who is the better story teller, Kendrick or J Cole ?

[IWunD3r]

AS I was saying, if you want someone to paint pictures through words, Kendrick can do it masterfully. But I don't consider him a better storyteller because of it. The BIGGEST difference to which why J. Cole have so many adoring fans that maybe arguably larger than Kendrick's... (Kendrick is more of a media darling with more media exposure) is the fact that J. Cole even in the most SIMPLEST WAYS can touch the listener in his storytelling. It's like J. Cole is that Aesop fable and Kendrick is that Leo Tolstory. One gets its point directly across and it impacts you in the most simplest of ways whereas the other is extremely expressive and detailed for expressionistic sake. I mean I entire songs by Kendrick like "A Dollar Cost", but then he would lose you in being too "artistic" just for creativity showing off like in the song "U"...and this isn't a criticism, it is just how he is... he likes painting the picture instead of being just straight up to the point.

The simple storytelling of "03 Adolescence" could be more powerful and relatable to people like you and I growing up than most songs as lyrical and clever Kendrick may have. The emotional impact and direct moral point reaches to you without trying to decipher what was said.

Reminds me of 2Pac and Nas

 

[gluvnast]

Damn this thread got me going back and listen to a lot of old J. Cole tracks...

 

[Izanami]

Damn this thread got me going back and listen to a lot of old J. Cole tracks...

Second verse always has me like

 

[H. Selassie]

I vote Kendrick

Keisha's Song
Sherane
Sing About Me
Black Boy Fly

 

[gluvnast]

 

[y que]

j cole

that song about him losing his virginity is corny but story is on point

kendrick never made a song like that dude just babbles no clue why anybody would even consider him a storytelling mc

 

[gluvnast]

Cole's storytelling is something thou...

 

[Vonte3000]

J. Cole clearly wins this category
Lost Ones, Killers, Land of the snakes, 03 Adolescence, Dreams, Losing my Balance, etc ...
Even Wet Dreamz

Half the GKMC album was dope story telling

 

[FeloniousMonk]

Maan..

It goes (far as storytelling)

Slick Rick

BIG

3 Stacks

J Cole

I just recently got into J Cole..

Really listening to his works..reminds me of BIG's essence..

I see why Jay eventually signed him...

 

[SirBiatch]

j cole

that song about him losing his virginity is corny but story is on point

kendrick never made a song like that dude just babbles no clue why anybody would even consider him a storytelling mc

Because stans are more concerned with acting the part than being the part

 

[darealxan]

J Cole.

Kendricks tone is so fukkin boring I lose interest after the second bar. No way that nikka telling me a story. Maybe a bedtime one

 

[Ineedmoney504]

this site is fukking wild. if this thread was made a couple months ago you would get the exact opposite reaction, dudes are fukking cornball. but think cole is better tho

 

[Renegade47]

kendrick.

 

[YaThreadFloppedB!]

J. Cole clearly wins this category
Lost Ones, Killers, Land of the snakes, 03 Adolescence, Dreams, Losing my Balance, etc ...
Even Wet Dreamz

Yea, Cole easily. He wrote games verse on here too


This one too is dope


K dot has Sing About Me and Art of Peer Pressure though that I both love. He ain't no slouch

 

[NoHalfWay]

Kendrick by a good margin.

Sing About Me, Collect Calls, How Much A Dollar Cost are songs that put him over the edge for me.

Conceptually he's way more creative, and his imagery makes Cole's shyt sound way more basic.

03 Adolescence was legit tho.