Ab-Soul Boldly Claims Drake Never Had A Chance Against Kendrick In Beef

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0:00 - Intro
0:13 - Ab-Soul's Tweets
1:17 - LL Cool J Comments On Drake & Kendrick Beef
1:56 - Snoop Dogg Praises Both Kendrick & Drake
2:42 - Outro
Ab-Soul has offered his thoughts on Drake and Kendrick Lamar‘s beef, claiming that Drizzy never had a chance against K. Dot in a rap battle.
The Top Dawg Entertainment rapper took to X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday (July 9) to weigh in on the rap titans’ rivalry now that the dust on their recent back-and-forth has settled.
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#absoul #drake #kendricklamar

[@blacklinkfirelink2304]

Anyone who actually knows Kendrick's music already knew Drake didn't stand a chance.

[@Costa173]

correct, the people who never really sat and digested kendrick's music are acting the most surprised

[@mzredlion]

Definitely agree with you

[@outlawzthuglife16]

Exactly

[@kingprince8011]

True story

[@FEB-mz6zr]

Agreed! Drake fell for the bait. Looks like Cole made a smart move or else him and Drake would be under pressure right now

[@alexchery44]

Anyone who listens to actal rap already knew it wasn't even close.....they were never close to begin with

[@javonestephens7856]

He’s right 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

[@thecunninlynguist]

Well duh. Drake cant compete with any real emcees.

[@thechillpill861]

Do you know what virtue signaling is?

[@Eli-ss9gj]

@@thechillpill861what does this have anything to do with virtue signaling

[@vijaz5559]

By that logic everyone that drake beat including meek mill isn’t a real mc. That i approve 😂😂

[@ap.jack93]

@@Eli-ss9gjUnc is trying to sound philosophical 😅

[@masemboross4996]

@@vijaz5559Who did Drake beat? Meek Mill is a cream puff

[@kasanova749]

He didn’t lie…

[@Docmatema]

He's preaching to the church... Everybody knew that Draje was no match for Kendrick, bar for bar. Which is why everyone was disappointed when J Cole backed out coz that would've been a true rap battle

[@spitingMYverse]

No it wouldn’t have been tf? Cole is a good rapper but it wouldn’t have been close and he knew it.

[@thisneegasahater2958]

No it wouldnt have lmao wouldve ended the same way

[@edmatias5609]

It would have been less disrespectful & shellshocking but I agree 😂 Cole can't match Ken's pen​@@thisneegasahater2958

[@user-ml4gy1hu6u]

Prob with cole, he is never hungry enough for the throne.

[@MarieanneSteele]

Kendrick demolishes Cole worse than Drake

[@VonnieS44]

And I will boldly claim that the sun will burn you if you touch it

[@trillgates2452]

😂

[@ejmcpherson925]

He aint lying tho, drake ain’t half the rapper that Kendrick is, I get drake has hits but that doesn’t equal rapping ability or dissing ability

[@Superblast663]

shut up

[@user-ph5yc6jj6w]

@@ejmcpherson925 Kendrick has never ever said anything impressive. He's just abstractly lyrical wit no quotables bars or verses and his subject matter has been done by the likes of Nas, Mos Def & KRS-One. Drake, despite not being the best lyricist ever has actual quotable bars and verses and that's all that matters when it comes to being lyrical. If you don't have quotable bars you're not top tier lyricist. Case closed.

[@phenyomatseke557]

​@@user-ph5yc6jj6wsad coping

[@lokstatre2738]

​@@user-ph5yc6jj6w😂😂😂 I swear the goalposts is changed everytime..just accept drakes loss..nobody hating he just needs to be true to himself and go back to making hits(pop)and catchy bars with great substance and them subject matter you praising 😊

[@amenx]

@@user-ph5yc6jj6w true but he destroyed drake

[@user-mn3es5qp8g]

Drake cant compete with Absoul

[@Kilamanjaro009]

Y'all d riders don't even listen to Ab Soul 🤡

[@michelleabraham6625]

​@@Kilamanjaro009Must we give Drake the opportunity to PHUCK with Ab-soul and what him be OBLITERATED?

[@Kilamanjaro009]

@@michelleabraham6625 I actually listen to Ab Soul, unlike y'all. Just because he's obscure doesn't make him better than Drake. All you people are gonna do is say Drake has ghost writers and d ride anything Ab Soul makes, same as you all did with Kendrick. The fact that you all have to pretend like 'Not Like Us' is hilarious.

