By now, you’ve probably heard — or at least heard ABOUT — J. Cole’s new song “7 Minute Drill,” in which the North Carolina rapper goes in on frequent collaborator-turned-rival Kendrick Lamar. That’s probably why you’re here in the first place. You heard — or at least read about — his line that goes: “Your first sh*t was classic, your last sh*t was tragic / Your second sh*t put n****s to sleep but they gassed it.” And now you’re thinking, “Huh, what WAS Kendrick Lamar’s second album?” I mean, look at the title of this post; you’re only getting this if you searched for it.
And hey, we here at Uproxx understand any possible confusion. After all, Wikipedia has a list of albums that seems to undermine the common consensus about those albums (setting aside, I guess, how you personally feel about any of Kendrick’s output); going by that list, Section.80 was the classic and n****s gassed Good Kid, MAAD City.
However, I’m going to posit that he was starting with Good Kid, and that the gassed album was To Pimp A Butterfly. After all, when Section.80 was first released on Apple Music back in 2011, there was some debate about whether it counted as a “mixtape” or an “album” — a common source of confusion in those days. It was also released independently, without the backing of Aftermath and Interscope that Kendrick’s later output received.
So while Section.80 is technically K. Dot’s first album, many people contend that Good Kid was his actual debut. In any case, it’s the one that best fits the description given in “7 Minute Drill,” despite what some pedantic rap nerds on Twitter are probably carping on about right now. That would also make the description of “Butterfly,” its Grammy-winning 2015 follow-up, the album that fans slept on while gassing it.
And hey, setting aside what the aforementioned rap nerds are talking about… I was there. I remember. People did not like — or just did not get — that album. Even today, it’s got the second-lowest streaming numbers of any album in Kendrick’s discography on Spotify after Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (or, okay, the independently-released Section.80). Most of those streams appear to be retroactive, by the way. I’ve called it a case of “The Emperor’s New Clothes” in the past, and the numbers appear to bear that out (men lie, women lie, etc….). Internet FOMO drives a lot of the discussion of K. Dot’s catalog, but to use Occam’s Razor here, while he has some truly outspoken fans, it looks like there aren’t all that many of them — or they’re just lying to look cool.
So, TL;DR: even though Good Kid is technically Kendrick Lamar’s second album, most people consider it his first, making To Pimp A Butterfly the second album J. Cole trashes on “7 Minute Drill.”
Kendrick Lamar had perhaps the musical headline of March with his featured appearance on Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You song “Like That.” On the track, he raps, “Motherf*ck the big three, n****, it’s just big me,” an apparent reference to Drake and J. Cole’s 2023 single “First Person Shooter.”
Since then, fans have been waiting for a response from either of the targeted rappers. Last night/this morning (April 5), Cole delivered one on his surprise new mixtape, Might Delete Later. The track of note here is “7 Minute Drill,” which features these lyrics seemingly alluding to Lamar:
“He still doin’ shows, but fell off like The Simpsons / Your first sh*t was classic, your last sh*t was tragic / Your second sh*t put [people] to sleep but they gassed it / Your third sh*t was massive and that was your prime / I was trailin’ right behind and I just now hit mine / Now I’m front of the line with a comfortable lead / How ironic, now that I got it he want somethin’ with me / Well he caught me at the perfect time, jump up and see / Boy, I got here off of bars, not no controversy / Funny thing about it, b*tch, I don’t even want the prestige / F*ck the Grammy’s ’cause them crackers ain’t never done nothin’ for me, ho.”
That still leaves one question:
What Is J. Cole’s “7 Minute Drill?” The Meaning Behind The Title Of His Kendrick Lamar Diss
Ibrahim Hamad, Cole’s longtime manager and Dreamville co-founder, explained on the Say Less Podcast (as Complex notes). Hamad said of Cole, “He does these seven-minute drills […] where he’ll just be like, ‘You got seven minutes.’ It’s basically his way of breaking out of overthinking. Like, ‘Don’t even think about it, start a verse. What are we going to talk about?’ He’ll be like, ‘Yo, Cozz, write a verse about… pizza,’ I don’t know. And then they got seven minutes, and then they put the timer on, and then it’s like, ‘Alright, what you got?’”
.@KingOfQueenz speaking on J. Cole’s 7 minute drills
“It’s basically his way of breaking out of overthinking.”
J Cole came through and shocked the world this morning as he delivered a surprise album called “Might Delete Later.” Overall, no one thought this was going to happen. After all, he had noted that his next album would be The Fall Off. Thankfully, you don’t have to worry. As he explains on this album, The Fall Off is still on the way. That said, we now have 12 new Cole tracks to sink our teeth into. This comes amid his new feud with Kendrick Lamar, which was sparked thanks to the “Like That” verse.
