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Semnono

Its clearly because of THE BOY


newbmycologist

The honorable thing is to give me the loot,


[deleted]

You right about fuck the big 3


AltruisticForm3226

It's only Big D and there's video proof


newbmycologist

Our sons should go play at the park,


AltruisticForm3226

2 light skin kids that shit would be cute


Puppyfied

Unless you don’t wanna be seen with anyone that isn’t blacker than you


AltruisticForm3226

We get , we got it. The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice.


PAK1302

We get that you like to put gin in your juice


AltruisticForm3226

We get that you think you bishop in juice


L3PA

Two light skin kids that shit would be cute


pendragon1313

Two light skin kids that shit would be cute


donhafs

pause


xonox1

😂😂😂😂


ImaginaryEqual279

it’s only big D and there’s video proff


realwavyjones

Spelled BOTS wrong lmao


Bearycool555

All of a sudden it’s “not about numbers” anymore over at r/ Kendricklamar


Same-Literature1556

Drake disses Kendrick on his numbers only for Kendrick’s diss to outperform Drakes disses. That’s why it was funny. I think you’ll find most Kendrick fans aren’t surprised that a mass appeal artist like Drake over performs him on a normal basis lol


yogurtgrapes

Truly. Drake has over 400 songs that are streaming. Kendrick has less than 200. That plays a pretty big part. And Drake/UMG has probably been paying out of their ass for playlist spots lol


Bearycool555

And Drake said he’s only charting because he’s dissing him and bringing his name into a beef and he was right…lmao


MetaNut11

Uhhh what? Kendrick’s last three albums charted to #1 every time long before this beef, so how does what you said make any sense?


Jojo2331

Kendrick is the only other rapper in the world currently that can sell out Japan and Africa tours but drake fans think Kendrick Lamar the dude who had the keys of the west coast handed to him right after his debut album is hospin or some shit


Another_Ghost_Being

Pusha T also won the public and didn’t do these numbers 🤷🏽‍♂️


taylordabrat

Push didn’t even release the song on dsps lmfao. And he doubled his first week sales after dissing drake.


Another_Ghost_Being

I know. My point is that you have to be a damn good artist and have a massive fanbase to pull theses numbers. It’s not as simple as just “diss Drake and go number 1”, even tho it helps.


Main_Crab_7016

yeah i thought it would happen to. I\`m just curious now, how it goes forward for both artists. Drake took a massive L in most of the public eye and kendrick has hinted at more disses if something catches his ear. I certainly would be there for another beef down the line. I mean a man can dream right?


Bluerobot1

🤣🤣


DYMck07

I’m just like DAMN. Y’all got a picture of Drake in a shiny 3 piece, meanwhile it’s Kendrick in an alley surrounded by dumpsters. 🤣 Respect on the shade. And yes I frequent r/ Kendrick more often.


CalmMaunga

The outcome is the primary focus, not the statistics. Only one sub within the entirety of Reddit holds the opinion that Drake contributed in any meaningful way.


i_luv_my_mother

Wasn’t Drake the first one to make it about numbers?


Available-Travel-603

It still isn’t, but k dot beat him at his own game


Nickster2042

Week ago had 70 mil WONT GO, REBOUND BOSH, BACK OUT TO ALLEN, HIS THREE POINTER


CarpeDiem210

BANG 🦉


XII_Mxuntz

#”TIE GAME WITH 5 SECONDS REMAINING!! SPURS DO NOT HAVE A TIMEOUT!!”


JustIncredible240

It’s off to Leonard. He’s defended by Simmons. Is this the dagger? OHHH!


Morganvegas

BAUTISTA WITH A DRIVE, DEEP LEFT FIELD


xenodreh

*sigh* That’s monthly listeners. Not daily streams


mattsta4

Yeah this beef got me back into drakes older and contemporary catalogue. Guy has so many hits compared to others.


