Iggy Azalea spoke about Kendrick Lamar’s verse on Big Sean’s “Control” in an exclusive interview with HipHopDX today (August 14).
“The world is talking about Kendrick’s verse,” Azalea said. “I think Kendrick’s verse was amazing. I think it’s a really good Kendrick verse. I heard everybody talking about it, as I’m sure most people did, before I heard the song and everybody is going so hard on it and getting their feelings hurt about it. So I thought he’d really gone in on everybody. I thought it was like, [50 Cent’s] ‘How To Rob’ or some crazy shit. And I was like, ‘Oh my God, let me hear it.’ And I listened to it and I read the lyrics. I think it’s an amazing verse.”
After praising the Compton, California rapper’s work, Azalea also said that it has been “sensationalized.”
“I think it’s a fucking great, amazing verse but I do feel like some people are kind of sensationalizing healthy competition,” Iggy said. “Really, out of the whole verse, although essentially the whole verse is about you, what you aspire to be or being the best or those sorts of things, I do think that it’s two or three bars that’s kind of non-specifically about calling out names. Those are people he is calling out because you respect them. You think they’re your competition. I feel the same way as an artist when I’m competing against people. I want to be the best and have healthy competition but I still want to kill you all. That’s just how it is.
“That’s how it is in the office, too,” Iggy continued. “You love someone but you all want their position. Everybody wants to be the president. That’s what it is. I thought he was going to say like, some disrespectful shit because the way everybody has been acting about it. I was like, ‘Hold on, this is a great fucking verse but this is just healthy competition. He respects these people. They’re his peers and he wants to be the best.’ So, I think it’s awesome, but being a bit over-sensationalized in terms of what was said about these rappers. I don’t think it’s being over-sensationalized in terms of how great it was. I think it’s a brilliant verse, but I do think it’s been a bit over-sensationalized in terms of someone getting at somebody else. I see Gucci Mane saying some more disrespectful shit on his Twitter whenever he gets an opportunity to that’s almost completely mindless. So, I don’t know, the world is funny.”
The Island Def Jam Records artist has no official release date for her debut album, New Classic, an album that has been in the works for approximately two years. A tracklist for the rapper’s album was released August 8 via Instagram.
Additional Reporting By: Justin Hunte
RELATED: Iggy Azalea “New Classic” Tracklist
Her career was “over-sensationalized”
That doesn’t even make sense… it’s best not to post if you don’t have anything to say 😡
so why the fuck you posting nothing then. Follow your own words dumbass. Its MURDER!!!!!!!!!
Kendrick gots all these wack artist shook lmao!
HOW IS SHE SHOOK?
And she’s still doing much better than you. #winning
you know gucci beats up bitches too so you betta watch your back that nigga is crazy
who in the flying faggoting fuck gives any shit what this bitch has to say???
please suck some dick and shake dat ass hoe
I do, so shut the fuck up you useless idiot.
Yeah she should go back twerkin to stimulate T.I.
Its one thing that actually should be sensationalized
PREACH
Translation : K Dots dick give me an orgasm.
hah thats bc nobody gives a fuck about what gucci mane says. he holds no clout in the game today. kendrick does. he’s the ambassador of his era.
She needs to learn how to be succinct. She repeated the same damn thing over and over again.
for real foreal for really tho.
she be making the same points. again again. I mean she keeps repeating herself herself. Saying the same shit again and ag…
Love Iggy! And she’s right, as usual.
All the verse is is just K Dot realizing that the critics were right about him and made that a selling point. He does not disappoint.
K Dot popped this hoe last night this is why she’s dickridin him.
Who cares bout this bitch opinion? Go back to not droppin an album
FUCK FEMALES RAPPERS DRAKE INCLUDED
HOLY SHIT, that was nice.
Trill Talk, you killed dat bruh bruh
GO BACK TWERKIN HOE
Can I fuck her already!!!??
Not yet. I aint done that ass.
Yo Tip I actually hit it first, you other lil niggas get in line
After reading the comments, I get the impression the idiot “readers” of hiphopdx didn’t even “read” the article; only the headline.
