My wife and I watched the Mallory Brothers reaction to both of these tracks tonight (after seeing the comments), and you all are right! We missed soooooooo many references! Holy shit 🙄 Thanks for putting up with our ignorance on this lol
Need to do the LIL B diss track against Joe Budden, LIL B put the track out in 10 minutes after Joe Budden dissed him on twitter. Fastest diss track release ever
Bob u probably won’t see this but u have to see Kanye’s diss track in this beef, called lift yourself, the beat me made for drake and took back from him to be petty please for the love of God react to this on the channel
I think you guys should’ve used the annotations a lot more throughout the video, the OVO bar was one of the biggest disses of Pusha’s track and it completely flew over your heads
😂 but I think these are interesting because it really shows that even if you can read and have lyrics right in front of you there's so many cultural things in Hip-hop that have to be understood in order to really get it
Oh my god this video is gonna be crazy, The Story Of Adidon is one of the best disses of all time. Duppy Freestyle was good too but it was massively overshadowed by the onslaught that commenced afterwards.
literally. i say this everytime. Both diss tracks are AMAZING. Pusha obviously got the win, but I would’ve loved to see this go on for at least 1 more track for each
I don't understand why you dont like reading the annotations lol. Especially on disa tracks because you will need to understand references. You cant really judge them if you miss the disses
Yeah, that's totally my fault. I'm so used to doing videos with lyrics where I try to figure it out on my own, but that obviously doesn't work with a dis track like this
The beat itself is a bar. If you look at the artwork for this song, it's Drake, a Black man, in Blackface. Drake did it for a photoshoot for a clothing line. The beat for this song is Jay-Z's "The Story of OJ" (another play on the title of this song "The Story of Adidon, which is a spin on Adonis, the name of Drake's son and the alleged way he was gonna unvail said child to the world with a collaboration with Adidas, hence Adi-don'is). Jay-Z references OJ saying that he himself wasn't a Black man but only identified as OJ like his skin didn't matter. Push tied that into the song with lines like ".. not Black enough,...fro wouldn't nap enough" etc.
There’s so many little details that even the biggest hip hop fans miss in Story of Addidon. Like using the Story of OJ beat after the “tap dance for crackers and sing mammy” in Infrared. And the fact that Pusha is not just insulting Drakes parents but the fact that he’s saying Drake is basically the same way his dad was and is treating his baby mama the way Drakes dad treated his mom.
Also the Story of Adidon cover and the Story of OJ sample saying "my skin is black" while Pusha psycho-analyzing Drake's lack of mention about racial issues in his music.
Nah it's not so much about being a big hip hop fan as it is being a fan of specific people. Because if you didn't listen to 4:44 then that's going to fly over your head. If you weren't rocking with good music and The saga between ye and Drake (40) and push and Wayne you're gonna be lost but I get what you mean.
@@traplover6357 Infrared is one of the most overlooked disses ever, the way Pusha "exposed" drake as being a popstar disguised as a rapper just for the masses to eat up, and saying I'ma just let the puppet show go on cuz I know what people ACTUALLY wanna see, so good
A lot of the nuance in both of these tracks went over your head (as is to be expected going in blind as y'all did tbh) beef tracks typically are laden with a lot of 'insider' information you would only know if you follow the artist histories alongside their music, I'm sure there are videos breaking down each track thoough that you can find on youtube. do a do over on these tracks with more information and reading the annotations! then do nas vs jay-z and 2pac vs biggie, i think that would be dope.
The disses at the start of story of addidon about drake’s dad leaving him and his mom being alone weren’t just thrown in there. Pusha wanted to show how Drake did the same thing that his dad did. Calling the disstrack brutal is an understatement.
If you’ve got time for it, I think it would be really dope to do a conversation with the community on this beef. There’s a ton of little nuances that would be cool to go over from someone that knows all the ins and outs
One thing I love about The Story Of Adidon is that Pusha T's voice almost sounds demonic (especially his laughs.) He delivers his lines like he's a force of nature.
@Daniel-hm4iu Drake dissed Kanye on Duppy before SoA came out... why are you acting like Kanye betrayed Drake when Drake went at Kanye first, before Push said anything about his kid.