In fact, Cole comes through with a response to Kendrick on this album. However, you will have to skip all the way to the final track to get it. On “7 Minute Drill,” Cole takes aim at the fact that Kendrick is someone who takes large breaks between albums. He also goes on to say that albums like To Pimp A Butterfly are boring and that Mr. Morale was tragic. Ultimately, this is the kind of response that is going to elicit a ton of comments on social media. Whether or not it works out for Cole in the end, remains to be seen.
As for the rest of the album, there are definitely some interesting features here. He gets Kendrick’s former labelmate Ab-Soul on the song “Pi.” He also delivered features from artists like Cam’ron and Bas. Daylyt, Ari Lennox, Young Dro, and Gucci Mane can also be found throughout the tracklist. No matter what, it’s J Cole, so you know people are going to tune in and listen.
Let us know what you think of this new project from J Cole, in the comments section down below. Did you enjoy his comments directed at Kendrick Lamar? Do you think this was enough of a response? Can Kendrick come back with fire? 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.
Tracklist:
1. Pricey ft. Young Dro & Gucci Mane 2. Crocodile Tearz 3. Ready ’24 ft. Cam’ron 4. Huntin Wabbitz 5. H.Y.B. ft. Central Cee & Bas 6. Fever 7. Stickz N Stonez 8. Pi ft. Daylyt & Ab-Soul 9. Stealth Mode ft. Bas 10. 3001 11. Trae The Truth in Ibiza 12. 7 Minute Drill
J. Cole is back, and this time, he’s taking no prisoners. Tonight, Cole dropped Might Delete Later, a new surprise mixtape with 12 new songs. The mixtape arrives two weeks after rapper Kendrick Lamar allegedly dissed him and Drake on “Like That” from Future and Metro Boomin’s collaborative album, We Don’t Trust You.
And with a new mixtape, fans are wondering if Cole will return the smoke. Some listeners immediately caught wind at some subs on a song called “7 Minute Drill,” which seemingly seems to be a response to Lamar.
Did J. Cole diss Kendrick Lamar on “7 Minute Drill?”
On “7 Minute Drill,” Cole alludes to a rapper who he says is past his prime. He notes that the his first album was “classic,” and while his second album was well-received, it wasn’t very exciting. He says that the artist’s third album was his best, and that his most recent project was “tragic.”
“He still doin’ shows, but fell off like the Simpsons / Your first sh*t was classic, your last sh*t was tragic / Your second sh*t put [people] to sleep but they gassed it / Your third shit was massive and that was your prime / I was trailin’ right behind and I just now hit mine /Now I’m front of the line with a comfortable lead / How ironic, now that I got it he want somethin’ with me /Well he caught me at the perfect time, jump up and see / Boy, I got here off of bars, not no controversy / Funny thing about it, b*tch, I don’t even want the prestige /F*ck the Grammy’s ’cause them crackers ain’t never done nothin’ for me, ho”
Though Cole doesn’t call anyone out by name, it seems to be clear who he’s talking about.
You can listen to “7 Minute Drill” above
Might Delete Later is out now via Cole World and Interscope. Find more information here.
Hip hop is a competitive outlet with many massive egos at the top of the ladder. From time to time, conflicts are sparked between artists that create a media zeitgeist, allowing fans a real-time window into the world of clashing titans. Some rap beefs unfortunately escalate to actual violence, while others result in classic tracks such as “Hit ‘Em Up” and “The Story of Adidon.” This year has already been big for hip hop beef, with multiple rappers feuding over the top spot in the game, as well as reviving old beefs that have long been considered dormant. Here’s a look into five of the biggest 2024 hip hop beefs currently raging on.
5. Eminem Vs. Benzino
It must be a shock to many fans that Eminem and Benzino are in a conversation about 2024 hip hop beef, as their original feud occurred over 20 years ago. In the years since Eminem’s career ballooned into one of the biggest in rap’s history, Benzino has languished in relative obscurity, resulting in the latter leaning on the beef to maintain relevance. Benzino has been bringing Eminem up in interviews for years, frequently flip-flopping about whether he respects the white artist and considers him emblematic of the culture or not.
Eminem kicked off 2024 by reigniting the hip hop beef with Benzino on wax, throwing numerous shots at the 58-year-old on the Lyrical Lemonade track “Doomsday Pt. 2.” Since then, Benzino has been on an all-out press tour, crying on Drink Champs and dropping lackluster tracks such as “Rap Elvis.” For now, it seems unclear whether or not Eminem will respond and keep the beef going, though he is rumored to be dropping an album this year, so more shots could be on the way.
