Joe Budden says he’d put Kendrick Lamar in his list of the five best rappers of all time, but admits there’s several other names that could slot into the final spot. Speaking about the topic on his podcast, he explained that the top four spots are all locked in with 2Pac, JAY-Z, The Notorious B.I.G., and Nas, but the fifth place is where things get malleable.
“If he ain’t 5, he’s 5B, 5C, 5D,” Budden began. “For me, it’s ‘Pac, Hov– in no order. I’m just naming them. ‘Pac, Hov, Biggie, Nas, and after that everything can get tricky. I’m gonna choose to put a Kendrick there. If I didn’t put Kendrick there, I’m putting 3k there. If I don’t put 3k there, I’m putting Wayne there. There’s 10 names that, they beat the rest of y’all and Kendrick is there. There’s 10 names that, I don’t give a f*ck what rapper y’all name, these 10 win. The MCs know it, the entertainers know it. Them 10 did what the f*ck they had to do.”
Kendrick Lamar Accepts Grammy Award For Best Rap Album
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 05: Kendrick Lamar accepts the Best Rap Album award for “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers” onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Budden has been speaking on Lamar quite a bit in recent months as the Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers rapper has been feuding with Drake. He already declared Lamar the winner in that beef following the iconic weekend he dropped “Meet The Grahams” and “Not Like Us.”
Joe Budden Speaks On Kendrick Lamar’s Legacy
Joe budden podcast cohost ish asking if joe puts Kendrick Lamar in his top 5 rapper of all time list . pic.twitter.com/286NuAaqog
Check out Budden’s comments on his top five rappers of all time in the clip above. Be on the lookout for further updates on Joe Budden as well as Kendrick Lamar on HotNewHipHop.
On this date in 1991, “the world’s most dangerous group dropped their second and final album as a group, ironically titled Efil4zaggin on the Ruthless/Priority imprint.
On the heels of Ice Cube departing from N.W.A. on a sour note to embark on a solo career, the now four-man group was slowly disbanding, but managed to churn out one last full length album. Dr. Dre and D.O.C. left the group to help form Death Row Records shortly after this project was released. The album offered up three singles; the memorable “Always Into Somethin”, “Appetite For Destruction”, which featured an Ice Cube sub and “The Days Of Wayback”. Because of the group’s success, the LP did eventually reach platinum status.
Salute to Dre, Yella, Ren and Eazy for giving us a piece of Hip Hop history!
Porsha Williams and Simon Guobadia are a celebrity couple that has certainly been through it as of late. Overall, the two are in the midst of an incredibly messy divorce. In fact, every single day, it feels as though there is some sort of bizarre update to give on these two. For those who may not know, the couple is mostly famous for being on The Real Housewives Of Atlanta. They had been in relationships on the show prior to meeting one another. However, they ultimately found each other and got married in 2022.
Unfortunately, things did not work out for these two. Instead, the marriage only lasted 15 months. It was not the union that both were hoping for, and the end of it all has been quite messy. Williams had filed for divorce back in February, and since that time, both parties have found themselves at odds. There is even a fear now that Porsha will have to film the next season of RHOA from Guobadia’s home, even though he told her to get out. Recently, Williams seemed to be in good spirits, as she could be seen on the gram twerking and having a fun time during Memorial Day weekend.
As for Guobadia, he seemed to be in a completely different mental space. He took to his Instagram page where he reminisced about last year’s Memorial Day weekend, where he was surrounded by friends and good times. Needless to say, 2023 and 2024 have prove to be exceptionally different for Guobadia. Only time will tell whether or not his divorce from Williams will become less stressful moving forward.
Let us know what you think about the mess between Simon Guobadia and Porsha Williams, in the comments section down below. Do you believe that they have handled this divorce in the worst way possible? Were you fans of them on RHOA prior to the recent divorce? Additionally, stay tuned to HNHH for the latest news and updates from around the music world. We will continue to keep you informed on all of your favorite artists and their upcoming projects.
J Cole has a reputation for bringing elite rhymes and skilled guest vocals to other artists’ songs, with some features such as “Johnny P’s Caddy” going down in rap history books as the hardest in recent memory. Unfortunately, even J Cole can have a miss or two on his record, as evidenced by his feature on the recent Cash Cobain track “Grippy.” “Grippy” has been universally panned by critics and fans of J Cole alike, with most listeners lamenting the awkward delivery, poor mixing, and especially cringe lyrics as major lowlights. Let’s dive into a brief list of Cole’s worst bars on the track, and examine what makes the song so awkward. Without further ado, here are 5 of the most cringe J Cole lyrics on “Grippy.”
Rappers often utilize shoddy wordplay to force a rhyme into place or paint a visual image. Most times, fans are willing to accept these instances and move right along. That is, as long as the tone and delivery of the awkward bars are jovial, and don’t take themselves too seriously. On “Grippy,” this is not the case, as J Cole opens his verse with a painful comparison between the words “hip” and “hippie.” On the song, the Dreamville head honcho raps “Grippy, huh/ Grippy, I call her that ’cause it’s grippy/ She thick in the hips, she a hippie.” These lyrics are spoken with the comfortable vibrato of a man who didn’t just spend the last month getting torn apart by rap fans for apologizing to Kendrick Lamar, and serve as a really painful first post-beef outing.
