Who has a better discography: Nas or Kendrick

[ThirdAct]

As a Nas Stan and Kendrick fan, imma have to say Kendrick has a better discography and that is only because there is no bad Kendrick album.

Nas is better than Kendrick when it comes to rapping though.

Last post cuz I gotta go but on this: while Kendrick has no BAD albums, it can be argued that Damn and Mr Morale are mid, especially if we're comparing them to what came before...

It can also be argued that while yes Nas has some weaker albums he also has more good albums than Kendrick...that's partially because he has twice as many albums as Kendrick but still

 

[Ike omad]

Kendrick has no album below 8. Nas most albums don't even crack that score.

 

[Illmagic]

Why is 'only on the coli" even an argument. Like the people posting aren't real people who log off and go outside

 

[Pop123]

I'm sorry but anybody who thinks Life is Good and I am are better than Damn and GNX should never speak on hip hop again. Nas stans really are a different breed. I Am is a 3.5 mic album. LIG is 4 mics.

Agreed, on the ratings, lol. I’m a Nas Stan but I’m one of the rare stans who is objective (maybe I’m not a Stan then, ).

 

[Controversy]

Morale has the universal acclaim, so it was well received... And like Charlamagne said, Mr Morale is actually Kendrick's most praised album after TPAB outside of rap music, which is clearly what he was targeting.

I personally don't see him being overrated because the praise he got from the media, is nowhere near as high as the praise he gets from people that have strong musical knowledge, lecturers, goat musicians and shyt like that, you know people that actually know music on a more technical level. Now the thing with Kendrick, as opposed to Nas, is that he doesn't really make his music just by himself. There's like 60/100 musicians all working on his albums. Same for Kanye's first 4/5 albums.

Kendrick is the dude we talk about the most within the rap community when discussion his music, but in other music communities, all his collaborators get as much praise as he gets. I've never seen that with a rapper like Nas, because at the end of the day Nas is mostly rapping over some beats, there's no real complex musical idea to catch on his records. That's not a critique though, he's great at what he does.

Edit: "The idea that DAMN would be considered the 2nd greatest anything is hilarious" Can give me a reason why? cuz as far as I'm concerned, I could also say that I can't name a single album better than this one and my comment would be just as valid as yours. How are you judging it? whats the metric?

There's no complex musical idea...bc you don't understand the complexities of his music

One mic is actually a euphemism for a gun...song is so influential Kendrick did a bad rendition of it in 2024

20+ yrs ago Nas was voicing political activism on real issues like vaccines, the prison industrial complex, homelessness, blood diamonds (before Kanye), etc...

Nas has more actual substance than any mainstream rapper not named Tupac

The Kenny dikk sucking is disgusting cause now y'all say Nas just rapping on beats

Fck is wrong wit y'all

 

[Neuromancer]

Kendrick doesn't even have enough albums for this conversation.

 

[904]

Haven't watched it yet. This just popped up in my feed

 

[ISO]

There's no complex musical idea...bc you don't understand the complexities of his music

One mic is actually a euphemism for a gun...song is so influential Kendrick did a bad rendition of it in 2024

20+ yrs ago Nas was voicing political activism on real issues like vaccines, the prison industrial complex, homelessness, blood diamonds (before Kanye), etc...

Nas has more actual substance than any mainstream rapper not named Tupac

The Kenny dikk sucking is disgusting cause now y'all say Nas just rapping on beats

Fck is wrong wit y'all

They dikk sucking dude for poor rehash

Trash One Mic renditions

Trash Pac renditions

Glazing just because he rapped over a SWV sample

Could you imagine how ‘96 Nas would have ripped that

 

[elizjon]

Illmatic and It Was Written > GKMC and TPAB



God’s Son and Lost Tapes >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DAMN. and that untitled unmastered bullshyt



but….




GNX > Stillmatic

 

[Budda]

They dikk sucking dude for poor rehash

Trash One Mic renditions

Trash Pac renditions

Glazing just because he rapped over a SWV sample

Could you imagine how ‘96 Nas would have ripped that

Right ‘I deserve it all’ 50 times is trash, Kendrick gets away with murder.

 

[Controversy]

GNX > Stillmatic

Stillmatic is better than any album that midget has ever dropped

 

[elizjon]

Stillmatic is better than any album that midget has ever dropped

not really

 

[ISO]

GNX > Stillmatic

So you’re saying GNX has better songs than You’re da Man, 2nd Childhood, Stillmatic Intro, The Flyest, One Mic

Yeah ok

 

[Controversy]

So you’re saying GNX has better songs than You’re da Man, 2nd Childhood, Stillmatic Intro, The Flyest, One Mic

Yeah ok

This thread pissed me off yesterday

Esco was ahead of his time

Listening to those albums on vinyl now demonstrates how timeless his music actually is

The throwaways from Stillmatic shyt on GNX:
- Star Wars
- Everybody's Crazy
- Doo Rags
- Black Zombie
- Purple
- No Idea's Original

 

[Conan]

Yall Nas stans empowered these Kendrick stans

This is absolute facts. And Nas stans deserve this, in retrospect. As a normal, sane fan of both Nas and Kendrick (and their opponents in their respective beefs), the glazing I've seen in the past year has been nauseating and embarrassing.