Kendrick Lamar will kill your favorite rapper for money

that song has rlly grown on me :-/

it kinda reminds me of the SNL 'song memories' sketches where guys sit around in a bar singing a song and sharing nostalgic memories, but every story ends up being really horrifying or inappopriate

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/6503627/bradley_cooper_at_snl_s34e15_part_7/

https://creativeallies.com/contests/717-design-a-poster-for-kendrick-lamar/recap
that whole site is kinda interesting

like lol at some of these
https://creativeallies.com/contests/774-design-commemorative-art-for-mindless-behavior/entries

http://assets0.creativeallies.com/system/snapshots/000/077/567/original/Untitled.jpg%3F1363552517

Cool. the winning poster is good. Pink one is good too.

Woke up to see that this track had generated four Twitter trending topics. So much love for battling Kendrick.

http://www.factmag.com/2013/08/13/hear-kendrick-lamar-jay-electronic-on-big-sean-control-hof/

Kendrick is back to killing his favorite rappers for money, huh?

He read this thread title and thought, Oh yeah, that.

somehow this awful thread title ended up being prophetic smh

is mac miller legit now

in a sense

both ab soul and schoolboy q are on his album so i'm not totally shocked that kendrick mentioned him

mentioning tyler the creator is more lol to me

the greatest shade is prob at everyone he left out

i love it when one of these guest verses comes along that just BODIES EVERYTHING though. gunplay on "cartoon & cereal", nicki on "monster"...

it's kinda hilarious now that kendrick's GOAT song and track are both unofficial releases that will eventually just exist on youtube

Am I the only one who thinks this Kendrick is kinda bogus though? Ever since I saw him live with the full band I've been thinking that he's entering this Will To Power phase where he wants to be loved and respected so much that he just makes these power moves that kinda sacrifice all the quirky little stuff that got me to love him in the first place.

idk as far as guest verses go it's a whole hell of a lot better than I KNOW YOU WANT DIH DIHHHH

Eh, it's a straight verse. There's just something Slaughterhouse-y about it that I don't like.

i'm just pointing out that i'm not sure we necessarily want kendrick indulging his "quirks"

people prob like it mostly cause he disses drake

It's not about quirks really. It's about the transition from introvert, indirect Kendrick to superstar, super rapper Kendrick that we're witnessing at the moment. Not sure how I feel about that.

people tend to become less introverted when everyone likes them

Yeah, They also tend to start loathing the people who suddenly love them.

not everyone is Kanye

there was a funny article abt how the guy from belle and Sebastian didnt want to write sad songs anymore lol

If he stops making music entirely I will become his biggest fan.

xp Oh does he have a full band now? It was a straight MC/DJ set-up when I saw him in February. But if he wants to step up then a full band is the current guarantor of serious intent.

rap bands are the worst

"poetic justice" sounds really good with a band

Nas sounded great with a band last month tbh, because they knew when to step up and when to let the DJ take the lead. I feel like hip hop's realised that having a band doesn't mean you have to turn every track into rock-rap. (Thinking of PE a decade or so ago, not the Roots)

well that verse certainly helped me wake up tonight. awesome

It was more rock than rap actually. My sister-in-law who hates rap loved it.

this verse is awesome

dissing drake is just a bonus

is that really a 'diss' cmon

I do think the saddest thing about this is that there's no descendent of dipset around to make fun of kendrick's fashion choices a la chancletas with jeans but sure

LMAO at kendrick trying to end the popularity of designer clothing though

my favorite description of kendrick's fashion sense on twitter was that he dresses like an african substitute teacher

ha, I saw someone before say Kendrick dresses like every Nigerian dad

I liked Good Kid, M.A.A.D. city. I've not heard his new stuff, though (how much more did he release after that album?).

Is there an actual reason for him to dislike Big K.R.I.T.? I actually like KRIT. Or is he just trying to get attention?

I'm out of the loop with hip hop gossip. Been listening to the music more.

"your Instagram can gobble these nuts"

i don't think he dislikes anyone mentioned in that verse, basically all of them have worked with him or have show mutual respect or w/e.

aggro alpha male kendrick is cool with me, kinda feel like based off this and the "vibe" remix that i will enjoy his next album more than good kid.

i wonder if he dislikes them. makes you wish hed say something in the verse about whether or not he has love for them

hahaha max

it's odd that BEEF IN HIP HOP has gotten so watered down that this what people consider calling someone out

It's the opposite of beef, it's a branding cosign. "These are my peers, my ilk." Naming those names is the worst bit of the verse.

"These are my peers, my ilk, who I AM ABOUT TO MURDER"

It comes off less "I think these rappers are shit" and more "I think these rappers are my yardstick"

Lex is right. He is a) pointing out his group of peers, and b) positioning himself as their leader. The interesting question would be why he did not mention Schoolboy, Ab-Soul or even Danny Brown, who are all closer competition than, say, Tyler. I get that the ones he picked are more likely to be recognized by the general public and more commercially viable in general, but it still seems like a weird omission. Why not include his own crew in this circle of competitor-friends?