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[scarrletmoon]

Not to get overly sentimental but rap beef is honestly such a creative form of expression. Like we’re going to hold off on kicking the shit out of each other and calling up shooters to make clever rhymes about each other and get the common man saying words like ‘double entendre.’

Here’s a couple of suggestions of other diss tracks to listen to if you’ve found you’ve liked bitchy poetry:

Ether - Nas (2001) - diss track vs Jay Z & widely considered to be one of the best diss tracks ever released. It’s a response to Jay Z’s diss ‘Takeover’ which at the time of its release left people thinking Nas’ career was over and then Nas uno reversed that shit with Ether and it’s still considered to be a miracle that Jay Z managed to maintain his fame.

Hit ‘em up - 2Pac (1996) -diss track vs Biggie & Bad Boy records. Part of the East Coast / West Coast beef. 2Pac was shot 5 times and survived and Biggie released a song called ‘Who Shot Ya.’ Hit em up is Pac’s response and it’s iconic. Plus the tune is groovy as shit.

Real Muthaphuckkin’ G’s - Eazy E (1993) - Dr Dre left his group NWA over a dispute about contracts/pay. He later released a song called ‘Fuck with Dre Day’ where he had a go at Eazy E (the lead rapper of NWA). Eazy released this in response and it’s another groovy, west coast banger.

Story of Adidon- Pusha T (2018) - Pusha T walked so Kendrick Lamar could run. Need I say more.

No Vaseline - Ice Cube (1991) - vs remaining members of NWA. Cube was the first to leave NWA over contracts/pay disputes. The remaining members released an album, with subtle disses against him. Ice Cube, as Ice Cube does, got pissed.

Life’s on the Line - 50 Cent (2003) - adding this because 50 Cent hates as easily as he breathes and it’s something to marvel at. His beef with Ja Rule started in ‘99 when Ja Rule was robbed by 50’s people and then one thing lead to another and 50 was stabbed and then he was shot 9 times. ‘Time is the best medicine-‘ no. no it’s not. If anything 50 gets angrier through the years. 19 years later 50 bought 200 tickets to Ja Rule’s concert so the front rows were completely empty.

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Kendrick actually saw a person die outside his Compton apartment when he was just five years old where in his mind, he realized that this type of violence is what he's going to have to get used to while growing up. He has experienced homelessness. He lived on welfare and foodstamps. Saw his friends die, even held one of his dying friends in his arms gently like he was holding a baby. Battled with avoiding the gang lifestyle that kept tempting him. Made a song titled Chapter Six with the lyric "Pray that we make it to 21" because of all the death he's experienced.

To see Drake think it's fun and cute and easy money, pretending to be from the hood/about that life/be someone he's not and never do a damn thing for the Black American community he bites from, THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY KENDRICK HATES THAT MAN!

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while it might seem the case that being an independent artist frees you of having a boss you hate, this always ignores the fact that anyone doing art becomes intimately aware of how much room there is in your hollowed out skeleton to hate payment processors

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Avery Hair V2

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Fuck it, I’m saying this one on main, name and all.

[Image ID: screenshot of a post in tumblr dark mode by user nottobeadickoranything, reading “Hey um, everyone,,,uhh do you think the Drake-Kendrick beef started to draw attention away from Israel doing a trail of tears in Rafah,,,,mayb??”

Under the post are the tags ‘kendrick lamar,’ ‘drake,’ and ‘free palestine.’

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We’re not doing this. We are not fucking giving space for this conspiratorial bullshit that mirrors white supremacist rhetoric about Jewish people using Black people and/or some cabal Illuminati nonsense.

Was the #beef manufactured at all? I don’t think so, but I don’t know.

Would an entire other government call up a pair of Black rappers and have them bringing up predator allegations years in the making only to start attacking once it all died down?

Use your brains! Help Palestinians escape if you can! Donate to the PCRF!

