You niggas’ hatred for one guy has you battling the English language at this point

yeah yet we were all sitting there expecting new music

funny how that works

He was doing the Super Bowl, it was entirely possible that he dropped his album the Friday before the Super Bowl (which is what Usher did, and similar to what Kendrick himself did with DAMN. the weekend of his Coachella 2017 performance)

We were expecting Iceman

Nobody was expecting two additional albums as well

So we were anticipating new Drake music yes

But those two albums specifically were surprise releases

Funny how that works

bro is hung up on some semantics on what exactly counts as "GNX" promo

we're not gonna convince him and theres no point in it either bc who cares

It's not so black and white, context is everything. There's ways to do indirect marketing/promo leading up to releases in any medium.

GNX is widely considered to be an album that was a surprise drop. You’re acting like I’m the only person saying this

yeah like i said "it was a surprise release but to act like there was zero build up before it is also disingenuous"

You need to reevaluate your relationship with a celebrity if your hatred of one guy has you tryna to contort and twist the English language to push a narrative

And like I’ve said twice now absolutely nobody said that there wasn’t anticipation for a new Kendrick Lamar album so you’re fighting narratives you created in your head

Anticipation for new music =/= promotion for an album

You’re kinda proving my point with this post. Speculation/rumors/hints were already there and were actively being discussed on here for months after the beef. The “no round twos” promo. The Gatorade commercials.

The exact title/date can be considered a 'surprise', but everyone knew that new music was coming from him due to the promo leading up to it.

Either way, Iceman outsold GNX, take the L and keep coping and looking up Google search trends 😂

How? What I’m saying is that him not dropping in 2024 was a real possibility, since he could’ve dropped the weekend of the Super Bowl in 2025

You originally said that him dropping in 2024 was a foregone conclusion

yeah but ur saying that doesnt count as GNX promo bc they didnt explicitly say GNX lmao

I don't think anybody is trying to say GNX wasn't a surprise album, the point is that there were elements in place leading up to GNX's release which garnered hype and anticipation for upcoming Kendrick projects, and these achieved the same goals that an explicit rollout would have. This is a stupid argument

Knowing that new music is coming has nothing to do with whether something is a surprise release or not

We knew new Drake music was coming, but HABIBTI and MAID OF HONOUR are still surprise drops

@Wbac quite LITERALLY started this conversation by saying verbatim “what surprise album?” in reference to GNX

What the skibidi wibbly wobbly woo

I’m saying that Kendrick never said a new album was coming and he never said when new music was coming

We expected new music because of the squabble up snippet and because of the Super Bowl, but Kendrick never actually did anything to start the rollout for a new album

that was his rollout bro lol

bro is acting like they forced kendrick to surprise drop it lol

A snippet in a music video is not a rollout, there’s a snippet in the Alright music video that never saw the light of day

A Super Bowl performance doesn’t guarantee new music. Rihanna and Bad Bunny both did Super Bowls this decade and didn’t drop any new music around them

Literally nobody said that

The fact is that it was a surprise drop, that’s literally it

tell that to kendrick not me bro

You’re the one denying reality