KENDRICK LAMAR VS. LUPE FIASCO: STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST 

Derek Ant nah fam

Justin Mems look the shit up then nigga the creators themselves said that

Derek Ant I'll give that to cats like Craig mac, the great rakim, three times dope hell there's a number of artist way before Lupe bruh true he has some nice tracks but he didn't invent lyrical genius

Justin Mems The website that breaks down lyrics, Lyrical Genius, was made because of Lupe. The creators said that themselves

Derek Ant Lyrically, NOBODY is fuckin Lupe. Nobody.

calgsus911 fax.

calgsus911 The Cool is in my top 15 all time. It was/is other level. Never besmerch Lupes name. Put some respek on it

If only he didn’t put out Lasers 😪 that was so trash. His first 2 albums were classics doe

D Will yeah it was a disappointing album but even that album had a song like All black everything

calgsus911 the whole album wasn’t trash but compared to his previous albums smh

Xzavier Hall top 5 lyrical hip hop album , no doubt.

Still want of my favorite albums

Xzavier Hall i agree

Same here that Album is a Masterpiece it won't be appreciated now but Yrs from now it will It's a Classic

The cool is also in the conversation..that might just be his BEST!

Organized Konnection I wouldn't say that's "biting". It's more of new variations of the same idea. Biting is using the exact same idea without no credit to that rapper and producer.

Exactly

i wont say biting nigga. thats like saying rappers are biting because there rapping just like rappers delight.

I wouldn’t say biting, more like rappers influence each other.

Black people been into Manga, Kung Fu flicks, fashion and all prior to Wu...none of it is originally from a rapper...Lupe and any artist best attribute is showcasing and presenting their particular connection to it in an original way...not about biting.

Mr E Man me too.

I feel that 😔

Isnt crooked i dropping tho?

Takamura Mamoru yea hes still got a few things going on.

That took 5-7 years

terron coleman facts

terron coleman i agree. Was way better than TPAB and Forrest Hills

Facts!

James Roan you are reaching on the TPAB

howdydutt1e T&Y has more replay value

Company man! Justin here!

BlackySpeakz What up Blacky? Imma big fan. I'm music producer just trying to get my music out there to people.

BlackySpeakz Interesting to find you here.

Brandon Carter Loved that album, lupe is amazing

No it isnt.

Iroquois Plisken it's in my top ten for sure.

I agree, one of my favorite albums of all time. Right after Liquid Swords.

Brandon Carter lupe didn't even like that album cause it was for the radio or at least half of it

Griffeny Young GOAT week

I'd say this was biting

Bro it’s all cool to collaborate as long as people just say “hey do you mind if I do this?” The random taking is not cool.

Ryuk Lannister - here’s the thing: There’s really no such thing as original thought. So, chances are ANYTHING you create is going to be a synthesis of things you’ve seen and heard over time. Just because it sounds familiar DOES NOT always mean that it was deliberately jacked by a SPECIFIC source. Ragtime music all sounds the same but the pianists always appreciates one another’s variations on the songs. Sometimes using a line used by another is a shout-out/ a big up to the other. OTHER PEOPLE spin it into something negative oftentimes... would love for the response to be “love what you did there. Let’s work together.”

In Cole voice, that’s why somewhere in my heart I know Cole better than Kendrick even in my judgement as human beings I think Cole understands. Kendrick can be a fake, just saying, he makes good music with the help of many wonderful talented producers. Cole is a triple(do the rap and the track) double like Ye and he goes double platinum?? Damn that boy Cold 🥶

Jordan Clemons 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Get some RZA and Premo Beats on that Jawn

It's, Kung Fu Kenny vs. Chi Town Samurai.

They both have roots in the chi.

Kendricks parents are from the chi.

Thank you, Mopeme.

Not to mention unbiased

No... A lot of people don't even know who Nas is.

Fredrick Butts what... Show me 5 people who never heard of Nas

I'm guessing Dre backed him up because he's from Compton soooo

Lupe is smart enough to bail out of American music industry. There's no real money in that. Lu making China deals! Globalization, my friend.

Most outside of hip hop ain't heard of Nas, but have heard of Jay/Kendrick or whoever

Me too.

Terrance Blakely II A R T right? They would make fire songs. 🔥

Terrance Blakely II A R T lupe is being salty lol Kendrick has said nothing bad about lupe on record atleast

It would be detrimental...

