Today's generation doesn't have a single GREAT rapper

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

The Bible only has literary power to believers. I'm not a believer. fukk the boring ass mess. Cool?



I don't want you to get ethered like Action Bronson fans with the Ghostface denials, but check this out:



If you've been listening to hip hop long enough, you know there's a huge aspect of Kendrick's style that belongs to 3 Stacks. Just google it. I'm nowhere near the first to mention the similarities. And they're glaringingly obvious, too.



First off, keep your examples in hip hop. Please and thank you.

Secondly, in your post you've managed to compare Kendrick to the bible, Shakespeare, Schindler's List and In Cold Blood. And you wonder why we call you Kendrick stans "insufferable."

You guys just feed off hyperbole. Plain and simple. You can't give great quotes from Kendrick because he has none. He just rambles off vague cliche narratives and it gets you hard. Which is fine but you can't fool us who grew up on superb rhymes.

Sorry.

You're a fukking idiot.

That's like saying Shakespeare only has literary value to Englishmen or something.

Anything read by billions of people has literary value, moron.

And that goes with the Quran and the Tibetan Book of the Dead or Ayn Rand, it doesn't matter.

Something has literary value if it affects lives, dummy.

You not being a believer of something doesn't mean . . .

Wait, why am I arguing with a

Yes, "Illmatic" was one of the first 4 records I ever bought and I bought "Ready To Die" the day it came out, but, no, I don't know good rhymes.

Eat a dikk troll

 

[CrimsonTider]

Why all these new dudes all got the same voice and rap about the same sh*t tho

 

[meth68]

K Dot would be the closest but I would have to agree with OP. Listening to the Fab mixtape it became blatantly clear that this generation of rappers are severely lacking and this generation of fans have the lowest standards ever. Fab is so much better than everyone out and he was pretty much an afterthought in his generation.

Agreed, I think Cole is better then Kdot, and I wouldnt say Cole is "great"

@Cbanks36 if Freddie Gibbs , Curren$y kendrick, Wale is great Lupe Travis Scott iare great, then what in the fukking world is Biggie? Pac? Jay? Nas? Run DMC? Rakim?

You calling them average rappers great is a huge disrespect to the real greats, NONE no not a single one is great you listed. GTFO

 

[Greenhornet]

Kriss kross albums go harder than this generations

 

[SirBiatch]

You're a fukking idiot.

That's like saying Shakespeare only has literary value to Englishmen or something.

Anything read by billions of people has literary value, moron.

And that goes with the Quran and the Tibetan Book of the Dead or Ayn Rand, it doesn't matter.

Something has literary value if it affects lives, dummy.

You not being a believer of something doesn't mean . . .

Wait, why am I arguing with a

Yes, "Illmatic" was one of the first 4 records I ever bought and I bought "Ready To Die" the day it came out, but, no, I don't know good rhymes.

Eat a dikk troll

Dear smart-dumb nikka/cac,

Religious texts hold zero-to-negligable literary power to people who aren't in the religion. If you're not Muslim, the odds of giving a fukk about the Quran's literary power are near zero. Don't pretend otherwise.

Secondly, in true smart-dumb fashion, you attacked the peripheries of my reply (the bible) instead of sticking to the main topic: Kendrick's ineptitude and the fact he sounds like 3000 heavy. To lots of people. Still awaiting a response for that.

I'm not going to waste time debating religion's literary power because it's fukking irrelevant to the main topic and tangential at best.

Here we are several posts later and you still haven't quoted something brilliant Kendrick said. But you know intelligent lyrics right you would have been the shyttiest writer the Source ever saw. No quotables. just epic stannery.

I can bet that you'll respond to this and STILL won't provide these brilliant Kendrick lines we should all know. Then cover up your mediocrity by saying "u 2 stupid 2 get it, so why bother"

 

[Greenhornet]

thread starter is 100 percent right none of these dudes are even on par with the old worst warren g had bigger songs even camron reinvented himself 3 different times in unique dope ways

 

[SirBiatch]

Usual deflectors will point to ASAP Rocky despite the fact that I've never ever pretended like Rocky and Lil B belong with the greats in pen or flow game. Unlike Duckworth, Snore and Fraud fans who wish deep down their new school overhyped fraud was 1/20th the rapper Nas, Rakim, Ice Cube actually were.