4. The Sloppy Similes Keep Going
As fans of J Cole, we all wish the awkward bars on “Grippy” would have ended with the hippie punch line, but things only get worse from there. Cole goes on to deliver one of the worst similes of his entire career with the bars “With a kissy emoji, she miss me/ When she see me, she say she gon’ strip me/ She gon’ chew on this stick like it’s Wrigley’s.” In case you need those lyrics broken down, he’s referencing Wrigley’s chewing gum, in an allusion to a woman performing oral sex. It remains unclear, however, why J Cole thinks “chewing” is a term that belongs anywhere in the same universe as a bar about receiving oral, but that’s his personal business.
Without a doubt, the most heavily-memed bar on this record comes in the form of a borderline problematic lyric, in which J Cole raps “Mm, yеah, believe it or not likе Ripley’s/ She said she was gay until I slayed, now she strictly dickly.” Here J Cole suggests that he’s such a powerful performer in the bedroom that he could convince a lesbian to turn straight. This would be an awkward bar for any rapper to deliver at any point in their career, but it’s especially odd after Cole just faced backlash for some seemingly transphobic bars on his most recent release. Either way, fans have already started posting audio clips of this portion of the song alongside images of The Simpsons‘ Ned Flanders, as he delivers his classic lines like “Okilly dokilly.”
2. Graphic Sexual Depictions Make The Track Nauseating
Some rap songs are specifically designed to be added to a bedroom playlist. While there’s no way of knowing for sure if that was the intent that J Cole and Cash Cobain had in mind when they penned “Grippy,” it certainly seems like they weren’t shy about delivering graphic sexual imagery in their lyrics. As J Cole nears the merciful end of his cringe-inducing feature, he offers up the bars, “I gotta get you up out of them Vickies/ uh, like p**** so good, I just had an epiphany/ It’s grippy and wet, you know I’m a vet, but you makin’ me feel like a rookie/ How you make me tap out so swiftly?” Maybe in an alternate universe, somebody could consider these lyrics steamy, but currently, these bars are positively obnoxious.
Nearing the close of J Cole’s verse on “Grippy” forces the listener to look inward and ask themselves what exactly Cole meant the last few years while promising The Fall Off. If this awkward and cringe-worthy refrain is anything to go by, that title may serve as much more than just the name of a long-awaited album. Cole closes out his verse by crooning “Like, b****, I’ma send all your kids to Disney/ hmm, hmm I’ma pay a lil’ extra, make sure they meet Mickey/ hmm she a what? She a what,she a grippy/ huh she a what? She a what, she a grippy.” Needless to say, this song has been getting a lot of attention from fans online, for all the wrong reasons. Even J Cole’s most die-hard supporters are finding it impossible to defend his awkward bars on this latest verse.
Trae Tha Truth does not the credit he deserves for being a standout voice in the Southern hip-hop scene. With so many legends, especially from Houston (where he is from), his name does not get brought enough. He is not a hit song writer, but he is able to create these luxuriously smoky bangers with ease. That trademark style has taken him a long way, as he is now over 20 years deep into his career.
Recently, Trae Tha Truth dropped off a new single, “Rock Out”, which provides a hazy environment right from the jump. Joining him on this spacey cut is A$AP Ferg, or FERG. Surprisingly, this is the first time that we are hearing these veterans on the same record. Their approach to creating tracks is different. However, it is not to the point that sticking them on the same beat does not make sense at all.
Listen To “Rock Out” By Trae Tha Truth & A$AP Ferg
In fact, FERG brings an incredibly wavy performance on “Rock Out” which fits the vibe to a tee. His “Rooocckkk outtt” background vocals add so much extra character to the instrumental as well. Furthermore, his flow and cadence are incredibly playful and carefree. All in all, this song is a total banger, and it looks to be the lead single for Trae’s next record, Crowd Control. Fans can expect it to drop sometime this summer.
What are your thoughts on “Rock Out” by Trae Tha Truth and A$AP Ferg? Does this lead single get you hyped for Trae’s forthcoming album Crowd Control? What is your favorite aspect of it? Who had the more memorable performance and why? Are you surprised this is only their first song together? We would like to hear what you have to say, so be sure to leave your takes in the comments section. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Trae Tha Truth. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.
Quotable Lyrics:
I step in this b**** like Big Mo Chief Keef Sosa, big Glo Got your b**** suckin’ my big toe Blue AK for that trenchcoat I Barney Rubble the flintstone I step like I fried up in tempo
After a hard-fought victory of 105-102 on Monday, the Boston Celtics triumphed over the Indiana Pacers, sweeping the Eastern Conference Finals in four games. Despite the challenges, Jaylen Brown’s exceptional performance earned him the series MVP title. Brown’s average of 29.8 points, five rebounds, three assists, and two steals per game throughout the series is a testament to his resilience. A day after being overlooked for All-NBA honors, he bounced back with a stunning forty points in Game 2. His game-tying three-pointer in Game 1 pushed the game into overtime, which the Celtics eventually won.
