KLamar's 'Control' Verse: Not as Impressive as It Seems - SPIN

[King Ming]

Last night, Big Sean released "Control," a track that won't make his upcoming album, Hall of Fame, due to sample-clearance issues. It's a seven-minute epic pulled along by a squeaky Spanish-language sample, with guest verses from a terse, confident Jay Electronica and an acrobatic Kendrick Lamar. The latter's endless-in-a-good-way rapping here expands from an intoned chant to a gravelly near-yell, delivering loaded lines wherein he declares himself "the King of New York"; places himself amid some of rap's all-time greats (Jay Z, Nas, Eminem, Andre 3000); and, via direct shout-outs, offers up a challenge to the rest of his straight-spitting generation: "Jermaine Cole, Big K.R.I.T., Wale / Pusha T, Meek Mill, A$AP Rocky, Drake / Big Sean, Jay Electron', Tyler, Mac Miller / I got love for you all but I'm trying to murder you nikkas." The verse immediately knocked everybody over.

But "Control" is not quite as impressive as it seems. There's a great deal of filibustering in Kendrick's verse: Far too much name-checking just to fill space (from Kurupt to Lindsay Lohan), and numerous lines that say the same exact thing in pretty much the same exact way

http://www.spin.com/articles/kendrick-lamar-control-verse-big-sean-jay-electronica/

 

[The Ruler 09]

It's not impressive if it's broke down, but the shots and king of N.Y thing did make an impact.

 

[okocharuud]

It's not about if it's impressive or not

The nikka was so bold 0 fukks where given when he recorded that verse

0 fukks nikka, most rappers nowadays are careful with what they say because they wanna keep the love in the hipop community therefore looking like bytches

K.dot gave zero fukks, I wasn't that much of a kendrick fan but that verse made me remember hiphops prime days

 

[ML29]

It's not impressive but its taken over the entire hip hop conversation this whole week. .... okay sure. Making it even more impressive is the fact that "Control" isn't even his song, all impact over a guest nobody has done that since Andre 3000 years ago.

 

[Art Barr]

It's not impressive but its taken over the entire hip hop conversation this whole week. .... okay sure.

You make it seem like the culture of hip hop determines the draw and or of its music, now.
The verse is not that dope.
As a matter of fact,...
The shyt is an inferior version of elzhi's verse on jay d's come and get it.
That might I remind you came out over a decade ago.
shyt is a what if canibus made come and get it without any of the real dope lines or outdated technical skills that made canibus a draw.


Art Barr