So does this mean Kendrick Lamar is officially the number one rapper right now???

[Sad Bunny]

He didn't drop in 2018. DAMN dropped sprint 2017. Pandemic happened Spring 2020. Thats 3 years. Then he didn't drop an album until 2022. 5 years hiatus. Which is 2 years prior to now. Pandemic ain't an excuse. Nas dropped like 6 albums in the span of that time and was in his late 40s.

Black Panther soundtrack dropped in 2018 and spawned multiple hits and won Grammies.

The album had legs and singles from DAMN were still popping then too.

 

[spliz]

Black Panther soundtrack dropped in 2018 and spawned multiple hits and won Grammies.

BP Soundtrack ain't a Kendrick solo album.

 

[Revolutionary]

BP Soundtrack ain't a Kendrick solo album.

he wrote the features verses (theres reference tracks for almost all of them) so might as well be one.

 

[Sad Bunny]

BP Soundtrack ain't a Kendrick solo album.

God damn yall are dumb

He was still present musically. What are you saying

It had like 3-4 top ten hits while LOVE was still all over the radio and billboards.

Things didn’t get really quiet for Kendrick until 2020. He was still all over the place musically from 2017-late 2019.

 

[Revolutionary]

this is such a myth

2012 gkmc
2013/2014 features
2015 tpab
2016 untitled
2017 damn
2018 black panther
2022 mr morale which was supposed to drop in 2020 but covid
2024 the beef

tbh in terms of size thats good...in terms of quality, thats impressive.
He doesn't even have to release any more music than that. Some of the legends he's competing don't even have such a big catalog...and its all quality.

Also Section 80 in 2011.

 

[Pure Water]

That ain't a Kendrick album. That's like calling QBs Finest a Nas album.

It is his album. It’s counted as his album. Also, the point was about him being absent. He’s all over this album with multiple hits from it.

 

[Paper Boi]

all i know is drake was never the number one rapper



he is a pop artist

 

[spliz]

It is his album. It’s counted as his album.

That is not counted as a Kendrick solo album.

 

[lib123]

Just like after the Nas vs Jay Z beef, it depends on what you value more in a rapper. You could make argument that Kendrick (Nas) is the better rapper, but most will still say that Drake (Jay Z) makes better songs. They still all below Biggie tho, he’s the GOAT at doing both.

 

[Pure Water]

tbh in terms of size thats good...in terms of quality, thats impressive.
He doesn't even have to release any more music than that. Some of the legends he's competing don't even have such a big catalog...and its all quality.

Also Section 80 in 2011.

Hell, if we want to go back further. He dropped Overly Dedicated in 2010 and the Kendrick Lamar EP in 2009.

 

[tehparadox]

Musically he's #1 on an all time list
You could argue no rapper has ever dropped an album as good as TPAB, musically.

 

[Sad Bunny]

That is not counted as a Kendrick solo album.

The question is, was he present musically or not.

The answer is yes because he was all over billboard and the radio from 2018-2020.

 

[spliz]

Just like after the Nas vs Jay Z beef, it depends on what you value more in a rapper. You could make argument that Kendrick (Nas) is the better rapper, but most will still say that Drake (Jay Z) makes better songs. They still all below Biggie tho, he’s the GOAT at doing both.

Kendrick ain't Nas. Drake ain't Hov.

 

[tehparadox]

Just like after the Nas vs Jay Z beef, it depends on what you value more in a rapper. You could make argument that Kendrick (Nas) is the better rapper, but most will still say that Drake (Jay Z) makes better songs. They still all below Biggie tho, he’s the GOAT at doing both.

Drake never made a good album...objectively. He was never in the convo.

At best people were saying Drake as an rnb version of Macklemore

 

[PHamm]

Does he have hits like the Beatles?

The Beatles ? u really ARE a fekket