Khalid still makes great music but his label support diminished when his songs stop becoming hits. The machine stopped backing him. Daniel Caesar, on the other hand, managed to build a fanbase the harder way but now, he can sell out arena tours. He'll never have the smash hits Khalid does but his career is primed for more longevity overall.

She also just has more raw talent

Does her own choreography, directs her own videos, actually performs on stage

Better singer and she definitely is way better at that pop-rap bag than Nicki ever has been period

It’s more like… comparing Luka to James Harden

Now, we just need Amapiano and Jersey Club to make a comeback on the charts again.

Facts.

She's like a female Tyler The Creator in a way.

Nicki's pop songs have aged very poorly. Starships sounded like a cheesy Kids Bop song to me when it first came out and still does today. Hell, the only good Nicki crossover songs are her features with people like Ariana.

That's the main thing Doja lacks.....having a feature run.

Man you’re just saying anything. They still play starships in the club to this day and it still goes hard

They still play starships in the club to this day and it still goes hard

Album sucks but Ty Dolla Sing not charting on top 200 is crazy as f***

All of them?

IYRTITL

Most of them.

Nicki's best songs are her lyrical songs and mixtape songs.

Does this solidify the fact that 2025 is the worst year for mainstream rap in decades?

DOT ERA 🏆

Nah not decades - ever. Peep the year; 1990 is really the first year you could argue hiphop as a whole was fully “mainstream” so this is bad

Cause even before 1990 hiphop had a significant cultural presence and impact that simply wasn’t being reflected on the charts. Public Enemy, LL, Run DMC, Beastie Boys, NWA. Guys making smash albums and hits that moved the needle in pop culture. 1990 is when it was finally like “alright these guys are documented on the pop charts now” with some of the poppier party rappers

There is none of that rn. That stat is actually a terrible sign for the game

@thegreatdivine what do you make of this cheri

soundscan didn’t even exist yet
ain’t that something lol

It's Kendrick's world and we're all just living in it.

I was almost gonna disagree with myself because of Nielsen but then I realized - hiphop charting before Nielsen’s creation makes this worse cause we can’t fall back on the creation of Nielsen as an excuse. That means it’s purely a hiphop thing

I think it's exactly what mainstream rap deserves, especially after what happened last year.

I can't say I don't agree.

Niggas blaming Kendrick for this when Drake has legit dropped around 50 songs in the past year

Drake has done more than enough for hip-hop. He carried the game for 15 years. Y'all crowned Kendrick as King last year and the next year, this s*** happens.

I hope Drake delays Iceman till 2027.