The Power of Rap Beef

you texted me at 2:00 in the morning I feel like I'm Fallen why' you feel that way you better walk around [Music] like playing with ex my middle name as soon as you jump off that PL I'm allergic to the L we're back Hip Hop Is Back Kendrick is back we've never been more back even I'm back where have I [Music] been Millions I'll save that for another video soon but like Mr Lamar said you know we got some stuff to address I've been kind of bored with music lately especially hip-hop there's something that's been missing in the last few years that I feel like was there in the 2010s and I couldn't really figure out am I just getting older am I just nostalgic for my teenage years is there anything actually missing or is there something missing in me and then Kendrick Lamar came out of nowhere unlike that and the answer is no there actually is something missing and it's kend Lamar we're missing energy we're missing effort put into lyrics you know like what rap music is built on nobody commands attention anymore everyone just makes amazing background music have it on in the background of the club or with your friends have it in the background of your Tik Tok or Instagram real nobody is making me stop and go oh my God until this verse that's why I love rap beef I love seeing two Gladiators just go at it fight each other in front of the world to see strictly off words no violence necessary just words just music who is better at music I'm a drake fan okay like I have views album here and it's a top two Drake album for me there's already people thinking I'm crazy but whatever Drake is one of my goats all right he's one of the goats that we have but if we're being honest he is my substitute goat he is my goat when my real goat Kendrick Lamar is not around okay and for the last few years as a Kendrick Lamar fan I I've watched people forget who the goat is I have sat back and allowed the slander I've just allowed it I thought like that was the perfect way to start off a beat going at Drake going at jcole for basically no reason it seemed like J.Cole was just trying to like be nice he's like yo guys it's us the big three you know like forget the big three man it's just big me it's just big me and then the guy goes on to prove it what follows is the greatest Saga in hip-hop history I think it's like Avengers end game you got to listen to like 20 songs just to understand the lore we had the jcole response 12 seconds later jcole apologizes for his verse says I've matured in the last 48 hours I decided I don't want the smoke take me out of this battle first of all in one verse Kendrick invalidated 3 years of J Cole versus and made it all look weak I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm actually getting something one verse literally made it say it's time for him to prove that he's a a problem and he proved that he's not a problem okay okay okay so C it's over I feel bad cuz this man actually was wearing jig her and I'm like looking back what is J.Cole even doing in this battle I like you J.Cole but let's be completely honest jcole you're actually still one of the goats you're one of my guys I still love you J the reason we're watching any of this is for Kendrick versus Drake all right where real animosity lies I feel like jle only put out a track because he realized can't be a side character in this whole battle I can't allow that and then 2 days later he realized I am a side character let me just get out of this thing this is not for me and I respect that so now we're back to Kendrick versus Drake and Drake drops push-ups the song that is actually fire I like the song a lot that we need a verse for the swifties top say drop you better drop and give him 50 s got you wiped down Travis got you wiped down Savage got you wiped down like your like boy you're in a scope right now you going to feel the aftermath of what I write down I like push-ups it was good this was the last great move that Dr made a couple days later he drops Taylor May freestyle kri we need you the West Coast which was like a Tupac AI every got really mad about this but I'm going to be completely honest I thought it was hilarious a little disrespectful but it's rap beef you're supposed to be disrespectful but at the same time this track is the worst move that Drake could have made in the entire battle everything can be pinpointed back to this exact track on this track Drake unites the entire West Coast against him for seemingly no reason I don't think anybody was really viewing this as a Canada versus the West Coast thing until Drake did the Tupac Thing Drake did that to himself Kendrick we need you the West CO savior Kendrick was able to take that angle and just go at this man so hard but we'll get to that in a bit then he gets a little too excited about trying to get Kendrick to drop his response he's hitting with the n n n n not this time you following through and now we're in a limbo period where everybody's saying where is Kendrick I'm kind of wondering where Kendrick is academics is sending us with do 14 days with no Kendrick responds I'm starting to get a little panicky I'm not going to lie Kendrick please please k what Kung Fu Kenny what do you go by now Mr morale please [Music] Kendrick what you doing to me what are you doing but I also felt like if Kendrick is going to drop guys I don't think he's just going to drop on your time and on top of that I feel like he's going to make it a moment again the same way that like that was it's going to be something that we're going to actually talk about we're going to remember I thought Euphoria was just a moment this man was cooking up four different moments waking them up nothing about that and tell them to pray nothing about that Euphoria drop I I think the most hyped I've been this entire year first of all 2024 there something you don't want to oh my this song is quotable after quotable for like 6 minutes straight push a te what is it the bridge I pray they my real friends if not I'm ynw Melly oh what you like that record back to back I like that record I'm going get back to that for the record I'm getting hyped listening to this I forgot what that feels like some of the best delivering rap music I heard in years I thought the song was fire but honestly I didn't think it was killing Drake at all I felt like they were actually pretty evened out still I'll would say maybe Kendrick I'll give him. five above a little bit I was excited to see where else this would go Kendrick drops the 616 hits Drake with the back to back little do we know he was about to hit us with a back to back to back to back but okay hold on 616 in La super underrated I feel like at this point love the sense feels like I'm flying floating bro and then just hit him with the r him in the middle of the song just praying to God asking if he should even do this should he go to war is this even is this a good idea now here I'm realizing that Kendrick is doing something that I've never seen in a RAF beef in my lifetime which is use