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After listening to Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers, it's safe to say Kendrick has 5 classics which is rare in this time and age. It's not even an overreaction to the latest album: it's literally ART and it's even hard to critique it because of the beauty in the music. Section 80 is Kendrick peaking his head, GKMC was his official arrival, TPAB was his cementation in the greats, DAMN solidified that greatness, and Mr. Morale was a reminder of his generational talent.
Can people stop saying "this is literally art" or "this isnt music this is pure art" Music as a whole is a form of art it means nothing to call art art.
Only ever person to start their career on this type of run is Kanye (College dropout, late registration, graduation, 808s and Heartbreaks, and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy) all we can hope for is that he does fall off the cliff like Kanye did.
@Alex Chingmay how is section 80 not a classic? A month after it was released Snoop, the Game, and Dre all crowned him the new king on stage. You had Rigamortus, HiiPower, Kush and Corinthians, Poe Man’s dreams. Section 80 pushed the limits of rap in that era which is what a classic album does. To me, classic albums push the envelope of hip hop further whether it’s beats, subject matter, delivery. Section 80 being really the only album in its era to look back at the crack epidemic and humanize it over a sound that wasn’t really a thing in 2011 is classic. You can be a classic album and not great (some of the songs might have been misses in some peoples eyes) just like you can be a great album and not classic (Take Care from Drake is an example of this)
Kendrick has had hip hop on his shoulders ever since he came up. I'm happy he finally gave up that savior complex to just be a man. He is not your savior
I think a lot of this album addresses all criticism of his silence during the BLM protests after GF murder. He basically says that I’ve been working on myself through therapy or whatever means, these are my struggles, these are my faults and I’m working on myself, hence my silence. I’m just a man, not finished working on myself. This album is deep
Man seeing kendrick cry and seeing his seniors passing down the legacy is so fucking emotional and great at the same time. They all saw who kendrick is and he did not disappointed even a bit.
I think one of the most astonishing things about Kendrick Lamar is his ability in this day and age to be able to knock down all the walls that everyone else says about hip-hop artist in his generation. He is one of the only artist from his generation that gets respect from the older generations, he is one of the only artist from his generations where people still care about the full album and not just the singles, he’s one of the only artist from this generation that you can look at and say 20 years from now or 30 years from now people are still going to be talking about him and his music like they do 2Pac like they do NWA like they do biggie like they do Eminem like they do Jay Z. There’s so many hip-hop artists that have come out since Kendrick Lamar has that may be had a hot few months and then we never heard from them again. So many other rappers from his generation are all about chasing clout and this dude is the most real dudes that you could ask for when it comes to asking someone to bless the microphone and give you a classic.
I've listened to the new album over seven times now. It's almost frightening and disturbing that a guy can go away for so long, on the heel of every conceivable achievement and expectation, and so casually return with a project that just might be the best thing I've ever heard from him. It's really getting weird. I'm scared to say it, but, this might be even better than TPAB. I swear.
Kendrick crying on stage as her gets the torch of the West makes me cry right with him! 🥲 I love his art so much! ❤️ He’s my favorite artist and the greatest of this generation ❤️
This man gave us the 2 highest rated rap album ever...and objectively speaking, he has the best catalog in music, 5 straight masterpieces in a row. Congrats Kendrick!
I can't seem to come up for the right word for Kendrick....amazing, prolific...? Nothing seems adequate, he's just different man HE WON A PULITZER, LIKE....???? I've been a fan since 2012 and Ill be rockin with him foreva He is the GOAT, he just cemented his spot.
Much respect to K Dot. I will admit that I was late getting to him and understanding him. But when he dropped Control, I thought he was the best dude in Hip Hop. When he dropped To Pimp A Butterfly, I thought he was the best person in present day music! He still is!
