Monday night Twitter blew up over the Big Sean song “Control” featuring Kendrick Lamar.
Though it was Sean’s song, Lamar stole the spotlight spitting venom in two verses meant to put many of Hip Hop’s best rappers on notice while raising the bar of excellence expected of rap MCs.
Tuesday, the song was still the subject of many discussions—even among sports circles, garnering TV time in conversation on ESPN’s Numbers Never Lie.
The constant hype had to bring about someone’s eventual lyrical response.
Enter Brooklyn based rapper Joell Ortiz, as New Orleans Pelicans guard Anthony Morrow and Boston guard MarShon Brooks both tweeted.
Woooo @JoellOrtiz just went in on his response to kendrick, no tweets jut went in the lab and turnt up lol
— Anthony Morrow (@MrAnthonyMorrow) August 13, 2013
Joel Ortiz came back wit some FIRE!!! #nowimexcited
— Marshon S. Brooks (@Marshon2) August 13, 2013
The first official response to Lamar’s verses came from Ortiz by way of legendary NY DJ Funkmaster Flex.
1,2 1,2… RT @funkmasterflex: DOWNLOAD #DJFUNKFLEXAPP !!! JOELL ORTIZ HAS SUMTHIN TO SAY!!!
— Joell Ortiz (@JoellOrtiz) August 13, 2013
For those of you that either don’t have the ability to download the app or just don’t want to, you can listen to Ortiz’s response on Youtube.