Joe Budden wished J.J. Cole had more sense in his response to Kendrick Lamar on his “7 Minute Drill” track.
Joe Budden Not Happy With J. Cole's Tone On '7 Minute Drill'
On Saturday (April 6), a video surfaced on social media featuring Joe Budden The Joe Budden Podcast reacting to J. Cole's response track “7 Minute Drill,” which is aimed at Kendrick Lamar dissing him on “Like That.”
In the clip below, Joe is visibly frustrated with Cole's tone when addressing K-Dot on the song, which appears on his just-released mixtape. It may be deleted later. The podcast king said Cole's lyrical response made him sleepy.
“The tone. That's my problem with this s**t-sounding narcolepsy,” said Joe.
“It sounds like … if I was actively looking to quit fentanyl that's what I would put on,” he continued. “I want to hear him [Cole] sounds alive.”
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TDE Members Respond To J. Cole's New Kendrick Lamar Diss
Members from Top Dawg Entertainment, Kendrick Lamar's former label, hit back at J. Cole responding to Kendrick on “7 Minute Drill.”
TDE artist Reason is excited about the lyrical battle between the two spitters.
“Rap fun again man,” he posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. “I hope you all understand this sport and don't take it too seriously, at least from dot and Cole. This is going to be a friendly match. I'm excited to hear both of them take the s**t with no real problems Just rap !”
TDE President Terrence “Punch” Henderson also shared his thoughts on X.
“SMH. I thought it was pretty cool to pimp a butterfly,” he posted in a series of tweets, referring to Cole downing Kendrick's classic second album on his song “7 Minute Drill.”
Punch added: “The current rap climate made me realize that a lot of you haters in the music industry hate Kdot. lol you tell me you haven't been secretly hating ALL this time!”
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Watch Joe Budden's reaction to J. Cole's “7 Minute Drill” response track below.