KENDRICK LAMAR PARLE DE L’IMPACT DE CONTROL

UPDATE : Kendrick s’exprime enfin sur le raz de marée qu’a provoqué son vers sur « Control » :

On his “king of New York” line: “It made feel like I gotta probably dumb down my lyrics nowadays for the people that take it way outta context the way they did. The irony behind it all is the main heads that really understood the context of the line was the actual kings of New York. The cats that I’ve sat down with this past week and those that understand that it’s not about the coast, it’s not about what side we on. It’s about being as big as Biggie or Pac, the two cats that I’ve referenced from jump. I feel like I’m a student of the work that they did. And eventually when I put down 20 years in the game, I can eventually plant my foot and have that same type of legacy. For people that try and make it out into something that it’s not, I’d never take the history behind what Pac laid or what B.I.G. laid.”

On Snoop Dogg: “To keep it 100 with you, Snoop will always be number one and I’m from the West Coast. And he gave me that, but out of respect for my big homie, I understand it. He laid it down. I only got one album out, one album out. I got years to be doing this, so at the end of the day, Snoop will always be my big homie and the legends that came before me, they will always stand tall where they’re at. I can’t stop myself from wanting to be great just like them.”

On his conversation with Jay Z: “That’s classified between me and him. But it was all love, all respect. Same way with Diddy and the same with a few of the other cats. I feel like the end of the day I feel as though you have certain cats that really take it to the next level and make it a rivalry thing and try to bring back that old thing. That’s old school, homie. Remind you that we’re black men out here tryna uplift the culture. My first sold out show was in New York, so I always looked at that place as a place that respected me and my lyrics. And we respected the culture and the birthplace of it.”

On the responses: “I think the ones that really took it out of context was the people that we know want to grab an opportunity off the hype of the record rather than actually tuning in and listening and knowing how hungry I am. A lot of people think it’s about talent. That’s why they get it wrong. I’m saying that I’m the most hungry in this. I respect the legends in the game, I respect people that done it before me, people that lost their lives over this. Because of what they laid down, I’m gonna try to come harder and breathe it and live it. That’s the point of the whole verse, what I’m tryna convey through that verse. All the ignorance behind it, you can kill that noise.”

On what he fears: “It will never be like that again where two coasts rival, not on my behalf, not while I’m doing this. I think the OGs of the game would want that anyway. They’d want that competitive nature back, but no bloodshed over it. I’m way too wise and I’m way too polished to get caught up in the hype of the media. But what I’m scared is cats that’s not that polished and they gettin’ caught up in what their Twitter responses is saying and what their homies around them saying and people gassing them up and they try to take it to the next level. Nah, that’s not G, that’s not gangsta.”

On his favorite response: “I like the Los verse. Joe Budden did his thing… Joell. I like people with different approaches. They was stating they facts. 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 spark on it. I think he had the killer thing though, Los. Los killed it out of everybody. But the number one joint at the top of the list had to be Chocolate Drop, Kevin Hart. That dude’s funny. He made light of the situation.”

DOWNLOAD : « CONTROL (HOF) »

Allez, allez, on remballe les platines, on range les micros, Kendrick is back !
Braquage en règle du rapgame, best verse of the year et massacre de MCs, king Kendrick reprend le trône.

Big Sean catastrophique et Jay Elec écrasé par la rage de Lamar, un vers qui fait un gros buzz aux States pour deux principales raisons : Kendrick se proclame King of New York (« I’m Makaveli’s offspring, I’m the king of New York, King of the Coast, one hand, I juggle them both ») et il clashe tous ses pairs en les nommant y compris Big Sean sur son propre morceau :

I’m usually homeboys with the same niggas I’m rhymin’ wit
But this is hip-hop and them niggas should know what time it is
And that goes for Jermaine Cole, Big KRIT, Wale
Pusha T, Meek Mill, A$AP Rocky, Drake
Big Sean, Jay Electron’, Tyler, Mac Miller
I got love for you all but I’m tryna murder you niggas

Il fout un bon coup de pied dans le rapgame qui en avait bien besoin. Le hip-hop a toujours été très compétitif jusqu’à récemment où tous les MCs semblaient être potes, Kendrick a recentré le débat et remis la compétition au coeur du game.

