Akademiks finally has a good take.... he calls out these rappers taking too long to drop music.

RapaHolix

Sep 26, 2023

jumbotron

8mo

dababy had a real run in 2019-2020 i can’t lie, strictly talking commercial success wise

he couldn't switch the flow up or drop quality albums though

Dotenheimer

Sep 26, 2023

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RapaHolix

8mo

you misread.

the fact that they barely drop music is why the bar is set so low

their projects set the bar higher not lower

Barely drop.

Kendrick J Cole

2009 - Kendrick Lamar EP. The Warm Up
2010 - Overly Dedicated Friday Night Lights
2011 - Section 80. Sideline Story
2012 - GKMC. N/A
2013 - N/A. Truly Yours 1 & 2/ BS
2014 - N/A. ROTD 1 /FHD
2015 - TPAB. Revenge of the Dreamers 2
2016 - uu 4YEO
2017 - DAMN. N/A
2018 - BPS. KOD
2019 - N/A. ROTD 3
2020 - N/A. N/A
2021 - N/A. TOS
2022 - MMTBS. D Day

9 projects in 14 yrs. 14 projects in 14 years

There should be zero complaints about Cole and the only complaint about Kendrick would be when a pandemic happened. I think the notion that they somehow never release is a false narrative.

You got Kendrick 4 years in a row for every year twice. You damn near got a cole project every year.

so much pain

Sep 26, 2023

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Vibe

8mo

Bruh it's almost been 10 years

still don’t need a new one

Vibe

Sep 26, 2023

so much pain

8mo

still don’t need a new one

Frank letting The Weeknd blaze past him is pretty crazy, can't really live off Blonde forever, it is great though

Valentine

Sep 26, 2023

Dotenheimer

8mo

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Barely drop.

Kendrick J Cole

9 projects in 14 yrs. 14 projects in 14 years

There should be zero complaints about Cole and the only complaint about Kendrick would be when a pandemic happened. I think the notion that they somehow never release is a false narrative.

You got Kendrick 4 years in a row for every year twice. You damn near got a cole project every year.

Niggas just be talking man, want artists to just be sweatshop workers to labels and their fan needs

YungDrew

Sep 26, 2023

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Dotenheimer

8mo

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Barely drop.

Kendrick J Cole

9 projects in 14 yrs. 14 projects in 14 years

There should be zero complaints about Cole and the only complaint about Kendrick would be when a pandemic happened. I think the notion that they somehow never release is a false narrative.

You got Kendrick 4 years in a row for every year twice. You damn near got a cole project every year.

Born Sinner in 2013 too

Dotenheimer

Sep 26, 2023

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YungDrew

8mo

Born Sinner in 2013 too

Damn that’s 14 projects he put out in 14 years but saying he is the reason why artist are lazy 😂

RapaHolix

Sep 26, 2023

1 reply

Dotenheimer

8mo

Barely drop.

Kendrick J Cole

9 projects in 14 yrs. 14 projects in 14 years

There should be zero complaints about Cole and the only complaint about Kendrick would be when a pandemic happened. I think the notion that they somehow never release is a false narrative.

You got Kendrick 4 years in a row for every year twice. You damn near got a cole project every year.

you misunderstood again

I'm talking about the last 3-5 years, hiphop's been in a stagnation, and it could be attributed to the inactivity of the top guys like kendrick and cole.

since 2017 kendrick and cole have COMBINED only dropped 4 solo projects, meanwhile drake has dropped 4 in the last 3 years and is about to drop a 5th. so yes, recently, these guys barely drop

Valentine

Sep 26, 2023

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RapaHolix

8mo

you misread.

the fact that they barely drop music is why the bar is set so low

their projects set the bar higher not lower

Niggas can’t take a break for the first time in their nearly 2 decade careers? Especially to find more inspiration instead of flooding the fans with lower grades takes of their best work (Drake)

RapaHolix

Sep 26, 2023

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Valentine

8mo

Niggas can’t take a break for the first time in their nearly 2 decade careers? Especially to find more inspiration instead of flooding the fans with lower grades takes of their best work (Drake)

they could retire tomorrow it doesn't take away from their own legacies, but if you look at the grand-scheme of hiphop, there is nothing raising the bar high for the new guys.

meanwhile when kendrick and cole were coming up, they had to steal spotlight from guys like ye and wayne.

these days, the GOATs of the 2010s aren't active enough where the newcomers have any real pressure on em to compete

YungDrew

Sep 26, 2023

Dotenheimer

8mo

Damn that’s 14 projects he put out in 14 years but saying he is the reason why artist are lazy 😂

Not to mention Cole has been busy with features since 2018, and Kendrick has had big features over the last 15 years.

so much pain

Sep 26, 2023

Dotenheimer

8mo

Barely drop.

