I would’ve been a ho-ass nigga if I cut that out of his verse, or if I didn’t put the song out." I knew when Kendrick did that name-dropping that it was just gonna set it off, and I could see why people gravitated towards that verse for that reason. Ībout the song, Big Sean said: "There’s a lot of negativity on that song, and I don’t fuck with negative shit. Complex also named Lamar's appearance the best rap verse of 2013. It was positioned at number 73 on Pitchfork Media's list of the 100 best songs of 2013. NME ranked the song at number 41 on their list of the 50 best songs of the year. They said, "Lamar hops on this chipmunk-soul track and spits the rap verse of the year" XXL named it one of the top five hip hop songs of 2013. Rob Kenner said, "No matter which verse you prefer it’s hard to deny that "Control" will go down in history as a milestone in hip-hop, and easily ranks as one of 2013's most important records." Rolling Stone also positioned the song at number 13 on their list of the 100 best songs of 2013. Complex ranked the song number ten on their list of the 50 Best Songs of 2013. "Control" received rave reviews from critics and fans alike upon its release, with many critics and fans praising Kendrick Lamar's verse in particular. The song garnered many responses and diss tracks from several notable rappers in the form of song, many of which are labeled "Kendrick Lamar Response" or "Control Response." Kendrick Lamar responded to the amount of responses saying the best were by King Los, Joell Ortiz, Joe Budden and Chocolate Drop, Kevin Hart's rap persona, also calling Papoose's the "comical joint". Lamar's Twitter account saw a 510% increase in followers in the week following the track's release, while his Wikipedia page garnered 200,000 page views.
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Wale Pusha T ASAP Rocky Tyler, The Creator and Mac Miller, as well as his co-artists on the song, Big Sean and Jay Electronica-and raps: "I got love for you all but I'm tryin' to murder you niggas / Trying to make sure your core fans never heard of you niggas / They don't want to hear not one more noun or verb from you niggas." In the same verse, he proclaims himself to be "the king of New York" and "king of the Coast". Much media attention was brought to the lyrical content of Lamar's verse on "Control", in which he calls out, by name, 11 fellow rappers- J. It peaked at number 11 on the United States Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and at number 43 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
Def Jam Recordings serviced "Control" to American mainstream urban radio on August 14, 2013, while a release to urban contemporary radio followed on August 27.