Kendrick Lamar Says Drake & Future Were His favorites in 2015
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Kendrick Lamar Says Drake & Future Made Some Of His Favorite Rap Music Of 2015
Kendrick Lamar's To ? A Butterfly was probably the densest album of the year, through a combination of its grandiose musical arrangements, disparate influences, political themes, and very technical rapping. While this made the album a critical success, it also made it the go-to project for a certain type of rap fan to describe as "real hip-hop".
The unending debate over whether or not rap that focuses on social commentary and lyricism should be more valued than songwriting-based acts was brought up again recently, as Hot 97's Ebro criticized Complex's choice of putting part rap hitmakers Rae Sremmurd at number 3 on their list.
Naturally, Kendrick Lamar's TPAB was used as an example of what rap "should" be, but when Pusha T, a rapper old-heads would very much describe as "real," came to the defense of the Sremm bros, it was clear that the purist ideology might finally be dying out.
In a new interview with the New York Times, Kendrick agreed that hip-hop doesn't need to fit into a certain box to be considered "real". When asked about his favorite rap this year, he mentioned a couple of surprising names.
"Of course Future killed it. He smashed. Drake smashed. Future’s work ethic was crazy, his energy," he said. "This is the thing about hip-hop music and where people get it most misconstrued: It’s all hip-hop. You can’t say that just what I do is hip-hop, because hip-hop is all energies. James Brown can get on the track and mumble all day. But guess what: You felt his soul on those records."
K-Dot went on to explain the appeal of this particular kind of rap.
"If it makes you feel good, and it makes you move — I don’t know these guys personally. I don’t know what makes them move on a personal level. I can’t knock it. It feels good when I listen to it, when I’m in that vibe," he said. "You feel it. You can get the highest level of that — you can get Future — or you can get the watered-down version, somebody else trying to be that. That’s the bad [expletive]."
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Where are all the guys that say Drake and Future are not hip hop?
Kendrick just said that y'all are liars. -
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J.J._Evans wrote: »Where are all the guys that say Drake and Future are not hip hop?
Kendrick just said that y'all are liars.
Kendrick also sent warm regards to Macklemore
You never take an active artist's opinion on other artists...ever. They are biased and being political.
Ie Kanye been infatuated with trash music'-Paul Wall on Late Reg, Chief Keef, Travis Scott, etc
Ie I believe it was Kanye was the one said Nicki Minaj was gonna be a top 5 DOA artist all time
This means nothing -
Kendrick could have simply remained quiet.........J.J._Evans wrote: »Where are all the guys that say Drake and Future are not hip hop?
Kendrick just said that y'all are liars.
Kendrick also sent warm regards to Macklemore
You never take an active artist's opinion on other artists...ever. They are biased and being political.
Ie Kanye been infatuated with trash music'-Paul Wall on Late Reg, Chief Keef, Travis Scott, etc
Ie I believe it was Kanye was the one said Nicki Minaj was gonna be a top 5 DOA artist all time
This means nothing
Yet, he decided to praise both Drake and Future.
It means a lot. -
Lol turn up
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J.J._Evans wrote: »Where are all the guys that say Drake and Future are not hip hop?
Kendrick just said that y'all are liars.
Kendrick also sent warm regards to Macklemore
You never take an active artist's opinion on other artists...ever. They are biased and being political.
Ie Kanye been infatuated with trash music'-Paul Wall on Late Reg, Chief Keef, Travis Scott, etc
Ie I believe it was Kanye was the one said Nicki Minaj was gonna be a top 5 DOA artist all time
This means nothing
So glad someone posted this. I don't feel like the unnecessary debate that will follow. The fact Kendick said this means alt to the Threadstarter. -
J.J._Evans wrote: »Where are all the guys that say Drake and Future are not hip hop?
Kendrick just said that y'all are liars.
Kendrick also sent warm regards to Macklemore
You never take an active artist's opinion on other artists...ever. They are biased and being political.
Ie Kanye been infatuated with trash music'-Paul Wall on Late Reg, Chief Keef, Travis Scott, etc
Ie I believe it was Kanye was the one said Nicki Minaj was gonna be a top 5 DOA artist all time
This means nothing
Im sure sometimes thats the case but given his explanation it sounds genuine -
Gave Drake nothing but two words lol "Drake smashed". Thats that polite interview talk doesnt really sound like praise. Think its safe to say that theres still animosity between the two ever since Control
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Lol.... *Michael Jackson eating popcorn gif*
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J.J._Evans wrote: »Where are all the guys that say Drake and Future are not hip hop?
