This is actually pretty interesting:
Teacher talking about her Drake stan school switching to a Kendrick stan school
Teacher talking about her Drake stan school switching to a Kendrick stan school
Not Like Us is just an amazing track lol. With Kendrick I just assume that there's always layers to his madness and I think this was an amalgamation of "I'ma roast your ass" and "oh I only make conscious shit?" Probably a bunch of other things too. I also think back to the end of Push Ups when he's taunting Kdot. No way that he saw this shit coming 🤣😂😂. Kdot merked him on tracks that feel so different and far apart from one another.
Drake mocks Kendrick's Grammy wins and Kendrick's fanbase. All while gloating about his mega hit singles and how he could play the conscious game but chooses not to *surejan.gif*.
Meanwhile, Kendrick has demonstrated that he has a ton of variety and that includes some conscious shit and some bangers with all in between. As an artist I think he's far more versatile than Drake and this beef demonstrates just that with how different Kendrick's tracks have been.
Not Like Us is a fucking banger and broke streaming records. It's not some conscious Grammy bait or whatever Drake's and his fans would call it. It's exactly more along the lines of the type of music Drake says he prefers to make. Then Kendrick just drops it like, "oh you think I can't make shit that rides hard like this? Ok I'ma do that, AND call you a pedo the entire track and have the club bumping to it all summer." It's just fucking wild.
I come out of it thinking the same way I came in; Kendrick probably could rap on club beats all day but he makes the music he wants to make. Drake I think has his team and makes what he wants, but if the fate of humanity was on him making something like TPAB, it was nice knowing y'all I guess.
He should.
lets not be silly.
Each diss Dot put out but one has been +4 minutes. These 3 tweets did not write them.
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This guy is getting "Ja Ruled" right now and the comparison is almost uncanny.
I'm too young to remember exactly how the timeline played out, but I wonder at what point it set in that Ja Rule wasn't just losing a rap beef but his career too. I think the idea that Drake can just go quiet for a few months and pop back up with a #1 hit might be a little premature tbh.
I'm too young to remember exactly how the timeline played out, but I wonder at what point it set in that Ja Rule wasn't just losing a rap beef but his career too. I think the idea that Drake can just go quiet for a few months and pop back up with a #1 hit might be a little premature tbh.
I'm too young to remember exactly how the timeline played out, but I wonder at what point it set in that Ja Rule wasn't just losing a rap beef but his career too. I think the idea that Drake can just go quiet for a few months and pop back up with a #1 hit might be a little premature tbh.
Hell if the accusations of Dake having a daughter that is older than Adonis that he doesnt recognize, it actually makes Story of Adidon "redemption" fake of sorts and strengthens that diss because the only reason he became a good father (in that case) was because of the song and because of an Adidas promotion, not because he really wanted to (as he had a previous kid he never recognized).Technically he still made quite a few hits after that. Most notably New York. But 50 Cent had such a stronghold on the game that he controlled the entire narrative. Whatever happens I don't think things will be the same. As bad as Story of Adidon was for Drake, you can "redeem" yourself from being a deadbeat. Look at how all the memes about that situation are that Pusha dissed Drake into being a good father. Drake can't "redeem" himself from this specific accusation.
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Yo drake i got you!I guess this Game diss track to Ross is gonna be what this beef is now. Yep, this is like an IC Title Match going on after the World Title lmao. Doesn't make sense but hey good for those 2.
This is actually pretty interesting:
Teacher talking about her Drake stan school switching to a Kendrick stan school
I disagree with this quite a bit. Proving that he floated fake information *and* that Kendrick bit on it does one huge thing: It suddenly shifts doubt towards Kendrick. if he bit on fake information, can we trust a lot of the other things Kendrick is saying? Sure, the other stuff in MtG is scathing, but it stings a lot less when we know one of the verses is based on completely falsified info that Kendrick bit on. Suddenly, 6:16 in LA becomes a lot worse when Kendrick asserts that OVO is working for Kendrick and that Drake can't trust people.
