Revolutionary
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don't comapre drake to jay, nas & kendrick
drake is wack...
drake is wack...
It's crazy how closely Kendrick & Drake is mirroring Jay-Z & Nas
- Thread starter Buggsy Mogues
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Revolutionary
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Drake needs a classic album first if he wants to be mentioend with Kendrick, nas & jay
Big Homie Behemoth
Rookie
Actually quite an interesting comparison. 
But I think, in context, that we understand much more about what was happening to Nas around the Stillmatic and God's Son era and I think those personal circumstances were major drivers for the music he released…not sure if Kendrick is going through similar stuff.
But I think, in context, that we understand much more about what was happening to Nas around the Stillmatic and God's Son era and I think those personal circumstances were major drivers for the music he released…not sure if Kendrick is going through similar stuff.
Jen The Prude
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Some people on this site are so dense. No one is saying that Drake is a replica of Jay-Z or that Kendrick is Nas re: music . The argument here is that their respective CAREER TRAJECTORIES appear to be the same thus far.
prophecypro
Hollywood North
I mean you can literally see this shyt playing out exactly how Nas and Jay-Z post-Ether did
Drake is dropping hot shyt for the clubs and party music, etc. like Jay was, putting out hit after hit, while Kendrick is getting on his pro-black militant tip like Nas did. They are like in their God's Son/Blueprint 2 era right now, although Kendrick is obviously taking some cues from Nas' "Untitled" era.
Everyone is praising Kendrick for implementing jazz and funk sounds on his new work, like Nas did when he dropped that "Bridging the Gap" joint with Olu Dara and that "Get Down" joint that sampled James Brown. Jay stans said it was boring, old sounding trash.. Nas stans said it was fresh, paying homage to the past and bringing that sound back to the mainstream.
Kendrick is even trying to be commercial, but like Nas, he doesn't know how. "i" was basically his version of Nas' "I can".
I think it's gonna play out pretty similar.. meaning, 20 years from now, we might be seeing college courses taught on GKMC or To Pimp a Butterfly, and have 20th anniversary concerts and documentaries about it, but if you ask me which one is gonna be the multi-millionaire mogul? Which one is likely to hire the other one to his own record label? It's clearly gonna be Aubrey
Both Jay and Nas own their own labels in 2015 (Roc Nation and Mass Appeal) and Jay never owned Def Jam or its artists like that, so that's kind of a narrow and off point end game comparison to make
Dont really either artist really in Jay/Nas exact lane like that especially when Drake is more of a singer.
ManBearPig
half man half bearpig
Drake can tear shyt up when he spits. Don't get it twisted
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
Kendrick needs one too. Take care is closer to classic than his album.
intilectual recipricol
Killin fake hip hop
You cherish bein wrong so much...
it goes nas>>>>>>>>>>>>>>jay-z>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the other two
Jay >>>> Drizzy >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
worth >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> naSas for the comparisons with BIG and Pac, you know damn well I'm right and the shyt dont make sense.
im fukkin crying at comparing Kendrick to Nas and BIG...get the fukk out.
Kendrick has no songs that white people over 40 and 50 know. Nas and BIG are known and loved universally by every race and age group not over 60.
shyt, white people over 35 don't even know who kendrick. But My mom LOVES Big and Nas. When Id put their music on my mom would wild out and rap along and shyt.
Kendrick has a hit or two and got a plat record but he's not a name people who don't listen to hip hop like that know. Unlike Nas, BIG, Jay and yes, Drake..
Drake is, though..
My mom knows who Drake is though...
Until 2011 I stopped checkin for newer hip hop and wasn't keep up w/ current shyt and I never even heard of Kendrick until I checked out the hip hop thread on this punk/hardcore forum. But I knew who Drake was and heard of him. I'm just saying..
Kendrick is Not on that level.
Kendrick has no songs that white people over 40 and 50 know. Nas and BIG are known and loved universally by every race and age group not over 60.
shyt, white people over 35 don't even know who kendrick. But My mom LOVES Big and Nas. When Id put their music on my mom would wild out and rap along and shyt.
Kendrick has a hit or two and got a plat record but he's not a name people who don't listen to hip hop like that know. Unlike Nas, BIG, Jay and yes, Drake..
Drake is, though..
My mom knows who Drake is though...
Until 2011 I stopped checkin for newer hip hop and wasn't keep up w/ current shyt and I never even heard of Kendrick until I checked out the hip hop thread on this punk/hardcore forum. But I knew who Drake was and heard of him. I'm just saying..
Kendrick is Not on that level.
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this is a bad example cuz your mom was in her 20s when BIG was around. so ask 20 yr old white people if they know Kendrick...or wait until 2035 and ask them.
Pool_Shark
Can’t move with me in this digital space
dont you guys get tired of talking about the same shyt everyday
No, my mom wasn't lol she was in her 30s..
Either way, check my edit cause even then, me being 25 ..I didn't even know of a Kendrick Lamar existing until I started for newer hip hop
drake bigger than jay-z ever was
@Alexander The Great
And it's not a bad example. Kendrick has no songs that impacted generations the way Nas, BIG and Jay did. He doesn't have a universally known song that everyone age 13-50 can sing or rap along to. Kendrick isn't loved or get played by the streets.
Go to the hood.. No one is blAsting a Kendrick song. You'll hear more chicago rap and Atlanta shyt.. And Drake. No Kendrick.
And it's not a bad example. Kendrick has no songs that impacted generations the way Nas, BIG and Jay did. He doesn't have a universally known song that everyone age 13-50 can sing or rap along to. Kendrick isn't loved or get played by the streets.
Go to the hood.. No one is blAsting a Kendrick song. You'll hear more chicago rap and Atlanta shyt.. And Drake. No Kendrick.
oh naw, i agree Kendrick doesn't have anywhere the POP buzz Biggie, Jay, or Drake had/has. my point tho was if you were of a certain age in the 90s, you knew who Biggie was and if you are of a certain age today you know who Kendrick is. But as far as popularity Kendrick is no where near those others because he has no radio hits that come close to what they had. No one can dispute that