i can’t tell the difference between a guy self-consciously doing conscious jazz rap, who deliberately positions himself as stylistic through-line to the 90s and puts himself in literal conversation with hiphop greats, and his “wack” contemporaries
why pretend to be an old head – you can just say you’ve never, once, listened to hip hop lol
The most critically acclaimed rapper of a wack generation
Just because “mainstream” rap isn’t good doesn’t mean people haven’t constantly been releasing quality stuff.
Also, Kendrick is pushing 40 and has been putting out music for 2 decades, so he’s not exactly a part of the younger generation of rappers.
That’s certainly in his favor. I called him kid because he’s about 10 years younger than me and I was being cute
why pretend to be an old head – you can just say you’ve never, once, listened to hip hop lol
I like what I’ve heard of Lamar so far. I like that stuff that sets him apart. It’s many of his contemporaries I don’t like.
i mean he’s been mainstream for 14 years now i think we’re well into a new generation after his
I dropped out in mid-late 2000s. Hopng the new shit is more my style.