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Originally Posted by louder
On "No More Interviews", Big Sean said:
These lines come across as shots towards Kendrick.
^^^ and these lines from The Heart Part 4 seem like a response to Big Sean's shade.
Also:
Is pretty clearly about Drake since he claims to be "bigger than rap".
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Thanks.
Re: the Drake part... I initially took this as a shot at Jay Z, actually, who was recently inducted into the songwriters' hall of fame. But I guess that's not the consensus. The consensus, from what you said and from what I gathered from a video posted by Genius dissecting the meaning of "The Heart of. 4," is that this line is more like a, [i]"Hey man, fuck you -- you're not bigger than rap,
HOV is bigger than rap, and you're nothing by comparison" kind of thing.
But I still struggle to see a direct line to Drake. I feel like Kendrick can and should do better if he's going to call someone out. This is just a subliminal. He can't really bitch about Sean using subliminals ("tiptoin' round (his) name") and then go and use the same tactic on Drake a few breaths later.
Don't get me wrong though. I Fucking love Kendrick and I fucking loathe Drake, and if any post-Kanye artist is "bigger than rap" it's Kendrick, even though he's stuck to rapping (hard as a muh!) instead of branching out into pop and other genres vocally. I mean, "Alright" may not be an international #1 hit (not sure it was ever even released as a single) but it means more to more people than "One Dance" ever will. Millions of people bought "One Dance" because it was force fed them and made to cater to their lazy, radio-praising ears. But millions
chanted "Alright" because it spoke to them on an emotional level, when they were watching young black men get gunned down every week, and when a certain orange Orangutan wearing a pelt on his head took the White House.
Still. I feel like if he wants to call Drake out, he should either do it openly (he'll call out Trump and Putin, so why not Drake?) or not do it. Subliminals are clever but, again, he can't really condemn someone for using them while he's using them.
*shrug*