May 15, 2022VisionaryYou’re reading my mind bro. That’s exactly why Drake has unprecedented success. If you take the smoke and mirrors away (awards/critics) then it’s undeniable he’s mastered song creation. The only other guys on his level are like The Beatles.
I’m glad Drake himself always puts the artform and his love for music above everything. I’m one of those fans that doesn’t want him to create a so-called “cohesive body of work” (as if his albums aren’t that already) because then it would be forced music for the sake of other peoples opinions.
Drake knows what sounds good and when it comes to lyricism I don’t think there is anybody better. It’s hard to say that because music can be so different - how do you compare Sufjan Stevens with Drake really? - but I think he’s mastered it at a level no one can get near.
I think that’s what bothers Kanye deeply - he thought he was the standout artist for this time, and in some ways he is - and it’s why Kendrick needs 5 years and social justice issues to propel him.
How crazy to have an artist that basically never misses. Even with all the expectation and the consistency of him dropping he keeps rising to the occasion. It’s one thing he made to note in his Fader (iirc) interview where he’s saying he’s still trying to be the artist where you’re like “who is that?”.
exactly
it's a reason kanye, someone who understands this s*** better than anyone, is obsessed with drake.
kanye keeps saying he's steve jobs. kanye says the iphone is the greatest invention of all time.
kanye also says drake makes the musical equivalent of the iphone.
you do the math
May 15, 2022·1 reply
FreightYou made me go see what they saying on r/KendrickLamar. Someone made a whole post about how the album is a “masterpiece” but they’re not a fan of it. Wtf kind of delusion is that
I genuinely think it’s an okay decent album but if it was made by anyone other than Kendrick his own fans would be screaming mid and how it’s a worse version of a Kendrick album
- May 15, 2022·1 replyJuninho CLB
I genuinely think it’s an okay decent album but if it was made by anyone other than Kendrick his own fans would be screaming mid and how it’s a worse version of a Kendrick album
Critics wouldn't give it a quarter of the acclaim it has if it was released by anyone else.
- May 15, 2022·5 repliesthegreatdivine
Critics wouldn't give it a quarter of the acclaim it has if it was released by anyone else.
A lad I work with said to me this morning if Kendrick made an album s***ting and farting his fans would cry and claim it’s so beautiful how he makes a global warming concept album about Methane in the atmosphere. He can’t do anything wrong to them
- May 15, 2022·1 reply
- May 15, 2022Juninho CLB
A lad I work with said to me this morning if Kendrick made an album s***ting and farting his fans would cry and claim it’s so beautiful how he makes a global warming concept album about Methane in the atmosphere. He can’t do anything wrong to them
I've been saying the same thing for years. He can never be criticized.
- May 15, 2022·3 replies
wait for u is back #1 on AM
- May 15, 2022Juninho CLB
A lad I work with said to me this morning if Kendrick made an album s***ting and farting his fans would cry and claim it’s so beautiful how he makes a global warming concept album about Methane in the atmosphere. He can’t do anything wrong to them
Holy s***
- May 15, 2022Hi Roller
wait for u is back #1 on AM
Gonna be interesting tomorrow if N95 is the only one that doesn’t crash out of the top 10
- May 15, 2022Hi Roller
wait for u is back #1 on AM
May 15, 2022·2 repliescrine
- May 15, 2022·1 replyhttps://twitter.com/omartalksrap/status/1525607921106800641boobdylan
crine
- May 15, 2022·1 replyhttps://twitter.com/omartalksrap/status/1525607921106800641boobdylan
crine
Kendrick fans genuinely ruin him for me
- May 15, 2022·1 replyJuninho CLB
Kendrick fans genuinely ruin him for me
Kendrick himself is far more likeable than his fans.
- May 15, 2022·1 replyVisionary
Kendrick himself is far more likeable than his fans.
Every white hip hop head on tiktok doing essays in the comments on how this album is a masterpiece, like it’s too defensive
- May 15, 2022Juninho CLB
Every white hip hop head on tiktok doing essays in the comments on how this album is a masterpiece, like it’s too defensive
There are a lot of self hating white people who need to bow at black Jesus in order to pay for their sins 😂
- May 15, 2022https://twitter.com/dawnofketro/status/1525670096789819392thegreatdivine
it's insane how people actually think any of that is proper promo lol
and if that is promo to them, how aren't the blogs Kendrick put out a few months ago? and all the tweets/leaks from TDE about how he wants to leave them etc... or his fts on Keem's album. We can stretch s*** if we want.
- May 15, 2022·1 reply
I’m a huge Kenny fan but this critic situation so sus:
May 15, 2022dest31I’m a huge Kenny fan but this critic situation so sus:
https://twitter.com/shadowtodd/status/1525175709932498944
- May 15, 2022thegreatdivine
New Spotify numbers are out, he’s gone from 4.9 to 2.7 on n95
- May 15, 2022·2 replies
Kendrick is, critically, the most overrated artist by far. You would think he had his own political party if he was that influential. If you removed the political bias these lib reviewers had he’d be more around an 8/10 - which is still great.
May 15, 2022FreightYou made me go see what they saying on r/KendrickLamar. Someone made a whole post about how the album is a “masterpiece” but they’re not a fan of it. Wtf kind of delusion is that
CRYING
- May 15, 2022
quadraWith simple math yes
Do you wanna do the maths for todays us streams as well
- May 15, 2022
The issue with Kenny is that he somehow unites the hoteps/ankh-right folks with the white liberal critics who don’t wanna be the ones to criticize him, while going OD hate in Harlow to seem down with the culture.
It’s a grating combo of people caping for him. And I say that as someone who loves Kenny (and the album) so much, but convo around him is just a lot and this album cycle really opened my eyes.