Kendrick Lamar: The Greatest Rapper Of All Time

[@secondavenger9775]

David Bowie cited To Pimp A Butterfly as a key influence for his final album Blackstar. If you can influence one of the greatest music legends of all time, one who was also one of the biggest innovators in modern music at that, then you definitely are one of the GOATs.

[@jaidsalgado]

Second Avenger Real talk bro. Blackstar is fucking dope

[@akshitmishra869]

Second Avenger you got that bullseye !

[@zerothefool2437]

Bowie also cited Death Grips TMS

[@ashrambeats]

Have you heard of Tech N9ne?

[@donnasalmons3984]

Second Avenger

[@zerothefool2437]

Kendrick is mainstream but hasn't sold out and changed his music into something more city, extremely rare and incredible attribute, by far one of my favorite rappers

[@sebastianfavata7643]

I'm here from the future to tell you he is about to sellout.

[@kung-fu-kevin]

Sebastian Favata how so?

[@JesusRojas-hr6kz]

Sebastian Favata do we live

[@spongebob03]

I remember the headlines about him wanting to sell his catalog for tens of millions a few months ago. I think I got the terminology wrong. Is that considered selling out?

[@yaboysimon_]

I think 2pac is the goat but K dot is my favourite by far

[@robertbook9463]

I have never heard anyone that knows hip hop ever include Drake in a GOAT conversation

[@picadie8971]

Robert Book drake isnt that bad he has three vety goid albums and his mixtales are good as well if only he didnt ruin his legacy with ghostwriting

[@lazarotorres405]

He's not a goat

[@codykelly8379]

It's the ghostwriting claims. If you ain't penning your bars you're not a rapper you're an artist. Great artist though.

[@randymartinez1113]

Naa drake is a shitty rapper he should just stick to pop and singing because those are the only people who like his music

[@neverstar22]

Robert Book they are retarded

[@jang23hide]

"his an album artist in a single era" damn that said a lot.

[@TheDictismiT]

JL23 PLAYER "He's* an album artist in a singles* era"

[@ballivareso8225]

Just a normal average guy how does it not make sense

[@marijs5068]

@Chips Handon It either means that Kendrick focuses on putting out a good album in an industry where most mainstream artist focus on making hit singles. Or he might allude to the fact that Kendrick has high Album sales while having low singles sales (relatively), whereas other mainstream artists have low album sales but high singles sales.

[@alejandromarmolejo13]

Draxler Draxler i think he meant that the spelling of the original comment doesn’t make sense

[@kevintwine2315]

Plenty of artists put out incredible albums,this guy obviously doesn't listen to them

[@BRobMint]

There is no G.O.A.T. Only favorites. With that being said, Kendrick is one of my favorites.

[@MaRover66]

B-Mint1994 well if there was a category that represents a rapper being goat then we could say who it is. Like who has the following: best lyrics, poetry, rhymes, etc and mold that into a goat

[@DmizzMOB]

B-Mint1994 Kendrick my favourite too and with that being said fuck your opinion 🙂

[@nkm11tbm]

DmizzMOB fuck your ethnicity

[@HashPhantom]

Someone with some common sense in the comment section. This is rare.

[@dwildhockey24b]

That's what I'm saying. There's a list of GOATs I find acceptable, but there is no single definitive GOAT. If someone says to me the GOAT is Pac, Nas, Kane, Em, BIG, Kendrick, Red, etc. I'm cool with it. They're all GOATs in their own right.

[@SirajRaval]

dude kendrick is a badass human being. i loved his interview with Rick Rubin.

[@Northsyde21]

Kendrick Lamar is one of the greatest rappers of all time.

[@TheSonOfMedusa]

Tell me sometHing I don't know

[@dopeman6020]

yeah , Tupac is the greatest

[@EagleZtoTheGrave]

Tupac is probably the most important, I don't know if I can say he's the greatest.

[@darnellhamlet6066]

He's the most outspoken rapper Hip Hop has ever seen, by far. But the greatest rapper? nah. Top 15-20. imo.

[@conduitofthegospeldarrellb9154]

Top 25 - 20 MAYBE top 10 by the end of his career

[@c-slave4966]

I agree Kendrick should be in the top 5 list for sure.

