Am I crazy to think Dead Prez debut is better than every Kendrick Lamar album?

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Great album.
I always respect artists who do conscious raps, when it wasnt a trendy thing to do (like it is now)

"what did Nas say? 'Its trendy to be the conscious MC, but next year who knows what we'll see"
 

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mhmm... i be wondering if they really bout it though...or do they just demand that rappers portray these ideologies

:jbhmm:

cuz even those people like Chuck, Cube and Dead Prez, you see they support kendrick to the fullest and recognize his intentions.
It's the bolded. And Chuck, Cube, Dead Prez probably support Kendrick because the recognize generational differences...they're the sons of people who were young adults during the Civil Rights era, while Kendrick's parents were young adults during the era where the same leaders of that movement kind of dropped the torch so the social and political consciousness of Black folks at large started to go a different way. As students of American society they likely better than to expect Kendrick's messages to be as angry or as radical as theirs, or at least no with any mainstream success.
Cacs adored Dead Prez and still do....that was always fascinating as fukk to me....:gucci:....
This always flips me out when it comes to this argument too. The Coli will use "the hood/streets/real nikkas" as the rubric for what black people are listening to but then act like "real nikkas" in the 21st century are bumping conscious artists in general. Most conscious/left lane artists must be "for whites".
 

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I can't say for sure, because I have yet to listen to a whole Kendrick Lamar album.

Let's Get Free is one of a kind, doe...that's the kind of album somebody can only do once.
 

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Cacs adored Dead Prez and still do....that was always fascinating as fukk to me....:gucci:....

Yeah i know..but they are practically drooling and salivating over Kendrick. Used to be Common.

Kendrick hasn't ever said anything cacs would find offensive, but yeah some were into Dead Prez and I was also:gucci:

That gives you insight into the psyche of a cac.
 

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Dead Prez production is underrated but gkmc is something I can play anywhere
 

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Yeah i know..but they are practically drooling and salivating over Kendrick. Used to be Common.

Kendrick hasn't ever said anything cacs would find offensive, but yeah some were into Dead Prez and I was also:gucci:

That gives you insight into the psyche of a cac.

White people love revolutionary “fukk the system” music.

Always have.

Nobody recognizes themselves as “the system.”

This thread ain’t about that.

These nikkas spend a lot of time coming up with new ways to try and tarnish Kendrick’s legacy.

Doesn’t sit well with some folks that the most lyrical, critically acclaimed, and commercially successful mainstream hip hop artist is a West Coast emcee.
 

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It's not better than TPAB or GKMC. It's better than S80 and possibly DAMN tho.

TPAB is a top 5 rap album ever, not many rap albums are good enough to hold its own against it. TPAB set a whole new standard.

Because Kendrick got 4 classics and is the greatest rapper on current form. Add to the fact that GKMC is the West Coast Illmatic and TPAB is simply one of the greatest albums of all time.

I like Kendrick but come on breh:mjlol:
 

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No....you're not crazy. Both albums are in my top 5 ever tho
 
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