25 Drake Mistakes in the Rap Battle with Kendrick - An Essay

[@DJMKC24]

As far as the AI stuff in Taylor made goes, I think it’s perfectly reasonable to call it a mistake because it help unite the whole west coast against Drake. And Kendrick used that masterfully

[@MalikMoorBeatz]

Plus he put it out there he disrespected 2pac so 2pac fans will look at drake different.

[@hedbill8786]

I agree. And he was thinking because he had a 3rd joint he had took it a step further and thinking it was more than back to back. But it wasn't enough.

[@hedbill8786]

​@MalikMoorBeatz I noticed that it's different for different generations too. My son is 20, he was 5 when drake came out and Drake had a whole different persona by the time he was 11 years old. Me I seen exactly how he was and how he just morphed depending on where he was.

[@dangerouslydubiousdoubleda9821]

Tupac is a saint of the West Coast, niggas down here don't play with him, using Pac like that, was a guaranteed way of uniting the West Coast, because when you say "fuck 2Pac" your saying fuck the West Coast, so ofc we mad.

[@dysonspheretxi]

Using AI is an L in general. People who appreciate art will never accept that shit.

[@alonzosmith1544]

The mistake Drake made was actually thinking he could fuck with Dot 💀💀💀💀💀

[@Myrtil2682]

Drake means Don’t, Rap, Against Kendrick, Ever.

[@Dozav7]

Exactly. Drake’s mistakes are inherent to his personality. If he didn’t make these errors, he wouldn’t be drake.

[@therockforlife2023]

At least he tried not like soft cole

[@alonzosmith1544]

@@therockforlife2023 Drake was quote unquote the best rapper in the world according to some… you don’t get a participation trophy because you tried and got your ass whooped lmao he should of kept it at a friendly battle… so let me ask he got cooked by Pusha T too so you giving him some “ atleast he tried points” for that too? Lmao

[@therockforlife2023]

@@alonzosmith1544 yes why not? He is not a pvssy like J cole who also claimed to be the goat 😂 and why you gotta be so serious about dudes yapping at each other like girls if they hate each other then schedule a boxing match and lets see who wins not this stupid yapping at each other typa sh*t 😂😂

[@Armmstl]

Kendrick was right when he said Drake thinks we’re slow

[@HumanityInCrisis]

Generally that's what famous people think. That's how we know kdot is so synced with the culture and people in general. He is grounded and understands the pain and Drake is only there to feed off of it

[@BojackDaAlien]

that's how narcissists think, that we all are slower than them, because they have created a narrative in their minds, which they started to believe in

[@AllTheArtsy]

the tone shift from "drop, drop, drop, drop" to "you really got me burnt out" is so funny in retrospect. when Kendrick was silent and biding his time, Drake (and his fans) felt like they were the big dogs out in the street. then as soon as Kendrick enters the fray and starts dropping now it's "yeah okay drop 100 more im gonna go on vacation now" is so hilarious. meanwhile, Kendrick is saying "no caption, i want action, no accidents" and that he has 10 more in stock. just the tone tells you who is winning and who is losing

[@Laone-hh1jt]

He actually meant 10 more"how many stocks do I really got in stock, at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 plus five"

[@Dozav7]

He really got burnt out after 5 days. 😂

[@ReaveIdono]

​@Laone-hh1jt Right. People.get that bar wrong. I also think it goes back to when he called himself John Stockton. Like hey go back and look at that bar be ause Stockon played with Karl Malone. A certified pdf file

[@roseedwards4665]

I'm mm​@@ReaveIdono

[@stlgardener6122]

Black Americans didn't like Drake's slave line at all. We didn't think it was clever.

[@darksaint0124]

Black people. Why are you qualifying Americans in particular like we didn't have slavery in the Caribbean and South America?

[@sw33tialucard]

Lord knows I frowned my face at that

[@queenofbuttercream]

Especially because it was the second time he pulled that stunt.

[@JT-km6th]

This isn't true, black Drake fans don't give AF, they just pop pills and get drunk, they don't care for conscious rap whatsoever

[@kishab704]

And as a matter of fact all of his anti Black rhetoric during this beef proved that he's not at all like us.

[@abstractmedia8379]

Missed a couple: Don’t even go back to your hood and plant no money trees. It’s well documented that Kendrick has given back to his community, put money into the schools, real estate and even helped out a lot of the kids and his gang affiliates, etc.

[@rahbeeuh]

Yeah that part had me smh bc WHAT? Also, I think he rapped that bc he didn't have much on Kendrick.

[@hmack8937]

Yea this battle showed me he really had nothing to say about Kendrick. He couldn’t go into depth about anything he said about Kendrick…everything was surface level. Thats why he had to diss 100 people - he used it as a crutch to create filler for the diss record. His songs would’ve been short as shit if he focused on Kendrick. The method would’ve worked if Kendrick wasn’t dissecting him on such a deep level because Drake was snapping on family matters. That shit is undeniably hot- but he didn’t go deep enough on Kendrick to change the way we look at him….because he couldn’t.

[@achooblessu9501]

Idk if this was covered but "Kdot shi only hitting hard when Baby Keem put his pen to it" cause Baby Keem was definitely writing SAMIDOT while not recording minecraft videos

[@theblackpope4507]

@@achooblessu9501 What makes that line even dumber is the fact that Dot has written for Keem on multiple occasions.