The team definitely didn't float any misinformation. If they did and it worked, it would be a huge W for Drake and he'd have been parading something that makes Kendrick look stupid. Instead, he's just been quiet. In fact, if he had proof and dropped it immediately following Meet the Grahams, it would have taken all of the sails out of MtG. Instead, it was allowed to gain so much momentum which lead right into Not Like Us.
Drake has been completely played. The Heart Part 6 was just sad damage control.
I guess this Game diss track to Ross is gonna be what this beef is now. Yep, this is like an IC Title Match going on after the World Title lmao. Doesn't make sense but hey good for those 2.
A big part of MtG's impact wasn't just that it was a brutal song, it was also the timing of its release. Right after Family Matters.It wouldn't have shifted anything in any way. Almost none of Kendrick's disses relied on new information- 99% of it was just repackaging shit that the culture already felt about Drake. The reveal of planted info wouldn't invalidate Kendrick reinforcing things that we already know about Aubrey.
Just running through the disses that exist outside of allegedly fake info:
That's a summary of everything insult Drake had to stomach before the 11 y/o girl was revealed. NONE of it relied on information that isn't already public knowledge. So how would proof that Kendrick was mislead about the girl suddenly shift the tides when almost none of Kendrick's momentum was built on allegedly leaked info?
This is actually pretty interesting:
Teacher talking about her Drake stan school switching to a Kendrick stan school
A big part of MtG's impact wasn't just that it was a brutal song, it was also the timing of its release. Right after Family Matters.
To say that Drake revealing proof of successfully baiting Kendrick right after Meet the Grahams wouldn't have shifted anything...that's just strange.
Just as much as this is a battle of wits and musical talent, this beef has been a battle of information, allegations, and strategy. If you really think that the first significant pieces of proof (receipts) in this whole beef being dropped by Drake to show that he is the one who has the strategic advantage wouldn't change the court of public opinion, it feels like you aren't following the dialogue around these songs. Revealing proof that Drake was able to outsmart Kendrick isn't just about invalidating Meet the Grahams' content, it's about invalidating Kendrick's entire approach in general.
Because of the nature of this beef, a big part of it is about showing people who is a more reliable narrator of their side of the story. Public opinion has deemed Kendrick a much more reliable narrator because of pre-existing information (as you mentioned). So when Kendrick says that Drake is lying, we tend to believe him. When Kendrick says that he has a mole in OVO, we tend to believe him. When Kendrick says that he knows everything Drake is going to do, we tend to believe him. That is not a small thing. Drake being able to unequivocally prove that he is the one who has instead been one step ahead of Kendrick changes that entire dynamic. While that wouldn't make any non-daughter stuff in Meet the Grahams false, it removes the trust that many people have in Kendrick as a narrator, and that's a huge deal.
Kendrick basically used Drake's only weapon, commercial play, and used it against him. Drakes beef with Meek showed that if you can make a diss song bump in clubs (Back to Back) you've already won half the battle.Came to write up something similar. I'm still amazed at how much Not Like Us has taken over. You can say Drake had a scathing loss to Push, but Story of Adiddon wasn't a song people were bumping anywhere. It was cool for the online discourse and memes, and it was important but it still didn't get Drake where it really hurts him. The commercial success. This guy is getting "Ja Ruled" right now and the comparison is almost uncanny.
The only way the "Drake planted things" stuff could be true is if he was convinced to do so by the moles, and Kendrick had more counters ready if Drake was to come forward with "proof" that he planted stuff, which would make it a triple-gambit by Kendrick's camp, but that's too ridiculous.I think some posters are underselling the difficulty of what Drake is claiming he did (and thus underselling how impossible it is). Kendrick having a mole and completely preempting all of Drake's disses is insane, it's legendary. I do not think anything will ever top it. Drake thought he had the ultimate killshot, and Kendrick knew everything he was going to do and completely danced on his grave. All four of Kendrick songs were directly planned from and designed around this mole. They hit extremely hard because of this mole.
The next layer of complexity is pretty high. Drake has to know that Kendrick has a mole or he has to plan to give Kendrick a fake mole, then he has to coordinate fake information out to Kendrick and then get information back from the fake mole double blindside Kendrick. That is not some thing that you can half ass. You'll have to plan and you'll naturally have receipts for that. If you're planning this far in advance, you're definitely dropping an exposé at the same time to clown on the person you've just completely schooled.
