Funk Flex Questions Purpose Of Drake Vs Kendrick Lamar 'Was It A Lyrical Competition?'
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- Опубліковано 5 лип 2024
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Funkmaster Flex doesn’t seem to share the excitement much of the Hip Hop community has felt about the recent back and forth between Kendrick Lamar and Drake.
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0:00 - Intro
0:28 - Funk Flex Speaks On The Beef
0:57 - LL Cool J Chimes In On The Beef
2:03 - Ice Cube Chimes In On The Beef
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#FUNKFLEX #KENDRICKLAMAR #DRAKE
Flex HATES anything 2pac related or having to do with 2pac. It's just that simple!
Good thing pac was against Dre, and since Dre signed Kendrick, he’s against him too 🤷🏼♂️ dont shoot the messenger 💯❤️
He hates Drake as well
Wtf does this have to do with him asking a valid question🤔
@@gerardmorton8517 because I know for a fact those same questions would not be asked if Drake appeared to be the winner in the battle.
He always been a WestCoast hater
If you listen to euphoria and 6:16 in LA not thinking Kendrick was lyrically going crazy then your opinion on hip hop doesn't matter.
6:16 so heavily underrated, first half of the song Dot goes IN
Exactly
@@ccampos29896:16 my personal favorite out the beef
Drake WON 🏆
@@IamAsar either a joke, or you have some kind of comprehension issue. How did drake win?
Wait... Beef needs purpose now? Since when? He hate that mf, that's the purpose.
😂I feel U
😂😂😂
Oh. So jealousy. Copy
When tf hate and jealousy became one in the same? How is he jealous?@im100percentg
@@im100percentg yes KL only has 12 more Grammys and bc he’s an incredible lyricist his discography is studied at Princeton - but, he’s really jealous of that barrette wearing, lip tooting, selfie taking, teenage girl fever having, nail polish wearing Canadian. Kdot might even be jealous of Aubrey’s (leader of the Asses aka other vag*nal optioners) six pack.
It was a culture battle and at the core 2 guys that are polar opposites that don't rock with each other.
Bingo
Of course flex had a problem with it cuz it didn't involve anyone from N.Y. and kendrick rode out for the coast flex been a hater
Nah I seen a video and flex and ebro was talking about how drake tried to get him fired after he was talking shit about him gave ghostwriters and flex been scared shitless since
Flex is a hater
100%
Flex stay in your lane
Flex also got a BBL
That was no rap beef. That was a slaughter. PAC would be proud of Kdot 💪🏾
Yes 👏🏽
Not really Drake rapped better Kendrick won coz of gossip nd shock value,m
@@BharaDaFundraiser nope Drake's shit was not better lyrically 😂
@@ql5481 "freaky ahh nigga he a 69 god" ehhhhhhhhh I wouldn't give out much credit. Kendrick had the shock value, but Drake didn't go as hard as he should have.
@@ql5481it definitely was Better kenny is a better rapper then what he put out in this beef
I thought Pushups was alright, but none of Drake's tracks touch what Kendrick was doing. He made a concept album out of him, every style you can think of. Anyone saying this was close, let alone that Drake won, needs their head checked.
Yea u from Gen where facts dont matter U need to prove what you talking about or its just talk as u would say Cap weirdo
@@ReemSecond2none Yea u prob from the East Coast, dusty & washed up, mad that Kendrick has PROVED himself to be the King of Both Coasts.
And if y'all don't like it, just go find a rapper to OUT RAP HIM and stop all that crying... simple!!!
@@ReemSecond2noneand the things Drake said were facts?
👏🏽
@@ReemSecond2nonebrah there’s more evidence for Drake being a weirdo than Dot being a beater!! BRAH A NVGGA THAT SMACK HIS MENTORS GIRL WHILE BRUH DOIN A BID IS DOWN RIGHT DISGRACEFUL WORK. ESPECIALLY WHEN CUZ HELP PUT HIM ON!!! THATS CAREER ENDING ISH RIGHT THERE ALONE
So funk you don’t know the purpose of the beef and last month you said drake won without knowing the purpose of the beef. Is that what you’re saying? 🤦♂️
OVO payroll. Old head NY haters. It's that simple
@@Chill_Brillexactly
Funk knew the purpose of the Drake vs Meek battle that he instigated! Now he confused?? It's time for some of these old heads to pass the baton. If Funk gotta ask questions like that, he's no longer behaving like a leader. There are tons of info out here where he can do research. If you trying to facilitate a convo about the culture, say it plain.
