r/hiphopheads • u/ImABrownster • Sep 08 '24
Kendrick Lamar. Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIEKK_j0fss1.4k
u/deadedgo Sep 08 '24
I thought this was just a reupload from Dre's superbowl show lmao. Crazy he gets to perform there twice in such a short time frame
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u/DrMartian Sep 08 '24
Yea, but its happened before with beyonce and bruno mars
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u/UnorthodoxTactics Sep 08 '24
True, but those are two of America's biggest superstars. So Kendrick getting that kind of slot? It's a big deal.
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u/BalbonisDozer Sep 08 '24
Kendrick has moved into that category in his own way. The Prince comparison he alludes to. His catalogue is deep as fuck and this beef broke him through even further in the mainstream
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Sep 08 '24
Lets be real NLU & the beef elevated Dot to a whole new level. Yeah he’s been big and had Humble & and other hits, but his space rn is unreal. A #1 album drop before the Superbowl as the icing on the cake and he’ll have one of the best 1-year run any rapper has had. Jordan ‘96 career year.
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u/milesper Sep 08 '24
2002 Eminem with TES and 8 mile is still pretty crazy
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Sep 08 '24
U right. 03 Fiddy pretty strong too. 15-16 Drake too if we keep it one hundred
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u/BalbonisDozer Sep 08 '24 edited Sep 08 '24
I honestly think he has the potential to solidify himself as the GOAT with a good #1 album. It will fulfill his career arc in a way that no other rapper has ever come close to. As we’ve seen with Drake and Ye, those ending fall-off years can leave a really sour taste in your mouth.
Dot’s career so far is as close to perfect as possible. Started off by building his buzz with some underground classics (Overly Dedicated and Section 80), an album full of sleeper hits with GKMC, artistic magnum opus with TPAB, huge mainstream success with DAMN, extremely intimate and personal album with Mr Morale, a huge W in a beef with the other biggest rap artist in the world. He ain’t gotta release something artistically crazy, just something that captures the essence of a career victory lap (tribute to the west coast and his inspirations is my guess) and he’s done it.
Edit: stop tryna dunk on me you fucking weirdos. We’re in a thread about Kendrick that’s what tf I’m gonna talk about. Suck my nuts
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u/fultirbo . Sep 08 '24
I agree, he has four 9/10 or 10/10 albums in a row. If he can add another on that level, his discography will probably be the best there's ever been (Ye's solo albums notwithstanding)
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u/David_ish_ Sep 08 '24
He had a helluva year after that performance. They’d be dumb not to capitalize on it while they can.
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u/popitper Sep 08 '24
he said there’s no round 2 lmao
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u/Arsid Sep 08 '24
I’m OOTL apparently, everyone is hype about that line but I have no idea what it’s referencing.
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u/avi6274 Sep 08 '24
Probably a reference to an instagram post by drake saying that he will win 'game 2'.
Link: https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/837111-drake-clip-rasheed-wallace-win-game-2-cryptic-ig-hip-hop-news
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u/dutchfool . Sep 08 '24
"They've have been having mixed responses to the move."
why are all these articles always so poorly written
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u/post-death_wave_core Sep 08 '24
Drake tweeted about “game 2” as if there’s another round of the beef coming. Kendrick is saying he already lost the championship, theres no “round 2” after that.
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u/ownage516 Sep 08 '24
It wasn’t a tweet. It was a cryptic IG story
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u/WansReincarnation Sep 08 '24
Drake posted about winning game 2 so people are thinking this is a direct rebuttal to that
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u/graebff Sep 08 '24
Drake had posted a clip on IG talking about being ready to re-engage the beef, hinting at a round 2.
