I just fully realized it the other day.
This song came out shortly after Forever, which both Em and Kanye were on.
Years later a recording surfaced of Kanye at a Grammys after party talking about how when he heard Em's verse on Forever, he had to rewrite his own verse.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xWrm008YJpI can't embed the dumb youtube shorts, but thats a link to the clip of Ye saying that
So when No Love first came out, we didn't have that context.
It always sounded a bit like Em was dissing Kanye when he references Ye taking the mic from Taylor Swift, but now its obvious it was a direct shot at Kanye himself.
"Look at these rappers, how I treat 'em
So why the fuck would I join 'em when I beat 'em?
They call me a freak 'cause I like to spit on these pussies 'fore I eat 'em
Man get these wack cocksuckers off stage, where the fuck is Kanye when you need him?
Snatch the mic from him, bitch I'ma let you finish in a minute
Yeah, that rap was tight, but I'm 'bout to spit the greatest verse of all time
So you might wanna go back to the lab tonight and, um
Scribble out them rhymes you were gonna spit
And start over from scratch and write new ones
But I'm afraid that it ain't gonna make no difference
When I rip this stage and tear it in half tonight"
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