It's getting insulting to compare Kendrick and Drake to Cole. Like Cole has become one of the greats

[HollywoodP]

imma have to agree. I always felt he had a stronger catalog of quality albums...but his feature run is setting him apart as evident by his steadily increasing organic fandom. He's literally winning over peoples opinion on him and is gaining appreciation the more he sticks around. And he's doing it by just being himself and doin shyt his way. Gotta salute that. He one of the goats for real.

 

[Awesome Wells]

Cole's features are better than his actual songs.

Dude is still boring, to me. No soul in his sh*t, at all. He's been missing something since day one. But if you throw him a feature, he'll knock out something decent.

Kendrick's catalogue is wildly better than Cole and Drake's. Even with that last weak album, no one has put better projects together than Kendrick since 2012. I feel like he got off-track with the last one, but dude can easily knock out a universal Hip Hop classic whenever he chooses.

 

[Womb Raider]

That Cole verse was cool, but now nikkas starting to put extras on it

Its the God Did verse all over again

shyt was cool but I’m not impressed

 

[thaKEAF]

the past few years he passed them both as a lyricist for me.

 

[FappleMeOff]

I like Cole but nah.

 

[No1]

This is my favorite Kendrick song. There are no bars on here. It’s just excellent story telling.

 

[No1]

Just say you stupid bro..

Kendrick isn’t complex. I’m surprised he’s gotten this big rapping the way he does. Is often black eminemish with better subject matter.

 

[Jparker]

@Bishop_BP_Jakes @Jparker

Even B can’t deny Cole greatness at this point

 

[spliz]

That Cole verse was cool, but now nikkas starting to put extras on it

Its the God Did verse all over again

shyt was way better than the God Did verse. Difference is people in real life fukk wit this Cole verse heavy. Everyone I met in real life said that God Did verse wasn’t all that even the biggest Jay fans I know.

 

[Gangstar8]

It's drake then Kendrick and cole

Kendrick and cole are only relevant cause of white people

 

[B86]

Cole is the best feature rapper of the 3(though some may vouch for Drake cause of the "stimulus package" shyt).

But Kendrick's catalog is in a totally different stratosphere than Cole's even if you include Cole's mixtapes and Kendrick is a stronger storyteller and just as good of a technical rapper.

When we gonna stop pretending that Kendrick is some super elite rapper? Section 80 was great, GKMC was great…that’s all. Otherwise, him and his alien voice alter ego are not that good

 

[CarltonJunior]

I think all 3 managed to be all time great in their own respective fields of expertise

Drake = ultimate mainstream musician
Kendrick = ultimate album craftsman/visionary
Cole = ultimate "rapper's rapper"

 

[Tommy Sheppard]

song is over 10 years old this is the example you choose?

 

[Pressure]

It's drake then Kendrick and cole

Kendrick and cole are only relevant cause of white people

Must be opposite day

 

[Versa]

Kendrick is more like a passionate poet/conceptualist when it comes to how he approaches rapping, which is fine, but there's a reason why people draw those Pac comparisons, and it isn't just because they're both from California.

Cole is more in that Jay-Z/BIG lane where he is a lyricist. Rhyme schemes, entendres, flow, etc.

There's nothing wrong with preferring the passionate poet style more than the technical lyricist style, but for me and my taste, the technical lyricist is always going to be more impressive to my ears because I interpret them as being the best of the best at what a rapper is supposed to be.

I'm fascinated and captivated by geniuses of a craft who are the best at what they do, whether it be athletics, entertainment, or art. Not the most popular, or who gets the most bytches, or who has the best machine behind them. Who is actually the nicest when it comes to SKILL? I feel it is MUCH easier for a technical lyricist to slide into that poetry style than for a poet to give you a scalp-scorching 16.

That's why Lupe is the GOAT to me, and why I admire rappers like Nas, Andre 3000, Jay, Eminem, and BIG more than anything else. They're the best at the actual job description - creatively and technically rhyming words together.


PS: For all transparency, Kendrick is in my top 5 and Cole is not. TPAB is arguably my 2nd favorite album ever, and clearly Kendrick has the better discography. But when it comes to ACTUAL RAPPING? Cole is better at this point in time. Where Cole has evolved as a lyricist, Kendrick has arguably regressed(Love MMATBS, but the bars aren't sharp like that).