Freddie Gibbs throws jabs at Kendrick Lamar in freestyle over Drake’s “Champagne Poetry.”
Freddie Gibbs makes his return to the music scene as he releases a new freestyle over Drake’s song called “Champagne Poetry.” Freddie titled his own version as “Vice Lord Poetry.” This follows up yesterday’s Lupe Fiasco’s freebie over the same instrumental, which was titled “Diet Soda Poetry.” The original version appeared on Drake’s latest #1 album “Certified Lover Boy“.
In the track, Freddie Gibbs also takes shots at Kendrick Lamar, by referencing his recent lyrics on Baby Keem collaboration “Family Ties.”
“They say they smokin’ top 5s,
but you ain’t burnt up the one
F**k ni**as talking ’bout?
Like every time I hit the booth
I don’t leave that bi**h with a body count,” he raps.
The bars appear to be a reaction to lyrics from a recent K-Dot poem. Kendrick Lamar raps “Family Ties” on Baby Keem’s latest track. “The Elohim, the rebirth/Before you get to the Father, you gotta holla at me first, bi**h/Smokin’ on top fives/Muthaf**k that album, f**k that single/Burn that hard drive (Burn that sh*t).”
Netizens react to the song and want a response from Kendrick Lamar. This isn’t the first time Kendrick has elicited a response from a rapper after asserting dominance on vinyl. He raised feathers in 2013 with his line on Big Sean’s “Control,” in which he claimed to be the king of both coasts. Over a dozen rappers reacted with songs aimed squarely at Kendrick, resulting in one of the year’s most popular hip-hop moments. It doesn’t appear like Kendrick’s “Family Ties” verse had the same impact, but Freddie appears to be prepared to throw some punches in the spirit of competition.
Gibbs declares Alfredo, his joint album with The Alchemist, to be the “record of the year” in other passages of his nasty freestyle. He rhymes, I had the album of the year / B**ch, you could ask Nasir,” This year, Nas’ King’s Disease won the Grammy for Best Rap Album, topping Alfredo.
In his second verse, Gibbs broadens his aim and criticizes BET. He states, “F**k the industry, you get lost in it, BET treat a ni**a like I ain’t dark-skinned/But I ain’t f**k with y’all since 106 & Park ended, cypher’s just a waste of time ’cause I walk the park with it.” Additionally, Gibbs uses this track to apologize to Rick Ross for mocking him in the past for being a correctional officer after college.
Check out the track and some reactions below.
Lyricist of the year? 😂
— Big 🐰 (@FreddieGibbs) September 11, 2021
Freddie Gibbs taking shots at Kendrick Lamar pic.twitter.com/5w3zOPwxRs
— 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙙. (@StrappedHH) September 11, 2021
Freddie Gibbs throwin out references to other MCs left and right on this new freestyle pic.twitter.com/GSbvbkRx55
— Joey (@gothamcityrap) September 11, 2021
Freddie Gibbs will always come around and remind you how mid that other stuff is
— King Wow (@WowThatsHipHop) September 11, 2021
“They said they smoking top 5’s but they ain’t burnt up to one” Freddie Gibbs said this and its time for Kendrick Lamar to respond
— This Is Hip Hop (@ThisIsHipHop2) September 11, 2021
if I was Kendrick Lamar, I wouldn’t ignore the fact that Freddie Gibbs is taking shots at me
— mariano 🦦 (@oscos) September 11, 2021
