Kendrick will end up being a Top 5 artist wben its said and done. You can hate that voice, but he is a voice now. He’s probably as close to a classic rapper we will ever get, especially when my generation got they head up Drake’s urethra.
please. nas verse alone on the dj khaled joint. eminem first 3 albums – forget about it. jay-z before kingdom come. raekwon on cuban links. Lupe when his on the right joint. pac, big, pun. All these guys are better rappers hands down. andree 3k forget about it man. this new generation is not even close to the old generations level of skills when it comes to being elite. I would say even common is a better rapper.
K.Dot desetves tbat spot for being the message that this culture of hip hop was started, he is tbe G.O.A.T causr his lyrical ability and his ability to make bodys of music and strong stayements for our African American communitys
Another pointless article by Justin Hunte about who’s the goat. Aint no GOAT! To many mcs, too many different styles, too many choices. You can only compare rappers with the same style. Example you can´t compare Common to Eminem and say Eminem is better. Common is a different type of rapper. Im just waiting for Justin´s next article.. Drake is the GOAT or Kanye is the GOAT
you are right brah There are just too many mcs out there with different styles u just choose one style. Their are revolutionary artists like immortal technic who have a different approach in the way they tell their stories so it’s difficult to choose
2pac, Jay, Eminem ,Nas and all of them niggas are legends but people gotta understand tho that Kendrick is from another era. Every fuckin day human beings tend to get more comlicated( Mentaly) so he is the GOAT until someone else takes his place.
It has done shit. Lots of shit. Example: 1992 “Drove to the pad and hit the showers” -> 2016 “Grrrra! Git! Git! Git! Git! Yea yea yea! Grrrrrrrrrahhhhhh!”
I like k.dot, but he is definitely the most overrated rapper of all time. He’s not even ONE of the BEST never mind thee. There’s literally scores of rappers who are better
The fact that you gave him props from rapping on a Maroon 5 album tells me you dont know shit aboit music. I dont give afuck what old ass Snoop says his old ass sold out along time ago!
Some of you cats kill me . you speak like your opinion is a fact. some people can think Kendrick is the Goat. that is not right or wrong. its how they feel. I love Kendrick also and he deserves to be mentioned among the greats. Especially when the content is not all about the fake bigtime drug dealer or boss. ummm like so many others with the over glamorized , exagerrated stories. Big Meech, Larry Hoover was bosses these rap cats they were workers . when we talk content and real art .Kendrick is a definite one you have to mention. he didnt have to kill his girlfriend throw her in the trunk or use any gimmicks.neither i wont say Kendrick is my fave all time but he is one of them.i mean there are cats like Guru from Gangstarr with arguably much better bodies of work. me personally I look at bodies of work. is Kendricks Body of work exceeding Snoop?Scarface?Ice Cube? Ghostface?Common? jay z?game?redman?pac?krsone?chuck d?llcoolj?fabulous?jadakiss?busta?
for real fam. you hit the nail on the head.best opinion on here to date. then again dx being dx. funny they made sure to mention drake as usual. really lets use what he did with maroon 5 as a example. not his control verse where he called out new cats to basically step up. alot of people say he is overrated hell no. def not top 10 yet. give it time though.gotta love how people on here dont get what tpab was to the hip hop culture. when music is so watered down bs kendrick comes with a thought provoking real album as fans await his new shit. the road he took was possible career suicide. doing a album like that for your second major label release is risky but he did it. but kendrick is not overrated future overrated . i am from canada but drake lets not even get into that cause drake is behind kendrick for a lyrical stand point. also kendrick is not flashy and flossing he keeps it real which hiphop as a whole lacks right now. so alot of people hate when music is to real and intelligent ” give me a hot beat ” is what is in which is sad. but people will always complain and never be happy i guess. but i do agree with you fully fam
I agree also. Super overrated to pimp a butterfly didnt even bump that shit was wack listened one time and deleted of my hard drive to free up space for better shit. C’mon you know you aint bumpin those shitty horn beats anymore get over it!