I think there was a conscious realization on kendrick's part that TPAB was destined to become a certified classic. It's message is amongst the strongest in all of hiphop. It not only showed a side of the world we don't all see, but it also payed homage to everything that came before, from the heart of soul and jazz, throughout all of black culture, from it's very roots to the hiphop it inspired, with all the grit and no holds barred. This is kendrick's perspective. A black man born in America, showing us the world through his eyes as he sees it.
KDot & Kanye are for me the Gamechangers. Every Album has different content & they changed the whole vibe. Innovation & Art. I‘m so glad that i‘m in a era with those Legends. All Time Greats. His new Album ain’t for everybody 🐐🔥💯
@Alex Chingmay Kanye has help with writing tho! He is definitely a Top 50 MC, but the fact that he always has writers credits puts him out of a pure MC top 10. If we talk about overall HipHop artists tho, Kanye is definitely number one hands down
It took me some time to get here, but after the release of Mr Morale and the big Steppers , I can no longer deny it. Kendrick Lamar is the greatest rapper of all time.
KendrickLamar The Ep, Overly Dedicated, section 80, gkmc, tpab, Untitled Unmasterd, DAMN and MM&TBS He never missed. I'm absolutely positive his next PGLANG Album will be on the classic debate. I'd say he has 3 or 4 classics until now.
Naw Kendrick is the greatest West Coast Artist ever..Easily one of the GOATS, like since people started first rapping, in any era. He rearranged my top 5 All Time.
I appreciated this video so much. kendrick has taught me things I never even thought about. Lyrical dexterity, heartbreak, controversial opinion...he offers so much. MASTER. TEACHER.
1. Good kid MAAD city 2. To pimp a butterfly 3. Damn 4. Mr Morale and the Big steppers That's my Kendrick Classics!! Section 80 was okay. But these 4 albums, are movies
Classics : GKMC, TPAB Great : Section 80, Mr Morale &TBS Good: DAMN, Overly Dedicated, Black Panther album Man doesn't have a single flop in his discography
And to follow up all this hype with another astonishing album, smh idk what else to say. The man putz his soul into every verse. Shit I have a hard time listening to other artists after he drop. His music makes you feel like taking a step back and reflecting. Only Kdot and Cole can do that to me. Sorry, to the other artists out here, I'm just being real.
I don't know why people sleep on OD. I think that a classic as well to me. He always dropping fire that's different from what you expect or use to from him But yeah definitely sect 80 is classic. And someone tell apple music to put spiteful chant back on that album.
@@insideroutside people can debate mr morale and damn are too new to be classic. Section 80 for sure and i never knew OD was a mixtape, but yeah, kendrick literally kinda talks about that…I assumed it was an album because of the amount of tracks and in the same relevance, kendrick says “they said 7 tracks, i said 15. Called it an EP, they said i’m tripping, but little did they know i’m tryna change the rules that we been confined to so the corporate won’t make decisions”
@@NoMoneyAfterTipping he wasnt signed when he made OD and even section 80 isn't a studio album since it was only a TDE project. DAMN is more then 5 years old and still on billboard so I think we can kinda call it a classic. Mr. Morale is amazing so I know I will be listening to it in ten years
Dude has no albums that aren’t amazing. Section 80 is low key a classic. GKMC and TPAB are undoubted classics. Mr Morale will go down as a classic. His catalog will go down as one of the most complete.
Good Kid is undeniably a classic. Damn. is most definitely gonna be a classic if it's not yet TPAB is his magnum opus/masterpiece, BUT though he has some classic songs on it, I don't think it's classic in terms of people playing it at parties and just doesn't get the play it deserves (it's MY favorite of his albums, just being honest) Section.80 I feel is just short of classic classification MMBS is great... think I like it as much as Good Kid... but I don't think it has that classic quality My Kendrick rankings 1. To Pimp a Butterfly 2. Good Kid, MAAd City 3. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers 4. Untitled Unmastered 5. Damn. 6. Section.80
1. Gkmc 2. Mm&bs 3. Section 80 4. Overly dedicated 5. Damn 6. Tpab 7. The black panther sound track 8. Untitled unmastered Here is my list I love everything kdot does been rocking with him since 2010. I listen to tpab the least but it is still a classic
classic doesnt mean it gets played at parties it means its a timeless work of art, tpab is considered one of the greatest albums of all time. He for sure has 3 classic albums but depending on who you ask it could be 5.
