“Don’t ask for your favourite rapper. He dead, Amen (I
killed him)” Kendrick Lamar- Rigamortus
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| Taken from vibe.com |
Around a week on and people still be talking about this
Kendrick verse. I’m seeing a lot of interesting points being made; a few
startling debates kicking off and some utter gas being spoken about the
decade’s most controversial verse. First of all, let’s just make it clear that
Kendrick is ahead of every single rapper in the game right now. Section 80 was
incredible, GKMC was historic and almost every feature he’s done has been
golden. Not only that, he’s been the busiest artist this summer playing at
sell-out festivals around the world. If anyone was to drop bars like this at a
time like this, I think it’s fitting that it was Kendrick. You can’t have a Jay
Z, Nas or Andre verse like that right now cos they all God’s already. By dissing
Kendrick for this verse the way that Ortiz, Ferg and a few other have done, you
ain’t understood what the guy has tried to do and basically…you’re stupid.
If you follow the rap battle leagues URL, KOTD or our very
own Don’t Flop, then you’ll know that MC’s constantly send for one another. A
huge level of mutual respect is overshadowed by an even bigger sense of
competition; to be the best in the game. It’s nothing personal, or at least it
shouldn’t be. That’s what Kendrick is trying to do here man and instead of
repeating all the things that is written in this article, why don’t you have a
read for yourself? http://www.vibe.com/photo-gallery/kendrick-lamar-control-verse-7-ways-change-rap
He probably could have made the same impact if he didn’t
name drop those “new n*ggas” and just named himself amongst the best rappers.
That way, the other “new” dudes won’t have been so hurt not to have been
mentioned. Whatever though, I don’t care what inspired Kendrick to write this
verse but I’m so f*ckin’ glad for it. The overhype on Twitter, meme responses
on Instagram and crazy amounts of Kendrick Lamar Response YouTube videos are
just the beginning of a new and healthy era for hip hop; or at the very least,
that’s what I hope it’ll be.
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