Not wrong but Kendrick also has far better flow, delivery, & emotional depth. Lupe’s obviously a more technical rhymer/complex symbolist but I’ve always said that’s not what really matters in hip hop at the end of the day
He [Kendrick] is a better artist than me, he makes better albums, he has a better team, he has better beats selection, he has better production (...) When it comes down to lyricism, NO. Everything else for sure"
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@The_Pequod_ I think it gets overrated a bit by music nerds because of how “weird” & off-kilter it is but it still has several top 5-10 Beatles moments ever
“If skills sold truth be told, I'd probably be lyrically Talib Kweli” - a nigga that has always rapped better than Talib Kweli from the second he picked up a microphone
There are always new microgenres popping up but we are SO overdue in the mainstream it’s insane. Basically unprecedented in contemporary times to have gone this long without a “new sound”
Feel like rage & hyperpop are the most recent ones and those are like a decade old lol
@drinductor Lmao nah trust me I’ve seen it used this way too to basically mock the quoted tweet and imply that the “bad thing” they’re complaining about is actually good
Bob Dylan, who turns 85 today, is a fine lyricist, put out a few very decent records, and is one of the worst singers ever to hit the top 5.
The Byrds got to number 1 with Mr. Tambourine Man (a good song!) because he couldn't sing and they could.
@wydna777 My endless struggle is contending with Drake haters simultaneously being some of the most performative, annoying people and yet 100% right about his music lol (for the past 8-10 years at least)
It’s mind-boggling that the entire hip hop canon prior to like 1984 is largely invisible to even some of the most passionate HH enthusiasts. That true old school, whimsical sound offers so much insightful context for what the genre’s all about
This is true for drummers but absolutely not for guitarists sorry. There are far more interesting guitarists in the prog, blues, metal, & flamenco canons imo