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How is this not on streaming platforms yet?!

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Kendrick won the battle but lost the war, trapping himself in a fake persona that lacks credibility. He took the bait, and he keeps tripling down.

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I think he addresses that within the battle. In 6:16 he’s like I want to live a peaceful life in circadian rhythms but this nigga is making me want to go to war. He wanted to be “peaceful” and he felt called to this because it’s about the protection of hiphop. All of that I think is real. It’s not a posture. And it’s changed how most ppl see Kendrick if they were fans or not. Changed in a massively popular way.

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Nobody made that nigga wanna go to war. He made up so many reasons for why he had to do this beef during the beef, that became part of the show, so yeah, part of his justification was somehow, for never made clear reason, he just HAD to do this.

I'm not gonna win this argument with you, brother. I think Kendrick side won. I'll take the L. For me, I just think listening and being a K-Dot fan, he is not being honest with himself about what is the real source of his anger, and I don't think its Drake or anything to do with him.

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Not sure why you mean bro. A fake persona that lacks cred? What? This is the real Kendrick and this moment has propelled his career to another level. Household name, Super Bowl… Before this I couldn’t convince most hiphop ppl that he should be in the all time top 5. Now I could and lots would agree with me.

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Yeah, I hear you. I fucks with you heavy so its all good. For me, and maybe I'm just a contrarian and take things too seriously, but I was a super duper Kendrick fan before this drake beef. I was probably mid on drake and def thinking he was falling off into Black Elvis territory. If anything I thought K-Dot was headed to Bob Dylan stratosphere. And maybe he still is.

So I am opposite of where the people you are thinking about were positioned.

But for me, Kendrick just spent a whole album telling us he isn't a savior and he doesn't want to be anyone's hero and he is doubtful about the simplicity around myth-making of even being an hero or trying to do good, and he was stepping away from all that, and now to me, to me, these songs have revealed him to be a Kevin Samuels youtuber in his philosophy towards women, and very judgmental around culture in a way that sounds like someone screaming at a Columbia Black Student Organization meeting in Malcom X Lounge. Like for real, nigga. For real? You ain't lecturing me about shit, nigga. You can sit down with all that.

Yeah, I agree it worked out for him. Success is often a trap, a box.

I believe he will find righteousness leads to bitterness and anger when what you think is right is never able to be realized in the world since its really just your pov.

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