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Today (October 6), Drake released his eighth solo album, For All The Dogs. The 23-song album features collaborations with 21 Savage, Lil Yachty, Teezo Touchdown, SZA, and Bad Bunny. It also involves J. Cole, in the pair’s first collaboration since 2019’s “Jodeci Freestyle.” “First Person Shooter” addresses the subtext of two of Rap’s reigning superstars coming together to claim their impact, legacy, and G.O.A.T.-level status.
As one of the most lethal guest MCs in Hip-Hop history, Cole opens the song. “First person shooter mode, we turnin’ your song to a funeral / To them n___as that say they wan’ off us, you better be talkin’ ’bout workin’ in cubicles / Yeah, them boys had it locked, but I knew the code / Lot of n___as debatin’ my numeral / Not the three, not the two, I’m the U-N-O / Yeah, numero U-N-O / Me and Drizzy, this s__t like the Super Bowl.” Jermaine has no problem declaring himself the best alongside his peer—so much so that he says it twice. In an old school approach, Aubrey picks up mid-verse, keeping the point and the energy. “Big as the Super Bowl / But the difference is it’s just two guys playin’ s__t that they did in the studio / N___as usually send they verses back to me and they be terrible, just like a two-year old / I love a dinner with some fine women / When they start debatin’ about who the G.O.A.T / I’m like ‘Go ‘head, say it then, who the G.O.A.T.? / Who the G.O.A.T.? Who the G.O.A.T.? Who the G.O.A.T.? / Who you b____es really rootin’ for?” / Like a kid that act bad from January to November, n___a, it’s just you and Cole.“
