Jan 21, 2016

Bait

 

Jan 21, 2016

nah

#facts

 

Jan 21, 2016

schoolboy used to be my favorite until Kendrick dropped TPAB.

I enjoyed Q when he first came out, I thought his mixtapes were great, and H&C was amazing. But to me Q hasn't grown as an artist because he's essentially a fan. When I listen to him, I get the impression he's strictly following a blueprint that worked for other rappers (50 cent & co). Lyrically he's pretty weak, specially compared to Soulo, Kendrick and Jay Rock. Everything is straight and to the point. He rarely dabbles in metaphor, and when he does it's very obvious or stale... he's more like a meme rapper who keeps repeating the same words such as "that yay yay, that yay yay"

To be honest Q is like a poor version of Dmx: someone who constantly reminds you of classic artists due to his energy, but in the end you can't really explain "who is schoolboy Q".

This is where Kendrick & Ab-Soul are head and shoulders above him. Their metaphors are great and they do a great job of expressing emotions on record. They're also great storytellers and can really make you feel for whoever they're talking about. Whereas with Q he seems like a kid who watches a Tarantino movie and then wants to make Tarantino movies. You can imitate the dialogue and eventually come up with some witty s---, but ultimately you're going to miss the "essence" whenever you try to imitate others.

And talking about Energy, I feel like Jay Rock can give you that too, he can do what Q does and he can do it better (except the club songs)

 

Jan 21, 2016

all these songs aren't even better than kendrick's worst song on his worst album.

 

Jan 21, 2016

OP mad because people were shi--ing on Q yesterday

 

Jan 21, 2016

I could understand someone enjoying Q's delivery more, I feel like kendrick has a better technical delivery, but Q brings a lot of energy to a song so I'm fine with this.

But when it comes to the flows, Q is not touching kendrick in this category. Whether he has to make incredible transition between different rhythmic levels or replicate some unorthodox flows, Kendrick has mastered a lot more diverse & complex flows than schoolboy q has. Q been using the 2 same basic flows on almost every song (with some variations of speed depending on the song)

Q actually relies on his delivery/energy a lot.

 

Jan 21, 2016

Nop... Kendrick clearly has a better flow than Q

I invite you to read some analysis of his flow:

http://www.rapanalysis.com/2012/11/rap-music-analysis-14-kendrick-lamar.html
http://genius.com/posts/1610-How-to-listen-to-kendrick-s-backseat-freestyle


As for who makes better music for the ear, thats subjective as f--- lol.

 

Jan 21, 2016

@Ordinary Joel

you said people can't post about tde on here right? it seems like this thread is a Q appreciation thread (with a poor bait attempt to attract people)

 

Jan 21, 2016

btw guys, let this thread idie, it's pretty obvious OP tried to make a Q appreciation thread after what happened yesterday.

I still feel like threads like this make the forum looks bad.

 

Jan 21, 2016

Q couldn't even top gkmc, so I don't expect him to top s80 or the masterpiece that is tpab.

 

Jan 21, 2016

Despite the influences, great personality, and ear for beats, I can't say I'm a fan of Q or this album though. Many songs feel like they fade away to my ears with typical party hype stuff or generic gangsta material. Songs like Man of the Year may have great beats but it feels like I'm listening to hook-hook-hook-hook-hook with no verses and it similarly fades away while the weird Los Awesome really doesn't work to my ears. As far as the whole TDE thing goes (as if I could get away without touching on this), the more time goes by, the more it seems that Ab-Soul and Kendrick Lamar are the only ones to be checking out while the rest are just there somewhere in deep space with occasional good guest feature verses.


Kendrick > soul > rock > isaiah > Q

 

Jan 21, 2016

Lol how do you expect anyone to contribute a thoughtful rebuttle if you didn't even bother to write any reasons why your thread makes sense other than you know DERP THESE VIDEOS I POSTED ARE GOOD SONGS I LIKE DERP

 

Jan 21, 2016

Except that every kendrick projet is better than any Q project.

 

Jan 21, 2016

h--- no OP

 

Jan 21, 2016

nice bait... but schoolboy q is the weakest link of tde

 

Jan 21, 2016

OP has finally convinced me that schoolboy Q was wack

 

Jan 21, 2016