But this time, he probably doesn’t need to act at all. In the case of his beef with Meek Mill he was battling for his credibility recognising the potential damage that ghostwriting claims could do to his standing at the top of the rap game, he knew he had to act quickly. Beefing for the sake of beefing is pointless for Drake, it’s time consuming and for the most part benefits the other artist more than it does him. He said it best on ‘4pm in Calabasas’, “I got a lot to lose ’cause in every situation I’m the bigger artist, always gotta play it smarter”. How Much Of A Threat Is This To Drake? Well, that really depends on how much of a threat Drake allows it to become. The song’s artwork down to it’s lyrical content all point to a VERY calculated attempt at dismantling Drake’s career, criticising him for everything from avoiding Pusha T, using ghostwriters and stealing songs from his OVO artist PARTYNEXTDOOR.Īnd for those of you who can’t be bothered to listen to ‘Wake’ in depth and find the most scathing lines themselves (which is probably most of you), here’s a link that does the work for you! And If the first track was Joe trying his hand at a ‘Charged Up’, then second track, ‘Wake’, was definitely his attempt at a ‘Back To Back’! 1’ was the set-up much like when Drake dropped ‘Charged Up’, just a simple flex of his lyrical muscles, enough to get the people talking but no where near lethal enough to call in the coroners. Just like Drake did in his battle with Meek, Joe has dropped two diss tracks (so far). Ironically Joe Budden has taken a page out of Drake’s book when it comes to handling rap beef. For those of you who don’t know, Joe was pretty much Drake before Drake was… he was the blueprint… releasing emotionally transparent tracks about his battles with drug addiction, his love life and the turmoil in his family, really just bearing all for his art. Honestly, I think that Joe is just starting up a beef out of nowhere to reignite mainstream interest in his music, and maybe he’s even envious of Drake reaching heights he could only dream of using a style that he was known for prior to Drake bursting onto the scene.
Listen to him break down the subliminal disses he thinks were aimed at him in the video below. I listened to the song when it first came out and there were definitely more than a few shots fired at Diddy, a few strays in the direction of Chris Brown, but shots at Joe Budden? I really doubt it!īut to be fair, we’ve all been in situations where someone has said something disrespectful knowing that only YOU would be offended (or even realise it!), so I’ll give Joe the benefit of the doubt on this one. So how did this all start? Well If you listen to what Joe Budden would have you believe, this is a response to Drake’s song ‘ 4pm in Calabasas‘. Battle rapping is Joe’s bread and butter, he’s not only capable of holding his own in battles… he thrives off it! Joe Budden hasn’t had a hit in a long time, but his rap skills have certaintly not diminished during those years of mainstream inactivity. No one is checking for this beef apart from Joe Budden fans, you have nothing to gain from going toe-to-toe with a man who has nothing to lose.
This time it’s Slaughterhouse’s Joe Budden. If you haven’t been paying attention to what’s been going on in the ever-changing world of Hip Hop, let me bring you up to speed.ĭrake’s attracted the attention of yet another rapper trying to dethrone him from his position as ‘That Guy’ in Hip Hop, nothing new to be honest.
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