2words

3y

These arguments can be silly, but to play devils advocate, is bringing up longevity/consistency really that crazy? People do judge the legends on that, like I put Scarface over Ice Cube because he was able to sustain for longer and has more great albums, even though if I were to put the best 3 albums from both against each other it would be pretty hard

That user isn’t saying it in bad faith I think, it can be a legit point

MrIndigo96

3y

It’s just the truth. Yes Kendrick is more consistent but man barely outside. It’s like rewarding someone for always hitting a bullseye 🎯 but he takes 3-5 years off everytime . And taking points off the guy who shows up every year

doot doot

3y

• Actual enjoyable music
• You don’t fear people’s reaction playing it at a kickback
• Any mood you can think of, he has a song and a bar for it
• Papiconda
• Not insecure
• Not 5’4
• No bizarre alien voice
• No forced critic bait music

Noir

3y

There are a handful of Drake albums that I would say are pretty good, whereas Kendrick has a handful of the best rap albums of all time and no real misses

Drake values volume too much to create a focused masterpiece album at this point. Comparing their discographies doesn't work for me because Drake is more of a hitmaker where's Kendrick is all about full length statements

Maybe this is how they talked about Queen vs Pink Floyd back in the day lol

2words

3y

You had to mention joints from 10 years ago tho, just like how I could bring up old ass Kendrick songs that people actually experienced. Drake hasn’t touched the people on that level in a long long time, he went too far in the other direction just like Kendrick went too far in the opposite.

Kendrick is the friend who’s constantly being a buzzkill and being negative but drake is the friend who’s trying to get you to drink on a Tuesday morning

Both are lame at this point

thegreatdivine

3y

Drake has multiple projects that have have been impactful, influential and more than anything else, have aged well. Constantly boxing him as just a hit-maker or someone who only focuses on making hits is disingenuous when the bulk of his consensus best songs are album cuts.

Noir

3y

There are a handful of Drake albums that I would say are pretty good, whereas Kendrick has a handful of the best rap albums of all time and no real misses

Drake values volume too much to create a focused masterpiece album at this point. Comparing their discographies doesn't work for me because Drake is more of a hitmaker where's Kendrick is all about full length statements

Maybe this is how they talked about Queen vs Pink Floyd back in the day lol

Noir

3y

I don't personally believe Drake has made a "great" album length statement since 2015. Just because some of the 20 tracks that are good happen to be deep cuts doesn't mean he makes great albums these days. I don't need 75% of what's on Scorpion or CLB.

Cool that he's feeding his fans though

deleteduser579

3y

honestly don’t even reply to me in here no more lmao, i just saw a nigga say he would take future’s discog over Kendrick’s in here and im trying to avoid catching a ban

yall enjoy

mr get dough

3y

Hes dropped

2011
2012
2015
2016
2017
2018
2022

idk where this 3-5 years “every time” narrative is coming from, if he takes another 5 year gap then i can see it

2words

3y

There’s a real argument on who’s more skilled as a rapper, because they both have some skill sets scoring high while totally lacking in others

Kendrick has storytelling and content, but non existent wordplay, bar skill and vocabulary

Drake is the inverse where he has the technical skills but very little to say

Kendrick is tasteful but not entertaining

Drake is entertaining but tasteless

They’re two halfs of a great rapper, if they did the fusion dance maybe we’d have something

Noir

3y

There are a handful of Drake albums that I would say are pretty good, whereas Kendrick has a handful of the best rap albums of all time and no real misses

Drake values volume too much to create a focused masterpiece album at this point. Comparing their discographies doesn't work for me because Drake is more of a hitmaker where's Kendrick is all about full length statements

Maybe this is how they talked about Queen vs Pink Floyd back in the day lol

thegreatdivine

3y

Fair enough but many people feel differently. And what does that matter? So Far Gone is a classic mixtape. Take Care/Nothing Was the Same are classic albums. I'd argue that IYRTIRL is a classic tape as well. That's already 4 classics, along with several other albums that many people rate highly and engage with consistently till this day.

Don't really know what else people want from Drake at this point in his career.

Laced

3y

Opened this thread expecting the usual blood bath but there's actually some good discussion going on. But yeah they both just represent two different sides of hip hop with some crossover between the both of them

2words

3y

You had to mention joints from 10 years ago tho, just like how I could bring up old ass Kendrick songs that people actually experienced. Drake hasn’t touched the people on that level in a long long time, he went too far in the other direction just like Kendrick went too far in the opposite.

Kendrick is the friend who’s constantly being a buzzkill and being negative but drake is the friend who’s trying to get you to drink on a Tuesday morning

Both are lame at this point

2words

3y

One of my favorite songs ever. If you haven’t yet, I highly recommend doing a deep dive on his discography, both his solo and Geto Boys work. It’s very rewarding and there’s a lot of other moments like that where he really takes you into that mindset. Best catalog in rap imo

Vibe

3y

The a***ogies in this are hilarious