J. Cole Washes Kendrick Lamar On Shock Venture

J. Cole dropped a shock venture on Thursday evening (April 4), which got here with a particular shock for anybody who listened to all 12 tracks. The ultimate single, “7 Minute Drill,” finds the Dreamville Data boss firing again at Kendrick Lamar, who dissed Cole and Drake on the current Future and Metro Boomin’ observe “Like That.”

Throughout his verse, Cole commends Okay. Dot on his debut album, 2011’s Part.80, and 2017’s DAMN. however trashes his newest effort, 2022’s Mr. Morale & the Massive Steppers. He additionally suggests good child, m.A.A.d metropolis didn’t deserves the accolades it obtained upon its launch.

“Your first sh## was basic, your final sh## was tragic,”  he spits. “Your 2nd s### put n###s to sleep however they gassed it/Your third s### was large hit that was your prime/I used to be trailing proper behind, however I simply now hit mine.”

Along with the Okay. Dot diss, the 43-minute venture options Gucci Mane, Dipset rapper Cam’ron, Ab-Soul, Central Cee and battle rapper Daylyt in addition to fellow Dreamville artists Bas and Ari Lennox. After all, Twitter (X) blew up with reactions to the album however notably “7 Minute Drill.”

J. Cole leaving the studio after recording “7 Minute Drill” pic.twitter.com/Qfjw9w5nhM

— Simi (@simiafc) April 5, 2024

“Your first s### was basic, your final s### was tragic… your 2nd s### put n##### to sleep however they gassed it… Your third s### was large hit that was your prime… I used to be trailing proper behind however I simply now hit mine” -J Cole on 7 Minute Drill pic.twitter.com/9qG8wC6ets

— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) April 5, 2024

J. COLE RESPONDED TO KENDRICK pic.twitter.com/ZUR2xIcOK4

— Joey (@gothamhiphop) April 5, 2024

Kendrick Lamar’s verse on “Like That” helped push the tune to No. 1 on the Billboard Sizzling 100, Apple Music, Spotify US and Spotify World. Taken from Future and Metro Boomin’s newest collaborative effort, We Don’t Belief You, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with the best first-week gross sales of 2024.

Metro Boomin’ shortly celebrated the accomplishment by sharing a screenshot of the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart to his Instagram with the caption, “HIP HOP IS ALIVE & WELL.” Judging by the thrill exploding throughout Twitter, he simply is perhaps proper.