He is the master of double, triple and at times the quadruple entendres. He is quite simply the greatest lyricist. I'd put him bar for bar with anyone. And yes, I am dick riding. But prove me wrong.
@@rasaanshakur9491 Em is not that hard, he is for mainstream mofos because they're able to make good music. Most of them can't battle rap or truly freestyle, those are the people who didn't make it to the mainstream. Em was one of the few who's high tier lyrical and able to make popular songs.
I listened to Royce first and was like okay this is how you rap.. then Lupe just showed you how to make rap do whatever you want it to.. master class shit..
@@Yo-oz6pj but the problem is even if he is bodied those Stan's won't admit it. His fan base literally won't let him lose. Just like with Drake when Pusha T dragged him
@@Yo-oz6pj There's a major difference between Royce and Em even if their lyrical abilities is similar and that is battle rap as a whole. When Em disses you, he sounds as if he is coming for no one but you, he does not lolli gag on the beat like Royce does, he does not jab unless its a one verse feature thing. When a full diss track is dedicated from Em to you he is only on your ass and no one else's, which is why I believe Em is a much better match up for Lupe. Do I believe Em is better? Possibly no. Do I believe he is a lot more direct and vicious? Definitely yes.
Lupe literally displayed all ways to attack someone in a battle. He just told a story, humiliated, and joked on Royce....while catering to both the advanced listeners and the instant gratification listeners.
@@dutchea be objective, dude. Lupe just tore Royce a new one! I fuck with Royce too but dont come on here acting ignorant, talking that 10x shit. You must not really know who Lupe is....🤦♂️
"I spit your verse to get immersed inside my enemy and to remind you that they have to go through you to get to me. Subtle subordination. Perpetual sidekick. That's sort of a station that you're used to. So you ain't got to get all extremely too personal on your albums when you're not surrounded by bigger artists to fucking boost you." JESUS. FUCKING. CHRIST.
That was the line that ended it, the if it wasn't for/four BODIED him and the rest was overkill don't bring yo ass back.. ETHER level, can't stop playing this shit!!!
@Saurabh Mehta man I like ether. But I've always thought it was really overrated it's just all like insults there's not a ton of substance. I feel like it's one of the best diss tracks of its kind but I would always prefer The Story Of Adidon or like Exodus 23:1 where it's just facts and dismantling someone
This line buried the man unquestionably. "Your penmanship has the fingerprints of a gimmick And affection and the intimacy of impressions of that nigga you friends with I ain't gotta say it to say it I can't even blame you, the nigga's one of my favorites"
It was a complex way of what Eminem told MGK " Cause he knows long as I'm Shady, he's gon' have to live in my shadow" that's royce everytime he's in an interview they ask about Eminem more
@@ThanosTheTitan93 idk if it was "more complex". Complexity isn't comparable here as they have 2 different contexts offering similar meanings In response to MGK saying he'll have intercourse with Kim, Em' says "How the fuck can Him and I battle? He'll have to fuck Kim in my flannel And I'll give him my sandals, cos he knows as long as i'm Shady he's gon' have to live in my shadow" This is more for wordplay on Eminem's own nickname and complete rebuttal, even pointing out the similarities or desperate measures MGK went through in his career and 'Rap Devil' to copy Eminem as a wannabe, even wanting to fuck his own ex-wife. In response to Royce mentioning the love of skin colour difference Lupe apparently has whilst also mentioning himself as an untouchable lyricist, Lupe says (it's already quoted above, just gonna simplify here) "Your lyricism is superficial, even though you come across as personable and likeable like Eminem, he's real, i don't need to point out the difference, you know it" This is more for rebuttal and commentary on Royce's twisted perspective and perhaps contradictory statements. Royce calling Lupe out for loving "white people more than blacks" but is closest of friends with **the** white guy in rap, always defends him and has great love for him, yet even though Eminem as a character is a gimmick, his pen isn't. But Royce's pen is, despite being so close to 1 of the greatest rappers ever
"We both wear glasses, the difference is i was in school thinking it was cool you was thinking of skipping classes, listening to your track record i could see you was skipping classics, i did it on my first one and delivered to the masses. "
@@elliottjones8354 man people are hyping some simple ass shit up haha. This is weak af for lupe standards. Not gonna lie I thought lupe would eat him up, but I give it to royce currently.
@@alsimmons9975 Dude I am one of lupes biggest fans his mixtapes and content changed my life and impacted me greatly but yall are hyping up some bars that are super simple and average for lu’s standards. That bar was dope but not crazy at all. This is coming from someone who thinks Lu is definetly superior to Royce lyrically.
@@domibro1632 Kinda seemed like it here bro 😂 Lupe saw through all his CANDY bars and twisted the only memorable lines from that lyrical miracle shii Royce put out, Lupe warned him he was messing with a demon and Royce wanna put out some passive aggresive bully ish like Lambda? AND THEN he wanna switch the narrative making it look like he under attack when his egotistical bully persona always wanting to jab at Lupe got him into this mess. Smh I didnt know Royce was gon pussy out like this. Royce is really talented and has definitely solidified his craft by the way, this aint a biased thing. But holy shii he just put him through the wringer
@TheBunBun54321 I feel you, my core Hip Hop personal artists are like Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, Krs-One, Immortal Technique, Public Enemy and of course Jay-Z. So Lupe’s stronger political bars hit for me. But the Mixtape I suggested I think is a better illustration of raw skill on the Mic since it is full of conceptual artistry and show off rapping.
The most annoying thing ever is when you mention Lupe to someone and they call him "the 'Kick, Push' dude". Y'all better respect this man pen. There are very, very few even in close proximity of his caliber.
Just because he's more than his song, don't mean he's NOT the "kick, push" dude. What if I was like, "who did that Kick, Push masterpiece?" You gonna NOT say Lupe cause you think it's disrespectful???? It's not like it was someone else.
@@yamonyosun813 Rephrasing the inquiry the way you did immediately changes the narrative. I was referring to the ones who say it diminishingly. I'm sure you know what I mean.
@@yamonyosun813 It's all good. I appreciate you revealing the fallacy. I definitely could've specified in the post, lol. Just a couple of Fiasco fans that want him to be recognized for the bulk of his work, not just whatever made it to the radio or mainstream.
This track is the equivalent to Freeza playing around with Vegeta & them in his 2nd form on Namek. This is pure fire and this ain’t even his final form.
@@warrendchild this was during a time where they had a show together. But during the pandem and after they was always on insta live. Royce paces ALOT. It was just a funny af bar imo.
@@lordtrill7731 🤣they ain't seen nothing and funny part some people didn't see how he broke though a lot of analogies and hypcrocisies around Royce character.🤯.....Royce landed in a spider web and will get devoured🤣
My homie REFUSES to believe Lu did this off the top of his head, but I've been trying to tell him Lu is an alien amongst aliens. Easily one of the best writers ever period and I'm not restricting this to rap. Dude is a legend 12 times over.
Jay Z does this where the essence of the verse we hear is freestyled/improvised but then improved upon afterward. What we hear is not a freestyle but it is derived from one. Some of these bars could have been word for word, flow for flow how Lu freestyled them. Based on the bars of this track it's likely that most of them were improved upon with slight touches and additions after the original freestyle which definitely consisted of more ideas, some of which are left out of the final product. This technique always produces a beautiful paradox; a polished yet rough around the edges composition that is always original and unique.
@@santana8924 have you seen what he does when it's obviously completely off the top? There's freestyles on RUclips he's done that aren't 5 percent as good as this. Most of these lines aren't off the top . I mean it's easy to tell , you don't come up with multi layer punchlines in the middle of multi syllable schemes over and over in an actual improvised freestyle. That's not how rapping works , for anyone
@@Mikelauren212 Kaguya Rinne-sharingan, GG. ❤️ Hagaromo's ability to spam Izanami and izanagi infinitely because of the rinnegan, no loss of eyesight. 💪
Lupe was live with Mickey Factz last night and Mickey asked Lupe “so what’s sup?” And Lupe replied “seeing if this nigga gonna make a mistake” and Mickey replied “no comment I have no comment on that”.
I think after a few years I can officially say this is my favorite diss track of all time…not saying it’s the most disrespectful or hardest hitting but Lupe cut the Achilles off of on the the dopest lyricist to ever do it, dropped it only hours after Royce dropped, and dismantled him in a completely unexpected style and still bared him up the entire way. Lupe was not lying when he told Royce I’m a demon 😭😂
@@GabeCerebro How did things escalate on the podcast to this point? Lupe seems like he felt disrespected by Royce but I cant find anything showing that
its like royce did 20 back flips and put on some crazy acrobatic display of kicks and punches and then Lupe slowly walked up and knocked him on his ass with one punch.
Makes me think of the scene in Indiana Jones where the guy does all the moves and stuff with his weapon then Indy just pulls out his gun and shoots him
Mans gave him 1/2 an slr, lupe might not have meant it but he just put kendrick > royce. Because by my random logic he at least gave kendrick a full slr (3)
“i spit your verse to get immersed inside my enemy, and to remind you they gotta go through you just to get to me… subtle subordination…” lord have mercy
Do you ppl not understand that less is more? There is a stock thing as wafted bars and doing too much. Lupe did a little bit of everything. Royce talks about checking boxes. Lupe checked boxes. He came direct, he had entendres, over the head bars, aggression, and showed control.
