If kendrick did these same songs on tpab, you'd be calling them genius
No, I wouldn't.
Because he already made those songs and they took him exactly nowhere.
BIG KRIT, Charles Hamitlon & Lupe Fiasco are three rappers that immediately date the posters
here and indicate where their taste is stuck.
It's like we're in a 2008-XXL cover time warp on this website.
:edit:
To expand, I don't think these songs are bad at all.
He's a good songwriter, he's just not on Kendrick's level.
Bro does not have a TPAB or DAMN in him and he's already had ample
opportunity to show he did and literally never did it.
I also don't feel bro has maximized his own performance and he still has
room to grow as far as listenership even in 2024.
I think his huge problem was too much sampling in a market which didn't allow for that.
It heavily impacted his career and his ability to get a proper rollout/release way back when
and it caused his career to crater.