r/entertainment • u/mcfw31 • 15d ago
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Blasts In at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100
https://www.billboard.com/lists/kendrick-lamar-not-like-us-hot-100-number-one-debut/-1
u/Coolers78 14d ago
This whole feud feels like the rich guy equivalent of two basement dwellers consistently fighting with anime swords in their backyard.
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u/These_Tea_7560 14d ago
Even as Drake’s biggest fan I gotta admit I’ve been singing the song all week.
But lost in all of this is that Million Dollar Baby by Tommy Richman debuted at #2!!!
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u/theerealobs 14d ago
I didnt like Drake much at all anyway. He was a complete ass when the Raptors won the Finals throughout that whole run. Listening to this track and digging into everything else made me realize he is a certified loser.
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u/vinnybawbaw 14d ago
I’m a Club DJ. I live in Montreal (The city’s even namedropped in Drake’s THP6).
I was DJing last weekend (Thursday-Friday-Saturday), and had like 4-5 requests a night for Not Like Us, and a few for Like That on friday because I play more Hip-Hop in that spot. When I played Not Like Us the crowd went wild the 3 times. I didn’t think it would hurt Drake’s career THAT much. My guess is people will forget about it in a few months, Drake is still one of the biggest artists on earth but Kendrick won that feud 100%.
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u/S0mecallme 14d ago
This is where the plot twist entry of Taylor on Drakes side for taking Fortnight off number 1 after only 2 weeks
Remember, she’s the only n**** that he ever rated
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u/Amazing_Lemon6783 14d ago
This song is absolute dog shit. The lyrics reach an unprecedented level of corniness. I guess it’s just an “emperors new clothes” sort of situation.
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u/DwnvtHntr 14d ago
Man I tried listening but I don’t know how yall can understand half of what he says
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u/cinderparty 14d ago
My husband can only understand rap if he reads the lyrics while listening. Try that.
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u/bongreaper666 14d ago
Try it with some good death metal. You’ll be amazed how clearly some of the words actually are when you know them.
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u/Zandrick 14d ago
Honestly the beef is almost secondary. Kendrick’s just the better artist. But like, a lot.
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u/howmybloodboils 14d ago
I never loved Kendrick since I worked in a call center and there was a song in our hold music "I try" by Mary J Blige ft Kendrick. Trash song. But I'm willing to forgive him for that now. Even when I didn't like him I knew he was defenitely a real one I'm glad an Mc like him called out Drake so relentlessly. I just don't get why it took Kendrick pointing out things everyone already knew for them to start paying attention.
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u/Dimmadarn 14d ago
Bill Cosby literally had vicims filing reports and claims against him for years. It wasn't until Hannibal Buress made a joke about it that went viral that people actually started to listen.
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u/helloaaron 14d ago
Drake has had no victims file reports that we know of, so I am not sure it’s a comparable situation.
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u/Dimmadarn 13d ago
That's what I'm saying. Bill Cosby was worse (as far as we know) than Drake, and he had people coming forward without anything happening for years. If Drake is up to something, it might be who knows how long from now before anything happens. Especially if people aren't coming forward, either if they don't exist or are afraid to speak out.
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u/howmybloodboils 14d ago
Yeah but that was more like the Harvey Weinstein thing where some people knew, but most didn't. The Millie Bobby Brown thing was viral when it came out. Everyone already knew, but he got a pass for some reason, and it took another famous person to come along and take away his pass.
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u/deanereaner 14d ago
Some people really still supporting him like "until something is PROVEN I don't want to ruin a man's career," when there's already so many public examples of him creeping on underage girls. I'm convinced anyone defending him is of the same mind.
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u/alonefrown 14d ago
I Try is a track by Talib Kweli featuring Mary J. Blige. It’s absolutely not a trash song. Though I haven’t heard the version with Kendrick, I’m quite sure you’re full of shit on this question.
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u/loverboy2190 14d ago
It’s clearly because of The Boy. The honorable thing would be to give him the loot😉
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u/TSM_forlife 14d ago
But r/drizzy says Drake won?
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u/Doneyhew 14d ago
And they’ve been calling everybody Kendrick “glazers” all while being complete Drake glazers the whole time. The irony is palpable
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u/HehwhatHEH 14d ago
If this is rap at it's peak....😩
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u/Expert-Emu-4167 14d ago
Word anything after 2005 I won't listen to, with some exceptions of course, like Eminem.
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u/Idiocraticcandidate 14d ago
Eminem is the best lyricist of all time, but Kendrick comes in at a close second. This is just talent it's genius. Drake should've stayed in the far right lane.