Facts! Royce was gaslighting because he knows he got smoked💨. Yet he on live talking bout “checking boxes” fuck outta here Royce if you waving the white flag just say that! Lml. as if Lupe ain’t been one of the greatest lyrical & conceptual rap artists we’ve witnessed from old school to current legends. Royce should be practicing on his response instead of gossiping on live about it 😭
Man what r yall listening to. Yall clearly just don't like royce cuz its not even close. Never seen so much bias in my life. This man lupe rambling off beat for 6 mins and yall gassin this. Sleep
@We Back Royce kicked it off first and took it personal. Lupe kept it to battling "I'm not really interesting in battling Royce, but don't get it fucked up, that doesn't mean I won't cook n****s if you keep pushing buttons. I don't want to do that personally but if you want to make a professional fool of yourself running up against a demon, go ahead" That's all he said. Royce then got in his feelings and called him a bitch.
@@percival6815 Damn, any chance you got a link where I can watch Lupe lay out that warning verbally? Lmao. And is Royce calling Lu a bitch what made Lu do the 9 minute freestyle that apparently started the back and forth?
Been said it, I’ll say it again, LUPE IS THE GREATEST LYRICIST ALIVE. You ain’t gotta like his music, it’s not for everyone but this dude is an absolute MASTER of the craft and ALL of his music requires more than one listen before you can even begin to fathom what he’s saying. Dude is a GENIUS.
I don’t want to say this- but round 1 goes to Lupe. Bar for bar, no watered down transitions, no wasted words. I Can hear him clearly, just enough punches and wordplay without unnecessarily making it too complex. I love both of them but I think Lupe took this one.
I’m not sure....I fux wit lupe. I think Mural is one of the greatest songs ever. But Royce jam packed Lambda with all kinda supreme rap techniques. No fluff
@@KNEWRETRO being on the internet you can say whatever you want bruh - don’t make it true or informed. Everybody don’t see it the way you do- this whole process subjective, is what it is.
"I spit ya verse to get immersed inside my enemy/ and to remind you they gotta go through you, just to get to me" ...god damn Lupe is too good bruh 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
As a Royce stan since Slaughterhouse. (being honest, I was a kid when he first came out.) LUPE absolutely DESTROYED Royce. I'm happy too because as much as i love Royce, He deserved all the credit he got with Prhyme, Slaughterhouse and his last 3 or 4 albums and Bar Exams, He was getting really cocky and him walking around his house all 2020 because of the Rona, he felt himself too much and he got too political and caught up on what's happening on TV. too opinionated. Cant blame him tho, he was stuck inside all day. And then Royce was weird on the podcast, i guess its their "friend dynamic" but it didnt seem geniune. Lupe is a goddamn monster.
@@TheSmilodon85 fucking dope how he recognizes that. I remember there was a video from one of his concerts in around 2010 I believe, and was freestyling, saying something like "I'm better than such and such and Em" then laughed saying "I'm just playing. I can't fuck with Eminem. I got everybody else covered though"
It's more technical come on now, emotionally detached. Just analytical & chilled closer to Takeover with the emotional detachment. Hit em up & Ether take u on a emotional roller-coaster you come out emo invested against the opponent. Big lips jokes & Eff all bad boy non of those emotions with the other two you will get. That's grown up shit, very manly. Hence Royce came out the feminine one. It never pits u against Royce emotionally, it's penmanship that's asked. BARS not the extra shit.
I spit your verse to get immersed inside my enemy / just to remind you they gotta go through you, just to get to me 🔥 dawg this bar was a BAR maybe the best of the whole thing
groveling in the dirt thinking... what... that you would escape the coming fire? Your world will burn until it's surface is but Glass! *Prophet of Truth voice
[Intro] Say yeah, 'Trakk! I apologize man, it was last minute So me ask for this in advance SLR, yeah Said they lean on me Niggas tried to dream on me Told that nigga he can lean on me Fall asleep and have a dream on me Nigga, yeah yeah yeah yeah You see [Verse] It takes niggas weeks They need a comfort zone and some beats Lollygaggers to polymatters that go over responses Get all layered and get technical in they content Press record Then I bring the receipts Lambda lambda lambda I think that shit was sweet I wish I could just kiss you on the cheek Nerds have they hands in everything Gangsters won't even touch the police Won't you tell your niggas get back Take some of those cool fullies and go and get some of our shit back Your problem is you ain't never have no impact KitKats and chit chats and syntax won't make up for how much you sit back I think that nigga scared, he never leave heaven 'cause he already dead, damn Nigga are you insane? What's the point in knowing how to point and aim If the niggas you gon' bang look exactly the same? That ain't motherfucking cool, that's a motherfucking shame This ain't no motherfucking game, that's why I think you are a motherfucking lame We both wear glasses, the difference is I was in school thinking it was cool, you were thinking of skipping classes Listening to your track record I could see you were skipping classics I did it on my first one and delivered to the masses Your songs are immemorable, your verses are impenetrable I ain't even listen to that diss record I only fuck with you cause of your interviews I ain't even trip when you called me a bitch I was like look at Salem, calling me a witch Look at how they made them Look how much they gave them Look at all the assists Nigga, if it wasn't for Premier You wouldn't be, if it wasn't for, if it wasn't for If it wasn't for, if it wasn't for, nigga, I got a dozen more Hov think I'm Hov, Nas think I'm Nas That's the trick, you ain't got to think when niggas already think you are Muah! Your story crooked and your book too Pass the dumb shit but you would shoot somebody's sun holding Sun chips I wish they would've left Biz here, and fucking took you And all your hyper technical hypotheticals In life I've never met with you, from a distance I accepted you From the podcast, I been kind of skeptical This ain't our first clash, this is just one of the several I ain't trying to bash but it was like you was off your schedule You was throwing more than jabs, I was like this nigga is incredible We had to fucking edit you I don't know what vegan, Detroit vegetable, Dr. Sebi diet infected you To think that we share the same metrics, or somehow I was less than you And I was the type of nigga that you could get really disrespectful to I ain't never lectured you I get energetic and joke But in real talk nigga, I ain't never disrespected you I'mma punch you in your fucking face and we all think it's silly I'm thinking like won't this bitch nigga clean up his fucking city I mean you got all of the clout, know how to bring all the niggas out You can walk the walk, I mean we seen you walk all over your house But me and Mickey is geeks Because you got some heat Like I didn't go to the closet and put guns all over the couch Your mental health hotline, I think that shit is grown up But you're the very last nigga that should be picking that phone up I spit your verse to get immersed inside of my enemy And to remind you nigga, I got to go through you, just to get to me Subtle subordination Perpetual sidekick, nigga sort of a station that you used to So you ain't got to get all extremely too personal on your albums when you not surrounded by bigger artists to fucking boost you Nigga you called me, I didn't recruit you But no regrets, I take it as a test Said Lupe you got to have some grace Not be so haphazardly to put the truth all in they face Now that I think about it, that's kind of half and half If a nigga asked you for the strap, why would you keep it in the stash? If you ran the world we'd get defeated in a flash You really gonna be the boss can't keep secrets from the staff I learned that in the streets, nigga sweeping trash Keeping my city clean while you was talking about beating a nigga's ass That shit is wack, long live backpack rap Fuck these Monster drinking, new age conscious thinking Farrakhan today, gangster tomorrow, one foot in they sorrow, another foot in the trap Killers who easily triggered by a little niggas attacks, who have the audacity to ask rappers to rap Facts! [Bridge] Mickey! Ay, ay, listen I ain't done nigga Check this shit out, look, ay [Verse 2] In seven minutes he did it If he knew how to freestyle he could've rented heaven for seven minutes and been done But needed to be done by the second sentence all this extra innings may come across as master But my impressions apprentice your penmanship has the fingerprints of a gimmick And affecting the intimacy of impressions of that nigga you friends with I ain't got to say it to say it I can't even blame you That nigga's one of my favorites But fuck that, back to my status All icy talk spicy like the house of Atreides Inwardly successful, and outwardly I've made it Clearly, if I was a regular rapper you wouldn't even come near me This nigga think he Siri, the answer to your queries What's Siri to Steve Jobs? A Budden to Tahiry I'm excessively cheery, promote my niggas theories What's an alien to a pentagon report? I see your brother trying to cheerlead That's what he's supposed to do And everybody that's fucking close to you Post support, push you forth And calm your black ass down because they didn't put you in the source You chose violence I just want to know when you gonna respond to Osyris And go to E.O.Dub, battle him front a judge Instead of hitting smack and trying to entertain the thugs Come and fuck with us Nerds!
Yo I swear Lu is the best rapper ever, I am a long-time huge fan and I listened to all his albums since this song dropped. All I can say is that he is waaaay ahead of his time when it comes to Rap, way ahead of even the greats in Rap's pool. He too genius with it. He too intellectual, too Cool. He will be hailed and taught about in schools. So underrated it Hurts Me Soul.
