Spin: Kung Fu Kenny or Jay....Better Discography.

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Shot out to @THE 101 for the inspiration. Ive been meaning to make a similar thread for a while.

As of today who has the better discography?

I told a co worker a while back between the two..Kendrick.

He asked me what my metrics were for top 5s or top 10s. I told him I dont care about impact or sales, just the music, the albums.

He asked me how is Jay in your top 5 then and Kendrick aint if you think his discography is better? I couldn't answer that and it had me rethinking my top 5.

Anyway who ya got?
 

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hov might actually have the best rap catalog :patrice:

Jay been in my top 5 since 1997 when i was 14 lol.

But the older i get and compare his catlaog (the highs and the lows) to Nas, Common, Scarface, Ghostface, Pac, Cube (even with the drop off).....his looks really weak to me


But I think part of that is my preference for subject matter has changed a bit.
 

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Jay been in my top 5 since 1997 when i was 14 lol.

But the older i get and compare his catlaog (the highs and the lows) to Nas, Common, Scarface, Ghostface, Pac, Cube (even with the drop off).....his looks really weak to me


But I think part of that is my preference for subject matter has changed a bit.

its kinda hard to say really

his catalog better than all of theres especially cube & gfk & scarface:mjlol:

but i just resonate/relate with nas & pac music more even tho pac isnt in my top 5/10
 

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Hov might have as many bad albums as good albums, and the good ones ain't even THAT good :lupe:
 

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Jay edges it for now but if Kendrick's next album is a heat rock I can see it going the other way
 

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Hov might have as many bad albums as good albums, and the good ones ain't even THAT good :lupe:

Let's not do that. Hov's best albums are masterpieces.

Being very strict, the following albums are masterpieces from Hov

Reasonable Doubt
Blueprint
The Black Album
American Gangster

Vol 1 and 2, Blueprint 2 are very good.

4:44 is aight.

Vol 3, Kingdom Come, Blueprint 3: mid to awful

From Kendrick, his masterpieces are:

Good Kid Mass City
To Pimp a Butterfly

DAMN and Section 80 are very good.

Mr Morales is aight.

Giving Jay the nod here. It's hard to be consistently good over time and you're bound to have a few dips in artistic quality.
 

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its kinda hard to say really

his catalog better than all of theres especially cube & gfk & scarface:mjlol:

but i just resonate/relate with nas & pac music more even tho pac isnt in my top 5/10

Cube yes

The other two no. None of them have anything as bad as MCHG, BP3 and Kingdom Come

Don't get me started on the collab albums lol
 

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Honestly, the Nas and Kendrick comparisons make more sense because they're both very conceptual artists.

Jay's best albums weren't really all that conceptual. AG and 4:44 come the closest to being concept albums.

Blueprint, Black Album, and the Volume albums, however, was really just Jay spitting over good beats. He cemented himself as a rapper with those albums but they're not really creative.

I'd say Jay's best 5 albums(RD, BP, BA, AG, 4:44) are stronger hip hop albums on average than Kendrick's 5 albums but Kendrick's albums generally have more depth and creativity to them as far as concepts and songwriting goes.

Basically, I think Jay's the better rapper but Kendrick's the better artist if that makes sense.
 

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Honestly, the Nas and Kendrick comparisons make more sense because they're both very conceptual artists.

Jay's best albums weren't really all that conceptual. AG and 4:44 come the closest to being concept albums.

Blueprint, Black Album, and the Volume albums, however, was really just Jay spitting over good beats. He cemented himself as a rapper with those albums but they're not really creative.

I'd say Jay's best 5 albums(RD, BP, BA, AG, 4:44) are stronger hip hop albums on average than Kendrick's 5 albums but Kendrick's albums generally have more depth and creativity to them as far as concepts and songwriting goes.

Basically, I think Jay's the better rapper but Kendrick's the better artist if that makes sense.

makes perfect sense
 
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