Charlamagne Tha God Picks His Best Diss & Best Song In The Kendrick Lamar & Drake Beef

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AUSTIN, TEXAS - MARCH 11: Charlamagne tha God attends the 2024 iHeartPodcast Awards presented by The Hartford Live at SXSW at Fairmont Palm Park, Fairmont Hotel on March 11, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Mat Hayward/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)
Charlamagne Tha God's picks may surprise you, and he also succinctly explains why he thinks that there is a winner in this battle.

Now that the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef seems to be over, everyone is chiming in on who they think won and who came out with the better material. Of course, on that last point, a lot of people are distinguishing between two different categories: which was the better diss track, and which was the better song overall. That's what Andrew Schulz, Charlamagne Tha God, and company debated in the clip below, and they also gave some interesting reasoning as to why they think there's a winner. Whether or not you agree or disagree with The Breakfast Club co-host's take, you can't deny that it's a very tough race either way.

"'Family Matters' is probably the best record [diss track]. 'Not Like Us' is the best song," Charlamagne Tha God remarked. "Yeah, 'Not Like Us' is the best song. 'Not Like Us' is the best bop. Nah [Drake didn't win]. He lost because of f***ing strategy. I don't know if I really count 'Like That' or 'First Person Shooter.' I don't know why y'all got '7 Minute Drill' by J. Cole even up there, I don't know why y'all got 'Show Of Hands' up there [with Future, A$AP Rocky, and Metro Boomin], I don't know why y'all got 'All To Myself' [with Future, The Weeknd and Metro Boomin].

Charlamagne Tha God Praises Both Drake & Kendrick Lamar For Their Battle

"None of that matters," Charlamagne Tha God continued. "We're talking about Kendrick and Drake. We're talking about Kendrick Lamar and Aubrey Graham. That's who we talking about. So if anything, I would keep 'Like That.' No, it doesn't ['7 Minute Drill' doesn't exist anymore]. I would keep 'Like That' and then 'Push Ups.' Then I would go into 'Taylor Made Freestyle.' Then I would go into 'Euphoria,' '6:16 In LA,' 'Family Matters,' 'Meet The Grahams.' And then 'Not Like Us,' and then 'The Heart Part 6.'"

Meanwhile, Drake is coming back out of the woodwork to ask the helicopters around his house to quiet down, and Kendrick Lamar is still quiet throughout it all. Maybe there will be an epilogue round to all this that brings more tracks, but it seems unlikely at press time. For now, let us know what your picks for the winner, the best diss, and the best song are down in the comments section down below. We'll see whether this is really the end.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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