Iggy Azalea credits Kendrick Lamar’s “Control,” verse as dope but believes it was “sensationalized” by the public’s reaction.

Iggy Azalea spoke with HipHopDX to discuss her thoughts on Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” verse that had the hip-hop world buzzing.

The world is talking about Kendrick’s verse,” Azalea began.

“I think Kendrick’s verse was amazing. I think it’s a really good Kendrick verse. I heard everybody talking about it, as I’m sure most people did, before I heard the song and everybody is going so hard on it and getting their feelings hurt about it. So I thought he’d really gone in on everybody. I thought it was like, [50 Cent’s] ‘How To Rob’ or some crazy shit. And I was like, ‘Oh my God, let me hear it.’ And I listened to it and I read the lyrics. I think it’s an amazing verse.”

Azalea explained herself further stating she wasn’t discrediting him or the fans for hyping Kendrick’s verse, but for sensationalizing the bars that mentioned his fellow hip-hop artists names.

“I think it’s awesome, but being a bit over-sensationalized in terms of what was said about these rappers,” Azalea stated.

She then brings up the fact that Kendrick’s bars weren’t getting at the other rappers but just raising everyones awareness of his lyrical competitiveness. She also states that Gucci Mane tweets are more disrespectful than the verse.

“I don’t think it’s being over-sensationalized in terms of how great it was. I think it’s a brilliant verse, but I do think it’s been a bit over-sensationalized in terms of someone getting at somebody else. I see Gucci Mane saying some more disrespectful shit on his Twitter whenever he gets an opportunity to that’s almost completely mindless. So, I don’t know, the world is funny.”

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– John Weber (@JohnPaulWeber)