Which Debut Album Had More Hype and Buzz; GKMC or Thank Me Later?

[licensed to ball]

I remember people going crazy for Thank Me Later to come out.
There was this certain hype and buzz surrounding it that hadn't been matched in a long time.

EVERYONE was waiting for Drakes 1st LP, even people who didn't like him. People just wanted to see if he'd deliver.

Same **** happened when Kendrick's LP came out last year... called the "chosen one" by his peers, Dre, Snoop, Game... given the co-sign by so many legends... his buzz definitely wasn't as mainstream as TML was... but in the hip-hop game everyone was killin themselves waitin for Kendricks first LP.



So... Which one had more Buzz and Hype surrounding it in your opinion?

 

[Hahahaha]

Drake had more hype but it didn't deliver at all :x

Kendrick delivered one of the best albums of the last few years and it made me a fan.

 

[delete]

Drake's buzz was 10x more bigger than Kendrick's

 

[mw2889]

Drake, and it's not even close.

 

[dipsetgeneral]

Agreed with everything in this thread. It's a shame "Thank Me Later" wasn't a classic. Woulda made Drizzy even bigger than the superstar he is now.

 

[jaymosenvied]

Drakes buzz was bigger, but the album didn't deliver. Kendrick's had hype and did deliver.

 

[AZwildcats]

Like everyone else said, Drake had the bigger buzz and failed to deliver. Kendrick dropped a gem

 

[rafeaks]

Come on dude, you know it's not even close, lol. Even though I was freakishly hyped for Kendrick's, people started going crazy over it through word of mouth.

 

[Master Zik]

Drake obviously but that's that continued buzz from the mixtape/ep houstatlantavegas from what I recall which was going down.

Kendrick is no Drake so I don't get this thread. There's quality rappers and then those who got the machine backing them heavily.

 

[CUNNiNGH4M]

drake had more buzz by far but kendrick made the better album

 

[whoshotcha]

Drake. Kendricks buzz didnt really start growing like that till after the album dropped and people were like"woah, ok this dude is forreal"

 

[Peep Game]

Drake obviously but that's that continued buzz from the mixtape/ep houstatlantavegas from what I recall which was going down.

Kendrick is no Drake so I don't get this thread. There's quality rappers and then those who got the machine backing them heavily.

Kendrick happens to be a quality rapper who rightfully has a machine behind him. A foreign concept, I know what do u mean by Kendrick is no Drake though?

To answer OP, like moat others have said, Drake had the bigger buzz, with loads of singles, then dropped a decent to pretty good album (whether you want to classify it as rap, r&b, or some genreless fusion is another story). Kendrick released a much much better album, and one of the best debuts for a new artist on a long time. He also heavily picked up his buzz after the album dropped, which usually doesn't happen.

 

[ScroogeMcBuckz]

To answer your question, Drakes album had more hype and buzz. Are we done here?

 

[kingfoamnyc]

How is this even a question ? Drake had one of the biggest buzzes in Hip Hop history .

 

[nyg2798]

TML had more hype and buzz, but GKMC was a classic album. Drake is flat out terrible sometimes and good sometimes, but mostly terrible

 

[halftime]

GKMC > So Far Gone > TML