K Dot Diss Cole And Drake
Fans are anxiously awaiting a response after Lamar dissed his supposed fellow “Big 3” stars on Future & Metro Boomin’s “Like That.” Two Billboard Hip-Hop writers debate which needs to fire back…
The hip-hop world has been in flames since the Friday (Mar. 22) release of Future & Metro Boomin’s “Like That,” featuring an incendiary Kendrick Lamar verse taking thinly veiled shots at “First Person Shooter” co-stars J. Cole and Drake. Rap traditionalists are unsurprisingly clamoring for a response record from both MCs — but which of the two has the most to gain by jumping into the fray, or the most to lose by staying out of it?
Kendrick Has Had Smoke For Drake For Years
Long before Kendrick Lamar made his feelings clear on “Like That,” he and Drake have taken numerous subliminal shots at one another on tracks such as The Game’s “100,” Dr. Dre‘s “Deep Water,” and Big Sean‘s “Control.” Kendrick’s “Control” verse famously called out a wide array of his musical contemporaries, with some taking the mention of their name as a compliment, while others considered it a call to arms. When the song first premiered in 2013, Drake responded in an interview with Billboard, stating, “I know good and well that [Kendrick Lamar]‘s not murdering me, at all, in any platform. So when that day presents itself, I guess we can revisit the topic.”
While the subliminal shots over the years have been minor enough for some fans to ignore the Cold War feud, Kendrick’s “Like That” verse is the most overt diss yet, specifically responding to lyrics by J. Cole and Drake on their recent collab track “First Person Shooter.” On “First Person Shooter,” Drake raps, “First-person shooter mode, we turnin’ your song to a funeral.” The opening lyrics to Kendrick’s “Like That” feature respond to this lyric directly, stating, “These n****s talkin’ out of they necks, don’t pull no coffin out of your mouth, I’m way too paranoid for a threat.” Elsewhere on the track, Kendrick raps, “Say it’s a lot of goodies with a check I mean, ah / I hope them sentiments symbolic / Ah, my temperature bipolar I choose violence.” These bars reference Drake’s ongoing deal with Nike while likening his rap rival to that of an ineffective Twitter troll.
Kendrick Specifically Aims At J. Cole For The First Time
Despite Kendrick’s years-long under-the-radar beef with Drake, he and Cole have had a positive relationship with one another in the past. The duo have worked together on numerous tracks, toured worldwide, and even teased a collaborative album, which never ultimately materialized. However, it appears as though J. Cole’s lyrics on “First Person Shooter,” referring to himself, Drake, and Kendrick as the Big 3 artists leading the rap game, sparked this fiery response from Kendrick Lamar in the first place.
On “Like That,” Kendrick Lamar alludes to his foes clicking up before name-checking both “First Person Shooter” and Drake’s album For All The Dogs. Kendrick raps, “F*** sneak dissin’ / First person shooter, I hope they came with three switches,” and “For all your dogs gettin’ buried, that’s a K with all these nines, he gon’ see Pet Sematary.” His most explicit jab at J. Cole responds directly to the Big 3 discussion, with the bar, “Think I won’t drop the location? I still got PTSD / Motherf*** the Big 3, n**** it’s just Big Me.” Clearly, Kendrick Lamar felt insulted by the mere notion that Drake and J. Cole are on his level, rebuking the notion of sharing the crown with two rappers he views to be beneath him artistically.
Drake & J. Cole Have Not Responded On Wax
While Drake had some choice words for his detractors at a recent concert stop, neither J. Cole nor Drake have responded to Kendrick’s “Like That” verse in the days since it was released. Fans anticipate a mellow rebuttal from Cole, possibly in the form of a “Might Delete Later” vlog entry or a freestyle verse. Fans are skeptical that Drake will directly respond to Kendrick Lamar on a record. Many claim that Drake can’t write a compelling diss to the Compton rapper. This is especially after receiving a scathing lyrical beating from Pusha T on the track “The Story of Adidon” several years ago.
Either way, “Like That” will surely not end this beef, as Future and Metro Boomin appear to have sided with Kendrick, along with other notable collaborators such as Rick Rossand The Weeknd. After J. Cole and Drake linked on For All The Dogs, many fans hoped to see a big 3 collaboration on Cole’s upcoming LP The Fall Off. Now, the idea of such a collaboration seems further from materializing than ever before.
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