DJ Akademiks Heaps Rare Praise On Kendrick Lamar

The days of people in Hip Hop media being neutral on hot topic issues are just about done.

These days, especially podcast hosts, they side with their favorite rappers and diss his or her opponents.

DJ Akademiks is guilty of doing that, as he praises Drake daily and bashes Kendrick Lamar.

So, many seemed surprised when Ak praised Dot's performance on his GNX tour, which kicked off earlier this month.

Ak loves that he didn't use a backing track to deliver his rhymes, as many of today's rappers do, and didn't use a hype man.

DJ Akademiks praises Kendrick Lamar recent performance at the Grand National Tour he says he respect it because he’s rapping , no backing tracks or hype man, just delivering straight bars. pic.twitter.com/9kZAxvgb9F

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"My boy rapping with no backing track," said Ak about Dot. "Some of y'all don't know concerts. That boy rapping with no backing track. He's dope. There's no backing track, no hype man, and he's rapping a seven-minute song. 'Euphoria' is like seven minutes, and then he's still gotta do other songs. It's like bars."

"This gives me JAY-Z vibes, but he's a better performer than JAY-Z," he continued. "One thing I like about JAY-Z's concerts, he raps every word. JAY-Z raps every word. I love it. I ain't gonna lie. This is Hip Hop at its heights. N*ggas is sitting there in a stadium watching this n*gga spit bars. No dancers, it's bars."

Do you care if rappers spit to a backing track while on stage?