This Kendrick Lamar NYTimes profile is why I think he’s overrated

[Da King]

His last album had zero replay, I’ll leave it at that

 

[Ashtrey]

Kendrick 2010s GOAT

 

[Renegade47]

its future i fear

Kendrick 2010s GOAT

 

[BaltimoreTwilightMarauder]

Kendrick is the best rapper of the 2000s but the way some fans talk about him is insufferable.

 

[JP_614]

I love when you count me out my name is in your mouth lol.

 

[Leejh30]

Kendrick is the best rapper of the 2000s but the way some fans talk about him is insufferable.

He’s black jesus to hipsters and maybe that’s why I never was his biggest fan?

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

He’s black jesus to hipsters and maybe that’s why I never was his biggest fan?

He’s the artist the people who “don’t listen to that negative stuff” like to tell you they support because they “appreciate art”

 

[onlylno]

Kendrick is the best rapper of the 2000s but the way some fans talk about him is insufferable.

How you defining best?

Cause 2000s includes putting him over some big names.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

respectfully all the things you're speaking towards here have nothing to do with what i addressed

i had no comment on what you were saying until you made the claim that some arbitrary "we" is not trying to hear that

my response was an acknowledgment to that being untrue when you consider that the general public clearly is trying to hear that

All you did was state what his ticket sales are and NOTHING about your evaluation of the music itself in your own opinion. Again, what do YOU think. Y’all are so p*ssy to admit this nikka is OVERRATED

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

In subject matter yes. Drakes flow has gotten better but Kendrick based on subject matter has went from rapping about what he grew up on the mindset collectively on the black community to generational trauma and mental health. Drake has been rapping about the same bytch that did him wrong since thank me now thank me later with a little ego boosting here and there. Drake talking about droppin bodies now at almost 40 when he wasn’t rapping that shyt in his 20s.

Kendrick didn’t have the mindset back in section 80 or good kid maad city to make a song like Aunties diaries. Thats growth as an artist.

Oh Jesus Christ trauma? Mental health?

nikka stop it. Go read a book. Fans not trying to hear that shyt unless it sounds good. All his peers do the same shyt but even better.

 

[ThirdAct]

Kendrick became a hipster after GKMC, it is what it is

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Nap hates any artist who makes music about social issues or introspection.

Music should only be party, party, fun, fun in his world

This is untrue but since most of these guys ain’t write 3 whole consecutive paragraphs in the last 5 years or read a book or article in the last 1-2 years then I feel like I shouldn’t be lectured by goofies who can’t hang in an actual convo.

You see what happens when these guys talk about anything useful

 

[Westbama Heartthrob]

I haven’t listened to it, but I don’t think it’s a classic

How can you rate it if you never heard it

 

[bigde09]

nikkas get mad when you say you're tired of this shyt

Just make dope music people can enjoy

This dude out here recording therapy raps

nikkas we not trying to hear that wordy shyt where you aint saying shyt

that spoken word shyt is annoying and condescending

Aren’t you Indian

 

[Westbama Heartthrob]

Kendrick became a hipster after GKMC, it is what it is

Kendrick was always different

He never switched up. Only evolved and refined who he was and what he was trying to do

Problem is, people tried to box him into what they wanted him to be

Now they're disappointed because he didn't match their expectations

But I dunno, I always felt like me and kendrick are on a similar wavelength

So his music has stayed relatable and interesting to me