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- On today's episode of #EverydayStruggle, Joe Budden and DJ Akademiks break down Drake and Kendrick Lamar 's current relationship and determine if they should work together again.
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Do people realize how much more difficult it is for Kendrick to do numbers than drake. Kendricks type of music has rarely gone mainstream. The fact that he outsold a hip "pop" artist is phenomenal
"T H E Y NOT LIKE US"
How things have changed
I don't need to even watch the video to know Joe Budden is gonna be mad as fuck in this video.
4orce Majeure L
4orce Majeure
you mean like your boy Hopsin?
4orce Majeure if kendrick is corny I don't even know wtf drake is.
4orce Majeure "Got so many chains they call me Channing Tatum"
Yeah lol once I saw drake in the thumbnail I know joe budden finna get heated
meek died on the rap cross for drake's ghostwriting ways
Finatic Meek did it for the people
Finatic dc4 did
Finatic W
nigga u gay
This Guys Toupee This comment didn’t age well.
This Joe woulda went crazy if he heard the Drake disses from Kendrick from 2024
This Is Hip-Hops First Take
Joe Budden= Stephen A Smith
Joe Budden says shit that's true tho
Stephen is a god boi don't disrespect him like that
and akademiks is bayless cause all this nigga worries about is bullshit numbers
Alpha Nigga blasphemy.
Niggas always bringing shit up.
But at the end of the day
Kobe VS LeBron
Kendrick VS Drake
Messi VS Ronaldo
Federer VS Nadal
At the end of their careers they'll look at one another and say "thank you for pushing me"
Different styles same art.
72vince27 Beyoncé vs Rihanna is another one
72vince27 the only diference is that kendrick and drake have kanye to destroy them every time he realeases
Miguel Velasco nigga you dumb
72vince27 Kobe VS. Lebron? Idk bout that
Holliday yeah you right it's clearly Kobe>>>LeBron
"Meek did more damage to drake than people would like to give him credit for" -Real Nigga Joe
thats not to be respected, trying to ruin a mans career and destroy him. You guys respect that ? foh . What kind of character of a person is that . No wonder Drake hates the fuk out of meek and jay z tag teaming to end him
You do realize that those are still accusations at the end of the day. These dumbass niggas act like they in the studio 24/7 with Drake and know what's going on there lmfao go listen to that recent Drake interview he exposed that fraud meeky mouse and jay z....
listen , only an idiot believes Drake doesn't write his stuff . i don't care of he takes a few verses here and there which were flow type verses in all honesty but to label his WHOLE career with not writing when he probably has written 95% of his stuff is dumb . Unfortunately no one cares about that , he's a guy who has ghostwriters to these hip hop guys and they will always throw that in his face and taint the legacy . Kinda feel for Drake
they needed anything to hold against him and they got it off meek . Drake was too powerful
M.Lolita I respect exposing frauds.
Where are the damn pushups?
Karl Shakur you late nigga
Trap God which one i kinda cannot find
nigga he only did less than 15, what ya'll talking bout he done them all
H.T JR u know what episode it was
pun intended?
Drake is the modern day Jay-Z/ K.Dot modern day Nasty Nas...jay always sold more records but people always held Nas as the lyrical beast
Mal R thats real
Mal R Difference is Jay still got busy, lyrically. Nobody questioned him when it came to his pen game.
Nas > Jay > K.Dot > Drake
Mal R Drake is not is the league as Jay. Drake shit is basic comparing to Jay. All because an artist like Drake is selling records, got his own label and has a big platform, they get compared to Jay. Jay still got busy on a track.
Let's be real, Drake is nice as well maybe not as nice as Jay-Z, but lets remember people in 00's were coming at Jay neck when he began to simplify his wordplay for the sake of mainstream hits. All I'm saying is Drake is the new hiphop era/version of Jay-Z, point blank. Jay was dropping non-stop hits in his heydays and Drake is doing that now. Drake charting doesn't lie. I would never compare lyrically Jay vs Drake because thats not a fair fight, but as far as mainstream hits and his name holding weight, Drizzy is up there with Jay
SoulOfTheSouth drake gets busy on tracks to bruh jus cuz u don't like him don't mean he not good
Yeah, Poetic Justice was dope!