Ce morceau « Control » est un leftover (pb de sample clearance) du prochain Big Sean « Hall Of Fame » et voilà le couplet de Kendrick qui fait autant de bruit :

Miscellaneous minds are never explainin’ their minds
Devilish grin for my alias aliens to respond
Peddlin’ sin, thinkin’ maybe when you get old you realize
I’m not gonna fold or demise
(I don’t smoke crack, motherfucker I sell it!)
Bitch, everything I rap is a quarter piece to your melon
So if you have a relapse, just relax and pop in my disc
Don’t pop me no fucking pill, I’mma a pop you and give you this

Tell Flex to drop a bomb on this shit
So many bombs, ring the alarm like Vietnam on this shit
So many bombs, make Farrakhan think that Saddam in this bitch
One at a time, I line em up and bomb on they mom while she watching the kids
I’m in a destruction mode if the gold exists
I’m important like the Pope, I’m a Muslim on pork
I’m Makaveli’s offspring, I’m the king of New York
King of the Coast, one hand, I juggle them both
The juggernaut’s all in your jugular, you take me for jokes
Live in the basement, church pews and funeral faces
Cartier bracelets for my women friends I’m in Vegas
Who the fuck y’all thought it’s supposed to be?
If Phil Jackson came back, still no coachin’ me
I’m uncoachable, I’m unsociable
Fuck y’all clubs, fuck y’all pictures, your Instagram can gobble these nuts
Gobble dick up til you hiccup, my big homie Kurupt
This the same flow that put the rap game on a crutch (Russ x6)
I’ve seen niggas transform like villain Decepticons
Mollies’ll prolly turn these niggas to fucking Lindsay Lohan
A bunch of rich ass white girls looking for parties
Playing with Barbies, wreck the Porsche before you give em the car key
Judgement to the monarchy, blessings to Paul McCartney
You called me a black Beatle, I’m either that or a Marley
(I don’t smoke crack motherfucker I sell it)
I’m dressed in all black, this is not for the fan of Elvis
I’m aimin’ straight for your pelvis, you can’t stomach me
You plan on stumpin’ me? Bitch I’ve been jumped before you put a gun on me
Bitch I put one on yours, I’m Sean Connery
James Bonding with none of you niggas, climbing 100 mil in front of me
And I’m gonna get it even if you’re in the way
And if you’re in it, better run for Pete’s sake
I heard the barbershops spittin’ great debates all the time
Bout who’s the best MC? Kendrick, Jigga and Nas
Eminem, Andre 3000, the rest of y’all
New niggas just new niggas, don’t get involved
And I ain’t rockin no more designer shit
White T’s and Nike Cortez, this is red Corvettes anonymous
I’m usually homeboys with the same niggas I’m rhymin’ wit
But this is hip-hop and them niggas should know what time it is
And that goes for Jermaine Cole, Big KRIT, Wale
Pusha T, Meek Millz, A$AP Rocky, Drake
Big Sean, Jay Electron’, Tyler, Mac Miller
I got love for you all but I’m tryna murder you niggas
Tryna make sure your core fans never heard of you niggas
They dont wanna hear not one more noun or verb from you niggas
What is competition? I’m tryna raise the bar high
Who tryna jump and get it? You better off tryna skydive
Out the exit window of 5 G5’s with 5 grand
With your granddad as the pilot he drunk as fuck tryna land
With the hand full of arthritis and popping prosthetic leg
Bumpin Pac in the cockpit so the shit that pops in his head
Is an option of violence, someone heard the stewardess said
That your parachute is a latex condom hooked to a dread

Les réactions ne se sont pas faites attendre :

– Meek Mill : « He Can Run That Backpack, I’ma Run These Streets »

– Mac Miller :

If I can’t do no more nouns or verbs ima start comin with the wildest adjective bars that anyone has ever heard.