I think Lupe feel hell out do him that's y kendrick won't do that and kendrick feel as tho Lupe just a hater

i rais 🚨🚨UNDERRATED COMMENT ALERT🚨🚨

and then bitched out when lupe called him out kendrick a fucking pussy

@@ownedpowned860 facts

@@ownedpowned860 who cares about poor rapper begging for recognition again cause he failed with his debut albums

owned powned Go Tell Him That 💀

*among the most

*the most

Yes Among nas rewind still holds ingenious originality that others have not matched till this day

Even Lupe said MF Doom was better as a lyricist, and he's right in that statement.

GodspeedHero Lupe isn’t the type to say he’s the best. He later said Aesop Rock is the best. I love DOOM for his character, but lyrically he ain’t better then Lu or Aesop

Sackings Murs is the illest!

The respect is awesome because I don’t have to pick sides. Both channels are an instrumental part of my weekend at this point.

The Company Man You should get Ras Kass and Crooked I on Rude Jude's show and talk about where they rank the greatest Hip-Hop cities at.

The Company Man been bumpin murs since felt

The Company Man y'all should do a collabo. The one you did with dehh was on point

You feel it like I do

Aboood165 You smokin doobies

Aboood165 you meant most overrated

Darrel Be facts

Aboood165 TRIPPING. Kendrick was inspired by Lupe.

Overrated, not overlooked. He fell off because it was warranted.

🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

He’s a genius!

The Company Man Is that your own hoodie? Where can I get one?

Gaurav Joshi it's as if there isn't a clear cut, black and white answer.

Kendrick not on lupe level... sorry

Niall Bellido crazy Kendrick albums washes Lupe

@@nbellido25 Kendrick is better thqn Lupe

Niall Bellido Kendrick has the lyrically abilities to match Lupe, Kendrick’s legit just a better Lupe

Niall Bellido Yeah He’s Above It Now Goofy

Ali Chaudry Lupe would out rap kdot

I want a freestyle battle first!

ERICK CH Word. Remember Mos Def punked out of a rap battle with Lupe!

Kendrick chasing pop success with the cheesy pop collabs with Maroon 5 and Taylor Swift of all people was definitely a miss.

only L he took was the maroon 5 feature

There's no excuse for him hopping on a Taylor Swift record

asa ascar what’s that got to do with his albums?

asa ascar are u crazy? So if someone asked u to do a verse for a shit load of money u turning it down?? Y'all think too much into it he got payed to do all those pop features DUHH!

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Not mad at that.

ERBOCH just a honest question bruh why Lupe personality a 2?

Ketsado Issa joke lol

Ketsado hes taking bout how kendrick will use auto tune or a different tone of voice in order to change the over all feel of a verse or if hes talking as another person or character and or his delivery of a verse which to me lupe doesnt have much of that in terms of being able to create different flows on a song as it goes and or make up personas

JAY Alberto I actually wasnt. That factors into Kendricks creativity category, along with the TPAB Theory, the Good Kid Theory, the Section.80/Hii Power Theory, etc.

Right, and both are literally the best albums released last year

​@@derekhakeem8 agreed, tho i put MMTBS > DMIZ (DMIZ is fuckin dope but i think MMTBS is top 3 or 4 album ever)

LimitNZ exactly.

Thanongrit Suriyarungka hahahahaha

Lmfao that's fair

JonyALB 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

dmaster5556 that’s Love man! Murs is doing a great job. Glad he took over

Maurice James well said.

Very profound

Yo u nailed it couldn't have said it better

Maurice James word...very true... And I think one thing that helped Kendrick spread his truth vs. Lupe is that he has a supportive team and his timing. 2 major moments (of absolute truth) for me affected their popularity: Lupe- calling Obama a terrorist got him black balled from the community and affected public label protection/promotion in the future (though he was right in the sense of foreign policy. Lupe repeatedly expressed he loved almost everything Obama did except his foreign policy but ppl took it as hate for a successful black man) Kendrick- the 2015 elections. TPAB came out in a year when black lives matter was at its peak and was a hot topic for debates. Enter tracks like "I" and "alright" which became chants from the public to rally against oppression on such a grand stage. Both artists spoke directly and indirectly to the climate of the day and age's political climate...but Kendricks timing was inch perfect without trying to be and his supporting cast has kept him honest and/or protected. Lupe had his manager go to jail, fam members die, and have to dismantle his label soon after. But Lupe gets chastised more often than not by mainstream critics while Kendrick is seen as forward thinking?🤔.... It's sad but dude who mentioned timing is everything got that 💯% right. Add to personal circumstances and here we are. Both cats are dope and necessary as far as I'm concerned. It's funny cause I remember Lupe in an interview many MANY years back was asked about Kendrick and said he wouldn't work with him as to preserve a "fan" status and Lupe at Kendricks show in chi said Kendrick was 💯 someone that needs to be heard...but constant CONSTANT comparisons and usually anti-lupe ones (from publications) are made... It's truly sad (sorry about the long post)

Benji Franklins Music Lupe did karate, ninjas are japanese, kung fu is chinese lol

Benji Franklins Music I was gone say that

Daniel James still too close

Benji Franklins Music 36 Chambers

@@danieljames3372 wu-tang and shoalin are Chinese... Wu tang got alot of their material from the Shaw Brothers, a chinese movie production co

I don't think a lot of ppl got the reference. This is one of my favourite songs ever!

