I remember when it 1st came out everyone was saying Kanye had the best verse bc he hadn’t rapped like that in a while. I was a teenager and agreed. A lot of twitter even said Kdot’s verse was boring or BAD.

But listening now it shows the limits of Ye’s writing. Kendrick, a master lyricist, paints a picture of LA (middle finger pedestrians, R&B singers and lesbians) and his WHOLE verse sticks to this topic making you visualize the STORY in 2ND person like he’a actually talking to a girl who is cheating on her man out in LA with vain hopes that a lot of people go to the land of entertainment for and starts hoeing herself out. Everyone can RELATE to that or knows someone that went to LA to chase something or heard that it goes on. On top of that he switches cadences multiple times especially in the part with multisyllabic rhymes that I even think is above Ye’s range of vocab (gratuity, consumer streets). And he can still do punchlines like Ye but I actually think his would bw more effective in getting a crowd to yell at a concert (the head still good though/Instagram is the beat way to promote some p****)

Ye just has punch lines and there are duds in some places that I wish he found a different way to say it smoother like when he says “…since Lauryn Hill retired. And 3 Stacks man” it sounds awkward. Even worse when he says “ But don't worry, this one's so jammin. You know it, L.A., it's so jammin'. His flow is more straightforward and headboppy which is why people thought he washed Kendrick but it shows. And his topics are all over the place compared to Kendrick’s conversation with the girl which isn’t bad I’m just saying it takes a higher tier lyricist to do what Kendrick does in making concise concept songs and albums.

It’s called not being Caucasian lol who tf though Ye sounded good on that song?

Ye washed him

not causasian but everyone said Ye is back and I was on Ktt1 in the album thread everyone said Ye washed him

I prefer what Gibbs and Kendrick did on those songs but Kanye still went the f*** off on that s***

Dumbass lmao

Ye verse was more entertaining

Kendrick flow was on point but Ye had that energy, he was talking on that

Overrated song, but Ye edges it

THE HEAD STILL GO THOOOOOO

THE HEAD STILL GOOD THO

kanye is one of my favorite artists and i'm predisposed to like his humor and personality so obviously i'm gonna like his verse more. kendrick's verse is good though.

It took 6 months to get the Maybach all matted out
And my assistant crashed it soon as they backed it out

they revising history now....

in all seriousness they are both p good verses and play to each's strengths as a rapper

No one got washed on this song but Yesexuals were at an all time high when it dropped

charisma/quotables are a skill in the same way that having a technical verse that tells a good story is

that being said outside of his absolute best best verses ye is just not on kendricks level as a rapper

No

One of Kendrick’s weaker verses against one of Kanye’s better ones. Kendrick seemed to get eaten up by the beat, like he couldn’t find the right flow. Modern day Kendrick would kill it.

Yeah caucasians are famous for how much they don’t like kendrick lamar

His verse was too short compared to Ye's but it was still close to me.

Second half of Kanye verse tho>>>

one of Kanyes better verses idk what u on

PINK FUR GOT NORI DRESSING LIKE CAM

Been known

Quiet as kept, Gibbs killed the beat.

no he didn’t stop wanting to be different

and kendrick’s verse is phenomenal btw

Kenaissance

Let me rephrase: it exposes a ceiling in Ye's lyricism* but I don't think Kendrick could PERFORM like Ye did either. Blatantly shows 2 different types of rap: a CRAFTSMAN that can approach a topic from any viewpoint (Kdot) vs an EMCEE who could hype up a party (Ye)