LL COOL J feels that Kendrick Lamar and Drake‘s beef was “great” for Hip Hop – and that K.Dot definitely won.
Appearing on The Bootleg Kev Podcast in an episode published on Tuesday (June 18), Cool James – who knows a thing or two about rap beefs – shared his thoughts on the infamous feud.
“I thought it was great for Hip Hop,” he told Kev. “I thought it was the right thing. I thought they both did well, they held their own. I thought that Kendrick won, but I thought that Drake by no means did he embarrass himself or have anything to hold his head down about.”
LL continued: “He did his thing, he showed up and I think his fans can feel comfortable wit that. […] The key to that stuff is as a long as it doesn’t distract you from your ultimate goal, it’s a wonderful thing to participate in. I love it.”
Meanwhile, Ice Cube doesn’t believe Kendrick Lamar is finished beefing with Drake.
Speaking with Shaquille O’Neal on a recent episode of The Big Podcast, the N.W.A legend offered his thoughts on the fiery rap beef that ended up involving families and wild accusations about pedophilia and domestic abuse.
Offering his take on the feud, Cube said: “I always approve of rap battles. That’s the essence of the game. It goes back to Busy Bee and Kool Moe Dee and even further than that. It’s part of the game as long as it doesn’t get physical because that’s not rap.
“I think Kendrick is up, he’s landed the more hard and effective punches, but that don’t mean Drake can’t get off the canvas. If I was Kendrick, I’d stay locked and loaded just to be ready for whatever.”
The comments mark a change in tone for Ice Cube, who recently declared himself a critic of rap feuds despite being involved in a few himself.
“I don’t really like seeing rappers beef,” he said. “I don’t think it’s necessary to have a great career, but it happens. Hey, it’s part of the game, and I think when you’re in a beef, you can’t really hold back.
“It’s like being in a fight; you can’t really half punch, you gotta go all the way.”
absolute fucking garbage. bendrick did rap music a service by exposing the absolute degeneracy involved. fuck these loser. yeah it’s great make it to the top so some loser midget can call you names to the delight of a bunch of retards and their retard kids. Fuck LL fuck rap. Look around Queens anybody Paid In Full yet?
Yeah, you definitely wouldn’t tell LL that to his face. And the median income in Queens is over 82 stacks a year. Well over the median income for NYC as a whole. No wonder you’re a Drake fan. You’re dumb.
I’d say exactly that to his face. He’s a clown to support this trash. I have no respect for it and no respect for him as a man to co-sign this. I hope I don’t hear any garbage coming out of his mouth claiming “competition”. Anybody who thinks they can rap battle me with slander will end up dead. Fuck rap music. It’s a loser’s pursuit. Only the stupid and complicit believe anymore.
@greatgreg .. it’s not surprising that a Drake fan would say “fvck rap”. Only dateless females and effeminate men like you are fans of that fraud pop singer
I guess that’s the idiot point of view . Bendrick is nobody in the street and neither is LL – I was showing showing charity to support him and that was stupid. Fuck every last one of you and may your future endeavors go to shit. worthless losers parasites of black folks and black creativity
Agreed. People stopped paying attention to all that mumbling gobbledygook. And took time to listen to and analyze real lyrical Hip Hop for a month. It was glorious.
Black folks die everyday. If you died over a drug deal or you died over talking shit what the fuck does it matter?
Agreed! Anything that encourages hatred within the black community is good in my book!
I thought it was embarrassing but to each their own.