Kendrick Lamar will kill your favorite rapper for money

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i dont think kendrick is an outlier, its just a new voice
'forgot about dre' is super obviously a bunch of em verses in like every way, we just give it a pass cuz we heard it a bunch & its a dope song

littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:18 (thirteen years ago)

yeah i don't know how you could consider kendrick's flow more distinctive than now "eminem" dre's verse in forgot about dre was

wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:30 (thirteen years ago)

i dunno, maybe it's just that i didn't realize he didn't write his own raps at the time, but dre sounds way more "himself" on the chronic and 2001 to me.

The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:39 (thirteen years ago)

totally agree; the ghost verses on "Forgot About Dre" were all angry and defensive, so they played on the popular image of Dre in a way that was believable enough

Evan R, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:42 (thirteen years ago)

it must have been hard for eminem to channel than angry and defensive vibe dre wanted

wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:44 (thirteen years ago)

for me it's less about the content than the rhythms

The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:47 (thirteen years ago)

otm

Number None, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:22 (thirteen years ago)

two months pass...

some spin on the ball here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwamhuY6Yy8

Reg, Monday, 13 August 2012 14:07 (twelve years ago)

i like this guy's stuff.

sorry for asshole (dog latin), Monday, 13 August 2012 14:39 (twelve years ago)

This guy is the new Nas

Take that as you will

protected by viper. stand back. (D-40), Thursday, 16 August 2012 02:34 (twelve years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6krHJGimets

"Batshit crazy," the foam clog tycoon said. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 16 August 2012 02:44 (twelve years ago)

i really like him. take that as you will.

scott seward, Thursday, 16 August 2012 02:55 (twelve years ago)

Doing a track with Lady Gaga apparently

Number None, Thursday, 16 August 2012 09:10 (twelve years ago)

i'm actually looking fwd to that quite a lot, doesn't seem like a natural fit

lex pretend, Thursday, 16 August 2012 09:25 (twelve years ago)

i like him too. i also like nas

protected by viper. stand back. (D-40), Thursday, 16 August 2012 09:26 (twelve years ago)

This guy is the new Nas

Take that as you will

― protected by viper. stand back. (D-40), Wednesday, August 15, 2012 7:34 PM Bookmark

This could mean practically anything.

The Reverend, Thursday, 16 August 2012 10:01 (twelve years ago)

ie maybe he is literally writing the songs on the new nas record

very sexual album (schlump), Thursday, 16 August 2012 11:01 (twelve years ago)

i dont see how that could mean practically anything; he holds a very specific place in hip hop

protected by viper. stand back. (D-40), Thursday, 16 August 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago)

so specific, in fact, that calling anyone else "the new Nas" is utterly meaningless

some dude, Thursday, 16 August 2012 17:17 (twelve years ago)

well, you can take it as you will.. you must guess at D-40's own appraisal. and if you guess wrong, BAM in the dunk tank you go

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 16 August 2012 17:22 (twelve years ago)

lol seriously

some dude, Thursday, 16 August 2012 17:33 (twelve years ago)

i dont really see what's so hard to understand about that parallel

protected by viper. stand back. (D-40), Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago)

who's putting anyone in the dunk tank?

i mean, it seems evident to me Kendrick is a really talented rapper who's talent is so uncontroversial that he becomes a stand-in for 'quality rap' -- focus on skill above all, dry rap style, this kind of focus on purity of rap as a technical skill

you guys really cant figure that shit out on your own?

protected by viper. stand back. (D-40), Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago)

track in the OP = the new biddybiddybop

bert yansh (Hurting 2), Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:06 (twelve years ago)

Section 80 was a lot weirder than that description suggests. Not too mention stuff like Cartoon & Cereal

Number None, Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTsKXc3Cixg

"Batshit crazy," the foam clog tycoon said. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago)

haha Nas is about 2 billion times weirder than kendrick

Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago)

"Not too mention" christ

Number None, Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago)

matt otm

i assumed deej's post was a comedy copy&paste due to the capital letters. guess not :/

ticagrelor rotini (k3vin k.), Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago)

kendrick and his pals are kinda the kinder gentler odd future in a way. your mom would like kendrick! but he's got the goods! and he is totally interesting to listen to. you want to hear what he has to say. and in that way he is nas-like definitely.

scott seward, Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago)

it's to the point now where it makes it hard for me to listen to nas...am i'm one of the boring ones that thinks illmatic will always be the greatest hip hop LP ever....but yeah he's got such a heavy vibe of just being fucking nuts now, he weirds me out....and it's not in this like Lil' B/Kool Keith way where their persona is being kooky (B) or insane (KK) but there are always like 25 throwaway o_O lines on any Nas album (if not more) where you're like what the fuck are you on dude?

like some dude pointed out on twitter the weird "b3stiality p0rn" reference that comes out of nowhere on the new album

Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago)

haha you're overstating it a little but that creeping strangeness and oversharing is part of what imo makes post-Illmatic Nas continue to be worth listening to

some dude, Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago)

yeah maybe!

i like the new one pretty much

Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago)

omg google upper mississippi sh@kedown and find bestiality porn

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:21 (twelve years ago)

Lol

Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago)

i attribute those weird nas throwaway lines less to weirdness per se and more to a certain tone-deafness about how to say things, which is obviously an odd thing to say about a rapper, but i finished his latest album feeling vaguely sorry for him

lex pretend, Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago)

Yeah, that's otm about Nas' tonedeafness.

