Can Kendrick actually rap, or is his intricite mumbo jumbo rants OVERRATED?

[Cadillac]

He CAN rap but a large amount of what he puts out is unimpressive and yall eat it up.

this, he can rap, but his bars, and delievery are below the hype if not average.

DAMN has no impressive bars, you can listen to that whole album and there is not one impressive verse on the album.

And that's disappointing for a nikka who is the "5 time lyricist of the year" who BET keeps awarding that to him which is clearly underserved.

and nikkas always make excuses that he is a "concept" rapper or is a overall project type rapper. but thats really not a valid excuse

tons of rappers espescially those hyped up as lyricist can be great lyrically and still execute coneptually songs or even albums

Lupe,
Cyhi
Krit
Roc
Elzhi
Earl Sweathshirt
etc

And I'm just not impressed by you nikkas rapping fast
Who sound like one big asthma attack but trash when I’m rapping it back
Who you put in your top five and claim they the savior of rap

Sean got him.

All kendrick could do was to release Heart 4 which was a bunch of mediocre bars and say "lil bytch
the fact that idiots like Ak and even Joe tried fronting on Sean like he didn't have the best lines in this exchange. Shows the fakeness in this rap game

 

[wingstop]

He can but he's overrated and he doesn't really that many standout bars. That's why it confuses me when people say he's the best rapper out right now.

For example, Kendrick has dropped nothing on the level of this song by pusha bar for bar. This song alone probably has more bars than the entirety of DAMN



Just look at this

My skin is triple black, I’m the omen
You can’t kill a God like the Romans, uh

But not I, you pop nikkas thought I let it fly
I’m Yasiel Puig, I’m in another league
I defected, only thing we have in common, nikkas bleed

Swordfish, my reality is more fish
Banana clips for all you Curious Georges

All I see is death by the masses
The only asterisk is the change of address
My infinity pool as long as Magic’s


The pop, pop, pop; the chop, chop, chop
The throwaway TEC's got Tourettes

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

The people don’t like Cole and Kendrick? News to me

Compare the media elevation and critical acclaim of Kendrick and cole to the actual response to drake in the streets. It’s not even close.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

This is PRECISELY why Lupe shyts onboard kendrick.

 

[Stone]

Compare the media elevation and critical acclaim of Kendrick and cole to the actual response to drake in the streets. It’s not even close.

Don’t know where these “streets” are or what constitutes them tbh, I do remember DAMN being pretty well received when it dropped though. Not just critically

I mean wasn’t there a vid of people protesting singing “alright”, do those people not count?

Cole I’m not as well versed in but he has a large and loyal fan base too. Tours seem to always do well

 

[Stone]

He can but he's overrated and he doesn't really that many standout bars. That's why it confuses me when people say he's the best rapper out right now.

For example, Kendrick has dropped nothing on the level of this song by pusha bar for bar. This song alone probably has more bars than the entirety of DAMN



Just look at this

My skin is triple black, I’m the omen
You can’t kill a God like the Romans, uh

But not I, you pop nikkas thought I let it fly
I’m Yasiel Puig, I’m in another league
I defected, only thing we have in common, nikkas bleed

Swordfish, my reality is more fish
Banana clips for all you Curious Georges

All I see is death by the masses
The only asterisk is the change of address
My infinity pool as long as Magic’s


The pop, pop, pop; the chop, chop, chop
The throwaway TEC's got Tourettes

I think you’re doing Push a disservice with these quotes. And that song is trash with a trash beat, should’ve posted Untouchable

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Don’t know where these “streets” are or what constitutes them tbh, I do remember DAMN being pretty well received when it dropped though. Not just critically

I mean wasn’t there a vid of people protesting singing “alright”, do those people not count?

Cole I’m not as well versed in but he has a large and loyal fan base too. Tours seem to always do well

go to any homecoming, house party or otherwise...Kendrick is NOT getting play like that.

 

[Stone]

go to any homecoming, house party or otherwise...Kendrick is NOT getting play like that.

Is that the only type of setting music is allowed to be played in?

 

[sporticus]

This is a fair question, but people won't actually give it a fair assessment. They'll just jump all over you for asking it.

 

[Dolo]

He's better at being an "artist" than he is a rapper imo. Most people value the overall sound over just bars nowadays so thats why he gets a pass, if you really compare him to some of the best from a pure lyrical standpoint he really dont stack up.

 

[wingstop]

I think you’re doing Push a disservice with these quotes. And that song is trash with a trash beat, should’ve posted Untouchable

if you don't find those bars impressive then they are flying over your head. That" infinity pool" line is a double entendre and the way he did the baseball scheme is dope as fukk.

Kendrick barely has anything like that

 

[JJ Evans]

go to any homecoming, house party or otherwise...Kendrick is NOT getting play like that.

GKMC was getting play in the hood, but TPAB didn’t get ANY hood play. DAMN has gotten a little play in the hood.

 

[Stone]

if you don't find those bars impressive then they are flying over your head. That" infinity pool" line is a double entendre and the way he did the baseball scheme is dope as fukk.

Kendrick barely has anything like that

What separates those bars from something like

“I can’t take a big l my city needs me”

Or

“I done vandalized the industry full circuit
The earthiest slash thirstiest nikka you know
versus this, scum of a land that transcends two surfaces, the richer the poorer the bigger the picture the more blood pours”

 

[FeloniousMonk]

It's fukking kendrick Lamar, guy!!!

And?

All you know about Kendrick is what he raps about and the media.

Im not saying he was super hard or even intimidating, yet when you run the streets, especially in L.A., you will suffer the consequence for lacking.

There are 1000's of Kendrick Lamars running the streets of L.A.

 

[wingstop]

What separates those bars from something like

“I can’t take a big l my city needs me”

Or

“I done vandalized the industry full circuit
The earthiest slash thirstiest nikka you know
versus this, scum of a land that transcends two surfaces, the richer the poorer the bigger the picture the more blood pours”

To me, what separates them is the ability to say more while saying less.
Thats why an entendre like this is more impressive:

All I see is death by the masses
The only asterisk is the change of address
My infinity pool as long as Magic’s

1. Talking about his gene pool and health
2. Talking about his house/pool