eh critic/oscar bait isn't just the "message" or intellectualism of it tho. a lot of the time it's just consciously trying to be artsy or different, like Birdman (last year's Oscar winner) for example. Most of the movie is shot thru continuous shots where the cameras follow the actors from room to room, while the movie is simultaneously a commentary on the entertainment industry and actors in general, shit that a committee of people directly involved in the entertainment industry are obviously going to connect to, and be baited by. I dunno how much replay value or repeated watches would affect that, as with TPAB. The live instrumentation, heavy influence of jazz & funk, spoken word & poem interludes, and more on top of themes of depression and politics all screams "look at me I'm artsy and different!!! in the same way that atypical camera styles and self-reflective looks into the entertainment industry does in movies like Birdman. Those are really the tactics that bait critics, and they're not reserved just for movies IMO.

 

"I got a backyard where the money seems to come from trees"

"Shut the fuck up, text from a centerfold, I ain't reply / Let her know I read it though / Voice mail say she ready though / ****** know I'm credible, ain't no pussy on a pedestal"

How these Kendrick shots

 

They will be pressed to give it to him after the Macklemore debacle even tho mack deserved it

 

eh critic/oscar bait isn't just the "message" or intellectualism of it tho. a lot of the time it's just consciously trying to be artsy or different, like Birdman (last year's Oscar winner) for example. Most of the movie is shot thru continuous shots where the cameras follow the actors from room to room, while the movie is simultaneously a commentary on the entertainment industry and actors in general, shit that a committee of people directly involved in the entertainment industry are obviously going to connect to, and be baited by. I dunno how much replay value or repeated watches would affect that, as with TPAB. The live instrumentation, heavy influence of jazz & funk, spoken word & poem interludes, and more on top of themes of depression and politics all screams "look at me I'm artsy and different!!! in the same way that atypical camera styles and self-reflective looks into the entertainment industry does in movies like Birdman. Those are really the tactics that bait critics, and they're not reserved just for movies IMO.

 

same love by macklemore was critic bait

 

Drake, Kendrick, and Cole are just on a completely different level.

From an artistry perspective and obviously from a sales one. These guys are it. That's the Big 3 for now and the very foreseeable future

 

How these Kendrick shots

They're clear references and they're known to have a beef.

Drake saying he doesn't need to dream about money trees like Kendrick because he already got that shit in his backyard.

And saying pussy isn't something special to him so he doesn't have to treasure it like Kendrick with his line from BDKMV.

They're somewhat common lines but I think it's pretty obvious that they were meant for someone. Drake was dissing pretty much everyone who ever came at him on the tape.

 

eh critic/oscar bait isn't just the "message" or intellectualism of it tho. a lot of the time it's just consciously trying to be artsy or different, like Birdman (last year's Oscar winner) for example. Most of the movie is shot thru continuous shots where the cameras follow the actors from room to room, while the movie is simultaneously a commentary on the entertainment industry and actors in general, shit that a committee of people directly involved in the entertainment industry are obviously going to connect to, and be baited by. I dunno how much replay value or repeated watches would affect that, as with TPAB. The live instrumentation, heavy influence of jazz & funk, spoken word & poem interludes, and more on top of themes of depression and politics all screams "look at me I'm artsy and different!!! in the same way that atypical camera styles and self-reflective looks into the entertainment industry does in movies like Birdman. Those are really the tactics that bait critics, and they're not reserved just for movies IMO.

ok i kinda feel you on this

 

They're clear references and they're known to have a beef.

Drake saying he doesn't need to dream about money trees like Kendrick because he already got that shit in his backyard.

And saying pussy isn't something special to him so he doesn't have to treasure it like Kendrick with his line from BDKMV.

They're somewhat common lines but I think it's pretty obvious that they were meant for someone. Drake was dissing pretty much everyone who ever came at him on the tape.

Oh shit I forgot about "Money Trees"

 

Think the 2nd one is a reach but I see what you mean

 

They're clear references and they're known to have a beef.

Drake saying he doesn't need to dream about money trees like Kendrick because he already got that shit in his backyard.

And saying pussy isn't something special to him so he doesn't have to treasure it like Kendrick with his line from BDKMV.

They're somewhat common lines but I think it's pretty obvious that they were meant for someone. Drake was dissing pretty much everyone who ever came at him on the tape.

Would explain the name of the tape even tho I kinda disagree

 

idk why i feel like kendrick is going to another control-like verse on dr.dre album... i can honestly feel it

 

"I got a backyard where the money seems to come from trees"

"They gonna say your name on them airwaves..."

His line about the matrix on 6 man some people also think could be a sub.

"Shut the fuck up, text from a centerfold, I ain't reply / Let her know I read it though / Voice mail say she ready though / ****** know I'm credible, ain't no pussy on a pedestal"

He been goading Kendrick for a while.

The spaghetti line in stay schemin makes no sense tho

 

It kinda is critic bait but not intentionally but I always thought Ellen when she hosted the Academy awards had a point when she said 12 years a slave wasn't gonna not win because if it did there would have been controversy.

Same thing with TPAB it's great but part of me wonders if it's reviews are based on merit or just people tryna dickride because there have been better done albums on the same subjects and the reason kenny gettin props imo is because he came in at the right time during all this tension.

 

u think king junta ghostwriter line was aimed at drake?

They're clear references and they're known to have a beef.

Drake saying he doesn't need to dream about money trees like Kendrick because he already got that shit in his backyard.

And saying pussy isn't something special to him so he doesn't have to treasure it like Kendrick with his line from BDKMV.

They're somewhat common lines but I think it's pretty obvious that they were meant for someone. Drake was dissing pretty much everyone who ever came at him on the tape.

 

The spaghetti line in stay schemin makes no sense tho

Real talk you should order something better if you there.

 

u think king junta ghostwriter line was aimed at drake?

Definitely.

 

Definitely.

I think they asked him in a interview if he was going at Ye but yeah that line makes sense nowb

 

These ****** don't see the game as simply as we do tbh. This is their craft. There's a reason why they made it

Obviously this can't be said for every artist though

 

Definitely.

intersting. How would kendrick know that about drake tho . maybe kendrick knows quinton

 

Definitely.

Could've been at Ye just as easily. We don't know that Kendrick knew about the Q. Miller thing then but he def knew about Ye cause of the All Day thing

 

This thread haven't been made before

And naw Kenny wanted to make a pro-black album, wuts wrong with that?

 

This thread haven't been made before

And naw Kenny wanted to make a pro-black album, wuts wrong with that?

Read the thread tho. Some good discussion in here

 

eh critic/oscar bait isn't just the "message" or intellectualism of it tho. a lot of the time it's just consciously trying to be artsy or different, like Birdman (last year's Oscar winner) for example. Most of the movie is shot thru continuous shots where the cameras follow the actors from room to room, while the movie is simultaneously a commentary on the entertainment industry and actors in general, shit that a committee of people directly involved in the entertainment industry are obviously going to connect to, and be baited by. I dunno how much replay value or repeated watches would affect that, as with TPAB. The live instrumentation, heavy influence of jazz & funk, spoken word & poem interludes, and more on top of themes of depression and politics all screams "look at me I'm artsy and different!!! in the same way that atypical camera styles and self-reflective looks into the entertainment industry does in movies like Birdman. Those are really the tactics that bait critics, and they're not reserved just for movies IMO.

/thread

 

Could've been at Ye just as easily. We don't know that Kendrick knew about the Q. Miller thing then but he def knew about Ye cause of the All Day thing

But he is cool with Ye. I don't think he'd diss him. I admit y'all right. Could work for Kanye.