[@5hadœwbånnedbyyou]

​@paulslofilounge Jay Elec would shit on Soul. And has the reputation to do so. Real Rap listeners never forget. Ab may have his path, but that path has him in the lane of after thoughts. But this is what TDE does, they feature in on the target when the conflict isnt over. But if you knew this, you'd know SZA is a replacement for the original female voice of Top Dawg Entertainment. The dirt is lifting and it stinks. And the main shooter is catching strays bc a might as well be gay Compton rapper let a real culture vulture into a Hood Day gathering. Rock and Q the only ones not looking stupid rn. Bc those two are the hardest of that four. And they always stuck to the music, rather than call out nggas they don't like. Ab talks as if he would be some horro story to Drake. But Ab never really walked up on the Elohim of Rap. Obviously alluding that Kendrick is his hypocritcal leader. Now tell us: What project has Ab-Soul ever dropped that has been deemed as a global classic? With all these insoder occultic details he has. P.S. we'll wait on it this time. 😂

[@5hadœwbånnedbyyou]

​@@michelleabraham6625 I'll put my money on the owl. At least he's putting the occult in your face. Ab is like a reporter of occult knowledge with his schemes. Drake could simply just use the 6 sound on him and go to work. Then next thing you know Ab would have to bring up Pascal Beverly Randolph or som' slick couplets that won't outweigh Drake's. Pause. That's not a glaze. Since 21 is the main one who put the battery in Drake's back to be rapping as good as he is now. But you gon' say its ghostwriters tho. Again. Ab would have a crutch with just simply having memorable hooks if not anything that doesn't refer to an element of Psychoactive conclusions. And that will get tiresome after a while on a wax battle. That's the problem with Rap fans, they want bars and intellectual chaos but no total packages. We want memorable lines, beat switches, fore hooks or audio cuts if no hook, sensible insults, not things we have to decode bc the rapper forces a parable. And the public has to putcast you for not liking the parables. Fk no man. Im tired of that from TDE. Keep that on Side B. Kendrick and Ab would fail at the total package standard. And Black Hippy weren't even all that real. Theres no proof of them making over 200 songs like the Migos. So that's always been a false group narrative on some LA dudes that linked up bc Anthony thought it was a great idea for money and prestige. 😂 But the people claim they just want Niceness rhyme schemes. That's not going to alone save you when it's real smoke. Not public hype. But I see TDE doesn't want no real smoke with that Samurai. He had to mention Amy Winehouse for Kendrick really wake up. Y'all know Y'all place. 🤣🤣💀

[@DOUBLEJOE850]

There is a reason that Kendrick is the first and only rapper with a Pulitzer Prize

[@Sup-bg1qu]

That award doesn’t mean what you guys make it seem. There are plenty rappers who have been deserving of that award. He should’ve won it for TPAB also, not DAMN,

[@user-ph5yc6jj6w]

@@DOUBLEJOE850 kendrick has always been desperate chasing white awards with no value or relevance in Hip-Hop.

[@SiyabongaSibiya-pj9gb]

U just hating. Kendrick is inspiration to black people​@@user-ph5yc6jj6w

[@y6443]

​@@user-ph5yc6jj6w😂😂😂 your so wrong bruh kendrick experiments as a artist his music is his story/ poetry. Drake need the hype/always in need to be in the spotlight. Power money respect the last one is better which is respect artistry. Drake album like taking photos with a camera clean nice etc while kdot paints more you look at it tell a different story. Drake great at what he do so as for kdot

[@5hadœwbånnedbyyou]

Bro go watch Finding Forrester. That's what the award is really about. Not no damn Rap record. Joseph Pulitzer, yes I said his name goofy. Created a system of sponsorship, to award "writers" and "journalists" of the literary form. So the real question is. What gay shxt did Kendrick really do to receive it? Bc when O watched the ceremony he was clearly dapping up Don Lemon. 😂😂 They hit ya boy with the Michael Luther King when he was probably in a hotel the day before having the women he actually likes. Even his Pulitzer is full of crap. Just like Rupi Kaur's Poet of the Decade is crap. Just like Amanda Gorman is crap. Crap artist selling identity politics bc the American public is addicted to racialism like they are to iPhones Talk Black to me how Kendrick talked to you on Not Like Us. Since you brought up his illusive received award of critical acclaim. 🤣🤣

[@TheYoungReezy87]

If drake tries to diss Ab the way he did Cudi All Black Hippy finna ETHER all of dem😂

[@derrickjenkins2455]

Yup, they will form together like Voltron and end him!