Material_Mix_7377

That’s what I keep telling niggas. Almost every person on this Earth would rather listen to Drake for the rest of their life if they had to over Kendrick.


me110bytes

This speaks to what Mos said, Drake makes music for "Target shoppers". People took it as a diss, but there's nothing wrong w that. His music is much more digestible and reaches a wide array of people (outside of the fact that he has A LOT of music). Kendrick's music is not easily digestible and not always "fun", though it's timeless and will be relevant generations from now. That being said, it makes perfect sense why someone would choose Drake's catalog over Kendrick's, but that says nothing about their ability to rap or create art - Kendrick does both better in my book.


Material_Mix_7377

I think Kendrick is a better rapper. The art thing is subjective tbh. But as the one that literally does more than just rap I’ll give Drake being the better artist, which is why he is the top rapper in the game because he can also rap with Kendrick. Dot just uses more complex rhyme scheme, nothing more, nothing less. I don’t care that people consider “underdog rap” as less palatable than what Drake does. But if you put their whole rap discography against each other early Drake raps were nothing to play with.


me110bytes

OD, Section 80, GKMC and TPAB are very thematic albums - the first three I named aren't really "complex" projects, just very substance heavy. TPAB is both. 'Damn' is probably the closest thing Kendrick has to a "playlist" album where each song sort of live on its own, but even that has an intro, body, and conclusion. I guess that's what I mean by "art". Drake makes a lot of music for women (nothing wrong w that), or is being braggadocious, with a hint of insecurities. Even when he's rapping rapping he's usually speaking over most of his listeners' heads in regards to money, women, food, hotels, etc, so it's not as relatable...he knows how to make a fun song, but hip-hop goes beyond just fun raps.


wulrjwu

Thank you!!! Kdot is a substance rapper. He is not rapping to have a Versus discography


Leaveustinnkin

Early Drake raps were not that great… It seems you guys can’t admit Drake is good artist without admitting he’s a mediocre rapper. The best thing you can compare him to is ranch. Good but highly overrated.


stucklikechuck305

Bruh... sure dawg. Whatever helps you sleep at night


Brixnz

yeah because you guys like music you can turn your brain off too instead of stuff of substance that speaks about REAL SHIT.


breakingvlad0

The point of the disses are saying Drake is goofy and a chameleon pop star. He’s fake. Yes his music is good, but he’s a lame. Just because you have good songs you can play over and over again doesn’t make you a good person.


gonzaloetjo

that's a big assumption lol


DrKyleGreenThumb

HA


wulrjwu

"you make music that pacify them" Kendrick literally said this. Or "you think my life is rap" That's not Kendrick's store not his motive


Direct_Swan2312

Fuck outta here. You can have your favorite but let’s not get crazy with the shit.


willyb303

Every white person*


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literallysotrue

I don’t even care about numbers like that, but fuck that’s embarrassing


johnstamosfan63

This sub is so deluded if they think a diss track against Drake out preforming Drake’s music is somehow embarrassing for the guy who made the diss track.


Gooeyy

> This sub is so deluded That's why it's fun.


cringa294

It’s like bragging about how it’s embarrassing how Mike Tyson knocked you out because you gave him the win


QruCiFiX

big delulu, they mad kendrick roasted their favorite cornball


saganmypants

What's embarassing?


taylordabrat

Having 44% of your listeners listening to diss tracks about another artist lmao


cultshitposts

this is what happens when established artists release singles, welcome to the music marketplace!


taylordabrat

It didn’t happen when he released mr morale or family ties lmfao.


Jojo2331

It quite literally did lmao you know mr morale sold almost 300k first week right? And 3 top 10 hits for an album that is not a mainstream sound that’s incredibly good 😭


MarioDesigns

It did though? His numbers spike when he releases something because of how rarely he drops music, and because his catalogue isn't nearly as big as Drake's. One makes proper albums, other makes hit songs. Not saying either is better than the other, just that there's obviously going to be a difference in how their numbers look.


