Kendrick just won a Pulitzer Prize for "DAMN" in music. Aiiiiight, fukk this industry

[Mowgli]

There's cacs writing mouse house spouse getting so called prestigious awards. We got this rhyning shyt down down and get told it's not art. Props to kdot.

 

[SuburbanPimp]

Drake has a very conversational style of lyricism that lends itself to very mundane writing that isn't poetic and is very surface level. He's about as good of a writer as John Grisham is. Meaning, not good. Stale, and very popular because it's easy to digest. You aren't going to get evocative lyricism (Nas) or witty lines (Hov) or elaborate storytelling (Kendrick). You're going to get some millennial truisms that rhyme well.

There are some great songs on Scorpion but I'm not sure any are great due to the lyrics or "quotables." The last track on side A comes to mind though. I like the segment that begins with "I know a girl who went to Rome..." for instance. But even that, while interesting, doesn't reach beyond a surface level. Like Grisham, Drake is unable to bring CHARACTERS to life, or present people as more than a surface 2D painting for his point. Think about...Shorty Doo Wop from One Love, or Sasha Thumper from Art Of Storytelling. Or Keisha from Keisha's Song. Think about the way each person came alive through rhymes. The way they look, the way they live, the way they think, their hopes, dreams, anecdotes, etc. Think about the way GKMC is designed entirely around bringing multiple people to light and life. And then think about the way Drake attempts this, especially with women in his songs.

John Grisham sales a lot of books. But he'll never win a Pulitzer. And neither will Drake.

Excellent Post.... I think this in a nutshell is what stops Drake from being a "great" rapper

 

[JahFocus CS]

fukk you Napoleon.

 

[ig88]

Observation: awarded the pullirzer but didnt even do the beats. Best composition? Kendrick lamar. Damn.

Human disgust smiley:

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

I'm still heated about this...

 

[L@CaT]

I'm still heated about this...

Damn is an amazing piece of work. Better than any Drake album as a whole. Clean your ears.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

funny how quick c00ns start doing backflips when a cac award is given out

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

 

[L@CaT]

Classic album

 

[jebuz]

FEAR came on last night
had me

as as kendrick's feats are, his albums are always on point.

OP is a brown cac so i can see why he hates when black men are winning.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Was bumping Kendrick just now and randomly thought about this award. Didn't know Napoleon was in his feelings about it. This guys wants us to think he's a insightful political analyst yet he apparently thinks Drake deserves a Pulitzer?

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

I didn’t see this thread. I wanna neg OP for the Kenny slander but @hustlemania why do we gotta slow down on the reps?

 

[Switch]

at these faux Pulitzer purists on the first couple pages

 

[Cadillac]

at these faux Pulitzer purists on the first couple pages

It's not about purist, hell most people dont care about no fukkin pulitzers(they dont really matter) but shyt after all the monumental albums we have had thru history

DAMN being the album that deserves to be the first Pulitzer winning rap album? That shyt seems forced/orchestrated as hell

 

[Switch]

It's not about purist, but shyt after all the monumental albums we have had thru history

DAMN being the album that deserves to be the first Pulitzer winning rap album? That shyt seems forced/orchestrated as hell

This I can somewhat agree with if Kendrick was going to win it should’ve been for TPAB or GKMC but it is what it is