And will neg or scream at anyone who sees the obvious

@HankHill welcome to the thread. Make yourself at home.

 

[Love Sosa]

Op is right

Don't see how people can dispute this. It's all about flow these days. It don't make the music bad but it is what it is

 

[Cynic]

Why are you using the OPs 90s standards to defend the current generation ? ....


The consumer, climate and technology has changed...


Todays rappers only have to be great to this generation not ours... So why continually compare and use these lofty standards to judge modern hip hop ?

Keep spewing this outdated redundant sh!t....like ya grandparents didn't sh!t on your music with soul/r&B


You literally got a lazy n!gga in here expecting a great quote by his standards from other posters

 

[Notorious Jerry]

Wayne's body of work easily makes him a great, no other rapper besides Jay Z has remained as constant as Wayne, His reign gave us some of the best mixtapes ever. Honestly I would put Wayne above anyone simply for the fact I have a retard long list of pre 09 Wayne Music that is genius.
Wayne had to reinvent his music to remain marketable in todays era, Pac, Biggie all would have had to do the same or get left behind... That doesn't mean they are less great but cats these days rather listen to club hits like trap queen then some music that really makes you think.

 

[SirBiatch]

Why are you using the OPs 90s standards to defend the current generation ? ....


The consumer, climate and technology has changed...


Todays rappers only have to be great to this generation not ours... So why continually compare and use these lofty standards to judge modern hip hop ?

Keep spewing this outdated redundant sh!t....like ya grandparents didn't sh!t on your music with soul/r&B


You literally got a lazy n!gga in here expecting a great quote by his standards from other posters

That's the most ludicrous shyt I've read this morning.

at only having to be great in your own little bubble of years, as though rap is only relevant/got invented when Duckworth and friends decided to rap.

Listen homie, you can continue to make excuses for mediocrity. It is what it is. But the only people who are inviting lofty standards are the marketers of this substandard product itself. They're the ones who constantly bring up legends to stir up hyperbole and over-inflate the newbies worth, and their fans drink the kool aid. Then when someone analyzes it deeply and tries to see if the comparisons actually hold up, all of a sudden the fans go you can't compare them.

Hypocrisy.

 

[Illin Degenerate]

it started with kanye. when he came out he was the underdog story and the breath of fresh air. thats great and all, but that doesnt make you a great emcee. i view kendrick in sort of the same way, good lyricist with good content and he has good albums, but in every other aspect as an emcee i think hes bland. in this era though it doesnt matter because there arent any great all around emcees as competition.

the influx of new hip hop fans going back to when eminem came out dont have the same standards. once again thats not indicting any of those artists, but with everyone trying to rap now its become more of a niche market where your flaws arent important. as long as you do one thing right and make music that connects with a certain demographic, you dont have to be a great emcee to be labeled as one somehow.

 

[SirBiatch]

it started with kanye. when he came out he was the underdog story and the breath of fresh air. thats great and all, but that doesnt make you a great emcee. i view kendrick in sort of the same way, good lyricist with good content and he has good albums, but in every other aspect as an emcee i think hes bland. in this era though it doesnt matter because there arent any great all around emcees as competition.

the influx of new hip hop fans going back to when eminem came out dont have the same standards. once again thats not indicting any of those artists, but with everyone trying to rap now its become more of a niche market where your flaws arent important. as long as you do one thing right and make music that connects with a certain demographic, you dont have to be a great emcee to be labeled as one somehow.

 

[Juggalo Fred]

What about Young Wicked???

 

[B-Mint94]

Every generation craps on the next. Nothing new here. I agree that hip hop isn't in a good condition for the most part today, but just because you can get into most of the guys out that doesn't mean that they are trash. Music is purely subjective.