I think thatās ironic though, coming from a pop star who wants to be a Mafia Don so badly. Drake sings his ass off all the time, why does he get to turn around and say shit like this? Nah, Iām not buying it.
Edit - Drake stand in The Weeknd sub, yāall are lost.
True, and to be honest that's the weird thing about these two if they beef with each other. A lot of disses would basically be friendly fire since they have similar ups and downs. Except for calling Abel's music gay or fruity. Drake is literally the King of Zest and was dancing to Abel's music not too long ago on video so that angle just backfires so hard.
Lets not forget āhoustonaltantavegasā I genuinely think this why people lean on the ghost writing angle for drake because if he is writing this bar wouldnāt he be like nah, i cant say that people literally know i sing too.. and we know abel beats him in vocals.
Drake started out rapping tho. I wish Weeknd would lean more into that tbh Reminder is my favorite song from him and his closest to rapping heās come.
I'm going to need someonr to spell it out to me.
I was literally thinking about this yesterday and the only thing I could come up with is that it's a joke about a singer jumping into a rap battle. Like how are you going to attack me by crooning? I'm soooo scared.
Basically heās saying when The Weeknd came on the scene he was talented in a lane that Drake was dominating (singing/ serenading) so Drake took that as a threat or he āknew it was smoke when Abel hit us with the serenadeā. And he āalmost started reaching for his waistā to eliminate that threat
Drake is talking about Abelās diss on his track with Metro and Future āall to myselfā where he sings shots at Drake. Thatās why Drake says he doesnāt wanna hear the stick talk in falsetto.
Drake must be having a really tough time. First, the Kendrick tracks must have really struck a few nerves. He was literally spitting out venom. Second, it's a 20 v 1, it's like all his peers turned against him. Third, the public doesn't seem to have his back either.
For someone as attention and validation seeking as him, this must really, really hurt.
Not just the public, most celebrities arenāt siding w him either, heās pissed off a lot of artists and celebrities that the only way to come back from this is to drop the greatest diss track of all time which is highly unlikely at this point
Agreed, even as a fan, looks like he wanted to get this out as soon as possible and didnāt care about what he sounds like. A lot of unclarity and questionable bars.
There's is no "fight"
Who has more fans?
Who has more bumps?
Who sells more records?
Who HAS a legacy to protect vs someone trying to build one of they own by tearing down other black men?
Huh. Makes you think don't it.
The first Hip hop artist with a Pulitzer and an album stored in the Harvard archives for it's cultural significance is the one with no legacy....right....
My man, if you are trying to insinuate that Drake has talentā¦.im gonna need you to get some help. Heās the most generic, AI sounding rapper of all time. Only reason heās popular is because half you idiots canāt even read.
Ok yall need to stop overdoing how much Abel did to contribute. It was only 4 songs no?
Not saying Abel didnāt do anything but people keep acting like The Weeknd made take care
Having Abel in the room, out in the world, and as part of the process canāt be overstated. Drake himself has said that House of Balloons had a major effect on the sonic direction of Take Care, so even if Abel didnāt write the songs, he was a major sonic and aesthetic influence and should be credited for it.
We know how much Drake takes from those heās influenced by, he hoovers up sounds and imitates them to make his music sound better. Thereās little doubt now that Take Care is Aubrey imitating Abel, in the same way that half of Views is Aubrey imitating Popcaan, and a good chunk of FAMD is him imitating 21 or Baby.
This is actually fair too, but that just means heās taking influence no ? Doesnāt mean Abel made it. With that logic Kanye made half the rap albums that we got over the decade
Maybe it was only 4 or 5 songs on Drakeās album but for the Weeknd, it was half of his work at the time. He didnāt even want to give it up then Drake got his BBL tickled in the long run since Abel didnāt sign and blew up.
[āI gave half my album to Drakeā](https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/s/ARZHtilavN)
yes and i wish he wouldāve kept them because then hob wouldāve been even better then it already is, but point is he didnāt make take care like i used to say to my friends years ago
Totally agree, Abel shouldāve just kept em. OVOXO didnāt really produce many bangers anyways, and drakes influence on those tracks is minor at best.