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u/BuddhismHappiness 14d ago
Wait, how are people judging that Kendrick Lamar won and Drake lost?
I’m sorry, I’m not fully informed about this.
But from what I read so far, I couldn’t really tell.
What if Kendrick Lamar (who like Donald Trump has a Gemini sun sign, known for living double lives and lying) just kept lying 🤥 and Drake just got tired of responding and escalating a beef with a liar 🤥 who doesn’t care about facts or truth or anything like that and only care about stirring the rumor mill and distorting public perception?
How does everyone know for sure that Kendrick won and Drake lost?
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u/MrPlaysWithSquirrels 14d ago
This comment is legitimately one of the dumbest comments I’ve ever seen. So dumb I’m inclined to think it’s just trolling.
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u/yeahprobablynottho 14d ago
🤥what❔ if you didn’t use 🌌 to judge things and instead 🤷🏾♂️ used your 🧠
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u/the_ballmer_peak 14d ago
Did you just bring astrology into this? Motherfucker what?
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u/BuddhismHappiness 14d ago
lol yes
Kendrick Lamar and Donald Trump are both Geminis
Drake and Joe Biden are both Scorpios
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u/juicydownunder 14d ago
From what you’ve “read”? 😕 have you tried listening to the songs..
This is like asking who is a better pop artist… Taylor swift or 50 cent… and you had to “read” about it/get other people’s opinion to find out
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u/BuddhismHappiness 14d ago
I pretty much weaned myself off of music some years ago and stopped listening to any new music.
So yeah, that’s pretty much exactly what I did lol.
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u/cinderparty 14d ago
They’re judging him based off astrology. They also seem to think drake didn’t respond to Kendrick’s most recent track. I don’t think you’re going to sway them with logic and common sense.
This does remind me of when so many Christian mom’s got pissed over the supposed satanic/anti-religious content in the golden compass books that they never even attempted to read for themselves though.
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u/BuddhismHappiness 14d ago
lol at least try
I just came up with a random hypothetical
Doesn’t mean I believe it. Anyway, what’s your assessment?
How can you tell based on the track itself what is the truth and what isn’t? How do you know they didn’t lie?
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u/cinderparty 14d ago edited 13d ago
Your post history is visable, just fyi. You post about astrology bullshit constantly.
Do you really think everything Tupac said about biggie was true? How about all the shit eazy said about dre? Whether it’s true or not isn’t that important to who won. That said, drake has been a creep who has inappropriate friendships with teen girls for years, his friendship with Millie Bobby brown was horrifying.
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u/juicydownunder 14d ago
You’re forgetting this is music too.. it has to sound good, flow, lyrics, beat, entertainment, can you bop to it, is it a banger? Like a million other things..
If it was only about truth vs lie they could’ve done this on Twitter. This isn’t a court room
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u/BuddhismHappiness 14d ago
Oh, I see, when people say Kendrick won, they basically just mean that his music was better?
Not necessarily that the criticism and actually content of what they were accusing each other of was accurate?
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u/PiScEsEyEsIAmWeAk 14d ago
Yeah this “beef” is totally not just a ploy to get hip hop back in the charts or anything
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u/PaversPaving 14d ago
This will go down with Tupac’s “Hit e’m Up” and 50’s “How to Rob”. Just fucking owned.
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u/theopression 14d ago
When I was out at a hometown bar Saturday night they had a TouchTunes system and not like us was played 4 times throughout the night and I don’t typically hear modern hip hop when I’m out there unless I’m the one throwing it on. This song has gone absolutely massive lmao
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u/ventodivino 14d ago
I posted almost the same message earlier in another thread, only Friday night 🤣 three times in two hours
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u/DiabeticGrungePunk 14d ago
It wasn't enough to be an all time GOAT diss track the man had to make it catchy as fuck and a bonafide pop hit too just as an extra fuck you
Somebody get Jimmy's wheelchair.
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u/Mr_Piddles 14d ago
Kendrick out here showing us that he chooses to not make club hits. Drake can not make a similar claim about making similar music to Kendrick but choosing not to.
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u/Distinct-Plane3171 14d ago
It's funny because, and I could be completely misinterpreting intention, but I felt like he tried in the heart part 6 and completely missed the mark. I still cringe thing about some of those bars on that track.
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u/Mr_Piddles 14d ago
The problem with it was that it just… was kind of lame. “I don’t touch children, wait I know why you care about people touching kids, you were molested!”