04:53 WAIT A MINUTE!!!! 🤔🤭🤯🔥 “Talk Spicy Like the House of Atreides!” Not just bars, GOLD BARS🔥🔥🔥 This line points back to the 1984 Cult Classic, DUNE...N@@ga I’m done🔥🔥
Its also the same house for the illiad and odyssey, its where Agamemnon was head of. The whole reason for the Trojan war is the brother's wife was stolen.
A dozen more has nothing to do with d12 Royce is more respected, successful, and impactful then those guys. And what did they do to help Royce. Tfoh with everyone say saying that. Royce is dope but Lupe bodied him on this✊🏼
Greatest line of all of Rap "Nerds have they hands in everything Gangsters won't even touch the police" This goes for all rappers not just this beef; I bow to you. Fucking genius.
@@Chedbenno The greatness of it is that Lupe is known for being one of the best lyricist of all time, both Jay-z and Nas have confirmed that, which says alot, but he showed how effortlessly he could disarm Royce by waking up in the middle of the night and putting out a response in 2-3 hours by recording his song doing a punch-in-freestyle, toying with Royce...while Royce spent 1 week making a song just rhyming random words together, throwing subtle shots, while Lupe was rapping while talking directly to him...there is a reason why Royce never responded and got all emotional on ig live, talking about how he would kill lupe with a response, but it was all talk and no rapping, you must be in the 10% who feel Royce won 😂
@@PrincD90 no he didn't confirm anything. This is garbage. It's doesn't matter how well he CAN rap, he didn't do it here. This is garbage. Give whatever excuses you want. It sucks. And I never felt it was a battle. Royce said he could rap better and then he came and rapped better. Lupe made a diss track, but he didn't rap better. If this was a battle Royce won without even battling, why, because in my unbiased opinion as a Lupe fan, this is trash. Period. If I rapped this y'all would call it trash, if MGK rapped this y'all would call it trash. This is trash. Lupe can battle me, you can battle me, Lupe's fans can battle me, not Micky factz tho his verse was fire, this is garbage. I have had bowel movements that flowed better than this...BARS
Royce ruined his rapper mystique fckin around what Instagram lives and poking lyrical monsters... He can try to play victim but the internet has receipts...
I hoping Kendrick does to drake what Lupe did to Royce. Them bars to make your soul burn slow. The type of bars that have you looking in the mirror and reconsider your life. Attacking all your insecurities ones you didn’t even know about till they were laid out on a track for all to hear. To be honest Royce pushed himself into a corner with all the live’s the podcast he left himself over exposed. All Lupe said was why are the rappers talking instead of rapping. when the rapping finally started Lupe came back with surgical strikes. Don’t know if Kendrick has enough stuff on drake that drake hasn’t already exposed or embraced. So unsure if he will be able to cut deep like Lupe was able to.
What people finding this don't know. Lupe woke up in the middle of the night, freestyled and released this.. all within an hr of "Silence of the Lambda" release.
Maybe its a reach, but the "you don't gotta think when niggas already think you are" is probably a nod to Descartes' cogito "I think therefore I am" and he ends the line with "muah" which sounds like the french word for "I" (moi), also Descasrtes is french, genius Lupe
I think he's just saying that Nas thinks he's one of the greatest and Jov thinks the same so you don't have to think about whether you're the greatest when some of the greatest are telling you that you are.
@@dealowmorgan885 although I love Og's thought process I doubt we can both be right in this instance because both conclusions contradict each other. One is saying "I think therefore I am" while the other says I don't need to think when the greats already think I am. But, there's a possibility he's right and since Lupe's always seems to be doing a Livestream, if we really wanted to know, one of us can just ask him. Muah! Lol
I am from Massachusetts and this bar right here blew my mind !! “I ain't even trip when you called me a bitch I was like, "Look at Salem, calling me a witch" Look at how they made him, look how much they gave him”
285,216 views on a new Lupe Fiasco video release in 2021...so nice to see that there are a lot of people out there that have superb taste. Glad to see others enjoying this art.
Lol hell yeah. It'll go over the niggas heads who haven't listened to the podcasts at all though. Soon as I heard that bar I was like damn, Tom Frank in the middle of this shit now 😂
@@kbailey1283 damn i didnt scroll down far enough i just wrote a whole paragraph explaining this on someone else's comment, i immediately caught the reference when he said flash, genius!
I appreciate them both, I appreciate the culture, but like Whoa...... Royce is a top tier MC, but... Lupe is elite. That's all. 4:31-4:50 is insanely stellar . Lupe is different.
In addition to being a master lyricist I feel like Lupe is also a G for real. A LOT of his music is quietly terrifying once you understand how he codes things. I'm a huge fan of both of these dudes and even though it's sad to see personal relationships go sour it's definitely exciting to see two S-class emcees go for each others' throats.
Just one... Royce has been preaching on Instagram this whole time. But, I agree with your "quietly terrifying" take. I think Lupe has been telling us his story on every album in the most abstract way possible so he doesn't incriminate himself.
@@seansaevang1634 making it out of the hood definitely is an accomplishment unto itself but that alone doesn't make someone a G. And most Gs don't make it out the hood. Lupe is an actual G from the Chi who made it out of the hood.
Put it this way: Never in his rap career has ANYBODY ran up on Lupe. He's like MC Hammer in that way. You may think he corny or a nerd or some shit, but fuck around and find out the hard way.... This nigga done told us multiple times ON WAX that he ain't really got em all. Look at his raps. You think a normal-thinking nigga coming up with shit like this??? It's like, thank God MJ had basketball, because Heaven knows what he woulda put that insane competitive brain to otherwise. THAT'S Lupe Fiasco
I was waiting for this all morning. Been checking for the killas response as soon as Royce dropped that "silence of the lambda" Knew lupe was gonna waste no time going for the kill.
In 7 minutes he did it/ if he knew how to freestyle he could’ve rented Heaven for 7 minutes and been done what needed to be done by the second sentence/ All these extra innings may come across as Master- but my impression; apprentice/ Ya penmanship has the fingerprints of a gimmick and affection and the intimacy of impressions of that nigga you friends with/ I ain’t gotta say it to say it/ I can't even blame you the nigga’s one of my favorites Sheesh!
This is definitely some ether, no vaseline, bitch in u level shit. I see it's a bunch of fans in the chat in they feelings this is CRAZY and it's OVER!!!
@@RIDGEMATIC I gotta say ether shouldn’t be on that list, Jay was the one coming with facts so I know he fucked Nas’ girl and showed him his first Tech 9, who cares how Nas strung syllables.
Lupe, how can you be so calm while eating a whole man's career? He brought you beef, and you're just steadily snacking on it, maintaining eye contact like this isn't his life blood running down the sides of your mouth. That's mf'ing cold
"I'm excessively cheery" in other words I'm playing, just warming up, feeling generous and in a good mood, you don't wanna see me angry I'll destroy you.
Effortless. Sounds like he was just casually sat back in some silk pj's and bunny slippers w his feet kicked up in the booth while he was killing this man. Love Royce, he's one of the goats... but this was just an effortless beating from start to finish.
Lupe just killed him with this one. Listened to royce and just like all his songs his bars are insane but I can only listen for like 2 minutes before I get tired of listening to great lines with no rhythm. But I couldn't not stop listening to Lupe's track. Hes just beat him with a better song and better more personal lines. Lupe still underated because everyone can't get passed the kick push days 😭
@@TheRealDieYoung lupe to dense 4 alot of folks to comprehend clearly....my top 5 lyricists are ...black thought...nas..Kool g rap..lupe n gza ( genius) ..@ 39 ...I neva thought the odds of some1 I would've held slightly higher den krs 1...rakim ..Andre 3k..or pun for that matter in the 2000s to take 1 out for lu..bit his pen is 🔥🔥🔥...n consistent...💯
After listening to it 3 times i concluded Lupe not only bodied Royce but also rapped through Royce and delivered the message to Royce's Master 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Damn,Lupe so fluid and vaporised on the same level.... I'm Speechless!
@@thetruest7497 I hope so, then we gotta wait for Daylyt or Loaded Lux to hop on a team with Lupe and body them... only if Lupe doesn't body them alone. (It's almost impossible to battle both Royce and Eminem, but let's see)
Lupe, if you ever see this, man, yiou liscensed your song Kick Push to a Tony Hawk game for Wii. Man I muted every other song and bumped that again and again as a kid, and Im quite sure its effected a lot about me and my life. Thanks, man, I know the suits and ties. tell you bullshit and lies, Im glad youre back
Fam. Lupes song Glory off the Revenge of the Nerds mixtape LITERALLY changed my life and my perception of the world. I was a naive 16yr old who had no idea about corruption and man. That song still gives me chills down my spine bro.
@@GeezyLoves420 I'm still amazed at Glory. He rapped 3 verses using the same 6 syllable rhyme scheme the entire time. Most greats might keep up a 4 syllable rhyme for a half a verse.
Just came back to change the flowers on Royce grave
Bruh. He looked so peaceful 😥
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Paying my respects this morning lol. Peace be upon Mr. Montgomery 🙏🏾
SHEEEESH!!a... you're mean. 🙂
If it wasn’t for, if it wasn’t for (four), repeated it four time (slaughterhouse member of four). I’ve got a dozen more (D12) 💯🦁
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥layers on layers on layers🤲....all from the top of the dome🤯🤧
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Damn would never have got that
Brooooooooooo
Wooooooow!
it's almost frustrating how good Lupe is at rapping, you gotta listen to this shit for easter eggs like a marvel movie
FActs! You catch something new every time. It’s sick🔥
He is the master of double, triple and at times the quadruple entendres. He is quite simply the greatest lyricist. I'd put him bar for bar with anyone. And yes, I am dick riding. But prove me wrong.
