The Kendrick Lamar Comparisons To Tupac Shakur

[SunZoo]

There's a difference between respecting ourselves vs respecting ourselves so others will treat us better. Tupac spoke out against police brutality and racism without laying the blame on us, unlike now where you have black folks who try to play both sides of the fence.

Both sides of the fence huh?

The same crime element that white people are scared of black people are scared of. While they waiting for legislation
to pass, we next door to the killer. All them killers they let out,they're in that building. Just because we black,
we get along with the killers? What is that?

The real tragedy is that there are some ignorant brothers out here. That’s why I’m not on this all white or all black shyt. I’m on all real or all fake shyt with people, whatever color you are. The same nikkaz that did Malcolm X, the same nikkaz that did Jesus Christ, every brother ain’t a brother. They will do you. So just because it’s black, don’t mean it’s cool. And just because it’s white, don’t mean it’s evil.

- It's not them that's knocking us off, it's us that's knocking us off!
- They tell me it's the white man I should fear, it's my own kind doing all the killing here
Pac woulda got with that "what about black on black crime" and called a c00n in this day and age.

 

[LurkMoar]

the Kendrick stanning is disgusting


Dude would be irrelevant in any other era

 

[wizworld]

Silly comparison. Kendrick is a classic artist, his passion is penning and performing his music. But outside of that he's probably more of an introvert.
Regardless of how real you thought Pac was, he was constantly in the mix of live nyggas. Dude was a man of the people, that just seemed to be his nature. Pac was very social and outspoken, and seemed to make himself comfortable anywhere. He suffered multiple times because of his nature, but that didn't seem to deter him.

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

The Kendrick Lamar comparison to Pac is absurd.

Other than both repping Los Angeles they aren't even the same kind of artist. Kendrick doesn't make gangsta rap at all. His music is great but it still doesn't move the masses quite the same. He just doesn't have the personality that reflects in records.

 

[Triangularbirds]

"Pac....Pac ?!??!?"

...was a joke.
if any other rapper did that it they would get clowned.

It's very telling of his admiration of pac, it's a bit corny yea, but at the same time it's like "fukk we gonna do if you're gone, who's gonna carry your torch"
Kendrick's carrying it but he only lights the way for himself and a few others currently but one day he gon raise that arm

 

[Kaypain]

There's a difference between respecting ourselves vs respecting ourselves so others will treat us better. Tupac spoke out against police brutality and racism without laying the blame on us, unlike now where you have black folks who try to play both sides of the fence.

When has Kendrick said anything of that?

 

[Rell84shots]

When has Kendrick said anything of that?

From his Billboard Magazine interview

“I wish somebody would look in our neighborhood knowing that it’s already a situation, mentally, where it’s f—ked up. What happened to [Michael Brown] should’ve never happened. Never. But when we don’t have respect for ourselves, how do we expect them to respect us? It starts from within. Don’t start with just a rally, don’t start from looting — it starts from within.” Lamar, who has said that he wasn’t raised devoutly religious, fingers the small figure of Christ dangling from a chain around his neck. “We’re in the last days, man — I truly in my heart believe that. It’s written. I could go on with Biblical situations and things my grandma told me. But it’s about being at peace with myself and making good with the people around me.”

 

[jamaicaiwonder1993]

Big Kendrick stan, but this comparison is terrible. Kendrick is more like a West Coast Andre 3000 who raps about more hood shyt from a narrative point of view.

 

[dappadonna]

What in the fukk are you talking about? Kendrick is trying to "balance" the concept of Pac? "Duality consciousness" of black males? You sound like a smart dumb nikka

 

[SuburbanPimp]

I fukks with Kendrick, probably my favorite rapper of this generation. I don't get the Pac compassion tho

I'm sure "Mortal Man" sparked it... But they aren't similar to me other than the fact that Pac obviously had a big influence on Kendrick

 

[Shadowmayne]

I didn't experience Pac's legacy.
So when I hear my peers talking about Dot being the new Pac I always hit em with the
I'm a HUGE Kendrick fan too
Just let Kendrick be Kendrick, he never said he was Pac on Mortal Man he said he was a "offspring of his legacy"

 

[NoHalfWay]

GOAT post contender right here

@SunZoo went to work

 

[Dirty D]

He's not the next Pac by any means but he's definitely influenced heavily by him. Their styles are totally different though.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

why does that matter ? I've stated my age in other posts so if you want it go look for it, it's not very relevant tho

sounds like something a youngin would only believe

 

[FemiO]

@SunZoo just prolific all over this thread, got me in the library sweating