Kendrick Lamar and Drake‘s beef “actually fucked the sport up,” a minimum of in response to Hitmaka‘s perspective.
Taking to his Instagram Story on Tuesday (October 1), the producer expressed that within the aftermath of their battle, other than Future, he feels the one sizzling rappers now are girls and, in his opinion, no male rapper goes to compete with a girl.
“Kendrick & Drake shit actually fucked the sport up trigger now there’s no BAR/STANDARD,” he started. “Don’t no one obtained nothing to purpose at or copy off of.”
He added: “Now the most well liked rappers within the sport are girls apart from Future & ain’t no n-gga working residence to make a beat or music in competitors with a girl [shrug emoji]”
In the meantime, the rap beef is proving fairly advantageous — a minimum of for Kendrick Lamar. Simply this week, his Drake diss “Not Like Us” was named the third-best music of the last decade — or a minimum of of the a part of the last decade that has already passed by.
On Monday (September 30), Pitchfork launched an inventory of their picks of the 100 finest tracks from of the ’20s to date, which they described as “the best songs that moved tradition, coined genres, and are nonetheless caught in our heads.”
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At No. 3 sits Okay.dot’s Mustard-produced banger, although different rappers are littered all through the checklist together with Lil Yachty with “Poland” at No. 100, Ice Spice with “Munch” at No. 41 and Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s “WAP” at No. 22.
Of their rating, Pitchfork‘s Alphonse Pierre wrote: “Having contradicting emotions about Kendrick Lamar music isn’t something new (hey, Mr. Morale & the Massive Steppers), however ‘Not Like Us’ seems like one of the vital sophisticated rap songs ever. It doesn’t matter what you say about it, you’ll be a hypocrite indirectly. Forcing you to contemplate your listening habits, like barely any Billboard chart toppers have earlier than.
“And like To Pimp a Butterfly’s ‘Alright’ on steroids, the phrase within the title of ‘Not Like Us’ was shortly commodified and absorbed into the cultural lexicon, turning what was initially Kendrick’s celebration of hip-hop tradition and ousting of Drake from it right into a branding alternative chauffeuring Kendrick to the Tremendous Bowl half-time present. That has gone on to melt the affect of ‘Not Like Us;’ one of many closing nails within the coffin was Kendrick doing the observe 5 occasions in a row on an Amazon stream. For that motive, giving it any bigger cultural significance feels icky, although it’ll dwell on because the sort of omnipresent rap banger that doesn’t come alongside too typically anymore.”