Correction, his one of the greatest
@@mynameis3983 agreed
Not really, this shit was basic af
Royce too busy checkin boxes he didn't even realize that Lupe put him in one.
that's a bar
That’s on point lol
lol
@@MCPabs he was beefing with D12 and got clout from it. So if it wasn't for...
@@MCPabs out of association and notoriety. his name was lifted up due to his beef with D12
i see why Mos Def declined to battle him.. Mos Def yall!
Bruh
& Royce fans are delusional af in this comment section. They annoying 🙄
I'm a Royce fan. But He got Haki'ed by Lupe.
Love Mos! Mos is in tune with rap and knows to avoid this so call nerd lol.
@@rasaanshakur9491 Em is not that hard, he is for mainstream mofos because they're able to make good music. Most of them can't battle rap or truly freestyle, those are the people who didn't make it to the mainstream. Em was one of the few who's high tier lyrical and able to make popular songs.
My wife was like “Why Lupe sound like a disappointment father. Like, ‘I ain’t mad, just do better…’” I’m dead! Lupe is the GOAT
BRUH........
Damn
Cold blooded! 😂
Your wife a Lupe fan? Ask her if she single.
@@earllee9080 lmaooooo
I listened to Royce first and was like okay this is how you rap.. then Lupe just showed you how to make rap do whatever you want it to.. master class shit..
Couldn't have said it better
Perfect explanation
@@ngonga1641 right
@@Yo-oz6pj but the problem is even if he is bodied those Stan's won't admit it. His fan base literally won't let him lose. Just like with Drake when Pusha T dragged him
@@Yo-oz6pj There's a major difference between Royce and Em even if their lyrical abilities is similar and that is battle rap as a whole. When Em disses you, he sounds as if he is coming for no one but you, he does not lolli gag on the beat like Royce does, he does not jab unless its a one verse feature thing.
When a full diss track is dedicated from Em to you he is only on your ass and no one else's, which is why I believe Em is a much better match up for Lupe.
Do I believe Em is better? Possibly no. Do I believe he is a lot more direct and vicious? Definitely yes.
There is a reason Mos declined to battle Lupe.
Royce just found out why. 😂
Haha I remember that too. Mos was smart.
@@bw4348mos def is leagues above royce, his battle with lupe would've been close
@@fanaticsoccersuper he didn't think so.
@@bw4348 😂😂i understand why he got cold feet, its lupe
Lmao i forgot but this did really happen. Mos made an open challenge and then immediately backed down when Lupe accepted.
Lupe literally displayed all ways to attack someone in a battle. He just told a story, humiliated, and joked on Royce....while catering to both the advanced listeners and the instant gratification listeners.
royce is 10 times better
Without mentioning his fiance or anyone else in his family to disrespect them, making it about life threats, charts or money... Straight bars...
@@dutchea but can't attack with the pen... Lupe shows he is the better diss battler
@@dutchea be objective, dude. Lupe just tore Royce a new one! I fuck with Royce too but dont come on here acting ignorant, talking that 10x shit. You must not really know who Lupe is....🤦♂️
@@FRKMASON-cu8gu You childeren are new to hiphop so i understand.
"I spit your verse to get immersed inside my enemy and to remind you that they have to go through you to get to me. Subtle subordination. Perpetual sidekick. That's sort of a station that you're used to. So you ain't got to get all extremely too personal on your albums when you're not surrounded by bigger artists to fucking boost you."
JESUS. FUCKING. CHRIST.
That's what i said 👌💯😂😂
Why would anyone play with Lupe. 😂
@Zeadwing2pointoh so they can have the truth haphazardly thrown in their face.
“The Problem is that you ain’t neva had no Impact.” Killed em wit truth.
That was the line that ended it, the if it wasn't for/four BODIED him and the rest was overkill don't bring yo ass back..
ETHER level, can't stop playing this shit!!!
That shit had me like 😬😬😬
@Saurabh Mehta man I like ether. But I've always thought it was really overrated it's just all like insults there's not a ton of substance. I feel like it's one of the best diss tracks of its kind but I would always prefer The Story Of Adidon or like Exodus 23:1 where it's just facts and dismantling someone
@@transltion I swear I've always said this!
@@transltion takeover was pure facts
This line buried the man unquestionably.
"Your penmanship has the fingerprints of a gimmick
And affection and the intimacy of impressions of that nigga you friends with
I ain't gotta say it to say it
I can't even blame you, the nigga's one of my favorites"
That one was cold I raise you
"Hov think I'm Hov
Nas think I'm Nas
That's the trick you ain't got to think
When niggas already think you are"
It was a complex way of what Eminem told MGK " Cause he knows long as I'm Shady, he's gon' have to live in my shadow" that's royce everytime he's in an interview they ask about Eminem more
This line is hilarious…..is he implying that Eminem writes Royce’s lyrics 🤣😂🤣
@@jasonthompson6789 I think its more of a you will always be over shadowed by eminem
@@ThanosTheTitan93 idk if it was "more complex". Complexity isn't comparable here as they have 2 different contexts offering similar meanings
In response to MGK saying he'll have intercourse with Kim, Em' says
"How the fuck can Him and I battle?
He'll have to fuck Kim in my flannel
And I'll give him my sandals, cos he knows as long as i'm Shady
he's gon' have to live in my shadow"
This is more for wordplay on Eminem's own nickname and complete rebuttal, even pointing out the similarities or desperate measures MGK went through in his career and 'Rap Devil' to copy Eminem as a wannabe, even wanting to fuck his own ex-wife.
In response to Royce mentioning the love of skin colour difference Lupe apparently has whilst also mentioning himself as an untouchable lyricist, Lupe says (it's already quoted above, just gonna simplify here) "Your lyricism is superficial, even though you come across as personable and likeable like Eminem, he's real, i don't need to point out the difference, you know it"
This is more for rebuttal and commentary on Royce's twisted perspective and perhaps contradictory statements. Royce calling Lupe out for loving "white people more than blacks" but is closest of friends with **the** white guy in rap, always defends him and has great love for him, yet even though Eminem as a character is a gimmick, his pen isn't. But Royce's pen is, despite being so close to 1 of the greatest rappers ever
"We both wear glasses, the difference is i was in school thinking it was cool you was thinking of skipping classes, listening to your track record i could see you was skipping classics, i did it on my first one and delivered to the masses. "
This bar had me doing the nasty stank face. Lupe has GOT to be in the convo for goats
That shit was wack, stop capping
@@elliottjones8354 you crazy or young or ignorant or all
@@elliottjones8354 man people are hyping some simple ass shit up haha. This is weak af for lupe standards. Not gonna lie I thought lupe would eat him up, but I give it to royce currently.
@@alsimmons9975 Dude I am one of lupes biggest fans his mixtapes and content changed my life and impacted me greatly but yall are hyping up some bars that are super simple and average for lu’s standards. That bar was dope but not crazy at all. This is coming from someone who thinks Lu is definetly superior to Royce lyrically.
This response just solidifies the fact that Lupe is on another level lyrically. This is what you call "playing with your food."
Royce will never be food to lupe 😂😂
@@domibro1632 Kinda seemed like it here bro 😂
Lupe saw through all his CANDY bars and twisted the only memorable lines from that lyrical miracle shii Royce put out, Lupe warned him he was messing with a demon and Royce wanna put out some passive aggresive bully ish like Lambda? AND THEN he wanna switch the narrative making it look like he under attack when his egotistical bully persona always wanting to jab at Lupe got him into this mess. Smh I didnt know Royce was gon pussy out like this.
Royce is really talented and has definitely solidified his craft by the way, this aint a biased thing. But holy shii he just put him through the wringer
@@m1ka-DeL1c biased much y’all dickriding this simple shit lupe did it wasn’t as good Royce had more soulful beat and layers
This is just Lupe saying. "Stop BSing, Ill school you, youre not that lyrical, you don't want an "SLR4"
@@xposebandwagons7777 bruh..layers is cool but it a diss..this is just a simple hey let me read you for a sec..lupe aint trying rn
Huge fan of both, but Jesus Christ, Lupe went crazy on this one.
Royce one of my top list MC’s , never heard of Lupe before, AND
Both did great but Lupe you are damn good 🙌🏽
@@maz6667 Check out Lupe’s mixtape “Friend of the People: I Fight Evil”
@TheBunBun54321 I feel you, my core Hip Hop personal artists are like Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, Krs-One, Immortal Technique, Public Enemy and of course Jay-Z. So Lupe’s stronger political bars hit for me. But the Mixtape I suggested I think is a better illustration of raw skill on the Mic since it is full of conceptual artistry and show off rapping.
@@maz6667 Better yet, listen to Mural but you better be prepared because it's extremely complex and I'm not exaggerating. ❤️
Nahhhhhh
Royce is a lyrical titan. But lupe made even him look like a novice. THERE TRULY IS LEVELS TO THIS.
