Shyne has admitted that he regrets criticizing Kendrick Lamar back in 2012.
The rapper-turned-politician controversially called Kendrick’s widely acclaimed debut album good kid, m.A.A.d city “trash,” but has now walked back his words.
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Appearing on Math Hoffa’s My Expert Opinion podcast, Shyne said: “I would say I made a mistake about Kendrick Lamar. I will admit to that. I think that was definitely a mistake [laughs].
“I think Drake is nice, Drake is incredible and Lamar has obviously proven me completely wrong, but everybody got it at the time but I was dealing with whatever I was dealing with and I didn’t understand it, I didn’t appreciate it.”
He added: “He’s obviously proven to be one of the greatest musicians in our generation. That’s one I take back.”
Shyne caused a stir in October 2012, shortly after the release of good kid, m.A.A.d city, when he tweeted that Kendrick Lamar “is talented with a lot of potential but his album is traaaaash!”
He later elaborated on his statement in an interview with Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg, saying: “We live in the United States of America, we don’t live in the United States of Aftermath. Jimmy Iovine doesn’t pay me, I can say whatever I want.
“I’m not talking reckless. I said the young boy got potential and I said he was talented, but the album is trash. That’s tough love. I didn’t attack him as an individual, I didn’t say anything disrespectful. It’s trash!
He added: “Beats is trash, number one. And once your beats are trash, you’re finished because you can’t handle a good flow. I don’t really want to hear what you gotta say. I’ll go buy Dr. Cornel West’s album if I want to hear someone talk.”
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Kendrick responded to Shyne’s harsh comments in a red carpet interview with VIBE: “That’s his opinion, but one opinion can’t stop how the world thinks.”
He would later jab the former Bad Boy rapper on the J. Cole-produced “The Jig Is Up (Dump’n),” rapping: “Y’all pray to God this week I be putting out bombs / I pray to God this beat is good enough for Shyne / If not J. Cole, your shit is trash / But at least my opinion just made everyone laugh.”
