Is Kendrick Lamar now Top 5 Rapper of all time ?

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You can certainly make the argument, he still has a lot of time to tank his discography though
 

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I'm not convinced that Kendrick has released an album better than Below the Heavens. But because of certain co-signs Kendrick gets to play on a grander stage. He's a good rapper but his strength of schedule is weaker than cats that came up before him. There are honestly probably 50 rappers I'd throw on before putting on Kendrick.
Below the heavens was basically



Kendrick gets to play on a grander stage because he knows how to make commercially viable music.

I'm sure you can name 50 lyrical miracle rappers better than Kendrick on a technical level but there aren't many with a catalog as consistent.
 

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He about to surpass Kanye west in Grammy

He has the rap song that has the most wins for Grammys

Humble is the first rap song to go double diamond

He’s about to be the highest grossing black male artist in touring. A foundational black men.

He’s had the most number 1s on the billboard charts.

He’s has 5 classic albums

Most watched Super Bowl.

He’s in the conversation of top 5. Everyone’s top 5 is always personal and everyone gravitates to different things in an artists. I would say he’s definitely in my top 5 rappers of all time.
 

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If Blu ain't sniffing top 5 and Kendrick hasn't made an album better than him dot ain't top 5.

But I'm sure younger people will say differently. Same shyt that resulted in putting wayne in the goat conversation. Every generation wants their own guy.

Pure Data.

It was on the coli I read K Dot fans are like people who wear the 'Che Guevara T-Shirt' just to be hip.

K Dot = Jeffrey when he was Rafael De La Ghetto. :hubie:

'Canons to the left of them, Canons to the right of them, hail fire and ....' - :comeon:


I'm from the era you needed bars real dope verses. Dope verses dont take out 8 bars to paint one picture or illustrate a feeling.

His darts do not shine! He's a 'spoken word' artist with a hell of a mainstream hiphop push by Interscope. The label who put the nail in hiphops coffin.

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Impact and historically he is now.

You can definetly argue there's dudes nicer than him, dudes who even have better catalogues but ultimatley you can make that argument about a lot of people that are put in a top 5 or top 10 cause its all subjective and people prefer their eras/regions


But a general survey would have him there now with everything (Discography, hits, beef, bars, concepts etc)
 

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Hes in my personal top 20, i love his Music

But not everyone can be top5 its a math Problem rather than a Problem with kendrick

Got no probs with anybody saying he top 1/3/5

Hes earned his flowers
 

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If Blu ain't sniffing top 5 and Kendrick hasn't made an album better than him dot ain't top 5.

But I'm sure younger people will say differently. Same shyt that resulted in putting wayne in the goat conversation. Every generation wants their own guy.
Blu ain’t even fukking with Lupe and he’s definitely not Top 5
 

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All time... hmm

pac
jay
nas
biggie
face
cube
snoop

all ahead imo
 
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