[@jacobholley6181]

⁠@@theblackpope4507what makes this line even dumber is why would Kdot put his cousin on in music if he didn’t want people knowing baby keem was ghostwritten for him, the last thing you want from your ghostwriter is to make a Grammy nominated album 😂. To add to the stupidity baby Keem whole flow is organic different then KDots from the pitch to the way he spits. I think drake was hoping and relying on the audience stupidity, hoping they would forget Kdot first three studio albums classics. The only album that comes close to baby keem sounding would be his last album MMABS which was collab effort to begin with, even that falls flat because the one thing that was constantly said during the battle was that MMABS put people to sleep 😂😂

[@wildwesley9328]

Starting with the n word on Family Matters not only shows how insecure Drake is about it, but it’s also the most white teenage boy response I’ve ever heard in my life.

[@Wrestleroftheyear]

And if he didn’t say that y’all would claim Kenny scared him out of saying it Kendrick won but yall really on his D in these comments, try not to squirt ya princess

[@fullmetal1766]

thats what i thought

[@blank5519]

Kendrick also said that it wasn't deep it was just cringeworthy he really did get chipped by a throwaway.

[@SporadicV2]

Especially when you consider the final line of Euphoria. Damn that “response” is hella juvenile lmao.

[@MichelleD2023]

It’s even goofier that it immediately follows a clip of Drake’s own mother advising against it. So your best defense against the accusation that you’re a soft suburban child star trying to look tough is to go “nuh uh, I don’t listen to my mommy”? Drake, are you dumb?

[@murkYuri]

The difference between people “rejoicing” in the PDF accusations, is that Drake is the perpetrator and needs to be called out for it. Whereas Drake was making fun of someone for being abused as a child, he was calling out the victim. The fact that he thought that would be a good idea shows how disconnected he is. Shit on the aggressor = good Shit on the victim = bad It’s not that complicated

[@vcherylcollins6290]

@murkYuriVery well put

[@kjohnson047]

And it is not true. Kendrick wasn't abused. Drake couldn't comprehend Mr Morale.

[@DreamFactories]

I think one of the biggest mistakes Drake made was thinking Kendrick took a long time to write. He does take a long time to release albums because he wants to make meaningful bodies of work, that doesn’t mean he can’t come up with a handful of life-altering disses in a matter of 24 hours, which Drake learned the hard way.

[@jusbetter7634]

Kendrick takes months to release music that changes the way people see life. Drake makes a dance track with 11 lyrics on repeat in an hour

[@crisadence3707]

In Euphoria Kendrick legit was like “y’all think my whole life is rap?” Like no, he probably didn’t even have to try that hard to make the disses; especially considering Kendrick stated multiple times that he understood how Drake would move

[@quintonmiller8266]

​@@jusbetter7634 That's Kendrick perfecting long and hard Concept albums, not battling. He grew up on that and can write those in hours lol. That is known if Drake would have done some research.

[@ebnest123]

It's arrogance

[@jusbetter7634]

@@quintonmiller8266 why are you explaining this to me? Thats like... pretty much what i said lol

[@dbz287]

"Ozempic got a side effect of the jealousy" is even funnier when the first line in the third part is "Kendrick just opened his mouth, somebody go hand him a grammy rn". Drake has been salty Kendrick has been getting all these awards lmaoo

[@SweetieMs]

A whole salt lamp 😂

[@hearsay4936]

Kendrick Grammy line was funny though 😂

[@SweetieMs]

@@hearsay4936 Literally my fave Aubrey line in this series… but it definitely reminds me that he’s a jealous bih 🤣

[@hearsay4936]

@@SweetieMs yes , as a Kdot fan I find that line clever and funny 😄! Also he wasn’t 100% wrong ! He always lost Grammy to Kdot so I will be bitter if I was him too 😅

[@hmack8937]

And when you revisit First Person Shooter - you peep that Drake has been salty about those Grammys for a while - “I told jimmy jam I use a Grammy as a door stop”. People don’t peep - in 1st person shooter …Drake was coming at Kendrick on that last beat when the beat changed. And I don’t care what nobody says.. Jcole is not innocent either. He’s been sneak dissing Kendrick…. and Drake ironically lol smh 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@patrickracer43]

As a white person, when I heard Drake's "you rap like you tryna free the slaves" line I literally thought "what's wrong with freeing the slaves Drake?"

[@SweetieMs]

Literally any person with sense made the 🤔 face when they heard that nonsense

[@patrickracer43]

@@SweetieMs it's like those people who say that the Civil War was about "states rights"

[@SweetieMs]

@@patrickracer43 The weirdest thing about that example and similar ones is that they were red flags a decade ago, but they still get used. Like zero evolution, no software update, nothing

[@Jon8445]

If anything it proved kendricks point that drake is a culture vulture

[@BacchusAurelius-yj4mb]

I'm ngl I laughed, but not like a "haha that was funny" laugh, more like a "wtf this man too stupid" laugh

[@chad4826]

There is no world in which YG sides with Drake. This just showed Drake doesn’t understand street politics.

[@BeastNationXIV]

Yeah, Drake is *weird* 🤣

[@AllTheArtsy]

it was so funny, as soon as i heard him say "my n---- YG" i was like, "huh, isnt YG from Compton???" and then the producer tag "Mustard on the beat" in YG's voice had me rolling. Kendrick was so diabolical

[@sw33tialucard]

Lmao, G Malone said it doesn’t even matter if any one from Compton had issues with Kendrick, as long as it’s beef with an outsider, Compton would rock with Kendrick.

[@ksmith7668]

That's what I do respect about Compton. It's them then everybody else

[@kcidd12]

16:50 bro drake took on so many ppl that some people thought that he actually had beef with THE Rakim and Lil Wayne instead of Leland Wayne…. 💀💀💀

[@achooblessu9501]

"You would be a worthy competitor if i was really a predator" 💀

[@Schoolthepro]

Thank u, I always wondered how that even made sense. How did that line make the final proof read lol

[@jusbetter7634]

Bro hit the Dr Seuss

[@achooblessu9501]

@@Schoolthepro I don't know. It's so corny 😭

[@namenlosNamenlos]

Drake verbally admit he a kiddie diddler...