8ball mjg on top of the world all live instruments & blows everything Kendrick ever did first it’s too early to rank him but none the less will never be in my top 100 but that’s my opinion first album he sounded like a wanna be Andre 3k so why not just bump the o.g. 2nd album only listens to twice & moved on bit I give him credit not as dr Seuss as the others and doesn’t rhyme the same word 100 times in a song it worked for juveniles ha but that’s it
we can’t just call someone the GOAT based on how you feel. You have to be more objective. Once you do, you will start to realise that Kendrick is in the same boat as Tupac. Both are excellent poets but are not as all rounded to be considered the GOAT
Calling Kendrick the GOAT is like calling Steph Curry the GOAT and then siting his 3 throws as the reason why. Got to be more rounded.
The only thing that’s overrated is the word or the use of G.O.A.T, because their is no such thing at all. Everybody has their own likes and opinions. It’s just like in basketball you see a lot of people that say MJ is the goat and some say no matter what Lebron does he can never surpass MJ, how idiotic is that it makes no since, I would argue that Lebron is just as good if not better than MJ he gets the most out of his teammates, and is more versatile than MJ, but MJ fans will argue you down, Lebron will finish his career with more points, rebounds, assist, steals and blocks then MJ, oh but Lebron played more years and games, could that mean that Lebron is more durable??? Oh but Lebron came straight out of HS while Mj did some years and college, could that mean Lebron was better to be able to come out early??? Their are always arguments that can be used. We are so busy talking about who’s the goat we can’t even enjoy the people they are amazing. Even though to Pimp a Butterfly wasn’t great IMO to call him overrated is a strecth. He is clearly on his way to being one of the greats hip hop has ever seen no need to debate him as the GOAT when their is clearly no such thing as a GOAT it’s like a unicorn it doesn’t exist, and we waste our time even discussing it. Let’s just do this you tell me your fav or all time to you and I’ll tell you mine.
When you think of GOAT’S you look at impact on a culture and Kendrick in no way has impacted the culture of hip hop like Jay or Pac or Biggie or Em or Andre 3K has, its too early to tell I laugh because Em got a lot of shit for going pop and doing songs with Rihanna but Kendrick has a song with Taylor Swift and Maroon 5? GTFOH
Agreed , as a old head has declined faster than Kanye , section 80 was the only street cried Kendrick supplied . He shoulda took pointers from Kanye because he used Adam Levine better.
It’s only too early to mention Kendrick as GOAT because his body of work has yet to be complete. Give him time. His last three albums were classics. Very few of the greats can say they have that many. Lets see if Kendrick can keep this up. Bottom line, I believe he’ll be in the discussion for greatest in the future.
Datz actually tRue, lemme give em some reasons bruh; 1 Raps better than your favorite rapper when he wants hence has more hiphop songs than Kendrick or your favorite rapper bar a few of them 2 Ability to merge or excel in different genres, 3 Introduced Kendrick to the world 4 Nobody with his historical background has ever made it before him 5 His influence on the culture & society at large 6 Has written for other successful artistes 7 All the legends of the game answer him when he calls & so they respect him 8 Gave hiphop one of the best diss tracks of all time 9 Only raps about his true experiences in life which most rappers dont 10 Continues to break records more than any rapper DOA 11 Cares bout his fans & even haters lol can go on for ever
Lolololol. Only raps about his true experiences? Writes for other rappers? You are talking about the stick fraud? LOL? Gave the world the greatest diss track of all time? LOL. He doesn’t write his own rhymes. He himself admitted that. Started from the bottom? That’s a real experience? He was born in to an upper middle class family, and lived in one of the best neighborhoods in “the sticks” his whole life. As a teenage actor he made the US equivalent of hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. He didn’t break Hammer and Vanilla Ice’s Record. You are a total troll.
Lmfaooooooooooooooooo nigganigga stop playing drake ain’t even top 50 bruuuuh who da fuck takes drake serious as a rapper lol and did u just say back2back is one of da greatest disses?niggggggggggggaa u must b 5 or have a pusssy cause that was some soft ass weak shot not even top20 diss what the fuck u talkin bout
Seriously GOAT he has a long way to go …. Has two albums out and GOAT stop it. Hasn’t had many hit records but does move people with his positive style raps which also turned most of us off with his last album. Good Kid Classic new new album not so much. Only new artist who could be considered is 6god period! EM GOAT he changed the rap game and has sold over 100 Milli albums !
