Conscious rappers that are better than Kendrick

[Izanami]

J. Cole

 

[FruitOfTheVale]

Brownsville KA

Personally I don’t consider KA a conscious rapper. He’s an elite conceptual lyricist (and clearly well-read) but he rarely does “statement” records about present day issues. He’s more of a griot than a messenger, vs. a rapper like Nas who increasingly made more message records in the 2nd half of his career. KA has no 2nd Childhood, I Know I Can, Hip Hop is Dead and etc. KA’s music is reminiscent & profound but he doesn’t really care about changing anyone’s mind or inspiring people around him to change.

 

[Sister Mary Clarence]

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

MOS DEF
LUPE
JOE BUDDEN
J COLE
FUTURE

Joe Budden was not a conscious rapper lmao neither is Future, those are introspective rappers. And lmao at preferring Joe, dudes voice is type trash

 

[CP3.]

Common

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Wale
Drake
Big KRIT

 

[WaveWhisperer]

Personally I don’t consider KA a conscious rapper. He’s an elite conceptual lyricist (and clearly well-read) but he rarely does “statement” records about present day issues. He’s more of a griot than a messenger, vs. a rapper like Nas who increasingly made more message records in the 2nd half of his career. KA has no 2nd Childhood, I Know I Can, Hip Hop is Dead and etc. KA’s music is reminiscent & profound but he doesn’t really care about changing anyone’s mind or inspiring people around him to change.

You know what? Ill take that , logical and fair assessment of ka

 

[Bigblackted4]

Consistency doesn’t matter to you guys at all huh. I love Jay Elec and think he’s probably a top 10 lyricist of all time but he has literally no material. He hasn’t even done it over an album

 

[Iverson_64]

Chuck D, Ice Cube, Common, KRS One, and Tupac have better conscious songs but Kendrick is up there.

 

[the elastic]

I'm surprised no one mentioned Paris.

 

[GeeEffKay]

Literally none of these dudes if we're talking overall. Some of them are better on a technical level but sure as hell not putting together songs or albums on kendricks level.

 

[FruitOfTheVale]

Literally none of these dudes if we're talking overall. Some of them are better on a technical level but sure as hell not putting together songs or albums on kendricks level.

What are Kendrick's best conscious records in your opinion?

 

[Bondye Vodou]

Common

 

[28 Gramz]

Krit over Kendrick all day.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Black Thought. Honestly, I’d rather listen to a good amount of David Banner over Kendrick, and my phrasing of that isn’t a slight to either guy.