So Jay and Nas couldn't even break through to mainstream smash success but Kendrick would?!--please

And I love Kendrick, best of this generation by far! But please lol

op literally one of the weirdo contrarians

To this generation, sure. Just like Wayne was better than Pac for a lot of the kids growing up in the 2000s. But time passes and the cream rises, always

The way you're arguing is annoying bc you're acting like Kendrick music is some fad

notice how nobody said the game

Ice Cube:

-NWA and The Posse
-Straight Outta Compton
-Amerikkas Most
-Death Cerfiticate
-Kill At Will
-The Predator
-Lethal Injection
-Best diss record of all time?
-Wrote and rapped for NWA, Da Lench Mob and Westside Connections and has iconic hit record with all 3 groups.

Kendrick

-S80
-GKMC
-TPAB
-UU
-DAMN.
-GNX
-Not Like Us/Drake beef
-Wrote for Baby Keem, Dre, TDE

which one of these resumes looks better?

IT AINT EVEN CLOSE

most people on here are still gonna say kendrick and you're gonna keep crying

That would imply im saying lil Wayne is also a fad. I grew up on Weezy, my favorite rapper at the time. But he ain't no Pac lol not an insult to say Kendrick ain't no Cube. Like saying "Kevin Durant ain't no Jordan" lol it ain't an insult

I'm just tryna educate/keep golden era of rap alive. 20 years from now you'll be defending Kendrick and Drake vs some young kids who stan "Lil Atlanta" or sum s*** and you'll feel the same way

I enjoy this type of debate much more than another Kendrick Drake beef thread

learn how to use your words better then lmao, saying s*** like IT AINT EVEN CLOSE is saying that even making the comparison is disrespectful. And you said Kendrick is 'fringe top 10 at best' which is funny to me bc if someone put my 10-20th favorite rapper as their goat I wouldnt be arguing in their face how they're morons

Leaving out Kendrick writing for Dre, TDE, and Keem are we?

Let's be a little more impartial here

Cause everyone is waiting for him to throw his own name into the ring

It aint even close between Wayne and Pac, it ain't even close between KD and Jordan. I did not mince words, you just disagree

I got Kendrick somewhere between 6-10 all time.

I wouldnt because I actually understand that music taste is shaped by how you grow up and what people around you listen to lol. Obviously if someone was arguing that Lil Peep is top 5 but we're talking Kendrick who has hits, storytelling, classic cyphers/freestyles, features, concept albums that talk about real s*** in depth, delivered consistently over 15 years. You seem to be taking issue with the fact that he's just newer so he can't possibly be better, you're not even arguing the music

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I don't understand how someone you consider to be 6-10 all time makes you this upset if someone puts him a few spots higher

niggas on the first page acting like ice cube isn’t a decent shout for best west coast rapper, even I know that’s legit, yall be on Kendrick’s d*** man

Kendrick placement is whatever, it's the Cube disrespect thats gone too far. Most people wouldn't even mention him in the top 10 these days lol y'all just really love Kendrick and that cool, but don't be acting like saying Cube is better is total blasphemy

I'd say Pac or Dre < (I know he's more known for his producing, but he pretty much created the coast's entire sound)

Kendrick's gonna' be #1 when it's all set & done.

Dre the overall WC GOAT, no question imo. But im only doing pure rappers here(I got Dre as arguably GOAT hip hop artist). And I'm not quite counting MC New York as a West Coast rapper, even though if I did--he'd be clearly #1 lol

This where Kendrick got the recipes from man. Not only Kendrick, Tupac too. Cube was unreal man

FACTS kendrick clears