But this racist, antisemitic shit with no proof? We’re not fucking doing that.

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People on this website say rap with a hard R

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i’ve definitely seen it happen with fandoms bc people like to jump on anyone who isn’t performing activism enough for them, but it feels especially nasty how fast people jumped on this to pretend like we can’t care about more than one thing at once

if you think black people’s business is just “petty drama” then you’re not properly paying attention. and i struggle to understand how scolding people for caring about this stuff concretely helps people in gaza rn

im seeing people on the tags like "fuck the kendrick lamar drake drama talk about palestine" like.

I've not seen ppl as mad about people blogging about other fandoms or hell, TADC (no hate! just wrong place at wrong time) which was trending here on tumblr at the same time as kendrick.

why are you specifically singling out people talking about a real life black man who constantly incorporates discussions of political issues, discrimination, and history of racism into his art.

this whole drama is about drake, who profits and the image of being black while being severely disconnected from the culture and history. (this didnt feel like a good explanation, many others in the tag have talked about it please check that out)

like think to yourself why are you mad at people talking about specifically kendrick over other fanbases

#im gonna regret adding this aren’t i #anyway #part of this is that it’s extremely funny to see drake getting his ass handed to him on a plate in front of everyone #the other part is that it’s actually important that he gets publicly humiliated like this #idk if people know how WILDLY successful drake has been and how badly that’s affected multiple things

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im not racist i just have made broad generalizations and assumptions about black people and art without bothering to even look into it first - but ill still present my assumptions as correct. im not racist its just that my opinions on black art coincide with antiblack opinions - that black people are misogynistic and violent and enjoy it. im not racist its just that when this is pointed out to me instead of examining it i double down on opinions ive never bothered to check against the culture ive made assumptions about - im not racist, i just have never interacted with black art before but simultaneously i am confident that it is all misogynistic, all vile. i am not racist. i just dont like rap

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it’s not that i have anything against hbomberguy but if u srsly need a white man to explain hip hop to u bc it’s the only way to keep u interested u actually suck

#there are so many black people already doing this please just watch their content instead

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the world is cruel and there are new tragedies every day and new heartbreaks to experience but there is also an infinite amount of love and joy and hope for you to grasp, to keep yourself going in spite of it all. casting a wizard spell of love upon ye.

🧙‍♂️🔮🪄✨💖🌟❤️🌈💞🌱💫🫂⭐️

woe! wizard spell of love be upon ye!

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Turn on your timestamps though because I think I will legitimately lose my mind if I see one more news post from 2017 getting shared like it's recent or another fundraiser post from 2014 made by a deactivated blog. Seriously. Please. I'm so tired. And stop starting discourse with people on posts over comments they made 3+ years ago.

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a portrait study in markers! #brbchasingdreams

prints | tutorials

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ed, sleepy but still determined to uphold their nightly routine: ummm.. okey and what if (snuffle) what if i was uh if. if i was a bag.

stede: if you were a bag?

ed: what would you put in me if i was a bag

stede gently rubbing his back: i think i’d… hmm…. i’d take you to the market and buy some silk scarves and put those in you

ed: what colour

stede: jewel tones…. a bright rich ruby red…. dark purple that shimmers in the sunlight….. and some jam. some big jars of freshly made jam

ed: what kind

stede: strawberry

ed: yayy

stede: and fig

ed: eww

stede: the fig’s for me

ed: you can have it

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I love Our Flag Means Death so much i'm gonna screamb. renew the hot pirate show right now

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Edward Teach + knee brace

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Ed sketch. hello beautiful. very much into this my sketches never look this good

[ID: a loose digital sketch of Ed Teach in three quarter view from mid-thigh up. he’s got an arm held across his chest as if gesturing to something to the right, and a serious expression on his face. he’s wearing a cropped tshirt that leaves a wide strip of tummy out above the waistband of his usual leather pants.]

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Today's watercolor is Stede Bonnet with his best disgust face ✍️