While 50 Cent and Stevie J have not gone at each other on wax during their recent feud, the beef has seen them both making hilarious and vicious attacks on social media. 50 has been incessantly trolling Diddy during the mogul’s recent legal controversies and scandals, prompting Stevie to refer to the Get Rich Or Die Tryin rapper as an “Uncle Tom” who “wants to bring the Black community down.” Unsurprisingly, 50 Cent responded using his trademark humor and wit, deriding Stevie by calling him “Diddy’s boyfriend.” This discourse comes soon after Stevie J demanded 50 meet him in person so they could settle their differences face to face.
Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion have also kicked off 2024 with a massive hip hop beef, exchanging bars and social media posts with each other since January. Megan seemingly launched the feud with the track “Hiss,” which included pointed lyrics referencing Nicki Minaj’s support for her husband, who is a registered sex offender. While “Hiss” was the first track to bring the beef to the forefront of our timelines, Nicki and Megan have actually been throwing subliminal shots at one another since 2022.
However, there was nothing subliminal at all about Nicki Minaj’s response to the track, which saw her cracking wise about Meg’s dead mother, referencing the Tory Lanez shooting situation, and dropping an abysmal response track titled “Big Foot.” Fans of Nicki Minaj have taken the beef a step further by locating the burial plot of Meg’s late mom and threatening to commit acts of vandalism on the site, forcing the cemetery to increase security.
Ice Spice and Latto have become embroiled in something of a proxy war as a ripple effect of Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion. Though the pair have not committed to dropping explicit diss tracks aimed at each other, the talented femcees have each dropped several social media posts and lyrical hints loaded with shade. In January, Latto posted a snippet of her new track “Sunday Service” with an Ice Spice video playing in the background, causing some fans to theorize that the pointed lyrics “I just want a one on one, don’t know why she so nervous” are about her.
Ice Spice herself seems to believe this, referring to the video as a “weak ass snippet” and responding with more subliminal shots on her record “Think U The Sh** (Fart).” On the track, Ice Spice raps, “I got my foot on they necks, I can’t let up / She all on the floor, told her get up,” seemingly referencing Latto’s hit single “Put It On da Floor.” This 2024 hip hop beef has been quiet for the last few weeks, though fans assume more shots are likely incoming.
Kendrick Lamar is at the center of the biggest 2024 hip hop beef, which threatens to take on just about every name in the industry. When Kendrick dropped his landmark verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s recent record “Like That,” he took aim at J. Cole and Drake, rapping, “Think I won’t drop the location? I still got PTSD / Mother*** the big three, n**** it’s just big me.” Drake responded with some fiery words on stage during a tour stop, though J. Cole has not said anything publicly about the verse at this time.
Obviously, Future and Metro Boomin have co-signed Kendrick’s verse, placing themselves in the feud with Drake as well, while other rappers like Rick Ross, The Weeknd, and Travis Scott have seemingly thrown their support behind the PGLang founder by making appearances on We Don’t Trust You and refusing to speak on Drake’s behalf. Unsurprisingly, Kanye West felt compelled to include himself in the hip hop civil war of 2024, referring to himself as the one true GOAT and claiming to have “washed” both Kendrick and Drake in past collaborations.
It’s been a turbulent week for the biggest rapper in the world. While he’s been hitting tour stops on his series of It’s All A Blur shows, he’s also found himself beefing with numerous frequent collaborators. It started when Future & Metro Boomin dropped their highly-anticipated collaborative album WE DON’T TRUST YOU last week. The album featured the song “Like That” where Kendrick Lamar used his guest verse to take shots at both Drake and J. Cole.
The song became the most talked about rap moment of the year so far and the more people weighed in the more beefs it seemed to spark. One of the biggest was with Travis Scott. Video showed Scott backstage during Future and Metro Boomin’s Rolling Loud set encouraging them to play the Drake diss. Drizzy reacted by pretending to shoot at a prop of Scott’s head during a performance of their collaboration “Meltdown.” That came in addition to beef with Rick Ross that resulted in the two rappers unfollowing each other on Instagram. Now Drizzy is seemingly addressing all of it in his new Instagram post. Check out what he shared with his fans below.
Another beef he’s tangentially involved with relates to Sexyy Red and Joe Budden. Budden made some claims on his podcast last week about how Drake must be getting paid to hang out with Sexyy Red. He couldn’t see any way that Drizzy enjoys Red’s company like that, despite the fact that they keep crossing paths.
Red herself clapped back pretty quickly. Her first response was a simple one when she went on Twitter to call Budden “dumb” for the comments. A few days later she hit back again sharing an NSFW video of her twerking on Drake while the pair are on stage performing together as evidence of why he might enjoy being around her. What do you think of Drake’s newest Instagram post? Who do you think he intended for the post to be aimed at? Let us know in the comment section below.
Metro Boomin revealed that someone from Canada hacked his account, switched his number to another phone provider, and sent off tweets from his account.
Hitting X, Metro provided an update to fans.
