Formerly Black Trash
Philosopher, Connoisseur, Future Legend
J cole is feature king
But his albums don't stand up against kendrick
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But his albums don't stand up against kendrick
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It's getting insulting to compare Kendrick and Drake to Cole. Like Cole has become one of the greats
- Thread starter Tony D'Amato
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Back when all 3 were first getting started people were trying to position kendrick the new age goat.
Fast forward to now and we see kendrick peaked back then and Cole and Drake keep reaching new heights.
Fast forward to now and we see kendrick peaked back then and Cole and Drake keep reaching new heights.
They all have their own strengths for what they do. Cole is better with bars, Kendrick is better with cohesive and thematic albums and Drake is the hit maker. The strengths both Kendrick and Drake have are comparable to Coles. Saying who’s better is all about what strength you value the most out of these three artists.
God did verse was great.
Pool_Shark
Can’t move with me in this digital space
Coles improved a lot but let's be honest. Out of the 3 everyone is waiting for the next Kendrick album
Mindfield333
Superstar
lol what’s funny is spoken word poets actually make more cohesive pieces than most rappers. Rappers be stringing together random rhymes to complete a song.
Westbama Heartthrob
Irregular Zero
Is that really a critique on a forum that still obsesses over the nas and jay z rivalry?
Westbama Heartthrob
Irregular Zero
I feel like production was weaker on mm&tbs but don't see how kendrick was worse lyrically like a lot of yall are saying
Songs like father time, count me out, worldwide steppers, and rich spirit are all classic kendrick
The album wasn't really about dropping verses like Cole does on his features. I don't doubt kendrick can easily rap like that. He just had different goals with the album
Kendrick don't strike me as the type to repeat himself. So I can understand why he tried a lot of new things this time around. Don't know what to expect from the next one, but I'm sure he'll win back favor from his detractors
Songs like father time, count me out, worldwide steppers, and rich spirit are all classic kendrick
The album wasn't really about dropping verses like Cole does on his features. I don't doubt kendrick can easily rap like that. He just had different goals with the album
Kendrick don't strike me as the type to repeat himself. So I can understand why he tried a lot of new things this time around. Don't know what to expect from the next one, but I'm sure he'll win back favor from his detractors
Been saying this for years since 4YEO came out hence why my avi is from that album, nikka been untouchable ever since and nikkas denying this are crazy
Grand_Verbalizer
All Star
Your mind wasn't blown by "I made a milli', feel like I'm Bangladesh" ??
Congrats to Cole for "improving" from the you can't outfart me days though.
Let’s not forget the last time Cole was on a song with drake 
He wasn’t the “face of death” on that feature
He wasn’t the “face of death” on that feature
Kendrick is the textbook example of the understated importance of voice in music
It's true that Kendrick has no quotable bars that make nikkas faces ball up. He's not an elite rapper in the typical way that nikkas categorize elite rappers
Kendrick's specialties are his voice and his imagery, most notably his voice(s). After GKMC he went into overdrive with the vocal conviction and variety of voices. If you look at a few of the most impactful rappers over the last decade(Kendrick, Nicki, Young Thug) they're a mystery box of flows and voices
I've made posts on here before that the main reason Dre3K is elevated over Big Boi is because Dre has arguably the GOAT voice.
Your voice is the highest priority in music, and Kendrick's vocal flexibility is a large part of the reason he was elevated to GOAT tier after GKMC
I can’t deny what you’re saying but you’re focusing on “ voice”, that’s most of the problem. I know you don’t mean his literal voice but that alien voice shyt is what ruins most of his music