That’s still a very poor way of judging art. TPAB sold poorly compared to other Kendrick albums, so it’s not a classic?

Lost tapes was a compilation, compilations don't really sell well unless a greatest hits

TPAB was his second best first week of his 3 albums and was certified platinum in less than a year. (It hasn't been updated since - RIAA certification isn't automatic, label has to pay to certify) so I'd say it sold fine.

Sales aren't everything of course but they definitley are part of it

TPAB was cert platinum in under a year.

This is just pure

“Compared to other Kendrick albums”

Is reading not your strong suit?

gkmc a classic and it outsold section 80 and Damn came after. so idk what your point is.

Some classics are like this tho lol

It’s ok the people like them I think that’s good enough

Like Straight Outta Compton is a classic for being influential but if it was released 5 years later it wouldn’t be a classic ofc

Context always matters

If that’s the case like I said earlier a classic in the masterpiece shouldn’t be synonymous terms. It seems like a classic is a classic based on mass impact more than anything else

I have to like it but also obscure or unpopular enough for me to debate it’s status on forums

Almost every Drake album is a classic

If Thank Me Later, Scorpion, and CLB are "classics", then the term has lost its meaning.

If Anthony Fantano and Charlamagne Tha God both like it, it's a classic.

-RXK in the title
-multiple mentions of Hennessy, Unc’ & Auntie, beans, and slapping the f*** out of people
-vocals very loud that sound like they are on top of the track
-a crudely pieced together album cover
-themes including selling d****, cooking d****, doing d****, killing, shooting, stabbing, stomping out in boots, speeding, conspiracy, running from police, stabbing police, Slitherman, opps, Audis, jewlery, and love

I said almost every album brother

SFG, TC, NWTS, IYRTITL, Views and More Life are all classics

WATTBA and DLDT could be classics too lowkey

little to no misses
good replay value

Never seen this thread before

more life is not a classic lmaooooo

5 years later still on billboard 200

yall been trying to force DLDT as a classic but it’s not gonna happen.

When people recognize the cover

dont care and im a drake fan

Does it bump in the whip the next year?
And the year after that?
And the next year
And the next year

Fr, maybe there's a discussion to be had on if 'instant classics' should be a thing or not too.

The quickest way for me to tell:

If the album comes out. And I have it on repeat for weeks. And have no desire to hear anything else. Even when I try to listen to new stuff I just wanna go back to it.