Kendrick Lamar speaks out about 'Control' verse

Kendrick Lamar has addressed his recent verse on Big Sean track ‘Control’, one both highly provocative and widely regarded as the best rap verse for a long time, in a new interview with LA radio station Power 106.

“Honestly I didn’t know it would be so much speculation—I just wanted to rap,” Lamar tells the presenter. “If anybody knows me doing music, I wanna just rap.”

The verse saw the Compton rapper take pop shots at his peers, but the rapper says it’s been blown out of proportion a bit.

He continues: ”I think that’s a case where I maybe had to dumb down my lyrics just a little bit. The irony of that line is that the people that actually understood it and got it was the actual kings of New York. We’ve been down with them this past week, and them understanding that it’s not about actually being the King of whatever coast, it’s about leaving the mark as great as Biggie as great as Pac.”

Listen below:

And recap on Lamar’s aforementioned verse on ‘Control’ beneath:

[via CoS]