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Well, it’s been the 24 hours of Kendrick Lamar, and even though in some folks’ opinion, his verbal assault on his peers and title-claiming was meant to be metaphorical and symbolic, Joell Ortiz took the bait and responded in his typically rambunctious manner to Lamar’s outlandish claim that he was “the King of New York.”
Despite how you feel about it, i.e., whether or not a New York hip hop head should be offended or not, Joell Ortiz certainly brings an A-game to his “Outta Control” rebuttal, which, most would agree, was the hope when Lamar lit the rap world on fire with his fiery verse on “Control” alongside Big Sean and Jay Electronica (whose own contributions to the song were rendered irrelevant by the passionate delivery heard ’round the ‘net).
Without editorializing too much, let’s just say that the response, while highly effective, will hopefully not usher in a slew of Everyone vs. Kendrick Lamar.
First, most will pale in comparison to the original, sincere, incendiary verse.
Second, most will pale in comparison to Ortiz’ response.
