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Most Drake stans don't like "rap"Kendrick lamar is great at rapping in a era where it hold little value. Hits matter more than rapping about every john singleton movie in a alien voice.
If actually rapping didn't matter in today's world Drake wouldn't be currently getting shunned by fans for the ghostwriting accusations.
The way some of you straight up dismiss the traditions and history of Hip Hop is troubling. In the mainstream (which btw ain't never been concerned with actual Hip Hop to begin with) lyrics might not matter. But the fans still care.
Which is why I say exclude Drake from the Hip Hop convo period because y'all get more concerned with "hits" and stop giving a **** about actual Hip Hop.
Numb Encore was better than Encore though.Drake could never out do this wave riding
Kendricks cool but ****** really hype him up
He just says a lot of words together and somehow it sounds "deep"
Ask ****** to recite you their favorite kendrick verse they wouldnt be able to...Kendrick is in that same 'woke safety net' that J. Cole is. It's just someone people name to make it seem like they're conscious.
Drake been making pop/r&b/light tunes since the beginning so I've always failed to see why or how the two artists compare
No one is throwing Drake on to get some deep message
"there's a difference between accomplishments and astonishments"
Kendrick is leaps and bounds above Drake is the artistry category. There are so many layers to Kendricks music, with usually a powerful message being conveyed that will still be respected 20 years from now.
Drake has the formula for making hits, namely Sing-alongs. With the same regurgitated narrative about how he had a rough upbringing that pales in comparison to real struggles that other rappers have overcome and come from. Drake's success is fueled by the social media era, it's not a stretch to say that he wouldn't have this kind of success if this were the 90's, where it wasn't watered down and had an emphasis on lyricism.
Difference is, Drake is exploiting this, while Kendrick could do the same thing and rack up a bunch of mainstream hits about love problems and haters, it's an easy formula to follow. He has the starpower, marketing, etc
Kendrick is in it for the art more so where as Drake is in it for the money, so it's a foolish argument to compare net worth/hits to measure who is "better" when they are on opposite ends of the motivation spectrum
The irony is that the line you quoted sounds like something Drake would rap. Without even reading the rest of your post, I would've assumed it was
Kendrick isn't doing anything with artistry above Drake, he's just rapping. People are complaining because Drake is expanding his artistry and actually mixing up the rap with R&B and international sounds. Kendrick isn't that imaginative. Furthest he's gone is using Anderson .Paaks singing voice.
The irony is that the line you quoted sounds like something Drake would rap. Without even reading the rest of your post, I would've assumed it was
Kendrick isn't doing anything with artistry above Drake, he's just rapping. People are complaining because Drake is expanding his artistry and actually mixing up the rap with R&B and international sounds. Kendrick isn't that imaginative. Furthest he's gone is using Anderson .Paaks singing voice.
Common 'safety net' statements:
Kendrick/Cole is deep
You gotta be on another level to understand what they're saying
Their albums got layers to it (***** what? )
Migos/Uzi/Yachty/21 are trash (never heard a song of theirs in their whole life)
Drake sucks
Y'all all the same