While Brown is often seen as Jayson Tatum’s second in command, the two shared the spotlight in this series. Tatum’s impressive average of 30.3 points, 10.3 rebounds, and 6.3 assists would have made him a strong contender for the Larry Bird Trophy on his own. Together, their combined efforts proved to be a formidable force that the Pacers and every other team in the playoffs struggled to overcome. Despite the distractions surrounding Brown, such as the controversy over his exclusion from the All-NBA teams and the Stephen A. Smith incident, the team’s unity and strength prevailed, leading to their victory.
The Miami Heat, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Pacers were all defeated by the Celtics in a total of 14 games thus, their route to the NBA Finals has often been rather steady. While Kristaps Porziņģis hasn’t played since the opening round, they also went up against teams with their best players injured. The Heat’s Jimmy Butler, Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton, Cleveland’s Donovan Mitchell and Jarrett Allen were all hurt on this NBA Finals run. Luck is a big part of winning a championship. So far, the Celts have been pretty lucky to go along with some truly dominating play.
Porzingis coming back healthy for the Finals would bode well for Boston. Brown, Tatum, Jrue Holiday, Derrick White, and Al Horford will all need to step up significantly if Porziņāis isn’t ready. The Celtics are presumed to take on the Dallas Mavericks. The Mavs feature two of the best late-game closers in the association, Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. All in all, the NBA Finals will be incredible. Let’s see if Jaylen Brown can lead his team to a chip.
Finesse2Tymes says he’s considering going to therapy but has never been one to pay others for advice. He made the admission in a candid update about his weight loss journey on Instagram, over the weekend. In doing so, he also shared a video montage of himself working out, cooking healthy food, and more.
“Weight loss journey going well, thanks for all the prayers, to my fans and supporters much love,” he wrote. “Physically I’m 100% better, Mentally I’m not, I think I need to see a therapist, I never been into paying people for advice.” There was a mix of support and trolling in the comments section. “All these negative comments from black people.. It’s sickening,” one user wrote. Another added: “Keep going they ain’t talk bout shii I be glad when school start back so all these kids in the comments can find some else to do with they time.”
Finesse2Tymes Attends BET Hip Hop Awards With FNG Shugga
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – OCTOBER 3: In this image released on October 10, 2023 Finesse2tymes and FNG Shugga attend BET Hip Hop Awards 2023 at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center on October 3, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage)
Earlier this month, Finesse revealed to his followers that he began a 21-day fruit-and-water fast in an attempt to get in shape. “This my 4th time starting over,” he wrote in the caption to his post at the time. “But u know how the saying goes, U fall down 9 time get up 10 times. I use to think money solved everthing, Until I got money, Now I’m struggling on mental, physical, spiritual journey, If u have a heart pray for me, I’m at war with myself #Artofwar.”
T-Pain has been spending quite a bit of time in Las Vegas as of late and for good reason. Overall, he has a residency in the city, and fans have been turning up for the artist. He has a plethora of hits, and fans love to engage in the nostalgia. Having said that, a video of T-Pain from one of his recent performances started to go viral online. In this video, the artist could be seen dancing along to Kendrick Lamar’s most recent Drake diss, “Not Like Us.”
At the end of the day, the song is incredibly catchy and it’s impossible not to get caught up in the moment while listening to it. However, some Drake fans apparently got upset with Pain’s dance. There was some backlash online, and in the end, the artist was forced to comment on it. In the tweet below, T-Pain noted that he wishes people wouldn’t let rap beef consume them.
Welp! You heard it here first folks. Don’t drunk dance in a robe. Somehow it’s a political statement now. pls don’t let somebody else’s beef kill y’all’s fun. Let ppl dance PLEASE!! Mustard killed that fuckin beat tho. It’d be pretty weird if you didn’t dance to it.
“Welp! You heard it here first folks. Don’t drunk dance in a robe. Somehow it’s a political statement now,” T-Pain wrote. “Pls don’t let somebody else’s beef kill y’all’s fun. Let ppl dance PLEASE!! Mustard killed that fuckin beat tho. It’d be pretty weird if you didn’t dance to it.” Of course, T-Pain makes an excellent point here. “Not Like Us” is one of those songs that gets you to move, even when you’re not trying to. It is just that effective of a diss song.
Let us know what you think about all of this, in the comments section down below. Do you believe that it is a big deal that T-Pain was dancing along to one of the biggest songs in the world? What do you make of the fan wars that have come out of this feud? Additionally, stay tuned to HNHH for the latest news and updates from around the music world. We will continue to keep you informed on all of your favorite artists and their upcoming projects.
pls don’t let somebody else’s beef kill y’all’s fun. Let ppl dance PLEASE!! Mustard killed that fuckin beat tho. It’d be pretty weird if you didn’t dance to it.