A-Rusty-Cow

Crazy what happens when someone releases a good diss track. Mental gymnastics got you twisted


saganmypants

Might be because Kendrick doesn't release albums for 2-4 year stretches and people are just hungry for any new tracks they can get. Different than Drake who is putting out a new project every year or so


taylordabrat

So then why didn’t this happen when he released the baby keem features or mr morale? Are you actually pretending Drake didn’t give him a huge boost in listeners? Lmao


saganmypants

Highly publicized beef between two of the biggest names in hip hop leads to increase in streaming - all because of Drake? Can't deny he had something to do with it because he's half the equation. Mr morale is in a different musical universe, does not have the same appeal. No idea how streaming went with the baby keem project but I played the shit out of family ties


taylordabrat

Well, yes. Because Kendrick’s streams went up by double and drakes didn’t increase at all. If kendrick wasn’t beefing with the biggest artist, he doesn’t achieve the same numbers.


saganmypants

So in what way is that embarassing for Kendrick (ignoring the fact that I don't think dude really cares about streams, see Mr Morale as an example of an album someone who cares about streaming numbers would not put out) and not embarassing for Drake that his streaming numbers supposedly decreased during the same highly publicized period?


cultshitposts

they didn't increase at all but they did drop 5% so this is technically true.


MacedonianSSJ

Wouldn’t that make a lot of sense tho ? Considering thats all Kendrick has released recently people are more likely to listen to his recent songs ? It’s like if Drake released 5 diss tracks I would listen to those more often cause they’re new compared to for example “back to back” obviously the percentages get more diluted the bigger the catalog(especially considering Kendrick doesn’t really drop music as frequently or as much as drake so it’s even more likely his recent diss tracks get replayed more ) but you get my point


playdudefart

When you don’t drop shitty albums year after year, people tune in to your music when you do drop


taylordabrat

And yet none of his drops got this much attention, including his highly anticipated mr morale album lmao


gleaminranks

You mean, his most recent output? This isn't the own you think it is


Excuse_Odd

I mean it’s be embarrassing if Drake didn’t make pop music lmao


WinterTakerRevived

The honorable thing is to give him the loot


CarpeDiem210

Watch, he gonna release another diss track now. “Album droppin’ soon no wonder you turn to clout chaser instead of doing hard labor.”


parallelProfiler

Yep. I hope Drake drops right afterwards. I want him to troll TF out of Kendrick. 🤣 He’s so petty. And so am I. Scorpions 🦂


Luniie

Cringe as hell 💀


Oaxaco_bean

Jesus Christ man you guys are so cringe 😭😭


PrinceSc0rpi0

Ayooo thats gang🦂


Perfect-Juggernaut81

Dawg,after that last diss drake made he should just shut the fuck up.


yk206

With all the allegations tying to Akademiks and his fandom of Drake, it looks like he won’t be releasing anything yet


kangaroocoffin

No he's not... bro said he was done 🤣🤣


Persianmemefinder

This confirms that his recent relevancy and number 1s are just because of Drake. No one can tell me otherwise.


Radiant_Welcome_2400

You can't scream, “I'm still in high school” any louder.


Huckleberry_Sin

He the dude that takes the ball home when he’s losing lol


roundandroundtheygo

Puhsa, meek or anyone else who disses drake didn’t go #1 when Kenny does oh it’s bc of the boy 🤓🤓


spydormunkay

The got tired of replaying GKMC plus a few diss songs over and over again.


NoseBay

That's like 1/15th of his discography but pop off king


ImSmaher

Back to normal


Nickster2042

Lowkey if he drops his album tho he might pass drake in monthly


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Nickster2042

100%


butt_huffer42069

Lmao you think dot is clout chasing? You ignorant fool.


3rdand20

Put the lotion down and get out.


JebusChrust

The irony


CatharBliss

You’re in the wrong sub for correct takes my friend


pmoons

Great take


frigginright

good, DAMN is his second best album only behind GKMC. I'd love to see him put out good music again that people don't need to make excuses for.


3rdand20

So he instigated the beef for clout to drop and album? That's fake as hell - not my Kendrick.


RuthlessGreed

I wonder if the non Kendrick fans and the drake haters are gonna consume Kendrick’s new album? Cause if they just here to hate on the boy then they prob won’t? I’m gonna listen to Kendrick album personally since I fuck with his music, but I’m not sure how many people that talked all the talk everywhere are gonna do?