Well when you say “Seriously GOAT he has a long way to go …. Has two albums out and GOAT stop it” you should consider that the same treatment is given to this fat fuck eating burgers and donuts called “Notorious BIG”. This heavy weight breathin mothafucka dropped only two fuckin album in his living and many people labels him as the GOAT.
Boy u better be lmalayingo Kendrick is 100 times the emcee drake is lmao gtfo drake ain’t even a full time rapper he’s a popstar lmao learn ur genres b4 u talk
YEah DEFO agree with the masses here. Kdot’s sick, and knows how to put a great sentence together. My top 5 for sure. No such thing as a greatest of all time tough, everyones influencing everyone and no one would be here if the greats didn’t do it before them.
Yeah well Kendrick is nice but overrated ! If you ask me Kendrick is the worst from the TDE camp. Matter of fact Ab-Soul’s lyricism and skills are way better than Kendrick’s. And Isaiah Rashad is better than Kendrick too. But since Kendrick has the full support from Interscope and Dr. Dre, he gets all the shine and the spotlight some members of his team should have in the first place. That’s the way the world goes. The better you are, the less you’re going to be appreciated.
A big kendrick fan. But there is no such thing as the GOAT, to many great emcees or rappers. I think he will be Top 10, if not now, then in the future. He has 3 straight classics which is a good start. Not many rap legends have had this run.
Many can’t see K. like that because its still so early in his career, yet people call rappers with far less to show “the goat” on the regular.
When i talk to other older folks with 20-30+ years in this -we never really say it, but we know. When kendrick comes up, a certain look exchanged… its mutually known and understood that he really could be The One.
Kendricks dope, but come on man, this guy doesn’t hold weight to Eminem. Em’s been killing everything he touches for the past 20 years, and when he blew up he was battling Media outburst and hatred of his lyrics, battling behind a (legitimate) white rapper, going through divorce, battling a drug problem, battling the FBI looking into his lyrics for threats against the president, battling being Sued for his lyrics, thrown out of venues for his lyrics, beefing with emcee after emcee after emcee, putting out some of the best diss records in hip hop history! All while selling millions of records and making classic record after classic record and classic full LP’s!! Kendricks has had an easy walk to superstardom, Em was battling dudes whole labels and even had Suge Knight putting hits out on him. Who’s Kendrick beefed with? Drake?? Come on. Eminem 1996-2006, 2009-present day is eating Kendrick alive with the rhyme!! Easy. Guarantee Kendrick himself would agree with that.
Kendrick is a great artist. Dude can rap. But ain’t messing with Eminem. The way Eminem writes his rhymes and gets his bars out is undeniably top notch. No MC can get on a record with Eminem and “out rap him” like he does to every MC that he collabs with. Kendrick is amazing, I’m a fan no doubt. But he ain’t better than Em!
I like K dot but yall gassed the fuck up and been reviewing too much garbo over the years to even put him top 5, some of his albums are somewhat tedious and take a few listens to catch on. great rapper but is just better than his colleagues
This is just a way to stir up bogus. These editors know if they say something off the wall people take the bait. Snoop, kurupt,king crooked, none of these emcees think Kendrick is the greatest, he simply have a hot streak going like a talented emcee.
man snoop and the rappers you mentioned they that kendrick is the goat of our generation, but they don’t say it because they are afraid change, because they come from a generation that they were considered the greatest
Stop it he is a good commercial artist but that is it. Stick around till he’s 40 and lets see what he is doing. He is overrated to me like em is. They all have horrible trend radio beats. Nothing new or creative IMO.
What about Common? His first 4 albums were great, and two or three of which were argubly classics. Based on the reasons this breakdown was created for K Dot, Common should have one as well. Not to mention he’s had some other classics beyond that. B.u.t I do agree that he will be one of the GOATs… Peace
Agree. Kendrick has a grander and cohesive vision to his releases. Kendrick is also more creative (or surrounds himself with people who are extremely creative) than every other rapper.
