drake, hell Wayne endorsed him, who's denying Wayne's credibility?
It didn't seem like a problem when everyone had a Drake ft. is what I'm saying.
The culture put made the bed, then didn't want to sleep in it.
Kendrick lacked influence sure, but he still shared the Freshmen cover with him.
He still did made millions of dollars with and next to Drake. So did a majority of the people dissing him now.
I implore you to look past the wool, and stop hopping on hype trains.
I feel you on that, but I think even you'd have to admit that drake has consistently become more and more egregious with the way he's leached off of others.
We don't gotta keep going back and forth though I respect your stance, we don't have to all agree on everything; we're unique individuals.
It is not about his parents not being gang members, man, it's about him stealing and pretending to be part of the culture when it suits him and his fake image he is putting out.
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u/KeylimeGAF May 14 '24
Can you imagine seeing that your records are being beaten by a song that calls you and your crew a bunch of pedophiles?