Should you thought that the dissing season in hip hop is over, assume once more. Infantile Gambino simply put out his newest album (and his final one as Gambino), and on it, seemingly dissed Drake on the observe ‘Yoshinoya’. From a pair listens, it turns into evident as to how this isn’t a stretch, and we clarify why.
You see, earlier, Infantile Gambino had already deemed his viral and hit observe, ‘That is America’ a track that started off as a Drake diss. After all, the observe ended up having nice cultural weight and was thought to be an immaculate commentary on the character of music business and its overshadowing of Black points in our current society.
Infantile Gambino says “This Is America” began as a Drake diss 👀 pic.twitter.com/bOGEN4P8yx
— Complicated Music (@ComplexMusic) April 5, 2023
However Drake, unable to understand the burden of this cultural second, had sneakily clapped again in his area performances for his observe ‘Headlines‘, the place he referred to as ‘That is America’ overhyped claiming it’s ‘overrated, and over awarded’. Query is, did we hear a reply from Gambino? Whereas the easy reply was ‘no’, the brand new album adjustments that.
Apparently Drake took a shot at Infantile Gambino final night time on his tour by working a visible that stated: “The overrated and over awarded hit track ‘That is America’ was initially a Drake diss document” 😳 pic.twitter.com/8KCpvz8wEL
— Joey (@gothamhiphop) July 6, 2023
The primary verse kicks off with the bar, “I put your boy within the seat”, which could possibly be an informal opener, however may additionally seek advice from Drake’s persona as ‘the boy’ who’s each an actor and rapper, very similar to Gambino, besides that Gambino claims that he humbles him though they each handle these crafts. The bars decide up, as one is left questioning who he’s speaking about that has “his biz on the road” whereas Gambino washes his “palms when he eats”, and segues right into a extra apparent (but nonetheless obscure) bar claiming “individuals round you ain’t slatt” — which appears to allude to Kendrick’s bars about Drake surrounding himself with Atlanta rappers to achieve credibility. Hmm. Not satisfied? Let’s dive deeper.
“You f***in’ these h**s, I’m f***in’ my spouse/ AK not silent like knife”, he continues to rap, the place our suspicions actually begin to slender down. Drake is infamous for being a participant (and arguably worse, in line with Kendrick claims) however that’s not what caught our ears right here. The “AK” bars appears to be a double entendre on AK47 as a rifle being a lot louder than a stab within the again, however may additionally seek advice from DJ Akademiks, who has arguably been a mouthpiece for Drake this complete time, that means, he’s speaking an excessive amount of for Drake.
On the second verse, Gambino will get to speaking about absentee father allegations with the bars, “N****s jokes are so dad, however haven’t seen they son in a month”. This appears to additional slender it down to at least one one that is notorious for catching these allegations. Additional in, Gambino doubles down with the subs when he raps, “Now his profession’s in a blunt/ These rappers cosplay, the business Comedian Con”, which may probably be a reiteration of Kendrick’s bars about Drake the place he claims that Drake usually works with rappers ‘tougher’ than him to achieve road credit score, that’s, cosplaying the tradition of hiphop in America.
Why Yoshinoya by Infantile Gambino is a Diss Observe on Drake:
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— 𝕿𝖗𝖆𝖈𝖙𝖔𝖗🌵 (@Rodeowipes1) July 20, 2024
“Integrity w***e, say what I imply/ Apologise if I didn’t/ or make clear if it’s written in stone/ Freak it and depart it alone/ give it time, let the reality come to mild/ let em catch up/ N****s peepin’ like ‘rattling he was proper!’” — with these bars within the second verse, it appears as if Gambino is speaking about J. Cole, who exited the Huge 3 beef with integrity and apology. The ‘let the reality come to mild’ appears to be a flip on the Drake bar in direction of Kendrick on Household Issues, the place he raps, “Your darkest secrets and techniques are coming to mild/ it’s all in your face like what occurred to Mike” trying to flip Kendrick’s ‘lightskin’ and ‘Daylyt’ bars.
Gambino appears to level the irony out in these bars, for it appears he was uncovered not a lot lengthy after he dropped the track. However in context of J Cole, the bar is also interpreted as a reference to Cole’s bar, “What’s achieved at midnight will at all times discover a strategy to shine” from ‘Kevin’s Coronary heart’, stating the coincidence of Drake’s darkish secrets and techniques coming to mild regardless, as Cole chooses to stroll away from the filth.
In the direction of the tip of the track, Gambino additionally appears to counsel how Drake’s dressing sense appears to be out of line along with his age. He raps, “These n****s virtually 50, they usually dressin’ like a hype beast/ used to get the peach milkshake and add the eighth piece/ white boy throwin’ filth on my title for a assume piece”, which as Genius annotations level out, may seek advice from Drake’s utilization of Lil Yachty’s style sense to present him ‘the swag’ like Kendrick claimed, at an age that doesn’t take kindly to those antics.
infantile gambino yoshinoya is 100% a drake diss proper
— laura ☁️ (@waitekitazes) July 19, 2024
Now, none of that is for sure, as a result of Gambino doesn’t truly ever title drop Drake on the document — however contemplating Drake did throw filth on Gambino’s title, arguably making up for pondering piece articles on-line, just about reaffirms our suspicion. Query is, will Drake reply? Let’s wait and see!