@@bobthepoppop In pop music that has always been the culture' even with other genres for the most part like R&B, there are entire artist development teams so a lot of the times the artist are just singers but rap the culture has always been that a rapper writes his own raps or your a fraud' except woman have gotten a pass because they are newer to the music and its OK they get a helping hand' That is the issue with Drake saying he is one of the greatest when you don't even write your own raps' that was the issue' then Drake thought because he killed another rapper in beef and people said don't go after Drake because he will eat you alive' Drake though that he could easily dismantle this other rapper Pusha T and boy was he wrong' It almost ended Drakes career and has taken a little power off of his legacy'
The Story of Adidon is legendary because it's a laser focused attack at Drake from so many angles at once, kinda like a death from a thousand cuts situation, only that any one of these laser attacks is lethal on its own. You can tell even years after that Drake is still salty over this. One of the things I appreciate most about it is that almost every aspect of the song serves to disrespect Drake and everything connects thematically in a brilliant manner, the cover art, Drake in blackface (which is 100% real) which is basically a visual parallel to how he's viewed in the rap game, someone who isn't respected and tried to be like someone he's not and the instrumental that strengthens that same idea etc
Glad u finally got around to this but i think u missed a couple major moments on both tracks 😭. Like all of the Kanye disses on Duppy and the references to drakes producer 40 having a terminal illness on pushas track
These videos are always really interesting because it just shows how even if you have the ability to read the lyrics, there are so many cultural nuances and history that have to be understood in order to really get the full effect.
"I bring calicoes to the alamo." A calicoe is also an old british weapon that holds 50 or 100 rounds. Like the model 950 made by calico. Apparently a close cousin is the 950A which would be a submachine gun version.
Quick correction; Duppy released the same day as Daytona. While not my favorite rapper by any means, I gotta give props to Drake for immediately hopping in the stu and putting out a response
Love this! I can tell Bob is embraced in the genre now because he understands this, and he laughs at stuff that people into this would. He called something "the weakest shit" lol now that tells me you're all in now. Really like when you bring your wife in because she's being introduced to something new, but you can tell she's not listening to this music as much as you because she is lost sometimes, but it makes sense! Entertaining watching you react lol Makes me realize I really want you to listen to 4:44. Look forward to it whenever it happens. Definitely recommend the annotations for this lol I was like click it! 🤣
Y’all gotta revisit these with the annotations. Drakes freestyle was actually very good. Y’all just missed a lot of the bars, which is to be expected since there’s so much nuance involved here. The whole beginning he’s talking about writing for kanye, who is pushas producer. So he’s saying how can you be mad at me when you work with kanye and he does the same thing. Also you missed some of the most savage parts of pushas diss. “Ovo 40, hunched over like he’s 80…..how much time her got…..that man is sick sick sick” ovo 40 is drakes producer and he has MS.
He literally took one line out of Duppy and disliked the entire song based on one line he didn't like. Lol 😂 some ppl just dislike Drake man. They don't even give the guy a chance
I loved this lol. You could make a series of these diss tracks. Diss track monday. There's quite a few good ones. But this one was epic because you knew alot of the lore and why it's beef to begin with
@@dies3156 well tbh it seems like Bob doesn’t like him at all cause he wasn’t feeling take care which is my personal fav by him Honestly i can’t blame him cause from the point of a mature adult wtf are “toxic” lyrics about heartbreaks LOL but with younger people like me it resonates better and the replay ability comes from the soundscape in general
@@align8325 take care is still fire tbh. I definitely do fault him for being mad about toxic lyrics whilst at the same time saying he enjoys near every song. Definitely think he had overblown the whole its bad cause its toxic thing just cause it was drake whilst fully appreciating HoB recently for example and yeah thats more nuanced for sure but still known for starting that kind of openly toxic wave of music
@@dies3156 yea it’s kinda weird especially considering that weekend has such a huge influence on take care and literally worked on it on par with drake himself, but then again we can’t expect non to like EVERYTHING and at the end of the day to each their own and there ARE reasons not to like tc even tho i love it
Idk man. It’s one thing if he wasn’t feeling Take Care, but Bob doesn’t seem to like or respect Drake at all. Him reacting to NWTS or IYRTITL is slim to none lmao
In the future you’re going to want to use annotations more. You missed a lot of meaning behind both tracks due to not knowing information and history between both artists
Ooooof i think you shoulda clicked the annotations a tad more on these two tracks bob 😂 I think you missed a couple key bars. Genius will typically be right about the meaning of most of the lyrics in a song, of course there are anomalies sometimes however.
