Kendrick Lamar reaps the benefits of being a fearless rapper
Kendrick Lamar continues to leave his mark on hip-hop history.
The Compton born rapper set Twitter ablaze Monday night after hip-hop heads around the web caught wind of his battle rhyme for the ages on “Control,” a seven minute song also featuring Big Sean and Jay Electronica. Did a west coast rapper really call himself King of New York? Did a rap rookie really put himself on the same scale as Jay-Z and Nas? And did he really call his hip-hop peers out by name and vow to annihilate their careers?
Spitting out some of the most braggadocious lines in recent rap history, Lamar (crowned by MTV as the “Hottest MC in the Game” in 2012) is now said to have the best verse of 2013.
Many have reduced Lamar’s verse to a diss track that has compelled countless rappers to respond via Twitter. But others, myself included, are intrigued by how awe-inspiring Lamar seems to be to rap veterans, his contemporaries and hip-hop heads. This verse is a mere extension of him constantly pushing the envelope and operating outside the box.
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