[@fxlltxtsearch]

They could all ether drake 1 vs 1 no need to team up

[@Reyo2000]

@@fxlltxtsearchnow this is a lie lol

[@MajorG13]

@@Reyo2000nah bro. This is facts

[@fxlltxtsearch]

@@Reyo2000 drake has demonstrated that he cannot even have a rap battle on a low level. Dude is taking rumours hes hearing from dj akademiks (purchased bots) and just making stuff up. Pretty much anyone in TDE could take drake. Drake is a decent lyricist. But he’s demonstrated he cannot even understand basic metaphors

[@supabadd1233]

ISM pronounced “iz-em.” Slang. Definition- 1) To gain or give wisdom 2) To Educate or be educated 3) To provide or be provided with game.

[@iamjoehill]

CHUCH!

[@TeeOhh12]

TABERNACLE! ✊🏾

[@LiabilityDiscourse]

Section 80

[@tyramaranan-wirsing8361]

That’s not a bold claim, that’s just a fact

[@Food4CriticalThought]

True. No competition. Drake shouldn’t even be here.

[@ErickWebster-mc2yg]

Unfortunately he has been here for the past 15 years and he ain't going nowhere so

[@ayonibrahim9985]

Drake is responsible for exposing many Rap artist to the mainstream, He has been a boon to the culture.

[@MarvGMusik]

​@@ayonibrahim9985 exposes them true but mostly for his own gain

[@REVIEWSWITJAY]

The people who actually sit and digest music and listen to what’s actually being said knew Drake never stood a chance

[@christopherpowroznik4909]

What’s so bold about that? One guy is a Canadian actor that uses ghost writers and the other one has had rap legends calling him a prodigy since he first dropped.

[@Cahluvca]

Ghostwriters vs an actual emcee....

[@pilotperry4525]

🌽

[@Blackmanisagod80]

@@pilotperry4525 I agree Drake is 🌽.

[@dvd7826]

It’s hard to go against someone when they have no history

[@demarcusds95]

Good point

[@michelleabraham6625]

FACTS

[@MichAyer559]

She said I. S. M. lol it’s called Izm baby lol

[@ant9976]

😭😭 they don’t know

[@KingCristo]

KING KENDRICK. 🐐👑🥋

[@TheDreadknoxx]

We know this.

[@luckygitane]

The word "boldly" should read "factually"

[@Reyo2000]

Drake mistakes in this beef was his own doings… Not taking Kdot seriously Doing memes and trollin Taylor Song Being too in the spotlight and easily readable Drake is a far cry from what he used to be..

[@BlakXicanThunda]

Its truth, the pop start that learned how to flow from others never stood a chance against a man with discipline and hard work.

[@jfraz1992]

Y’all delusional thinking drake gotta compete with Kendrick, Drake been popping before Kendrick & never saw Kendrick as competition, Kendrick dissed Drake on like that so what he was suppose to do not defend himself? GTFOH

[@Theyeti3788]

Drake just needs stop rapping at this point lmao 😂

[@jaideveremy4371]

Facts

[@static1217]

All the Drake stans were heated in his comments too. Those Tweets fucked them all up emotionally 😂😂😂 even had TDE Punch chime in haha

[@terryjoho]

Ab Soul right, LL right. I wish Snoop was just stop talking atp though 😒

[@MajorG13]

Snoop isn’t wrong though… Drake is a hit maker😊

[@terryjoho]

@@MajorG13 The people around Drake are the “hit makers.” He’s just the face. That’s been proven time and time again over the years but was on full display vs Kendrick.

[@EikshaBisht]

I don't like Snoop Dogg either 😒

[@EikshaBisht]

​@@terryjohoAbsolutely right 💯

[@MajorG13]

@@terryjoho so Drake is smart in that sense to remain relevant. 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Macdone1992]

Wtf is snoop talking about bruh 😕😒

[@feliciawilson4031]

I thought it was me alone cause wtf snoop

[@deonlepharaoh]

He couldn't compete with absoul either

[@Reyo2000]

Absoul is alright… far from Kendrick tho

[@Superstardark]

I boldly agree.

[@Devondavis-fm2dz]

The Industry just doing drake dirty right now 😭

[@ForeignAffairzVevo]

I agree but it’s not because Drake isn’t talented enough to win it’s because Hip Hop is a culture that’s predominantly ran by the rural cities of black America. Drake can’t compete with an artist that exudes that. They both did well in the battle though. I’m going back to recording now. Y’all be good. 💙🤝💯

[@caleballen1045]

Snoop doggs reaction to Taylor made was so funny bruh

[@jaredlhulum]

of course!

