Kendrick Lamar continued to ramp up his more and more private musical battle with Drake by releasing “Not Like Us,” his third tune in 36 hours, early Saturday night. The tune is posted on Lamar’s official YouTube channel — which basically ensures its authenticity in an period when an AI deepfake should all the time be thought of — and options an aerial view of Drake‘s mansion outdoors Toronto, with sex-offender map symbols on it.
Based mostly round a easy keyboard loop, “Not Like Us” options Lamar rapping in a comically exaggerated Southern accent and opens with him whispering “Pssst: I see useless folks” earlier than he launches into one other lengthy sequence of private assaults on Drake, beginning off with the Canadian rapper’s controversial feedback about relationship youthful girls.
“Say Drake, I hear you want ‘em younger / You higher not need to go to Cell Block One,” he begins earlier than a dig on the title of Drake’s 2021 album — “ ‘Licensed Lover Boy’? Licensed pedophile” — and concluding that section with a musical pun: “Why you trolllin’ like a bitch, ain’t you drained? Attempting to ring a bell, and it’s in all probability a-minor.”
As regular, there are such a lot of lyrics that we’ll go away the deep evaluation to the specialists, however there’s not a lot thriller in regards to the Atlanta-themed traces that shut the tune, which lists numerous the A-town rappers Drake has labored with (Future, 21 Savage, Lil Child) and finishes with a dig at each Drake’s diss monitor towards Lamar (“Household Issues”) and his 2018 tune, “God’s Plan.”
“You run to Atlanta whenever you want a number of {dollars}/ You not a colleague, you a fuckin’ colonizer/ The household matter, and the reality of the matter/ It was God’s Plan to indicate you’re a liar.”
The tune fades out with Lamar main a feminine refrain chanting “O-vee-ho” — a play on Drake’s firm, OVO — and making enjoyable of his hit “Toosie Slide” once more.
The quickly escalating battle has been a whirlwind for anybody who’s been retaining rating. It began when Lamar fired at Drake and J. Cole on “Like That” for phrases on their “First Particular person Shooter.” The meat has since progressed at a speedy tempo, involving everybody from Rick Ross and Metro Boomin to the Weeknd and Future.
In simply the previous 36 hours, Lamar launched a diss monitor titled “6:16 in LA” on Friday morning, then each rappers dropped response tracks, one after the opposite, on Friday night, with Drake placing out “Household Issues” and Lamar releasing “Meet the Grahams.”