BB King saw the king in me so why can't you?Def Jam fukked krizzle up, his career never rebounded the right way after that. In 2021 Freddie Gibbs is getting more love than krit
Yall remember how kicked everyone's shyt in on 1train
fukk Def Jam
Kendrick Lamar is the greatest lyricist of the 2010s. No one else comes close.
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fukk Def Jam
RennisDeynolds
I am untethered and my rage knows no bounds!
BB King saw the king in me so why can't you?
fukk Def Jam
Speaking of people who fell off, wtf happened to Q
He might drop this year but who knows at this pointSpeaking of people who fell off, wtf happened to Q
I know just as much as you
I just seen this on Twitter though
Hopefully he sees a resurgence on this next album. I haven't listened to his last one since the year it came out
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STAN JONES
Fire John Harbaugh
Ive never been impressed by a Kendrick verse
hes easily the most overrated "lyricist" of his generation
hes easily the most overrated "lyricist" of his generation
RennisDeynolds
I am untethered and my rage knows no bounds!
I'm the shyt, you can't out fart me - Lyrical Mastermind Jermaine Cole
FruitOfTheVale
Superstar
Danny Brown > Kendrick as a lyricist, particularly when it comes to being poignant in the least amount of words. Kendrick got a bad habit of spitting rambling-ass verses full of lines that might be thematically linked but they're not ear-catching outside of the flow. He's far from a "word salad" rapper but, for x number of lines in a lot of his verses, he's barely saying anything, and rarely in a way that's unique.
The underlined is borderline filler. It's thematically linked to the concept of the song (DNA) but the bars themselves are not very sharply focused nor delivered particularly evocatively. Kendrick is not a master of word economy, a lot his lines feel like he just wrote them because it flowed and its on topic. He's not a rapper that focuses on crafting every individual bar until they're as to-the-point/original/unique as possible.
Compare that to literally any Danny Brown verse off of XXX or The Hybrid. Whether it's punchlines, story raps or concept tracks, every bar is 100% intentionally written the way it is to be the hardest hitting, most condensed - and in his case specifically, the most off-kilter - version of it possible, no matter how simple or how complex the bar is.
There's a certain level of bar-for-bar craftsmanship that few rappers really flex these days. It takes a lot of skill to stay on the break and deliver distilled, completed thought after distilled, completed thought that doesn't meander for another bar and a half or two to be resolved - and never mind doing that while also being clever, unique & w/ an original delivery. The list of contemporary rappers who excel at this is very short... Danny Brown, Ka, etc. are among the very few that do.
Kendrick talks too much..too many words, meaningless words over and over again to make a single point.
Lyricism is not about quantity and volume, but quality.
Kendricks lyrics dont remain with you, thats one thing Ive discovered. Theyre quite forgettable.
Lyricism is not about quantity and volume, but quality.
Kendricks lyrics dont remain with you, thats one thing Ive discovered. Theyre quite forgettable.
The Exchanges
All Star
As a kendrick/cole/drake stan.
That's Lupe.
The other 3 are easier to listen to. But thats because lupe lyricism to me is that good.
That's Lupe.
The other 3 are easier to listen to. But thats because lupe lyricism to me is that good.
Awesome Wells
The Ghost of Jack Tripper
Kendrick might be the best artist to drop in the past decade, but he's definitely not the best lyricist, lol.
He's putting better projects together than anyone else, but lyrically, he's not doing anything mind-blowing.
He's putting better projects together than anyone else, but lyrically, he's not doing anything mind-blowing.
28 Gramz
How U Luv That???
Mozzy is better.
6CertsAndAMovie
All Star
i want to reup this thread and see how people feel about him now.
He's a very good lyricist but some technical aspects he falls short. Like he does a lot of monosyllabic rhyming which can be looked at as amateurish. A lot of times he'll only rhyme the last word.