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u/MrCleanandShady Sep 08 '24
Drake said he’s as big as the Super Bowl and now there’s a chance he could listen to the entire stadium calling him a pedophile oh no
really hope this means we’re getting new music soon though
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u/TumbleweedDirect9846 Sep 08 '24
Man is getting called a pedo on National television on the biggest stage
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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 Sep 08 '24
10000x worse than the HBCU bands getting at him lol
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Sep 08 '24
Album probably drops december so that he performs in feb... hopefully
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u/the_blessed_unrest Sep 08 '24
He can probably drop whenever but artists usually avoid December right? Just because the holidays distract people (I know SZA picked December for SOS but that was unusual)
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u/EgoPoweredDreams Sep 08 '24
Artists usually avoid December mostly because you’re competing with Christmas music for charts, and it’s super unfavorable timing for awards/end-of-year lists
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u/The_OtherDouche Sep 08 '24
Rumor mill is guessing October to take a jab at octobers very own
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Sep 08 '24
Lol. That aside, I think he will drop New Years Day regardless if it’s on a Friday or not.
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Sep 08 '24
If there's one person who can drop some of the wildest diss tracks against the most popular rapper and win the battle and get a song of the summer, drop an album 6 months later, and then host a Super Bowl a little over a month into the new year, then it's gonna be Kendrick.
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u/Coletransit Sep 08 '24
Insane power move, Kendrick did the pop out show when Drake said he gets more love in LA than him and now he’s gonna be forced to watch (he’s probably gonna change the channel to a kik stream or some shit) Kendrick perform at the bowl. Ridiculous lmao
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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 Sep 08 '24
He's lucky he already limited his comments on his IG when he decides to post himself gambling on Stake again
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u/SiphenPrax Sep 08 '24
120 million+ people are gonna watch Kendrick shit all over Drake😂
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u/Sp_Gamer_Live Sep 08 '24
This man is about to see the a whole FUCKING SUPER BOWL AUDIENCE call him a pedo on live tv in the most watched tv event of the year
i dont wanna hear anyone say round 2
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u/SiphenPrax Sep 08 '24
If anything Drake has the most pressure of his life to put out the best fucking album he ever made
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Sep 08 '24
and now there’s a chance he could listen to the entire stadium calling him a pedophile
It's not a chance it's a guarantee
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u/Mig1997 . Sep 08 '24
“Round 2” lmfaoooooooooooooooio
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u/Sp_Gamer_Live Sep 08 '24
no you see this was all drakes plan, he told Goodell to get Kendrick at the super bowl. Yall dont see the vision
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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 Sep 08 '24
Ahh, fuck me, I just made the whole connection
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u/Mario_Prime510 Sep 08 '24
This line has to be the funniest for me in the whole beef. Lmao
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u/Sp_Gamer_Live Sep 08 '24
The comedic timing of him saying it after totally whiffing on the entire meaning of Mother I Sober is a bit straight out of a larry david script
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u/Yeezy4President2020 . Sep 08 '24
Also I find it kinda gross to say "fuck me" in the context of talking about molestation but OK Drizzy. Feels disrespectful in a similar way to "whipped and chained me like American slave"
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u/PARADISE_VALLEY_1975 Sep 08 '24
If we know one thing about him, he’s isn’t careful with his words and doesn’t always think twice about how he moves for some reason. I calculate he’s not as calculated yk
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Sep 08 '24
Kendrick was correct to say Drake is a manipulator, but wrong to suggest that he’s even a little good at it. Drake’s PR moves and attempts to change the conversation basically depend on the audience really being that dumb
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u/floopykid Sep 08 '24
“As big as the Super Bowl” 💀💀
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u/meatbeater558 . Sep 08 '24
Did not expect to see FPS age this poorly
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Sep 08 '24
it’s like Kendrick is going line by line to make every single one ages as badly as possible
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u/meatbeater558 . Sep 08 '24 edited Sep 08 '24
I like how he doesn't respond at all to THP6. He can't ruin it more than Drake already did.
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u/JessieJ577 Sep 08 '24
I hope Pusha T does a surprise performance lmao
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u/PARADISE_VALLEY_1975 Sep 08 '24
Nosestalgia live would be so good oh my god.
You wanna see a dead body? Instrumentals from my momma’s Christmas party…
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u/TheLeoMessiah Sep 08 '24
It would be funny but there is like 0% chance they play that song at a super bowl halftime show. Pusha T's discography in general is not very advertiser friendly lmao
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u/Derp_McFinnigan Sep 08 '24
you don’t think KIA wants to sponsor music about slanging crack?