— Mac. (@MacMiller) August 13, 2013

– Slim Thug :

But I’m excited to see what happens if u think u the best it’s your time to prove it this is a great year for rap I love it

— slim thug (@slimthugga) August 13, 2013

– 50 Cent :

This is HipHop lol kendricklamar said you niggas better head for the hills. LMAO http://t.co/aj0NazOWqj — 50cent (@50cent) August 14, 2013

– Freddie Gibbs :

We need some rap beef, all these niggaz do is suck each other dicks nowadays anyway. — Freddie Gibbs (@FreddieGibbs) August 14, 2013

– Big Daddy Kane :

I wanna see Hip Hop fans loving @kendricklamar & other new artist 20 years down the line. — Big Daddy Kane (@bigdaddykane) August 13, 2013

– Jadakiss :

Haha REAL RAP is ALMOST back and I LOVE it!!! # don’t get scared now

— JADAKISS (@Therealkiss) August 13, 2013

– Joey Bada$$ :

Big sean verse was weak. Sorry

— oG $wank. (@joeyBADASS_) August 13, 2013

How can yall think I’m hating on Kendrick right now? Much respect to him for bodying everybody. This day marks a new rap game kno dat. Haha

— oG $wank. (@joeyBADASS_) August 13, 2013

– Pusha-T :

I hear u loud and clear my nigga… @kendricklamar

— PUSHA T (@PUSHA_T) August 13, 2013

– Fabolous :

RT @rellyOnSMASH: yo @myfabolouslife u gon let a nigga from compton claim they the king of NY or nah? <~What is this nonsense u talk? — Fabolous (@myfabolouslife) August 13, 2013

Any studios open yet? — Fabolous (@myfabolouslife) August 13, 2013

– Kid Cudi :

I personally don’t think anyone should have responded. Niggaz need to put that energy into makin a classic album and responding that way.

— Scott Mescudi (@ducidni) August 15, 2013

– Big Sean : “Of course Kendrick spazzed on it, of course Jay Elec spazzed on it, I feel like we all added our own flavors to it. I knew what it was for hip-hop culture. I knew how important it was. I knew how important it was and I just wanted to give it out there and orchestrate that and push the culture forward. I haven’t seen a hip-hop song stir up this much excitement in years really. I think that name dropping really took it over the top for sure. I love my verse. I think I have some great quotables in there.”

– Macklemore : « Every single rapper, when that record dropped, spent that night writing angry battle raps, » Macklemore said. « I was definitely one of them. I wasn’t pissed, but for like 48 hours, I was like, ‘Hell no. I’ve gotta step my game up.’ That’s what it is. That’s the beautiful thing about that record. It has people talking. Everyone knows it. Everyone’s competitive. If you get on a song with somebody else, there’s not one rapper in the game that’s not like, ‘I want to have the best verse. I’m trying to out-rap the dude next to me.’ That’s natural. Kendrick is a competitive dude. He’s always said it and he works his ass off. I think he’s at that place in the game where he can say something like that and back it up. That’s the beautiful thing.  It challenges everyone else to raise their bars and work as hard as he does. » 

– Rev Run :

… @kendricklamar is actually protecting a lost art form #LoveIt

— Rev Run (@RevRunWisdom) August 14, 2013

– Jim Jones :

I heard n out of towner wants to b th king of ny, Here’s th thing bout ny, We don’t give a fuck about a king of ny, #WeKillKings

— Jim Jones (@jimjonescapo) August 13, 2013

– Ghostface :

For all you who missed the golden era hopefully a bit of it comes back ! Get competitive and stop fucking sweating each others swag ! — g -host (@therealstylesp) August 13, 2013