TPAB is one of the most well produced albums in modern history. It’s basically a collection of some of the best jazz musicians, including arguably the two best today (Glasper and Washington) doing whatever they want with a seven figure budget
I agree Kendrick is on an impressive run. The thing that most impresses me is that both albums are completely different. A lot of people would still be calling Kendrick an amazing artist/rapper/etc if he simply gave us GKMC 2. Instead he took a major risk and dismissed nearly every modern rap convention (trap, bangers, 808s, contemporary features, list of the hottest producers, etc). And the album is fantastic.
Kendrick > nas, bacc , pbiggie and I’m not even a fa.
Kendrick will end up being a Top 5 artist wben its said and done. You can hate that voice, but he is a voice now. He’s probably as close to a classic rapper we will ever get, especially when my generation got they head up Drake’s urethra.
please. nas verse alone on the dj khaled joint. eminem first 3 albums – forget about it. jay-z before kingdom come. raekwon on cuban links. Lupe when his on the right joint. pac, big, pun. All these guys are better rappers hands down. andree 3k forget about it man. this new generation is not even close to the old generations level of skills when it comes to being elite. I would say even common is a better rapper.
The most overrated rapper of all time…To pimp a butterfly came and went
Nope, still listening to it today. It’s a classic, sorry.
I still listen to some songs from Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, but it doesn’t make him the greatest of all time
the only great rap artsit of the past 20 years
the ultiamte goat, thats for sure
tpab is probably the greatest musical album of all time, and I’m not even a fan
K.Dot desetves tbat spot for being the message that this culture of hip hop was started, he is tbe G.O.A.T causr his lyrical ability and his ability to make bodys of music and strong stayements for our African American communitys
No..
Kendrick is the greatest rapper since Tupac, he’s most definitely the most complete hip hop ARTIST in the history of music
I have to agree, because tpab is top 5 of all time, up there with nina simone and MJ best work. (objectively speaking)
Correct and I don’t even like him… I just have to put all bias aside and admit that kendrick is the undisputable goat
Another pointless article by Justin Hunte about who’s the goat. Aint no GOAT! To many mcs, too many different styles, too many choices. You can only compare rappers with the same style. Example you can´t compare Common to Eminem and say Eminem is better. Common is a different type of rapper. Im just waiting for Justin´s next article.. Drake is the GOAT or Kanye is the GOAT
you are right brah There are just too many mcs out there with different styles u just choose one style. Their are revolutionary artists like immortal technic who have a different approach in the way they tell their stories so it’s difficult to choose
2pac, Jay, Eminem ,Nas and all of them niggas are legends but people gotta understand tho that Kendrick is from another era. Every fuckin day human beings tend to get more comlicated( Mentaly) so he is the GOAT until someone else takes his place.
Nobody can fuck with kendrick and I’m a nas fan
If Kendrick is the goat then hiphop hasn’t done sh*t since its inception compare to other genres.
It has done shit. Lots of shit. Example: 1992 “Drove to the pad and hit the showers” -> 2016 “Grrrra! Git! Git! Git! Git! Yea yea yea! Grrrrrrrrrahhhhhh!”
can’t disagree with these facts.
been known, I like nas and jay better, but kendrick makes objectively flawless music, nas & jay can’t do that.
Kendrick may be the only rapper in history to be able to make music without any flaw in it
Like in any other art form, perception of music and what’s a *flaw* is very subjective…
I like k.dot, but he is definitely the most overrated rapper of all time. He’s not even ONE of the BEST never mind thee. There’s literally scores of rappers who are better
Kendrick the GOAT? He’s not even the best rapper on TDE! Kendrick is to rap what Scarface is to movies, massively MASSIVELY overrated.
The fact that you gave him props from rapping on a Maroon 5 album tells me you dont know shit aboit music. I dont give afuck what old ass Snoop says his old ass sold out along time ago!