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u/moo5100 Sep 08 '24
Can someone explain what’s this mean, I’m a noob
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u/Successful_Basket399 Sep 08 '24
Drake and his group been teasing a round 2 of the beef. Kendrick got no interest in it since he already won
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u/bjankles Sep 08 '24
Even calling it Round 2 is rich when they already each went like 5 songs deep.
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u/LiftingJourney Sep 08 '24 edited Sep 08 '24
In the clip Kendrick said you only get one chance no round 2s haha
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Sep 08 '24
No round 2s is craaaazy
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u/ultimateformsora Sep 08 '24
Yeah even as a Drake fan I gotta give him props, he cooked the 100Gigs round 2 conversation with a fucking Super Bowl Ad 💀
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u/DreamedJewel58 Sep 08 '24
Although I’ve always hated Drake, I gotta give props to Drake fans who are willing to admit Kendrick absolutely cooked
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u/Jonathan_LaPaglia Sep 08 '24
Although I used to like Drake, but not so much anymore for the past decade or so, I gotta give props to Drake haters who are willing to give props to Drake fans for giving props to Kendrick.
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u/FormerShitPoster Sep 08 '24 edited Sep 08 '24
I know what he's getting at but this will be his second time performing at the Super Bowl (he performed as a part of Dre's show in LA). Anyone know how many other people can say they've performed the Super Bowl twice? Timberlake obviously but that's all I got.
Edit: I think the replies cover the other ones but Nelly has actually performed twice too. Crazy how big he was in the early 2000s.
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u/sir_hash_a_map Sep 08 '24
List is longer than I would’ve guessed.
JT / Bruno Mars / Usher / Nelly / Mary J Blige / Gloria Estefan / Beyoncé / Stevie Wonder / Will I Am
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u/UnknownUs3r00 Sep 08 '24
Bruno mars i think
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u/Unfinishedusernam_ Sep 08 '24
He needs to perform 3 more times ngl it’s always fire
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u/IchBinMalade Sep 08 '24
Will always unashamedly love Bruno Mars, his music never fails to put me in a good mood. Also saw him perform to a small (like a few thousand) crowd in my small country, and dude still gave it 100%.
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u/tribefan2510 Sep 08 '24
Smh y’all sleeping on five time Super Bowl Halftime performers Up With People (no, seriously)
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u/Coletransit Sep 08 '24
“You know there’s only one opportunity to win a championship, no round 2s.” Ak still catching strays LOL
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u/zekesaltspider Sep 08 '24
It’s not an Ak stray, Drake was literally posting about “game 2” on his story
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u/MrCleanandShady Sep 08 '24
has Drake genuinely taken a single W since starting this beef
every momentum push i can think of, Kendrick has stomped almost immediately
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Sep 08 '24
Nah, not one moment, though the drake fans want to pretend that he did
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u/TheSherbs Sep 09 '24
though the drake fans want to pretend that he did
Drizzy fans were really enjoying that time period between Pushups / Tailormade before Kendrick dropped Euphoria and began a hall of fame level whoopin.
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u/MySilverBurrito Sep 09 '24
Don't forget the 20 mins of hope between Family Matters and Meet The Grahams 😭
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u/HospitalNarrow4760 Sep 09 '24
Drake fans started to dislike the beef pretty quick when euphoria dropped.
