I don't know how the man y'all call the GOAT can make that claim when he's been ducking putting in the work for almost 5 years now.

In the time Kendrick has been away, Eminem has dropped 3 albums, 4 if you include the 16-track deluxe version of MTBMB:
Revival (2017)
Kamikaze (2018)
Music to be Murdered By (2020)
Music to be Murdered By (Deluxe) 2020
And another album is allegedly dropping next year.

In the same time, Nas has dropped:
Nasir (2018)
The Lost Tapes 2 (2019)
King's Disease (2020)
King's Disease 2 (2021)
Magic (2021) Out Tonight

How are you calling this man the greatest of a generation when he's not actively competing in what are the prime years of his career and his peers are putting in the work and even legends who are 12-15 years older than him are outdoing him in work ethic?

Are we now rewarding laziness in rap/hip-hop?

Revival was good

Didn’t read. Op a lunatic

ktt2.com/adonis-megathread-104054

Revival was terrible, but that's not the point.

And how many of those eminem albums are listenable? 0

By this logic D'Angelo shouldn't be a goat either, but we all know he is.

Again with these dumb ass stipulations that yall only apply to Kendrick

So to be the GOAT you have to continually drop garbage music?

all those eminem albums are ass

Hes definitely GOAT status for his album run alone.

but im starting to agree with ppl saying hes not top 5 at the moment. Hes only dropped crumbs of music as of late

work ethic is a non factor

we only judge what comes out

I wouldn't call it laziness at all, he's been working just doesn't like what he makes and doesn't put it out.

Doesn't matter how good or bad the albums are. The point is that he's being outworked by his peers and even legends who are way older than him with absolutely nothing to prove to anyone at this point in their careers.

“ Doesn't matter how good or bad the albums are.”

Lol

You just mad Kendrick has been lazy as s*** over the last 5 years. Not my fault.

I think we should let him be until he drops.

I think it’s great that he’s taken some time off from the music industry and moves different now.

Should respect it

I do think the amount you drop an album should be more of a factor in these discussions tho

I’ll trade 1 Kendrick alvum for Eminem’s whole discography

I’m sure he still works on music nonstop and is always recording

No, but you have to remain somewhat active. Disappearing for 5 years and then resurfacing and making GOAT claims on a weak feature verse won't fly.

Disagree.