Kanye West has been called things like a “fan, phony, fake, pussy and a Stan” by many people who would practically kill for the chance for him to respond in order to absorb some kind of relevance.
Lampooning behavior is nothing Yeezus shies away from or even pretends like he’s not guilty of (the “name one genius that ain’t crazy” line from The Life of Pablo’s “Feedback” explains it all), but even his bullheaded noggin may be stinging after enduring the content on the last couple of high profile Roc Nation releases.
By now, everyone is probably well aware JAY-Z’s latest album 4:44 has made the psychiatrist couch a thing in Hip Hop once again. The out-the-gate opener “Kill Jay Z,” all but confirmed the rumblings that were coming out of gossip rags last autumn around the time of Ye’s extremely public meltdown.
“You walkin’ around like you invincible/You dropped outta school, you lost your principles,” Jay quipped, making it more obvious that he missed the “old Kanye” with the bear and the backpack.
“Kill Jay Z”
Things become even more personal when his son’s name is used to canvas a double entendre when he raps, “But you ain’t a Saint, this ain’t KumbaYe/But you got hurt because you did cool by ‘Ye/You gave him 20 million without blinkin’/He gave you 20 minutes on stage, fuck was he thinkin’?/”Fuck wrong with everybody?” is what you sayin’/But if everybody’s crazy, you’re the one that’s insane.”
That saying that says “somethings needed to be said” goes without saying here; tough love usually gets through to the inherently stubborn. But how did the rift between them get so vast? A simple phone call couldn’t have at least kept the public from being Maximus Meridius-entertained.
But to say this was a knee-jerk reaction from Hov or even the first barb “approved” by JAY-Z is overlooking things a bit. J. Cole’s 4 Your Eyez Only may have came and went in a matter of months (weeks or days, depending on the person’s level of fandom giving their opinion), but its promotional single “False Prophets” made some waves with the thin coating of subliminals within the verses. Wale took his lumps without much of a fight, but that first verse has yet to be answered.
Not only did Cole call Life of Pablo “half-assed shit,” he flat-out said Ye’s best days are behind him and he’s only as good as his ghostwriters these days. Yeezus, have mercy.
Of course, Cole is a grown ass man and mature, confident artist who doesn’t need approval from anyone to spill his thoughts on wax. But there was an executive decision made here that either approved or ignored (or both) the end product. “False Prophets” didn’t make the final cut of 4 Your Eyez Only — but it still came out. Had Jigga not felt a certain way about Kanye, maybe he would have made the (rare) executive decision and had the joint sealed in the vault until further notice.
I know people backstab you, I felt bad too/But this ‘fuck everybody’ attitude ain’t natural” — JAY-Z, “Kill Jay Z
With all the glory found throughout his catalog, you won’t be able to find a singular diss record created by Kanye. Sure, he can snapback at a Bob Ezrin or Wiz Khalifa on Twitter, or waste My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy lyrics on the SNL and South Park casts, but he’s been above battling fellow and rival MCs for the duration of his career. Several artists, including former collaborators in Freeway and Kid Cudi have opened the door for such a possibility, but the bait was never taken.
But now that a couple of figureheads on rap’s Mt. Rushmore — past and present — have both expressed their gripes with Kanye on record, isn’t it time he responds with that honest reaction? Sure, it all but makes the 2008 JAY-Z tribute “Big Brother” a sad memory, and kills the hope for a Watch the Throne 2 or 10-song J. Cole album with Kanye beats (those weren’t happening anyway, but still) yet sometimes the best decision isn’t always the easiest one to make.
Actually, it’s probably the complete opposite. Such is life. Let’s hear what you have to say, Kanye.
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What people and HHDx need to realize is that Kanye’s ghost writers do not have beef. Do you expect Kanye to write his own stuff?
Who’s gonna write him a diss Consequence hahaha
Say whatever, Ye’s entire catalog > Jayz entire catalog. I guess Jay will always be your sunshine huh LOL!!!!