[@justincrane8825]

This line gives me such “Toxic Gossip Train” vibes

[@justincrane8825]

You missed the biggest mistake Drake made in Push Ups... “I be with some bodyguards like Whitney”. He literally made the same mistake he made with Pusha again, and he clearly learned the wrong lessons from that battle.

[@milesanthonygarrison5578]

“Kendrick just opened his mouth, somebody hand him a Grammy right now” Felt that exposed his jealousy of Dot critical acclaim

[@DetroitCoalition]

#26 - "Shake that ass for Drake, now shake that ass for Free" The habitual line stepper. Everyone knew Drake would eventually bring up the woman in his opponent's life. He never thought Kendrick would put out a scathing rebuke of Drake's upbringing to Drake's parents and kid(s) in Meet the Grahams.

[@darksaint0124]

Seriously. Basic pattern recognition would tell anyone that he can't go at someone without bringing up their girl. The Canadian has some kind of sickness when it comes to other people's women.

[@TheEMC99]

Agreed. When I heard that line I cringed. I'm thinking there's NO WAY he is saying this to Kendrick. Maybe I misunderstood but no masculine man would say that to another in that way. There's no world where I could fathom my husband or brother saying it. Kendrick told him he might pop @$$ with women. But that's VERY different than saying pop that @$$ for *me.* 🤮 If he was talking to Kendrick's fiancé/wife why in the world would he take it there?! Again, just beyond cringe.

[@hmack8937]

This is literally the line when I said in my head…does Drake want to fight or something? He’s either tone deaf or legitimately wanted to fight Dot..because how do you say that out of your mouth? “Shake that ass bitch” - foreal? What does she have to do with this?

[@Dozav7]

I’m a guy and I cringed hard at that. It’s wild to me that his fans are ok with him being that creepy.

[@hmack8937]

Yea…when I heard “shake that ass bitch” I was like..yea Drake must want to fight.

[@Cibbic]

First mistake was Drake using writers for diss tracks

[@Ladyfa777]

He's out of touch or just an ignorant Canadian.

[@BoadieBroadus3211]

Definitely ditched them by Heart Pt 6 😂 😂😂

[@hmm3041]

No lies detected 🙏

[@CKT100]

First mistake was probably not using more writer. I would have brought out everyone and made an album.

[@mahogany_black8756]

How else was he going to respond 😂😂😂

[@dysonspheretxi]

Using AI is an L in general. People who appreciate art will never accept that shit.

[@vogelvogeltje]

Ai is a tool. You can use it for good or bad.

[@coolcake.]

@@vogelvogeltje in music it is almost always bad

[@runa_7022]

@@vogelvogeltjei have rarely seen it do good as it is fundamentally built off stealing. stealing the voice of another human being is terrible, now steal the voice of a man who has already passed and that is straight up diabolical.

[@Vivians_Shadow]

@@vogelvogeltjeit’s a tool built on work stolen from others to try and create a soulless facsimile of work that people put passion and genuine heart into

[@JME1186]

@@vogelvogeltje If you use AI to do things like search for old records to sample, you get no respect from those who have been digging in the crates for 40 years. If you use AI to help write your lyrics, need I say more (no, I don’t). If you use AI to create a truly original melody (assuming such a melody exists) , it’s unoriginal and disappointing at best. I could go on but I’m tired, so I’ll stop there and ask- can you give an example of how one would use AI in music for “good”?

[@esmooth919]

12:22 in fact, Kendrick had the perfect response to every allegation Drake made: "This was supposed to be a good exhibition within the game, but you fxxxed up the moment you *_called out my family's name._* Why'd you have to *_stoop so low to discredit some decent people?_* Guess integrity is lost when the metaphors doesn't reach you."

[@luckyspurs]

The brilliant thing about that song is he never loses the moral high ground, even when he's telling a 6 year his granddad should have worn a condom to prevent his birth and telling a 64 year old woman that her son should be routinely beaten up in jail. Loved the line where he calls Adonis black too. Which instantly takes away the claim that his attack on Drake was an attack on all mixed-race people.

[@esmooth919]

@@luckyspurs Drake certainly wasn't the only one that misunderstood why Kenny was checking him on his blackness... Further proving that he's not like us

[@davidfuller581]

@@luckyspurs Yeah, like - I was pretty iffy on that until the bit with Adonis showed up... and then the first thing I thought was "no, this wasn't him calling drake not black, this was him calling him a fuckin' poser"

[@-Teague-]

​@@davidfuller581 yeah a lot of people were trying to make Kendrick out to be racist but J Cole is mixed too and Kendrick never took issue with him.

[@Officially_Unofficial1]

Let’s not forget the line in Family Matters when he said “This shit gotta be over by now for anyone out there calling it, right?” That was just cocky and really funny af that he got on The Heart Pt. 6 and then basically said he quit. Went from memes and internet games to calling the battle over early then backpedaled and cried because Kendrick actually responded and was prepared lol

[@SweetieMs]

He tried to end it after each song. Po lil tink tink

[@abasudoh7459]

​@@SweetieMsThis was what I was saying, he was ending every track with a victory lap like my guy there's a killer yo house fool, make sure he's dead dead

[@SweetieMs]

@@abasudoh7459 He simple 😩But, my head canon is that he didn’t actually want to beef, but had to once J.Cole apologized. So he kept trying to control the narrative after each of his songs, bc he wanted it over with as quickly as possible. My tinfoil hat canon is that Drake knew what was coming at whatever point Kendrick declined being on FPS, so he announced that he was sick (tummy issues… maybe planned surgery) and going on vacation as soon as his tour started, to try to avoid the smoke

[@rahbeeuh]

I just read about the tummy issues thing and ​immediately thought about "Hiss" but idk bout the vacation thing during his tour. @@SweetieMs

[@hmack8937]

I thought that was a dope line in the moment. I don’t call it a misstep. The only reason the line didn’t age well is because he lost. But in that moment before we heard Kendrick’s response …family matters seemed like a tough hole to climb out of for Kendrick.