My point earlier is there are so many different points of Nas' history and facets of his character that have come and gone that "the new Nas" without any other explication is pretty much a Rorschach Test.

Vagelis (The Reverend), Thursday, 16 August 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago)

i don't know if there's an elegant way to say women love it when you fart in your face because you are psychic

Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 16 August 2012 20:53 (twelve years ago)

My point earlier is there are so many different points of Nas' history and facets of his character that have come and gone that "the new Nas" without any other explication is pretty much a Rorschach Test.

― Vagelis (The Reverend), Thursday, August 16, 2012 3:20 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

im thinking more in critical reception & less in music although probably musical presentation

protected by kl0pper. stand back (D-40), Monday, 20 August 2012 02:10 (twelve years ago)

more like "the new Jay Electronica" or "the new Lupe Fiasco" -- the new Nas is just a meaningless torch to get passed around the way rock critics used to crown a new Dylan every couple years

some dude, Monday, 20 August 2012 02:41 (twelve years ago)

hes certainly made better songs than either of those dudes

protected by kl0pper. stand back (D-40), Monday, 20 August 2012 07:49 (twelve years ago)

(which, to not contradict myself, is why people have responded to him in a way that feels closer to nas than the others)

protected by kl0pper. stand back (D-40), Monday, 20 August 2012 07:49 (twelve years ago)

nah his career so far is v similar to Jay Electronica, scarcity of material aside

some dude, Monday, 20 August 2012 11:36 (twelve years ago)

Sort of - but if you look into it TDE and Kendrick have tons of material, more charisma, and maybe even release dates.

BMICHAEL, Monday, 20 August 2012 22:10 (twelve years ago)

i don't feel very compelled to look into it since "The Recipe" and "Swimming Pools" make him seem less charismatic than Nas

some dude, Monday, 20 August 2012 23:01 (twelve years ago)

this is so stupid

a hoy hoy heat (J0rdan S.), Monday, 20 August 2012 23:06 (twelve years ago)

lupe fiasco is a much better comparison than nas

a hoy hoy heat (J0rdan S.), Monday, 20 August 2012 23:06 (twelve years ago)

yah

"Batshit crazy," the foam clog tycoon said. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 August 2012 23:19 (twelve years ago)

i think kendrick has a lot wider fanbase than lupe ever did, in terms of music fans.

protected by kl0pper. stand back (D-40), Monday, 20 August 2012 23:54 (twelve years ago)

doesnt mean larger per se, although im sure hes on the way, but i hear a lot of ppl who would never have checked w/ lupe beyond 'that kick push song is cool' going all-in with kendrick as an artist

protected by kl0pper. stand back (D-40), Monday, 20 August 2012 23:55 (twelve years ago)

Kendrick is really in radio imperial phase. I heard "TV Off," "Squabble Up" and "30 for 30" within the space of two hours today on the local hip-hop station. I hear "Luther" all the time too, and of course still "Not Like Us."

paper plans (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 15 May 2025 04:35 (one month ago)

Over in the tropics of China, Not Like Us is a mainstay of a convenience shop at the outskirts of our town. I think for a while the staff had it on "single song repeat."

TheNuNuNu, Thursday, 15 May 2025 07:22 (one month ago)

Having reached this stage, the fact that the opening comment for this entire thread includes "he deserves a thread of his own like Lil B" is a real 'well THAT was a time and place' moment.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 15 May 2025 15:35 (one month ago)

I like the idea of a convenience story playing "Not Like Us" nonstop, which would make people smile if making a quick purchase but would drive them crazy if they try to loiter.

the way out of (Eazy), Thursday, 15 May 2025 16:17 (one month ago)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gro0gxAXIAAyVwc?format=jpg&name=medium

congrats to kendrick for being more popular than "music" and "song." still has some work to do before passing "asmr," so i imagine the whispered diss track is coming soon

gestures broadly at...everything (voodoo chili), Friday, 23 May 2025 17:41 (one month ago)

"hey how you doin' lil mama, lemme whisper in your ear/Drake is a pedophile"

gioia thoing (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 23 May 2025 18:50 (one month ago)

Maybe Kendrick could do an entire album on how MrBeast is the antichrist (and a pedophile)

Lady Sovereign (Citizen) (milo z), Friday, 23 May 2025 19:01 (one month ago)

so i imagine the whispered diss track is coming soon

Might result in a feud with the Ying Yang Twins.

MarkoP, Friday, 23 May 2025 19:07 (one month ago)


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