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Shortly after J. Cole<\/a> interpolated Common\u2019s<\/a> \u201cThe Light\u201d on The Fall-Off<\/em>, Kendrick Lamar<\/a> tapped the same track for bars on Baby Keem<\/a>\u2019s new project, Ca$ino<\/em>.<\/p>\n Kendrick references Common\u2019s 2000 classic on his feature for Baby Keem\u2019s \u201cGood Flirts.\u201d \u201cThe Light,\u201d produced by J Dilla, samples Bobby Caldwell\u2019s \u201cOpen Your Eyes.\u201d Other artists who have sampled the track include Madlib (\u201cDo It Real Big\u201d) and The Game (\u201cThe Light\u201d).<\/p>\n \u201cGood Flirts\u201d also features Momo Boyd who expressed gratitude for the opportunity via social media. \u201cThank you Keem, Kendrick and Dave for believing in me, empowering me and being the kindest people towards me,\u201d she wrote on X. \u201cWhat an honor to stand next to you three and feel so much love and respect.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this \/ Flood your contour, make you blush like this,\u201d K Dot raps on the song. <\/p>\n It\u2019s worth noting that Kendrick sampled the song a while back, before Cole did it this year, on an unreleased song called \u201cFalsehood\u201d that dropped in 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n The moment carries added weight for hip-hop fans who are well aware of Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole\u2019s complicated history. Once viewed as two-thirds of the genre\u2019s so-called \u201cBig 3,\u201d the longtime peers briefly found themselves at odds after Lamar\u2019s verse on \u201cLike That\u201d sparked tension. Cole responded with his diss track \u201c7 Minute Drill,\u201d but later walked back the record publicly, issuing an apology that became one of the most talked-about moments in rap last year.<\/p>\n More recently, Cole <\/a>reflected on the fallout in his Birthday Blizzard \u201926<\/em> freestyles, <\/a>signaling that he has put the episode behind him and is focused on recalibrating his place in the rap landscape.<\/p>\n