Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "J. COLE - PORT ANTONIO"

Episode Date: October 10, 2024

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticJ. Cole's "Port Antonio" Lyrics Address Drake & Kendrick Lamar BeefIn this segment, Analytic Dreamz delves into the recent release of J. Cole's track "Port Antonio." We explore how Cole's lyrics offer a unique perspective on the ongoing feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, and his decision to step away from the conflict. Cole reflects on the potential negative consequences of engaging in such a high-profile beef, both personally and professionally. We discuss his admiration for Drake and his encouragement for both artists to focus on their music rather than continuing the drama. Join us as we analyze the lyrics, fan reactions, and the potential impact of this song on the rap industry.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The date is April 5th, 2024. A mixtape titled Might Delete Later has just hit DSPs. Dreamville fans are buzzing. They're going on their respective DSPs to listen to the favorite musician, Jermaine. And as they listen, they realize there's a specific song that seems to have, its sights set on the one and only, Kendrick Lamar. And that track is titled The Seven Minute Drill. Now, April 5th, 2024, it's 8 p.m.

The mixtape is being dissected. A lot of fans are sending their opinions, the theories, and talking about how this is the moment that Jermaine overtake. the top spot as far as the best rapper in the modern generation. April 6th, 2024, only a day after. Fans are still speculating on when the follow-up or the response this track will come from either Germain or Kendrick, as now we have officially entered into the realm of a Jay Cole in Kendrick battle. April 7th,

2024, there's this thing called Dreamville Festival where Jermaine brings all of his disciples to an event and he performs some of his biggest fan favorite hits, right? But instead, this man, Jermaine got on stage

and in less than 48 hours after releasing a disc track inevitably sparking the Jay Cole and Kendrick beef, he gets on stage and says this. And I pray that God align me back up on my purpose and on my path. You know what I mean? I pray that my nigger really didn't feel no way. And if he did, my nigga, I got my chin out.

Take your best shout. I'm going to take that shit on the chin, boy, do what you do. You know what I mean? Do what you do? No, did he? I mean, he said do what you do like he had baby Oreo on deck. And I pray that, you know, I pray that y'all are like, Forgive a nigga for like the misstep and then I can get back to my true path because I ain't going to lot of y'all past two days felt terrible.

It let me know how good I've been sleeping for the past 10 years. Not 10 years. So all of that to say, man, I want to now perform the song. It's a reminder to me of getting back on the right path and getting in tune with God. And the name of the song is called Love Yours. So for everybody who's wondering why we put Jermaine in hip-hop timeout, That is exactly why. Unless in 48 hours, you would have thought it was the first 48,

the way he was trying to prevent or solve a body, a murder mystery, right? But in the ultimate plot twists of plot twists in novel history, the body that he was trying to prevent was himself. Because Kendrick was definitely going to catch a body off of that weak, seven minute drill, this track. That wasn't even seven minutes, mind you. But you know what is seven minutes? The track, actually, it's not even seven minutes.

It's five minutes and 16 seconds. So why did I recap the whole reason we put Jermaine and hip hop timeout? Because he has came once again in the aftermath of the Drake and Kendrick battle. That was undoubtedly the best hip hop battle we've ever received in the past 10 to 20 years and maybe ever. as far as hip-hop history. It's definitely up there as far as the commercial wise and the content wise and culture wise, everything and captivated hip-hop in a way that puts Drake versus Kendrick in one of the best hip-hop beef discussions.

So when it comes to Germain bowing out after putting out a distract towards Kendrick, it was very upsetting because he's the one that jumped out the one. window and put out seven minute drill. And then in less than 48 hours, he got on stage at his Dreamville festival in front of all his fans and gave a heartfelt apology basically saying, y'all love Kendrick. Guess what? I love Kendrick too. Now, there was, there was nothing wrong with the statement of I love Kendrick if he

didn't put out a whole entire distract towards him, right? Because of Kendrick would have just completely. focus on Drake and Jay Cole just stayed out of it without releasing seven minute drill, nobody would have got upset at him because then, then we just understand that Jermaine is just not about that life. It's the way that he jumped out that made everybody say, you know what, maybe you should even be in the top three at all, which brings me up to date as far as October 10th, 24. Actually, October 9th is when this actually came out. But J-Co put out a new track titled Port Antonio, where he almost got out of hip-hop timeout. I'm not going to lie to you. Because

this track is phenomenal. But when he said, they're trying to start another war, Drake, you'll always be, this is a PG podcast. I'm just going to replace the, uh, the, um, the cuss words, basically. they tried to start another war Drake, you'll always be let's just say my homie, right? I ain't a shame to say you did a lot for me. Forget all the narratives and at that point I was like