Even titans get killed
I love Royce but I don’t think he truly understood how much of an alien Lupe is
@@stevenmoore3381 this all started because royce has an ego. Lupe had to humble him.
If royce is a titan lupe is uranus fr
He did not make Royce look like a novice, but he did body the fuck out of him
The most annoying thing ever is when you mention Lupe to someone and they call him "the 'Kick, Push' dude". Y'all better respect this man pen. There are very, very few even in close proximity of his caliber.
Facts. For me it usually goes like this:
“You ever listen to FIASCO?”
“…you mean the ‘show goes on’ guy?”
“Bye”
Just because he's more than his song, don't mean he's NOT the "kick, push" dude. What if I was like, "who did that Kick, Push masterpiece?" You gonna NOT say Lupe cause you think it's disrespectful???? It's not like it was someone else.
@@yamonyosun813 Rephrasing the inquiry the way you did immediately changes the narrative. I was referring to the ones who say it diminishingly. I'm sure you know what I mean.
@@jayh2772 Fair. Thanks for the elaboration. ✌️😏
@@yamonyosun813 It's all good. I appreciate you revealing the fallacy. I definitely could've specified in the post, lol. Just a couple of Fiasco fans that want him to be recognized for the bulk of his work, not just whatever made it to the radio or mainstream.
This track is the equivalent to Freeza playing around with Vegeta & them in his 2nd form on Namek. This is pure fire and this ain’t even his final form.
Or Imperfect Cell 🦾🦾🦾
It ain't Royce s final form either
Love the analogy but I hope you know Royce just baited him in to start the battle. He is nowhere near his final form either.
@@Fearhumans no he didn’t royce can’t do anything else
@@trusol8631 i wanted to disagree but just saw a clip of his IG Live…he’s making excuses, he doesn’t want none. 🤦🏾♂️
I FINALLY understand why Lupe keeps saying people are scared to battle him 💀💀💀💀💀💀🔥🔥🔥
Mos def ran way 😕 😪 🤣🤣🤧
Go Royce!!
Hahahaha. You made me very happy.
CLEANED this nigga!!!
He just like Em Look at how Kendrick Neva responded 2 him & I got mad luv 4 K dot.
It's months later and the line "You can walk the walk, we seen you walk all over yo house" still hurts.
What does it mean?
@@warrendchild this was during a time where they had a show together. But during the pandem and after they was always on insta live. Royce paces ALOT. It was just a funny af bar imo.
@@KJango804 thanks for clarifying. I'm late to the party.
@@warrendchild no problem .
Widddddduhdack
He’s mastered the art of rapping, only a few in hip hop history have reached this level. Royce can't do anything with this.
Lol if you think that, keep listening to more music
Omega Level!
As long as Phonte Coleman is in that “master” list then you’re allowed to have a list, if not……
@@Hhhh-zz8kx name a better lyricist?
@@mindlessmonk3322 Eminem😂
"I ain't even trip when you called me a bitch, I was like look at Salem calling me a witch" 🔥😭😭
I wanna steal that line so bad.. but I won’t.
That shit weak
@@the-lil-xur really tripping
@@the-lil-x😂😂😂
Crazy thing is.. True fans of his music can hear that hes only playing around.. (The calm before the Storm)
That's why he said 1/2.....I can't wait for him to come with that horse kick🔥🔥🔥
@@letlhogonololetlhake6832😂😂Bruh, He walked into a bear trap🤦🏿♂️. Lu been waiting for YEARS for a challenge like this
@@lordtrill7731 🤣they ain't seen nothing and funny part some people didn't see how he broke though a lot of analogies and hypcrocisies around Royce character.🤯.....Royce landed in a spider web and will get devoured🤣
Yeah he just having fun with the track on this one. He rarely gets loud on a beat cause he doesn’t have to in my opinion
Hope he goes full SLR 4
My homie REFUSES to believe Lu did this off the top of his head, but I've been trying to tell him Lu is an alien amongst aliens. Easily one of the best writers ever period and I'm not restricting this to rap. Dude is a legend 12 times over.
Jay Z does this where the essence of the verse we hear is freestyled/improvised but then improved upon afterward. What we hear is not a freestyle but it is derived from one. Some of these bars could have been word for word, flow for flow how Lu freestyled them. Based on the bars of this track it's likely that most of them were improved upon with slight touches and additions after the original freestyle which definitely consisted of more ideas, some of which are left out of the final product. This technique always produces a beautiful paradox; a polished yet rough around the edges composition that is always original and unique.
@@DMary27 you gotta remember this came out maybe 7 hours after royces shit
Still can't believe it and I'm a fan
Well show him what lu will actually do when he writes and if ur boy knows about spitting... He will see the difference in sound, delivery and energy.
@@santana8924 have you seen what he does when it's obviously completely off the top? There's freestyles on RUclips he's done that aren't 5 percent as good as this. Most of these lines aren't off the top . I mean it's easy to tell , you don't come up with multi layer punchlines in the middle of multi syllable schemes over and over in an actual improvised freestyle. That's not how rapping works , for anyone
Lupe’s only using his base sharingan, he hasn’t even broken out the mangekyo yet.
Mangekyo sharingan is fodder, Lupe finna unlock the rinnegan
@@bobopatchnosuke229 sounds interesting, mind blessing me with the references?
@@Mikelauren212 Kaguya Rinne-sharingan, GG. ❤️
Hagaromo's ability to spam Izanami and izanagi infinitely because of the rinnegan, no loss of eyesight. 💪
@@Mikelauren212 Naruto references. Come in fuck with us, nerds.
@@youngtetsuo8271 Onboard my guy!!
Lupe was live with Mickey Factz last night and Mickey asked Lupe “so what’s sup?” And Lupe replied “seeing if this nigga gonna make a mistake” and Mickey replied “no comment I have no comment on that”.
Lmao Mickey said my name Bennet and I ain't in it
@@Sway_Boogie that’s right he sure did say that also Mickey said that he thought Royce was gonna drop something about a week ago.
where can i watch that shit
@@illmatic6789 on RUclips.
Lupe out for blood
Thanks FD Signifier
he gassed this tho lml
@@midasmusa3660 English
what happened?
@@midasmusa3660not at all lupe been a lyrical beast
@@ImInYourBrains he posted this on his community tab as an example of a good diss track.
I think after a few years I can officially say this is my favorite diss track of all time…not saying it’s the most disrespectful or hardest hitting but Lupe cut the Achilles off of on the the dopest lyricist to ever do it, dropped it only hours after Royce dropped, and dismantled him in a completely unexpected style and still bared him up the entire way. Lupe was not lying when he told Royce I’m a demon 😭😂
Not to mention pretty sure lupe freestyles it
"It's hard being a Lupe fan. Go to Harvard and be a Lupe stan."
Slr2 my favorite
I ain't saying, that I'm harder.. but it's harder when its it Lupe's hands! Welcome niggas Lupe Land SLR
“Now back to the hard part… you would say pause, but I was talking bout my own BALLS”
I had a random urge to listen to SLR2 and was pleasantly surprised that this came out
@@paytonjordan1625 dear lord have mercy on my banana clips
We needed this. Can more people diss lupe. So we can find out why hes the best
Ha I know right. Please who’s next
🤣🤣🤣
Kendrick vs Lupe would be awesome... I got Lupe
*man
Royce>
Sounds like boxes got checked.
Af lol
lol what does this mean , im seeing it everywhere
@@slap3718 Royce said Lupe doesn’t check all the boxes as a rapper
@@GabeCerebro How did things escalate on the podcast to this point? Lupe seems like he felt disrespected by Royce but I cant find anything showing that
Royce called him a “bitch”, that is the most disrespectful thing you can say and it wasn’t warranted.
its like royce did 20 back flips and put on some crazy acrobatic display of kicks and punches and then Lupe slowly walked up and knocked him on his ass with one punch.
Makes me think of the scene in Indiana Jones where the guy does all the moves and stuff with his weapon then Indy just pulls out his gun and shoots him
@@supaman432 shit Lupe was Indiana Jones lol
Mans gave him 1/2 an slr, lupe might not have meant it but he just put kendrick > royce. Because by my random logic he at least gave kendrick a full slr (3)
Lupe's One Punch Man in the flesh
@@daltonbradford2014 don't you dare insult that man like that. Lupe is Captain Atom😂💪
“i spit your verse to get immersed inside my enemy, and to remind you they gotta go through you just to get to me… subtle subordination…”
lord have mercy
wow!
On us all...
some final boss rhetoric
Had to listen back to this line 3 times, some thanos level bars 🐐
Geeeeeeeze
In the bathroom catching metaphors six months later Damn Lupe is a genius
@The Answer 🤣🤣
“If you ran the world we would be defeated in a FLASH” podcast bars 😂
Right. That shits too funny 😂
Oh run the world and flash. Got it. Took a minute.
Uh justice league? Flash ran the world to save it but in their case
@@hexagonoctogon3140 yeah if he was in charge we’d be de feeted (beaten) in a flash (quickly).
The pic from the pod when he had on the flash shirt
I've listened to this song so many times I've lost count. Still not sick of it. Work of art.
Probably my 97th time lol for both Mickey and this one.
