Styles P Thinks J. Cole Is On The Same Tier As Kendrick Lamar

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Styles P was among the guests on the latest episode of Open Late with Peter Rosenberg. During a panel discussion, Styles explained why he feels J. Cole is on "the same tier" as Kendrick Lamar.

"J. Cole is right next to Kendrick," he said around the 14-minute mark in the video up top. "No disrespect. Ya'll fukkin' buggin'. Y'all are buggin'. J. Cole is fukkin' nice man. I don't care how boring they say he is, whatever . . . For someone to be able to sell that story repeatedly, that's fukkin' amazing."

After some well-voiced disagreements from the room, Styles continued. "I don't see where y'all got Kendrick a notch over Cole," he said. "That's not flying with me. That's the same tier of rap, [though] Kendrick may be a bigger star than J. Cole." Styles added that he doesn't believe Lamar, though he is a fan, is the better rapper. He also likened Lamar to a modern-day Kool Keith.

Cole's new album KOD recently debuted atop the Billboard 200, the fifth time Cole has pulled off a No. 1 opening. In a rare interview with Vulture surrounding the album's release, Cole credited Lamar's Damn Tour as being heavily influential on his decision to re-enter the studio. "Kendrick's show gave me chills because I got to see what it was like to have a hit album performed, and it set off a desire," he said. "It was a recognition — like Oh, I'll take that again. Like looking at a menu, I'll have that again."

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i respect holiday a helluva lot but i have to disagree here

kendrick is way nicer than cole. right now i'll admit that at least right now kendrick is on cruise control lyrically but when he turns it up the boy is a menace. the only time cole ever gave me goosebumps was on his feature with reflection eternal. he BODIED that track but otherwise? ehhh.......
 

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they're both in the same tier of trash. Snore has better rhymes than Duck but Duck has slightly better flow and production. So the edge goes to Duck.

Neither have a single song in my rotation though. :umad:
Shut ya hoe ass up don't gotta have clout to see ya hoe ass in every thread hating with no real logical response u just want attention u a hoe
 

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If Kendrick made KOD same beats and rhymes it would have a 95 MetaCritic grade and win Grammy's and Pulitzer Prizes. People would talk about how woke and deep Kendrick is and how he shined a light on drug abuse, addiction, depression, and addressed the black community. But since J. Cole made it, a lot of people are saying its boring and how J. Cole is fake deep and really saying surface level shyt.

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