his skills as storytelling to craft a narrative over multiple tracks it's all setups and payoffs here and Euphoria just planting seeds tainting Drake is a liar setting up the six sents references paying that off later have you ever played have you ever and on this track are you ready to play have you ever run to America to imitate Heritage they can't imitate this violence even this cover is setting up something for the future finally I think Drake said okay enough is enough I'm dropping my my nuke and I thought it was good it was good I like this song A lot but it just has no Focus it's trying to be too much like Euphoria he wanted to do the long re beat switch 6 minutes 7 minute song but ends up being bloated and that ly hurt the replay value because it's like who's listening to this 8 minute long song in the club or a party or whever he's rapping at ASAP Rocky rapping at the weekend we don't care about those guys you think the weekend is going to respond and when he does who cares Focus brother Focus there's just a couple parts of this I just don't like I can't get behind I'm sorry I don't like the way it starts know mad the emptied the clip over friendlier Jabs okay mention my seed I deal with his dad you mention my seed I deal with his dad I got to go bad I got to go bad like bro this is not the best way I feel like to start like a a nuclear song I'm not going to lie fre well not that I can't deal with this bro I think a big problem with how Drake approached this battle it's like family matters you listen to it and it's so fun it's cheeky it's you know he's having fun he's having a good time kendri is open his mouth someone go ahead and my grammy right now it's literally like watching a horror movie the B characters are having a good time you know they're all having fun and I'm watching like there is a serial killer behind you he's after [Music] you as soon as you hear that spooky it was over bro end of dropping meet the GRS I'm me like 20 minutes after Family Matters I witnessed the greatest chess move maybe in history I didn't even get to hear Family Matters twice before Kendrick responded this has to be the most harrowing beat ever man's talking to his son talking to his mom his dad his alleged daughter that just appeared out of nowhere bro this spooky track man I don't like this dead beat that should never save more life meet the at this point I actually was a little bit scared of Kendrick Lamar like I honestly was trying to go back and listen to songs like love all the star I was like was this guy ever like a good man or am I listening to like a psychopath and even listening to love I was like I can't shake it this guy is freaking me out dude even the cover of Meet the grams the fact that he teased the zoomed in picture of the glove and then the meet the Grahams picture is the full zoomed out pick with all of Drake stuff his OIC pills and his shirt and everything I was like this is freaking me out dude this is diabolical I was scared the picture is going to keep zooming out and revealing more information I was like so thrown off by these two nukes where Drake is saying that Kendrick is beating his wife and Kendrick is saying that Drake is running a PDF file underground ring in his house that I was like I honestly had a little bit of a hard time sleeping that night with that freaking disturbing instrumental looping in my head I thought we were just having fun even at this point I felt like the Kendrick track was crazy but it didn't feel like anyone won to me like they both just dropped the nukes like who is supposed to win from this even if Kendrick won it's like we won but at what cost like this man looks insane now I genuinely the next day woke up I put my computer away I was like bro I've been on Twitter like I need a break I need a break I went outside I lived life Hendrick said you don't get a break right here's another one for you sometimes you got to pop out and show a certified boogy man I'm the one up not like us it's the second part to the greatest chess move I've ever witnessed I think just when I thought it was over all of a sudden Kendrick unlocks a new voice and flow that I've never heard from this man in like 15 years of this man making music where did this come from another [Music] line that's the thing all these Dr this is they sound like 10 other Drake songs I've heard before I'm not like us it's like he downloaded the DLC on his own voice Kendrick can say I don't even make music like this usually but I can't cuz this is my culture this is the West Coast what you disrespected this is still where I'm from I don't have to run to Atlanta to get my sound Drake this is the payoff to the story he's been teasing since Euphoria and he's saying all this without even having to directly say it the out Drakes Drake made the Club Banger put a history lesson in there for good measure and ended the battle my goodness literally backto back to Drake like Drake how do you not see this coming this is your formula this beef is a lesson in not being rushed Drake was saying drop drop where you at we have to wait a week for you he's dropping the turtle emojis saying Kendrick has nothing to drop this is literally the tortoise versus the hair you're racing against the ttis myself is when Kendrick is not rushed he created some of the best moments in hip-hop history it went from people saying oh he's never been in a beef he's not battle tested to having one of the greatest disc cataloges ever in one week and Drake feeling rushed and having to put the Heart part six out on super defense mode have to address all the allegations poorly making mistakes based on the lyrics that he's going at misunderstanding Kendrick's lyrics taking the wrong angles and all that time he had waiting for Kendrick he should have been prepared for something like this what did y'all think about this whole beef it's only been 2 weeks and I'm already feeling nostalgic to be honest which song out of the whole thing was your favorite I wanted to make this to remember a generational moment might as well like this video cuz it's already a classic but I have been gone for a while I'm doing way better now than I feel like I was last year if anybody cares hopefully I'll see you guys again soon like Kendrick I have a tendency to pop out of out of nowhere and drop a classic every once in a while so I feel it this a special world because of rap music this the thing that got me on the stage this got me to tour all around the world support my family and all that most importantly it showed me a true definition of what being an artist was you know from the jump I thought it was about the accolades and the cars and the clothes but it's really about expressing yourself and putting that paint on the canvas for the world to evolve for the next listener the Next Generation after that you know what I'm saying

Channel: Nathan Zed

Views: 280,825

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Id: woygKGXv31w

Length: 12min 33sec (753 seconds)

Published: Tue May 28 2024