"You know you pissed common off when he cussses....Drake you just f*cked up man"
So its Common vs Drake. Common should need no introduction, Chicago born and bred, he makes 'concious' rap without the pretentiousness. From Go to The Light, I know this has been said before on here but he's an artists artist. Each to their own but in my opinion he's one of the few seriously talented rappers who's stayed true to what he does and had sucess in the mainstream. More than that he has a generally good vibe just radiates positivity in a non evangelical, creepy way. And if you're kinda new to this and haven't listened to Common in depth dont overlook his intro tracks to Be and Finding Forever cos they're some of the best. Anyway for these reasons plus the fact he's kind of an elder in the game now he's one of the last rappers I'd expect to find in beef. Yet that's exactly what has kicked off between him and man of the moment (and the last year and a half of moments) Drake.
It all began after Canada rapper Drake got a little sensitive when Common dropped the single and music video Sweet No I.D produced (and you know it straight away), waaaay more aggressive than most of his previous stuff. You get the feeling he's got fed up of young rappers coming up throwing their weight around and talking about bitches and hos "I am the A-list for all these great debaters/A lot of ya’ll nah nah, forgot na, who I am/The ’87 nigga used to rah rah in the jam". So the source of the argument came from Common's criticism's of rappers that sing or as he put's it : "Singing all around me man, la la la/You aint muthaf*cking Frank Sinatra/Uh, lil b*tch". Although Common names no rappers directly in the song on an interview on US radio station Shade 45 he stated "he opened his mouth and said some things...all that subliminal you can say that too, but you gun' say it now". He went on to say whilst the verse was about him "you can't help think about [Drake]" in the chorus. Ending the section with "I guess that's how he felt. So yea, at the end of the day, he fit in that category. He already embraced it, so wear it". Listen to the whole interview here.
"my name is synonymous to prominence/ I am to hip hop what Obama is to politics"
Full lyrics HERE
Drake responded on Rick Ross's Stay Schemin (below) which appears on his latest mixtape Forever Rich; firstly the track is duuuuuuuuuull, but Drake does go in not his best by faaaar and kind of irritating he wont just say anything directly he raps "I just ask that when you see me you speak up n*gga that's all" but he's the one pulling the subliminal message.
"It bothers me when the God's get to acting like the Broads/ Guess every team doesnt come complete with n*ggas like ours"
(Common's verse @ 3.30) "Everybody know you sweet what the problem is"
It's open to Drake now, response only aired yesterday so it'll be interesting to see the end of this one.....but at the moment can't see it ending well for Drake. Having said that has anyone thought that fellow Chicago rapper who Common kind of took under his wing Kanye dropped 808s....
So do we think Drake's out of his depth against a hip hop legend or is Common fighting a losing battle against a game changer? Lemme know.
I will leave you with a comment I saw on Ballerstatus.com from The Real who simply said:
"Wow this is soft. This beef is so lacking I'd call it vegetarian. 2pac/Biggie. Nas/Jay"
