NewCopeJustDropped

4y

Kendrick is the only one with iconic live performances.

notesfromphilo

4y

has anybody else seen kendrick
during GKMC and more recently

happy to hear he's gotten better
and i'd like to hear more perspectives

rayray

4y

NIGGA WAT THE F*** I KNOW YO DUMBASS DONT EVEN BELIEVE THIS

rayray

4y

SUCK MY D***

Noir

4y

I've seen Kendrick a bunch of times, on GKMC tour and since.

I saw him at Pitchfork Fest before GKMC dropped and Swimming Pools was premiered. Great songs, amazing crowd, but it wasn't much more than an average rap fest setup on a small stage. He sounded fine. But you could tell something was brewing there.

GKMC was OK, he had some breath control and pacing issues that hampered some of the performances. He had a live band and it sounded good, definitely a step up in terms of the arrangements.

Things really improved with Kendrick as a performer going into TPAB.

This is just nuts and I think touring GKMC really helped him out. You can hear improved breath control here and the enunciation is on point.

Kunta Groove was smaller but he improved his staging:

I was at this show and it was one of the best I've ever been to. Great band, great lighting, really good control of the stage, all time classic album performed almost in full.

By DAMN he started to be known for putting on big shows and when I saw him there definitely was more going on with screens, but I thought the rap performance itself was what really improved. I don't have much from the Staples Center show, but all the good stuff is at this show:

He's not skipping lines anymore, great command of the stage, breath control is on point. Part of it is that everyone knows the songs now so he doesn't have to do as much work, but he was living up to his role by this point.

Like someone else said, he is great at putting on a show even if he hasn't always been a great performer. I would never say he's less than good as a performer though at this point and there is much, much worse in mainstream rap. I haven't seen Cole live so I can't compare the two, but I've seen hundreds of other gigs and Kendrick's are up there with the better ones.

ferraritears

4y

shut up already about this big 3 s***

how bout you shove 3 big cocks in your mouth

Kdogone

4y

Nigga look you dead in your face
And really act like you don't do it to the level that you do it

Not Like Josuke

4y

“Old big 3”

notesfromphilo

4y

we in the baby era

peace to the old big 3

notesfromphilo

4y

we in the baby era

peace to the old big 3

notesfromphilo

4y

okay i did

now what

DonutHole

4y

I think they're reacting to some people/fans who overrate Cole's substance maybe and not the actual music/lyrics

But even then, Cole does rap about futile s*** in a srs tone imo

Ie : let nas down where he talks about letting nas down cuz he heard someone say nas was dissapointed Cole went pop radio or sum, not to dismiss his feelings but the whole song is melodramatic imo

WESLEY PRESELY

4y

Kendrick definitely had the greatest improvement when it came to live performing. He was decent during the GKMC era. But then he 100% elevated during the TPAB era and he's been killing it ever since. His live performances during the DAMN era were great to and I know because I saw him live on tour in 2017.

BLACK

4y

wrong

ferraritears

4y

kiss me

NewCopeJustDropped

4y

All 3 grammys, all four late nights. Beyonce collab, Coachella

Sounds like facts ro me.