you know what, maybe Jermaine deserves to be let out of hip hop time out and then he followed up those sentiments with tapping back what you mean tapping back tapping back into your magic pen is what's imperative. My brother Drake just gave us

some of the best hip-hop material in the past 20 to 30 years. I don't care what y'all say. From both sides, Kendrick and Drake, they gave us some timeless material as far as family matters, as far as euphoria, as far as not like us. And a lot of people love to discredit what Drake did as far as the Tupac blackface, like the digital blackface, right? But what they don't bring up is when Drake put out the buried alive interlude, I believe is what it was yeah so the buried alive interlude part two is a lot of um people just forgetting this

track ever exists because it came right after family matters which made family matters even more impactful which is why i think kendrick just completely just put a stop to it when he put out uh meet the grams which is one of the worst tracks in the entire beef because he made up a whole fictional character like he was stan lee right talking about the daughter i mean to this point everybody's just acting like oh there is a daughter we just don't want name her right like okay like if there was a daughter pretty sure somebody would like y'all see this whole ditty situation if you build up enough credibility somebody going to jump out the window and be like hey he's talking about me i'm the daughter why nobody did that why the mother didn't do that the dad the parent whatever the parental

figure is for the daughter anyways so kendrick stepped on that by putting out meet the grams which you know aged the worst out of the entire battle it's probably meet the grams and Taylor made freestyle that aged horribly as far as the overall totality of the beef between Drake and Kendrick. So getting back to Jermaine, because everybody seems to be acting like this is the greatest thing since slice bread.

This is basically Jermaine saying that he doesn't want beef with Drake. That's all it is. If y'all haven't been noticing, Drake has been unfollowing people on IG and has been making front page news and people are telling me that Drake has fell off, right? So Drake has been on. following people and in waves mind you and I guess because of the lack of communication

between Drake and J-Co simply for the fact that he bowed out of the battle and made it seem like Kendrick took out him and Drake right so Drake was put behind the eight ball because Kendrick already has great momentum it's like the number one's the getting ups. Jermaine's not the number one scene, but for this hypothetical, you have to stay with me. It's like the number one seed

getting knocked off by the number two seed in the Western Conference finals and now they're heading to the finals. Like they got all the momentum in the world and everybody looks at them as like the big dog. So now whenever you're in

such a subjective space that is music, you are already being looked at like putting out the gospel, right? You are basically hip-hop Jesus when it comes to putting out music because now it seems like everybody doesn't want smoke with you which is why the whole nickname given to Kendrick boogeyman has stuck and will stick for the foreseeable future so anyways after that you know Kendrick just completely uh eviscerated drake but drake did

fight back which is something that cold never did um so well actually he tried and then apologize which is why he will continue to be in timeout um yeah So as far as the track Port Antonio, my favorite part of it was when he was talking about, okay, yeah, they wanted blood. Oh, hold on. Let me just pull this up for y'all to see. Analytic Dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio. But, okay, so I lost my place because I made it full screen. Give me one second. Okay.

They wanted blood. they wanted clicks to make their pockets grow they see this fire in my pen and they think I'm dodges smoke I wouldn't have lost a battle dog I would have lost a bro

I would have gained a foe and all for what just to attain some moat poetry at his finest I ain't gonna lie the only problem with that is when you start the fact check my brother the best thing you had

to come at Kendrick with is that his music was similar to the Simpsons and that he fell off you would have a lot more would have happened to you than just have lost the battle i mean you see how kendrick put drake in a pdf file lane what kendrick would have done to you i mean let's just say behind the scenes it wasn't going to be pretty and there's a reason why jermaine came out to apologize for kendrick because who would have thought that kendrick the person who stays out of the way would have went to the depths of hell to talk about his opponents in such a way that makes them seem like just a straight up criminal like deserving jail time like that's the way that he has put Drake as far as the perspective of the public so anyways germane talks about how he wouldn't have

lost the battle he would have lost a dog which i was he would have just changed i would have lost the battle and kept out would have lost the dog because that would have been the best part but uh this is my favorite lines out of the track because he kept going by saying props from strangers that don't got a clue what i've been aiming for since the age of 14 germane is no king if that means i got to dig up dirt and pay the whole team of algorithm but people just to sway the whole thing now this is what we get upset at jermaine this man takes shots at kendrick in a way that's very subliminal but obvious to people who follow hip hop jermaine has talked about streaming bots before i forget what track it was but i remember he's talking about people just how many faking their streams