Exactly
That part
Whose career is being relaunched here…….. what he means about that 🤔
@@OnewordSphamandla That's what I'm saying, Kdot is not an empty calorie rapper. He's not going to be out here chasing the bag with half ass albums every year with 3-4 bops that last 2-4 minutes just to stay relevant.
“Nah don’t like the west coast and I’m fine with it I’ll press the line with it”
Facts
Every time i see funk flex...i always think about that video when he crying about 2pac🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yea that TELLS YOU DUDE COMPROMISED!
🤣
"HE LIED!!!"
@@KingPaddy78 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@zod4365 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nope it was Real vs Fake. It was an expose of the current state of the world we live in. Some of us live in the Real world. Some of us live on the Internet 🤷🏾♂️
No. It was phase one of exposing the cancers in our culture.
Kendrick been stealing from East Bay! 🤮🤮🤮
@@theophilusone7 whtever makes you feel better bro
@thisneegasahater2958 Kendrick a East Bay culture vulture!
@thisneegasahater2958 2pac a East Bay fan too! He ran across America with a Spice 1 tape in his pocket! 🤣🤣🤣
I disagree. We have bigger Cancers in our culture within rap than Drake. His music is to peaceful for that. Yall.worried about the wrong shit.
Wasn’t Funk drooling over Push Ups?? Now he’s asking what was the reason haha
It was simply a machine with ghostwriting and UMG vs pure talent if you don’t know what I’m talking about look up Vince Staples question about Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef . It’s on UA-cam and basically the music industry changing everybody’s favorite artist is affected by this and Kendrick saved the mfing day but all Drake fans doing is saying we don’t care about who made the songs anymore we just want a song it’s the first type of beef of it’s kind is also allowing rappers to do deals where you can use AI and then you can get money on the side for it
East Coast just don’t know how to respond to West Coast Greatness! Thanks G.O.A.T.
Flex mad, cos Kendrick won
The battle started when Drake and J. Cole tried to lil bro him over the years and as of recent with “First Person Shooter”.., basically said he was number 3. Kendrick said bet… did “Like That”.. and threw direct shots.
The purpose of the battle was supposed to be lyrical, and Kendrick gave that option for Drake to take on “Euphoria” and even warned him. Drake chose to dig dirt on him and family instead when he responded on “Family Matters” ..”You tell me what I shouldn’t say, but fuck it my n**** it’s already done”.
Kendrick told him it was supposed to be a friendly exhibition within the game, but fucked up when he called out his family’s name on “Meet the Grahams.” But by then…Drake had already dug his grave. Drake’s best highlight of the battle was his catchy melodic phrase “Head to Delilah with all of my ice, head to Delilah with all of my ice.” But other than that, the significant shots from Kendrick on “Not Like Us” were just too much.
The End.
Finally someone speaking facts. Kenny was minding his business
Yeah mfs saying he's irrelevant but "the big 2" over there couldn't keep his name out their mouth. He already told them 11 years ago he's not trying to be a co-king sharing the crown with other people, he wants the top spot. He needed to remind them of that.
Thank you!!!!! Finally someone speaking the truth
LL COOL J > Funk flex
Me when I'm trying to be different:
I feel like flex always has some hating shit to say
Flex you let Drake READ RAPS OFF A PHONE??? Can we still say IN FLEX WE TRUST??? My ninja 🧐🤷🏽♂️
Wussup with Flex and lotta these NYC and East Coast media personalities tryna take away from that burial at the Compton Cemetery of Aubrey's emcee status?
if you look at it objectively it was weak. Drake had one foot in the grave already. KDot just kicked some extra dirt on the pile and made a ton of cash off of it. Shrewd money move more than anything else. Kdot did the "THIS IS SPARTA" kick off an ant hill. it would be more impressive if it was Everest. You guys are to easy to impress.
