Kendrick Lamar made his name on mixtapes and impressive guest features before dropping his good kid, mAAD city album, but now the West Coast prodigy is SLAMMING everyone in hip hop!
Kendrick Lamar hasn’t let up since, dusting Jay Z on a searing remix of his own “Bitch Don’t Kill My VIbe,” and now his extended verse on “Control (HOF),” a Big Sean track that didn’t make it onto Sean’s upcoming “Hall of Fame” due to licensing issues.
On Monday, Lamar had Twitter gasping for air with his verse directed at everyone in hip hop including Big Sean and elusive rap demi-god Jay Electronica
Lamar’s venom is potent ripping Funkmaster Flex for dropping so many bomb sounds on songs he debuts to the current status of molly’s current place in rap and shouting out former Beatles member Paul McCartney and Bob Marley, the 26-year-old sets up the real meat of the verse.
Here is what the 26-year-old Compton native spit on the mic:
I heard the barbershops be in great debates all the time
Bout who’s the best MC? Kendrick, Jigga and Nas
Eminem, Andre 3000, the rest of y’all
New niggas just new niggas, don’t get involved
I’m usually homeboys with the same niggas I’m rhymin’ wit
But this is hip hop and them niggas should know what time it is
And that goes for Jermaine Cole, Big KRIT, Wale
Pusha T, Meek Millz, A$AP Rocky, Drake
Big Sean, Jay Electron’, Tyler, Mac Miller
I got love for you all but I’m tryna murder you niggas
Tryna make sure your core fans never heard of you niggas
They dont wanna hear not one more noun or verb from you niggas
What is competition? I’m tryna raise the bar high
Who tryna jump and get it? You better off tryna skydive
Out the exit window of 5 G5’s with 5 grand
With your granddad as the pilot he drunk as fuck tryna land
With the hand full of arthritis and popping prosthetic leg
Bumpin Pac in the cockpit so the shit that pops in his head
Is an option of violence, someone heard the stewardess said
That your parachute is a latex condom hooked to a dread
One can note that Kendrick Lamar solidifies his place as not only one of rap’s most gifted lyricists, but positions himself as a defender of the culture, inspiring his peers to put in more effort into their work.
What do you think of the current state of the empty hip hop era?
Of course, Diddy, who is desperate to stay relevant with French Montana had this to say. We think Diddy should focus on Revolt TV and stop signing cracker-jack rappers who have no loyalty except to who ever is paying him the biggest check.
Diddy’s REVOLT TV had a quick, smart take on the verse:
Kendrick got y’all niggas takin y’all time now! This is good ! What y’all gonna do now? Haaaaa lol… http://t.co/gsoBdM13XV
— Diddy (@iamdiddy) August 14, 2013
If Larry Bird and Magic Never challenged each other – the game wouldn’t have made the strides that it did. Same with Music. Gotta step up.
— #CONTROL (@RevoltTV) August 13, 2013
Hip Hop was born out of competition and raised by battles. This is what Music needs. More people who want to be the BEST not BEST FRIENDS.
— #CONTROL (@RevoltTV) August 13, 2013
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