@@larrystclair6151 k but then what defines "timeless"... Dude, I love TPAB, its MY favorite of his albums and I think it is undeniably his BEST... problem is, only 10 years later, I dont really hear people playing it anywhere, and the only time I really hear it being spoken about are fringe moments in my life... Maybe in terms of the sonics, and lyrical content you can say its "timeless", but I dont think thats necessarily congruent with a teerm like "classic"... that "play" an album gets is soooooo important when determaning what a classic is. Thats why I think there are some albums that are actually not so great that are considered classics. TPAD is a masterpiece. its his magnum opus... but I just dont see it as a classic
@@seansilveiro2463 illmatic is a classic but i dont really hear that being played anywhere either. classic, to me at least, is a album that has lyrics and ideas that transcends generations. in 20 years, people will listen to it and it will still hit then.
@@larrystclair6151 Illmatic is something my friends and I bump in the car on roadtrips fairly often. Its also an album that has been reffered to thousands of time in other rap works. I havent seen that yet with TPAB, but I have with GKMC. I really wish qulaity had a bigger say in what gets passed down from generation to generation. I think, with TPAB, the problem was, that for the time, people werent (in a grander sense) into the sonics of the album. Kendrick has always been an "album" artist for better or for worse, but has also had that affinity to kinda make radio songs that served a greater purpose on the album. GKMC had Backseet Freestyle, Maad City, Money Trees, Bitch dont Kill my Vibe, etc.. Damn. is his fkn blockbuster album with songs like DNA, Element, Duckworth and his biggest and most comercial song hes ever put out, Humble. TPAD just doesnt fit that mold. The closest things to hits off it are songs like Blacker the Berry, King Kunta, and Alright (which I HAVE heard start to pop up in films , tv, etc.)
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His versatility, flow and wordplay is unmatched in my view and so far listening to this album it’s a hit 🙏🏾🔥
If you can define pure hip-hop as a person, it would be Kendrick Lamar
His new album reminds me of his maturity in the game to full grown status. East.Oakland
The new album is flawless. I'm convinced he's from another planet. There are not many that consistently exceed my expectations like Kendrick.
@@VinexAesthetics this☝️💯
After listening to Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers, it's safe to say Kendrick has 5 classics which is rare in this time and age. It's not even an overreaction to the latest album: it's literally ART and it's even hard to critique it because of the beauty in the music. Section 80 is Kendrick peaking his head, GKMC was his official arrival, TPAB was his cementation in the greats, DAMN solidified that greatness, and Mr. Morale was a reminder of his generational talent.
man that was a beautiful poem
Can people stop saying "this is literally art" or "this isnt music this is pure art"
Music as a whole is a form of art it means nothing to call art art.
Only ever person to start their career on this type of run is Kanye (College dropout, late registration, graduation, 808s and Heartbreaks, and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy) all we can hope for is that he does fall off the cliff like Kanye did.
@Alex Chingmay how is section 80 not a classic? A month after it was released Snoop, the Game, and Dre all crowned him the new king on stage. You had Rigamortus, HiiPower, Kush and Corinthians, Poe Man’s dreams. Section 80 pushed the limits of rap in that era which is what a classic album does.
