Complex rated Rae Srummurd's album SremmLife third best of the year, following Kendrick Lamar's critic proof To Pimp A Butterfly and Future's Dirty Sprite 2.
But when they jumped on Ebro in the Morning to discuss their picks, Ebro questioned the Sremmurd selection on account of the duo not writing their own lyrics.
He then recounted a story in which he asked Swae Lee and Slim Jimmy to freestyle on his show.
"They ran out of the room. And I'm [going to] tell you why. Because they didn't write that shit. Any of it," Ebro explained. "Mike Will Made It - you know his name is 'Mike Will Made It' - he made that album. They're Kriss Kross, that's what they are. It was a fabricated thing that we all like..."Mike Will Made it, the duo's producer, jumped on Twitter to defend his boys against Old Man Ebro's charge...
@MikeWiLLMadeIt Drummer's Ear & You... And them some. Stop it... . @oldmanebro And squad makes beats, we never wrote sremm's raps tf u talking about. @MikeWiLLMadeIt Never will be, word. See the Problem is niggas be stuck in these old ass boxes they scared to jump out of... Bring something new to the game, streets gone respect it and gone fuck with it, it's simple... Sremm album is a gamechanger (period).
For the record it's Ear Drummers not Drummers Ear... U all backwards lol https://t.co/cOWNNfBmob — Mike WiLL Made-It (@MikeWiLLMadeIt) December 11, 2015
Mike Will Made It cause I made that Ma fucka sonically flow n ride on a whole nother level, Production shit, Nothing to do with their raps. — Mike WiLL Made-It (@MikeWiLLMadeIt) December 10, 2015
Salute to traditional hip-hop too, I'm a fan, but this ain't that either... #SremmLife — Mike WiLL Made-It (@MikeWiLLMadeIt) December 10, 2015
Sremm was #3 overall album of the year, not #3 most lyrical classic hip hop mc that makes you feel like the 90's of the year... — Mike WiLL Made-It (@MikeWiLLMadeIt) December 10, 2015
. @RaeSremmurd Dnt trip, Niggas born in the 70's not posed to be able to keep up with young niggas rapping new lingo from the 90's... — Mike WiLL Made-It (@MikeWiLLMadeIt) December 11, 2015