[@Chewbachi]

I already knew Kendrick would win but after Meet The Grahams i was thinking this bigger than hip hop this man is willing to expose the whole industry

[@e-klass6973]

Snoop never stands on nothing

[@quintonchapman1776]

Snoop didn’t like when 2pac did Hit’em up 😂🙄🤦🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

[@martinann]

Drake could have competed if he had gather more information on Kendrick. Although, there is nothing there about K-dot.

[@quintonmiller8266]

Naw. Dude is too corny and does not know how to use it. Kendrick is just a much much better rapper. Like All said, he should not have messed with Kendrick. Bad match up

[@y2washere]

He said what we were all thinking.

[@ShedLifeHua]

Ab-soul is a top man, much love from W.A Australia. ❤

[@mlindenigumede7598]

There's a very thin line between confidence and psychotic delusion

[@yeetrepublic9142]

Which is why Drake needs to be admitted into a psych ward

[@willzncube4386]

Facts!

[@guardian7568]

We already knew Soulo.....and soulo been stuck on that 6am in LA almost like he had a part in it

[@LeoMes01]

For what its worth I dont think Drake could've taken Asap rocky either. But y'all aint ready for that

[@ErickWebster-mc2yg]

At least he stood up to the challenge and didn't back down, cant win em all tho

[@Fortune332]

@@ErickWebster-mc2yg stoop up to the challenge?!? Drake is the one who asked for it. Remember Drake said “drop drop drop drop” He begged for that asz whooping LMAO 🤣🤣🤣

[@ErickWebster-mc2yg]

@@Fortune332 yes stood up to the challenge everyone knows Kendra came out dissing Drake and J Cole first because he was bitter about being called The Big 3 to me is that he waited several months after the track already dropped😂

[@Fortune332]

@@ErickWebster-mc2yg Drake plays checkers. Kendrick baited him and Drake the Fake got demolished. I know your feelings are hurt watching Aubrey get destroyed LOL

[@coryjackson6944]

Facts!!!!

[@keyshawnstewart1920]

If it ain’t a good picture u draw don’t bring it to the architect dats a from a old Kendrick Lamar freestyle yall look it up 👍🏿

[@elliottwilson2352]

FYI Ab better then Drake dont at me 😂😂😂😂

[@kaelthunderhoof5619]

Even Kendrick acknowledges that Ab-Soul is better than him when doing freestyles.

[@TeeTee0202]

💯 You told no lies here

[@saucekbrocklee2425]

Its not a diss if its true

[@carsondouglas8600]

Soul 😎

[@real1ant596]

He was Boldly right

[@freckhefner4019]

you know what I find be so funny. The fact that people are lying to themselves. Drake is a bigger artist and Kendrick. I hope people do understand that on so many different levels. He’s beyond him. There is nothing that Kendrick can do with Drake has done musically

[@DiRT_BAG_CALi]

@freckhefner4019 Oh yeah man, 90% of the hip hop community and fans must be lying to themselves.. there's no way you're the one that has a bad take 😂😂

[@MaishaOnTop]

Ans he's absolutely right.

[@worldtree2027]

Ab-Soul also believes Drake is a great artist and MC who has an opportunity at redemption. In reality, I don’t put too much stock into the battle regardless because they’re gigantic acts with their most prolific years behind them. At this point anything I get as a Kendrick & Drake fan is just icing on the cake. I could go eternity with just their classics in rotation.

[@DeeIrish94]

@@worldtree2027 I’m still waiting on these investigations. Otherwise the shit was definitely an act/staged to a degree. Drake still at the Hollywood parties, these folks living they life while everybody praying to Kendrick.

[@OldSlyEyes]

oh we knew been knew

[@1313fidel]

FACTS

[@fredro833]

No doubt.

[@trillgates2452]

Again. For you slow ppl: drake does not write his own lyrics. So, how tf was he ever going to win against an actual Lyricist like Kendrick Lamar?

[@Gb3ckford]

I agree

[@mlindenigumede7598]

Symptoms of a manic episode Feeling extremely happy or excited - even euphoric. Not sleeping or only getting a few hours of sleep but still feeling rested. Having inflated self-esteem, thinking you're invincible. Being more talkative than usual. Talking so much and so fast that others can't interrupt

[@simon_says...1547]

Drake Won. It took a Drake beef to get L. A people together. The black hippy reunion also happened because of it

[@RashadDecosta]

WHAT Snoop said, “can’t just mumble yo way to a hit record no more buddy” that ish need to be made LAW!!! I swear HipHop need a judicial system

[@kaydee1485]

Snoop swallowed his grin quick after saying writing😂😂😂

[@user-ql9be8rm9q]

Thank you Ab-Soul for not beating around the bush and having the courage to tell the truth in regards to who won the rap battle and more importantly thank you for making it crystal clear that Drake didn’t have chance. Anyone that knows anything about rap should have known that BBL DRIZZY didn’t have a fighting chance because he is nowhere near on the same level as Kendrick in any shape form or fashion. The battle was ended long before it began. Drake is the male version of Brittany Spears he’s a mediocre artist with a large fan base.

