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Kendrick Lamar Best Posts: If Kendrick Died Now Who Would His Legacy Compare To?

  1. lil uzi vert stan
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    lil uzi vert stan

    Sep 10, 2015
    also @WPG do u srsly not think this is a dope performance? sry if u already discussed
    http://www.rap-up.com/2015/09/10/video-kendrick-lamar-performs-late-show-stephen-colbert/
     
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  2. CODEiNE DEMON
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    CODEiNE DEMON One foot stuck in the tarpit of my ways

    Sep 10, 2015
    I can't stand eminem but I feel like this is extremely dismissive
     
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  3. Narsh
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    Sep 10, 2015
    Okay so then u agree that saying Kendrick is in the same convo as biggie is dumb because we haven't had enough time to see his influence and other aspects of his career pan out?

    Word
     
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  4. WPG
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    Sep 10, 2015
    no one would really dispute this too harshly, because nas has like three to five classics and has been rapping at a remarkably high level for almost twenty-five years. putting him in a conversation with big isn't ridiculous. doing it with kendrick is.
     
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  5. WPG
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    Sep 10, 2015
    you've literally, explicitly said that, though.

    i don't know if you're appreciating just how great big's albums are. it's not just "oh they did will and died before they f----- up"; no one has ever, at any point made such great rap records consecutively. not Illmatic-It Was Written, not All Eyez On Me-Makaveli, not Low End Theory-Midnight Marauders, not Amerikkka's Most-Death Certificate. they're absolute masterpieces the likes of which we've seen a handful of times in the genre's history.

    nas is as respected as big and pac. he's a consensus top ten rapper.
     
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  6. lil uzi vert stan
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    lil uzi vert stan

    Sep 10, 2015
    i know you champion life after death, but i think ur spidey sense is off. its a bit bogged down by its commercial, mid to late 90s pop instincts, and nowhere near the artistic achievement of ready to die. turn off the nostalgia blinders pls

    also, again knowing ur entrenched pov here this is almost moot, but ur way off on ur characterization of tpab. granted its likely the worst of the four albums, but its not the punchline u describe. not sure its rly fair to compare it to either big album, as both have enjoyed the luxury of aging and carry alot of weight that are incidental to the albums themselves
     
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  7. Big Dangerous
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    Big Dangerous World Heavyweight Champion

    Sep 10, 2015
    I'm usually a every day purchaser of goods involving Kendrick hype.

    But when I get on this forum and n----s telling me he is borderline top 3, while discrediting BIG?

    :wtfno:
     
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  8. Narsh
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    what's a "full career"
     
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    gorealsteady heal & create

    Sep 10, 2015
    I dunno bout ya'll but i can't deny this.
     
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    Poohdini MVP MVP

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    If either of Big's albums dropped today they would no doubt be better than anything anyone else is capable of putting out. People attach weight to him because he was a once in a lifetime talent who dropped projects that stood the test of time, 20 or so years to be exact.
     
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  11. Big Dangerous
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    Big Dangerous World Heavyweight Champion

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    I can understand if you argue that TPAB and GKMC are better--sure, all good albums being discussed, that's fine if you feel that way....but to say that you don't see how people could argue that they aren't?
    :drake5:
     
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  12. WPG
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    Sep 10, 2015
    there's no way you're saying kendrick's albums are as good as big's...right?
     
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  14. Final
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    Final ⚘

    Sep 10, 2015
    Lol...
    So now you're backpedaling with a random sentence..

    Alright.

    Goodnight guys.

    Lol.
     
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  15. WPG
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    Sep 10, 2015
    you were literally just arguing that kendrick should rank above rappers who had a better set of two albums because he had more music. make up your mind.
    no one's asking you to "stan" anybody--in fact, i'm arguing the opposite. you guys are elevating kendrick based on two things: your feverish belief in his potential and your shallow knowledge of rap history. i know that sounds pedantic, but it doesn't sound like you're familiar with all that much that was made before 2005.
     
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  16. WPG
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

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    which rappers?

    do you...really not know this? by the time pac was kendrick's age circa good kid, he'd finished five albums, including one double disc, and recorded hundreds and hundreds of other songs that would later come out.
     
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  17. WPG
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

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    the only times kendrick outshined his competition post-gkmc were "control" and that fredo santana song. you guys are unquestioning kendrick stans who prop up every verse he does, when the reality is that he's been slipping since 2013. he's a tremendous artist, but putting him in the top 50 rappers of all time would be embarrassingly premature, and you're arguing for the top spot? chill.
     
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  18. Final
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    Final ⚘

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    sectioneighty.com put me onto Kendrick.

    I used to think he was just another random radio rapper. :wow2:
     
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