It’s not we didn’t read it, its the whole Ja Rule 9/11 situation. Who cares what she thinks on this topic. No one is checking for her.
Lol, but everyone is entitled to their opinion without catching flack for it. I actually agree with her
I’m not saying she isn’t entitled, its just no one cares what she thinks about lyrical rap. I do agree too though.
Why the fuck should we read this shit? Do you think anyone involved gives a fuck what this wigga thinks? Like everyones just sitting around her comments like a fucking campfire with they fingers on they chin going HMMM thats very interesting!
FOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
get the fuck outta here then, damn
get the fuck outta here? you first
why, I’m not the one cryin like a faggot about some broad sharing her opinion
She lost me the moment she said Gucci’s name. And twitter beefing is not the same thing as “battling.” So just stop it!
HHDX Do y’all even read what these kids post in the comments? I’d rather y’all disable it then all this bs
I actually thought Jay Electronica had the best verse but that is just my opinion.
he did have the best verse of the song. Kendrick’s just had more impact, a phenomenal impact on the rap game
kendricks verse was good due to larger strategy and impact but the verse itself wasn’t ALL that. he’s been nicer on other tracks
Why would anybody care what she thinks she hasnt done shit but prob fucked evey rap brother in the business ..a whit bitch who try and act black is whack…female rappers and basketball players STOP!!!!
Dont say shit about WNBA you motherfucker hoe ass nigga
just said something about the WNBA fuck the WNBA. do SOMETHING. I FUCKING DOUBLE THERE YOU DO SOMETHING
Difference is Cucci is retarded fuck whad..
EXACTLY. Seems like she’s the only one with a level head about this topic.
thank you
Jay Electronica had the best verse, Kendrick had the most impact and Big Sean held his own
dope track, needs to be on the album
no jay did not
this bitch is crazy
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Who is this and why is her opinion getting a 6 paragraph article?
Must be a slow day at hiphopdx, lol. You’re site keeps getting worse and worse.
Who are you and why should we value your opinion?
kendrick lamar is a gay porno actors name
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^FAGGOT ALERT
Who let this bitch in?
Real talk, youngins. take notes.
shutup slut
whys this chick even being brought up into this lol
kendricks new wave is gonna wipe all the trash out of hiphop and she is one of them. she is saying is overhyped because she wont have a job if every1 follows kendrick
I really do wish she would shut up. I can’t stand her. It’s hard because I know i’m hating. It’s just she doesn’t seem to have a purpose. Her music is just ignorant from what I heard. If she has something more of substance. I’ll rock with her but Trina already had “The Bad Bitch” lane. She just feels like a waste of space. I guess we will see. Hopefully she can bring something new and refreshing. Right now she’s just all interview and no action minus the opening performance she did for Beyonce…
she will be on a eminem song soon … shes white and sucks and can do the hook while he screams.
LMAO TRUE SHIT
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It’s not over sensationalized. It’s helping bring competition and a focus on lyrics back to rap, which is great.
this bogan bitch needs to shut the fuck up and put out some quality music before she starts talking!
agreed haha shes a fucken disgace to aus hipho more than 360
the only aus rappers i fucks with are hiltop hoods.
She just mad because he didn’t name her in his top fav.
and her opinion on this matters why???
who gives a fuck what this braod has to say wtf
Who the fuck told this bitch to put her 2 cents in… She aint, never was, and never will be shit! Tell her to debate this comment. Dumb bitch!
I call yo momma dumb bitch when i pull out of her asshole too.
I don’t think any of yall even really read what she was sayin, or yall read it already not likin her. What she said is true, and it’s pretty much on the same lines as what i said when i forst heard it. I thought this nigga was bout to end niggas careers, do some 50 scent how to rob shit, then i heard it. It’s more like the shit talk you do with yo potnas before playin madden. The verse was tight and he gets props for that, but niggas hella overhyped it like kendrick just really blew fools out they shoes wit a cannon. The verse was good, this girl is correct, and it was overhyped. I dont even care for this girl so i aint defendin her, im defendin what she said.
