Drake 'Nothing Was The Same' Deemed Passive Aggressive; Did We See This Coming? Flashback To The Rapper's Passive Aggressive Hip-Hop Beefs

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Drake is catching a lot of heat for his alleged passive aggressive tone in his new album "Nothing Was The Same."




However, should we have seen this coming due to his history of being unassertive? Global Grind pointed out that his complaisant style in "Nothing Was The Same" shouldn't come as a surprise since it has been done before.




Drake has a history of being passive aggressive while in the center of hip-hop beefs. Let's take a look down memory lane.






Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar:




After Kendrick Lamar admitted to trying to lyrically murder Drake in his verse to Big Sean's "Control," the "Started From The Bottom" rapper told Billboard  that he "didn't have anything to say about it."




“I didn’t really have anything to say about it. It just sounded like an ambitious thought to me. That’s all it was. I know good and well that Kendrick’s not murdering me, at all, in any platform. So when that day presents itself, I guess we can revisit the topic," Drake said to the publication.




A few days ago, Drake managed to gather some aggression and told Angie Martinez on Hot 97 that the words Lamar used in the "Control" verse was kind of "harsh" and he didn’t really think he could “f*ck with the guy after that.”




“It just wasn’t real to me. I saw him after that [diss] and it was just like love, so it’s like was that [diss] real or was that for the people? Those were harsh words, you can’t just say that and see me like ‘yeah man what’s up’ pretending like nothing ever happened. That’s not real. To me, that’s not like the nature of battling. There’s passion behind it. There’s anger behind it. I personally enjoy making, like, great music and bodies of work over, like, being the talk of Twitter for, like, five days … I don’t know if it was worth it. Because there’s a lot of people that were mentioned that I feel like can’t really go back and f*ck with that guy after that.”






Drake vs. Ludacris:




This passive aggressive feud started when Ludacris used a different flow for "My Chick Bad" featuring Nicki Minaj. Drake implied that the Georgia rapper was trying to jock Big Sean's "Supa Dupa" style.




"A bunch of rappers started doing it and using the most terrible references in the world. I don’t want to offend somebody…I hate that rappers picked that flow up," said Drake. "I wish they had left that for people that know how to use it. [They go like] “It’s a parade! MACY’S!”




Big Sean second Drake's notion.




“With the super duper flow, I created that one word rhyme style,” Big Sean said in an interview. “Drake really made it more popular, but Drake gave me the credit and was like, ‘I really got that from Big Sean.’ I think some artists just did it so wack man. Every time I say names I get in trouble and it’s like I’m dissing, but some people used it wack. If he said Ludacris used it wack, hey. Don’t get it wrong I’m not trying to dis Ludacris or nothing. He’s a great MC. But even though that style got so overused, there was a lot of people who did it great and there was a lot of people who didn’t do it so great."




Ludacris decided to retaliate with his diss track "Bada Boom."




"Counterfeit rappers say I’m stealing their flows
But I can’t steal what you never made up bitch
Y’all some duplicate rap cloning niggas
I manufacture you hoes — put on your makeup, bitch," rhymed the DTP lyricist.






Drake vs. Vanessa Bryant:




While attention still centered around Kobe and Vanessa Bryant's divorce proceedings, Drake decided to rape about it in Rick Ross' "Stay Schemin."




“Kobe ‘bout to lose a hundred fifty M’s / Kobe my n*gga I hate it had to be him / B*tch you wasn’t with me shooting in the gym / B*tch you wasn’t with me shooting in the gym," rapped Drake.




Vanessa fired back with this statement:
“I love when immature kids quote a rapper that has never been friends with Kobe and knows nothing about our relationship. Just shows how gullible they are. I don’t need to be in the gym. I’m raising our daughters, signing checks and taking care of everything else that pertains to our home life. But thanks for your concern over an immature quote.
I really wish people would stop THINK and then realize that they are being sucked into someone’s clear intention to monetize and gain attention off of our family’s heartache. This is real life. I hold down our home life so my husband can focus on his career. It’s a partnership.”




This statement was followed by an apology Drake's manager sent through text.






Drake vs. DMX




In a past interview with Power 105.1 Breakfast Club, DMX confessed that he wanted to jump the former "Degrassi" star.




“I don’t like anything about Drake. I don’t like his fucking voice. I don’t like what he talks about. I don’t like his face. I don’t like the way he walks. Nothing. I don’t like his haircut. I wish it was like maybe seven years ago or maybe like 10 years ago where you know, catch him in the elevator, beat him up," the Ruff Ryder told the morning show.




In a later interview with DJ Whoo Kid, DMX quickly changed the script.




“I have no… I mean, the nigga ain’t do nothing to me. There ain’t no reason, son. I don’t want to beat him up. It ain’t that serious," he said.




In this situation Drake turned the other check and kept quiet.






This is only half of the history of Drakes passive aggressive behavior amongst fellow figures in the hip-hop industry. To check out his long winded beefs with those like Common, Pusha T, and Chris Brown go here.