Same and watched countless reactions lol
RUclips music recap 2021 said : 145 times in a single week
It's fantastic
@@RIDGEMATIC if its so good how come ur not here a year later?
“They gotta go through you, just to get to me” DAMN
Do you ppl not understand that less is more? There is a stock thing as wafted bars and doing too much. Lupe did a little bit of everything. Royce talks about checking boxes. Lupe checked boxes. He came direct, he had entendres, over the head bars, aggression, and showed control.
Facts! Royce was gaslighting because he knows he got smoked💨. Yet he on live talking bout “checking boxes” fuck outta here Royce if you waving the white flag just say that! Lml. as if Lupe ain’t been one of the greatest lyrical & conceptual rap artists we’ve witnessed from old school to current legends. Royce should be practicing on his response instead of gossiping on live about it 😭
Man what r yall listening to. Yall clearly just don't like royce cuz its not even close. Never seen so much bias in my life.
This man lupe rambling off beat for 6 mins and yall gassin this. Sleep
You got Royce out here real emotional, hurt.
@We Back Royce kicked it off first and took it personal. Lupe kept it to battling "I'm not really interesting in battling Royce, but don't get it fucked up, that doesn't mean I won't cook n****s if you keep pushing buttons. I don't want to do that personally but if you want to make a professional fool of yourself running up against a demon, go ahead" That's all he said.
Royce then got in his feelings and called him a bitch.
His bad. Popping all that shit and got his head knocked clean off lol
@@percival6815 Damn, any chance you got a link where I can watch Lupe lay out that warning verbally? Lmao. And is Royce calling Lu a bitch what made Lu do the 9 minute freestyle that apparently started the back and forth?
Calm down dude.
@Terrell Newton Canibus would cool Lupe, sorry.
Been said it, I’ll say it again, LUPE IS THE GREATEST LYRICIST ALIVE. You ain’t gotta like his music, it’s not for everyone but this dude is an absolute MASTER of the craft and ALL of his music requires more than one listen before you can even begin to fathom what he’s saying. Dude is a GENIUS.
I don’t want to say this- but round 1 goes to Lupe. Bar for bar, no watered down transitions, no wasted words. I Can hear him clearly, just enough punches and wordplay without unnecessarily making it too complex.
I love both of them but I think Lupe took this one.
I’m not sure....I fux wit lupe. I think Mural is one of the greatest songs ever. But Royce jam packed Lambda with all kinda supreme rap techniques. No fluff
@@AviatorMediaGroup13 The whole track was fluff, faux-depth filled technique.
Pretty much every round will go yo lupe, he's just better
If u cant understand royce bars just say that.
@@KNEWRETRO being on the internet you can say whatever you want bruh - don’t make it true or informed. Everybody don’t see it the way you do- this whole process subjective, is what it is.
To quote the 🐐 "they ask is this day to day because this like a week to us"
stop playing with Lupe like he don't do this for real.
"This aint dissing,no this is civil disobedience "
“Mic is shy and speakers blush”
"I spit ya verse to get immersed inside my enemy/ and to remind you they gotta go through you, just to get to me" ...god damn Lupe is too good bruh 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
One of the best lines I’ve ever heard
You just bodied Em’s secretary 😂
😂
⚰️
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh shit
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
Makes me wonder if Em is ever going to diss Lu now
You know I'm glad someone finally gave Lupe a reason to stretch his legs and run a quick lap.
This is just rap, you can’t dislike this. This is too fire 🔥
I just did.
As a Royce stan since Slaughterhouse. (being honest, I was a kid when he first came out.) LUPE absolutely DESTROYED Royce. I'm happy too because as much as i love Royce, He deserved all the credit he got with Prhyme, Slaughterhouse and his last 3 or 4 albums and Bar Exams, He was getting really cocky and him walking around his house all 2020 because of the Rona, he felt himself too much and he got too political and caught up on what's happening on TV. too opinionated. Cant blame him tho, he was stuck inside all day. And then Royce was weird on the podcast, i guess its their "friend dynamic" but it didnt seem geniune.
Lupe is a goddamn monster.
“i ain’t gotta say it to say it… i can’t even blame you, the nigga’s one of my favorites”
i LOVE Lupe, man 😭
It's a disservice to Em, Slaughterhouse and Premier to see this man die like this
He was referring to em, no?
@@CriticalThought004 Yes
@@TheSmilodon85 fucking dope how he recognizes that. I remember there was a video from one of his concerts in around 2010 I believe, and was freestyling, saying something like "I'm better than such and such and Em" then laughed saying "I'm just playing. I can't fuck with Eminem. I got everybody else covered though"
I thought he was talking about King Los cuss he recently said king los is currently the best rapper
I can officially call this "Ether II."
YES!
Nah this is takeover 2
@@wizard932 issss boff!!!🔥
It's more technical come on now, emotionally detached. Just analytical & chilled closer to Takeover with the emotional detachment. Hit em up & Ether take u on a emotional roller-coaster you come out emo invested against the opponent. Big lips jokes & Eff all bad boy non of those emotions with the other two you will get. That's grown up shit, very manly. Hence Royce came out the feminine one. It never pits u against Royce emotionally, it's penmanship that's asked. BARS not the extra shit.
Ether aged like shit. “Gay z Cockafella” 🤣
It’s criminal how good Lupe is. Top 5 all time.
I like ur picture
@@3rdeyerap if u know u know💯
Most definitely 😌👌🏽
Lupe top 5 lyrically yesssss..o.a.t..
I spit your verse to get immersed inside my enemy / just to remind you they gotta go through you, just to get to me 🔥 dawg this bar was a BAR maybe the best of the whole thing
Followed by Subtle subordination. Just the cadence feels great.
Exactly. I rewinded that line about 4 times, like “Daaaaaammmmmnnnnnnn!”
This is honestly when I determined that Lupe won.
This is why brother lu told brother Royce to “get the practicin” 🤣
- Only Lupe can win New Music Friday . . . On a Thursday - 💯
FACTS
Lupe to Royce:
You overestimate your own abilities with no idea of the depth of my own and look at you now, grovelling in the dirt...
*Itachi's voice
groveling in the dirt thinking... what... that you would escape the coming fire? Your world will burn until it's surface is but Glass!
*Prophet of Truth voice
Shout out to Itachi! RIP to the realest!
2024 and I'm still playing this master of war track
Royce was just rhyming words with a few punches ; but this??? This was an ass whoopin
What's Royce's track called?
Mumble rappers just rhyme words; that Royce shit was lyrical acrobatics.
@@TheZAibatsu silence of the lambda
@@joekralovic2013 fair enough but my stance hasn’t changed on the second part
@@drizzledizzle1903 and I can't really argue with the second part
One of the best response records ever he calmly and very nonchalantly killed this dude 💯
[Intro]
Say yeah, 'Trakk!
I apologize man, it was last minute
So me ask for this in advance
SLR, yeah
Said they lean on me
Niggas tried to dream on me
Told that nigga he can lean on me
Fall asleep and have a dream on me
Nigga, yeah yeah yeah yeah
You see
[Verse]
It takes niggas weeks
They need a comfort zone and some beats
Lollygaggers to polymatters that go over responses
Get all layered and get technical in they content
Press record
Then I bring the receipts
Lambda lambda lambda
I think that shit was sweet
I wish I could just kiss you on the cheek
Nerds have they hands in everything
Gangsters won't even touch the police
Won't you tell your niggas get back
Take some of those cool fullies and go and get some of our shit back
Your problem is you ain't never have no impact
KitKats and chit chats and syntax won't make up for how much you sit back
I think that nigga scared, he never leave heaven 'cause he already dead, damn
Nigga are you insane?
What's the point in knowing how to point and aim
If the niggas you gon' bang look exactly the same?
That ain't motherfucking cool, that's a motherfucking shame
This ain't no motherfucking game, that's why I think you are a motherfucking lame
We both wear glasses, the difference is I was in school thinking it was cool, you were thinking of skipping classes
Listening to your track record I could see you were skipping classics
I did it on my first one and delivered to the masses
Your songs are immemorable, your verses are impenetrable
I ain't even listen to that diss record
I only fuck with you cause of your interviews
I ain't even trip when you called me a bitch
I was like look at Salem, calling me a witch
Look at how they made them
Look how much they gave them
Look at all the assists
Nigga, if it wasn't for Premier
You wouldn't be, if it wasn't for, if it wasn't for
If it wasn't for, if it wasn't for, nigga, I got a dozen more
Hov think I'm Hov, Nas think I'm Nas
That's the trick, you ain't got to think when niggas already think you are
Muah!
