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For example, during the 2024 Beef, after J Cole apologized to Kendrick on stage for releasing 7 Minute Drill, several "insider" sources spread around a story that Schoolboy Q advised J Cole to step down from the beef because Kendrick and Drake weren't going to keep this a friendly fade. Basically telling him "This ain't what you think this is man." It wasn't until recently that the entire theory got debunked by J Cole himself in an interview with Carmelo Anthony...which really anybody with common sense already knew at that point. Niggas really believed Q pulled Cole to the side, put his hand on his shoulder and was like "Hey man...you might want to back away while you still got the chance. You won't like Dot when he's angry." like its an Anime.

Edit: I didn't know this post was gonna open up the 100th stan discourse of the week I was just using the most recent example that came to mind damn.

Have you ever listened to a song and thought to yourself "Damn this punchline would've been more clever if they switched around these words AND it would've flowed better with the rhyme-scheme" or "They could've made a double/triple entendre if they chose a different synonym for this part. Now THAT would've hit" or "He could've added another rhyme in this line if he said THIS instead. That would've sounded smoother".

What lines would you have changed that felt like a obvious hit to you that was a real missed opportunity for the rapper in the moment of recording?

Out of all the half-hearted attempts by rappers and producers alike to work together that unfortunately came to no fruition, Kendrick Lamar/Tyler The Creator is probably the closest one that we have that shocks me the most by seeing just how close they are, but seemingly never working together at the same time.

Just off the top of my head:

-They have both shown love to eachother in the past for years and years.

-Tyler made an appearance at Kendrick's The Pop Out concert amongst a lot of other LA rappers.

-Tyler rapped over the "Hey Now" beat for his song THAT GUY.

-Tyler made a cameo in the music video for Baby Keem's/Kendrick's collab "Hillbillies" and even featured Baby Keem as an adlib on CHROMAKOPIA and shouted out Kendrick on that same album.

After all of this, it kinda confuses me on how they have never worked with eachother on a song unless they're just keeping it under wraps for some reason. All these years and we don't have any insider rumors, snippets, leaks, nothing.

Which two rapper surprised you the most by never working together in the studio?