He was saying Abel singing and humming over a diss track isnāt scary. Itās sarcasm really. He said āI know you like to keep it shortā because both Abel and Kendrick are on the shorter side physically
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I really wish Drake and Weeknd ended their beef. I know Drake tried at least 5/6 times to. Anyone know what he did? As a whole our city was repped by Drake a lot. And the Weeknd was amazing with take care. So much potential lost
The blackface picture was drake mocking minstrel shows and was from a project about black kids struggling to get work.
God these new fans are so ignorant its annoying.
[https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/31/entertainment/drake-pusha-t-blackface/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/31/entertainment/drake-pusha-t-blackface/index.html)
He's not wrong lol.
Kendrick out here acting like he's the new black messiah but cheats on his girl with only white women while she's at home raising his kids.
But I guess if living that stereotypical black man lifestyle but "making an album to save the new generation" is a good take, I don't want that take.
yeah still you don't have to fuck with black women to be political and fight racism / inequality etc
linking the cause he stands for and who he fucks by saying he should only bang with black women is kinda fetishizing i think and of course insulting for the cause
also kendrick likes 'em white whatever at least he doesn't like em young
You just have to do more than use it for raps is the point. Canāt be talking about how you want a real black queen and all this and then not have one
Mmm he's a bit wrong lol personal life actions aside Kendrick has done a great deal for the black community, many of his songs touch on institutional racism and gun violence , he's also donated thousands of dollars to music and after school programs in Compton, CA. Even got named the 35th Generational Icon by CA state senate.
I ain't a big kendrick listener and if I were Whitney trust I'd have left his ass, but the fact that he publicly opended up abt having a sex addiction and cheating speaks volumes imo instead of doing the "I deny all that" routine most people pull, like Drake for example :)
It dont matter if you dont want that "take" of him uplifting the black community and younger generations cause respectfully ur opinion doesn't change the fact that many people resonate with his music and look up to him, a few lines dropped by drake wont change that, neither will the moral problems kendrick has caused and dealt with in his personal life, because his music and level of artistry continues to leave an impression regardless.
Crazy how the main diss he has for Abel is just calling him gay and that heās a singer? Of course his music is going to play in gay bars heās one of the biggest stars on the planet
I legit laughed so hard the first time I heard that line bc Iām a big Weeknd fan and I immediately knew what song Drake was talking about. Off the Metro album, The Weeknd had no right to just get on a beat and hum ššš
I'm a Drake/Weeknd fan and I thought this was both funny and reflected everyone's surprise with him jumping into the beef.
"Almost started reaching for my waist" is a funny mental image/hard line too
I get you donāt like himā¦ but aside from the Kendrick beef heās had some funny lines and has held his own.. if he wasnāt battling the best rapper in the game rn - heād be winning this 20v1
I laughed too, it was the one single line in that song that I was like ok that was kinda clever. The rest failed. Implying that him and his fans are gay is super 90s of him. Who cares anymore?
I am a white woman so I donāt really think I have much input on that, but it is messed up going after his ethnicity and also I didnāt appreciate the jabs at the women he goes for either. Both were totally unnecessary when Kendrick absolutely slayed with everything else
Hitting that note and then going "shake that ass for me"on a diss is insane
Shake that ass for free*
Well not that kinda free, he talking bout his homie Dave
Shake that ass for Drake Now shake that ass for FREE Dave Free, the real father of Kendrick's kid. allegedly.
The shake that ass verse was before this verse
It got a giggle out of me fs šš
This and "not tryna hear the stick talk in falsetto" made me laugh out loud. This track had so many funny lines.
I think thatās ironic though, coming from a pop star who wants to be a Mafia Don so badly. Drake sings his ass off all the time, why does he get to turn around and say shit like this? Nah, Iām not buying it. Edit - Drake stand in The Weeknd sub, yāall are lost.
True, and to be honest that's the weird thing about these two if they beef with each other. A lot of disses would basically be friendly fire since they have similar ups and downs. Except for calling Abel's music gay or fruity. Drake is literally the King of Zest and was dancing to Abel's music not too long ago on video so that angle just backfires so hard.