Poetic justice as the worst track on G.O.OD KID maad city, and certainly was not enhance in any way by a drake feature.
fuuuuck no he didn't. drake didn't body anyone in that track. lol it was a good song and he did good but he didn't save the song or anything. the song would sound good without him
Sean Slicko drake verse was a little better but he didn't bodied him lol poetic justice was made for a drake verse now put Kendrick and drake on a raw rap beat he would eat drake
Okay forget Poetic Justice, I can't believe Joe is saying Drake bested Kendrick on Fkin Problem. How the fuck is that true? Talking about "Looking up at the stars and put the beetles on". Kendrick easily had the better verse, his was more impactful.
kashstory he's a drake fan, he's going to ride with his daddy
I completely agree, that was a passive aggressive way of congratulating KDot on passing his sales.
Can't say I'm surprised though.
Posts By Some Guy it's cuz Drake wants to hop on that Kdot bandwagon and try to make his fan base even bigger like he needs it
Drake's so sensitive bruh
Kendrick can't surpass Drake
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if he's been surpassing him since the beginning
ha ha these ovo stan are salty in the comment section lol
Watch out for dem Kendrick dickriders they about to lose their minds lmfao
Lowkey ive never seen a non-corny comment by a nigga with a pac/big avatar
what about kidzbop guys. they be dropping hot shit
MOONIIM GHOUALI kanye is better than both of them but at least Kendrick compare
Nadeska I liked how you called Akademiks Bro at 0:11, that's my baby 😘 Friendzoned that nigga real quick
iLLest Tv Shit I've fucked bitches that I call sis and they call me bro( no incest) ..that's how u keep it low lol
Black girls often call dudes they fucking that don't want to go with them bro. Happened all the time back in high school.
iLLest Tv kinda sounds like she said bruh
Ak only got eyes for Drake (for him Champagne Papi), bro
Stay Alert Stay Alive wtf that's kinda sick
We dont appreciate Joe enough in hip Hop culture honestly
7 years later... Joe was spot on with his Drake takes
Joe Budden speaking facts.
nikanik96 pure gospel... but everyone look at the fact that they had a feud and what he says will be hating lol
nikanik96 except he doesn't realize or put that drake was number two because he streamed it on a Saturday night give him 2 less days for album sales and also that it was only released streaming and also that drake had the whole world listening to Apple Music for an hour
nikanik96 so many facts
Drake x Kendrick? Nah man we need some more Kendrick x Taylor Swift! THAT REAL HIP HOP SHIT!
Nah his trash voice is also talked about.
Modern Hip Hop and Wrestling both trash. The struggle of me smh.
I can't stand you 😂😂😂😋
sXeJerichoHolic every rapper has collabed with pop artists tho. so I don't even see why yall bring it up
sXeJerichoHolic there already is "bad blood"
Am I the only one who watches this for Budden. He actually makes this show 1000% better.
fast forward to today and drake can't even clean J cole on his own song.
Drake commenting cuz he feels threatened
If anything j Cole and Kendrick collab
zingGodin waiting for another Black Friday
lmfaoo only cole fans will say this
zingGodin been waiting for that every February
Nobody wants a Drake and Kendrick collab, Drake is criminally overrated. Let's be honest real quick, Kendrick would wash Drake on any collab they do.
Young Nell a kendrick and drake collab would send the entire world in shock. Especially considering everything else they've done (fucking problems, poetic justice) it can get Kdot more exposure and help motivate drake
Joe still mad at drake
as a person yes but the music no, funny cause his like Charlagmane before he sold out for some bottles
H.T JR Drake hoe'd the fuck outta Charlamagne with those bottles bruh!
