kendrick has stated his eminem influence countless times
Iām not saying Kendrick isnāt influenced by Em, but writing off We Cry Together as an Eminem type song is just a disservice imo
Bruh seeing Kendrick play football makes me happy af
Maybe he was on the soccer team when he f***ed a white b****
I donāt understand how Die Hard aināt in your top 5
United In Grief
Worldwide Steppers
Father Time
Savior
Mother I Sober
All tracks I just prefer more
N95 is better than DNA
Flow wise definitely. He did like 5 different flows and vocal inflections here
While I think Kendrick's rapping in general is obviously Eminem inspired I don't think We Cry Together specifically is. That song is literally just how some arguments between couples sound and I don't think Kendrick had to be thinking of Kim to make it
What because of Kim? I get how it reminds people of Kim but yall use words like ādefinitelyā and have nothing to back that up. I can see it if Kendrick got the vocal performance from Kim but wouldnāt be surprised if he didnāt because Kendrick has done some really over the top vocal performances before like u to convey an emotion. The song really highlights a lot of toxic relationship argument points in the black community specifically and honestly niggas heard their parents argue like that and sound just like that we didnāt have to get that from Eminem.
Also the songs do 2 completely different things, one is Eminem releasing his anger in a song that he felt towards his wife. Kendrickās song isnāt from a place of anger but really just showcasing a point of what a toxic relationship can sound like. Iām not saying he couldnāt have looked at Kim for vocal performance inspiration because I definitely see the similarities whether he did or not and it just rubs me the wrong way to write it off as an Eminem type song when Kim and We Cry Together have 2 completely different messages and are rooted in different things, Kim is fantasy while We Cry Together is directly taken from a lot of our realities
Plus We Cry is genuinely a good song, it was executed perfectly.
Literally, bottom of the barrel comparison
theres a lot of old school west coast rappers that have done the domestic back n forth tracks too, most of ktt is east coast centric tho so it wouldnt surprise me they dont know
but kendrick IS influenced n calls em as top 10, but he aint his only influence
Kendrick is closer to Andre 3000 then anyone anyways (the "alien" voice s*** im sure is inspired by him), been saying that since sxn80/gkmc.
I donāt understand how Die Hard aināt in your top 5
for me it's
united grief
silent hill
n95
count me out
mr. morale
no skips on here though
Plus We Cry is genuinely a good song, it was executed perfectly.
Yeah and I honestly appreciate Kim from a vocal performance perspective but We Cry Together is a performance piece on relationship issues that plague the black community and offer both perspective, Kim is just Eminemās personal feelings.
one thing I dont get is how he got trauma from his mom asking him if he got touched
If rich spirit is your favorite song on here weāre in agreement
Hello crackers!!!
Hello Kendrick š¤
Thereās not really any weak tracks on this. Only track Iām kind of eh about is Purple Hearts but the rest of the album ranges from good to some of the best songs Kendrick has ever released.
If rich spirit is your favorite song on here weāre in agreement
every song here for me is its own miniature highlight that comes together
one thing I dont get is how he got trauma from his mom asking him if he got touched
Mistrust because she didn't believe him?
Thereās not really any weak tracks on this. Only track Iām kind of eh about is Purple Hearts but the rest of the album ranges from good to some of the best songs Kendrick has ever released.
Thatās crazy Purple Hearts is in my top 5
What is your top 3 or 5 bro??
one thing I dont get is how he got trauma from his mom asking him if he got touched
Didnāt he admit that he was a victim?
Thatās crazy Purple Hearts is in my top 5
What is your top 3 or 5 bro??
I already posted mine but Iāll do it again
United In Grief
Worldwide Steppers
Father Time
Savior
Mother I Sober
thank you
i wonder if there were more perspective based songs it seems like the prayer and the heart part 5 were a part of an earlier version of this album
Nah the hearts are always loosies, they are never part of the project. except part 2 which became a track of the mixtape OD.
All the other hearts tho are always loosies, they are almost never part of the project nor an indicator of what its going to be.
But all the hearts do fit the same theme: critique and reflection on current events/trends n talks of his current mindstate.

tl:dr not too different from the usual m.o.
I already posted mine but Iāll do it again
United In Grief
Worldwide Steppers
Father Time
Savior
Mother I Sober
Great list
one thing I dont get is how he got trauma from his mom asking him if he got touched
to me it's the culmination of that and realizing how many rappers actually do suffer from sexual abuse that have to lie and hide it with jewelry and wealth and tatts
Then again you canāt really make a bad top for this album all the songs fiyah
If rich spirit is your favorite song on here weāre in agreement
I can see him doing a video that song. It would make for a dope single.
theres a lot of old school west coast rappers that have done the domestic back n forth tracks too, most of ktt is east coast centric tho so it wouldnt surprise me they dont know
but kendrick IS influenced n calls em as top 10, but he aint his only influence
Kendrick is closer to Andre 3000 then anyone anyways (the "alien" voice s*** im sure is inspired by him), been saying that since sxn80/gkmc.
Even east coast, Rza had that Domestic Violence track.
but agreed.