First Person Shooter (feat. J. Cole)

"First Person Shooter" is a high-octane track where J. Cole links up with Drake to drop truth bombs about their rap game dominance. Drake is flexing his success, his lady game, and his industry throne. He boasts he's on a whole other level, comparing himself to the Super Bowl. J. Cole is all about his rap game clout. He calls out other rappers who try to start beef with him just to ride his coattails.

Neither artist is shy about comparing themselves to music legends. When Drake dropped For All The Dogs, he was holding it down in fifth place on Billboard's Most #1 Songs on the Hot 100 list with 12 chart-toppers. Michael Jackson sat one place above him with 13 #1 hits. The OVO leader raps on the outro: Beat it, what? Beat it, what? Beat it, what? Beat it, what? "Beat It" was one of Jackson's most popular songs, topping the Hot 100 in 1983 for three weeks. J. Cole's bragging rights in the rap game come from his hard-hitting singles, critically acclaimed albums, epic productions and big-selling collabs. Love when they argue the hardest MC Is it K-Dot? Is it Aubrey? Or me? We the big three like we started a league, but right now, I feel like Muhammad Ali Since Cole, Aubrey "Drake" Graham, and Kendrick "K-Dot" Lamar entered the ring in the early 2010s, there's been a common consensus amongst mainstream hip-hop fans that they are the three greatest rappers alive. Cole also compares himself to Muhammad Ali, the greatest boxer of all time, suggesting he is the undisputed champion of rap.

The song starts off with Drake's 5-year-old son, Adonis, gimmicking a gun before Cole steps into the booth and proclaims: First-person shooter mode, we turnin' your song to a funeral First-person shooter is a genre of video game that centers gun-based combat from the first-person point of view. The player typically controls the protagonist's movement and actions using a keyboard and mouse or a game controller. Cole uses the first-person shooter genre as a metaphor for his and Drake's approach to featuring on tracks. They're known for straight-up slaying when they jump on a song, often overshadowing the main act. Drake and Cole's features are so fire, they practically turn the whole track into a funeral procession.