Among the many artists who responded to Kendrick Lamar’s verse on Big Sean’s “Control” was Brooklyn rapper Papoose. Months after the release of “Control” and Papoose’s “Control Freestyle,” the New York City lyricist says he was the one who inspired K-Dot’s king of New York mention on the song.
During an interview with Vlad TV, Papoose spoke on the rapper after he was questioned about Maino’s King Of Brooklyn mixtape. Pap revealed that he wasn’t offended by the title of Maino’s project and later added that he influenced Kendrick’s “I’m the king of New York” lyric on “Control.”
“I didn’t feel nothing,” Papoose said when asked about Maino’s King Of Brooklyn mixtape. “I dropped the King Of New York project in 2012, 2011. I ain’t feel nothing about that. Brooklyn is a part of New York. You know what I’m saying? He entitled to feel how he wanna feel. You know what I mean? Same thing with me. So, you know, I ain’t feel nothing…Nobody said nothing when I said I’m the king of New York. You was around. I actually influenced Kendrick Lamar to do that. To jump out the window and say that. I dropped my King Of New York project. I did the ‘Versace’ shit, I was saying ‘king of New York.’ I did the Meek Mills joint.”
Papoose continued to speak on the king of New York title, stating that he was the one who put that particular title in the spotlight. Additionally, the Brooklyn emcee says his “Control” response was the only “Control” retort fans were looking out for.
“I put the highlight on that title,” he said. “And made niggas wanna say they kings again…I never spoke to him [Kendrick Lamar] about that, but it was basically obvious. That’s how I feel. It was like when he released ‘Control’ everybody came to me. Everybody started hitting me up. ‘Yo yo yo.’ Because that king of New York identifies with Papoose. It’s like he said my name when he said that. Because that’s what I’ve been representing. I dropped a project. I did everything. All my releases you was hearing me screaming ‘King of New York.’ You wasn’t really hearing nobody saying that before that…My ‘Control’ response was awaited. Even the blogs was writing that…So, everybody was waiting for me to respond. They wasn’t waiting for nobody else. Why? Because I identify with that title king of New York. All this is facts. I’m not making this up.”
In response to Papoose’s “Control Freestyle,” Kendrick revealed that the rapper had the most “comical” response to “Control.”
“I liked the [King] Los verse,” Kendrick said, during an interview last year. “Joe Budden did this thing, Joell; a lot of people with different approaches…Joey had the facts in his verse, a few things that he felt. Papoose had the comical joint. Los was flipping his words and putting that spunk on it. I think he had the killer thing though. Yeah, Los killed it out of everybody. But the number one joint at the top of the list had to be Chocolate Drop.”
Man who is this clown? seriously he give him self to much credit….smh
Exactly, no one was checking for his verse lol. His only album that was like 15 years in the making sold 8000 copies so I don’t know what “people” he’s talking about…
Papoose is the only guy not mentioned on Control still talking about Control.
lol
LOL LOL!! This is the best comment i’ve read in a very long time. Thank you, thank you.
lmao papoose a clown
Is it possible to be any more delusional than this fool?
another LOCAL rapper beggin 4 attention ….nigga go sign wit young money or somthin
LMMFAO… HE’S DELUSIONAL. – IF U WANT A BUZZ SON, DROP SOME WORTHY MUSIC!!! U ARE NEWYORK DUMPERSTER JUICE DUNN DUNN!
Fact: Most people in NY have no clue who Papoose is.
Fact: Most believe Jay-Z is King of NY if not him, Diddy.
Fact: Only time Papoose makes headlines is when he talks about another artist.
Fact: You can’t be the best if your local. Papoose is local.
Fact: He will be forgotten within 5 years.
every real hip hop head in ny knows who papoose is and why he had such a huge buzz 2005-2008.
bitch nigga go back to ur middle school class room
Pap’s Control version was TERRIBLE. Los had the best response. Budden was up there too.
for one, this is a months old VladTV interview and two, Papoose had the hardest control response….y’all some dickriders
Los and Joe Buddens had the best response
That dude your as high as pap if u think that shit was hot.its garbage
wow this guy just TALKS,he reminds me of lil mama just OUT THERE in his own sweet soft world…
The only control response nobody wanted to hear.
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
I DIDNT KNOW PAPUSSY WAS INTO COMEDY NOW. WHEN DID HE START STAND UP?
Lmfao Papoose is a clown son.
ROFL. Yo son your music is just not good….
Im glad everyone else is on the same page, This nigga is lost in a false reality….
Heck you’d be feeling yoself also if a label hit you off with a Mil to basically drop a bunch of mix tapes and steal some baud lyrics
I love how delusional this guy is.
