Mar 6, 2023You can make music that resonates with artists without them straight up mimicking that music in return though, so that's a terrible thing to tack on if you're critiquing his overall influence.
Mar 6, 2023tbf melle mel played a foundational role in inventing the conscious rap sub-genre in which kendrick lamar makes music in
Mar 6, 2023I'm not gonna click play, but I'll take your word for it
Mar 6, 2023There’s more to an artist than just flow…
Mar 6, 2023https://twitter.com/Sean_Dwyer85/status/1632248698158608384
MVYHEM
Mar 6, 2023·1 replyKendrick is evidence of mfs being influenced by Em
It’s crazy how image affects the perception of influence tho, like Kendrick/Nicki/Tyler are seminal acts of modern rap but you’d never think they were influenced heavily by ‘Em cause how they present themselves. Niggas that are influenced by Wayne on the other hand also look like him, so it’s obvious even if you don’t really pay attention
Mar 6, 2023Ppl forget that JID, Smino, Saba, and ppl on that wave are really big and show very clear Kendrick inspo
Mar 6, 2023I mean he’s objectively correct regardless of how you feel about either artist
Mar 6, 2023MVYHEMNo one can rap like them cause no one is able to rap like them without being ridiculed and accused of biting.
No one wants to rap like The Furious Five cause it's outdated.Gotta slow your roll tho
Not the most knowledgeable on hip hop prior to the 2000’s but I’m pretty sure he was apart of “the message” or whatever song that was that has “broken glass everywhere” that pretty much birthed conscious rap lol
- Mar 6, 2023
We gotta stop saying niggas aren’t influential just cause they don’t influence cool niggas. Not only cool niggas make up the game, it’s a whole market of uncool non-club mfs
- Mar 6, 2023
FreightMelle Mel has no doubt that Kendrick Lamar and Eminem are talented, but he does question their influence on Hip Hop culture.
In a new interview with The Art of Dialogue, the OG rapper has claimed that while artists like Kendrick and Em have proven themselves as capable rappers, they have yet to impact the game significantly.
The conversation came about while Melle Mel was discussing Billboard and VIBE‘s recent list of the Top 50 Rappers of All Time. Mel said that while the former TDE rapper, who ranked No.2 on the list, might have made some good songs, they “don’t translate into the street part of Hip Hop.”
“I don’t know what records he made like that,” he said. “I might know one or two of them, but I don’t think you even hear Kendrick in the club like that.”
The iconic rapper jokingly admitted that while he’s a bit of dinosaur in the game, calling himself “90-years-old,” that Kendrick Lamar’s music doesn’t resonate, and it certainly “doesn’t translate into the No.2 rapper of all time.”
Melle Mel, who landed at No.48 on the list, noted that while his legendary group, Grandmaster Flash and Furious Five, helped plant the seeds of what conscious rap is today, he believes younger, conscious rappers like Kendrick Lamar don’t have the same impact.
“Nobody wants to rap like Kendrick Lamar. Nobody wants to rap like Eminem,” he continued. “A lot of people wanted to rap, like ‘Pac and Biggie.”
https://hiphopdx.com/news/melle-mel-kendrick-lamar-eminem
https://twitter.com/ArtOfDialogue_/status/1632125052584878080if the hip hop of the billboard top 100 is the relevant hip hop, then, Drake is the most influential of the 2010s entering the 2020s
- Mar 6, 2023https://twitter.com/Sean_Dwyer85/status/1632248698158608384MVYHEM
I hate how the younger generation do this
This is decent for the nigga to be in what, his 60’s?! Lmao
Like what is it supposed to sound like lol
- Mar 6, 2023
this cover i posted is horrible by the way
- Mar 6, 2023
What he’s saying is more due to Future Keef and Thug moreso than Kendrick not being good
And even still the game just no longer rewards the JID Chance Smino type artists that have some of his influence
- Mar 6, 2023
doja cat is kendrick influenced for sure
Mar 6, 2023he’s not wrong
Mar 6, 2023·1 replyStreet Rappers dont want to Rap like Kendrick, thats true
But other "concious", underground & middleground Rappers have been influenced by him & have gone on record saying so
Breaking news: Rappers that Rap similar to your lane are the ones that pick up on you, what a revelation wow
There are street Rappers that have said they would like to work with Kendrick tho, and some have
Mar 6, 2023I mean I get what he’s saying but every dusty fake woke rapper tryna sound like Kenny
Every yt cod playing monster drinking rapper damn near wanna sound like em
Mar 6, 2023he’s not necessarily lying about the not hearing kendrick much in the club part
Mar 6, 2023
Huge bmass Fan61 year old man sayin you don’t hear Kendrick in the club. I’ve seen it all
Mar 6, 2023He right. Any rapper that is influenced by them is boring. It’s like you can’t deny rappers like Common or Black Star. Them dudes made the hardest conscious records. S*** like Respiration. Kendrick couldn’t do that s*** and Eminem wishes
Mar 6, 2023·1 reply- Mar 6, 2023
theyre no u god
Mar 6, 2023I can’t even think of how you came up with that flow boy