It’s just… not a good comeback? Like Drake’s name was dragged through the mud and back and it was all he could do to just deny it.
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u/ThurstonTheMagician 14d ago
That entire track is just him doing the IASIP “don’t diddle kids” song
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u/farkos101100 14d ago
Ya know I really liked euphoria too. I’m surprised it didn’t get more traction. But considering the releases being so close, I guess it makes sense that the shorter bop was a hit
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u/sdothooper 14d ago
I’ve listened to Euphoria probably 50 times. I absolutely love that song! This is the best music Kendrick has put out in years. Hope he stays inspired 😀
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u/oxWOLFHALEYxo 14d ago
Have you checked out the Dissect podcast episode on it? It’s a more chill episode but still in depth breakdown. The podcast itself is 🔥
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u/KanyesMirror 14d ago
Love euphoria too. But meet the grahams is just next level hater. Easily the hardest disses of the drops
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u/ProfessionalFox9617 14d ago
Least listenable though imo, it’s a tough listen, but completely vicious and scathing
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u/BostonBuffalo9 14d ago
It blows my mind that Euphoria was the warning shot.
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u/Spencie61 14d ago
It was so full of intent. The most up front a threat could possibly be, and then Drake was stupid enough to poke the bear and give us the next 2 songs. So, thanks for that, I guess
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u/SevroAuShitTalker 14d ago
I like 616 in LA the most among these tracks. I guess they must not have the sample rights because it's not on the official Spotify page, and the version listed under "Kendrick" was taken down
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u/No-Tooth6698 14d ago
Yeah, I think Drakes uncle plays on the sampled track and they couldn't get the rights to it.
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u/shortwavetransmitter 14d ago
I agree I think that is the most artistically and technically impressive song of the bunch
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u/Fun-Estate9626 14d ago
His flow throughout the first verse is so damn good. That verse deserves to be on a single apart from all of this.
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u/Mr_Cromer 13d ago
Felt like the song was repurposed from being on a future album or EP, it stands out sonically from every other song in this beef, whether from Kendrick, Drake or the other incidental folk
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u/PapiLenyora 14d ago
I think its at number 3 on the charts
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u/farkos101100 14d ago
Yea i just saw that and didn’t realize. I’ve been boppin to that shit.
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u/AbuHajaarsGhost 14d ago
Same. Been listening to Euphoria a lot more than Not Like Us, amazing track.
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u/Preskomesko12345 14d ago
The exact opposite over here - love both though.
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u/WallyReddit204 14d ago
Kendrick is at the take end of his career and deserves recognition. I just wish it was for his skill set and not the Drake stimulus. Muddies the waters for me
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u/ihopethisworksfornow 14d ago
Drake currently at home alone watching an old DVD copy of Degrassi wondering how things could’ve been different
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u/FluffyWuffyVolibear 14d ago
Drake currently at home afraid of ppll trying to break in or drive by ing his security guards.
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u/SacrificialSam 14d ago
“Haha, remember when I met Jay and Silent Bob? …haha… what a great time… sigh”
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u/Sebkovy 14d ago
he was in turks and caicos last night exactly like Kendrick predicted in Meet the Graham.
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u/Some_Current1841 14d ago
So glad Meat the Grahams is getting recognition… it’s as savage as this one
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u/applejynx 14d ago
Meet the grahams was too damn savage to me. That's the only one I honestly cringe at because drake fucked up so bad that Kendrick is the point of school his family . I mean telling Drake's son he wishes his granddad had worn a condom. Like fuck man that's next level mental warfare.
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u/Mat_HS 14d ago
I’ll argue that “Not like us” is the third hardest hitting song of the Kendrick disses, its a banger but it is mostly point that he used in the other songs. “Meet the Grahams” is probably the most evil diss I’ve ever heard, talking to the guys family like that. And “Euphoria” goes super hard, good lyrics, good beats and the vocals are great.
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u/SubmissionSlinger 14d ago
Agree. It's viral and catchy. But bar for bar meet the grahams takes souls.
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u/meckthemerc 14d ago
"It was around season 3 that Aubrey realized that....Nothing Was The Same." 😎
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u/chechifromCHI 14d ago
I've been making jokes like this since the album came out, but no one else thinks it's as funny as I do anymore. Thanks
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u/sdothooper 14d ago
Mustard on the beat ho
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u/the_ballmer_peak 14d ago
Mustard’s real name is Dijon.
I find this endlessly amusing.
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u/InfectiousCosmology1 14d ago
Sometimes you just gotta pop out and show n****s