With mainly no warning, Kendrick Lamar launched his new album, GNX, on Friday, and he caught everyone’s consideration from the soar. On the album’s first tune, “Wacced Out Murals,” Lamar mentions three veteran rappers by identify, and every has responded to the name-checks, as Stereogum notes.
First, Lamar raps, “Used to bump Tha Carter III, I held my Rollie chain proud/Irony, I feel my arduous work let Lil Wayne down,” and that led Lil Wayne to put up on X, “Man wtf I do?!” He continued, “I simply be chillin & dey nonetheless kome 4 my head. Let’s not take kindness for weak point. Let this large sleep. I encourage u all. Nobody actually desires destruction,not even me however I shall destroy if disturbed. On me. Love.”
Subsequent, Lamar says, “Snoop posted ‘Taylor Made,’ I prayed it was the edibles/I couldn’t consider it, it was solely proper for me to let it go.” Snoop Dogg—who responded, in April, to Drake’s “Taylor Made Freestyle” with some incredulity—took Lamar’s lyrics in stride, writing on X, “Okay dot new album GNX 💥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤 It was the edibles 🤦🏾 😆👊🏿 west west king 🔥🎶💫.”
Lastly, Lamar was extra reverent of Nas on “Wacced Out Murals,” rapping, “Gained the Tremendous Bowl and Nas the one one congratulate me.” Nas responded at the moment, “At all times impressed by my brother KL. Preserving the essence of this shit alive and on the forefront. Salute King!”
There’s yet another musician who has lots to say about GNX regardless of not being talked about anyplace on the album, and that’s Father John Misty, who, by some means, has, roughly, the identical album launch schedule as Lamar. After some posts on X (“not now I’m furiously scribbling my seeming response to,” “there goes my #1”), Father John Misty took issues a step additional with a “diss observe.” It’s not likely a diss tune, however “God’s Trash,” which was just lately featured on a Bandcamp-exclusive reside album. However that hasn’t stopped Father John Misty from playfully framing it as a Lamar retort. Discover his “diss” on Instagram.
