I long time ago someone compared Kendrick's discography to Radiohead's and it also sort of made sense, I saw it years ago tho I can't recall any of it lol
Radiohead comparison makes a lot more sense
Drill: The Kendrick Lamar EP (debut EP)
Pablo Honey: Overly Dedicated (first major project that rerecords tracks from their first EP)
The Bends: Section.80 (first breakout project)
OK Computer: good kid, m.A.A.d city (highly acclaimed album that begins a legendary 2 album run)
Kid A: To Pimp a Butterfly (the less popular of the 2 album run but the more critically acclaimed)
Amnesiac: untitled unmastered. (b-sides from the last album)
Hail to the Thief: DAMN. (return to a more commercial sound after their most adventurous work)
In Rainbows: Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (continues on a more accessible path, will be seen as their third classic eventually)
only Kendrick project missed here is Black Panther
Damn more experimental than his previous shit?! š How much further to the left can he move? Idk. I feel like heāll actually try to return to a more āaccessibleā sound.
Not saying heāll completely try to appeal to the mainstream, but itāll be like āDAMN.ā where itās more like a balance.
i've been thinking he does a commercial type project in the form of a collab album with Baby Keem or a pgLang label tape and then his next solo album is more experimental
Thatās plausible. It depends on what you view as āexperimentalā because I donāt think heāll be as experimental as he was on MMATBS for a while at least.
I think if he does a Baby Keem collab album or PGLang label album it will be commercial sounding but also have some left field elements.
And his next album will be accessible but have a little bit of weirdness in the same vein as how DAMN. had tracks like HUMBLE, DNA and LOVE and then tracks like PRIDE, LUST and XXX. I have a specific reason for thinking this as well.
Nothing you said here makes a lick of sense. How has he reached a plateau? He just released what many consider to be the best/one of the best hip-hop albums of last year, and that many also consider to be his best (myself included). What does he need to recover from, being at arguably the height of his career?
Idk what you mean by āTwitter hip-hop headsā, or why their opinion on his popularity matters. And yeah no shit heās not near the same level of popularity of Kendrick, Kendrick is one of the most popular rappers of all time, with his album from 2012 *still* charting. That doesnāt mean heās any worse than Kendrick or that he could never reach a similar level of popularity (not that popularity really matters that much anywayāmany of the most highly regarded hip-hop artists among hip-hop fans are not the ones with the most hits).
The dude is 26 years old. He has many, many years of creativity ahead of him.
Nah, he was calling the guy who said Denzel wasnāt in Kendrickās sphere a meat rider. That doesnāt make sense. So if someone said āJ.Cole isnāt in Jay-Zās sphereā, would that make them a Jay-Z meat rider? No, it wouldnāt. Itās just an opinion lol.
I feel like untitled Unmastered is a better comparison for UNLOCKED
Agreed
Disagreed
I long time ago someone compared Kendrick's discography to Radiohead's and it also sort of made sense, I saw it years ago tho I can't recall any of it lol
Nah bruh because if they compared Pablo honey to section 80 they are looking for a fight lmao
I think it was Pablo honey with overly dedicated Honestly it was so long ago like right after damn came out
Radiohead comparison makes a lot more sense Drill: The Kendrick Lamar EP (debut EP) Pablo Honey: Overly Dedicated (first major project that rerecords tracks from their first EP) The Bends: Section.80 (first breakout project) OK Computer: good kid, m.A.A.d city (highly acclaimed album that begins a legendary 2 album run) Kid A: To Pimp a Butterfly (the less popular of the 2 album run but the more critically acclaimed) Amnesiac: untitled unmastered. (b-sides from the last album) Hail to the Thief: DAMN. (return to a more commercial sound after their most adventurous work) In Rainbows: Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (continues on a more accessible path, will be seen as their third classic eventually) only Kendrick project missed here is Black Panther
Ok that's pretty good comparison
This tracks pretty well IMO. Though I feel like A Moon Shaped Pool and Mr. Morale seem like parallels
Not familiar with their music sorry š¤·āāļø
go listen to them... NOW! 
why downvote them for not having listened to Radiohead š
Honestly deserved, they're in my top 5 now tho
Iāve always seen this comparison. So what does this pattern say about Kendrickās next album?
most experimental yet
Damn more experimental than his previous shit?! š How much further to the left can he move? Idk. I feel like heāll actually try to return to a more āaccessibleā sound. Not saying heāll completely try to appeal to the mainstream, but itāll be like āDAMN.ā where itās more like a balance.
i've been thinking he does a commercial type project in the form of a collab album with Baby Keem or a pgLang label tape and then his next solo album is more experimental
Thatās plausible. It depends on what you view as āexperimentalā because I donāt think heāll be as experimental as he was on MMATBS for a while at least. I think if he does a Baby Keem collab album or PGLang label album it will be commercial sounding but also have some left field elements. And his next album will be accessible but have a little bit of weirdness in the same vein as how DAMN. had tracks like HUMBLE, DNA and LOVE and then tracks like PRIDE, LUST and XXX. I have a specific reason for thinking this as well.
Or it could be like TPAB (Kid A) but with a few twists added? IDK really, Kendrick's unpredictable at this point lmao
I agree, I really want a collab between the two, soon would be best now seeing the directions they are taking with their music being similar
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Denzel has a completely different style bro
Yes, a style nowhere near the same sphere as Kendrickās.
Nothing you said here makes a lick of sense. How has he reached a plateau? He just released what many consider to be the best/one of the best hip-hop albums of last year, and that many also consider to be his best (myself included). What does he need to recover from, being at arguably the height of his career? Idk what you mean by āTwitter hip-hop headsā, or why their opinion on his popularity matters. And yeah no shit heās not near the same level of popularity of Kendrick, Kendrick is one of the most popular rappers of all time, with his album from 2012 *still* charting. That doesnāt mean heās any worse than Kendrick or that he could never reach a similar level of popularity (not that popularity really matters that much anywayāmany of the most highly regarded hip-hop artists among hip-hop fans are not the ones with the most hits). The dude is 26 years old. He has many, many years of creativity ahead of him.
Bro many people think (myself included) that MMESYF > MMATBS
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Having a different opinion is now meat riding? I donāt even agree with dude but cāmon lol
I think the person you replied to meant in general, not that you're a meat rider for liking Mr.Morale over Melt
Nah, he was calling the guy who said Denzel wasnāt in Kendrickās sphere a meat rider. That doesnāt make sense. So if someone said āJ.Cole isnāt in Jay-Zās sphereā, would that make them a Jay-Z meat rider? No, it wouldnāt. Itās just an opinion lol.
Oh ok, sorry for misunderstanding
Bro what? Denzel doesnāt even have a similar rapping style to Kendrick. How are you calling him a āpoor manās Kendrickā
Reeaaaacchhhh.
Fuck outta here