Confidence is something either you have or you donβt, and it takes time to develop it for yourself. Sometimes, it presents as overconfidence, which can pop up in places itβs not always welcome. Take rapper French Montana, for example. His overconfidence, although admirable, came in the form of a tweet sent out on Tuesday night. He wrote that he can rap with the best of them, namely Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning emcee, Kendrick Lamar.
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βIF WE JUST TALKING ABOUT ANTHEMS, !! ME VS KENDRICK HIT FOR HIT !β the βUnforgettableβ spitter proclaimed, referencing a Complex live-streamed interview where he was asked which rapper he thinks he could face off against. βI BELIEVE I CAN GO NECK TO NECK !! I BEEN MAKING HITS FOR A LONG TIME ! IT AINT MY FAULT I BELIEVE IN MYSELF. HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION ? HOW MANY TIMES I GOTTA PROVE MYSELF BEFORE I GET MINE.β
βI mean, honestly, I could go against anybody,β he stressed in a recent interview with Complex. βYou could put somebody like Kendrick Lamar next to me on the same stage at a festival, I might outshine him. Not that Iβm a better rapper, or whatever it is, itβs just that I got more hits.β
First of all, stop yelling at me French, itβs still early. Secondly, letβs look at the facts, shall we?
According to the Billboard Hot 100, K. Dot has two No. 1 hits (βHUMBLEβ and βBad Blood,β a song he rapped two verses on which belongs to some serpentine pop star), and eight Top 10 hits (including βF**kinβ Problemsβ with A$AP Rocky and Drake and βAll The Starsβ with SZA, which was nominated for four Grammys and an Oscar for Best Original Song). 48 of his songs and features, respectively, have touched the top 100.
French Montanaβwho is featured on The Rootβs βReplay, Revisit, Rejectβ weekly song list in the βrejectβ pile thanks to his ghastly new song βThatβs a Factββhas had zero No. 1's on the Hot 100, and two Top 10βs: βUnforgettableβ with Swae Lee (which, letβs be real, we enjoyed for the chorus and the beat), and βLoyalβ with Chris Brown, which I honestly forgot he was on until I looked at the chart. Heβs logged in just 17 entries in the top 100 since his career began.
Clearly, French does not have more hits than Kendrick. Numbers donβt lie, check the scoreboard. Jay-Z said that and you know who worked with Jay-Z? Kendrick Lamar Duckworth.
Confidence is keyβand Iβm confident that French should have just sat there and ate his food. French is correct in his assertion that he has more party songs in his collection than Kendrick and that Kendrick makes more thought-provoking albums. However, having popular party songs does not always mean youβll have a more successful festival set. If youβve made something that touches someone, theyβre going to react positively, regardless if itβs an upbeat or lyric-driven song.
Plus, have you SEEN Kendrick Lamar perform? He is absolutely magnetic. Heβs got energy and synergy inside his D.N.A. Iβve never seen French perform, so I canβt judge how hype he gets the crowd, but I liked βPop Thatβ even though his verse is the weakest.
Well, Twitter came with the jokes and sassy remarks as Twitter does at times like this. Even Young Thug had something to say. Take a look at some of the replies.
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