Some of you cats kill me . you speak like your opinion is a fact. some people can think Kendrick is the Goat. that is not right or wrong. its how they feel. I love Kendrick also and he deserves to be mentioned among the greats. Especially when the content is not all about the fake bigtime drug dealer or boss. ummm like so many others with the over glamorized , exagerrated stories. Big Meech, Larry Hoover was bosses these rap cats they were workers . when we talk content and real art .Kendrick is a definite one you have to mention. he didnt have to kill his girlfriend throw her in the trunk or use any gimmicks.neither i wont say Kendrick is my fave all time but he is one of them.i mean there are cats like Guru from Gangstarr with arguably much better bodies of work. me personally I look at bodies of work. is Kendricks Body of work exceeding Snoop?Scarface?Ice Cube? Ghostface?Common? jay z?game?redman?pac?krsone?chuck d?llcoolj?fabulous?jadakiss?busta?
for real fam. you hit the nail on the head.best opinion on here to date. then again dx being dx. funny they made sure to mention drake as usual. really lets use what he did with maroon 5 as a example. not his control verse where he called out new cats to basically step up. alot of people say he is overrated hell no. def not top 10 yet. give it time though.gotta love how people on here dont get what tpab was to the hip hop culture. when music is so watered down bs kendrick comes with a thought provoking real album as fans await his new shit. the road he took was possible career suicide. doing a album like that for your second major label release is risky but he did it. but kendrick is not overrated future overrated . i am from canada but drake lets not even get into that cause drake is behind kendrick for a lyrical stand point. also kendrick is not flashy and flossing he keeps it real which hiphop as a whole lacks right now. so alot of people hate when music is to real and intelligent ” give me a hot beat ” is what is in which is sad. but people will always complain and never be happy i guess. but i do agree with you fully fam
I agree also. Super overrated to pimp a butterfly didnt even bump that shit was wack listened one time and deleted of my hard drive to free up space for better shit. C’mon you know you aint bumpin those shitty horn beats anymore get over it!
TPAB was live instruments. If you cant at least appreciate that, you dont know music.
8ball mjg on top of the world all live instruments & blows everything Kendrick ever did first it’s too early to rank him but none the less will never be in my top 100 but that’s my opinion first album he sounded like a wanna be Andre 3k so why not just bump the o.g. 2nd album only listens to twice & moved on bit I give him credit not as dr Seuss as the others and doesn’t rhyme the same word 100 times in a song it worked for juveniles ha but that’s it
Kendrick the GOAT? Nigga please. King HOV killed him on his own song with ease.
we can’t just call someone the GOAT based on how you feel. You have to be more objective. Once you do, you will start to realise that Kendrick is in the same boat as Tupac. Both are excellent poets but are not as all rounded to be considered the GOAT
Calling Kendrick the GOAT is like calling Steph Curry the GOAT and then siting his 3 throws as the reason why. Got to be more rounded.
I don’t know one person in America that thinks Drake is anywhere in the same discussion as the rest of those artist. Wayne too! lol smh
why be a king when you could be a…God
Why write your raps when you could be a fraud?
This dumb article is click bait, noone on Earth thinks Kendrick is top 10 never mind GOAT
The only thing that’s overrated is the word or the use of G.O.A.T, because their is no such thing at all. Everybody has their own likes and opinions. It’s just like in basketball you see a lot of people that say MJ is the goat and some say no matter what Lebron does he can never surpass MJ, how idiotic is that it makes no since, I would argue that Lebron is just as good if not better than MJ he gets the most out of his teammates, and is more versatile than MJ, but MJ fans will argue you down, Lebron will finish his career with more points, rebounds, assist, steals and blocks then MJ, oh but Lebron played more years and games, could that mean that Lebron is more durable??? Oh but Lebron came straight out of HS while Mj did some years and college, could that mean Lebron was better to be able to come out early??? Their are always arguments that can be used. We are so busy talking about who’s the goat we can’t even enjoy the people they are amazing. Even though to Pimp a Butterfly wasn’t great IMO to call him overrated is a strecth. He is clearly on his way to being one of the greats hip hop has ever seen no need to debate him as the GOAT when their is clearly no such thing as a GOAT it’s like a unicorn it doesn’t exist, and we waste our time even discussing it. Let’s just do this you tell me your fav or all time to you and I’ll tell you mine.
TOO SOON!!!! SIT THE FUCK DOWN HIPHOPDX!!!!
