Kendrick Lamar Performs On "Saturday Night Live" & Appears In Skit

@BradZuk thanks for taking your time typing all this,after reading your comment it helped me appreciate more of how great k.dot a rapper is :)

As someone who is completely obsessed with kendrick, but couldnt care less about the Dre cosign or his compton roots, I have a few Ideas. it really feels like hes the first total package since Kanye. The first aspect is lyrics. His lyrical content is truly brilliant. There are tons of "conscious" guys but almost noone has made as thoughtful and insightful albums as him. For instance on Keisha's song, in section.80, he paints a brutal portrait of a girl who had nothing to live for, was damaged, and so took to the streets, getting extorted by police, before dying a tragic, yet unnoticed death. Cool, you say, every conscious rapper ever has written songs about how mean the streets are. Kendrick knows this. On "Sing about me" from GKMC, he raps a long verse from the perspective of Keisha's sister, chastising him for his condescending, patronizing obituary. He recognizes the multiplicity of perspectives, and the difficulty in approaching these issues, and so minimizes his role, allowing the issues to speak for themselves. That's just one example. Every song and every line in GKMC is methodically placed. And they all come together beautifully. The second aspect is his flow. At first is sounds mediocre, and kindof choppy. He isn't biggie or nas, but he has this musical, melodic ability that at first reminds you of a lyricist like Tupac or Kanye. But this is where people get lost. it's unconventional so it's not as good for some reason. But listen to Maad City, or Backseat freestyle, or Rigamortus. He can jump through hoops with the best of them. Some concede this, but then they say he just spazzes out all the time. But if you keep listening, you realize that he is exceptionally versitile. Better comparisons for his lyrical skills are 3k and Jay Z. Unconventional flows but unbeatably versitile, and ridiculously skilled. That's Kendrick. he has a skillset that noone can match right now. He's like a chris paul, slow, measured, constructing every aspect of the game, but reserving the ability to create his own shots when he needs to.

because hes from compton and he got dre and game to back him up. yeah he can spit --- that is what they hypes about dumbass

wtf does deniro have to do with anything? have you ever seen SNL before? they feature a musical guest every week and they perform 2 songs and sometimes appear in a skit or two.

why are you hating on a young guy making it big and getting love and respect? put your energy into making it just as big, not hating him.

BHH is retarded for not sensing sarcasm

that was obvious sarcasm you fool

Aight dumbass Sure, Tupac was acting in movies But on a Will Smith level?, not by far Maybe when he lived longer

lmao ^this

tupac made movies too dumbass.

who's pushing him? I don't know. it's not like he went gold on a major label or anything...

He has to use the hype while he still can. That's why.

Hahahahahaa

@homo thug, that was a skinny jean faggot

what you want a nigga wearing skinnies? fuck outta here fag kdot dont cater to you fools