Hip-Hop fans, media figures and recording artists have been sharing their thoughts on the ongoing battles taking place in the culture this year. More recently, Rapsody spoke about Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole trading bars on their respective songs.
Cole labeled Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly album overrated on his “7 Minute Drill” diss record. The song served as a response to Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That” featuring Lamar. Cole eventually apologized for “7 Minute Drill” and deleted it from DSPs.
Rapsody worked with Kendrick Lamar on “Complexion (A Zulu Love)” off the Grammy Award-winning To Pimp a Butterfly. She also collaborated with J. Cole on the “Sojourner” track.
“It’s one of the greatest albums ever created,” Rapsody said about To Pimp A Butterfly during an interview on The Bootleg Kev Podcast. “It’s one of my favorites of all time, even taking me off it, I feel that way.”
The North Carolina-bred MC added, “I thought about that when Cole made his apology. And when he did it, I was like, ‘I would never approach it, going at [Kendrick Lamar’s] discography.’ But the art of war is just, war is war.”
Numerous media outlets picked up Rapsody’s comments about Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole. Some of those articles about her take on the battle apparently didn’t sit well with the Grammy-nominated lyricist.
“I miss good journalism,” she tweeted. “Not into the [clickbait] bloggers, podcasters and passive readers. [red heart emoji].”
I miss good journalism. Not into the click bait bloggers, podcasters and passive readers. ♥️
— Rapsody (@rapsody) April 30, 2024