huge choppie fan

boomers sure love their lil wayne

he’s having a better career rn, yes
wayne had his prime already

Not yet. Kendrick needs a big feature run imo and to take baby keem or another artist under his wing.

I mean Kendrick has skills Wayne doesn’t and vice versa. Has accolades Wayne will never have which is does not go the other way

Just kinda depends how you wanna look at it

Yea he better idc

Better artist but not better career

Yes Wayne hasn’t been the best rapper since C2

I love Kendrick. I been team Kendrick during this entire beef. I’m sure Kendrick right now can outrap Wayne right now in 2024. That being said, Kendrick never has nor never will match Wayne in 2006

I kinda hate this kind of thinking

Obviously nobody is gonna match a classic album in a classic era. Like there’s never gonna be another Illmatic, Even if the new albums better it couldn’t match it

But if we just talking overall, Who’s the better rapper, Who got better albums etc. I’m taking Kendrick

Quote me when Kendrick makes something as atrocious as Rebirth

Oh brother

Kendrick needs a big feature run

Were you in a coma in 2013?

"new rap generation" is insane when kendrick been around for a decade plus

Man lol

came itt to say this lmao. people don't realize how short most rappers careers are. just look at how many 90s rappers fell off during the 2000s. Kendrick's run is insane but old niggas don't want to admit it

No.

Better albums sure, that’s something that Kendrick excels further at amongst many things. In terms of just being able to rap your ass off, Kendrick can’t top D2 era Wayne

Wayne a legend, Kendrick on the way there though

lets not confuse discog/music with career/impact

no

still great among the top tho

already is there

It's apples and oranges.

Wayne's main strengths was his flow, wordplay, mixtape catalog, features, and influence on the whole rap game.

Wayne's influence is so deep that Kendrick's first tape was a homage to C3 and he begged Wayne not to retire back in 2016.

Wayne's weaknesses are solo albums and disses. This is what truly separates them both.

Wayne is my fave rapper alongside Nas but I have no problem admitting that his solo music is far from the best thing about his career. Obviously, Kendrick runs circles when it comes to concept albums and consistency.

But Wayne's highs are not to be downplayed here. Dude has had insane longevity starting out in the Hot Boys and still capable of landing a major feature that gets people talking or gives people the stank face 3 decades later.

His peak was f***ing insane and on par with Em/50 albeit not as global. Dude sold a milli(no pun) fw in the middle of the Great Recession and the album still holds up well and is still charting even in spite of his DJ f***ing him over with the leak and leaving out classics like I'm Me, Gossip, and I Feel Like Dying.

Sadly, Wayne's just not an album artist like that. He peaked with the first 3 Carters in terms of consistent albums. His other albums just don't stand out as much.

The best way I can put it is that Kendrick has a better MUSIC career but Wayne has a better RAP career.

Kendrick like Ye, Outkast, Lauryn, etc. before him will get more spotlight and praise from Non-Rap media than Wayne but Wayne is still deemed "your favorite rapper's favorite rapper" to the late 2000's and onward generation of rap.

In 20 years I’ll be playing more Wayne than Kendrick