[@PrabjitNoctis]

"Boldly claims" ????

[@ChuckP2025]

The audience not dumb we all knew this 👊🏾💯😮‍💨

[@mgiebus1869]

In other news the sky's blue.

[@donzelljones5414]

If Ab said it then it’s facts

[@reejuice2]

I can’t believe Snoop said that 🥺. Aubrey isn’t even in the same realm as Kendrick when it comes to hip hop. Take any Kendrick album and place it next to Aubrey’s. It shouldn’t even be compared.

[@ORA777-xj4vt]

Soulo ain't capping tho

[@kendallthomas4221]

Since 2009

[@ObaShango7]

Boldly Claims😂😂

[@Sweetie1229.]

Yeah they did do that

[@Bassil_234]

I can’t believe people actually thought Drake would beat Kendrick in a rap battle, it’s insane. Nigga, I even thought J.Cole was trippin’ , him too would get it.

[@keithmutamba1395]

Kendrick needs back up he needed Metro, Pusha T did it on his own

[@zengeki23]

I would say Drake chose the wrong time to diss Kendrick. He should have done it in 2014 right after the control verse and at the height of his power. But he missed his chance or he was too scared to lose.

[@REVIEWSWITJAY]

Facts 😂 he was too in his feelings tho lol

[@MzansiStoriesOfficial]

nah there was never a right time , you forgot that BET freestyle ? that was diabolical , there is no timeline drake would have won against Kendrick

[@jfraz1992]

Kendrick dissed him first

[@REVIEWSWITJAY]

@@jfraz1992 not really

[@jfraz1992]

@@REVIEWSWITJAY yea he did on like that

[@1GeminiWriter]

With Ab-Soul, there were no lies told! LL Cool J knew the righteous thing to say! Snoop Dogg, even though neither side he denied, he finished by saying which ONE [KDOT] is on the Winning side! At this point, drake can’t even compete with lil Heiress, that’s how good she is compared to him.

[@cruelwinter362]

Drake is microwave food Kendrick is a home cooked meal

[@JusticeMcCullough-rw2jg]

Drakes not a Rapper. He’s an actor 🎬

[@KPKPlaysGames]

BOLDLY?!

[@thaconnected1ne]

All the real heads knew this from the jump...Drake was never going "Out Hip Hop" Kendrick

[@aiiir47]

If you know music yk it’s not a “bold claim”💀

[@EddieNgatia]

Next up... water is wet

[@big0514]

We boldly seen drake never had a chance

[@raymondbrown3637]

Aye y'all, grass is green 😮

[@clint6795]

sky is blue y'all

[@MichaelAndrew-se2vb]

Be for real who ride around listen to AB- soul only reason why people pay him attention because of Kendrick & schoolboy q

[@AFO_AnalyRics]

'boldly' is a funny word here. Most of us already knew Drake was nowhere near Kendrick as an MC. The big question of the beef was really how dirty, dark and commercial Kendrick could get - because we all knew that's where Drake would take it. He could never hang with Kendrick just off pure rap.

[@NopeNamely]

Drakes music still better

[@primosound23]

I’m from the east coast and all I have to say about that is…”West coast”

[@NatureBoii99]

We all knew Kenny had it! I still respect Drake for stepping in the ring.

[@AFO_AnalyRics]

1:09 Only true Kendrick fans know where Soul got that line from.

[@righteouslioncomedian1069]

"Boldly"??? 😂🤦🏽‍♂️

[@theenlightmentchannel3842]

😂Ab Soul is ready to give a head shot!!!!!!!

[@Phil-eq5lj]

He never could deal with kdot I knew this way before..but it happens when u get so high up u lose sight drake signed his death warrant when he decided to engage I'm glad drake never deserved such high regard he's a actor popstar now I hope he has learn to say in his suburban lane

[@Misssteelcity412]

Did he lie????

[@armenboric]

He lowkey baiting Drake to try to start round 2 😭

[@FatherDaughterDuoReactions]

Anybody who thought Drake had a chance is definitely a casual. Drake couldn’t do nothing with Pusha and didn’t want no problems with Joe. Kendrick barely pressed the gas on that colonizer.

[@elijahwhitfield3032]

Thank you, Snoop Dogg.

[@quintonspencer1170]

I mean he’s right