if ur ignortant to kendricks music and ability i cant really help you

I just heard his last two albums, so this can’t be true

One artist’s stanbase is the only real outlier

They aint ever been the same since he dropped Control

he is the goat

He is clearly the best rapper of that generation. Drake was really only in the conversation cause he was spamming 40 tracks a year chasing accolades. But we all knew who the real dog was.

tucked a senstive rapper back in his pajama clothes

Obviously

no goat will use bots to win a rap beef

Drake avy

you gonna post it?

nah im not a delusional weirdo

He’s top 1.
He has surpassed Hov, Nas, Pac, Andre 3K, Biggie, Em, and anyone else you think is top 5.
We’re witnessing the greatest rapper in the genre’s history. Enjoy it.

Cole is irrelevant. Nobody outside the US even knows who he is lol

Drake just got ended by Kendrick and now he keeps shooting himself in the foot with every decision he makes post beef---history will not be kind to him at ALL. And thats without talking about how badly his early music has aged. I mean, have you heard Marvin's Room lately?

The others as in, like--- Future? Trav? Carti?

Chingy/Gucci/Jeezy level rappers won't be remembered either in the grand scheme of things. We're talking GOAT talk--it's Kendrick then everybody else post 2010. To disagree is just being on the wrong side of history

kendrick is a solid artist, but let’s not act like he’s the first to piece rhymes together

Rapping ability – His delivery is probably his weakest point. His voice and tone aren’t very captivating and sometimes sound flat, like he’s rapping from the bottom of a trash can.

Writing – What exactly do you mean by “writing”? It overlaps with concepts and storytelling

Flows – Kendrick isn’t doing anything new lol. Nas, Lupe, Wayne, Black Thought, Em, Cole, and Andre 3K arguably had better flows years ago. Let’s not rewrite history to prop him up

Concepts – Sure, he’s made conceptual albums, but so have others like Lupe. If you think his are better, that’s just your opinion

Cohesive albums – We all heard his latest stuff—it sounds like 10 different versions of NLU. I mean the consensus was this s*** was a mixtape and another one is dropping in 3 MO

Making hits – He’s had hits, no doubt. his biggest one was seven years ago however

Storytelling – If you enjoy his stories, cool. But as a 38-year-old multimillionaire still rapping about stuff he heard in Compton, it can feel played out to most

Diss tracks – Big asterisk here. He made up a fake daughter (AUTO L) weak lines like the Haley Joel Osment bar, and made wild accusations while ignoring real predators around him. Plus, he picked a fight with Drake when the whole industry was already piling on. But the real elephant in the room here is that 2x out of the big 3 have accused bro of botting while hes still pretending

Pop songs – I’ll give him this one; he’s got some pop hits.

Let’s not ignore how much the media and industry have pushed Kendrick. Without all that backing, we might not even be having this conversation. No other rapper—Jay, Ye, Travis, Drake—gets that level of excuse-making blood

Yep, the goat tbh.
He just keeps on delivering, and I feel like he's far from done yet. I reckon we're getting AT LEAST 2 more classics out of this man when all's said and done.

I think he cemented best alive this year. He’s been in goat convo tho

Needs more hood spins but he’s up there top 15 or sum 🤷🏽‍♂️

Top 2-3 DOA

even commies ride with kendrick

I mean...let's be real.

Kendrick's been in that convo since at least 2016.

Biggie dropped 2 classics and was in the GOAT convo.

Only old head gatekeepers still think "Kendrick has to prove himself" in f***ing 2024 lol.

That said, GOAT convos are still subjective at the end of the day. I've seen kids on Twitter claim Future "surpassed" Lil Wayne based on his output which hurts my soul as a Wayne fan but it goes to show how subjective the criteria is.

There's niggas in the Bay who would argue E-40's a GOAT unironically. @Water_Giver

But, by many measurable metrics, Kendrick easily has a case for it and has for a while.

turbo glazing ahh thread

u think he sucks?

This has been the case since like 2013

It’s been clear for a while now

He’s the greatest rapper of all time

Bro is it 2015 wtf lmao