The Last Trap God Charlamagne still lowkey hates Drake music
but can't say it publicly because of James prince
Truth is the truth ... yall dont know the difference between a real fan and a stan no more
Real niggas know Buried Alive Interlude. That shit was pure 🔥 and I kinda have drake to thank for introducing me to Kendrick
Kendrick Lamar been out since the 90s tf people talking about its 2017
90s? wtf
Dunk On Em Sports 😂😂😂
Deva Stricklin9 LLL
I don't need no kendrick/drake collaboration tbh
Completely agree with Joe when he says the next album after More Life is the most important. Since Take Care nobody has had more hype and dominance in hip-hop. Like Nadeska said Drake teased Views for MONTHS, making people to believe this will be his confirmation of being the best rapper in the game. Numbers wise it was his most successful but as an opportunity to solidify himself as the best, it was a flop. Which I believe gave Kendrick the window to come with his best and be put back into the conversation. More Life was a good rebound from Views but Damn was executed so perfectly and at the most perfect time for Kendrick, it still took the win. So now the question is....what is the next best move from Drake? And the answer is simple. Put out his best album, his most important piece of work, at the most important time.
2024 and Kung fu Kenny cleaned him up.
akademiks has to stop hiding the snacks in his wardrobe, rats chewed on his hoodie🤔
I love that we have a daily show that speaks on the culture, Thanks Complex Media.
Kendrick Made it clear on B.E.T Cypher by saying ' your career aint shit unless you got some Kendrick in it' BOOOOOOM
Haven't listened to more life since DAMN dropped lmao
LJ Toes how you just gonna stop fucking with the album just because a better album (as a whole) came out
Chance the Rapper lol I said I haven't "listened" to more life never said I stopped fucking with drakes playlist lol
LJ Toes so you mean you stopped hearing about it since the damn dropped?
Chance the Rapper bro... I HAVE NOT listened to more life since DAMN came out bruh do you not understand what that means lmao
I haven't listened to more life since more life dropped
"I don't need to hear argue with a girl at cheesecake factory"best line 😂😂😂
Joe knew from time...
Joe really predicted this stuff correctly. Scorpion just dropped and it really is Drake’s most important album
Really Don't Give A Fuck I Like Both Artist If They Work Together Again Cool If Not Oh Well Still Gonna Bump Both Artist
Mark Nelson Why You Write Like This?
I wanna hear a Kendrick/Nas or Kendrick/J Cole collab.
Kendrick did a lot of harmonizing on DAMN. Don't say no one with that sound is at the top when Kendrick sings too whether you acknowledge or not.
and btw kdot had the best verse on fkin problems
That song is just garbage overall
Sir Tibbz98 W
Sir Tibbz98 Drake had a better verse on that. but Kendrick was better on Poetic Justice
Rocky
Drakes was slightly better imo
This is beautiful to see 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Complex you better keep this shit going. Take note to how raw this is and never change it up. Keep the same essence but bring more guest in. This is raw gold. Keep joe Burden saying whatever he wants. Keep this gold.
Dot made light work out of that Canadian cupcake
I feel like akademiks always telling Joe to chill in his mind 😂😂😂😂😂
That’s crazy Joe predicted Scorpions importance.
I agree with what joe said at the end in saying that "I hate to talk about drake only in comparison to Kendrick"
This is crazy to watch in 2024 lol
"I don't never wanna hear you arguing with some chick at Cheesecake Factory" lmfaooooo
Why do you have to talk about Drake 24/7??????
Damon Taylor he tryna keep himself relevant
Cause he's the G.O.A.T
"They saying numbers don't matter, but when they discussing the kings..."
Ya'll will never let go of that ghostwriting angle even though Drake actually spoke on it.. ya'll will ALWAYS use that angle to discredit him which is corny.
this show is fuckin lit. akademiks is that dude and joe budden keepin the real shit circulating
They really trying to make this whole Drake v. Kendrick thing sound like its close. Kendrick has widely been better since AT LEAST GKMC. Maybe even Section 80.
