RZA has made a daring assertion relating to the skillset of each Drake and Kendrick Lamar as rappers whereas talking about their historic rap beef.
Throughout his newest interview with Complicated, the legendary Wu-Tang Clan rapper/producer shared his distinctive concept on the continuing comparability between Drake and Kendrick Lamar. In line with RZA, the distinction between the 2 artists comes all the way down to their lyrical types and origins.
“Kendrick is the pure lyricist, and Drake I believe is a skilled lyricist,” RZA stated.
He elaborated on his analogy by evaluating the 2 rappers to fighters. Regardless of his reward for Drake’s skills, RZA made it clear that in his eyes, Kendrick Lamar’s uncooked expertise offers him an edge.
“You could possibly practice a fighter and he could possibly be good,” he stated. “You then bought these pure fighters. Whereas Drake bought bars endlessly, Kendrick’s efficiency was stronger. So the battle for Bar for Bar was one thing that was simply not good recommendation on Drake’s camp.”
RZA identified that Drake’s vital contributions to the tradition needn’t be ignored, although, particularly with regards to his function within the growth of the style.
“Drake is a strong artist in our tradition,” he stated. “He helped the tradition when it wanted it. He expanded it along with his melodies and he rose a technology too, and you may’t take that away from him.”
Nonetheless, RZA didn’t focus solely on the aggressive aspect of their relationship. He expressed hope that reconciliation is feasible for the 2 heavyweights, likening their stress to the legendary 2Pac and Biggie Smalls beef.
“It bought to a stage the place Pac and B.I.G. [2Pac and Biggie] turned no reconciliation,” RZA mirrored.
However for Kendrick Lamar and Drake, he believes there’s a distinct path.
“The factor that these younger brothers ought to acknowledge, and I can communicate on this as a result of I’m right here within the bodily kind, as you become older, you achieve extra data and knowledge and expertise,” he stated.
“So hopefully as they mature extra as people, they may go, ‘Wow, that’s loopy enjoyable. I ate you up, son. I like that different joint. My son loves your joint.’ Right here we’re for the tradition coming collectively.”
Whereas RZA, who has been no stranger to rap beefs feels as if Kendrick bought the very best of Drake of their rap battle, his fellow New York Hip-Hop big who represents the period of artists to come back after him disagrees. Throughout his newest interview with with Billboard, 50 Cent in contrast Drake’s standing post-battle along with his personal place following the discharge of his third studio album, Curtis, in 2007.
“They wanna see you go up, however they wish to see you come down — as a result of if you happen to don’t, how am I gonna have my probability to go up?” he defined. ”Drake is in that place proper now. They making an attempt to withstand the music, as a result of he put out some issues which are dope.
“I used to be telling him, it’s not him. I’m listening on the outskirts, it’s not you. Don’t let your self assume that for a second. On some actual s###, I stated, ‘They stated you misplaced, okay. Nicely, what did you lose?’ What precisely did he lose if he bought $300 one thing million on his final tour? You didn’t lose a m############ factor, man.”
Watch the interview clip above.