He’s been at it since ‘99. Why cant he just be a legacy act atp

It was legendary

Wayne is the king of smoothness(especially in his prime)

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lol Wayne looked like dj khaled with the guitar up there he still one of the greatest to ever do it though.

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Wayne is the one who been s***ting the most on his legacy

you yourself mentioned Eminem. carter v was better than any em album this or last decade

Really Wayne’s career only mattered from like Tha Carter 1 to no ceilings. Thats like 6 years. You can keep literally everything else

He has the better discog for sure.

In his peak era, and im still finding songs he featured on that I never heard before

first of all, CV dropped in 2018 and was recorded and re-recorded multiple times since f***ing 2014, 10 years ago.

Second, you entitled to your opinion but Em's relevancy's is still titanic (all over the world) and his project since 2018 Kamikaze are made with care and purpose from his part.

Wayne been s***tin bad s*** on bad beats for the most part since CV. He didn't even know who the f was XXX and he got 3 collabs with him, Em operates like he care still and that's a big thing since his accomplishments are like 500 C3 worldwide.

And I LOVE CV, it's third in my top 3 Wayne album.

It's sad that I need to stay this since I'm basically a Wayne stan but you spoke BS.

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lol he defo had more aura but imagine if he took the time to learn a scale instead of just this 3 note run, anyway. Wayne has had so many moments in hip hop where we collectively said “damn, this guy is the one”

em's relevancy stems largely from his past accomplishments and recent pop hits. care or no care (on his part) we dont appreciate em's for the quality of his recent output, although i do think its admirable that he still wants to do this after a career as long as his

"past accomplishments" in this case it's not a bad thing since we're talking about someone who made a song who create a f***ing word in the dictionary + a oscar winning rap song + helped crafting two of the greatest album of all time (2001) + GODT and let's not talking about his own discography during those years.

Em got like three era, the first perfect one, the second not so perfect but incredible in other terms (Recovery was a massive commercial successful album, same TMMLP2 and Relapse it's a cultural classic in the underground with some of the best productions ever from Dr. Dre (don't get distracted from all the controversies around it)

the third one, thanks to the s***ty Revival is another incredible one in term of lyricism and creativity. In the contest of his "past" accomplishment (who by the way are going STRONG on f***ing tik tok) the fact that you get a song like Darkness or The Ringer or GC2 is just outstanding. Of course Lose Yourself will always be more relevant but that's because it's the f***ing Thriller, Purple Rain level of music, not because Em is s*** now lol. We have other serious case of legends with titanic past accomplishments who now they just don't give a f***, thats not Eminem lol.

Kendrick will never be more influential no more how famous he is
Kendrick will never hit a higher peak
And no matter how hard he tries he can never make songs like feel like dying, all alone

Besides he himself is a wayne Stan

Yes kendricj is the best rapper rn but yall gotta stop d***riding

And idk why some people act like wayne cant rap
He had great great verses 10 years ago 5 years ago 2 years ago

He can rap when he wants to

Nothing but facts. Wayne will never leave the top 10

Those were mostly bitter Eminem stans or dusty stuck in the 90's rap fans who saw Wayne as the face of modern rap.

Rap fans still largely f***ed with Wayne hardbody and respected him.

Other rappers respected him a ton too. He became "your favorite rapper's favorite rapper" to the late 00's and onward generation.

Even Ice Cube said this about Wayne in 2022.

hiphopdx.com/news/id.71535/title.ice-cube-says-lil-wayne-is-the-best-rapper-alive-his-metaphors-are-otherworldly

Wayne also made Jay and Eminem hella insecure by their own admission.

Those Wayne memes were mostly non-rap fans, a couple of dusty backpackers, or Recovery era Eminem stans posting corny memes just because Wayne was the face of rap for some time.

As I mentioned before, Wayne has leveled up as a rapper and spits on an elite level.

He had a musical decline but not a lyrical one.

Even Ice Cube acknowledged how strong Wayne's been as a rapper this decade 2 years ago.

hiphopdx.com/news/id.71535/title.ice-cube-says-lil-wayne-is-the-best-rapper-alive-his-metaphors-are-otherworldly

As an og Wayne hater, Wayne obvs had a better career, Kendrick seems more comparable to like 00s TI at this moment. I think he’s bigger and better than TI but Wayne run was pretty singular.

Itt people confusing discog with career

Kendrick has had higher highs quality wise in terms of his commercial discography but if we talking overall about just having the game in a chokehold, you just had to be there for Wayne. There’s not a high school parking lot in America you could go to without hearing either Drought 3, dedication, or Tha Carter bumping. What a time. Tone,Wit, introspection, creativity. At that time, it felt like you couldn’t create a better rapper.

Pulling up to home room at 8AM with this blasting>>>>>

Metacritic

96/100 Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
95/100 Kendrick Lamar - Damn
91/100 Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
86/100 Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered
85/100 Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
84/100 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
80/100 Kendrick Lamar - Section.80
72/100 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V
67/100 Lil Wayne - I Am Not a Human Being
62/100 Lil Wayne - Funeral
61/100 Lil Wayne - Free Weezy Album
60/100 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV
51/100 Lil Wayne - I Am Not a Human Being II
37/100 Lil Wayne - Rebirth

on paper yes but in actuality no

Kendrick has more classic albums, widely regarded as probably being a better pure rapper when it come to subject matter and technical skill and all of the grammys and pulitzers and s***

But there’s no way to describe what lil wayne was 2005-2009 without having lived it lol. Aside from Pac and 50 thats the pinnacle of what it means to be the top rapper