100% agree. she doesnt stand high enough on my radar either but what she said is on point. kendrick did his thing, but still not what everyone is making it out to be. It was on a friendly tip
Iggy should just stop whatever she is doing and turn around and let us all see that fat white ass of hers. Just straight bangbros that ass up. Then! Maybe her opinion will matter
Iggy needs to pull them pants down and let me get up in them guts. Seriously that white girl has an ass. She should just show her ass. Her opinion doesn’t count
lmao, gotta co-sign that!
she bought it this bitch had a pancake before
JChrioni RigaMortician SoundCloud
Repsonse to Kendrick’s Control Verse
On Kendrick’s Rigamortis beat. Night Night Kendrick. All love, though.
Kendrick overrated as fuck.
Naw man, you just jealous as fuck. take you trill ass somewhere and get a job, go do something with yo sad ass life man.. Damn.
Iggy Azalea is still far from my respected opinions category. But what she said is on point, Kendrick def did his thang, but it was still only on a friendly tip. He’s cool with everyone he mentioned. But in mentioning them he did bring about a competitive reflex in everyone… thus the hype and commotion it has brought on. Kudos to him either way, I LOVE THIS HIP HOP SHIT!!!
I came back to HipHopDX after about 2 years because Kendrick Lamar’s verse finally made me want to get back into some new Hip-Hop but all of these comments are disheartening. I’ll do my best to avoid looking at the comments section from now on.
Anyway I just want you to know you’re a bunch of sad small minded people. Peace.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H28uibSLdfg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W1tG-m4NSU
She fucked up now mentioning Gucci tho. He gonna offer her a ride somewhere then throw her ass out mid journey haha
lolz, or pop that hoe in the head with a bottle…
I guess she would know…
IGGY WOULD RAP CIRCLES AROUND KENDRICK
Nah, she would however wrap her mouth around his dick if it meant getting ahead in the industry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7fibtRFnLs
Iggy is more sensationalized. I’ve listened to some of her shit and I don’t get the hype around her, and why TI was dick-riding her. FOH hoe.
The title is mis-leading in a sense, because it makes you think she’s saying it’s overrated, but what she said is actually true. Re: What KRIT had to say
He’s just saying they are all competition.
On a personal, side note…listening to Lamar makes me realize I could have been one of the illest!!
You could be the illest?Whats your muthafuckin name?
Could have been one of the illest…never gave myself the chance. Kendrik is dope but my lyrical talent and ability is on par with the best that’s all homie just felt like expressing myself- cuz as stated- I never did it full force when I had the chance
A lesson for you young- bucks..in life in general; not everyone should be trying to be a rapstar
Okay, I actually hear words and sentences being formed but… Im sorry what was the fucking point of her opinion? Because I’m somewhere between “I dont know what the fuck you are trying to communicate” and “I dont give a fuck about your opinon”.
I feel the same way about your faggot ass comment…..
The only emcee on par with Kendrick, who has gone
after him for Control is Lupe, everyone else needs to
step their game up
She made a legitimate point for all these #DumbNiggasWhoCan’tThinkOOutsidetheBox out there who think K.Dot meant to be Disrespectful, it is a matter of healthy competition. And the title is hella wrong for this article.
Word. The title is misleading.
BITCH! SHUT THE FUCK UP, GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!! – EAZY E
Truth!!!!
Easy-E 4eva fuck Iggy
whut?? how long this chic been in the game???? puuleeeze! phuxx outta here
BAD BITCH SHE’S A MASTERPIECE
so anyone can rap now Hip hop faill
welcome to the world of social media. Everything is over sensationalized.
this is what I think about that LAMAR verse & the current commercial hiphop generation of battle REVENGE OF A NERD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoFJ9M1W4G0
Who really cars what this fake bitch thinks? She is part of the problem Kendrick is addressing. Too many fake “rappers” in the game. Wannabe ass ho.
god this bitch is beyond garbage in anything she does
why the fuck should she speak on this with her wackness
I’m gonnna kill this bitch
Fuck you and most of all Fuck Gucci Maine
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Used to care but now that I know you’re Never coming off the shelf….and stop dickeating for press…
Now who the fuck gave this bitch the right to talk about shit? This aint country music bitch. It’s hip hop. Saying you the king of NY, are bound to get heads hot