having been a taylor pop girlie all my life, this rap beef is making me understand that there's actually a lot of lyricism in rap that's not just a tip-of-the-iceberg shit. i gotta admit, i listened to mr. morale and the big steppers after hearing not like us, and i shed more than a few tears.
so, this is me swallowing my pride and asking for rap record recommendations. please?
Stuff abt Meet The Grahams you probably didn’t know:
The whole song is in A Minor
The beard lyric hints towards the slang term for a “beard” which is a person who marries someone with intention to hide their sexuality. He’s saying Drake grew a beard literally and figuratively - in the fact he’s hiding him being attracted to kids.
When Kendrick told Adonis never to let a man piss on his leg, he was referring to when one of TI’s friend pissed on Drake’s leg. Drake didn’t do anything abt it.
The piano is sampled from Big Shot by Billy Joel and the bass line is from Sly and the Family Stone, which it’s been said that Drake’s Uncle played in allegedly
In the picture used for the thumbnail, they’re perceptions for Rybelsus, the pill version of Ozempic, and Zoldipem, a date rape drug that’s used to treat insomnia. Both are in Drake’s legal name.
Kendrick said “get more paper” three times. This is a reference to the fact Drake got a DNA test for Adonis three times just to make sure he was his son. Might also be telling Drake’s dad to get his own DNA test but I’m not sure.
I truly believe Kendrick’s end game is to drop so many diss tracks that Drakes ghostwriters end up unionising and striking for better working conditions.
imagine being called a pedophile and your response is "yeah i expected you to say this. i never slept with Millie Bobby Brown. you were probably molested as a child." girl what in the country-fried fuck
I think it's very fascinating that, back to back, we have had a pair of what I want to call system shocks on tumblr.
The first wave was the beef between Kendrick and Drake. The beef reached truly titanic levels in order to breach containment and reach our shores in any real way. What was then immediately revealed is that a very loud (if not actually numerous) portion of the tumblr userbase is not simply ignorant of rap music, but proudly so, and not just proudly so, but ignorant of it in ways that have become stereotypes of rap critics. Accusations of violence, misogyny, and difficulty of understanding it were particularly visible to me. With a side helping of racism. The response to this was twofold: tumblr users either got into some damn funny fights when idiots doubled down on their ignorance, or they were curious and we got some damn good recommendations.
The second event was this week: The AO3 Ship Bracket finals: Destiel vs Suletta. The strongest yaoi of the past vs the strongest yuri of today. As Sulemio tore through the polls, again this trend emerged! Deeply incurious, proudly ignorant people parroting criticisms of anime that have become stereotypes anime fans repeat to make fun of critics! Accusations of sexualization, misogyny, and obscurity were particularly visible to me. With a side helping of racism. And then, just like last time, people split off into two camps. The first was idiots without any actual knowledge of Gundam showing up to crow about Destiel like the franchise isn't older than some of their parents. The second was some really good recommendation threads with people willing to learn (just start on Witch From Mercury, it's fine, then maybe watch The Origin or something, other people have better recs than me).
I think it's really interesting that tumblr's userbase has been exposed for being really inflexible and driven into a rut in its fandom spaces. And defensively so. I think that expanding your horizons is good for you for a lot of reasons, but avoiding looking like a jackass on tumblr is a really good incentive, I think.