[@jchris333]

I think difference between the drake Mariah Carey bar and the pdf file stuff is Kendrick is clowning the predator, drake is clowning the victim.

[@carlosi.1303]

The wildest thing is that even while dissing Drake, Kendrick ended up putting in lines directed at Addonis and the daughter giving them good advice, actually being like their mentor. That has got to be the most disrespectful thing that one man can do to another.

[@r-pupz7032]

Yeah it's diabolical, while also being really wholesome good advice for the kids and the listeners. Kendrick is a mad genius :D

[@oophorror2251]

@@r-pupz7032He began the song writing a letter…literally like Stan. Drake could’ve done something with that. Meet The Grahams sounds obsessive and self-righteous. Kdot records with convicted SA’s all the time. Drake didn’t win because he can’t play the villain.

[@SeanLKearns]

😅 daughters*?

[@hmack8937]

@@oophorror2251 he tried to make kdot look like a self righteous fraud…but the problem is he couldn’t go deep enough to make it convincing enough to win the battle. And he ended up hanging himself with the way he approached certain lines.

[@BoadieBroadus3211]

@@oophorror2251not bringing up Kodak is craaaazy

[@manafish8732]

imagine knowing one of the most respected lyricists and songwriters in the industry has been taking shots at you for a decade and when it finally kicks off you come in with this combination of laziness and overconfidence. what was this man thinking 😭 this wasn't even a battle it was just drake walking blindly into an ambush

[@Darrakkii]

kendricks biggest W was able to convey the message that drake shouldnt be trusted, its a line thats attacking on offense while dismantling what his opponent says - it also helps when drake puts so many questionable bars in and repeats a lot of his bad points

[@Aidan.reynolds]

Ya and it was all planned from the beginning. The album this all started on was called we don’t trust you.

[@SweetieMs]

@@Aidan.reynolds Exactly! There was an agreed upon narrative against Drake, and each party executed perfectly

[@luckyspurs]

Loved how Kendrick said "I can even predict your angle, fabricatin' stories on the family front 'cause you heard Mr. Morale" like 30 seconds into Euphoria. And then never acknowledged or felt the need to defend against anything Drake said afterwards. It was perfect.

[@dopeunapologetic7145]

The ONLY mistake Draya made was calling the Candyman 3 time.

[@thephantom2459]

"Just say his name and I promise that you'll see candy man"-Kung fu kenny lmao that's the first thing I thought. I believe that's from the song element on DAMN

[@micvic83]

Nah the real mistake was Drake thinking he can go bar for bar with a real lyricist

[@j.k5654]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉

[@Intercitypolitics]

😂😂🤣☠️ I'm weak power level at an all-time low right now... I almost missed this 1

[@RapPhilosophy]

I honestly didn’t expect anyone to see this video. Or care about me talking for 30 minutes about the things Drake said against Kendrick that was just mad annoying in the battle. Thank you all for the love. I read all the comments and love hearing everyone’s perspective. There is one correction I need to make Drake’s last album since the beef was For all my dawgs not honestly never mind and it did better than honestly nevermind, but even the sales of that album was practically the same as Mr Morale’s sales...so. KDot is up. Let’s send it up to Pac. Stay tuned if you enjoyed this. Peace and love from the east coast.

[@kjohnson047]

Thanks for your take. Thanks again from the Easter Coast.

[@Darrakkii]

i think its pretty subjective to say in Mother I Sober when Kendrick says ""Did he touch you?" I said "No"" ""Did he touch you?" I said "No" again" "I asked my momma why she didn't believe me when I told her "No" I never knew she was violated in Chicago, I'm sympathetic Told me that she feared it happened to me, for my protection Though it never happened, she wouldn't agree Now I'm affected" Kendrick means he was not touched, but his mother was and because she was afraid of it happening to her child she always acted like it happened just because she wanted to be there for her child in case it did happen, but because of this there was a lot of unnecessary trauma that didn't get resolved until years later and Kendrick found out and was able to process it. Regardless though its pretty insensitive to call someone a sexual victim when you're being called a sexual predator - and not insensitive in the same way talking to Adidon is insensitive, but in a way that makes you seem more guilty of being a predator. If Drake made a comparison between Kendricks mom not believing Kendrick and Kendrick not believing Drake, and the cycles of trauma that entailed after not believing someone, then he would've been actually making a great point, but instead this went over Drakes head completely

[@lennyjoseph7382]

I was saying the same thing, he could have easily used the angle of Kendrick making fun SA knowing his mom was SA'd. It would have made people at least think about maybe not enjoying Not Like Us but instead Drake is just too much of a simple rapper. I just do not think he is very smart.

[@venurian]

He also completely misread DUCKWORTH, I don't know how, and said "your father got robbed by Top" when he literally says that they didn't harm him because he liked him, and how they talk about it all this time later. I legitimately think his reading and writing skills are subpar- I'm confirming it with THP6 with him saying "it's good to get the pen working" like he doesn't drop like 2 albums a fucking year. He can't help but keep shooting himself in the foot.

[@AllTheArtsy]

thiiiiiiiis. it would have been an angle to go for the disbelief and the accusatory part. "why wont you believe me?" or "why would you believe this about me?" instead Drake was like, oh you're a victim !!! and then stopped there. i dont think he is smart or self reflective or self aware enough to go that route. i dont listen to much of his discography except by force when hearing them out and about and the disses in this battle, but he seems to just write about basic subject matter in a basic way

[@SEOshogun]

​@@AllTheArtsyyeah I definitely hear him while shopping like in target.