To me, classic albums push the envelope of hip hop further whether it’s beats, subject matter, delivery. Section 80 being really the only album in its era to look back at the crack epidemic and humanize it over a sound that wasn’t really a thing in 2011 is classic. You can be a classic album and not great (some of the songs might have been misses in some peoples eyes) just like you can be a great album and not classic (Take Care from Drake is an example of this)
All he’s albums are classics
Kendrick has had hip hop on his shoulders ever since he came up. I'm happy he finally gave up that savior complex to just be a man. He is not your savior
I think a lot of this album addresses all criticism of his silence during the BLM protests after GF murder. He basically says that I’ve been working on myself through therapy or whatever means, these are my struggles, these are my faults and I’m working on myself, hence my silence. I’m just a man, not finished working on myself. This album is deep
FREE YOUNG THUG
Eh, I don’t know that he gave it up. Check out his new video
Cole made you feel in powered, But he is not you savior.
Future told you to get a money counter....
Man seeing kendrick cry and seeing his seniors passing down the legacy is so fucking emotional and great at the same time. They all saw who kendrick is and he did not disappointed even a bit.
This aged beautifully ....2024 💕
I think one of the most astonishing things about Kendrick Lamar is his ability in this day and age to be able to knock down all the walls that everyone else says about hip-hop artist in his generation. He is one of the only artist from his generation that gets respect from the older generations, he is one of the only artist from his generations where people still care about the full album and not just the singles, he’s one of the only artist from this generation that you can look at and say 20 years from now or 30 years from now people are still going to be talking about him and his music like they do 2Pac like they do NWA like they do biggie like they do Eminem like they do Jay Z. There’s so many hip-hop artists that have come out since Kendrick Lamar has that may be had a hot few months and then we never heard from them again. So many other rappers from his generation are all about chasing clout and this dude is the most real dudes that you could ask for when it comes to asking someone to bless the microphone and give you a classic.
💜🙏🎶🎙️
I agree but it’s just one thing I don’t tho...years from now em won’t matter frfr ngl
@@datdude_dre2473 yea unfortunately em won’t matter, only for his white fan base but he don’t create work that’s great
@@blackbookt.vchannel7616 True
@@datdude_dre2473 too much Eminem hate, n all black people in America seems to be racist towards EMINEM
I've listened to the new album over seven times now.
It's almost frightening and disturbing that a guy can go away for so long, on the heel of every conceivable achievement and expectation, and so casually return with a project that just might be the best thing I've ever heard from him.
It's really getting weird. I'm scared to say it, but, this might be even better than TPAB. I swear.
This album is out of this stratosphere
Feel the same way.
I said the same thing when listening to that album
Kendrick crying on stage as her gets the torch of the West makes me cry right with him! 🥲 I love his art so much! ❤️ He’s my favorite artist and the greatest of this generation ❤️
This man gave us the 2 highest rated rap album ever...and objectively speaking, he has the best catalog in music, 5 straight masterpieces in a row. Congrats Kendrick!
nah noway section 80 is kind of mid
@@nwut s80 is an objective masterpiece. You just lack musical knowledge and it's ok...
@@ivanvan8923bro
That high five during the bet cypher gets me every time
All of Kendrick’s live performances are so iconic!
Easily the single artist I can listen to his albums back to back and still be amazed at how unexplainable he is this talented. GOAT
Me too!!
I can't seem to come up for the right word for Kendrick....amazing, prolific...? Nothing seems adequate, he's just different man
HE WON A PULITZER, LIKE....????
I've been a fan since 2012 and Ill be rockin with him foreva
He is the GOAT, he just cemented his spot.
Ethereal
Give Kendrick his flowers while he is The matrix with us.
There are certain people who are literally just born to do amazing things.. he's definitely one of them. Bravo 👏.
Much respect to K Dot. I will admit that I was late getting to him and understanding him. But when he dropped Control, I thought he was the best dude in Hip Hop. When he dropped To Pimp A Butterfly, I thought he was the best person in present day music! He still is!
DAMN. isn’t just the only “rap” album to win a Pulitzer, but it’s the only non classical album to win it!
I think there was a conscious realization on kendrick's part that TPAB was destined to become a certified classic. It's message is amongst the strongest in all of hiphop. It not only showed a side of the world we don't all see, but it also payed homage to everything that came before, from the heart of soul and jazz, throughout all of black culture, from it's very roots to the hiphop it inspired, with all the grit and no holds barred. This is kendrick's perspective. A black man born in America, showing us the world through his eyes as he sees it.
