Drake Family Matters

The Joe Budden Podcast Thinks Drake’s “Family Matters” Would’ve Ended Any Other Battle

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The Joe Budden Podcast often has pretty hot takes about Drake given its titular host, but no one can say that they don’t give due credit… Albeit a little late in some fans’ eyes. Moreover, the cohort was discussing the Lil Wayne and Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl situation during a recent episode, and they eventually circled around to how Drizzy might have had more shots in the tank had Kendrick Lamar not won the battle. Budden even assessed that “Family Matters” “ends the rest of y’all” in a rap beef, referring to other MCs. While he thought the Kendrick diss track was hard on impact, that’s even more clear in hindsight.

Still, it doesn’t change the notion that Kendrick Lamar’s “meet the grahams” and “Not Like Us” completely knocked the wind out of Drake’s “Family Matters.” The Joe Budden Podcast‘s conversation around this begins at around the 3:15-minute mark of the Twitter clip below. There’s still a debate over who “won” the beef, especially with the 6ix God’s UMG and Spotify petition in consideration. That’s another aspect that the podcast recently discussed with a wide range of interpretations.

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The Joe Budden Podcast On Drake’s “Family Matters”

What’s more is that pretty much everything that Kendrick Lamar and Drake do will have folks reaching for disses and looking back on how their battle aged. A perfect recent example is the Compton lyricist’s feature on SZA’s SOS deluxe LANA, specifically on the track “30 For 30.” A lot of fans drew connections between some of his bars on the record and potential references to the OVO mogul, but it’s not clear cut enough to really make heads or tails of. After all, so many bars on there could be interpreted in so many different ways that a sole conclusion feels limited.

Meanwhile, with more Drake music coming soon, we’re sure that this practice will continue for the rest of his and Kendrick Lamar’s careers. Their new moves provide more context and retrospective knowledge regarding their diss tracks, so reevaluations and less reactionary assessments will unsurprisingly follow suit. But nothing will change the impact of when “Family Matters” and “meet the grahams” dropped within minutes of each other.

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Drake Makes Serious Accusations On Latest Diss “Family Matters”

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Drake was waiting. It’s obvious from the opening seconds of “Family Matters” that he had the beat and the song concept locked. The instrumental that played during the outro of his previous diss, “Push Ups,” kicks back in, and he skates on it like he never left. He addresses the fact that Kendrick Lamar made reference to his son, Adonis, and tells the rapper that now he has to “deal with his dad.” Drake had to deal with multiple targets on “Push Ups,” but he doesn’t waste time here. He goes right after Lamar’s credibility as a “set banger” and an activist.

“Always rapping like you ’bout to get the slaves freed,” Drake asserts. “You just acting like a activist, it’s make believe. Don’t even go back to your hood and plant no money trees. You say you hate the girls I f*ck, but what you really mean?” The density of these bars tells you pretty much everything you need to know about “Family Matters.” It’s a great diss, and one that had a lot of thought put into it. Drake not only references Kendrick Lamar’s 2012 hit “Money Trees,” but pokes holes in the concept of Lamar as a good role model for Compton kids. It gets more aggressive from there.

Drake Calls Kendrick Lamar A Domestic Abuser

It’s the final verse that really ups the ante, though. Drake addresses Kendrick Lamar’s relationship with his wife, Whitney Alford. Lamar has admitted to cheating on his wife on his album Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers, but Drake claims their domestic situation is even worse. “You know I mean,” he raps. “They hired a crisis management team to clean up the fact that you beat on your queen.” An absolutely withering blow to end on.

What are your thoughts on this new diss, “Family Matters” by Drake? Does you think Drake went too far with his bars? Do you think he managed to top Kendrick Lamar’s previous diss? What does the song do to Lamar’s reputation? 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 Drake. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.

Quotable Lyrics

Ours sons should go play at the park, two light skin kids, that sh*t would be cute
Unless you don’t want to be seen with anyone that isn’t blacker than you
We get it, we got it
‘The Blacker The Berry The Sweeter The Juice’
We get that you like to put gin in your juice, we get that you think your Bishop in Juice

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