How Kendrick Lamar Became The Greatest Rapper Alive 

Aged like a fine cup of wine 🍷

More than legendary for a warning diss 😭

Better than you may know

​@@javisbavisVery much so

Aged even better till today

Im curious how old you are? Im wondering if learning to like full albums is a newer generation thing.

​@@KaylaMarie_I think it is, but I also think every generation eventually adapts to this. A lot of albums end up being filler, and it takes a while to find artists that truly make records with no skips.

@@KaylaMarie_ 25, I definitely didn’t really enjoy them before picking up Kendrick some 7/8 years ago

28 yrs old I never really paid attention to that shit like that until gkmc I only listened to songs that sounded good and saved them but I realized shit be having a whole storyline

Yeah that's definitely a generational thing period because is my parents had The Beatles and Marvin gaye Made incredible albums Stevie Wonder also made incredible albums my generation had prince and Michael Jackson that made it incredible albums and in hip-hop we had Nas A Tribe Called Quest and also Dr. Dre doing amazing albums

No

@@olblue3478you look like a hater responding like that with no rebuttal

@@Fitefears gkmc definitely yes ...tpab no for me(too soy)... Damn is alright

@@olblue3478 i REALLY hope ur not serious 😭😭

Section 80 > damn

Felt the same way bro. Like he knew

This was beautifully written. Thank you for sharing.

Bro count me out hits my soul because my mum is late and now I feel world just counts me out.. she was the only person who didn't

I can’t really listen to that album in totality because it pulls so much emotion out of me. A lot of the second half really hit home for me and I think that it’s sad that people don’t speak highly of the album. Most people want to solely be entertained and that album wasn’t made for that purpose. He really is the 🐐

​@@nucentsMr Morale is so overhated. Better than DAMN in my opinion. A true piece of art unlike anything other rappers have been making

100%

Fr😂😂

lmao i remember that

Wtf does that mean heval chandler 😐

@@masaki9433 Y O U R E W E L C O M E

You’re welcome

This comment section funny asl 😂😂😂

Rap is a sport

Corny

@@0VintageCrew0u?

@@0VintageCrew0you sound awfully offended by someone expressing their enjoyment. That’s what’s corny

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Can’t be a better lyricist with ghostwriters 😂😂

Lupe said it

@@VincinateLupe only said that bc he was mad that ppl kept saying he apologized to Kendrick like J Cole so he wants smoke with KDOT too

Twitter is not a real place

He isn’t the first rapper to make a album that can be played in reverse order

@@shawnt1170nobody said that

@@shawnt1170 Just like M.Dot47 said, 'Nobody said that'. Try to learn praising people. Just because they did them first, doesn't mean it's "Easy" to do it either or else everyone in the industry would have. People who trash on Kendrick by caling DAMN his weakest Album like the Aritsts who can't even make a project that reaches even that Level.

@@navoneel Damn wasn’t even the best album the year it came out relax lol you Kendrick stans are so sensitive

​@@shawnt1170bro, again nobody said that. You need to chill out. While the "stans" are being sensitive you're just hating. You're no better. Just like what you like. And I'm going to say it, DAMN. was the best album of 2017.

So you admit it’s only good if you have nothing else to listen to?

@Z4NKA1 no, what they're saying is that you have to actually listen to it. strange concept for drake listeners, I'm aware.

@@hyperallie01mmm mmm h

​​@@hyperallie01message and the music aren't the same. You're being somewhat intellectually dishonest if you suddenly like the music just because of the message. The music was Mid in TPAB amd the lyrics carried.

​​@@TallicaMan1986That's an intellectually dishonest assertion. Music is completely subjective. They're saying that the music hit harder the more they paid attention to detail. You're intentionally being obtuse about it. I personally enjoyed every part of TPAB, and the composition is absolutely brilliant. It's one of the most beautifully written genre bending records you will ever find.

Hell nah. This mindset is so weak. Cause Gen Z still appreciates the art of albums and artists like mf doom, Andre 3k, nas, and many more.

@@Omardawood207gen Z in general does not that’s why all these newer artists drop 20 plus song playlists or double albums lol there’s no 12 song full projects anymore the market no longer demands it

@@Omardawood207nah, I’m technically Gen Z and alot of people my age and younger don’t run up albums like they usually do. I like running thru albums when I’m in the mood to listen or in the gym, but when I’m casually listening I just put all of my songs on shuffle and listen that way. Access to all this music at once just makes it easier to flip around instead of living with one thing

Key words to emphasize though: *a work of ART* You’re correct, Kendrick is a pure *artist* in every sense of the word - artistic genius though, is not the same as *rap* genius, that’s the issue that hip hop purists have with this topic. Kendrick does *NOT* meet the mark of what a rap purist would define as the greatest or most skilled rapper, he’s a talented rapper for sure, his pen is highly respectable most definitely, but he is, by far, not the best to ever do it nor does he come close to having what could be considered an untouchable or even nearly untouchable pen. Like I said in another comment, Michael Jackson is regarded as untouchable artistic musical royalty, but he has never been regarded as being an untouchable singer when talking about technical skill, or even range vocally. Creative genius and technical skill are 2 entirely different things and that’s where y’all take the wrong turn in these conversations cause y’all are classing them as being the synonymous when that couldn’t be further from reality.

​@@TheWorld-MyOysteris this related to the original comment?

Bro gagging on it not even coming up for air

​@@Weeewoooweeewoowee😂

@@Weeewoooweeewoowee be original

@@midis_touch not coming up for air is original, unlike your gayness for some celebrity that doesnt know you😭

​@@Weeewoooweeewooweewhile you bending over for Drake. You don't even like cake, you let Drake have that. You just want the icing. Enjoy yourself lil buddy

So what do you think about it?

Start with section 80. Go back and listen to overly dedicated then explore his other albums. Mind. Trip

He’s definitely a descriptive lyricist and I’d even go as far as saying an artistic genius, but he’s not even close to being the greatest rapper. I hate to assume, but if these are your metrics for a what it means to be a skillful lyricist in rap, then it seems to me that you really don’t have enough of a foundational understanding or wealth of knowledge of technical ability in rap/hip hop to to draw from when it comes to having a GOAT discussion…

Bruh what? 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

@@OiVjEGAzfr bro💀

🧢... I'm a kdot fan too but this is too far

@@DeeMaxum fr

Or even try to argue that Cole is better. Kendrick in a different than both of them.

I’m not one of those people but I do understand where they come from drake is more mainstream than Kendrick Yk you can jam out to his shit and not have to look to deep in to the lyrics yk Kendrick you might have to listen to the song 1-3 times before you get to understand his masterpieces but once you understand you get a deeper appreciation for his music but fsfs Cole is nowhere near them or him tbh

btw i love your simple editing, great analogy and understandable narrative. i instantly subbed

MBDTF doesn't exist

Its not even top 3👍​@@libraalibaba

@@libraalibabathat was released in 2009

​@@GabrielxJosephits 2010

​@@dinossauro8582it aint top 3 its just top 1