[@hmack8937]

@@venurian 😆😆right… like damn bro when is the last time you wrote something?

[@SeanLKearns]

DRAKES 1ST MISTAKE WAS RAPPING.

[@JT-km6th]

On the "don't make me have to chip a nail" bar, there is a much more creative and relatable way of saying that. For example on Euphoria Kendrick had the bars "the first time i shot me a Drake, my homie had told me to aim it this way, I didn't point down enough, today I'll show you I learned from those mistakes" Not only was it a flip on Push Ups with Drake saying he had to "hike down" but it also shows how lightwork Drake is to Kendrick. The difference in lyricism is staggering.

[@hmack8937]

I’m not understanding your correlation between drakes “hike down” line and Kendrick’s “1st time I shot me a drake line”…what do you mean by that?

[@JayL1988]

@hmack8937 Drake attempted to say he was above Kendrick( on top of the mountain) and had to hike down to meet him at his level. Kendrick then flips the line and says “The very first time I shot me a Drac’ “ referring to a Draco pistol( it’s classified as a pistol because it doesn’t have a stock) but its closer to/basically an Ak-47, he’s also talking about Drake( Drake and Drac’ are homophones, and it’s a double entendre). “I didn’t point down enough” The Draco has high recoil, you have to aim down/ kinda lean forward or the muzzle will pull upwards. Also he’s saying he has to aim down/lower when taking shots at Drake, because he’s not on Kendrick’s level, because he’s beneath him (double entendre)

[@wedontagelikemilktho.7839]

​@@JayL1988Ain't that a triple?

[@JayL1988]

@@wedontagelikemilktho.7839 which part specifically? With all the double and triple entendres in the song, you probably right lol

[@hmack8937]

@@JayL1988 I got the Draco with the kickback entendre from the door when I heard it…but I just felt like anything after that was kind of a reach. But it’s plausible. I just think sometimes the internet dives too deep and reaches and comes up with complete speculation when analyzing lyrics from their favorites.

[@SEOshogun]

Drake couldn't resist going back to back on kendrick. And he thought it would win for him like with Meek Mill. So Kendrick went back to back on Drake twice and made freaking history. By the time not like us came out everyone was saying stop! He's down already! He's gone fam! Lol

[@cardissg]

The AI Tupac was a horrible move, not just because it would upset people and divide the audience, but because it was horribly executed. You would think Drake would be skilled enough to write a verse that used PAC’s rhyme patterns, inflections, and cadences, but he put no effort into it. Instead, it sounded like a Drake rap through a voice changer. If it sounded more like Tupac, it might have hit better, disrespect aside. Same is true of using Snoop. It didn’t sound like him, and it’s weird, since Snoop is around to record a verse if he wanted. Just a major flop all around

[@talklesslistenmore5578]

True it sounde like Drake 😂

[@AllTheArtsy]

thats it. if Drake would have just rapped it himself in a way that made the perspective clear. like Snoop using nephew, i think thats pretty obvious. but no, he basically just admitted that his rapping skill is so weak that he couldnt write it or his voice and performance was not good enough, and resorted to the most lazy option.

[@ghost3337]

Exactly my thoughts, it was awful all around not because it was in poor taste.

[@tacianoborges6210]

Snoop would never

[@cardissg]

@@tacianoborges6210 It’s exactly the point. Using Snoops voice only made KDot’s point about Drake being a liar and manipulator more strong. He had to pretend to be Snoop, because snoop would never say that

[@blvckreaper462]

Making fun of someone who’s been sexually assaulted or molested as a fragile child is a lot different from making fun of someone accused of being a groomer and almost pdf file holder. If the proof wasn’t out there it wouldn’t stick so hard and sound so true.

[@sw33tialucard]

The first mistake Drake made was falling for Kendrick’s bait. The second was calling Whitney!😂 - I was so sad to realize that Baby Keem put his pen to GKMC when he was 8 years old😭😭

[@JuanitaEttienne]

Lmao say it louder🗣 for the DRAKE fans in da back 😂😂

[@ms.battle9055]

Mostly Black Americans rallied around Kendrick. Kendrick didn't win bc of the West coast. He won bc the culture rode with him

[@TheEMC99]

I disagree. And I don't think he would be flattered by that. What real competitor wants to win something because of the support? They want to win because they're the best. That's why he won. His rhymes and architecture was off the charts. And I watched video after video of non-black people being just as hype for his bars. And rightfully so.

[@minismalls3096]

@@TheEMC99 this beef was deeper than a "who's the best", it was about the people's champ getting the corporate puppet out of the culture.

[@jusbetter7634]

​@@TheEMC99he son the beef beyond rap. The culture he was speaking of was rap culture but it was also black culture

[@jollymolly2521]

You're way off base on that one. White people - especially kids - were all over this battle. There's a TT video of a white teacher talking about how her predominantly white school was a Drake school but after Euphoria came out she noticed that kids were siding with Kendrick. She said they were in the halls comparing notes "decoding" Dot's disses and talking about all the different meanings. She said she never thought she'd see those kids turn against Drake - but they were all rooting for Kendrick. She was giving them English homework to write an essay about the way Kendrick was using metaphors, analogies, double/triple entendres, alliteration, etc. She said it was the first time she'd ever seen some of them excited about English class.

[@KoreForever]

He won because he was better.

