J. Cole’s “7 Minute Drill” cracked the High 10 of Billboard’s Scorching 100 chart though followers can not hearken to it on Spotify and TIDAL. The Kendrick Lamar diss monitor debuted at No. 6 after Cole eliminated the track from the streaming providers.
Cole’s diss obtained 23.4 million streams in its first week. It marked the thirteenth High 10 track of his profession.
“7 Minute Drill” was launched in response to Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That,” which remained at No. 1 on the Scorching 100 for a 3rd week. “Like That” featured Kendrick Lamar, who dissed Cole and Drake on the track. Kendrick referenced lyrics from Drake’s“First Particular person Shooter” during which Cole referred to the trio because the “massive three” in Hip-Hop.
“F### sneak dissing, first-person shooter, I hope they got here with three switches/I crash out like, ‘F### rap,’ diss Melle Mel if I needed to/Obtained 2TEEZ with me, I’m snatching chains and burning tattoos, it’s up/Misplaced too many troopers to not play it protected/If he stroll round with that stick, it ain’t André 3K/Suppose I received’t drop the situation? I nonetheless obtained PTSD/M######### the massive three, n####, it’s simply massive me,” Kendrick rapped.
Cole returned fireplace with “7 Minute Drill,” the closing monitor of his shock launch May Delete Later.
“I got here up within the Ville, so I’m good when it’s pressure/He nonetheless doing reveals, however fell off like The Simpsons/Your first s### was basic, your final s### was tragic/Your second s### put n##### to sleep, however they gassed it/Your third s### was large and that was your prime/I used to be trailing proper behind and I simply now hit mine/Now I’m entrance of the road with a cushty lead/How ironic, quickly as I obtained it, now he need one thing with me/Properly, he caught me on the excellent time, bounce up and see,” he rapped.
However Cole regretted dropping the track. He apologized and introduced he was taking the track off streaming providers on the 2024 Dreamville Pageant.
“That’s the lamest s### I ever did in my f###### life,” Cole informed the viewers.
Cole doubled down on the apology by showing on Future and Metro Boomin’s We Nonetheless Don’t Belief You album. The transfer left Drake alone in a rap battle that dragged Rick Ross, A$AP Rocky and The Weeknd into the combo.