When you think of GOAT’S you look at impact on a culture and Kendrick in no way has impacted the culture of hip hop like Jay or Pac or Biggie or Em or Andre 3K has, its too early to tell I laugh because Em got a lot of shit for going pop and doing songs with Rihanna but Kendrick has a song with Taylor Swift and Maroon 5? GTFOH
Agreed , as a old head has declined faster than Kanye , section 80 was the only street cried Kendrick supplied . He shoulda took pointers from Kanye because he used Adam Levine better.
It’s only too early to mention Kendrick as GOAT because his body of work has yet to be complete. Give him time. His last three albums were classics. Very few of the greats can say they have that many. Lets see if Kendrick can keep this up. Bottom line, I believe he’ll be in the discussion for greatest in the future.
Stop It! Drake is the GOAT!!
Datz actually tRue, lemme give em some reasons bruh; 1 Raps better than your favorite rapper when he wants hence has more hiphop songs than Kendrick or your favorite rapper bar a few of them 2 Ability to merge or excel in different genres, 3 Introduced Kendrick to the world 4 Nobody with his historical background has ever made it before him 5 His influence on the culture & society at large 6 Has written for other successful artistes 7 All the legends of the game answer him when he calls & so they respect him 8 Gave hiphop one of the best diss tracks of all time 9 Only raps about his true experiences in life which most rappers dont 10 Continues to break records more than any rapper DOA 11 Cares bout his fans & even haters lol can go on for ever
Lolololol. Only raps about his true experiences? Writes for other rappers? You are talking about the stick fraud? LOL? Gave the world the greatest diss track of all time? LOL. He doesn’t write his own rhymes. He himself admitted that. Started from the bottom? That’s a real experience? He was born in to an upper middle class family, and lived in one of the best neighborhoods in “the sticks” his whole life. As a teenage actor he made the US equivalent of hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. He didn’t break Hammer and Vanilla Ice’s Record. You are a total troll.
Lmfaooooooooooooooooo nigganigga stop playing drake ain’t even top 50 bruuuuh who da fuck takes drake serious as a rapper lol and did u just say back2back is one of da greatest disses?niggggggggggggaa u must b 5 or have a pusssy cause that was some soft ass weak shot not even top20 diss what the fuck u talkin bout
Yes. Idiot. Preferably someone who WRITES HIS OWN RHYMES… dummy.
Seriously GOAT he has a long way to go …. Has two albums out and GOAT stop it. Hasn’t had many hit records but does move people with his positive style raps which also turned most of us off with his last album. Good Kid Classic new new album not so much. Only new artist who could be considered is 6god period! EM GOAT he changed the rap game and has sold over 100 Milli albums !
Well when you say “Seriously GOAT he has a long way to go …. Has two albums out and GOAT stop it” you should consider that the same treatment is given to this fat fuck eating burgers and donuts called “Notorious BIG”. This heavy weight breathin mothafucka dropped only two fuckin album in his living and many people labels him as the GOAT.
Boy u better be lmalayingo Kendrick is 100 times the emcee drake is lmao gtfo drake ain’t even a full time rapper he’s a popstar lmao learn ur genres b4 u talk
YEah DEFO agree with the masses here. Kdot’s sick, and knows how to put a great sentence together. My top 5 for sure. No such thing as a greatest of all time tough, everyones influencing everyone and no one would be here if the greats didn’t do it before them.
Yeah well Kendrick is nice but overrated ! If you ask me Kendrick is the worst from the TDE camp. Matter of fact Ab-Soul’s lyricism and skills are way better than Kendrick’s. And Isaiah Rashad is better than Kendrick too. But since Kendrick has the full support from Interscope and Dr. Dre, he gets all the shine and the spotlight some members of his team should have in the first place. That’s the way the world goes. The better you are, the less you’re going to be appreciated.
Those are your opinions and all, but you really think Jay Rock is better?
Yeah Jay Rock is better than Kendrick too ! To me it’s like this 1. Ab-Soul 2. Jay Rock & Isaiah Rashad 3. Kendrick 4. Schoolboy Q
your so wrong..
A big kendrick fan. But there is no such thing as the GOAT, to many great emcees or rappers. I think he will be Top 10, if not now, then in the future. He has 3 straight classics which is a good start. Not many rap legends have had this run.
stop gassing Kendrick… he is good but so is jedena…lol
What are you, kidding me? You must not have any about the golden-era of rap. Go back to your home-based cubicle and keep googling stuff smh
Pac
Biggie
Ice Cube
Jay-Z
Common
Nas
Eminem
Ghostface
E-40
LL Cool J
Many can’t see K. like that because its still so early in his career, yet people call rappers with far less to show “the goat” on the regular.