That line is deeper than you realize.

The cool channel Is that Lupe? I’m still new to Lupe smh

FearTheXI Yeah, Dumb it Down by Lupe

One of the best lines from one of the best songs ever

Darrel Be well said

Darrel Be lupes rhymes more complex. But I find Kendricks lyrics harder hitting tbh

There's no argument around consistency.

To Pump A Butterfly ahhh i do thinn that kendrick is a very very very very good lyricist and top tier lyricist as well but Lupe is better he is just insane.

Vladimir Klizschko yeah man I agree. Just saying I find kendricks lyrics more emotive but maybe that’s because of greater concepts, artistry etc, rather than lyricism. Technically Lupe is the goat.

The Truth Be Told Podcast - Hip Hop Podcast I’d rather them collab

You dont think kendrick wants it? I highly doubt that he is considered the best lyrical hip hop artist and is bigger than anyone in hip hop right now. And he is great at dissing. J cole is the only one in the same ballpark

Kendrick is scared of Lupe he can't reply

Em and Ken, wouldn't want to risk it

Len Leneezy Kendrick would destroy Lupe in a diss. Lupe doesn’t do real diss tracks and he doesn’t have the aggression because he’s so passive aggressive. Kendrick will name drop when he wants and could verbally slaughter Lupe in a diss track. Let’s be real here

Fernando Mendoza 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿

I appreciate that. Thank you brother.

HAHAHA!

That's dope, Lam. Thank you! 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

This should be video.

FR. Don't tweet, pick up the mic.

Welcome!!

Worst Analogy in history

It’s funny, I definitely see that perspective though I wouldn’t call it bitterness. Lupes always been super outspoken about whatever, never afraid to call it as he sees it. But their are career parallels, which I tried to point out, that fall in line with the thesis that Kendrick surpassed Lupe career wise. But lupe’s label situation is wilder and deeper than most know and having a great team is part of success in any field of human endeavor. Kdots incredibly talented and has had the best team in the biz since day one. I’m sure Lu sees that as well and I don’t think he’s necessarily bitter about it.

Kendrick typically takes 2 years or more to carefully craft a "classic" album. Lupe works hard and doesn't chase for "classics" like some artists do. He consistently puts out albums and mixtapes and his fans enjoy it.

The Company Man I feel you and I do agree with a lot of his statements, like how kendrick isn’t a great punchline rapper. it’s just for some reason every time he mentions kendrick it’s always a negative comment or a “he’s good BUT” maybe im a lil biased because kendrick is my favorite rapper and when he said logic is more Lyrical I was disgusted lol and yea the label troubles he dealt with were definitely a major hit to his career, it’s too bad he didn’t have a TDE to back him

Golden Child any artists like Lupe or kendrick most definitely chase “classics” because they’re putting their best music forward and want to showcase their art, and lupe has mos definitely some classics it’s just the consistency ain’t there like kendrick, which isn’t too bad because not many Artists have a consistent run like Kendrick’s

Black Men Don’t Cheat Podcast Ent That logic comment made me cringe when I read it lol

Vladimir Klizschko exactly!!!

Vladimir Klizschko exactly!!!

gotf wow I couldn’t say it better

Kendrick doesnt have laser so i can not agree

lasers was forced by his label. difference between lupe and kendrick's careers have been the labels. lupe stuck on atlantic, while kendrick has basically been taught the sacred hip-hop ways by dr. dre.

Thanks, Tom.

Victor França doesn't matter kdot is obviously stealing from lupe

imthatoneguy why not "stealing" from Wu?

Damian Spears Lupe the best lyricist ever. Go listen to his shit before you talk that nonsensical shit

Idt he’s claiming to be the first. We’re so many years past the Wu embracing martial arts. But recently, Lupe was pretty much the only person to embrace it . Then here comes K Dot.

greenakutabi salute!!! Best of luck to your show!

The Company Man Thanks appreciate it. Keep up the great work in yours.

Same here.

Lord Quasimoto To keep from conflict. Especially on this taboo topic. Where the stans had their fingers on the unsubscribed button.

SportObsessive Bryant dude I know it was a joke!

vøsgner 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

Thanks, Mellow!