It’s very possible for a rapper to have the best verse when he’s featured on someone else’s song. But Kendrick Lamar took it one step further and proceeded to call out any rapper in his radius, and in effect, bodied his verse on Big Sean’s song “Control.”
The song, off Big Sean’s new album Hall Of Fame, also featured rapper Jay Electronica, in addition to the name dropping and calling out.
Click below to listen to it:
The verse includes these lines, with a bit of extra punch in his voice: “I’m usually homeboys with the same n—-s i’m rhymin with/ But this is hip-hop and them n—-s should know what time it is/ And that goes for Jermaine Cole, Big K.R.I.T., Wale/ Pusha T, Meek Mill, A$AP Rocky, Drake/ Big Sean, Jay Electron’, Tyler, Mac Miller/ I got love for you all but I’m tryna murder you n—-s/ Tryna make sure your core fans never heard of you n—-s/ They don’t wanna hear not one more noun or verb from you n—as.”
The verse sparked inspiration in the hearts of rappers, with many of them taking to Twitter. Here’s some of the tweets from some of your favorite names:
What do you think? Did K-Dot deliver? And is this exactly what hip-hop needs to get revved up again?