K-Dot's Control verse was/is the advanced version of 50 Cent's "How To Rob"!!! New album is a Masterpiece. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Giving this man his flowers while he here. Appreciate y'all doing this 👍❤️❤️
5 classics now, he did it again OBJECTIVELY speaking
Your opinion ok, Kendrick
Lamar is the real G.O.A.T
from Compton, Ca
MATTERS PEACE&LOVE
He is not one of the best … he is THE best… rapper of all time . We have to conclude it now. No rapper has done what he has .
1:54 the cry gives me chill
KDot & Kanye are for me the Gamechangers. Every Album has different content & they changed the whole vibe. Innovation & Art. I‘m so glad that i‘m in a era with those Legends. All Time Greats. His new Album ain’t for everybody 🐐🔥💯
@Alex Chingmay Kanye has help with writing tho! He is definitely a Top 50 MC, but the fact that he always has writers credits puts him out of a pure MC top 10. If we talk about overall HipHop artists tho, Kanye is definitely number one hands down
For real they always doing stuff no one else is doing
It took me some time to get here, but after the release of Mr Morale and the big Steppers , I can no longer deny it.
Kendrick Lamar is the greatest rapper of all time.
The student has finally become the master of his game.
KendrickLamar The Ep, Overly Dedicated, section 80, gkmc, tpab, Untitled Unmasterd, DAMN and MM&TBS
He never missed. I'm absolutely positive his next PGLANG Album will be on the classic debate. I'd say he has 3 or 4 classics until now.
You forgot DAMN
@@insideroutside thanks 🙏
I honestly think Kendrick is the best artist to come along since Michael Jackson.....tpab was the thriller of our generation.
Lol calm down now
@@beekayy6002 where is the lie?
He is an experience …
So Kanye is a Football player?
I agree with this statement
Naw Kendrick is the greatest West Coast Artist ever..Easily one of the GOATS, like since people started first rapping, in any era. He rearranged my top 5 All Time.
R.I.P Mac Miller. Kendrick knew how great he was
WHEN ITS ALL SAID AND DONE KENDRICK WILL GO DOWN AS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME 🐐🐐🔥🔥
Section.80 is definitely a classic
LIFETIME TALENT NOT GENERATIONAL THEIR WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER KDOT
I appreciated this video so much. kendrick has taught me things I never even thought about. Lyrical dexterity, heartbreak, controversial opinion...he offers so much. MASTER. TEACHER.
Mr Morale and the Big Steppers is 🔥🔥🔥 Just like every other Kendrick album. I think Kendrick has 4 classic albums now
id say 5 but section 80 is debatable.
@DREW lone yeah me too, it just isnt on the same level as the rest.
Love how you put this video together.
One of the greatest rappers of all time
One of the greatest musicians of all time
Kendrick Lamar 😎
Most Powerful Rapper of all time
this is a great video essay
Mr Morale is really a masterpiece and the best album from him in my opinion
You repeating the “accomplishments and astonishments” line throughout the whole video was super annoying. Like okay we get it.
We might as well just include Section 80 and it's definitely a classic
He's your favorite rappers favorite rapper.
HE IS THE GOAT.
1. DAMN.
2. To Pimp a Butterfly
3. good kid, m.A.A.d city
4. Mr. Moral and the Big Steppers
5. Section.80
What was the first kdot album you heard?
@@trs9573 first thing I heard from him was the Overly Dedicated mixtape
Damn is his weakest
As a personal preference I could see DAMN. being your favorite but TPAB and good kid are better albums
Mr Morale is better than DAMN
A difference between accomplishment and astonishment.
K. Dot only makes classic albums
I think that TPaB is his best album, but my favorite is GKMC
This is cool. Reminds me of the DX breakdowns, whatever happened to those?