Kendrick J Cole

9 projects in 14 yrs. 14 projects in 14 years

There should be zero complaints about Cole and the only complaint about Kendrick would be when a pandemic happened. I think the notion that they somehow never release is a false narrative.

You got Kendrick 4 years in a row for every year twice. You damn near got a cole project every year.

you could even include Forest Hills Live too even if that doesn’t appeal to everyone it’s still cool you don’t see it enough in rap

but yea these guys didn’t become two of the biggest rappers of all time by being scarce mythical droppers

hadji

Sep 26, 2023

the world has changed so much since cole kendrick and drake started dropping music, it would be like this regardless of whether Kendrick had an album or two more under his belt

we have moved away from a monoculture and towards people being able to find their niche and live in it, so the role of the everyman hip-hop superstar has kind of eroded, besides the artists who are grandfathered into it. and we just have that nostalgic desire to watch another artist rise like that, and it can't rly ever be quenched because the game has changed so much

a lot of young superstars who would be hitting their primes right now also passed away, looking at juice wrld, X, pop smoke, and others. those artists would be hitting that album 3-5 range right now and maybe would've sustained that type of feeling

Valentine

Sep 26, 2023

RapaHolix

8mo

they could retire tomorrow it doesn't take away from their own legacies, but if you look at the grand-scheme of hiphop, there is nothing raising the bar high for the new guys.

meanwhile when kendrick and cole were coming up, they had to steal spotlight from guys like ye and wayne.

these days, the GOATs of the 2010s aren't active enough where the newcomers have any real pressure on em to compete

But you’re speaking about artists that came up during a time where there wasn’t as much of a freedom of choice as today due to streaming.

I think there are plenty of artists continuing to raise the bar in artistry today and maybe you just haven’t discovered them or are too stuck on the greats of the past

YungDrew

Sep 26, 2023

RapaHolix

8mo

you misunderstood again

I'm talking about the last 3-5 years, hiphop's been in a stagnation, and it could be attributed to the inactivity of the top guys like kendrick and cole.

since 2017 kendrick and cole have COMBINED only dropped 4 solo projects, meanwhile drake has dropped 4 in the last 3 years and is about to drop a 5th. so yes, recently, these guys barely drop

It shouldn’t be down to artists a decade into their careers to help push hip-hop forward, it’s always the youth pushing it forward. Maybe us fans who grew up in the late 00s-early 10s with Drake, Kendrick, Cole etc. are just growing into the dusty old heads we been mocking for the last decade for not moving on from Hov, Pac, Biggie and Nas. We’re just not connecting with the popular rap music of today’s generation n what’s wrong with that?

fiveprestos

Sep 26, 2023

Cyberfunk

8mo

Kendrick took 5 years and the same thing happened anyway

Harsh truth yeah

so much pain

Sep 26, 2023

I think hip hop took more of a hit when artists like Future and Thug stopped consistently dropping projects

Absolutely no reason why Lil Baby took almost 3 years to drop a rehashed knockoff of My Turn and I think it slightly hurt the genre even if it was quietly successful

2words

Sep 26, 2023

He’s right, Kendrick is wasting his talent

2words

Sep 26, 2023

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Dotenheimer

8mo

Barely drop.

Kendrick J Cole

9 projects in 14 yrs. 14 projects in 14 years

There should be zero complaints about Cole and the only complaint about Kendrick would be when a pandemic happened. I think the notion that they somehow never release is a false narrative.

You got Kendrick 4 years in a row for every year twice. You damn near got a cole project every year.

They both f***ed up letting the pandemic take half a decade off their careers though

They both just basically went from Blueprint Jay to Kingdom Come jay overnight because the powers that be didn’t want them dropping. Squandering this much of your time while you’re still young and creative (allegedly) is so sad

I do agree that cole doesn’t really deserve the critique as much and has been on a feature run, but it’s about time, he better be dropping this winter

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN ⬛

Sep 26, 2023

2words

8mo

They both f***ed up letting the pandemic take half a decade off their careers though

I do agree that cole doesn’t really deserve the critique as much and has been on a feature run, but it’s about time, he better be dropping this winter

insightful post! Interesting.

Smacked Voodoo

Sep 26, 2023

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Entitled ass take. F*** this chubby gerbil lookin ass nigga

2words

Sep 26, 2023

Smacked Voodoo

8mo

Entitled ass take. F*** this chubby gerbil lookin ass nigga

He’s obviously trash but I don’t think it’s entitled, this is hip hop and dudes who try to claim the throne should be active

2words

Sep 26, 2023

Y’all think Cole coming 4th quarter? He’s pushing it with this wait too tbh

MUNCH KHING

Sep 26, 2023

It’s not a good take

And there are always “trash artists” the time between albums has nothing to do with it.

Some of y’all listen to any mfer with a platform