There are
3 ways in which one can attain royalty, these are through hereditary, popular
appointment and force (not so popular appointment). Now the first method is the most recognized
method, for example the son of Kate Middleton and Prince William's will grow up
and sit on the British throne when he comes of age. Then fortune and virtue
according to Machiavelli, good luck and fortune can lead to popular appointment
because of skill and achievements, and then there is force which involves the
execution of the king and his loyalist and other possible competition for the
post of king, a coup de tat for an example all too familiar to Nigeria.
I got on
twitter yesterday and saw the trend My Face When I Heard Kendrick's Verse For
The First Time with a lot of funny GIFs, Jpegs, memes with each tweet, I knew
Kdot has done it again, since section.80, I have downloaded any song I see featuring
Kendrick Lamar because it’s never a disappointment, and it's always exciting to
hear him deliver ferocious metaphor, simile and puns in di and tripple
syllables. So i checked the trend timeline for a link and found out it was a
Big Sean song Control which also
features Jay Electronica, downloaded it to hear what the hoopla was about only
to hear this... "I'm usually homeboys with the same n**gas I'm rhyming
with / But this is hip-hop and them n**gas should know what time it is / And
that goes for Jermaine Cole, Big K.R.I.T., Wale, Pusha-T, Meek Mill, A$AP
Rocky, Drake, Big Sean, Jay Electron', Tyler, Mac Miller / I got love for you
all but I'm trying to murder you n**gas."
I then
understood what the fuss was about. The rapper came out guns swinging and
taking shots at people who he call home boys, who he has been on tracks with
and telling the rest of the rap industry "new N!@@@$" not to get
involved.
Different
reactions have trailed the verse, some have tagged it ‘verse of the year’,
while others refer to it as a diss verse. Although some rappers he called out
are still yet to respond, some are taking it as a slight. However Big K.R.I.T
is happy he was mentioned among the top new rappers. Well like I said earlier
to attain royalty there are 3 ways? I guess the Compton rapper is not satisfied
with popular appointment, as history has shown popular appointment make you a
target and there will always be a peer who thinks he's equally qualified or
even better.
Kendrick
Lamar gained popular appointment when MTV gave him hottest MC in the game just
after the release of his debut major label album and his debut on the list, he
won BET awards for his album, singles and even a feature on ASAP Rocky's hit
Problems. The rapper however has gone on the offensive in a bid to protect his
crown taking out his peers with a force of that of a ruthless king.
Shots have
been fired and we wait for a response. Already, BOB and Joel Ortiz have
responded on wax, let's see if Drake will brush it off as just friendly
competition and release the hottest album of 2013 as he has promised or drop a
diss or some sort of reply. The question also goes to Mac Miller, ASAP, Jcole,
Big Sean, Jay Elect, meek Mill and Tyler.
May be the
Emcees he called out will start dropping disses or maybe they'll start famzing
as has become the industry norm. Kendrick has proven he doesn't need to famz to
sell a million. Drake and Dr Dre were the most popular features on his Good Kid
m.A.A.d City album, he means business and wants to be king of the rap game and
he'll compete with his peers if it takes that to reach the pinnacle.
Article by Naija Hippy
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