Remember Dr. Dre's Compton album? It was pretty good, right? It also came and sort of went. That's how shit be these days. It's hard to keep up with music during these times. Tapes and albums release at a rapid pace in the 21st century. Anyway, we gather here today, on the unofficial last day of the summer to salute the one known as King Kendrick, a.k.a. the greatest rapper alive. The Compton spitter appeared on three tracks, but it was on "Deep Water" where he decided to have an out-of-body experience. We initially heard the first several bars during his 2015 BET Awards set when he performed "Alright"—a point people tried to make when we asked whether or not Kenny threw shots at Drake the day Compton was made available to stream. Drizzy apologists chose to ignore the second half of this incredibly hostile verse.
Mind you, this dropped dead in the middle of the Drake/Meek beef. So, the last four bars or so raised some eyebrows.
Who was in a beef at the time? And didn't Lamar sub him in "King Kunta," when he asked "But a rapper with a ghost writer? What the fuck happened?" *hits blunt* Makes you think, doesn't it?
All hail King Kendrick Lamar.
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