Pssh. Ye don’t have to respond. It seems people have extreme short memory banks these days. Like, there’s no bringing up how the rift was contributed by Bey not really feeling Kim from the get go. Yeah, let’s go way back. Or the fact that after your boys wife is robbed, y’all aren’t there to support the brother. Not a phone call or whatever. The rants came after all these facts. Jay has a knack of using people and then acting all saint like, like his ish don’t stink. If I were Ye, I would keep it 100, leave all this behind and start a fresh. Shoot, he gave new life to Jay as far back as the Dynasty…a huge contributor to BP and projects later. Jay get’s put on blast by wifey, sis in law and decides to rap about it like some profound dude and now we’re supposed to be like “awww, he’s changed, he’s this and that…” Even if that’s the case, let’s not forget.
Ye don’t want it with Hov….if he didn’t respond back to jcole what makes you think he’ll clap back at his idol?
J. Cole’s album came in went? Besides that ridiculous comment from an obvious Kanye Stan, the downfall of Kanye is based on two things: rapping about fame and money when he doesn’t have the lyrical skill or flair (like a Jay, Ross, etc) to make that style entertaining and the need to feel approval from white institutions (Grammys, fashion, Hollywood, etc.)
Kanye had 20 writers for one basic ass track. Of he wants to go at jcole and Jay he will need at least 30 ghost writers to come out on top. I don’t think Kim is willing to pay for that many writers. Kanye gonna have to get a bank loan….
He probably will respond. But it’ll probably be apologetic.
When you are at the level of a Jay z and Kanye its business and when selling records the most outlandish crap you let out your mouth and get people to talking boils down to controversy sells all the mag rags and radio heads talking while Jay z laugh all the way to the bank and very soon Kanye will do the same. Jay z had to do something different couldn’t come out talking bout selling drugs he went tabloid wit this one apologizing to his wife true business man
No, kanye should apologize and not diss… unless this is another publicity stunt.
As a diss track Kill Jay Z, is being overrated. Why respond to a forgettable diss?
Never made a diss track? Who tf did he make “Cold ” for? Air?
It’s not a diss at Kanye. At max it’s tough love. He uses those previous lines to let ppl know he’s getting to Kanye but they’re all applicable to himself as well. He also dropped out of school and some say he went away from what made him Hov recently (thus dropping his principles). In literally every other part of the song, the “you” he refers to is himself so it doesn’t make sense to switch pronouns to refer to someone else, and then call that someone else “he” in the next line. This is just media twisting shit up and it’s getting annoying.
lol you give the media way too much credit. This is all Jay-Z being Jay-Z. Theres a reason that this man is rich, he knows when, where, and how to capitalize. Stop overthinking it.
Kanye never respondes to disses because hes not a fucking rapper… i could find a 5 year old with more bars and talent… and if he tries beefing with someone that shits gonna show and hes gonna be exposed and be stuck producing again like he should be mans one of the best producers but a horrible artist
Jay Z B the only rapper to rewrite history with out a pen D End…
Kanye dissing Hov is the dumbest thing I’ve heard in a while…
Trent you are a groupie
Yet another publicity stunt. They use the worst moments of their marriage to sell records. They wait until the birth of their twins to announce a new album to ensure maximum publicity. And now he’s beefing w his “brother”. Just pathetic…
Many only diss Taylor swift..?
Kanye’s entire life is a diss track
Hiphopdx trying to encourage two black men to go at it for the white medias amusment. THATS WACK! KANYE SHOULD DISS HIPHOPDX!
is Kill Jay Z even a good diss track or are we just talking about this because its Jay Z?
Yeezy might rant back but I don’t think he would diss jay. That’s a beef the culture does not wanna see
” J. Cole album with Kanye beats”
Why would anyone want that? Cole has beater beats these days than Kanye does.
No. No. No. kanye’s ghost-producers with J. Cole spitting. N I gotta say that beat selection (which are usually his own) have always been Cole’s weakness. His beats are boring
You are Trent Clark; he is Kanye West, he did more than you up to this point. Get to work bitch and maybe we will give a fuck.
Trent & HHDX trying to fan flames. Just be a gossip site and get it over with.