K Dot did make a song telling Drake be HUMBLE.
10:12 Scorpion, Budds got it!...
Em worked with Jay, Nas worked with Jay, Pac worked with Big, Wayne's worked with everybody, Game been trynna get G-Unit back together and we know a 50/Game collab would still be crazy right now. A Remy/Nicki collab would've done way more for their careers than the beef did. I'd like to see these two go head to head but a collab at their prime, adding j cole to the mix that could break records for real.
FAST FORWARD 7 years 😂
Yo I really didn't care for Budden much before I started watching this series but after hearing his POV on things and his reasons behind saying what he says... I really respect the big homie.
Pump pump pump it up
Mini 6 lmao
Mini 6 say what you want....That song was lit and dope lyrics
Mini 6
One hit wonder joe lmao
Mini 6 W
that song is cool, i was in middle school when i heard that. i think its in one of the midnight club games, also in 2 fast 2 furious. im 23 and that beat is cool.
Joe right, Drake's been saying in a majority of his songs he wants to keep increasing his money. To do that his brand can never be contested and kendrick's album dropping and it's roll-out did exactly that.
2019
Kendrik is better
they never collabed
Joe was right
Drake to me has 3 classic albums that I can say classic.
Kdot has Section 80, Good Kid Maad City, To Pimp A Butterfly, and Damn. Although on commercial sales Section 80 wasn't good commercially it still show great quality of a structure album to make a classic like Good Kid Maad City. Each album had top itself like it suppose to do.
I think Drake forgot about what he did this for and that's been the argument even with the feud and back and forth with one another. This is competition on a skill note. Kdot proved that he can be still skilled and do it for the culture and still sale records. Without the glamorous and cute drama pre Modana stuff he has been doing with Kanye. Look Kendrick is keeping it real with the culture drake is trying to hard now he is a face to see but when we want that real we gone go to Cole and Kendrick
Joe is right tho, at least I ain't looking for now k.dot/ drake collab....we want that COLE/ K.DOT COLLAB!!!
Chunky Rexx Cole says hes done giving features and taking features so unless if it's been recorded already, we're not getting it
yeah because Coles album didn't get trashed by all of you lmao .Cole is not in the same league
Chunky Rexx Yo a Black Hippy album woule be so hard
Drake and Kendrick would kill a collab
Drake needs to drop Albums with out features that are a little less pop and mixtapes w artists from the UK.
he needs to drop a hip hop project i full hip hop
Berry O nah drake need to bring Qm back into the fold lol
He congratulated The Weeknd. Drake is smart in what he does and how he does it. Kendrick making a more commercial album is him putting pressure on all these pop rappers and making them go and take shit more serious
Kendrick Lamar is the best rapper Alive.
That last line from Budden was the understatement of the year
Shorty hella cute.
Drake will always be a bigger artist. Point blank period .
pop artist
@@pookahill8721 ARTIST . Period
kendrick did not outsell views he just out sold more life which was just a little playlist. no disrespect i love kendrick too
learning JAPANESE it was an album he just called it a playlist so people wouldn't hold it up to as high standards
A little playlist?? Drake fans stay deluded 🤣🤣. It has 8 songs more than Kendricks album. And what gets played more.. an album or a playlist? 🤣🤣. Drizzy has to stay putting out 20+songs on his albums to make the streams. Quantity over true quality.
drake and lamar NEED to work together all time. they both speak the truth and they both have some good slow vibe songs
So now we can all agree that Meek destroyed this nigga's career. Whether meek was wrong or not, people were gonna find out anyway like they found out about Milli Vanilli.
