The year may be young, with only a few months since the calendar flipped over, but the rap game has been quit abuzz. Aside from the usual album releases, rumors and social media fodder keeping the news cycle in motion, there have also been a palpable amount of tension in play thus far, with more than a few rappers clearing the air and speaking their peace.

In a genre and culture birthed in the streets, aggression has always come with the territory, causing for an in-your-face attitude and and a sense of survival of the fittest. There's a tried-and-true saying that all is fair in love and war, and in rap, that sentiment is just short of a commandment where lyrical pugilism is par for the course.

While blatant diss tracks get most of the headlines and attention, subliminal disses have long been in play and have often been the catalyst that leads to many of the more epic take-downs in rap history. Following the showdown between Drake and Meek Mill, it appears that thinly-veiled jabs have been thrown at an increasing rate, with many of rap's biggest names joining in on the fun. The result has been some of the more analyzed lyrics to be spat in 2017, with the fans doing the legwork and predicting what the next great rap beef shall be.

When DJ Khaled dropped his new song "Shining" featuring Beyonce and Jay Z in February, fans attempted to pinpoint who Hov was going at on the track. Jay has kept quiet about who he was directing his lyrics at, leaving rap fans in the dark on this subliminal.

XXL dug deep and put together a list of a few of the more scathing subliminal disses of 2017 that had raps fans making use of their investigative skills and deciphering who was the target in question. From tracks by Drake to Kendrick Lamar and more, check them out below.