Incredible introspective album. Sad its ending - hes done. If we can't decipher from this album well never get another hint
Wrong song title @ 2:56 . The song is ‘Buried Me Alive interlude’ off Take Care. ‘Hip Hop Runs The World!’ 🔥💪🏾
Yes, our bad it was from the previous frame!
Kendrick has 5 classic albums.
Thank you
He's the greatest of this generation and in the conversation for greatest of all time.
1. Good kid MAAD city
2. To pimp a butterfly
3. Damn
4. Mr Morale and the Big steppers
That's my Kendrick Classics!! Section 80 was okay. But these 4 albums, are movies
I would put 1. tpab 2.gkmc 3. mmbs 4. damn 5. section 80. great list tho
Section 80 is there, I prefer it to TPAB
Mr Morale and the Big Steppers is too fresh to rank
5 classics now
well done video
From Section 80. To Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. All will be considered classics after their respective 10 yrs. Period. 5 in a row. Legendary
there is indeed a difference between accomplishments and astonishments
Kendrick Lamar goat 🐐 hip hop ♥ 🔥 career 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
If you put the acosplishments before astonisments line one more time im comitting a crimeee
Classics : GKMC, TPAB
Great : Section 80, Mr Morale &TBS
Good: DAMN, Overly Dedicated, Black Panther album
Man doesn't have a single flop in his discography
Damn is a classic
The goat 🐐
Kendrick has 2 classics: good kid, m.A.A.d city and To Pimp a Butterfly
this is me and I'm blessed w kendrick
Great video‼️‼️
Every cd is $10, but Kendrick’s album is not only make me feel like it is worth my money, he gave us so much in his music.
Good Kid,M.A.A.D City
To pimp a butterfly
DAMN
Section 80 is a independent classic
The new album will have to age then we can debate about it
All his album are classic to me
Incredible
G.O.A.T
👀Buried alive labeled as the heart part 4
This video is really well putted thanks a lot
Kendrick's album covers have the energy of paintings that should be in a prestigious museum
DAMN 🔥
G.O.A.T.........
GOOSEBUMPS
3:19 this aged well, kendrick on like that "D.O.T the money, power, respect the last one is better"
Legend
5 classics!!!!!
We ready for next album in the year 2027🥲
And to follow up all this hype with another astonishing album, smh idk what else to say. The man putz his soul into every verse. Shit I have a hard time listening to other artists after he drop. His music makes you feel like taking a step back and reflecting. Only Kdot and Cole can do that to me. Sorry, to the other artists out here, I'm just being real.
Love Kendrick Lamar ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤🖤♾️♾️♾️♾️
4:22 it's a throwaway that was meant to be on to pimp a butterfly
Kendrick has 3 classics
KENDRICK n Cole both did the Australian tour with EMINEM
Section 80 def a classic
I don't know why people sleep on OD. I think that a classic as well to me. He always dropping fire that's different from what you expect or use to from him But yeah definitely sect 80 is classic. And someone tell apple music to put spiteful chant back on that album.
its because its a mixtape
Some people just aint been around long enough to know that mixtape
Da goat 🐐
0:23 Imagine if i smoke I prolly come up wit a quote . so heavy you'll forget every album you heard from Hova
Turn Me UP!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ First track I ever heard Kendrick on.
N95, purple 💜, silent Hill, savior my favorites 2022!
Loved this. Is the like button disabled? I tried to like the video and it did not change to "liked." Just FYI
Four classics
Drake could never
overly dedicated is A classic album, good kid maad city album, pimp A butterfly, damn.