Your story crooked and your book too
Pass the dumb shit but you would shoot somebody's sun holding Sun chips
I wish they would've left Biz here, and fucking took you
And all your hyper technical hypotheticals
In life I've never met with you, from a distance I accepted you
From the podcast, I been kind of skeptical
This ain't our first clash, this is just one of the several
I ain't trying to bash but it was like you was off your schedule
You was throwing more than jabs, I was like this nigga is incredible
We had to fucking edit you
I don't know what vegan, Detroit vegetable, Dr. Sebi diet infected you
To think that we share the same metrics, or somehow I was less than you
And I was the type of nigga that you could get really disrespectful to
I ain't never lectured you
I get energetic and joke
But in real talk nigga, I ain't never disrespected you
I'mma punch you in your fucking face and we all think it's silly
I'm thinking like won't this bitch nigga clean up his fucking city
I mean you got all of the clout, know how to bring all the niggas out
You can walk the walk, I mean we seen you walk all over your house
But me and Mickey is geeks
Because you got some heat
Like I didn't go to the closet and put guns all over the couch
Your mental health hotline, I think that shit is grown up
But you're the very last nigga that should be picking that phone up
I spit your verse to get immersed inside of my enemy
And to remind you nigga, I got to go through you, just to get to me
Subtle subordination
Perpetual sidekick, nigga sort of a station that you used to
So you ain't got to get all extremely too personal on your albums when you not surrounded by bigger artists to fucking boost you
Nigga you called me, I didn't recruit you
But no regrets, I take it as a test
Said Lupe you got to have some grace
Not be so haphazardly to put the truth all in they face
Now that I think about it, that's kind of half and half
If a nigga asked you for the strap, why would you keep it in the stash?
If you ran the world we'd get defeated in a flash
You really gonna be the boss can't keep secrets from the staff
I learned that in the streets, nigga sweeping trash
Keeping my city clean while you was talking about beating a nigga's ass
That shit is wack, long live backpack rap
Fuck these Monster drinking, new age conscious thinking
Farrakhan today, gangster tomorrow, one foot in they sorrow, another foot in the trap
Killers who easily triggered by a little niggas attacks, who have the audacity to ask rappers to rap
Facts!
[Bridge]
Mickey!
Ay, ay, listen I ain't done nigga
Check this shit out, look, ay
[Verse 2]
In seven minutes he did it
If he knew how to freestyle he could've rented heaven for seven minutes and been done
But needed to be done by the second sentence all this extra innings may come across as master
But my impressions apprentice your penmanship has the fingerprints of a gimmick
And affecting the intimacy of impressions of that nigga you friends with
I ain't got to say it to say it
I can't even blame you
That nigga's one of my favorites
But fuck that, back to my status
All icy talk spicy like the house of Atreides
Inwardly successful, and outwardly I've made it
Clearly, if I was a regular rapper you wouldn't even come near me
This nigga think he Siri, the answer to your queries
What's Siri to Steve Jobs? A Budden to Tahiry
I'm excessively cheery, promote my niggas theories
What's an alien to a pentagon report? I see your brother trying to cheerlead
That's what he's supposed to do
And everybody that's fucking close to you
Post support, push you forth
And calm your black ass down because they didn't put you in the source
You chose violence
I just want to know when you gonna respond to Osyris
And go to E.O.Dub, battle him front a judge
Instead of hitting smack and trying to entertain the thugs
Come and fuck with us
Nerds!
Royce ain’t been the same since this…..
Joe Budden talking bout Cole need to call Royce lmao nooooo he need to call Lupe!!! Cuz lope cleaned Royce outta here with this diss 😂
"What's Siri to Steve Jobs a button (Budden) to Tahiry" Lupe was surgical this whole track
Nah, that's not a full double entendre.
@@greatnessembodied the buttons on her jeans because she’s thick . Def a double entendre
@@qdamusiq5006 no. Not at all. That interpretation didn't make much sense
@@greatnessembodied ok
@@greatnessembodied it is indeed a double. Might be more.
Yo I swear Lu is the best rapper ever, I am a long-time huge fan and I listened to all his albums since this song dropped. All I can say is that he is waaaay ahead of his time when it comes to Rap, way ahead of even the greats in Rap's pool. He too genius with it. He too intellectual, too Cool. He will be hailed and taught about in schools. So underrated it Hurts Me Soul.
Facts best hands down. Far from the most famous, but the best undoubtedly⚡️⚡️⚡️
Mmmmmmm I got King Los neck and neck w/ Lupe
@@OakCliffTX82 ok now that you say that I’m thinking tie ⚡️⚡️⚡️
Factssss, Lupe is the best to ever do it
Most def he's gonna be studied in like a thousand years there's gonna be mythologies about this man
04:53 WAIT A MINUTE!!!! 🤔🤭🤯🔥
“Talk Spicy Like the House of Atreides!”
Not just bars, GOLD BARS🔥🔥🔥
This line points back to the 1984 Cult Classic, DUNE...N@@ga I’m done🔥🔥
Right??? Best yet the house of atriedes is destined, like his imagery is 🔥
Like the House of Atreides, talk money, politics and power (spices)
Yupp you gotta be a nerd to get it frfr everybody skips this bar
Went over bare manz head
Its also the same house for the illiad and odyssey, its where Agamemnon was head of. The whole reason for the Trojan war is the brother's wife was stolen.
Bro "If it wasnt for...I got a dozen more" D12 reference...damn
He repeated if it wasn’t for 4 times a reference to Slaughterhouse…
A dozen more has nothing to do with d12 Royce is more respected, successful, and impactful then those guys. And what did they do to help Royce. Tfoh with everyone say saying that. Royce is dope but Lupe bodied him on this✊🏼
Royce wasn’t in d12 tho?
@@zaneomega2 He saying if he didn't beef with D12 he wouldn't be as big
@@devindraco3594 did you catch that Malcolm X reference
Greatest line of all of Rap
"Nerds have they hands in everything
Gangsters won't even touch the police"
This goes for all rappers not just this beef; I bow to you. Fucking genius.
DUDE!!!! I agree 💯
You just want a snitch to relate too lol. Probably like 6ix9ine
@@xdaantihero I don't get it, elaborate?
Years later and I keep coming back to this master class, Royce got fully disarmed, nothing he could say after getting his soul stripped...
Years later? Nigga it's been exactly 1 year... Lmao 😅
@@thebeluvdtrex it's been 2 years
Pretty garbage. Except the beat..Royce out rapped him.
@@Chedbenno The greatness of it is that Lupe is known for being one of the best lyricist of all time, both Jay-z and Nas have confirmed that, which says alot, but he showed how effortlessly he could disarm Royce by waking up in the middle of the night and putting out a response in 2-3 hours by recording his song doing a punch-in-freestyle, toying with Royce...while Royce spent 1 week making a song just rhyming random words together, throwing subtle shots, while Lupe was rapping while talking directly to him...there is a reason why Royce never responded and got all emotional on ig live, talking about how he would kill lupe with a response, but it was all talk and no rapping, you must be in the 10% who feel Royce won 😂
@@PrincD90 no he didn't confirm anything. This is garbage. It's doesn't matter how well he CAN rap, he didn't do it here. This is garbage. Give whatever excuses you want. It sucks. And I never felt it was a battle. Royce said he could rap better and then he came and rapped better. Lupe made a diss track, but he didn't rap better. If this was a battle Royce won without even battling, why, because in my unbiased opinion as a Lupe fan, this is trash. Period. If I rapped this y'all would call it trash, if MGK rapped this y'all would call it trash. This is trash. Lupe can battle me, you can battle me, Lupe's fans can battle me, not Micky factz tho his verse was fire, this is garbage. I have had bowel movements that flowed better than this...BARS
Had to come back and listen to a real response after hearing Kendrick & Cole’s responses to one another.
Royce has barley dropped anything since this
Facts this shit is crazier now than before
Royce ruined his rapper mystique fckin around what Instagram lives and poking lyrical monsters... He can try to play victim but the internet has receipts...
I hoping Kendrick does to drake what Lupe did to Royce. Them bars to make your soul burn slow. The type of bars that have you looking in the mirror and reconsider your life. Attacking all your insecurities ones you didn’t even know about till they were laid out on a track for all to hear.
To be honest Royce pushed himself into a corner with all the live’s the podcast he left himself over exposed. All Lupe said was why are the rappers talking instead of rapping. when the rapping finally started Lupe came back with surgical strikes.
Don’t know if Kendrick has enough stuff on drake that drake hasn’t already exposed or embraced. So unsure if he will be able to cut deep like Lupe was able to.
@@jjrilla___2664 I have a video uploading with my thoughts on this whole thing. I want Kendrick to “Finish Him!” Lol
"I aint even trip when u called me a bitch/
I was like, ah, look at Salem, callin me a Witch/"
Such a nice double entendre.
Fire! That bar stood out to me as well.
@@ConcaCon not a double entendre lol
can someone explain
@@devindraco3594 Yes, it is.
It may reference both the Salem witch trials as well as Salem from Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
What people finding this don't know. Lupe woke up in the middle of the night, freestyled and released this.. all within an hr of "Silence of the Lambda" release.
And royce took like 2 weeks for silence of the lambda
@@joryjohnson7381and then never dropped again 😂😂😂
@@finallydan not even on his BFFs new album haha
Maybe its a reach, but the "you don't gotta think when niggas already think you are" is probably a nod to Descartes' cogito "I think therefore I am" and he ends the line with "muah" which sounds like the french word for "I" (moi), also Descasrtes is french, genius Lupe
For pretty much everyone else I would say that's a reach but with Lupe you might just be right but that's part of the fun right?
I think he's just saying that Nas thinks he's one of the greatest and Jov thinks the same so you don't have to think about whether you're the greatest when some of the greatest are telling you that you are.