[@NicoleStevensHays11x]

Dude Tupac died over rap beef. You can’t be using his voice for your petty as shit. Let the man rest in peace, fuck

[@Misssteelcity412]

Facts

[@omnibussound]

Great breakdown, my take is simple, if Drake did not write those lyrics he lost. When I found out he did not write back to back, along with all the reference tracks being exposed I was disappointed because he smoked Meek Mill. But dammit it was not his penmanship... it seemed Drake is an actor who simply memorized hand-delivered tracks along with the cadence. From push ups to family matters, they sound written, the Heart part 6, now that sounds like Drake wrote that, and it is very different words and delivery from the other songs. To sum it up... Drake is the guy who stands next to the guy at bat... guy hits a home run and then Drake runs around the bases waving his hands and blowing kisses to the crowd.

[@carldavies4990]

The misstep was he thought Kendrick would take forever to respond and it would be an easy win.

[@GodScrewface]

Also how Kendrick flipped the Atlanta bar

[@anapark345]

You can't tell me Taylor Made Freestyle was not a misstep. Just because it's never been done doesn't mean it's good. Also, you didn't get permission from the estate of 2pac for him to exploit his voice. Same goes for Snoop. So again, Taylor Made Freestyle is a HUGE misstep

[@hectorlagos8937]

Kendrick showed up at Comton College to give a speech, in retaliation Drake will show the series Euphoria in a Toronto highschool while he offers himself as Prom date 😂

[@queenofbuttercream]

Drake had used a slavery reference in "Slime U Out" and folk was looking at him crazy, so i knew that was a mistake when he said it.

[@Ivo.33]

Taylor made freestyle was what caused the butterfly effect

[@SEOshogun]

I don't know I think once Drake started talking about Whitney and Kendricks son..... my theory is that if Drake hadn't made those comments specifically about Kendrick's family we never would have got meet the grams, but maybe we still would have gotten euphoria, 616 in LA and not as mean of a version of not like us

[@cristianabarca2345]

​@SEOshogun absolutely had he kept his mouth shut instead of stepping to dot, it wouldnt have been rhis personal

[@Darrakkii]

MM&TBS also won at the grammys over Drakes Her Loss

[@BacchusAurelius-yj4mb]

And you know he was salty about that lol

[@TheRealSeeJ]

“This bar almost made me feel like ‘Is Drake dumb’” Has to be the most common thought/feeling most people had after listening to the song. I swear for a second I believed there couldn’t possibly be a way Drake wrote any of his music if he was that clueless

[@BeastNationXIV]

Another part, looking back....he tried to shame Kendrick for "not doing the hard labor" That was a hilarious mistake, as the guy who got plastic surgery for ab etching, uses ghost writers, and takes whole songs (refering to the reference tracks that have come out where he basically copied word for word most often) for himself, and steal folks whole style they came up with it themselves. 😂

[@Ron314]

Drake doesn't understand street politics, YG was never going to switch up.

[@mgilbert9004]

He thought he could do the same shit with meek mill and the Philly rapper AR AB... but ab was dumb... And Philly always at war with each other... YG and all of Cali is NOT the same what so ever.

[@Ron314]

@@mgilbert9004 facts

[@Ims51]

Now this is how a breakdown is done. Good work man, earned a sub.

[@DonPeezyWeezy]

I believe the heart part 6 was written and produced with Just Drake, Chubbs and the engineer in the room. He didn't know who to trust. So he wrote and proofed everything himself. Thats why it was so inconsistent and contradicting. It sounded like he was waiving the white flag... because he was.

[@judyjudybobudybananafannaf727]

Also when drake said "Don't even go back to your hood and plant no money trees" was a mistake because Kendrick literally has a key to the city because of the amount of money in donations he has poured back into Compton.

[@exev]

"You know who really bang a set? My nigga YG." ☝️🤓

[@doubllechief6926]

Drake’s tracks often sounded like aimless rambling just throwing anything at the wall and seeing what would stick. You could tell he didn’t really know what angles to take and how to explore them.

[@makiba9461]

The ONLY mistake that Drake mad was to engage in a rap battle with Kendrick. That's it.

[@fat4l1ty]

looking at all the allegations, which most have been proved, he made a lot more than just one mistake 🤣🤣

[@makiba9461]

@@fat4l1ty Those actions were before the rap battle. His actions had nothing to do with the battle.

[@a.chavez5795]

If you’re not from So. Cal born and raised in this Hip-Hop shit…. If you don’t understand how disrespectful it was for a Canadian rapper use Tupac AI voice was a mistake and a done deal in losing California support… a fact Regarding YG - all hood politics. The streets are always watching…. So. Cal’s choice of currency is Loyalty, Pride, and Respect. It runs deep!

[@carbonphantom1]

You almost hit the nail on the head with the millie bobby brown line. It wasn't saying he don't do this thing that's already viral. That's got a part in it. But it was kendrick saying: "Yeah you like candy don't you." And drake responding with: "I fucking hate ring pops, i'd never have a ring pop in my life." Like, he said candy, nobody mentioned ring pops bro. Nobody mentioned Millie. He brought her up alllll on his own.

[@amcg6075]

To add on to your last couple points, i think talking on a diss track is a huge mistake as well. Dude gave a minute speech at the end and no one wanted to hear that. Keep it in bars or dont say shi unless its a press release. Anything on a beat should be music not speeches

[@wedontagelikemilktho.7839]

I mean Pusha talked at the end of TSOA but he didn't sound defeated.😂

[@amcg6075]

@@wedontagelikemilktho.7839 yeah exactly and it wasn't a minute long speech explaining things away

[@bronxkies]

Another issue with Drake's Ozempic line about jealousy is not only the irony of him being on Ozempic himself, but the irony that he says it has a side effect of jealousy as a dig at Rick Ross, but then proceeds to open his 3rd verse in Family Matters with an obvious jealous and bitter line, "Kendrick just opened his mouth, someone go give him a Grammy right now". Are you jealous Drake? You have 5, he has 17? Do you feel they're undeserved? Do you feel like Kendrick gets all the credit for being "black excellence" and you don't because you did once say that you're never acknowledged as a representative of "black excellence" like others are even though you qualify. So, you must be right about that Ozempic side effect, brother.

