Kendrick is Obviously Talented, But If This Were The 90s That nikka Would Be Aceyalone/Del The Funky Homosapien Status

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Subjective opinion. I think Kendrick came up around a good crop of artists in the 2010’s. You had Drake, Cole, Wale, Meek, Big Sean, Krit, Future, and ASAP. Plus the other TDE artists he came with Jay Rock, Ab Soul and School boy Q. I fukks with 2010s hip hop more than I did the late 2000s when it was just Wayne and Ye dominating. The 90s is identified as mostly big and pac even though there was alot of great artists around.

Kanye and Wayne didn’t really have much competition by the time they were dominating.
Subjective opinion. I think Kendrick came up around a good crop of artists in the 2010’s. You had Drake, Cole, Wale, Meek, Big Sean, Krit, Future, and ASAP. Plus the other TDE artists he came with Jay Rock, Ab Soul and School boy Q. I fukks with 2010s hip hop more than I did the late 2000s when it was just Wayne and Ye dominating. The 90s is identified as mostly big and pac even though there was alot of great artists around.

Kanye and Wayne didn’t really have much competition by the time they were dominating.


You might think that crop of artist was talented. But they arent anywhere the level of name recognition of who Wayne and Kanye were competing with. You can say they were downtrending but 50cent,Jayz,T.I,Nas,Luda,Jeezy were still around. Guys like Fabolous,Gucci Mane,Plies,The Game,Young Dro on the undercard. The mixtape era was in a nice place with guys like Budden,Stack Bundles,Gangsta Grillz tapes. The guys i named who were downtrending were still more of a threat in terms of potential verbal battle,or just taking attention away. Wale,Big Sean,Meek and Cole dont have that type of effect. Meek maybe since he was billed as a battle rapper. But would you fear any of those nikkas dropping on the same day as you?
 

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Ok and like I said I wasn’t fukking with hip hop in the late 2000s. If I was it was either Wayne or Ye. Jeezy and TI were cool but I fukk with the 2010s southern artists more like gunna, future and thug.
What you fukk with got nothing to do with anything. Once again bouncing back and forth between objective and subjective. You said Wayne and Ye had no competition, I proved otherwise. I didnt like all them nikkas I named, dont mean they wasnt any comp.
 

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You might think that crop of artist was talented. But they arent anywhere the level of name recognition of who Wayne and Kanye were competing with. You can say they were downtrending but 50cent,Jayz,T.I,Nas,Luda,Jeezy were still around. Guys like Fabolous,Gucci Mane,Plies,The Game,Young Dro on the undercard. The mixtape era was in a nice place with guys like Budden,Stack Bundles,Gangsta Grillz tapes. The guys i named who were downtrending were still more of a threat in terms of potential verbal battle,or just taking attention away. Wale,Big Sean,Meek and Cole dont have that type of effect. Meek maybe since he was billed as a battle rapper.
They’re could be an argument that Kendrick and Drake are on that level for their era. Majority of them artists you listed would have a hard time selling out arenas these days. Only nikkaz I’ll give you is 50, Jay, and Nas because of the legacy.
 

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:mjlol: @ thinking Kendrick would have dominated in an era where West Coast gangsta rap was at its peak.

I'd throw his music on if I wanted to hear something different, but it definitely wouldn't get more play that We Come Strapped and Safe & Sound
They using his milestones from NOW as an argument for him being of the same stature THEN, these nikkas are stupid.
 

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What you fukk with got nothing to do with anything. Once again bouncing back and forth between objective and subjective. You said Wayne and Ye had no competition, I proved otherwise. I didnt like all them nikkas I named, dont mean they wasnt any comp.
They had no competition though they made hip hop staples of albums with the Carters, late registrations, graduations. Wayne and Ye were elite in the late 2000s a good chunk of them nikkaz we’re doing mad features with those two because they had the Midas touch at the time. Even Jay was riding a bit on Ye’s coattails.
 

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Ok I’m done here I’m not even going to argue this.


im saying

mane

that hitboy & nas run is so fukkn overrated

its literally 6 versions of the same album

the best of the 6 projects is not fukking with gnx in no capacity

creativity
bangers
writing
production

none of that
NASeous stans really stink :scust:
 

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im saying

mane

that hitboy & nas run is so fukkn overrated

its literally 6 versions of the same album

the best of the 6 projects is not fukking with gnx in no capacity

creativity
bangers
writing
production

none of that
NASeous stans really stink :scust:

I love Nas, but I agree with this lol

I appreciate that run because it's Nas and he's still creating, he's on his Miles Davis shyt. The notion that those are all classics or somehow elevate his body of work is crazy to me. None of that shyt budged Nas in either direction to me at least and I damn sure wouldn't say any of those albums are better than GNX.
 
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