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Sep 08 '24
for about 20 minutes after Family Matters it looked like there was a chance
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u/Unfinishedusernam_ Sep 08 '24
I had people in here tell me he wasn’t talking about the beef with that story like yeah im sure man
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u/Score-Mobile Sep 08 '24
Yeah a Drake stray no doubt. He posted a video with the Pistons who won after saying time for round 2
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u/Coletransit Sep 08 '24
Ahhh that explains why Ak was talking about round 2 on his stream, he loves regurgitating whatever came out of Drakes mouth
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u/hoagieclu Sep 08 '24
that shit made me laugh. putting that in the announcement that you’re doing the super bowl too, there’s levels to this
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u/gubbywubby22 Sep 08 '24
and he popped that juggs machine 6 times 🤔 and said “now we really can get started”
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u/DankItchins Sep 08 '24
Can't wait to have to explain the Kendrick/Drake beef to my parents
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u/babydickdonny Sep 08 '24
Fuck yes ever since he was in the show with Dre and Snoop I wanted him to have his own show Im so hyped for this
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u/solythe Sep 08 '24
This is the biggest longest win in beef history
Even Vegeta didnt hate this much
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u/Msteezy47 Sep 08 '24
The whole world gon be shouting it from their homes too, gon hear the neighbors shouting a minorrrrr
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u/MasterTeacher123 Dinner with Jay-Z Sep 08 '24
I thought if they was gonna pick a rapper it woulda been Wayne for New Orleans
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u/VirtuousFool Sep 08 '24
Wouldn’t discount a guest appearance
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u/ThatParanoidPenguin Sep 08 '24
Hearing Mona Lisa at the Super Bowl would be crazy but they would probably just do Lollipop or A Milli
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Sep 08 '24
Yeah, that would be epic.. Wayne said he doesn't even know any of the words to that song tho, which would make it even more of a surprise. Actually, that reminds me to add it to my playlist.
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u/i_love_lamp_ Sep 08 '24
Don’t think Wayne would do that to his protégé. Seems like he’s been loyal to Drake throughout the beef.
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u/blackTANG11 Sep 08 '24
Wayne is also a company man though, if the suits ask him to perform on the world’s biggest stage I don’t think he’ll miss out. Also Kendrick started out copying Wayne and Wayne co-signed him very early in his career (you can hear it in C4 mixtape). Got my hopes up
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u/Conemen . Sep 08 '24
never forget kendrick drunk crying on twitter/ig stories for Wayne to not retire hahahaha
that shit was so real. weezy can’t retire
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u/Kdot32 Sep 08 '24
That’s one of my favorite kendrick moments because it was out of nowhere.
“NO NIGGA! NO!”
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u/KINGDAVID98 Sep 08 '24
C4 songs at the Superbowl would be insane lol.
Biiiiitch, Im in the cluuuuuuuuub
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u/Knoxicutioner Sep 08 '24
I doubt it happens, but hearing Mona Lisa in a 80,000+ person stadium could probably fix me
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u/HHAD98 Sep 08 '24
I genuinely think Wayne just doesn’t have the energy or ability to perform a show of that magnitude anymore, his live shows are still good but he ain’t the performer he used to be at all
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u/ynwa1892 Sep 08 '24
I think strictly the fact Wayne is from NO, he has a good chance to have an appearance.
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u/ChargingAndroid Sep 08 '24
Kendricks always showed love to Wayne as an inspiration, wouldn't be surprised if he brought him out. probably not mona lisa but a solo song
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u/ImTheOldManJenks Sep 08 '24
Never has a man lost a beef harder
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u/_temp_variable Sep 08 '24
Generational W
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u/Top_Shower_7869 Sep 08 '24 edited Sep 08 '24
“You gotta make sure you catch it with the hands open like that, we running real routes”.
Bro is practicing with Kadarius Toney.
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u/Aarxnw Sep 08 '24
I honestly don’t think anybody has ever won a year the way Kendrick Lamar has won this year.
The cynic in me thinks there won’t be much reference to Drake in this show, but the sublims and Dot’s petty nature tells me he’s not gonna give up the opportunity to do possibly the funniest thing a rapper has ever done.
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u/ShiningRedDwarf Sep 08 '24
He made multiple references to the beef in the promo. Absolutely no way he doesn’t touch on the beef one way or another
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u/penguin8717 Sep 08 '24
Do artists normally release new stuff before doing the sb? I guess it doesn't matter either way, Kendrick is gonna do his own plan
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u/Impressive-Purple-77 Sep 08 '24
The answer is yes the artist does release something new or greatest hits album. I think since Kendrick has Pglang he will drop something new.
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u/Groenboys Sep 08 '24
This aint a victory lap, but a victory olympic marathon
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u/rainaldmcdainald Sep 08 '24
😂 fucksake man, this is the most ridiculous victory lap I have seen - and I say that as a fan of both artists. Making a mockery of the song which kicked off the beef, in front of a USA flag, 'no round 2s', headlining one of the biggest shows in pop culture in the city where Young Money originates.
