Delejayn

5y

Drake will have to release three classics to catch up to where Kendrick is currently at. Safe to say he is never catching Kendrick

TooBrokeToCare

5y

Drake only has 1 less classic than Kendrick.

So Far Gone, Take Care, and IYRTITL are easily classics.

S80, GKMC, TPAB, and DAMN are classics.

TooBrokeToCare

5y

I guess I'm a king haha, but thanks. And yeah, I'm not tryna troll or anything. Drizzy and K Dot are dope as hell, been fans since day one. I just never really saw them as direct competition. As rap has grown, the genre is so diverse now that the idea of being #1 overall is kind of obsolete. If you like bars and bars only, and you like mainstream rap, Kendrick is probably your #1 guy. If you like musical diversity that incorporates rap as well as a variety of other genres pretty evenly, and you like mainstream rap, Drake is easily your #1 guy. If you like trap, street s***, Thug or Future are probably #1. That's why nobody can really firmly agree on #1 in the game anymore, as far as artistry is concerned (Drake obv #1 popularity wise tho no contest). The genre's so diverse rn that you can't really pin it down anymore to just 1.

MyLeftBrain

5y

Kenny makes intellectual music, that people write about.

Drake makes catchy music, that people dance to.

In the beginning I liked Kenny the most, but a year or 2 ago I saw that the quality of making music that people actually likes to listen to, and not on some intellectual non body experience

Delejayn

5y

Let’s be artist. Kendrick is just the better artist. That’s what it comes down too.

Sunny Sun

5y

In my opinion it’s much like Jay Z & Nas

Both were great rappers and sold a lot but from what i know they each had their own lanes

Jay Z had more mainstream hip hop appeal while Nas appealed the classical era of lyricism

Both Kings in their own right 💕

Bo Ceephus

5y

They're the top 2 in the genre of rap

MyLeftBrain

5y

Kenny makes intellectual music, that people write about.

Drake makes catchy music, that people dance to.

In the beginning I liked Kenny the most, but a year or 2 ago I saw that the quality of making music that people actually likes to listen to, and not on some intellectual non body experience

Goo

5y

Bc they've been the 2 most popular rappers since the last decade

Plus the sexual tension they had for a few years

A Mad Ass Nigga

5y

They’re the two most popular rappers. The 2 top dogs will always get compared no matter the profession.

Delejayn

5y

I have to disagree I don’t think any of those are universally accepted classics. Drake is a reflection of who is helping him create a project. Take Care is as good as it is because of The Weeknd.

NWTS was the major Jordan era

IYRTITL was Quentin Miller.

Views when he stared hanging around popcaan

More life when he started hanging around them Uk fellas.

Sunny Sun

5y

This is honestly ridiculous

Abel contributed his vocals on 4 songs out of 20, the songs he gave Drake sound completely different than the final product

QM contributed on 4 sounds out of 19

Why is it so hard to admit Drake is actually talented, he’s written hits for countless others

SinceKumbaya

5y

“Intellectual music”

I swear people who find Kendrick music intellectually challenging aren’t intelligent in real life. Remind me of Scottie Beam saying she quit college because Lupe was kicking all the knowledge she needs 🤣

Plenty dumb niccas listen to Kendrick and are pretentious about it being some s*** only intellects can understand. I enjoy Kendrick but stop

Delejayn

5y

One makes derivative rap

One make nuanced rap.

Drake is easier to listen to because it’s easier to make. Simpler beats, simpler rhyme structure, simpler subject matter

Kendrick is harder to listen to because of his versatility, how he layers concepts within a song and then layers it within an album.

Delejayn

5y

I have to disagree I don’t think any of those are universally accepted classics. Drake is a reflection of who is helping him create a project. Take Care is as good as it is because of The Weeknd.

NWTS was the major Jordan era

IYRTITL was Quentin Miller.

Views when he stared hanging around popcaan

More life when he started hanging around them Uk fellas.

TooBrokeToCare

5y

I don't really think Kendrick makes intellectual music tbh.

I also think "intellectual music" is a dumb term, even tho you probably meant it innocuously.

Kendrick makes sharp witted music, but the only like, super brainy, dense thing he's put out, was TPAB. GKMC is no more intellectual than like, Aquemini, and I personally don't think of Aquemini as being brainy or anything.

MyLeftBrain

5y

After Section 80, I feel Kendrick has been hitting the mind more, and emotions less. More by each album until Damn which I felt kinda brought some of the emotions back.

But nothing hits me pure in the feelings like A.D.H.D.
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