Melo Drama drake still the highest growing rapper/hip-hop artist . Most people today in every form of music have a writer . I don't think this destroyed his career to say , but more like meek mill cut drake and he wounds are healing . Like both meek mill and drake and Kendrick too but it's whoever still on top and drake is so u got to give him that
Nathan Buchanan i think thats perfect meek didnt kill drake at all but he gave him a deep ass wound that won't ever heal. before you couldn't really pin anything on drake besides the soft singing privileged upbringing started on degrassi thing. but now all the drake haters have fuel you mention drake Now? ghostwriter immidiatley flys out of there mouth like it was there name. they won't even say Quentin miller cause they don't even care that much just anything to discredit drake. I think drake writes his stuff cause I won't act like dude didnt have some nice shit before he even met Quentin. end of the day though drake doesn't care cause he will get his regardless but if he wanted to end it all I think he needs a RAP ALBUM not a hybrid like views but a RAP ALBUM
K dot had the #1 spot before drake even picked up a mic
"Why why why why why why"
Why God? Why God? Why I gotta suffer?
I don't care what anyone says, a Kendrick, Drake, J. Cole collab would be the biggest song of the year (it would probably be dope af too).
is Buddens gettin trashed on set? every time he drinks from the cup he be sippin' from the OJ
fired up Joe is drunk Joe!?
thats what i be wondering too
He is certainly drunk. I can't remember which episode but Buddens said something like "Damn Akademics, you talk and I"ll just sip my tea here" and Nadeska said, "Tea" then she laughed lol
I'm befuddled by Joe saying none would be looking for a Drake, Kendrick & J Cole collab
Y'all act like more life ain't been out longer than damn. Of course his sales would slow down
Alex Newland that’s the problem. More Life wasn’t even worth discussing. More Life wasn’t even that good that it didn’t sell as much as expected
More life was dogshit and had zero replay value
This show is the best idea complex has come up with
Kendrick has always been above Drake...
But lyrically and music wise Kendrick has always been above Drake I'm not talking numbers or popularity.
Notorious Nas bar for bar you can't tell me drake has ever been above k dot
on the song fucking problem drake did
Greatest Ever but the vast majority of hip hop fans like the music they can listen to and sounds good. most people don't look for poetry in hip hop. drake is the sound good flow guy. kendrick is the lyrical guy. listen to what you want but people will always have opinions.
Cameran Leeth drake trash
Dj akademik and Joe budden is great together they fresh and new and fresh of breath air I watch them everyday
Kendrick is better way better I start listening to albums now because of Kdot. Fuck single and radio records. If you make a album have theme. Drakes album is nothing like Kendrick albums
More Drake and Kdot tracks need to happen. Period.
Kendrick stans gettin wild. Same cats been saying "sales don't matter" wanna talk sales now. They forget Drake had 2 less days of sales and didn't have a physical copy. Last time Drake did a roll out, he moved a milli. Sit down, lil bih, be humble
A Person Kendrick stans getting annoying as fuck
For real! Don't get me wrong though, he's still the best rapper alive
A Person yet nothing in the world of hip hop is worse than a drake Stan. That's a fact.
But what's more annoying? Kendrick stans constantly talking sales... or drake stans constantly defending drake for getting outsold. Like all y'all chill tf out lmaoo
tpab didnt sell well but you are dumb to deny that tpab is one of the greatest albums of all times.selling is good but drake is a sellout
I'd love to see them work together again. But they've been subliminally dissing each other for years, wonder over what though.
Joe Budden is still mad
OG SINISTER he washed em why would he still be mad
joe budden is the real life mad rapper from the biggie intro
Meek mill did drake dirty like a slow but painful killer lol
Depends what you mean? Putting up numbers, #1 hits. Radio spins. Record sales.
in drake defense he released more life on a Saturday and he released a playlist not a ALBUM
Z king this is such a funny comment, because what gets played more? An album or a playlist? 🤣🤣
This is the best series complex has ever come up with. By a long shot.
Drake don't write his shit, done. King Kendrick.