– Action Bronson :

If ur upset that a « West Coast » rapper claimed King of NY….. U CAN ONLY BE MAD AT URSELVES… U DID THIS. — BON VIVANT (@ActionBronson) August 13, 2013

– Talib Kweli :

Y’all new NY rappers ready to stop rapping like y’all from down south yet? #kingofny

— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) August 13, 2013

– Tyga : « That kendrick verse crazy! I gotta get back on my own shit, ain’t gon lie I made so much $ I lost sum inspiration for music. #Inspired rite now. I haven’t wrote lyrics in 2 years. Freestyled my last 2 albums. Im bout to start writing again fuk dat!! #TheGoldAlbum »

– Bun B :

Every rapper is supposed to feel like Kendrick feels as far as wanting to murder niggas on the mic. That’s why I wrote my « Murder » verse.

— Bun B (@BunBTrillOG) August 13, 2013

– No Malice : “Check your egos at the door. Just have fun and do things for hip hop that’s gonna just bring hip hop up.”

– Big K.R.I.T. :

« This is Gladiator Shit »…Gotta give the people what they want . — Big K.R.I.T. (@BIGKRIT) August 13, 2013

“It’s exciting because it was probably crazier for his fans, for him to mention my name among rappers that people would consider top tier, [rappers] people kind of look at as being the future and my name just randomly popped up. So what I got an opportunity to see a little bit last night and this morning, was just people that probably never tweeted me before, whether it be negative or positive. For me, it was like, ‘Thank you for the promotion.’ »

– Joe Budden : « A Cali nigga just said he’s the King of NY & u niggas so fucking worried about your relationships, y’all make me sick. »

– N.O.R.E. :

Y ever body hitting me bout some shots at zoo York or something I did what I had 2 for the town EARLY IT’S THE NEW GENERATION TURN — P.A.P.I. (@noreaga) August 13, 2013

– Trinidad Jame$ :

I don’t feel like @kendricklamar dissed anybody. He just has moved up to another level. Y’all late overly dedicated nigga! Bruh been fire!!!

— Trinidad Jame$ (@TrinidadJamesGG) August 13, 2013

– Diddy :

KENDRICK!!!!! Ohhhh Shiiitttttt @RevoltTV — Diddy (@iamdiddy) August 13, 2013

– Prodigy :

NIGGA u aint LIT. u aint INFAMOUS. sit yo dumb ass down… @kendricklamar verse is dope. all u thirsty for fame ass niggas. Lol

— PRODIGY MOBBDEEP (@PRODIGYMOBBDEEP) August 13, 2013

– Consequence :

Kdot verse is only going 2 bother whack rappers..This is the Colosseum and we can be called to engage in warfare at any moment.

— Consequence (@ItsTheCons) August 13, 2013

– Wale :

– Talib Kweli, quant à lui, a déclaré que tout ce battage médiatique autour de Kendrick Lamar était « prématuré ». Lors d’une interview, il a expliqué qu’il est un fan du rappeur : « Quand je pense aux grands comme Big Daddy Kane et Rakim, ils sont toujours dans mon Top 10. Kendrick Lamar se hisse dans mon Top 10. Mais il n’a sorti qu’un seul album officiel et quelques mixtapes. Peut-être que comme Kane, dans 20 ans, Kendrick sera mon numéro un. Et qu’il montera dans le Top 5 comme Jay-Z et Nas. Mais en attendant, je pense que c’est prématuré. D’autant plus que j’aime Kendrick et que je le respecte… Je pense que c’est prématuré pour n’importe qui de tout de suite affirmer qu’il sera automatiquement numéro Un… Il y a beaucoup à faire. »

– Nas : « Wow, ma réaction est wow. J’adore le Hip Hop actuellement. (…) Certains fans aiment certaines périodes du rap, certains ne connaissent pas bien certaines périodes, donc ils ne se souviennent pas de toutes ces époques. Ouais, ouais, ouais, KRS-One, MC Shan et jusqu’à Busy Be. Voilà ce qu’est le Hip Hop. Vous devez demander à Kendrick ce qu’il voulait dire par là. »

