Chris Rock pays attention to music.
In a recent interview with Complex, the comedian, once dubbed “the funniest man in America,” spoke on several artists and albums he’s currently listening to.
When asked to name his “top five” artists for 2015, Rock replied: “Oh my god, well I love this Kendrick.”
“I think Kendrick’s really good,” he said in regards to Kendrick’s album To Pimp A Butterfly. “Big Sean is surprisingly good. I mean, not that I thought he was bad [before], he’s just way better than I thought.”
Rock also named Jay Electronica and “that guy that likes the CoCo” [O.T. Genasis] but says it’s too early in the year to deliver a well-rounded top five.
“I just hope there’s a good, real hot [album from] Kanye,” Rock said. “Desperately waiting for Kanye. And you know Jay [Z] is not gonna just let somebody else have the summer.”
“You know Jay is working on it right now,” he continued. “It’s wide open, nobody is ruling it right now. Unless Jay Z steps in.”
Rock’s latest movie Top Five is now available on DVD and Blu-ray.
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I M waiting on that 50 Cent …..Street King Immortal….heard he got john legend,rihanna,drake & Nas on it….No Kidd Kidd please
waiting on that one too !
Chris Rock is out of touch. Jay-Z can’t rap anymore. And Kanye’s album won’t be any good.
Your out of touch. Jay at 50% is still better then your favorite rapper
i aint know 50 years old still listened to hiip-hop, hes probably just trying to sound hip by name dropping.
jay-z let someone else have last summer tho
every year or summer is for Hov no one i mean no one is moving in d game till Hov say so… not by his power tho but by the power of him not paying attention to others n just focus on his work to the highest top. bitches!