Satirical Silas he doesn't have to he's a pop star we don't say anything about Beyoncé not writing sometimes. It's what pop star have the ability to do. Drake is the best rapper in term of popularity with Kendrick having a big handicap in album sale drake still came close to his album sales. Kendrick is the best lyricist of this generation or best mainstream lyricist
Shamir Fisher people don't listen to the words anymore it's all about the beat and flow that's y drake is more popular
VLEX that's not the truth the reason he's more popular because his music is for the mass and good to listen too. Plus it gives a better feel than listening to lyricist rappers talking about depress shit.
Shamir Fisher k dot doesn't rap about depressed shit he raps about things that relates to some people and he has lots of songs that have good flow and good to listen to.
that's like saying b.i.g Tupac nwa rapped about depressed shit does that mean drake is better than them,
VLEX the truth is depressing lol. He rapped about killing himself in the last album and about the multiple ways he could die in this album and rapped about music business being the devil telling away from rappers and on this one about him getting killed by an old woman. That's all depressing topics. It's not an everyday listen. I understand Kendrick is the best lyricist but the reason he doesn't beat drake is because drake doesn't make depressing music or makes it sound depressing when he does talk about some depressing shit and makes it catchy plus drake talks about everyday truths not black truths.
Joe was right. Drakes next ablum after More Life was very important in Drakes career. We got the numbers back along with the reviews of it. Now we’re waiting to see how Kendricks next album is going to compare to his..
So basically this shit not about talent it's about sells 🤔
Joe: I make a lot of points, I'm smart
Akademiks: Okay
Joe loves this "Drake fell off" topic, as if Drake isn't going to keep thriving out here and Kendrick won't go back into ghost mode after he's done touring
Sara Ce Pretty sure Kendrick won't go into "ghost mode." He had tons of features AND a throwaway album between Tpab and DAMN.
doesn't mean he's not getting paid even in his "ghost mode". He just doesn't do social media as much as people like Drake and I envy that about him.
didn't say he wasn't getting paid, by ghost I meant he's going to lay relatively low while working on his next album unlike most of these rappers out here. I like that about him too
Sara Ce You wanna know why Drake "thrives" and Kendrick goes into "ghost mode"? Because Kendrick doesnt fucking produce pop records that take t-10 days to come up with from ghostwriters. I like both of them, but to act like Drake has some special ability because of his lack of humility in making music is bottom line disrespectful to the mental effort Kendrick puts into each and every one of his songs. I guarantee he could easily stay on if he wanted to, but that's not Kendrick and if he ever did his music wouldnt be the same.
Drake's special ability IS to stay relevant lol he does it like no other rapper in the past decade. He has too many other side hustles, sponsorships, and fake relationships w other mega pop stars that keep him and his music relevant. Kendrick's great at what he does and his music probably wouldn't sound the same if he tried to do what Drake does and make pop hits, which is why I said Drake will stay thriving and Kendrick will go ghost after his tour, meaning Drake will still be at the tip of everyone's tongue with all the other shit he's doing and Kendrick will go back to work on his next album out of the public eye cus that's not that important to him.
Yall be roasting Akademiks for his clothes when you know you'd have to blow a check for it
K Dot drops and NOBODY knows how to act LMAOOO Drake still #1 and gonna remain there for as long as he wants
Tommy Klein k dot 🐐our gen u probably on of those who just listen to the beat and flow and don't give af what they say
i love this show. we need this for hiphop. Akademiks And Budden Were The Best Picks For This Show. WE NEED THIS SHOW FOR HIPHOP
When did drake have the top spot?
SweetScienceAPA you're telling me he's had the top spot of the rap game for 10 years now? Watchu smoking
SweetScienceAPA thats exactly why every song sounded like drake featuring drake oh how quickly they forget. drake had the crown up until what a time then to me at that point it was anyones to grab
Victor Espiritu drake was #1 2011/2014
but k dot start running shit form 2015 so for the last 3 years he's been # 1
Meek watching this with a big ass smile