{"id":529,"date":"2025-02-27T22:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T22:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/02\/27\/jadakiss-calls-kendrick-lamars-genius-a-win-for-hip-hop\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T22:46:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T22:46:00","slug":"jadakiss-calls-kendrick-lamars-genius-a-win-for-hip-hop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/02\/27\/jadakiss-calls-kendrick-lamars-genius-a-win-for-hip-hop\/","title":{"rendered":"Jadakiss Calls Kendrick Lamar&#8217;s &#8220;Genius&#8221; A Win For Hip-Hop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jadakiss has revealed his feelings about Kendrick Lamar\u2019s recent performance during halftime of Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>During his recent interview with Carmelo Anthony and Kid Mero on the <em>7PM in Brooklyn<\/em> podcast, Jadakiss laid out his thoughts on the current state of Hip-Hop music while offering his thoughts on Kendrick Lamar\u2019s Super Bowl performance\u2014and the evolving nature of rap beef. The LOX rapper, known for his sharp lyricism and storied battle history, reflected on how the genre has changed, both in its mainstream success and the way rivalries are handled in the streaming era.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMusic is in a weird space,\u201d Jadakiss said. \u201cAs far as how it\u2019s being delivered and being distributed, this whole streaming s### is just something totally different. But it doesn\u2019t discourage me from wanting to make music. Music probably have more politics than politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><d class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jadakiss doesn&#8217;t hold back on the current state of rap &amp; the music industry \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d0qLenoVfw\">pic.twitter.com\/d0qLenoVfw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 7PM in Brooklyn (@7PMinBrooklyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/7PMinBrooklyn\/status\/1894882024982213010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/d><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>In doing so, Jadakiss made it clear that he viewed Kendrick\u2019s performance as a massive win for the culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Hip-Hop to get Super Bowl anything is a win for me,\u201d he said. \u201cMaybe I feel different because I\u2019m an elder statesman, but I don\u2019t care about the other stuff. Seeing him up there rocking, the message, the aesthetics\u2014that was beautiful. It was good for Hip-Hop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He contrasted this with his own experience coming up in the game, recalling a time when the Super Bowl halftime show wasn\u2019t even on his radar in years past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember being young, watching the Super Bowl with my dad and my uncles, and everybody would go get a plate\u2014nobody even cared who was on the halftime show,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Jadakiss then shifted the conversation toward Kendrick and Drake\u2019s rap battle, drawing comparisons between their approach and his own past beefs. He acknowledged that both artists have mastered the ability to turn diss tracks into commercially successful songs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s another thing that\u2019s genius with Kendrick,\u201d he said. \u201cHe made a single. Drake did it with Meek [Meek Mill]. The one with Meek was like a Billboard-charting thing.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on how rap beef has evolved, he admitted that he came from a different era\u2014one where battle bars were even more raw and unfiltered than what Drake and Kendrick displayed across tracks such as \u201cFamily Matters\u201d and \u201cNot Like Us\u201d among others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe coming up battling, I\u2019m saying the most craziest s### that would never be the same,\u201d he said. \u201cBut now they switched it, which I think is fire. Drake did it a few times. Kendrick did it. I think that\u2019s ill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He even brought up his own past success with diss tracks, pointing out that his infamous \u201cCheckmate\u201d diss managed to chart, something he never expected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Checkmate actually reached the Billboard, which I thought was crazy and weird,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t know how the hell that even charted, but things are different now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether rap was becoming a safer space for MCs to express themselves, Jadakiss emphasized the importance of of artists occupying different lanes that work best for them in Hip-Hop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all about balance,\u201d he said. \u201cSome dudes can rap and sing. Some dudes should just rap. Some dudes should do some other stuff. Rap is for rapping. Start doing a bunch of everything else, and it\u2019s getting away from the elements. It\u2019s diminishing the culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Jadakiss concluded his remarks by expressing concern over the homogenization of Hip-Hop, where artists rush to imitate successful formulas instead of crafting their own unique sounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t need to hear 53 more, \u2018They Not Like Us,\u201d he said in part, adding, \u201cJust because that got him five Grammys, his Super Bowl and this and that\u2014when you go to create, don\u2019t try to make that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<aside class=\"article-footer-text\">\n<h2>What do you think about this article?<\/h2>\n<p><span>Share your thoughts in the comments below and join the discussion!<\/span><\/aside>\n<aside\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/news\/jadakiss-on-why-kendrick-lamars-super-bowl-performance-equals-big-win-for-hip-hop\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jadakiss has revealed his feelings about Kendrick Lamar\u2019s recent performance during halftime of Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. During his recent interview with Carmelo Anthony and Kid Mero on the 7PM in Brooklyn podcast, Jadakiss laid out his thoughts on the current state of Hip-Hop music while offering his thoughts on Kendrick Lamar\u2019s Super [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}