@@junkyarddogjyd347huh, humm... You a fan, you a fan, you a fannnn.
@@junkyarddogjyd347how did Drake have one foot in the grave?
@@wally7361 his last 2 albums were abysmal. you are not going to sit here and tell me that Drake was still at the top of his career. this man was talking about taking a break from rap. stop it guy.
@@wally7361 upon further review, maybe not a foot in the grave, but he is definitely on the back end of his career as a rapper. Still unimpressed. his last 2 albums scrapped by on the fact that it was drake.
I hope this battle sparks rappers into sharpening themselves further.
I'm not too fond of these oldheads misuse their platforms to get engagement.
Why does he care about rules when he let a certain somebody use a blackberry in a freestyle.
I completely agree with him! By the time Meet The Grahams dropped… it wasn’t about being lyrical anymore
Wow these guys aren't connected at all. He said Drake "showed up"? Thats hilarious
From one to another, you should stick to rock and roll. Don't speak about hip hop again.
Remember when flex dissed jay z and then there was a rumor jay bought 97 and flex apologized with the quickness. I think he learned his lesson and won’t say anything bad about drake.
Has this old mf been living under a rock the past decade? This was a reality check for Drake fr
Lmao, wtf y'all complaining. Nicki and Megan had a rap beef, nobody batted an eye.
I don’t trust anyone who tucks they ears in their fitted
I love that when their side lost, the side pickers start talking about rules 🤣
This was like a alternate timeline where Jay-Z dissed R-kelly instead of Nas
i really believe kendrick knew what was going on with drake and was sick of it. He decided to make music with it (and with it, a viral beef), to put this information on a global scale, and make incredibly catchy songs to make it easier for this information to be listened to, and widely circulated. If kendrick never made music out of these allegations and just put them out in interviews or something, it would’ve never had the desired impact. There’s also no denying kendrick wanted a career relaunch tho.
A Very Savvy business move. Checkers at best.
Clout chaser
@@BharaDaFundraiser whose the clout chaser?
A career relaunch ? You were doing good until you said that.
@@jadencandelario7880 be real, while that last album was great, and had a VERY important message, people no longer took him as seriously as a rapper. Everyone was calling Cole the best lyricist. Kendrick needed to come back and prove himself again. Everyone is now saying “he’s achieved GOAT status”, which is a status he’s had for years imo, he just needed to remind people who was really the best.
Flex is an out of touch great grandfather. His opinion only matters to his nurses
Why didn't anyone ask how is it a battle when 1 of them has ghost writers? What part of hip hop is that?
Lot of these media people been pushing the idea that ghostwriting is ok even in a battle. Drake has these people in his pocket it's clear as day. We have been witnessing a cancer killing the culture in real time by using money and influence to change the rules in his favor. That's why Kendrick beating the brakes off him was such a win for the culture.
My question is why did Funk Flex announce that he would play Tekashi 69 on his station and why is it always the same 17 songs in rotation?
Them superpowers getting neutralized !! Funk, Fat Joe, Game, Breakfast Club, Cam and Mase, Gillie the Kid and other hip hop artist/media have turned their backs
LOL flex just mad Drake took the L
Which is crazy because he hates drake too, but he hates the west coast more
He mad! Simply put. 🤷🏾♂️ He chose the wrong side and now he bitter like the rest of the folks that chose the loser. 💯
That part. I didn't realize that there were so many hip hop Karens 😂
@@Prismatic9008 😂😂😂 Karens are an epidemic in our culture right now. Lol They're everywhere! 🤯
I swear Flex is still mad that 2Pac dissed his favorite rapper...it's like bro chill Biggie shouted you out ONE time on a song that's 60% lies
This is not beef it's a rap battle. Beef is when I see you, it's guaranteed to be an ICU.
Here he go putting the drake cape on
I don’t believe Flex is questioning the bars but how people were rating the diss tracks based off of how much “dirt” or “tea spilled” rather than the bars and lyrics.