[@smokescreenFromThe6ix]

I'm a black 40 year old Hiphop head from the Six who is more familiar with Drake's music. This is one of the best breakdowns I've seen. I actually stopped listening to Drake's albums after the blackface pic came out. One thing I will say is that even though Ross never came with the knockout blow, his diss was effective in coming up with BBL Drizzy as well giving Kendrick more time to drop because it took people's attention away from Kendrick for a bit. Kendrick also mentioning that Chinese restaurant was a great chess move. Drake doesn't do sht for this city.

[@ReaveIdono]

The heart part 6 didnt sound creepy other than Drake being a creepy dude.

[@KiraBKADestroyerOfWorlds]

22:43 the picture that Drake referenced was the pic of the little girl that Drake had in his Family Matters video; but the thing is, that story came out *nine years ago,* that he had a two y.o. daughter _then._ Literally everything Drake said was what has been widespread about Drake for a long time, Kendrick was just bringing it to center stage.

[@myninjanews5115]

This is why the Richard Pryor wiz line was so powerful. EVERYTHING THEY SAY ABOUT ME IS TRUE!!. KENDRICK put on front street everything they say about him. They being past beefs and podcast etc....

[@LijeeWin]

Kendrick said on different occasions.. It's funny how one verse can fuck up the game and Say my name and I promise you'll see candy man. Kendrick did what he always do, baited him into dissing him and Drake finally got fed up.

[@PoppaCYS]

It's crazy to minimize the use of Tupac's voice via AI. It was probably of the most disrespectful things done in the battle - it was disrespectful to Pac, his family, and Pac fans. It also showed the Drake doesn't value art or the artist and fed into Kendrick's eventual narrative of him being a phony. The use of AI was a major mistake in my eyes... I like Pac, and I'm not a huge Pac fan and when he was alive, I was probably more of a fan of Biggy. However. after hearing what Drake had done, I was pulling for Kendrick to end him after that.

[@BohemianKitsch]

Bruh, the reason the west coast rode wit Kendrick is because he's KENDRICK. the point about Drake being out of touch is true, but TRUST ME, nobody changed allegiances because of that "west coast does fades" line. they were already standing behind Kendrick.

[@plansandpens8844]

I dont think any black person appreciated the slave verse by Drake. I think we all thought "what??" 🤔

[@Nyota2860]

Using AI was not only a mistake it was disrespectful to Tupac's memory and Snoop

[@chiazoman]

Oh wow, great assessment on the “get the pen working” bit. I didn’t even consider that.

[@kc89485]

Drake does have a daughter and many other children out there.

[@selig7]

I’m not defending Drake, I just want to know how you know?

[@dopeentertainment8924]

​@@selig7 Just trust him bro lmao

[@eldrickemc4602]

as many women as he sleeps with, and has never had a long term relationship. I wouldn't be shocked

[@williamwolfxrivera9929]

The Cover Of Certified Lover Boy does not help Drake's either

[@hmack8937]

@@williamwolfxrivera9929 😆

[@thabomboneni2994]

His mistake is he underestimated Kendrick for some reason, he taunted Kendrick because of the silence, little did he know Kendrick was building an arsenal of diss tracks, I think Kendrick took a page out of Rick Rosses playbook and extended it, remember when Drake came with pushups and Rick Ross quickly released champagne moments taking some steam off pushups, I think Kendrick used that tactic in destroying family matters with meet the graham’s.

[@tinyguy1015]

All the heart part 6 was a misstake

[@viviansbrown]

The mistake was going against someone who was being led by the Spirit. You guys don’t listen. Kendrick was chosen to bring that snake down. Check out how patient Kendrick was- Drake was trying to rush him and he didn’t move until he received the word. Another thing- Kendrick did not battle Drake he singlehanded beat all 20 of his ghosts writers.

[@annamay731]

Dude, your takes are so true and entertaining! Had me nodding in agreement and cracking up at the same time. 😆

[@octaviusmosley3582]

The one MAJOR mistake Drake made was not changing the beat for each diss track. Kendrick MASTERED it, and had us all scared, excited, and any other emotion throughout the rap beef.

[@tonyballou]

The chip a nail line was stupid. Its weird that people would try to minimize the perceived danger of their opps like that. Like, if youre saying they aint shit, why are you so pressed? If you feel like someone is worth your time and energy to go after, you should show a base level of respect to your opponent and you make your victory worth something. Go figure, he lost a lot more than the beef.

[@loulolalalola4703]

The items including Ozempic was said to belong to Drake. Akademiks admitted it.

[@selmabenha4436]

I’m not really in this world but I loved this video, it’s objective and just talking about the facts, sheds a lot of light on the situation, well argumented, well documented - great video good work man

[@KiraBKADestroyerOfWorlds]

You don't have to get onto whether using Pac's voice was a mistake, bc we all know it was, and what's understood doesn't need to be explained

[@QueendomCome621]

OVO sweatshop didn't have and answer for Kendrick. Drake was caught out there with his pants down.

[@vcherylcollins6290]

I don't usually comment on videos I watch, but I had to jump on and tell you how dope (do people still use that term😅) this video was. MAGNIFICENT analysis and breakdown. It gave clarity to a lot of things. I truly enjoyed EVERY minute. Good work, young man.

