Trot LaRoc
Superstar
True, but Kendrick really burst on the scene with GKMC he had multiple joints getting radio play, the streets fukked with it big time he was just starting to get mainstream exposure as well as growing his mainstream fanbase then he came out with TPAB which was totally different from what people were expecting, and honestly alot of people didnt fukk with it.
Hip Hop fans of my generation are very fickle and rely to heavily on whats popping and popular. KDOT will still be good cuz of his core but as far as capturing mainstream attention thats really not going to happen unless he goes back to the GKMC formula, and atleast have 2-3 radio friendly songs i mean thats how you maintain the mainstream fickle fanbase which he AS well as TDE needs because they all (minus q) really get attention off of Kendrick.
I feel u but i dont think he cared about mainstream appeal. I think he wanted to make his big artistic statement. He wanted to be an artist and not worry about singles. As nonmainstream as TPAB, it still went platinum. He'll probably be a little more palatable, middle of the road on the next one