sean intended to include on the album the track titled "control", a track produced by no i.d. and featuring guest vocals from kendrick lamar and jay electronica. however, he could not include it on the album due to sample clearing issues. on august 14, 2013, the song was sent to mainstream urban radio as one of the album's promotional singles. lamar's verse caused controversy as he "called out" j. cole, big k.r.i.t., wale, pusha t, meek mill, asap rocky, drake, sean, jay electronica, tyler, the creator and mac miller and referred to himself as the "king of new york". many rappers were offended by the lyrics, even though they were not explicitly mentioned. rappers including lupe fiasco, papoose, joell ortiz, cassidy, joe budden, asap ferg, king los, the mad rapper, uncle murda and b.o.b, among others released their responses or diss songs, within the following week. the song peaked at number 43 on the us hot r&b/hip-hop songs.<ref name="hot r&b/hip-hop songs"></ref>