After drake is Kendrick the biggest rapper as far as popularity in the game currently.

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Breh when Future gets two platinum albums a couple Grammys and nominations for an album than we can talk for now he ain't even on the same block as Kendrick breh at this point we could dam near say there's only top 3 rappers in this era and their clearly J COLE KENDRICK AND Drake
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Future does have 2 Plat albums


Future also drops random songs that become hits

Kendrick hasn't had a hit in a long time

Those Grammys are a marketing push
 

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Drake is to kendrick as hammer was to cube

Teenage cac girls listen to drake while real nikkas listen to lamar

Which side u on
nonsense.
Kendrick is a popstar himself
His position is nothing like vintage cube's
In fact drake has a bigger connection with the streets than kendrick
 

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But yeah I'd say it's interchangeable with Kendrick or Cole, whoever more poppin at the time. Right now k dot for sure. Both still play second fiddle to Drake :heh:


Fan of all three tho
 

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TPAB will still be talked about 20 years from now.

When Drake can match that level of artistry...then we can talk...

Right now...Kendrick is the king of the new school...Drake is just another pop star fad.....
lmao you're telling drake to match a fantasy
Kendrick has yet to "be talked about 20 years later"
And it probably wont happen.
And kendrick is actually as pop as drake,just with less talent and weak records

But his whole angle is being a faux anti pop star ,while being and reaping the benefits of pop marketing
such as big award show appearances and inflated album sales
Meanwhile he has no ground under him. He's not running the streets at all.
IYRTITL
and WATTBA
were hotter on the streets than any kendrick project
 

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It's really J Cole. Higher sales, more radio play, higher seat venues

Kendrick hasnt headlined an arena tour, Cole has :manny:

It's undeniable that Kendrick makes WAYYYYYY better music, but Cole is more popular
We had this discussion awhile ago. Cole didn't really do an arena tour. He did some arenas and 20k places but overall all you have to do is look at that tour and ther Summer 16 tour to tell the difference.

@biscuitsnbangers is right Cole did some big shows overseas but Kendrick has sold more globally. King Kunta was very big in Australia and the U.K.

He didn't tour hard for Pimp but I think he's similar to Cole in the sense that he can sell out MSG but can't do do actual arena tour.
 

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Definitely an argument from Cole, definitely Zero For Thug and Future. Because you hear something more on the radio doesn't mean someone is more popular.

More people know Kendrick Lamar than they do Future.

Both are dope tho
Naw more people listen to future than Kendrick. Y'all buggin
 

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lmao you're telling drake to match a fantasy
Kendrick has yet to "be talked about 20 years later"
And it probably wont happen.
And kendrick is actually as pop as drake,just with less talent and weak records

But his whole angle is being a faux anti pop star ,while being and reaping the benefits of pop marketing
such as big award show appearances and inflated album sales
Meanwhile he has no ground under him. He's not running the streets at all.
IYRTITL
and WATTBA
were hotter on the streets than any kendrick project

The "streets"....:mjlol::mjlol:..... im talking about musicality. When you get through dikk riding..facts are facts. My post wasnt about bias. On a pure musical level Kendrick is levels above Drake. His music has more depth, soul, thought, and takes more artistic risk. Any numb skull nikka can make a hit...but hits dont always register as real music.....Drake has asome hits...a couple of timless records...but as a whole his discography is pretty lack luster and quite frankly won't age well. Thats not to say he won't be around in 20 years..his star power is undeniable...but Kendricks music will more then likely still be talked about...because he is an artist...artist.
 
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