However, if you just look at the situation at a basic level, I think the situation becomes very clear. It's not that Drake is probably capping, it is 99.9% likely he's capping. Realistically what Kendrick did has never happened in a beef before. this is a brand new strategy born from a very unique situation. Drake clearly does not inspire a ton of loyalty. Given the novelty of the strategy and Drake's non-beloved status, It's insanely unlikely that anyone, let alone Drake) would conceive of a double-double cross strategy in a vacuum. What Drake is pretending to have done is going from trigonometry straight to multi-variable calculus.
I think some posters are underselling the difficulty of what Drake is claiming he did (and thus underselling how impossible it is). Kendrick having a mole and completely preempting all of Drake's disses is insane, it's legendary. I do not think anything will ever top it. Drake thought he had the ultimate killshot, and Kendrick knew everything he was going to do and completely danced on his grave. All four of Kendrick songs were directly planned from and designed around this mole. They hit extremely hard because of this mole.
The next layer of complexity is pretty high. Drake has to know that Kendrick has a mole or he has to plan to give Kendrick a fake mole, then he has to coordinate fake information out to Kendrick and then get information back from the fake mole double blindside Kendrick. That is not some thing that you can half ass. You'll have to plan and you'll naturally have receipts for that. If you're planning this far in advance, you're definitely dropping an exposé at the same time to clown on the person you've just completely schooled.
However, if you just look at the situation at a basic level, I think the situation becomes very clear. It's not that Drake is probably capping, it is 99.9% likely he's capping. Realistically what Kendrick did has never happened in a beef before. this is a brand new strategy born from a very unique situation. Drake clearly does not inspire a ton of loyalty. Given the novelty of the strategy and Drake's non-beloved status, It's insanely unlikely that anyone, let alone Drake) would conceive of a double-double cross strategy in a vacuum. What Drake is pretending to have done is going from trigonometry straight to multi-variable calculus.
Excellent post but the double meaning in this line gave me a chuckle lol.the concern Drake has that showing a lighter side of yourself will compromise your credibility
There's no upside to the rumor in the version of events you're selling. It does not make sense. Why put it out at all? If he did, it's the ultimate self own. Telling a lie about yourself that people believe and you cant refute.Kendrick's 4 songs were not "planned around" a mole. A grand total of 1 of the things Kendrick said about Drake required having actually insider information.
You're also exaggerating how difficult it is spread a rumor. The thing about rumors is, you DON'T need receipts because people are simply taking what they hear at face value- assuming the person they got the info from, got it from someone who would know. Notice how people assume Drake has a daughter w/o evidence of Drake having a daughter.
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There's no upside to the rumor in the version of events you're selling. It does not make sense. Why put it out at all? If he did, it's the ultimate self own. Telling a lie about yourself that people believe and you cant refute.
I straight up do not see what you are talking about for the rollout. Minimum 3 songs revolve around the mole.
Euphoria - fabricating stories on the family front cause you've heard Mr. Morale. Back to back I like that record. (Foreshadowing two double drops)
6:16 - I have a mole
MTG - Drops direct after FM because he has a mole. References multiple lines from FM
NLU - obviously prepped in advance second back to back.
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There's a bit of that on the "anti-Drake"/Kendrick side too tbh. Lamar called him a pedo because he's in teenagers DM's, some people are running with it on the "secret hollywood pedo cabal of adenochrone harvesters" angle.The Q-anonification of Drake's hardcore fanbase has been funny to watch
Up until this beef and not being a listener of Drake I didn't realise how much of his core fanbase resembles and overlaps with the incel, manosphere, MAGA crowd. How they behave, the spiralling delusions, the obsessive commitment to their idol... It's a cult.The Q-anonification of Drake's hardcore fanbase has been funny to watch
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Yeah, that shit is pure cringe. Going to be fun in a couple of month of no Drake content.He got that from Reddit. The Drake subreddit is coping really hard. I entered yesterday afternoon cause anywhere I go, I see people saying Kendrick won so I wanted to see how Drake fans felt. It's pure cringe, couldn't last more than 5 minutes.