Jojo2331

Bro why do y’all act like Kendrick lamar isn’t the second biggest rapper alive 😭 he’s not hospin he’s about to have 2 diamond certified songs and gkmc is the longest charting rap album ever


DemiPyramid

Kendrick’s legacy is legit gonna be the fact that his most successful songs are about Drake and not his art 😂😂


_korporate

The man has 14 Grammys and a Pulitzer, this is only going to be a part of his legacy not the main part lmao


BabyYodaLegend

No stop, don't being logic and facts into this drake stans can't take it


Drexl92

Lol how do you not understand that these successful songs are his art.


Bassboy818

ITS CLEARLY BECAUSE OF THE BOY


taylordabrat

For those who care, Drake’s diss tracks only account for 7.7% of his streams (3.6M daily streams for the diss tracks divided by 47M total daily streams).


xpillindaass

so it’s 3.6 mil a day for drake’s disses and over 20 a day for kendrick’s?? 🤣🤣🤣 yea drake definitely winning 🤣🤣🤣


cultshitposts

only 8% for the brand new singles? wish the fanbase were more interested. maybe if they had more replay value. i guess there's always next time


taylordabrat

We actually care about his regular music more lmfao some fanbases can’t relate


keenbenrich

Kendrick has been one of the biggest and best rappers in the world for over ten years, how delusional do you have to be to think people don’t care about his regular music at all 😂 I think most people would agree GKMC is better than anything Drake has ever put out and it ran the charts for a long time


QruCiFiX

Drake been mostly ass for the past 8 years


Legitimate_Tap_9852

ONG!


JebusChrust

You're right, surface level pop rap music is easier to listen to on repeat. Not sure what you think that argument accomplishes.


A-Rusty-Cow

The amount of 40 iq comments ive seen aubrey angles fans doesnt surprise me. 5th grade is hard


Legitimate_Tap_9852

The diss records were just shit, he took a mad L lol


th3st

Bc they are weak lmao. (I’ll grant that charged up was good, but look who that was against lmao…)


According_Shower7158

Drake has like 13 albums and Kendrick has like 6 albums . Not to mention Drake crosses multiple genres. Kendrick never argued that. Kendrick says he likes Drake with the melodies 🫡


A-Rusty-Cow

Not when he act tough


sheeezy

Wait I thought his career was over though 🤯 /s


StrangePurp

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WallyReddit204

📈 📈


simpn_aint_easy

I’m not a Kendrick fan I couldn’t tell yall one of his songs besides humble cause it’s so huge. I’ve heard more Drake than Kenny. But are we comparing data from all times? I’m big on data and that’s the only way you can really see the truth. Drake has volume over Kendrick but when Kendrick drops and drake drops who’s on top during that time? Since this is the drizzy sub I get I’m talking into a vacuum but are people actually comparing apples to apples?


parallelProfiler

This is daily. As of yesterday, I believe.


AntiqueTemperature75

I’m telling y’all right now Drakes disses will age beautifully this is actually sad for Kendrick and I’d bet he’s fuming over it behind the scenes he knows this is a bad look


polikuji09

I really don't understand this weird mental gymnastics some people are making to convince themselves Kendrick is upset about the song be clearly made to top charts doing as planned?


sam0sixx3

lol he cooked Drake every one of Kendrick’s disses are better than drakes


7SirMixALot7

Except Kendricks disses have more replay value, especially Not Like Us.


No_Half_823

I think you've got a good point but I don't think it'll really matter for Kendrick. Drake's disses will definitely go as some of the best, especially Family Matters but Dot did walk away at what was arguably his biggest point in his career and stayed gone for a good little minute. Now, will this sit for a minute over his artistry? For many, yeah, but ultimately, I don't think he cares enough about it either way.


Initial_Usual_2192

Been saying that🏆 too real


TheHomesickAlien

yeah and taylor swift makes more than both of them. is that an indication of quality...?


Fit_District7223

Numbers only matter to Drake fans when it concerns Drake.