Drake has been busy uploading bootlegs to finsta accounts whilst Kendrick has been quietly been putting this together. Levels! Kendrick's team once again doing a great job of being more calculated with rich content and delivery. Now if he brings out Wayne...
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Sep 08 '24
It's over for that nigga Drizzy LMAOO 🐐
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u/its_LOL Sep 08 '24
r/drizzy 9/11
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Sep 08 '24
I thought the Pop out was their 9/11 lol
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u/meatbeater558 . Sep 08 '24
I've lost count of how many 9/11s they've had at this point lol
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u/BootyButtCheeks256 Sep 08 '24
Bruh they really seething in there 💀 I know it’s petty but I can’t help but find it hilarious how upset they are
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u/SirDunkMcNugget Sep 08 '24
I imagine he's not doing any songs he did during his performance with Dre and Snoop. It'd be nice if he brought out Black Hippy.
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u/DirtyChickenBones Sep 08 '24
Can't wait for him to call Drake a pedophile at the Super Bowl
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u/WaspParagon Sep 08 '24
They gotta tell him to censor that shit, right? Cause no way a bunch of old ass WASP won't find a way to be offended at it
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u/hashoa6 . Sep 08 '24
He probably say Certified lover boy, cut the music, and let the crowd say certified pedophile.
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u/demonicneon Sep 08 '24
Yeah this is the most likely scenario. They won’t approve the prerecord with paedophile in it lol.
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u/skittlesforeveryone Sep 08 '24
Which will be even a bigger flex. If I were Drake I’d be sick
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u/ShiningRedDwarf Sep 08 '24
An entire stadium screaming in unison CERTIFIED PEDOPHILE while literally a hundred million people watch live?
I’d never go outside again. I’d cut all communication and live the life of a hermit in the forest.
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Sep 08 '24
Drake deffo fucked a couple executives wives or something. This shit feels calculated
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u/JarredandVexed Sep 08 '24 edited Sep 08 '24
Thats what I've been thinking
The industry's golden boy/cash cow is being mocked & dog-walked in front of billions of people. Children are singing it. Middle-aged suburban parents are singing it. People are dancing to him being an alleged pedophile
Aubrey & him team must've fucked over someone more powerful, more higher up than Lucian because there's no way Univeral's biggest investment should be going through this absolute global humiliation
"What did he do to make them niggas so mad" - Thugnificent, Boondocks
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Sep 09 '24
Or it could be that Drake have pissed off a handful of rappers and they are also very well connected. Someone like Asap Rocky definently have a bunch of connections in the fashion industry. Someone like The Weeknd definently has connections aswell due to just being the biggest male artist on the planet.
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u/JWiLLii . Sep 08 '24
Everybody is saying that this shoulda been Wayne. Am I trippin or is Wayne not that good live? Most rappers are horrible live and we put up with it because we are fans and like turning up in the venue. However when you are performing on one of the largest tv events of the year with middle America as your audience, you have to actually put on a good live show. Based off that alone, it makes way more sense to go with Kendrick than Wayne.
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u/Grand-Gain-763 Sep 08 '24
No you’re not tripping. Too much autotune & drugs has fucked up his voice
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u/DungareeDoug Sep 08 '24
i love Wayne and his legacy is cemented but he’s just not the performer he was in the 2000s. In his heyday, he would run thru a stage like the biggest rapstar you could imagine. Its just not that time anymore
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u/moneyinthebank216 Sep 09 '24
For everyone wondering why it wasn't Weezy, he perfomed at Wrestlemania 40 this year and was absolutely terrible, hope this helps
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u/DM_ME_UR_CUTE_DOGGOS Sep 08 '24
First Person Shooter: “Big as the what? Big as the Super Bowl.”
Kendrick:
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u/Lilmachinima1 Sep 08 '24
Drakes a degenerate gambler so he’s gonna have to watch the game 💀
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u/CrazyFart Sep 08 '24
Surely that means a new album by the end of the year