Y’all both are right it’s called a double y’all know the rest lol
@@dealowmorgan885 although I love Og's thought process I doubt we can both be right in this instance because both conclusions contradict each other. One is saying "I think therefore I am" while the other says I don't need to think when the greats already think I am. But, there's a possibility he's right and since Lupe's always seems to be doing a Livestream, if we really wanted to know, one of us can just ask him. Muah! Lol
@@Anomaly-pn2pg lol let’s ask on the live
It's been over a year since I heard this and it hits even harder n harder...Royce hasn't been the same since
I am from Massachusetts and this bar right here blew my mind !! “I ain't even trip when you called me a bitch
I was like, "Look at Salem, calling me a witch"
Look at how they made him, look how much they gave him”
This a dope moment in rap. These new dudes ain't doing this
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 totally unexpected but greatly appreciated
*Snapple facts!* Lupe & Royce are showing the art of true *LYRICISM!* 😊🙏🏾
@@SkyBlew royce ain't show nothin yet. Hoping he does soon
@@CriticalThought004 So you didn't hear Silence of the Lambda??
@@CashRules660 at that point I hadn't. But somehow my comment still applies. And based on his last tweet, it seems it will still apply 🤷🏾♂️
285,216 views on a new Lupe Fiasco video release in 2021...so nice to see that there are a lot of people out there that have superb taste. Glad to see others enjoying this art.
Also people love drama
This is the best diss track ever
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
R.I.P. "Royce Da IG"
If you ran the world we'd get defeated in a flash 😂 that line was slick
Lol hell yeah. It'll go over the niggas heads who haven't listened to the podcasts at all though. Soon as I heard that bar I was like damn, Tom Frank in the middle of this shit now 😂
@@kbailey1283 damn i didnt scroll down far enough i just wrote a whole paragraph explaining this on someone else's comment, i immediately caught the reference when he said flash, genius!
LOL.. took me 2 reads to get it. NOW I got it.
Damn that’s fire
That’s a podcast joke right there 💀💀
I appreciate them both, I appreciate the culture, but like Whoa...... Royce is a top tier MC, but... Lupe is elite. That's all. 4:31-4:50 is insanely stellar . Lupe is different.
There's no ceiling and there's no bottom to his pit...he has transcended pass these other rappers.
The niggas one of my favourites
In addition to being a master lyricist I feel like Lupe is also a G for real. A LOT of his music is quietly terrifying once you understand how he codes things. I'm a huge fan of both of these dudes and even though it's sad to see personal relationships go sour it's definitely exciting to see two S-class emcees go for each others' throats.
Just one... Royce has been preaching on Instagram this whole time. But, I agree with your "quietly terrifying" take. I think Lupe has been telling us his story on every album in the most abstract way possible so he doesn't incriminate himself.
@@llc8508 Yep... you see it too.
Lol he from the Chi and made it. Let that sink in.
@@seansaevang1634 making it out of the hood definitely is an accomplishment unto itself but that alone doesn't make someone a G. And most Gs don't make it out the hood. Lupe is an actual G from the Chi who made it out of the hood.
Put it this way: Never in his rap career has ANYBODY ran up on Lupe. He's like MC Hammer in that way. You may think he corny or a nerd or some shit, but fuck around and find out the hard way....
This nigga done told us multiple times ON WAX that he ain't really got em all. Look at his raps. You think a normal-thinking nigga coming up with shit like this??? It's like, thank God MJ had basketball, because Heaven knows what he woulda put that insane competitive brain to otherwise. THAT'S Lupe Fiasco
I was waiting for this all morning. Been checking for the killas response as soon as Royce dropped that "silence of the lambda" Knew lupe was gonna waste no time going for the kill.
In 7 minutes he did it/ if he knew how to freestyle he could’ve rented Heaven for 7 minutes and been done what needed to be done by the second sentence/ All these extra innings may come across as Master- but my impression; apprentice/ Ya penmanship has the fingerprints of a gimmick and affection and the intimacy of impressions of that nigga you friends with/ I ain’t gotta say it to say it/ I can't even blame you the nigga’s one of my favorites
Sheesh!
BODIED
Thanks bruh!
He said he sounds like Eminem rapping
But my (em) impression called him ‘em all through this 😭
i think royce's studio is called heaven studios...bruh lupe's response is out of this world👽
No one in the game ever been more about it than Lu, if you even indirectly come at him you better be ready.
He better leave kung fu alone b4 he get an early wake…
Lupe said you’re only worth half an SLR
He was mad 💀
Soundtrakk really got the lupe hotline. You know he gets an evil genius smile whenever that line ring
I'm a huge Royce fan, but I heard lambda maybe twice. But I keep coming back to this.
Aye real talk this diss better than a lot of "classic" diss tracks
🌚
Hell yea
Takes me back to Common’s “The Bitch in Yoo”
This is definitely some ether, no vaseline, bitch in u level shit.
I see it's a bunch of fans in the chat in they feelings this is CRAZY and it's OVER!!!
@@RIDGEMATIC I gotta say ether shouldn’t be on that list, Jay was the one coming with facts so I know he fucked Nas’ girl and showed him his first Tech 9, who cares how Nas strung syllables.
"...had to get my talk to properly explain my walk cause this lack in talk had my walk looking off..."
-- Lupe // Failure
Lupe, how can you be so calm while eating a whole man's career? He brought you beef, and you're just steadily snacking on it, maintaining eye contact like this isn't his life blood running down the sides of your mouth. That's mf'ing cold
Lmfaoo facts
The way this man put it got me 😂
"I spit your verse to get immeresed inside my enemy, and to remind you they gotta go through you just to get to me"🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯
"Talk spicy like the house of Atreides" 🔥This diss aged like wine
That line was for the future. (Spice lets you see into the future)
I’m also here to change the flowers on Royce’s grave. Poor guy didn’t even see what hit him.
💀
The skipping classics line
The Salem witch line
My gosh
Crazy cause Royce mentioned The Cool and Food & Liquor, but Lu believes he has 5 classics, so he told Royce you ain't paying attn at all fam.
Lupe ain’t got no 5 classics that’s super cap he keep playing with the boogeyman he gon have a nice casket next too Drake…
"I'm excessively cheery" in other words I'm playing, just warming up, feeling generous and in a good mood, you don't wanna see me angry I'll destroy you.
Lupe is always in a different zone
Lupe showing everybody he never lost his touch
I just watched Dune and finally got the "talk spicy like the house of Atreides" 🔥🔥🔥
same g
Effortless. Sounds like he was just casually sat back in some silk pj's and bunny slippers w his feet kicked up in the booth while he was killing this man.
Love Royce, he's one of the goats... but this was just an effortless beating from start to finish.
lmao lol perfect description
Lupe just killed him with this one. Listened to royce and just like all his songs his bars are insane but I can only listen for like 2 minutes before I get tired of listening to great lines with no rhythm. But I couldn't not stop listening to Lupe's track. Hes just beat him with a better song and better more personal lines. Lupe still underated because everyone can't get passed the kick push days 😭
Right! And even kick push was a master piece 👏🏿
Unintentionally made a song that spoke to the backpack drug dealers who skate as well
@@TheRealDieYoung lupe to dense 4 alot of folks to comprehend clearly....my top 5 lyricists are ...black thought...nas..Kool g rap..lupe n gza ( genius) ..@ 39 ...I neva thought the odds of some1 I would've held slightly higher den krs 1...rakim ..Andre 3k..or pun for that matter in the 2000s to take 1 out for lu..bit his pen is 🔥🔥🔥...n consistent...💯
Lupe is Top 10 Of All Time. Keep it going Bro!!!!
"They have to go through you , just to get to me" my god!!!!!!! cooked
After listening to it 3 times i concluded Lupe not only bodied Royce but also rapped through Royce and delivered the message to Royce's Master 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Damn,Lupe so fluid and vaporised on the same level.... I'm Speechless!
You think ol buddy will run to the rescue?
@@thetruest7497 I hope so, then we gotta wait for Daylyt or Loaded Lux to hop on a team with Lupe and body them... only if Lupe doesn't body them alone. (It's almost impossible to battle both Royce and Eminem, but let's see)
Royce said. " Bow b4 the King! N kiss💋 the Goat- all Purpose Ring 💍 smh🔥🔥🔥 How Royce losing Sway???😭
@@Portthefirst I don't know man. Lupe is something else with the pen. But so is Em. I'm hoping someone tests King Los.
@@bobbybrown2873 that’s all bullshit lupe killed him with facts, a thug bring down the community like some big bully
Lupe, if you ever see this, man, yiou liscensed your song Kick Push to a Tony Hawk game for Wii. Man I muted every other song and bumped that again and again as a kid, and Im quite sure its effected a lot about me and my life. Thanks, man, I know the suits and ties. tell you bullshit and lies, Im glad youre back
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 Lupes BACK!!!
Fam. Lupes song Glory off the Revenge of the Nerds mixtape LITERALLY changed my life and my perception of the world.
I was a naive 16yr old who had no idea about corruption and man. That song still gives me chills down my spine bro.
He ain’t go nowhere. Mfs fell off the train.
@@GeezyLoves420 I'm still amazed at Glory. He rapped 3 verses using the same 6 syllable rhyme scheme the entire time. Most greats might keep up a 4 syllable rhyme for a half a verse.