Cole is crying somewhere right about now. Lol
It's kinda funny how Cole was such a Nas stan back in the day when he was coming up but Nas never really showed him that type of love or recognition. At least not to the level Cole seemed to want.
I personally prefer Cole over Kendrick though but thats just imo. Something about Kendrick's voice annoys me.
Nah Nas fukked with Cole.
Kendrick is just obviously better
I'm cool being in the minority in this, but I never thought much of Kendrick Lamar as any real "successor". He's talented, but not some otherworldly Rapper people seem to weirdly anoint him as. His lyricism is basic as hell, and has basic subject matter. Seems like being anoint him because there is such a lack of lyrical rappers that have pop appeal, that they just gravitate to him because of that
J-Cole 10x the rapper Kendrick is when it comes to lyricism, subject matter, song making, etc. And he's a natural successor to Nas
Kendrick being "The next Nas" is forced and awkward to me. Kendrick sounds like a weird mix of Eminem and Andre 3000