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\n\tQuestlove<\/a> has angered plenty of hip-hop fans in recent days after blasting the Kendrick Lamar-Drake feud<\/a> while deeming the genre \u201cdead,\u201d and then proceeding to critique 2Pac\u2019s<\/a> scathing \u201cHit \u2018Em Up\u201d diss track. And the hot takes keep coming: The Roots drummer appeared on SiriumXM\u2019s\u00a0One Song<\/em><\/a> podcast last week and while discussing the evolution of rap diss tracks, he took a shot at \u201cHit \u2018Em Up\u201d while dubbing it the \u201cweakest musical smack.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI would actually respect 2Pac\u2019s \u2018Hit \u2018Em Up\u2019 if his music tracking was better,\u201d he said. \u201c\u2018Hit \u2018Em Up,\u2019 to me, is disqualified not because of the misogynist\u2026 Dude, you\u2019re rhyming over smooth jazz dinner music! Luther Vandross could sing over this!\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHe continued: \u201cSo when this came out, everybody was like, \u2018This is hard as sh\u2013! Yo, he killin\u2019 it!\u2019 And I was like, \u2018Dog, he\u2019s smooth jazzed up Dennis Edwards. It doesn\u2019t count.\u2019 \u2026 That song, to me, is the weakest musical smack. I can\u2019t get with \u2018Hit \u2018Em Up.’\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tVeteran journalist Elliott Wilson took issue with Quest\u2019s sentiments. \u201cYo! Questlove we love you, but you gotta stop,\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n