[@CallMeVanEl]

When you look at all the times he started messing with everyones exes and listen to how many times he talks about Whitney gets repetitive "I bet with bodyguards like Whitney" from Push Ups Most of the verses of Family Matters aimed at Kendrick is about Whitney and their relationship. Then we have everyones favorite gem "I only mess with Whitney's not Millie Bobbi Browns." Like bruh we get it, you have a crush on Whitney

[@denniscowe3289]

Doesn’t he also mention Dave Free like 10 times

[@Brandon-jb3rn]

For me the Drake solidified his L when he told Kendrick to fact check only for him not to follow his own advice and completely misunderstand “Mother I”. The worst part is he said it so confidently like it were a massive “mic drop” moment 😭

[@starstriker8268]

The heart part 6 has 20 mistakes alone

[@MusondaMapaalo]

This is the first video that objectively tackled the AI use, respect You earned a subscriber

[@Bkgiest]

This did feel a bit like Monday morning quarterbacking, but the honest truth is excellent bars with great beats are what won this, Drake didn't measure up. He is not as talented

[@kc89485]

Kendrick is the G.O.A.T❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@zanbarlee6190]

The difference between Drake joking about the assault he thinks Kendrick went through and Kendrick calling Drake a kiddie diddler is that one is a criticism of someone's actions, and the other is a criticism of something a person went through. Quite a few people tried to claim that "everything is free game here", which is true, but the problem is that someone getting abused as a child ISN'T a diss. Drake messing around with minors is a horrible thing for him to do, something that's weird, harmful, disgusting, and off-putting that deserves to be called out. If Drake was actually right about Kendrick getting assaulted, then this would be something horrible that happened TO him, not something he did. It had no bearing on his character, said nothing about who he was, and implies nothing bad about him. Drake tried to clown on him for being what he perceived to be a victim of one of the most terrible things that can happen to a person, and even worse, tried to gaslight people into believing that this perceived abuse somehow makes Kendrick's claims against him suspect, like being a victim somehow invalidates his claims. "HA HA, you abuse children and deserve to be in prison." is very different than "HA HA, you got abused while you were a kid and now you're crazy!"

[@bwalle3858]

One critique I would give is that the Tupac ai was the thing that got the west coast upset. The west coast loves PAC and a bunch of people I know from there wasn’t feeling it.

[@acephalos5026]

Na pac was a mistake, you don’t play with that!

[@kikidymon]

“My first one like my last one it’s a classic Yu don’t have one let your core audience stomach that then tell ‘em where yu get your abs from”-K-DOT

[@Charjones35]

If you notice Drake did the same with Pusha as far as dissing other people. Duppy was a Kanye diss because he had nothing to really say about Push.

[@MrKingvenom77]

Very intelligent video. Enjoyed the points you made. I don't understand why Drake would say he fed Kendrick info about a fake daughter. Knowing one of the biggest things against him was Pusha T revealing Drake's son. Why get the whole world thinking you're somehow ashamed of your child. One that's been hidden for 11 years.

[@justincrane8825]

Yeah initially that was the one thing Drake said that I thought might actually be true, simply because it seems like the kind of dumb strategy he might think was somehow clever, but the more I‘ve thought about it the more I think the daughter is real too, because everything points to the leaks in Drake’s camp being real and literally everything else Drake said has been proven false.

[@Rodricktyrone]

Basically Drake isn’t a stoic. He’s not a warrior in a garden. But he met the stoic warrior in his garden.

[@TimS1]

Also when drake said that "blacker the berry" and then followed up it up with something about not wanting to seen with someone not blacker than you......was flipped by kendrick immediately when he tells Adonis no matter what he's a black man, in meet the grahams

[@alephmale3171]

I never really thought about that “get in the booth” line like that. Yeah, he’s basically saying he never cares enough to try this hard in his regular records, even if he does write them.

[@RickySpanish100]

Why nobody ever acknowledges 6:16 In LA??? That shit was 🔥 too

[@RickySpanish100]

@@justincrane8825 🎯

[@harshmalhari8519]

Probably because its not on streaming services

[@denniscowe3289]

@@harshmalhari8519also not as many catchy bars as Not Like Us and Euphoria

[@harshmalhari8519]

@@denniscowe3289 I know, but that background vocal is soooooo fucking catchy.

[@kenmoops7547]

It's impressive you did this video (I think) in one shot, barely any cuts. Keep up the good work!

[@KiraBKADestroyerOfWorlds]

17:30 And in the vein of being the pot calling the kettle black, Drake talking sh*t about Whitney being mixed (even though she's actually more Black than he is) when _he's also mixed_ makes no logical sense--unless he's actually insecure in his own Blackness like Kendrick said.

[@sebastianmanzur5181]

Love the way you express yourself bro. Very profesional and clever. Keep it up ✌️

[@EP-yj9ww]

excellent breakdown. you just got a new subscriber fam.

[@josiahscott6155]

One of Drake biggest mistakes in this beef is making the heart part 6 💀💀💀

[@_glia]

i just wanna thank you for making this because i thought about doin this kind of tactical breakdown but am waaay too lazy you caught several that i missed and i dig your explanations

[@r-pupz7032]

I'm an OG Drake hater (both his music and him as a person - the weird underage stuff that's been known for years, the mysogyny, the ego etc) but I really appreciate videos from people who do enjoy his music. I find the critiques much more substantive, and I like hearing other perspectives & understanding why people like/dislike something. While it was super cathartic for me to see how the beef played out, I don't like hate mobs or how much people get swept up in hating someone just cos it's popular. Great video, thank you! Subbed :)

[@justincrane8825]

I hear your point about hate mobs, but on the other he has kind of done everything he could to earn it. “Understand, no throwin’ rocks and hidin’ hands, that’s the law.”

[@r-pupz7032]

​@@justincrane8825yeah you're not wrong tbh, he really brought this on himself and it did feel more like a cultural reckoning than a typical hate mob