Kendrick just said that y'all are liars.
Giving his opinion on a topic is hardly calling people liars....a dusty ass 1970's new york mc could come out and say future isnt hip hop, does that mean kenrick is a liar? No
We all have different definitions of what hip hop is or sounds like to us
Imo future is wack, im also a fan of kendrick but being a fan doesnt mean im about to take his opinion and be like well if kendrick said hes good then there is no debate, he must be good....hell nah
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Its funny that ppl only ? with rappers for being "conscious" and ? on rappers who arent
Then get mad when those same conscious rappers dont limit who they listen to
Nobody gotta prove ? to nobody just like what u like -
Lol..
He said drake had a good year,
he never said dude was his favorite.. -
J.J._Evans wrote: »Where are all the guys that say Drake and Future are not hip hop?
Kendrick just said that y'all are liars.
Giving his opinion on a topic is hardly calling people liars....a dusty ass 1970's new york mc could come out and say future isnt hip hop, does that mean kenrick is a liar? No
We all have different definitions of what hip hop is or sounds like to us
Imo future is wack, im also a fan of kendrick but being a fan doesnt mean im about to take his opinion and be like well if kendrick said hes good then there is no debate, he must be good....hell nah
Does Rappers Delight sound more like a song Kendrick would make or some radio ? we hear everyday? -
lol like his co-sign means anything when all of these ? associate w/ each other in real life. Kendrick prolly got paid to say that ? .
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"This is the thing about hip-hop music and where people get it most misconstrued: It’s all hip-hop."
Translation: Theres a time and place for everything! I listen to Dead Prez, them the next minute I listen to LMFAO!...I listen to EVERYTHING! !! -
"This is the thing about hip-hop music and where people get it most misconstrued: It’s all hip-hop."
Translation: Theres a time and place for everything! I listen to Dead Prez, them the next minute I listen to LMFAO!...I listen to EVERYTHING! !!
Theres a difference between saying future/drake is hip hop and LMFAO is hiphop -
J.J._Evans wrote: »Where are all the guys that say Drake and Future are not hip hop?
Kendrick just said that y'all are liars.
Giving his opinion on a topic is hardly calling people liars....a dusty ass 1970's new york mc could come out and say future isnt hip hop, does that mean kenrick is a liar? No
We all have different definitions of what hip hop is or sounds like to us
Imo future is wack, im also a fan of kendrick but being a fan doesnt mean im about to take his opinion and be like well if kendrick said hes good then there is no debate, he must be good....hell nah
Does Rappers Delight sound more like a song Kendrick would make or some radio ? we hear everyday?
Rappers delight isnt anything like the radio songs from 2015, 2015 was a lot of mumbling and bad singing
Kendrick doesnt make a lot of pop rap like rappers delight but i could see him remaking a throw back song similar to rappers delight before a future or young thug would -
J.J._Evans wrote: »Where are all the guys that say Drake and Future are not hip hop?
Kendrick just said that y'all are liars.
Giving his opinion on a topic is hardly calling people liars....a dusty ass 1970's new york mc could come out and say future isnt hip hop, does that mean kenrick is a liar? No
We all have different definitions of what hip hop is or sounds like to us
Imo future is wack, im also a fan of kendrick but being a fan doesnt mean im about to take his opinion and be like well if kendrick said hes good then there is no debate, he must be good....hell nah
Does Rappers Delight sound more like a song Kendrick would make or some radio ? we hear everyday?
Rappers delight isnt anything like the radio songs from 2015, 2015 was a lot of mumbling and bad singing
Kendrick doesnt make a lot of pop rap like rappers delight but i could see him remaking a throw back song similar to rappers delight before a future or young thug would
of course, nothing will be like it was 40 yrs ago. sounds/trends change I thought this was common knowledge
point is just bc u don't like it doesn't mean its not hip hop
there have been a lot of garbage songs tht came out that still fit under the hip hop category -
"You feel it. You can get the highest level of that — you can get Future — or you can get the watered-down version, somebody else trying to be that. That’s the bad [expletive]."
Man just make music , tha ? is this ? talkin bout. Tha ? is a 'watered down Future'???
Like Future aint essentially a watered down Akon and T Pain
Low quality products are easily replicated and replaced. There is nothing Future does that RHQ, Young Thug, K Camp, Bryson Tiller, Torey Lanez, or any of these new ? cant do. Just slight variations of the same ? -
J.J._Evans wrote: »Where are all the guys that say Drake and Future are not hip hop?
