That's Jay-Z whole career damn near. Like a classic song or 2 mixed in with some bullshit, at least to me. A lot of those songs on those albums I personally don't wanna hear. I feel like that about life and times, dynasty, plus wait a minute....nigga got 2 whole albums with R Kelly and was dating an underage Beyonce at 30. He definitely not my goat. Yuck.

Goat means all time not current

Ok all the outside of music s*** idk i dont know him personally

Every Jay verse on Dynasty was fire, and what album only has one fire song?

Even Kingdom Come has Show Me What You Got, Lost Ones, Beach Chair, Prelude, I Made It and thats his worst album

Agree w this whole post

I actually bought BP3 the day it came out and was able to form my own opinion and in 09 that album was HOT, it aged a bit but its still a solid ass 7/10

Ross is more like Amare Stoudimire. Even down to the business ventures. Instead of religion and buying a team, Ross bought some animals and wingstops

It sucks Damn was the one he took a hiatus on, but that wasn’t a bad album by any means

Crazy how I got a car, graduated high school, went through 4 years of college and graduated that and we’re not even close to another Kendrick album. Amazin how albums can match up with your personal milestones

Kendrick behind Ross? Yea bro just delete this post.

I feel like Damn. was the perfect one to take a break on.

He had the super successful and conceptual major label debut.

Followed immediately by the socially conscious and thematically heavy magnum opus.

Then the super mainstream, radio dominating album that still had the lyricism and conscious themes that people love Kendrick for.

And finally the Black Panther soundtrack/TDE album that served as a well deserved victory lap after the success of his previous five years.

Perfect time to take a lengthy break after that.

Dynasty is boring af to me personally.
And Vol 3...If it didn't have Big Pimpin' I would probably forget it existed. It's not for me.
I don't fw any of those Kingdom Come songs.

Wow it really has been a half decade since DAMN

Nice distinction drake contender for the goat, but Kenny a goat fr

Drake ain’t in the conversation for the opposite reason.

Starting in 1990, Prince was already incorporating his funkier musicianship. Ofc we had Sign O' with House Quake but there was a more emphasis from 1990-2006. This was shown by working with George Clinton on Grafitti Bridge. Then throughout the 90s he kept hittin us with Sexy Mfer, Love 2 the 9s, Dream Factory, Cloureen Bacon Skin w/Remix, moments from Come, etc. etc.

IMO by time we reached 2001, there was a natural progression to Rainbow Children that started in 1990. Same with Musicology which imo sound like back 2 back albums. That's 2006. From 1990-2006, Prince was making funk. That doesn't include Time or any other group.

Maybe Musicology was marketed as a rebranding of P but I've never bought.

Rainbow Children itself doesn't acoustically sound inspired by the Soul Q. Maybe the vibe of musicians did but sonically, the albums are vastly different and Prince brought a religious narrative to it as well.

Yo, 1+1+1 = 3 is untouchable just as Voodoo is. Chicken Grease my fav song off the classic is inspired from a Prince Lick.

Some joints on BM sound like continuations of older songs. Lastly, another artist who I'd list would be Robert Glasper. All these brothas are amazing fr fr

trolling

mchg hate is so forced

you can make 1 great album and mark the history so yeah

All Kendrick has to do is release an album. It can only improve his pound 4 pound rankings. Don’t think a bad or average album would stain his career.

Fasho man. Yeah I wasn’t trynna to be disrespectful calling it the other album but I couldn’t remember if his first record was titled Dangelo or Brown Sugar.
They’re all definitely good albums overall but Voodoo is just that cut above but he also showed potential to succeed that.

Kendrick just takes a little longer to perfect his songs. not everyone can make a prrfect song in 10 mins like Young Thug

Lol Kenny could drop a classic off unreleased music same with any goat

I think the issue is that you said good album instead of classic.

If you simply said D'Angelo only had 1 classic, it wouldn't have been that big of a deal.

But you really said "good" which implies that his catalog is half mid which is straight up false and provocative.

Also, the rest of your post is just being meticulous. Critics agree that D'Angelo's music is consistent and quality. People irl who listen to him agree to his music being consistent and quality hence why his concerts do well. And D'Angelo has ironically performed in jazz/funk clubs and venues and has been treated with the utmost respect from the musicians and performers in those scenes.

Just say you don't f*** with the nigga's music like that outside Voodoo Child. Better to admit that than hold him to some impossible standard that you don't hold other modern R&B acts to.

You had to call it “good” 😭😭😭

Yea, there are alotta B+ albums out there bro! That doesn’t make them bad nor that people hate a musicians work. There’s nothing wrong with honestly critiquing or creating order in how one assesses music or anything in life. Dangelo is a mastermind & a student of the game.

Black Messiah isn’t a transcendent album similar to Voodoo. I personally believe in progression and know that Dangelo could’ve topped Voodoo. Artists like Miles, Stevie, Prince, Kanye, Outkast did this over and over again. Black Messiah is a good catalogue album. I hold every artist to the same standard from music to film because I hold myself to that first.

It’s not even hating brah, it’s a B+ album which means there’s room to grow.