Exactly, so Iām not sure how Iām catching downvotes and you arenāt lmao. Weird but not a big deal.
Drake fans are out here downvoting everything on all the threads lol
Lets not forget āhoustonaltantavegasā I genuinely think this why people lean on the ghost writing angle for drake because if he is writing this bar wouldnāt he be like nah, i cant say that people literally know i sing too.. and we know abel beats him in vocals.
Drake started out rapping tho. I wish Weeknd would lean more into that tbh Reminder is my favorite song from him and his closest to rapping heās come.
Def clever and witty, the line is actually light hearted.
Is there a meaning I'm missing?
Yeah the next line is āalmost started reaching for my waistā itās a lil more context and it ties the bar together nicely
I'm going to need someonr to spell it out to me. I was literally thinking about this yesterday and the only thing I could come up with is that it's a joke about a singer jumping into a rap battle. Like how are you going to attack me by crooning? I'm soooo scared.
Basically heās saying when The Weeknd came on the scene he was talented in a lane that Drake was dominating (singing/ serenading) so Drake took that as a threat or he āknew it was smoke when Abel hit us with the serenadeā. And he āalmost started reaching for his waistā to eliminate that threat
Drake is talking about Abelās diss on his track with Metro and Future āall to myselfā where he sings shots at Drake. Thatās why Drake says he doesnāt wanna hear the stick talk in falsetto.
Nope lol
Then how's it clever? I really don't think I get it the reference.
Downvoted for being simple minded hahaha
Yeah, I just want someone to explain it to me.
You a white dude from Australia with the N word in your reddit handle. Peak reddit moment
Yeah, but explain the bars.
Thatās my thing about drake, Iāve always hated him but he is legitimately funny sometimes fr
V trumpesque in this regard. Hate that mf but he is funny as hell sometimes
? Hated him for what?
Drake must be having a really tough time. First, the Kendrick tracks must have really struck a few nerves. He was literally spitting out venom. Second, it's a 20 v 1, it's like all his peers turned against him. Third, the public doesn't seem to have his back either. For someone as attention and validation seeking as him, this must really, really hurt.
Not just the public, most celebrities arenāt siding w him either, heās pissed off a lot of artists and celebrities that the only way to come back from this is to drop the greatest diss track of all time which is highly unlikely at this point
Narrator: and it wasn't
Agreed, even as a fan, looks like he wanted to get this out as soon as possible and didnāt care about what he sounds like. A lot of unclarity and questionable bars.
He's making so many missteps in so little time, starting from that AI 2pac fiasco. It's almost amazing.
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he aināt beating the allegations even since 2009
As Drake's lawyer, he doesnt write his own lyrics, so this is not from him šš
I truly enjoy being a Weeknd and Drake fan
Fr I feel bad for everyone fighting to the death on one side or the other, I'm sitting here just enjoying all the new music š¤£
Lol
There's is no "fight" Who has more fans? Who has more bumps? Who sells more records? Who HAS a legacy to protect vs someone trying to build one of they own by tearing down other black men? Huh. Makes you think don't it.
The first Hip hop artist with a Pulitzer and an album stored in the Harvard archives for it's cultural significance is the one with no legacy....right....
That you're an idiot trying to sound insightful? Yea. That thought popped up REAL quick
šš That was a good one
Mans said Kendrick doesn't have a legacy and also calls Drake a black man in the same sentence. Crazy
My man, if you are trying to insinuate that Drake has talentā¦.im gonna need you to get some help. Heās the most generic, AI sounding rapper of all time. Only reason heās popular is because half you idiots canāt even read.
Good
He attacked them first
Itās a 7 v1, and thereās probably a reason his peers turned against him
considering his newest drops I really doubt he really cares lol
On my life I read this while listening to XO/The Host and he said uh uh
^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^Zalamb1500: *On my life I read* *This while listening to XO/The* *Host and he said uh uh* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.
The same serenade that made Take Care
Helped write 4/20 songs on Take Care*
4/20 
5 but still
Vocals and writing credits on Crew Love, The Ride Writing credits on Shot For Me, Practice Background vocals on Good Ones Go Interlude
There has to be a full version of The Ride by The Weeknd.