When i talk to other older folks with 20-30+ years in this -we never really say it, but we know. When kendrick comes up, a certain look exchanged… its mutually known and understood that he really could be The One.
Kendricks dope, but come on man, this guy doesn’t hold weight to Eminem. Em’s been killing everything he touches for the past 20 years, and when he blew up he was battling Media outburst and hatred of his lyrics, battling behind a (legitimate) white rapper, going through divorce, battling a drug problem, battling the FBI looking into his lyrics for threats against the president, battling being Sued for his lyrics, thrown out of venues for his lyrics, beefing with emcee after emcee after emcee, putting out some of the best diss records in hip hop history! All while selling millions of records and making classic record after classic record and classic full LP’s!! Kendricks has had an easy walk to superstardom, Em was battling dudes whole labels and even had Suge Knight putting hits out on him. Who’s Kendrick beefed with? Drake?? Come on. Eminem 1996-2006, 2009-present day is eating Kendrick alive with the rhyme!! Easy. Guarantee Kendrick himself would agree with that.
Kendrick has better discography though. Eminem is a better lyricist
Cut the hype down… i can name 200 rappers better than Kendrick off the dome, let alone actually thinking and analysing.
this the stupidest fucking shit ive heard all year. god damn this was fucking dumb
Kendrick is a great artist. Dude can rap. But ain’t messing with Eminem. The way Eminem writes his rhymes and gets his bars out is undeniably top notch. No MC can get on a record with Eminem and “out rap him” like he does to every MC that he collabs with. Kendrick is amazing, I’m a fan no doubt. But he ain’t better than Em!
I like K dot but yall gassed the fuck up and been reviewing too much garbo over the years to even put him top 5, some of his albums are somewhat tedious and take a few listens to catch on. great rapper but is just better than his colleagues
After Good Kid Mad City, he’s earned his place in the conversation. Brilliant artist & MC.
This is just a way to stir up bogus. These editors know if they say something off the wall people take the bait. Snoop, kurupt,king crooked, none of these emcees think Kendrick is the greatest, he simply have a hot streak going like a talented emcee.
man snoop and the rappers you mentioned they that kendrick is the goat of our generation, but they don’t say it because they are afraid change, because they come from a generation that they were considered the greatest
Stop it he is a good commercial artist but that is it. Stick around till he’s 40 and lets see what he is doing. He is overrated to me like em is. They all have horrible trend radio beats. Nothing new or creative IMO.
What about Common? His first 4 albums were great, and two or three of which were argubly classics. Based on the reasons this breakdown was created for K Dot, Common should have one as well. Not to mention he’s had some other classics beyond that. B.u.t I do agree that he will be one of the GOATs… Peace
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This is spot on and excellent. Continue to set the tone Justin!
The greatest of our generation for sure
Tpab put him in the GOAT discussion for sure
nobody will ever top tpab as far as quality go, its impossible
Agree. Kendrick has a grander and cohesive vision to his releases. Kendrick is also more creative (or surrounds himself with people who are extremely creative) than every other rapper.
TPAB is one of the most well produced albums in modern history. It’s basically a collection of some of the best jazz musicians, including arguably the two best today (Glasper and Washington) doing whatever they want with a seven figure budget
Only kednrick can make such flawless music
Kendrick made me forget about Eminem. Kdot is really the goat
I agree Kendrick is on an impressive run. The thing that most impresses me is that both albums are completely different. A lot of people would still be calling Kendrick an amazing artist/rapper/etc if he simply gave us GKMC 2. Instead he took a major risk and dismissed nearly every modern rap convention (trap, bangers, 808s, contemporary features, list of the hottest producers, etc). And the album is fantastic.
Kendrick > nas, bacc , pbiggie and I’m not even a fa.
nobody will ever be as talented as this guy
Dope artist yes, GOAT status not even close…maybe a few more classics under his belt and then maybe. Good video either way.