getting their place for machines i think it was a lot or something like that the track with 21 i believe you see how jermaine fans you know what i mean they probably don't even know that bar and not just play let me chill all right so yeah that was uh that was something i remember as far as him talking about bots. I think that's the only other time he ever talked about bots. So people are trying to connect that, right? People are trying to say, oh, he's just talking about the industry. He's not taking another yet another shot at Kendrick, right? But what they fail to realize is that the following lyrics is literally, if that means I got to dig up dirt and pay the whole team of algorithm bots just to sway the whole thing on social media competing for your favorable

memes to be considered best of live. in rest the weight of both things okay i think that is completely wrong who in a world is transcribing a genius because that is not what he said um i want to play it but if it ends up on dsps oh that's a whole other discussion we're going to get to that a second um yeah he released this through youtube by the way which we're going to get to that but um i don't know if this is the right lyrics i ain't going to lie to you basically this man follows it up by saying on social media competing for your favorable memes. I don't know why it's means.

To be considered best and the weight of both things. I understand the thirst of being first. Who in the world is trying to be first in the rap industry through bots and favorable means from the public through a battle? Like, number one, only has one person to put in it, right? And who will we put that person as far as giving him the crown of the modern generation, the best rapper, right? That's Kendrick.

So if you're saying somebody's using algorithm bots to sway social medias for your favorable means, and then you follow that up with, I understand the thirst of being first, who do you think he's talking about? You think you talk about ASAP Rocky? You think he's talking about Waleigh, Big Sean, who just, let me chill. That's one of my favorite rappers. But there's only one person who's basically considered in first place right now based on social media perception. Anyways, let's keep going.

So with that being said, of course, he kept going saying, now some would discredit me, tried to wipe away my pedigree, but please find a person that's rapping this incredibly. Boy, if they ain't bars, I don't know what it is. So the only thing with that is that, let me see if I could find it. He said something about being free. That was where I had to. Okay, they stripped me in my spot.

Here it is right here. they strip me in my spot and now I'm finally free they say I'm picking size but don't you lie on me and then he gets to cop and please for Drake right so the only thing I have to say about this is that I have an episode coming out titled Is There a New Big Three in Hip Hop Because I don't know if you know

But Future literally just became the first rapper ever Like in history to have three number one albums In the span of six months And before you say oh he had no competition Or things like that right Sabrina Carpenter is running the game right now when it comes to music consumption. Futures Mix-Ape Pluto overtook Short and Sweet for the number one spot, right? So when he outsold Sabrina Carpenter to have his third number one after putting out his third album in the span of six months,

I'm like, let's have a real discussion about the top three in hip-hop because I don't know any other rapper that could do that in the span of six months. besides Drake, besides a Kendrick. I mean, even Nicky, it may be looking a little shaky as far as having three number one albums in the span of six months. Travis Scott's a whole different scenario, but those are all people I would put above Jermaine, right? That's why I'd never like consider Jermaine in the big three. But, yeah, future, I think should be put into that top three for the simple fact that

he is putting up some, like some unequivocally, he is putting up numbers that has never been done before in the hip hop genre. So when it comes to that fact, as far as futures is overtaking rap analytically in 2024, you still have to realize that touring wise is probably why we don't put future in that big three because who in the world is going to a future concert when it comes to a stadium or a, or an arena right there's a re there's a reason why niki not too long ago tried to bring future on her tour and future agreed because niki has a bigger pool when it comes to her fan base coming out to watch her perform so on one hand future is putting up these numbers that you like you can't argue at all as far as it being impressive but then on the other hand is he able to put the phrase butts and seats like a nicky like a Drake, like a Travis Scott, like a Kendrick. Definitely not.

So that's the only reason why I think he's left out of the top three because culture-wise, he has it. Streaming-wise, he obviously has it. But as far as in-person performance and bringing people out, that is the area where when it comes to the big three, obviously future brings people out. Like, come on now.

But when it comes to the big three of hip-hop, you probably want to encapsulate all of that. So that could be the only thing that keeps him away. from it. I mean, there's a reason why there's an OVO Fest. There's a reason why there's a Dreamville festival. Like, these people bring out so many fans of them that they can have their own festival. Like, forget going to a arena. Let's just book our own venue and throw our own concert, right? I don't know if future's at that level yet when it comes to in-person, buts and seats as far as

watching you perform. And I think that's a testament to the way that future performs, right? If you're out there playing karaoke like you're Kanye West, but you're not Kanye West, then people are not going to be enticed to go to a bigger show because they know the production value is going to be at an all-time low. And that is why future has been left out of the big three, in my opinion, because everything else just makes it seem like he should be in the big three. Anyways, back to Jermain, right? So when he says, they strip me in my spot and now I'm finally free, well, I'm glad that

you agree with us, that you never deserve to be in the top three. So that's great. You know, we agree. You know what I'm saying? You say you're not in the top three. I say you're not in the top three. so now you know there's really nobody else like who gonna come out who gonna come out of the woodworks to vouch for germane after what he just pulled like nah you know what i think jermaine does deserve