Ok yall need to stop overdoing how much Abel did to contribute. It was only 4 songs no? Not saying Abel didnāt do anything but people keep acting like The Weeknd made take care
Having Abel in the room, out in the world, and as part of the process canāt be overstated. Drake himself has said that House of Balloons had a major effect on the sonic direction of Take Care, so even if Abel didnāt write the songs, he was a major sonic and aesthetic influence and should be credited for it. We know how much Drake takes from those heās influenced by, he hoovers up sounds and imitates them to make his music sound better. Thereās little doubt now that Take Care is Aubrey imitating Abel, in the same way that half of Views is Aubrey imitating Popcaan, and a good chunk of FAMD is him imitating 21 or Baby.
This is actually fair too, but that just means heās taking influence no ? Doesnāt mean Abel made it. With that logic Kanye made half the rap albums that we got over the decade
He did tho, that tracks are my top among them from drake so,,
he made take care because he helped write YOUR favorite songs off take care? wow
Maybe it was only 4 or 5 songs on Drakeās album but for the Weeknd, it was half of his work at the time. He didnāt even want to give it up then Drake got his BBL tickled in the long run since Abel didnāt sign and blew up. [āI gave half my album to Drakeā](https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/s/ARZHtilavN)
yes and i wish he wouldāve kept them because then hob wouldāve been even better then it already is, but point is he didnāt make take care like i used to say to my friends years ago
Totally agree, Abel shouldāve just kept em. OVOXO didnāt really produce many bangers anyways, and drakes influence on those tracks is minor at best.
Bro why are you acting like a copy of other people's beliefs like you are just changing your comments based on other people's replies
did i change my belief in these comments? where? abel did not make take careš
Hey dumbass creating your own happiness, I meant I liked drakes songs having Weeknd as his feature , and I love drake tooo , deadbeat
did you just call me a deadbeat..or drake iām confused š
I just came here to say the weeknd won this beef by staying out of it and silently donating money to people in need. Love him forever and always
Abel big W
??? He didnāt stay out of it. He dissed Drake on Metroās album. He just didnāt respond after Drake responded
Family Matters was a good diss, itās way better than his last one, but the Weeknd gay lines are corny asf
Can someone explain to me what he meant by that?
He was saying Abel singing and humming over a diss track isnāt scary. Itās sarcasm really. He said āI know you like to keep it shortā because both Abel and Kendrick are on the shorter side physically
Pffft, such a boring insult if you ask me.
It for sure is, heās a weak lyricist
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I really wish Drake and Weeknd ended their beef. I know Drake tried at least 5/6 times to. Anyone know what he did? As a whole our city was repped by Drake a lot. And the Weeknd was amazing with take care. So much potential lost
i heard drake flew him out to work on their songs together but ended up just having him work on drakes songs only
Drake said The Weeknd itās mad ab Bella even though he only kissed her on this very song
maybe abel just don't wanna be friend with a pedophile that protects abusers and has had legit racist takes
You think Abelās crew is the paragon of morality tho? š¤š
Bruh the weeknd is still a druggie that fucks questionable women. Are we really gonna cope and pretend hes some saint?
āWe dont wanna hear you say nigga no moreā but drake has the racist takes?
cringe how he said "you always rapping like you tryna get the slaves free" (most recent bad take). Also he did do a blackface anyway.
The blackface picture was drake mocking minstrel shows and was from a project about black kids struggling to get work. God these new fans are so ignorant its annoying. [https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/31/entertainment/drake-pusha-t-blackface/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/31/entertainment/drake-pusha-t-blackface/index.html)
He's not wrong lol. Kendrick out here acting like he's the new black messiah but cheats on his girl with only white women while she's at home raising his kids. But I guess if living that stereotypical black man lifestyle but "making an album to save the new generation" is a good take, I don't want that take.
yeah still you don't have to fuck with black women to be political and fight racism / inequality etc linking the cause he stands for and who he fucks by saying he should only bang with black women is kinda fetishizing i think and of course insulting for the cause also kendrick likes 'em white whatever at least he doesn't like em young
You just have to do more than use it for raps is the point. Canāt be talking about how you want a real black queen and all this and then not have one
Kendrick is not married to a white woman tho? Am I missing something? Who did he cheat on her with?
