Kendrick got the album but he's dropped the ball. When people talk about 50's run, Wayne's run, they shut everything down. You heard them all the time everywhere. Radio, streets, clubs, ALL THE DAMN TIME. Not just one album, they had hot features, concert appearances like Summer Jams, etc. They were EVERYWHERE. If you needed a hot record you went to them.
THATS what a run looks like. Thats what being the hottest out means. Not just one album and you disappear for the rest of the year.
Kendrick dropped the ball. How you supposed to be the hottest out and yet your features mean nothing? Your features dont go nowhere? Nobody checking for you after one hot single? (HUMBLE) What other single went top 10? Come on now
Kendrick didnt drop the ball. He never had it. His whole buzz is artificial. That's why his so called reign feels so weak compared to nikkas whom really had it.
50 wasn't really a features artist because he stayed beefing with a lot of his peers. Even then, it wasn't like 50 was killing features. Another example is Kanye. Breh, didn't have a hold of the streets like that until he dropped "Can't Tell Me Nothin". Can he be denied 2004 because College Dropout wasn't exactly street certified.
Kendrick also had "DNA" which went #4.
You're missing the point.It's not just the features,it's the overall moment or lack there of. And kanye was accepted by the streets from the first album. He wasnt looked upon as being hard etc,obviously.
But College dropout was definitely bumped everywhere.
When you look at 50 or kanye,them nikkas was out the gate with iconic records. Kendrick had never dropped iconic records on any of his album's runs. His buzz is about the meme makers that interscope hires and his fake conscious image.
Look at GRODT: Many men,wanksta,in da club,P.I.M.P.,21 questions
Look at CD: Through the wire,slow jams,jesus walks,all falls down.
These were real moments
Plus look at how both shifted the culture.
50: g-unit wife beaters,spinning chains,made a bunch of non singing nikkas try to sing on hooks,made nikkas start doing their own mixtapes,had nikkas hitting the gym
Kanye: popularized the sped up soul sample,had nikkas dressing like him,first dweeby,non tough guy solist to really be respected and accepted by all, since the gangsta rap took over hiphop in the early 90's. He single handedly reinstated the "regular guy rapper" and allowed them to be equally respected and accepted as potential hiphop dons
Who's following kendrick,what did he change,NOTHING
hE'S HAVING HIS BIGGEST MOMENT NOW and really has nothing to show for it. Nothing that's going to mean anything in the future.