the big three spot like nah especially uh following after that he was copping pleased with drake talking about how you know you'll always be my homie like all right bro but anyways um yes overall i'm not going to spend too much time on this track i did want to get into one of the biggest pivotal parts is that um j cole also pulled seven minute drill track off of streaming platforms uh right after concert as far as a dreamville festival right so whenever we're talking about this apology just know it was followed up by other things that all ultimately piled on to the point where it's like okay my brother you are in hip-hop time out for the foreseeable future so with that the way that that Kendrick, Jay Cole, and Drake are releasing music through social media's first is creating a certain battle with higher ups that they do not want.

Let's just say that. Kendrick, I think I'd approve for his track on Instagram. And obviously, I don't have no basis to, like, I have no way to confirm this. but as far as Kendrick putting out his, you know, his, what was it, the Black Air Force, the all Black Air Force, that track that everybody forgot about after it came out. But anyways, that track, I think he got an okay to put that out for the simple fact that Jay-Z's been under fire and still is under fire and justifiably so because he's been, you know, playing some certain industry games when it comes to.

Drake not letting Little Wayne Well when it comes to Drake and Jay Z not letting Little Wayne perform in New Orleans So why do I say that? It's because Putting out music on social media's first Means you are exclusively Releasing your music through a Instagram Through a Twitter

A YouTube when your contract specifically J-Co is, well, I know for Kendrick is under UMG. Let me look up. So when your contract is under, what's the last time this man put out a track? This man has really been a hip-hop time out. I mean, blow-for-blow doesn't count. That's with T. Grizzly. He hasn't put out a track since.

I forgot he put out grippy. Oh, my glory. This man's trash. All right, anyways. Yeah, man, I can't find it. I don't know what he's under. Let me just go to his last album. Actually, let's go to my delete later.

Okay. So Inoscope Records, which I believe is under UMG. So anyways, you're under Universal Music Group, which is what most of the popular rappers go to because it's ran by Lucian Grange, the most powerful man in the music industry. But you're putting out music exclusively to YouTube, Instagram, when you have a whole entire contract with Interscote Records, right?

So in that fact, a lot of major labels are upset, And I know for a fact that Drake and Universal Music Group are beefing. Simply for the fact, 100 gigs is something that should never exist for free on an Instagram, quote unquote, Finsta. So they're going through their back and forth. That's why you see songs getting put up, taken off as far as blue, green, red, as far as super soap, as far as all these other tracks getting pulled off when Drake tries to. because ultimately right you have to have sample clearances and so if you're out here putting our music through your fenced and then universal music group contacts you like hey this is exclusively under or license under us and you're putting it out on a free platform that we can't monetize from so now we

are going to put that song out on platforms that we can monetize they put it out on platform they can monetize and then they realize that the samples haven't been clear and it can get clear to where they get taken down so now it's a it's a very interesting game between drake and universal music group because one of your biggest breadwinners because keep in mind universal music group has like 59% of the overall music market share as far as October right so no as far as like uh 2024 up to date in October. So with that being said, Taylor Swift, uh, Post Malone, Sabrina Carpenter, all those others could make up for Drake leaving. But Drake is still on the contract. So with that being said, the overall battle between Universal Music Group and Drake is simply for the, uh, it's simply

put out music on platforms we can monetize, right? Why is Drake doing the, 100 gigs putting music out on on free platforms like it's back in the day with spin rila and sound cloud and things of that nature because it's exactly that he wants to have that mixtape type of feel where he could just throw out music and fans just tell him what is high and what it's not but only problem with that is you sign the contract my brother it's like if lebron james went and started playing for some random professional team in l.A. was seeing him hoop at like the the random fitness center and and everybody's showing up to watch them hoop right for for some random

professional team they will be upset they'd be like you know what you have a contract under us and you're out here giving out free performances that we can't monetize off of so hopefully that that clears it up for why these releases on social media is a little tricky and i don't think these rappers who are unequivocally pawns in a game of music because lucian grains Elliot Grange, those are the real puppet masters when it comes to signing musicians and making them pop in the global grand scale of things, right? So if you're going to battle a higher up, I just hope that you come with a better marketing strategy for when they inevitably let you go. So to bring this full circle, Germain, going on you. YouTube to put out this track, I think it's just letting fans know that he understands why they're upset, but he just had to give this side.

And then after giving his side, guess what? You are still in hip-hop timeout. All that for what? So anyways, click my link to you in my bio. Let me know one of my social medias. What do you think about Jay Cole's new track, Port Antonio? And also, in the aftermath of Drake and Kendrick Beef, do you look at Jay Cole any different?