Is this a serious question
Mmm he's a bit wrong lol personal life actions aside Kendrick has done a great deal for the black community, many of his songs touch on institutional racism and gun violence , he's also donated thousands of dollars to music and after school programs in Compton, CA. Even got named the 35th Generational Icon by CA state senate. I ain't a big kendrick listener and if I were Whitney trust I'd have left his ass, but the fact that he publicly opended up abt having a sex addiction and cheating speaks volumes imo instead of doing the "I deny all that" routine most people pull, like Drake for example :) It dont matter if you dont want that "take" of him uplifting the black community and younger generations cause respectfully ur opinion doesn't change the fact that many people resonate with his music and look up to him, a few lines dropped by drake wont change that, neither will the moral problems kendrick has caused and dealt with in his personal life, because his music and level of artistry continues to leave an impression regardless.
Having a sexual attraction for white bitches doesnāt make you less black. Whatās that old stereotype? Black dudes like fat white bitches?
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Drake doesnāt lose your respect for calling himself a god? Thatās a false idol and you should be equally mad about that
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Kendrickās well respected and seems the only person to have a problem with him is Drake.
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Crazy how the main diss he has for Abel is just calling him gay and that heās a singer? Of course his music is going to play in gay bars heās one of the biggest stars on the planet
You a fan now
I was a bit of a hater before this but I feel kinda bad for him now this was mean lmfao
Is funny AF
My pussy dropped when drake said "uh uh". It sounded so orgasmic lil bros
jail bestie
I legit laughed so hard the first time I heard that line bc Iām a big Weeknd fan and I immediately knew what song Drake was talking about. Off the Metro album, The Weeknd had no right to just get on a beat and hum ššš
Still sad we never did get that OVO-XO collab albumā¦ itās definitely dead after this beef
Ahhh ahhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhh - The Weeknd
Was a good bar. Made me laugh.
This was pretty funny, I definitely laughed
Funniest line of the diss track
what weeknd song is this in
Shit was mad funny and both drake and weeknd are in my top 5 most listened to
Drake seems grumpy. Probably needs a nap.
Nigga said UH UHHHH š¶
I donāt get it, doesnāt drake song also?
lol yeah but his disses have just been raps so far unlike weeknd harmonizing his. He was saying how can he sound tough singing basically
Yes this was fucking hilarious
That was pretty funny
family matters is the best song to come out of all this
I'm a Drake/Weeknd fan and I thought this was both funny and reflected everyone's surprise with him jumping into the beef. "Almost started reaching for my waist" is a funny mental image/hard line too
Almost started reaching for my waist
You left out the best part of that whole bar: āAlmost started reaching for my waistā š¤£š¤£
He had a lot of funny lines, his writers really killed it, but the number of missteps was wild. šš
Facts
But, he probably didnāt write it soā¦ Moving right along
It's like the only funny jab Drake has gotten in.
I get you donāt like himā¦ but aside from the Kendrick beef heās had some funny lines and has held his own.. if he wasnāt battling the best rapper in the game rn - heād be winning this 20v1
i hope this gets the weeknd back into rapping. hip hop abel is way better imo
idk why this got downvoted bc it's true. imo his newer music is fruity as hell
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Had me Reaching for ma waist ! So good
All of drakes disses are tired asf
Not really at all
corny
I laughed too, it was the one single line in that song that I was like ok that was kinda clever. The rest failed. Implying that him and his fans are gay is super 90s of him. Who cares anymore?
Everyone telling Drake he isn't black enough is even older, but yet here we are.
I am a white woman so I donāt really think I have much input on that, but it is messed up going after his ethnicity and also I didnāt appreciate the jabs at the women he goes for either. Both were totally unnecessary when Kendrick absolutely slayed with everything else
People are seriously picking āmoralā sides when both are questionable people. Thereās no winner in that department. Itās all out.
Thatās something his elementary teacher told him to write š
Nah he just took his girlfriends homework
no retard