Kendrick just said that y'all are liars.
Kendrick also sent warm regards to Macklemore
You never take an active artist's opinion on other artists...ever. They are biased and being political.
Ie Kanye been infatuated with trash music'-Paul Wall on Late Reg, Chief Keef, Travis Scott, etc
Ie I believe it was Kanye was the one said Nicki Minaj was gonna be a top 5 DOA artist all time
This means nothing
Wow, you think Paul Wall was Trash on "Drive Slow".??? -
"You feel it. You can get the highest level of that — you can get Future — or you can get the watered-down version, somebody else trying to be that. That’s the bad [expletive]."
Man just make music , tha ? is this ? talkin bout. Tha ? is a 'watered down Future'???
Like Future aint essentially a watered down Akon and T Pain
Low quality products are easily replicated and replaced. There is nothing Future does that RHQ, Young Thug, K Camp, Bryson Tiller, Torey Lanez, or any of these new ? cant do. Just slight variations of the same ?
None of what u are saying proves that the artists dont make hip hop music
Youre just saying u dont like or respect them, which is not what this thread is about -
IceBergTaylor wrote: »J.J._Evans wrote: »Where are all the guys that say Drake and Future are not hip hop?
Kendrick just said that y'all are liars.
Kendrick also sent warm regards to Macklemore
You never take an active artist's opinion on other artists...ever. They are biased and being political.
Ie Kanye been infatuated with trash music'-Paul Wall on Late Reg, Chief Keef, Travis Scott, etc
Ie I believe it was Kanye was the one said Nicki Minaj was gonna be a top 5 DOA artist all time
This means nothing
So glad someone posted this. I don't feel like the unnecessary debate that will follow. The fact Kendick said this means alt to the Threadstarter.
? , get out your feelings goofy. You and a few more have been at me since the Drake vs meek thread. Your baiting don't work on me........LOL. -
I remember another thread where people were saying if u listen to music outside of hip hop it makes u less credible to critique it
So if kendrick listens to drake/future and to u they are not hip hop does that make him less credible as a rapper?
This ? not addin up -
J.J._Evans wrote: »Where are all the guys that say Drake and Future are not hip hop?
Kendrick just said that y'all are liars.
Giving his opinion on a topic is hardly calling people liars....a dusty ass 1970's new york mc could come out and say future isnt hip hop, does that mean kenrick is a liar? No
We all have different definitions of what hip hop is or sounds like to us
Imo future is wack, im also a fan of kendrick but being a fan doesnt mean im about to take his opinion and be like well if kendrick said hes good then there is no debate, he must be good....hell nah
Does Rappers Delight sound more like a song Kendrick would make or some radio ? we hear everyday?
Rappers delight isnt anything like the radio songs from 2015, 2015 was a lot of mumbling and bad singing
Kendrick doesnt make a lot of pop rap like rappers delight but i could see him remaking a throw back song similar to rappers delight before a future or young thug would
of course, nothing will be like it was 40 yrs ago. sounds/trends change I thought this was common knowledge
point is just bc u don't like it doesn't mean its not hip hop
there have been a lot of garbage songs tht came out that still fit under the hip hop category
Hip hop music usually means you rap, lmfao might be corny but they rap, who knows wtf youd call what future does -
J.J._Evans wrote: »Where are all the guys that say Drake and Future are not hip hop?
Kendrick just said that y'all are liars.
Giving his opinion on a topic is hardly calling people liars....a dusty ass 1970's new york mc could come out and say future isnt hip hop, does that mean kenrick is a liar? No
We all have different definitions of what hip hop is or sounds like to us
Imo future is wack, im also a fan of kendrick but being a fan doesnt mean im about to take his opinion and be like well if kendrick said hes good then there is no debate, he must be good....hell nah
Does Rappers Delight sound more like a song Kendrick would make or some radio ? we hear everyday?
Rappers delight isnt anything like the radio songs from 2015, 2015 was a lot of mumbling and bad singing
Kendrick doesnt make a lot of pop rap like rappers delight but i could see him remaking a throw back song similar to rappers delight before a future or young thug would
of course, nothing will be like it was 40 yrs ago. sounds/trends change I thought this was common knowledge
point is just bc u don't like it doesn't mean its not hip hop
there have been a lot of garbage songs tht came out that still fit under the hip hop category
Hip hop music usually means you rap, lmfao might be corny but they rap, who knows wtf youd call what future does
Scratching is hip hop n barely has any vocals on it
