Looks like another rap feud is brewing! Kendrick Lamar has called out Drake in not one, but two verses on Dr. Dre's exclusively released Apple Music stream, "Compton."
Although the verses are subliminal, they definitely sting. The Compton emcee uses juxtaposition to weave the Toronto native's already well-crafted lyrics in and out of his own, creating a subdued yet deadly shot at him.
On the 16-track album, K. Dot takes repeated shots at Drizzy. On "Darkside / Gone," he spits, "But still I got enemies giving me energy, I wanna fight now / Subliminally sent to me all of this hate / I thought I was holding the mic down."
The verse appears to be a pretty distinct play on Drake's "Energy," which rhymes, "I got enemies, got a lot of enemies / Got a lot of people tryna drain me of my energy / They tryna take the wave from a n***a / F**kin' with the kid and pray for your n***a."
The "B***h, Dont Kill My Vibe" hitmaker takes the indirect feud a step further in "Deep Water," in which he interlaces the "10 Bands" rapper's killer lyrics from both "Started from the Bottom" and "6 God" to master a diabolical 16 bars.
"Motherf**ker know I started from the bottom, vodka baby bottle," he raps. "They liable to bury him, they nominated six to carry him / They worry him to death, but he's no vegetarian / The beef is on his breath, inheriting the drama better than / A great white, n***a this is life in my aquarium."
The TDE artist and OVO boss previously took subliminal shots at one another in the past.
Lamar made the first jab at Drake, naming him as one of the rappers he is hoping to kill in the rap game, while comparing himself to the greatest lyricists of all time on Big Sean's "Control."
The "King Kunta" rapper further fanned the flames when he ever so slyly called out the "Nothing Was the Same" rapper in the 2013 BET Hip-Hop Awards Cypher. "Nothing's been the same since they dropped 'Control' / And tucked a sensitive rapper back in his pajama clothes / Ha-ha jokes on you, high-five / I'm bulletproof, your shots'll never penetrate / Pin a tail on a donkey, boy, you been a fake."
Drizzy then combated on his track, "Used To," by spitting, "They gon' say your name on them airwaves / They gon' hit you up right after like it's only rap" -- Lamar was the only rapper at the time to call him out by name.
With Kendrick stirring an already boiling pot, could this subtle feud surface to a full-on lyrical feud? Hoping so, there is no doubt the two's intelligently posed verses make for a great rap war.
Check out "Darkside / Gone" and "Deepwater" off Dr. Dre's "Comtpon" on iTunes.
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