Overly dedicated is a mixtape. But I think all kdots projects are classics. Section 80 and mr. Morale and the big steppers included
@@insideroutside people can debate mr morale and damn are too new to be classic. Section 80 for sure and i never knew OD was a mixtape, but yeah, kendrick literally kinda talks about that…I assumed it was an album because of the amount of tracks and in the same relevance, kendrick says “they said 7 tracks, i said 15. Called it an EP, they said i’m tripping, but little did they know i’m tryna change the rules that we been confined to so the corporate won’t make decisions”
@@NoMoneyAfterTipping he wasnt signed when he made OD and even section 80 isn't a studio album since it was only a TDE project. DAMN is more then 5 years old and still on billboard so I think we can kinda call it a classic. Mr. Morale is amazing so I know I will be listening to it in ten years
Dude has no albums that aren’t amazing. Section 80 is low key a classic. GKMC and TPAB are undoubted classics. Mr Morale will go down as a classic. His catalog will go down as one of the most complete.
And don't forget his sleeper album Untitled !
You forgetting DAMN. And his mixtape overly dedicated is amazing as well. I love all his projects
@@datjerziiboy untitled unmastered is a mixtape but it is good👍
He said "it's funny how one verse could f*** up the game." Kendrick Lamar"
Spot on: Young Thug 🤣🤣🤣
Pray For Young Thug 🙏🙏❤️
Damn was an instant classic classic in the making and borne
Good Kid is undeniably a classic.
Damn. is most definitely gonna be a classic if it's not yet
TPAB is his magnum opus/masterpiece, BUT though he has some classic songs on it, I don't think it's classic in terms of people playing it at parties and just doesn't get the play it deserves (it's MY favorite of his albums, just being honest)
Section.80 I feel is just short of classic classification
MMBS is great... think I like it as much as Good Kid... but I don't think it has that classic quality
My Kendrick rankings
1. To Pimp a Butterfly
2. Good Kid, MAAd City
3. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
4. Untitled Unmastered
5. Damn.
6. Section.80
1. Gkmc
2. Mm&bs
3. Section 80
4. Overly dedicated
5. Damn
6. Tpab
7. The black panther sound track
8. Untitled unmastered
Here is my list I love everything kdot does been rocking with him since 2010. I listen to tpab the least but it is still a classic
classic doesnt mean it gets played at parties it means its a timeless work of art, tpab is considered one of the greatest albums of all time. He for sure has 3 classic albums but depending on who you ask it could be 5.
@@larrystclair6151 k but then what defines "timeless"...
Dude, I love TPAB, its MY favorite of his albums and I think it is undeniably his BEST... problem is, only 10 years later, I dont really hear people playing it anywhere, and the only time I really hear it being spoken about are fringe moments in my life...
Maybe in terms of the sonics, and lyrical content you can say its "timeless", but I dont think thats necessarily congruent with a teerm like "classic"... that "play" an album gets is soooooo important when determaning what a classic is.
Thats why I think there are some albums that are actually not so great that are considered classics.
TPAD is a masterpiece. its his magnum opus... but I just dont see it as a classic
@@seansilveiro2463 illmatic is a classic but i dont really hear that being played anywhere either. classic, to me at least, is a album that has lyrics and ideas that transcends generations. in 20 years, people will listen to it and it will still hit then.
@@larrystclair6151 Illmatic is something my friends and I bump in the car on roadtrips fairly often. Its also an album that has been reffered to thousands of time in other rap works. I havent seen that yet with TPAB, but I have with GKMC.
I really wish qulaity had a bigger say in what gets passed down from generation to generation.
I think, with TPAB, the problem was, that for the time, people werent (in a grander sense) into the sonics of the album. Kendrick has always been an "album" artist for better or for worse, but has also had that affinity to kinda make radio songs that served a greater purpose on the album.
GKMC had Backseet Freestyle, Maad City, Money Trees, Bitch dont Kill my Vibe, etc..
Damn. is his fkn blockbuster album with songs like DNA, Element, Duckworth and his biggest and most comercial song hes ever put out, Humble.
TPAD just doesnt fit that mold. The closest things to hits off it are songs like Blacker the Berry, King Kunta, and Alright (which I HAVE heard start to pop up in films , tv, etc.)
4 classics: Section 80, GKMC, TPAB, and DAMN🔥