How did y’all miss the OVO 40 line, use the annotations Bob that’s what they’re there for lol smfh now we won’t get that reaction on video. That’s all I was waiting for lmao
Because they don't know who 40 is nor do they really care. They just want the subscribers to tune in the comment section and break it down to them. More comments help with the algorithm.
The bars in Duppy Freestyle talking about Push’s producers were referring to Kanye. Drake was saying that Kanye doesn’t make his beats himself and works with several other engineers and artists while putting his name on it. You’ve seen how many producers get credits on Kanye’s albums but the only person who gets acclaim is him. I think it’s valid to bring up that Drake wasn’t crediting Quentin for his writing credits though. Drake goes on to say that he’s done things for him that he never thought he’d have to do-including writing the hook for Yikes on the album ye. Drake said in an interview that he came to Wyoming to work with Kanye and wrote that hook. Then Kanye gave him a beat. Before ye came out, Kanye released a song called “Lift Yourself” with the beat that he gave Drake. He made it a meme. The verse was just “poopty scoop” and variations of that. That’s why Kanye’s verse started like that on What Would Meek Do? on DAYTONA. Just giving you some more backstory so you can see an even bigger picture. You also missed some lines about OVO 40 at the end of Story of Adidon. I think you should look into them. Anyway, great video!
you should do another deep dive on these as you missed a lot. Story of Addidon in particular can literally just be read line to line with references and allusions in every one. This was honestly such a moment in hip hop and it really solidified my fandom of the genre.
Doesn’t make any sense to not understand any of Drakes disses and then call it a bad diss track… Clearly went into this thinking Pushas was better without even listening which was annoying.
Drakes diss was made with a lot of references to fashion and other professionals which are hard to understand if you’re not aware of all that. Meanwhile Pusha was pretty straightforward and the disses are easier to digest.
7am on bridlepath reaction, it’s an insane Kanye diss on his CLB album. Would also like to see some more Drake album reactions preferably NWTS and IYRTITL
Bob do some research on the story of adidon because every line is intentional,what makes the song even better is at the end of the song he says “we are gonna just peel it back layer and layer” meaning that this song was just sort of a warm up to some more brutal stuff down the road but drake was too scared to reply.Funny reaction video!
You are misunderstanding drakes line about producers and writers. When drake says who is doing his beats, it’s directed towards kanye. Kanye made the beats on infrared and often uses multiple writers. So drake is saying, why don’t you have a problem with kanye using writers, but with me doing it… The difference is I believe drakes had actual ghost writers leaked, while Kanye’s always transparently credited all the writers, with some saying he is extremely liberal to who he gives writing credit to.
Na the hook is the chorus lol ah there’s so many things you guys missed that I wanna say but I think you guys should read the comments section and listen again lol and also the annotations
Drake only worked with quinten miller for “if your reading this it’s too late” on a few songs … Drake wrote everything prior and after… qmiller isn’t a ghost writer he is listed as an writer in the album credits ghost writers are not gonna be listed in the credits… hence the name “ghost” writer
Virginia Williams was Pusha T's girlfriend and they just got engaged around the time this was happening. "I'm a let it ring on u like Virginia Williams"
It seems like a lot of these reaction channels don't wanna use annotations and find out stuff by themselves so the conversation could keep going in the comment section. They be like " yeah fill us in on what really happened in the comment section" when the answers are in front of them lmao.
I hope you have a conversation about this beef because there’s definitely some interesting discussions on Both sides of it 1. Pusha’s beef with Drake isn’t about the alleged ghostwriting at all. It stems from Pusha’s beef with Lil Wayne, Drake’s mentor And 2. Drake’s use of reference tracks, he wasn’t the first nor the last rapper to use them (I know because I heard original reference track leaks over the years involving different artists) that leads the conversation to this “the same knock you hold against Drake using them, would you keep that same rule against an artist you enjoy? Or is it different?” That’s a Pandora’s box a lot of fans are scared to open simply because it’s easy to pin it on Drake because Hiphop purists deem him “Non Hiphop”
bob I fwu and fw ur wife but I don’t think this was a video 2 do w her . u should’ve done it by urself cause it would’ve been a WAYYY better reaction and u would’ve went deeper into the lyrics
This beef goes back 20 years. Drake's label owner cheated Pusha and the Neptunes out of money. Drake jump in the beef and dissed Pusha and Kid Cudi. Drake's diss on Cudi's mental health really pissed off Pusha bc Cudi was in a mental health facility for depression and suicidal thoughts and he had nothing to do with the beef