Nah he's a Drake fan and he wants to discredit the whole thing because Drake lost. He wasn't questioning anything when Drake dropped Push Ups. And he knows the whole reason it turned into a mudslinging contest is because Drake accused Kendrick of DV, even though Kendrick tried to keep it just rap. He wants to act like Kendrick is at fault or something instead of acknowledging that Drake took it somewhere it didn't need to go.
This is a dumb conversation, you either win or lose the battle what happens afterwards or what the artists intend to use the attention is up to the rappers
Haters gonna hate. How are you a part of Hip Hop and don’t understand why beefs are essential?
I question why he’s still relevant!
Kendrick Lamar Forever
Kendrick Lamar 4 Life
Lol. The title was misleading. They spent more time on everything else than Funkflex
New York still salty DPG knocked them buildings over😊
Used to like this Flex guy but he's been talking funny for a minute. I understand people have ties and alignments but some statements are outright silly. What's the purpose of any rap beef?
It was Kenny v 20 👻
Really ?
Drake fans would say it’s not a lyrical battle because if they believe it was they have to be honest
the beef aint ova at all…..
LL Cool J knows his shit as he reigned as a GOAT!!!
Flex is a WEST COAST hater!! And Im from the south.
It was 2 personal air outs of each other's business.
This that East coast bias. I gotta give him credit for the dedication to old school hate haha
I don't know who Funk Flex is but all I will say is everytime I see his name, it's always him hating on something. Jealousy, hatred, and regret can do that. 😊
It’s a battle if frequency, Drake has been controlling the vibes and Kdot broke the glass ceiling.
Drake was on his all time low. This is why I have an issue with the timing of this response to this beef. He should have tackled Drake like this at his peak. This generation of listens enjoys watching mediocre beat downs. I would rather see Drake fall from the peak of the mountain rather than see him roll down a mole hill. over all this was weak. culture war or whatever was.
@@junkyarddogjyd347Huh, huhmmm.. you a fan, you a fan, you fan.
@@MokuwaYaEsprit1 a fan of what, watching a one sided beat down. No. explain to me what i am a fan of.
@@junkyarddogjyd347 man stop. They summoned Kenny. Kenny was minding his business until first person shooter.
@@junkyarddogjyd347 he was on tour living his best life ? How was it at his lowest ? He had an album with 21 just drop he had jcole on tour with him. Dude thought he was unstoppable, but only that why was he promoting murder music ? That shits not it. And for people to feel bad for dude shows his power of manipulation
Flex... Just Being Funky... Not Sure What He's Talking About 😂
Flex is just mad that he put all of his chips on Meek Mill...
Betta stay locked & loaded....wise words 4rm a decent rapper wish I could say the same for K watshisface 😂🎉
Of course it would a New York DJ with an all of sudden it’s not lyrical take since who they were rooting for in it dropped out ( J Cole). Kdot address this Hate for WESTSIDE early in 6:16 in LA. He is fine with it and will hold the line! The line is obvious.
They’re always moving tho goal post when it comes to Kendrick. First it “didn’t have replay value”, then “he didn’t tell us anything new”, then “it’s too long- we don’t wanna dissect what he’s saying”, now all of a sudden there’s no purpose in the beef? Lmao.
I see why NY hasn’t had any relevant artists come out in the last decade.
Funk wants to be back in the center of the game like Joe Budden.
All these industry dudes are still confused. Flex should be ashamed of how dishonest and silly he's been about this beef. You would think he's the one that took the L!
I'm starting to notice a lot of the black people on Drake's side are non-FBA or Money over Everything types like 50Cent.
It was about culture and real hip hop, drake is a copycat from Canada. Kendrick is real hip hop. That's what this battle proved.
New york ninjas
I feel like all the dudes from New York or the Eastcoast I really was hating on this beef because generally speaking if any East Coast artists would have done what KDOT did they would not have the same sentiment they do right now from Mase,Camron, Gillie or this Loud mouth.
