POP SONG REVIEW: "Not Like Us" by Kendrick Lamar

It's not the sexual misconduct accusations that hit me like a truck. What got me was the verse where Kendrick equated Drake's career with the entire history of racism.

I don't think Kendrick's angle is "Drake sucks as an artist" so much as it's "Drake picks, steals, and cannibalizes the work of other artists to further his own career." He sucks as an artist the same way an art thief sucks at painting.

Friendly reminder that Drake was goading Kendrick for weeks to respond to him. He did this to himself and it’s poetic justice. Pun intended.

Drake isnt just weird with women, the fact theres more than one occurrence of him talking to minors a little too much or kissing 17 year olds on stage really is a red flag.

Sorry to say this but the Poptimism part was sort of a stretch. I think the community LIKED that Kendrick called out Drake for colonizing culture he was never a part of. He poached on Drill, Reggaeton, Trap, Afro Beats and got big off it while leaving legit artists in the genre in the dust. Drake also signs amazing talent under OVO only to trap them as writing slaves. The album “Take Care” relied on the work of the Weeknd because Drake TOOK IT FROM HIM. We would never have heard of Abel if he actually signed under OVO and thank goodness he didn’t. And for that Drake took shots at him in this beef as well, he couldn’t colonize his music from him anymore.

Drake can talk shit about Kendrick featuring on a Taylor Swift song but we all know he would KILL to do that.

Kendrick's critcism of Drake goes beyond Drake being a pop artist. He's criticizing him for being insecure about his own blackness and essentially portraying a caricature of a black man to overcompensate.

I was at a comic/anime convention today and they played "Not Like Us" between the anime OSTs. It's joever, Drake. Kendrick has the high ground.

Fun Fact: The Florida Panthers played Not Like Us during intermissions as a response to the Oilers playing Drake's diss track (maybe Push Ups?) and the Panthers won the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history.

The thing about Dre using ghostwriters is he's not claiming to be number #1 or the best artist of all time unlike Drake. He's widely known as a producer. It's also the same reason why folks don't care about Kanye using ghostwriters. He's honest about including them on the writing process and putting their names on the final product. The problem lies with Drake trying to act like he took credit. I suggest looking into the Quentin Miller lore or rabbit hole.

I'm surprised you didn't understand the Takashi 6ix9ine reference in the song. A known snitch arrested for being a child predator that Kendrick wants the public to associate with Drake''s 6 god moniker.

Juneteenth show was all about the culture, specifically NOT all about Kendrick. Man was as humble at that show as it's possible for a superstar like him at the top of his game to be

Predicting the next video: "POP SONG REVIEW: Woman's World by Katy Perry"

drake covering “informer” is hilarious

Time and time again, Kendrick was warning Drake. "Don't speak on the family" "Keep the family out of this." "If you take it there, I'm taking it further." Drake's mistake was thinking Kendrick wouldn't be crazy enough to not care if he crashed out and caused the BOTH of them to lose everything they'd earned. He just hated the dude that much.

Kendrick should’ve released that Juno Awards clip as a single. It’s the most devastating thing I’ve seen in this beef

Drake is canadian. Kendrick dropped the video on July 4, many of the actors are wearing red white and blue. Kendrick fully embraced that this is the song of the summer and barbecued a subject of the king for independence day. God bless america.

Kendrick has left Drake tied up in a mountain like Prometheus. Getting his liver eaten daily by an eagle while Kendrick plays “Euphoria” and “Not Like Us” non stop for the rest of eternity.

i think that “Not like us” has a chance of becoming like “Royals”, a big song that ends up making artists care more about authenticity, even if only for a time.

Drake kissed a 17 year old girl on stage, knowing she was 17.