Kendrick, Wale, Drake, J. Cole, Big K.R.I.T.

[feelsthecitybreathin]

Ehhh I don't know sales numbers. I know he gets a lot of spins in Texas.

thought meek went plat his first week

 

[ECA]

K. Dot and Drake

Cole, KRIT, and Wale have been making the same project since 09/10

 

[gluvnast]

OD, SECTION 80, AND GKMC >>> everrrrrything

 

[Versa]

Kendrick is so far ahead it's not even funny. OP needs to throw Lupe Fiasco in the title though.

Thread starter is going for rappers under the age of thirty and still relatively new. Lupe is 31 years old with 4 albums, 5th on the way and 5 mixtapes.


All Krit needs to do is drop an album that matches his mixtapes, but the reality is that Krit's last 4 mixtapes are basically albums! All self-produced and coheisve. Excellenct stuff.

I'll say Krit>Kendrick>Wale>Drake>Cole, but they're all excellent.

 

[AveRocca]

K. Dot and Drake

Cole, KRIT, and Wale have been making the same project since 09/10

The Gifted is literally nothing like Ambition which was nothing like Attention Deficit.

Virtually everyone is going to have Drake and Kendrick 1/2 in some order and I'm fine with that because in Drake's case, he's clearly had the largest actual impact on his genre and in Kendrick's case, you can argue that he has the single best project of any of them, but I don't think that any new era rapper has put out as much quality music as Wale has since 2010. From More About Nothing to his contributions on Self Made 1 to the 11/1/11 Theory to Ambition to Self Made 2 to Folarin to The Gifted. That's a ton of extremely high quality work and he's clearly hitting his stride.

Anyway, I'd rank them

Drake/Kendrick
Wale
Cole
Krit

 

[Mandizi]

Never heard anything from K.R.I.T. except his beat on "I'm flexxin" that bumps. Need to give him a listen.

Besides him, I mess with Kendrick the most. Best mainstream mc in the game right now imo.

 

[Mr. Bytes]

great thread, hard answer. Let's go one by one. NOTE that when I say "classic" I mean personally to me, as in albums I consistently go back to and play you guys don't have to agree

Drake - Comeback season was ok, he was spittin but it didn't really grab me. So Far Gone is a classic mixtape, Thank Me Later is a pretty good album, Take Care was on some other shyt, but in a good way. His new shyt makes me think NWTS will be his best

"classics": take care, so far gone
"good": thank me later
"just okay": comeback season

Kendrick - GKMC is my favorite album of all the rappers in this discussion. Section 80 is almost just as good, and while I didn't like everything on O.D., it was a good start. Seems to have the least amount of music among everyone, but it's all good.

"classics": gkmc, section 80
"good": o.d.

J. Cole - I listened to the Warm Up and FNL all the time when they dropped. FNL is one of my favorite mixtapes ever. Dude didn't deliver on Cole World though... i'm amazed at how little I've revisited that album. But Born sinner is a definte winner... I've been playing that nonstop out of all of the new ones... to early to tell but to be optimistic i'll group it as a classic.

"classic": born sinner, fnl
"good": warm up
"just okay": cole world

Wale - interesting case . Mixtape about Nothing was good, More about Nothing was even better, and to me those are wale's best works. 11-1-11 didn't do much at all for me though. Folarin was ok. As for albums, Attention Deficit is a little underrated (some filler, but some excellent joints). Ambition is a little overrated by some (Starts off flames, but tapers off near the end for me), and I haven't heard the Gifted yet, but I have high hopes.

"classic": more about nothing, Mixtape about nothing
"good": ambition, folarin
"just okay": attention deficit
"nahhh": 11-1-11
TBD: The Gifted

BIG K.R.I.T. - Maybe it's because I am originally from the south or something, but I think I listen to K.R.I.T. more than almost every else on the list . He has the best mixtape discography of anyone to me. His album however was not that great, although I will argue that it was better than Cole World and Attention Deficit in my opinion.

"classic": Krit wuz here, return of 4eva, King Remembered in Time
"good": 4eva N A Day
"just ok": Live From The Underground

So looking at what I wrote, I think I might go with Kendikk as my fav just barely over K.r.i.t., with drake n cole close behing those two, and wale last, but that could change after I listen to "The Gifted"

But honestly they are all GREAT artists and I look forward to their future releases

 

[The 2020 New Member]

i don't care as long as kendrick and krit keep puttin out my type of rap.

 

[mozichrome]

can honestly say i'm not looking that far ahead

so idk

 

[draday]

I have to go with krit. His album wasnt up to par but then mixtapes is flames. Kdot released 2 good albums to me and thats it. His other stuff sucked. And drake...well he's drake. His albums are too soft. If he drop another so far gone tho all this cam change. And wale will never get the respect of these other three for whatever reason

 

[Professor Polo]

Cole and Kendrick

 

[kingdarius]

so far its k.dot,drake,cole,wale,krit....k.dot will most likely reign supreme for years to come

 

[Ineedmoney504]

kdot
cole
drake
wale
krit

 

[2manyFCKNrappers]

Drake & Cole

 

[AlldayNE]

Anyone else think it's crazy that Kendrick's next album may be even better than GKMC? It's almost scary to think tbh