Who rapped better overall, Dot or Drake?

[904]

Bar for bar euphoria is the best song in the battle

K dot had the best bop in not like us

He had the best concept song in MTG

He had the best beats in Not Like Us/Like That

I don't see how there's any angle where drake beat him musically

Not to mention he left Earth on 616.. that was the best pure rapping

 

[shopthatwrecks]

kendrick styled on em....u didnt kno what flow u would get..


drake was only good as his reference track

 

[Sad Bunny]

It's called rebuttal and it definitely does. LL vs Canibus clear example. And u def must not watch battle rap. shyt has literally saved rounds for nikkas.

I don’t watch it and I don’t spend hours a day trying to change other peoples opinions on their favorite rappers. If you like it I love it

 

[spliz]

The lines drake flipped were terrible, that prince line, how the fukk do you flip that in such a way that it proves your opponent's point

nikka what? Thay MJ Prince scheme was OD especially when he got to the Jermaine part.

 

[EastsideRio]

Was not a massacre by any means lyrically speaking. The playing field was very leveled as far as bars & quotes

Kendrick has always been more versatile & meticulous

Even with his misstep in Meet the Grahams, Kendrick outmaneuvered Drake at his own game and dropped a hit for a diss track

Doggy performed lyrical exercises every song


Flawless victory

 

[EastsideRio]

Kendrick absolutely won the battle. He played an incredible chess game. As far as who rapped better.. I’m still deliberating.

Drake had a few lines but Euphoria and 6:16 alone dot rapped circles around Drake

 

[Illmagic]

Drake had a few lines but Euphoria and 6:16 alone dot rapped circles around Drake

I dunno. Family Matters might be the best bar work in the battle. It’s close, nobody got circles rapped around them IMO

 

[EastsideRio]

I dunno. Family Matters might be the best bar work in the battle. It’s close, nobody got circles rapped around them IMO

 

[Gorilla Pimp]

Kendrick, it's not even close. I can understand why you'd prefer Drake, but you'd be wrong.

Critics will mention the voice but I counter by saying Kendrick performed his records 1000x better than Drake did and overcame that disadvantage to claim the throne.
Lyrically, the first part of 6:16 is tougher than most of Drakes timestamp series.
Kendrick's battle bars were better, the flips and entendres had RapGenius busy.

Drake is a great spitter/front man. Smooth and clear delivery, packaged with amazing production. It checks all the boxes, has bars for the hip hop heads but dumbed down enough for mainstream mass appeal.
In that sense he's the epitome of traditional commercial rap, and he does that at the highest level.

Drake a snapshot of the past. Very much the easy listening and smooth delivery of raps from yesteryear.

Kendrick on the hand presents as a writer/recording artist first. It's always been substance that appealed moreso than the style.
Despite this, he beat Drake out with style.

Kendrick is like a snapshot of the present where he has more artistic expression with his raps and music overall reflected elsewhere by Kanye, Future, Thug & Kodak.
That coupled with technical intricacies musically and abstract/free flowing thinking evident in his lyrics (influenced by Wayne, Andre3000), you can see how it can be a challenging listen to some ears.


I appreciate both, and both are needed for genre diversity but I cant really rep drake since his bars are not his.

Kudos though, they sounded the best they have in years but theres gulf between the two when it comes to talent.

 

[Apprentice]

Family Matters is the hardest song out of the bunch by far imo. Not Like Us is just a copycat version of it cause all the other Dot songs sounded like an audiobook.

Wow there was a lot of dumbass posts in here

 

[VegetasHairline]

Drake was more clever and flipped nearly every bar Kendrick had for him:

Kendrick: Got 2TEEZ with me, I'm snatchin' chains and burnin' tattoos,
Drake: You won't ever take no chain off of us, How the fukk you big steppin' with a size-seven men's on?



Kendrick: Your best work is a light pack, prince outlived Mike Jack
Drake: What's a prince to a king? He a son

Drake: Oh shyt, it's all makin' sense, maybe I'm Prince and you actually Mike, Michael was prayin' his features would change so people believe that he's actually white, Top would make you do features for change, get on pop records and rap for the whites


Kendrick: We hate the bytches you fukk ‘cause they confuse themself with real women
Drake: Say you hate the girls I fukk, but what you really mean?, I been with Black and white and everything that's in between, You the Black messiah wifin' up a mixed queen, And hit vanilla cream to help out with your self-esteem


Kendrick: Tryna strike a chord and it’s probably A-Minor
Drake: You mentionin' A minor, but nikkas gotta B sharp and tell the fans, "Who was it?", You thought you left D flat, D major, I'll slit your throat with the razor

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Aite...I'll jump on the argument.

Drake had a better flow and song arrangement, while Kenny had the better bars and memorable moments. Modern day Hov/Nas but Jigga isn't a Canadian actor with a Jewish mother, while Nawz was in a different coast running away from piru and crips.

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

Family Matters is the hardest song out of the bunch by far imo. Not Like Us is just a copycat version of it cause all the other Dot songs sounded like an audiobook.

 

[R=G]

Kendrick obviously showed more versatility. Not even anything worth thinking about.

 

[Fresh]

Kendrick because he writes his own raps

Drake has a team of ghostwriters