Name something widely accepted in Hip Hop that never gets pushback but should

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Kendrick writes his own shyt. Cole writes his own shyt. Kendrick is on record as saying he 100% writes every bar and there is literally NOTHING to prove otherwise.


Drake on the other hand…



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Is it ever OK for a rapper to have a ghostwriter? You’ve obviously written verses for Dr. Dre yourself.

It depends on what arena you’re putting yourself in. I called myself the best rapper. I cannot call myself the best rapper if I have a ghostwriter. If you’re saying you’re a different type of artist and you don’t really care about the art form of being the best rapper, then so be it. Make great music. But the title, it won’t be there.


Kendrick Lamar Talks DAMN., Ghostwriting, and "Wack Artists" in New Interview | SPIN


In 2014, he discussed the song's recording process [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OIcQcnVj-U']during a radio interview
. "He brought me out to Detroit, I had a show, and he brought me to the studio to do a hook... I go in, do the hook, and he's like 'I like the hook.' Then I'm like, 'Alright, cool, I'm finna dip,' then he says 'Think you could do a verse?'... The thing with Em which was crazy to me is he kicks everybody out of the studio... I took it as him kicking everybody out to see if it's really you writing those raps that you're writing."[/URL]

[URL="https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thefader.com/2017/01/09/eminem-kendrick-lamar-ghostwriter-ed-sheeran/amp"]Eminem “Tested” Kendrick Lamar To See If He Had A Ghostwriter
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Is it ever OK for a rapper to have a ghostwriter? You’ve obviously written verses for Dr. Dre yourself.

It depends on what arena you’re putting yourself in. I called myself the best rapper. I cannot call myself the best rapper if I have a ghostwriter. If you’re saying you’re a different type of artist and you don’t really care about the art form of being the best rapper, then so be it. Make great music. But the title, it won’t be there.


Kendrick Lamar Talks DAMN., Ghostwriting, and "Wack Artists" in New Interview | SPIN


In 2014, he discussed the song's recording process
during a radio interview. "He brought me out to Detroit, I had a show, and he brought me to the studio to do a hook... I go in, do the hook, and he's like 'I like the hook.' Then I'm like, 'Alright, cool, I'm finna dip,' then he says 'Think you could do a verse?'... The thing with Em which was crazy to me is he kicks everybody out of the studio... I took it as him kicking everybody out to see if it's really you writing those raps that you're writing."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.spin.com/2017/08/kendrick-lamar-drake-interview?amp=1
Eminem “Tested” Kendrick Lamar To See If He Had A Ghostwriter
Kendrick is the greatest rapper of the current generation. Props to him. I know Cole writes most of his shyt. The point is that haters hang on to that flaw of Drake’s to discredit all the work he’s put in for 15 years. That’s wack to me.
 
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Kendrick is the greatest rapper of the current generation. Props to him. I know Cole writes most of his shyt. The point is that haters hang on to that flaw of Drake’s to discredit all the work he’s put in for 15 years. That’s wack to me.


You don’t write thats your fault. It was DRAKE who tried to pas s himself off as a true MC, not anybody else. If he would have just went the “artist” route ala Kanye instead of the “lyricist” route then nobody would have been able to say much of anything to him.


Drake brought it on himself
 

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Bad values being lit, lol. Womanizing, Vainness, Violence, Drug Abuse, Glorifying criminality, etc... All the shyt that makes you a terrible terrible human being makes you cool AF in hip hop, :laugh::gag:, shyt is spooky. But...don't snitch tho, every other piece of shyt disgusting attribute is fire, just don't be a rat and put killers and gangsters and thieves in jail...you crossing the line now.
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Is it ever OK for a rapper to have a ghostwriter? You’ve obviously written verses for Dr. Dre yourself.

It depends on what arena you’re putting yourself in. I called myself the best rapper. I cannot call myself the best rapper if I have a ghostwriter. If you’re saying you’re a different type of artist and you don’t really care about the art form of being the best rapper, then so be it. Make great music. But the title, it won’t be there.


Kendrick Lamar Talks DAMN., Ghostwriting, and "Wack Artists" in New Interview | SPIN


In 2014, he discussed the song's recording process
during a radio interview. "He brought me out to Detroit, I had a show, and he brought me to the studio to do a hook... I go in, do the hook, and he's like 'I like the hook.' Then I'm like, 'Alright, cool, I'm finna dip,' then he says 'Think you could do a verse?'... The thing with Em which was crazy to me is he kicks everybody out of the studio... I took it as him kicking everybody out to see if it's really you writing those raps that you're writing."
Eminem “Tested” Kendrick Lamar To See If He Had A Ghostwriter
these are all sources from his own mouth, of course hes gonna say he writes everything

Besides that, I wouldnt say that kendrick doesnt write of course he does. Just that he prolly has had people help him with a line or two here and there. Like have someone pitch him a dope line that he never thought about. hence what AIG said here
I wouldn't say ghostwriters but if you asked me "Has Kendrick wrote every bar he's ever spit" I'd probably say no.

everyone knows kendrick writes his stuff tho.

he doesn't write his shyt. THAT's the problem.
Lil Kim who is not exactly a friend of drake, i remember saying that Drake writes.

the idea of drake having used writers on a few songs(which seems to be the case) but also writing is not farfetched

other rappers have seeemed to done it.

My first Plat thread on this site, was posting how Twista admitted to having writers at times
 

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he doesn't write his shyt. THAT's the problem.

He has ghostwriters. Everyone knows that at this point. To say he doesn't write AT ALL or he never wrote isn't factual. I've even seen people discredit the fact that he wrote for Alicia Keys. There's artists that have writers and still wrote for other artists. Keri Hilson had writers even though she wrote for other artists. And yes, I know this is Hip Hop, but I used that as an example. Drake does in fact write.
 

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Bad values being lit, lol. Womanizing, Vainness, Violence, Drug Abuse, Glorifying criminality, etc... All the shyt that makes you a terrible terrible human being makes you cool AF in hip hop, :laugh::gag:, shyt is spooky. But...don't snitch tho, every other piece of shyt disgusting attribute is fire, just don't be a rat and put killers and gangsters and thieves in jail...you crossing the line now.
Came in to post something like this.
 

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So-called "fans" being more invested in gossip and buying into all the antics, than they are into the actual music.

Dudes are more like TMZ groupies now, than Hip Hop fans and followers of the culture. You see it on here too. It's wild corny.

The media outlets don't help, but because of what you said they have no other choice. The most popular threads in these groups are gossip threads. Bet money if there's a development of any sort in the Tory/Meg situation it'll go platinum..
 

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Drake would have been PM Dawn status with that soft shyt.
Even soft gay core content aside...he doesn't have the charisma, the voice, the witt to hang around the greats. These Aubreys Angels are delusional mayne.

First note coming out his tranny voice sounding mouth would start a riot in a 90s venue.
 
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