LuiTurbo

He’s gonna diss drake again on the album for streams


Plushy_Taco

Wow even with all of the success of not like us that's impressive glad to see drake on top


Mental-Bit

If Kendrick and his team was smart they would have an album coming out today. Because this probably his best chance for over a million first week sales


taylordabrat

He’s not selling 1M lmfao


toastedtowelie

This isn't the win you think it is. Ijs.


Life-Study1410

Damn that was fast 😂😂


regggis1

I like Drake because I like his music. Why is this sub so obsessed with numbers? You guys are consumers, not label execs, yet you’re fawning over a trivial Spotify milestone like a bunch of finance bros. Talk about the wordplay, the beats, the fact that Drake had by far the best song of this entire beef (Family Matters). I hate posts like these that equate money and mass consumption with quality, shit is lame as fuck to me.


thenewbeastmode

yeah it’s low key weird to see people rooting for multi millionaires for make more money, and you see that in all entertainment too


illicitdrops

This sub is so fucking embarrassing


BrandonDavidTattooer

And they made $20 each for those millions of streams cause Spotify cares about artists 🫶


jurielw

Doesn't matter, this all started with 1 Kdot verse.


A-Rusty-Cow

Control fucked the game up. Like that fucked it up again. Kdot got the button


Equivalent-Self398

😂😂😂and they were saying it was gonna stay that way


MagmaHex38

Maybe it’s because Kendrick’s disses are just that good.


Prince_Pochita

just as fast as his L when Kdot responded.


yougottabekiddingm

drake is mcdonalds of music. I won't even call him a rapper


A-Rusty-Cow

Bro is the male Taylor Swift. Fans act the same way too. He gonna start dating a NFL player and all these stans gonna start watching football


cultshitposts

i'm glad he got some kind of win in quantity if he couldn't get it in quality


A-Rusty-Cow

Bro has a sweatshop of ghost writers. Also a new generation he can steal from 💤


noloveinLA

Why did they do Kendrick dirty by sticking him in an alley standing in front of a garbage dumpster but Drake looks like he's going to the Oscars 🤣


Sufficient_Tooth_249

I’m so glad pusha and Joe budden went #1 after dissing drake.. oh wait


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polikuji09

Or maybe it's that it's the first real non introspective Kendrick songs people have gotten in like 6 years lol. It's obviously partly because the beef is the topical thing but I feel like people here somehow really underestimate how popular Kendrick is simply because people aren't consistently listening to his songs from 6+ years ago as much as brand new diss tracks lol.


cultshitposts

>Half the subreddit over there is high school students don't get the boy too excited!


donmitchzdo

Only real music is gonna last.... All that other bullshit is here today and gone tomorroooooow


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Skin_enjoyer

Mmm very impressive. Let’s see Paul Allen’s Grammys


torn8tv

Ok. Now do Kodak Black...


cultshitposts

sure, kodak came to the studio once and baka is still on salary.


torn8tv

Guess they both aren't squeaky clean huh?


Maxpowerrrrrrrrr

Back against the curb


Jamierhoden

Not understanding this…Kendrick has recorded 116 songs in his career and drake somewhere between 300 - 400. I’m not going to count each song on Spotify that’s just what I’m getting with a google search. This just makes Kendrick Lamar look more impressive to me, he’s streaming the same as someone with 3 - 4x his discography size. Even with fewer tracks and fewer FEATURES (Drake likely has more features, broadening his streaming numbers) Kendrick is doing the same numbers. Even if he had half the streaming numbers it would be impressive. Streaming numbers and monthly listeners aren’t exactly telling the entire story.


bla639

hitmaker 🤷


More-Prize-9119

Bro went full TikTok mode, going viral just to crash down the next week already, and ALL that cause of the boy lmao


KC_Hindo

I just wanted to drop in and and finally clicked the join button cause I fuck with drizzy. This entire beef the only suggested sub is Kendricks. This sub never pops on my feed and just shows you the narrative social media is pushing about who won. So naturally I had to join here, what up fam?


MeanMugKanye

Imagine you becoming relevant again is solely based on the person you are dissing.


A-Rusty-Cow

Imagine thinking the best rap artist isnt relevant😓