Riff Raff’s control response > Papoose’s control response
KENDRICK SUCKS, BIG SEAN SUCKS, TRINIDAD JAMES SUCKS.
Your use of the word *Kendrick is wrong…the correct variation is *papoose
This cat is still clinging on to that “Control” track. MOVE ON, B!
kendrick’s verse is the only reason why this guy got any press in years and the funny thing is he wasn’t even mentioned on the song
Papoose is so fucking full of himself.
Wonder what blogs Papoose been reading because he getting shitted on consistently in this one!! Papoose think he can “will” his self to be dope.
He had the worst response by far. It was nothing but him rhyming words that didn’t rhyme (off-beat, I might add). He tried to rhyme “balls” with “girls”… what?
No he made balls rhyme with calls
“Ya little bitch told me why she missing ya *calls
she said ya dick was so little that you piss on ya *balls”
Just saying
The only reason why “people wanted to hear” your response was to make sure it was the wackest of them all.
Im so tired of this cat appearing every where….he is so wack! Just drop some dope music & let it speak.
Kendrick already said who had the best response. Fuck outta here.
i can’t tell if this niggas trolling or if hes serious. Papoose need to quit rapping and become drakes personal shoe shiner. Atleast he will have more sucess and will be relevent being drakes personal shoe shiner because his rap carreer is a joke.
Aye, I still havent heard his verse. LMAO
Papoose feeling himself way too much? He influenced K.Dot to say that? GTFO. Kurupt is the person that influenced that part of the verse homie.
“I’m important like the Pope, I’m the king of New York
I’m live from South Central, I’m a Muslim on pork” – Kurupt [Terrace Martin – Get Bizy]
“I’m important like the Pope, I’m a Muslim on pork
I’m Makaveli’s offspring, I’m the king of New York” – Kendrick
Papoose feeling himself way too much. He influenced K.Dot to say that? GTFO. Kurupt is the person that influenced that part of the verse homie.
“I’m important like the Pope, I’m the king of New York
I’m live from South Central, I’m a Muslim on pork” – Kurupt [Terrace Martin – Get Bizy]
“I’m important like the Pope, I’m a Muslim on pork
I’m Makaveli’s offspring, I’m the king of New York” – Kendrick
Nigga everybody knew that already
Papoose has bars but i cant deny dude is feeling himself way too much. Stay in your lane homie and keep making some good joints for the little fans that you have
didn’t even heard his mixtapes called king of new york. he’s so irrelevant
papoose is a bum, fuck out of here. He has nothing to gloat about.
He has skills, but not that much though.
He is a joke
NY rappers like this dude the reason NY is in the state it is. smh.
true
kendrick is a gay little hipster homo, papoose is better.
Your high pap is garbage
So annoyin….
This dude is still talking about a one year old freestyle that nobody cares about. smh…why the east coast fell off right here.
this clown is talking about a freestyle from over a year ago, no one was even checking out for his response lol
Personally checked for Joe Buddens & Joell Ortiz’ one
let me bottom line this the kat is and will always be a mixtape fella and there is nothing wrong with that but please PLEASE stop looking to Kats who are out there POPPING to get fame that ish is all kinds of wrong
Cats, dogs, horses.. Mouses too.
This dude is seriously delusional. He’s the one who brought King of New York into the spotlight? How about Christopher Wallace almost 20 years ago.. Kendrick probably couldnt care less about this dude,,, he actually think Kendrick was saying his name when he said King of New York??? LOLOL Isnt Papoose also the one who rapped over the Rap God beat, and said he out rapped Eminem… Uh no, you rapped in the same exact rhyme scheme and made up your own words, that shit was GAAAYYYY
this guys been convincing himself hes the best since he got in this industry knowing hes the only one on gods green earth that believes that bullshit
this guys a lame he dont rep new york right hes a fuckin clown
even his wife don’t believe it
Dude’s way beyond delusional at this point.
If anything, Big KRIT had the best response a year later with Mount Olympus.
WHy is this nigga still talking about Control? He wasn’t even mentioned on the actual record.
When Remy gets home she’s gonna fuck Pap in the ass prison style.
His response was one of the better ones for sure, Pap is a lyrical beast. The quality of many of his best mixtapes surpass most rap records of the past decade or so (Street Knowledge, Beast from the East, Election Day, Sharades, A Moment of Silence, The Underground King, the list goes on and on…his latest, “Cigar Society” is up there with his best). Since when did album sales and radio play determine who is a worthwhile mc and what is worthwhile hip hop anyway? If they did, Hammer and Vanilla Ice would have to be considered better than Rakim and G Rap…
Papoose spittin knowledge as always.