The “competition” aspect of rap feuds, according to “Method Man,” is “absolutely” beneficial for hip-hop because it “keeps people on their toes”

The rapper also talked about the “uncomfortable subject” of Wu-Tang Clan’s highly sought-after record, “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin,” in an interview with “Vanity Fair.”

Technique Rap fights and diss recordings, in the man’s opinion, are “absolutely” beneficial to hip-hop.

The rapper and actor, real name Clifford Smith, Jr., talked on the significance of “competition” in the genre in an interview with Vanity Fair.

Method Man, 53, told the publication, “It keeps people on their toes, and the younger cats are watching.” “They are discovering that these guys’ statements are essentially their tenets. And we’re witnessing their true selves emerge in real time.”

“It’s always been like that in a jungle setting,” he went on. Everyone else follows your lead once you establish yourself as the alpha. Many will come and lay claim to the throne since it was placed there by someone. The distinction nowadays is that no one is publicly declaring, “I’m going to kill you.”

“It’s just conceit—’You don’t have this, you’re getting screwed out of your record deal, and you haven’t had a hit yet.'” Before the conflict between Lamar and Drake escalated, Method Man stated, “All that doesn’t cause fights in the club [Talking about Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, and Drake]. I honestly believe these three guys respect each other, or they wouldn’t have mentioned each other.”

When Kendrick Lamar, 37, released the Jack Antonoff-produced song “6:16 in LA,” which questioned Drake’s inner circle and hinted at maybe being in collusion with members of Drake’s group, the Drake-Lamar spat truly became hot around the beginning of May.

With “Family Matters,” the 37-year-old Canadian rapper swiftly retaliated, accusing Lamar of domestic abuse and asserting that one of Lamar’s children was not his real child.

The “DNA.” performer then instantly replied, “Meet the Grahams,” claiming that Drake had a supposed secret daughter, a claim that Drake swiftly refuted. Another song by Lamar, titled “Not Like Us,” came next. It accused the hitmaker of “Hotline Bling” of pedophilia and referred to him as a “colonizer.”

Regarding Cole’s portion of the dispute, Method Man continued to Vanity Fair by saying that the 39-year-old “MIDDLE CHILD” singer “doesn’t like the drama.”

“I don’t know how to describe Cole — you’re looking at someone that’s very calculated, smart as hell, and he knows that it’s chess, not checkers,” the protagonist of Power Book II: Ghost remarked.

The renowned Wu-Tang Clan album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin is a “uncomfortable subject” for the group, the rapper/actor revealed in another section of the interview. He also discussed his feelings over the album’s 2015 auction, which brought in an estimated $2 million for businessman Martin Shkreli.

“I’m not sure. “I assumed it was a circus show,” Method Man stated to the newspaper. “I never really spoke to RZA about it; it’s an uncomfortable subject to most of the guys, so we don’t really discuss it too much.”

Then he clarified that “the process” of the album was unknown to the rap icons.

Method Man said, “We were never told what it was.” “It was never intended to be an album by Wu-Tang. I don’t want to name the individual, but he was paying us to record a particular number of records.”