Throw TPAB in there too

Because its mid

already sounds dated

Good Kid Maad City did majority of these things for Kendrick my g.

DAMN is also just not a good album son

i find alright and songs like this is America bait for s*** just like that

i think thats in your head

everytime i put on the album I just think 2017, TPAB doesn't give me the 2015 feeling tho

Lol kendrick writes his own albums. It would be more difficult for him to phone in an album that someone that doesn’t write

The most popular rap album of the decade according to Billboard if we aren't counting Views

Had more influence than most albums y'all claim are classics
KOD
Eve (Rapsody said that she wanted to make something more catchy the way Kendrick did with DAMN.)
FM! (The whole radio idea is what Kendrick did on DAMN. with Kid Capri and Vince also sounds like Kendrick on some songs, Vince thinks that Kendrick is the best rapper of this era so wouldn't be a reach to think that it did influence him in some way)
IDK - 24 (The whole Is He Real? album bites DAMN. concept pretty much)
Cardi B - Money
Logic - 44 More
Nicki Minaj - Barbie Dreams (2nd part of the song is diet DNA.)
Iggy Azalea - Sally Walker
Rich Brian had his latest album mostly produced by Bekon which produced half of DAMN. and the intro for his album literally bit BLOOD. (that s*** was corny af tho )
Redemption and CrasH Talk if y'all wanna count them
Baby Keem one of the most promising artists on the rise
There's probably more I'm forgetting

First rap album ever to win a Pultizer

The album that turned Kendrick into a star

Iconic music videos and live performances

Critical acclaim

This doesn't have much to do with the album being a classic but the DAMN. tour was amazing and I'm pretty sure that was Travis Scott's first big tour

etc

Didn't read but the first sentence and stopped caring. People really look to billboard for what's a classic
S*** was a insta classic and it shouldn't even be questioned