“Jus got my phone # and accounts back today somebody hacked me the day the album dropped smh,” Metro wrote. “And all those corny ass tweets all my day 1s know that’s nowhere in my character.”
He would go on to reveal a tweet sending a subliminal to 21 Savage was not from him: “What I look like subbing savage and we were on the phone for an hour 2 days ago. Y’all shoulda known something was up then but negativity and bad news travels faster and further than anything else.”
It all started 2 days before the album dropped and all these 416 numbers would call me back 2 back a million times. It got so bad I had to keep my phone on airplane mode pic.twitter.com/g0nUfdE03q
Future, Metro Boomin, and Kendrick Lamar have taken the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Like That.”
The single, which features shots of Drake and J. Cole, is Future and Lamar’s third time at the top of the chart. Billboard says Metro gets his first No. 1 as a leading artist.
Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar’s “Like That” earns the biggest US streaming debut (59.6 million) for any song since Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” (59.7 million). pic.twitter.com/EgzgYTRDBS
Showing the dominance of the We Don’t Trust You album, at No. 2, Future and Metro Boomin appear with “Type Shit,” featuring Travis Scott and Playboi Carti.
Overall, Metro and Future place five singles in the top 10.
You can get a comment and see the complete top 10 from Metro Boomin below.
The CasinospotDE team is confident that everyone has already heard Future’s latest tracks, especially “like that.” As of now, it’s the most popular on Spotify with 75,381,690 streams. However, the most popular track, “too many nights” from 2022, has amassed nearly 600,000,000 streams, generating almost $2,400,000.00 over two years.
It’s been a few days of good news for Metro Boomin and Future. Last week they released their highly-anticipated collaborative album WE DON’T TRUST YOU. The project came on the back of more than a year of teasing, so much so that it became a joke among Metro’s fans. But as the chart announcements are rolling out it’s been nothing but success for the record. Over the weekend it was announced that the project soared to a #1 debut on the Billboard 200. Not only did it hit the top spot, but it scored the biggest tracking week of the year so far.
But the album itself wasn’t the only thing to debut at #1. The track “Like That” also skyrocketed to the top spot of the Hot 100. That track was propelled by a Kendrick Lamar feature that had everyone talking after he took shots at both Drake and J. Cole. Some fans suggested that mentioning Drake is the only reason the song reached the number one spot, something Metro didn’t appreciate. He responded to those claims in an Instagram comment. “Album was going #1 regardless. There was gonna be a #1 single regardless. Get off d*ck that man don’t even know y’all” Metro’s comment reads. Check out his full response below.
In another unrelated post, Metro Boomin revealed some mysterious phone calls that he got shortly before the release of the album. “It all started 2 days before the album dropped and all these 416 numbers would call me back 2 back a million times. Got so bad I had to keep my phone on airplane mode,” his tweet read. It was attached to a picture of the calls he’s been receiving. Eagle-eyed fans quickly noticed the phone numbers all shared the area code of Drake’s native Toronto.
It all started 2 days before the album dropped and all these 416 numbers would call me back 2 back a million times. It got so bad I had to keep my phone on airplane mode pic.twitter.com/g0nUfdE03q
Do you think “Like That” would have still hit number one even if Kendrick Lamar didn’t mention Drake? Do you think Drake was somehow responsible for the phone calls Metro Boomin was getting? Let us know in the comment section below.
LeBron James had a big game the other night, when his Los Angeles Lakers bested the Brooklyn Nets 116-104. He wound up with 40 points on 13-of-17 shooting from the field, including nine three-pointers (which ties a career high). Metro Boomin couldn’t help but notice that James’ big night came after the NBA star was spotted rapping along to Kendrick Lamar’s verse on “Like That,” a highlight from Metro and Future’s new album We Don’t Trust You.
That verse, of course, made waves when it first dropped for apparent disses against J. Cole and Drake. Drake caught wind of LeBron’s moment with the song and had a subtle reaction: He liked an Instagram post sharing the video.
This comes after Drake used Instagram to offer up with some took as other reactions to the song. In one post, he wrote, “They rather go to war with me than admit they are their own worst enemy [crying laughing emoji].” He said in another, “I could never sell ya’ll out to sell my latest work. Never do you bad out the blue but I’m down to make it worse.”
So, at this point, unless he’s saving it for a diss track or something, it looks like these subtle shots may be all we get from Drake in terms of a “Like That” response.
LeBron James went OFF on Sunday night. During his trip to Brooklyn to take on the Brooklyn Nets, King James dropped 40, including a career-high nine threes to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 116-104 win.
What sparked the performance? How about a little bit of Future, Metro Boomin, and Kendrick Lamar? In pregame, King James was spotted wrapping to Lamar’s diss verse in “Like That.”
LeBron James rapping Kendrick Lamar’s verse on “Like That”
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