– Raekwon, bien qu’impressionné par la confiance en lui du rappeur, pense que Kendrick ne peut pas prétendre au titre : « Tout ce que j’ai à dire c’est que ce nigga sait qu’il n’est pas le Roi de New York. Pour moi, il est enterré et c’est B.I.G. C’est le nigga qui venait d’en bas et qui a vraiment gagné sa position dans le Hip Hop. »

Et en musique :

– King Los :

– Astro :

“This goes out to the so-called king of New York/ This is the home of legends, Lamar, so watch what you talk/ You comin’ up short thinkin’ you the boss, you must be off it/ No matter how much good music you drop, you can’t knock the legacy of B-I-Gs, J-A-Ys, and leaving out the new guys, that ain’t wise/ You ain’t a king, at best you a duke/ Young and poppin’, but Jay old enough to be your pop and movin’ more units than you.”

– B.O.B. :

“I hear underrated so much, you would swear it was my name/ Ain’t no rappers on my list/ Come holler at me when you’re done riding each other’s dick/ 25 millions singles worldwide/ I guess I’ll take another hit/ Matter fact I find this rap shit boring/ Man, I’m over it”

– Joell Ortiz :

“Little homie, you ain’t the king of New York/ You the next thing on my fork/ When we met you, you said, ‘It’s an honor man, the Yaowa can spit’/ Maybe that’s why you left me out of that shit/ Maybe that’s why the Slaughterhouse ain’t get dissed/ Or maybe I’m not on your radar/ You feel you ain’t gotta acknowledge my clique.”

– Lupe Fiasco :

“We all heard what he said, well what he said mean we dead, and that shit is insane.”

– Papoose :

“Tell Kendrick and TDE they need to lay off the PCP/ … You’ll never be a real West Coast artist like Eazy-E/ You a fuckin’ joke, we laugh at you like he he he/ Ya’ll probably stick dildos in each other like Stevie G/ I mean Stevie J on that sex tape with E-V-E.”
“Little Sean, Big Sean, let me see ID/ Before you rap, why you always say B-I-G/ You heard Biggie, you could D-I-E/ Everytime I hear you, you gettin’ cornier like you’re E-Y-E.”
“Kendrick, Kanye, and Drake they act feminine/ Wear a lot of clothes you usually see women in/ You never made it ’cause you bringing lyrics/ Singing like a lady/ You get away with murder, you George Zimmerman/ … You only blew up ’cause you contribute to the feminization of the black man.”

– Joe Budden :
« This ain’t to Kendrick Lamar, the nigga Kendrick got bars / I heard his shit and wasn’t offended at all / And as it played I heard him say I wasn’t mentioned with y’all / Joell started it, only right I finish the job / So all that shit is revocable, from an overview / Only thing noticeable is how he barely gave me any quotables / I state facts, not to say it’s wack but check the playback / Outrhyming A$AP ain’t showing me where your weight at. »
« I’m in the court of public opinion, ready to click and spray / Light Jay Elec ass up, that’s my Exhibit A / Bitch kill my vibe is what you wanna get into / Drown em all in a swimming pool, full of phlem and drool »
« Some of these OG’s I laugh at, y’all don’t know me to half ass/To me it’s just one Joey that’s bad ass. »

Et enfin, une parodie qui résume assez bien ce qu’a provoqué ce vers qui restera définitivement dans l’histoire du rap :

Médiatiquement, même si pas mal de rappeurs finis ont pu bénéficier de 5 minutes de gloire, le grand gagnant est évidemment Kendrick Lamar qui a obtenu 209,000 new followers sur Twitter, une augmentation de 510% depuis son couplet, et 88,000 nouveaux fans sur Facebook !!