Did flex not listen to any of the songs? Pretty clear what the “point” of the beef was
I can't take none of these folks seriously after this beef
KDOT was spitting! WTF! I'm older than kdot but younger than flex.. This is how they do thier beefs ..Did you here about the Talib and Cons battle ? CRIKETS! Nothing new! Hiphop has to move forward .Ken and Drake did that.
What’s the purpose of Flex 😂😂😂😂
it was a marketing relaunch career
Flex is a pdf too tho
Rather hear Ja's opinion than Flex
If Kendrick would’ve been losing or did lose the beef , flex would’ve had a different answer for sure . We learned they don’t like the west coast and we fine with it
What was Stillmatic? Nas was on the downside of his career until he dropped “Ether.”
He just mad this ain’t got ish to do with NY. 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
just like this year Summer Jam, Funk Flex just lost touch on Hip hop being on the mecca of this shit. just let the west carry it for years to come.
It was a lyrical competition right up until Drake accused the man of DV. After that it was about dragging names through the dirt, Kendrick dragged him harder. Funk Flex can take his hating ass back to the hole he been in cuz i ain't heard his name in a minute now all of a sudden he got opinions on shit he don't even know the purpose of.
Beef is a battle
A battle is a battle
Isnt Funk Flex a west coast dude and a man of the industry??? 🤔
Flex sold out real bad in the early 2000s... he went from the dopest DJ to a dude that will support anything he's told is supposed to be dope
Flex lookin like a goofy here lately.
Kedrick was a auditioning for the Hateocracy from Boodocks. Lmao! He was in waiting all these years with them little rat teeth, just looking for something that LOOKED like Drake wanted to say his name. Culture war, whatever it was or is, people are starting to call KDOT a bully. And its not just the Drake fans, it's the average consumer. lets see how it continues to unfold.
ON a side note, Til this day, i dont get all the Pac worship. Talented as he was, I never thought he was this astronomical rapper. he was good at best. top tier story teller. never a lyricist. I would say he is on the level of DMX. He was a better actor than a rapper to me.(Better actor than X) There are so many artist that would body PAC lyrically right now, including KDOT. People just talk about him like this because of his wrap sheet and how he lived his life. His death elevated the mystique of his life. He was overrated rapper in my eyes, but a great artist overall. I am a east coast native, my feelings were never really tied to him like that. I just gave my best objective lens on Pac. So far as the East/West coast beef. Cube carried that beef for you guys on the west...................................I don't share the same views as flex. I hate flex so much.
Funk flex jelly he ain't in middle like meek and drake beef
Rap battle is marketing, duh.
East coast dudes just be weird
They’re always moving tho goal post when it comes to Kendrick. First it “didn’t have replay value”, then “he didn’t tell us anything new”, then “it’s too long- we don’t wanna dissect what he’s saying”, now all of a sudden there’s no purpose in the beef? Lmao.
I see why NY hasn’t had any relevant artists come out in the last 15 years. Delusional. Irrelevant.
Funk Flex a goofy
'He LIED!!"
Battle of rap music. ez bro. Never heard someone say "lyrical battle". Yo let's lyrical battle bro. wth lol
I get what he’s trying to say but “purpose” may not be the word he was looking for here. Not surprising. In his words, “hE LieEd!”
The purpose is that they hatin' on the mixed dude drake because he aint given out more than who he really is. These Black trying to "blackball" drake. Trying to pimp the the mixed guy drake, put pressure on him to succumbing to being used by the b.s. Old game.
Why is Flex ALWAYS so corny? 🙄😂
Everybody in their mom know funk flex hate tupac Shakur
I think funk flex ass hurt kendrick lamar constantly mentioning tupac Shakur.
This why the East Coast gonna keep taking Ls and the West Coast stays up. West Coast promotes the authentic artists and don't have problems being honest. Those West Coast legends had Kendrick on stage calling him the king of the West Coast before he even had a classic album because they knew he was that gifted. East Coast just promotes whoever clout chases the most regardless of talent. That's how we get Tekashi 69. Flex refuses to be honest and it's a good representation of what's wrong with East Coast hip hop now.
It’s funny how people are forgetting Drake started the beef with the Ai 2pac song but it’s not that they been sending subliminals at each other especially Kendrick since 2010😂