[@derkampfzwergphota8278]

Even if i dont feel many of kendricks songs i cant deny that he is in a top 5 i had to make objectivly.

[@mrcheckhammmer]

Der KampfzwergPhota which songs don’t you feel and why?

[@derkampfzwergphota8278]

For example. Yah, feel, xxx, love and god on damn. But for none special reason.....its just the way i feel about them. He has some great tracks on good kid mad city and the pimp a butterfly though

[@mrcheckhammmer]

I respect your opinion. But for me, YAH. is a very different track, the beat and the chorus is nice. It isn't anything special in terms of message when you listen to it, but just like every Kendrick track, when you dwelve deep, you will discover it is great. FEEL. is very relateable to me and I think shows a lot of emotion and just being lost. Being the wolf among the sheep. For XXX., easily one of the hardest tracks on DAMN. for me. U2 are amazing there, the flow is insane, it's a unique sound and Kendrick says some meaningful stuff. And GOD. just flows well, and is great when you connect it to the rest of the album. A lot of the songs on DAMN. need to be connected to the rest of the album to be enjoyed to the fullest. But I respect your opinion. Thought I would still say To Pimp a Butterfly is his best album, followed by good kid, m.A.A.d city.

[@derkampfzwergphota8278]

Glad to see a person actually using arguments instead of insults to show their opinions. Dont worry i really like kendrick (as i said top 5). For me he is right next to eminem (whose songs are also lackluster some times even though his best songs could help me through some tough times). Have a nice day anyways.

[@DawryMike]

Kendrick is the goat but just like pac nobody will admit it until his time is over.

[@biscuit8787]

Kendrick isn't the goat

[@DawryMike]

Biscuit​ Its all subjective. I think he is but its fine if you don't.

[@biscuit8787]

Myke Its not subjective and i'm not calling him bad he isn't the goat there are people better lyrically flow wise and rhyme wise you can like him he can be your favorite but he isn't the goat

[@DawryMike]

Biscuit And my point is your standard for who is better lyrically or who has a better flow is a matter of opinion. There is no empirical way to figure out who has the best lyrics or flow. It's a matter of taste. My tastes and your tastes are different.

[@biscuit8787]

Myke No... you don't understand its not an opinion... Being better lyrically is not an opinion neither is flow it has a strict definition wether somebody can do better or worse at it would be fast compare Lil Yahcty who dosn't even make sense half the time to Eminem, who is better lyrically? Obviously Eminem compare somebody like Drake to Biggie who has a better flow? Obviously biggie, I'm not saying you can't like Drake or Lil Yachtys flow more but i'm saying one is better than the other like if you have 2 cars one is obviously faster and better in every way i'm not saying you can't like the slower and worse one better i'm saying that the faster better one is just superior to the slower one

[@NMV-eq5jt]

He may not have a number 1 single, but he has a shit ton of awards including lyricist of the year 5 times in a row, 2 multi Platinum albums, the highest rated album on Metacritic, To Pimp A Butterfly was studied in a high school class, one of the most consistent, he broke a streaming record, he made the rap game competitive in 2013 on a song that wasn't even his, he pays respect to the ones before him which is rare nowadays, and Nas, Dre, Snoop, Scarface, Pete Rock, and Talib Kwali have stated he's one of the greats.

[@tupacshakur6345]

N I C K V word is bond

[@hiphopdx]

Great breakdown!

[@iMrAsono]

N I C K V I would definitely say Kendrick was the GOAT if Tech N9ne or Aesop Rock didn't exist

[@NMV-eq5jt]

Tech N9ne and Aesop Rock are both great artists, but Kendrick has already done more then both of them commercially and critically.

[@iMrAsono]

N I C K V cause he's mainstream

[@Nicpavement]

Kendrick is the GOAT rapper. People will see this in about 10-12 years.

[@Nicpavement]

or when he dies

[@whiteboytrappin]

Lol

[@seandafny]

U put Kendrick over pac ?

[@seandafny]

Kendrick over Hov?

[@Adam-ff1zt]

Sean Dafny yes to both. Especially since pac was overrated

[@sportsgambler6]

who’s here after “meet the grahams”?

[@lovelyla85]

🎉❤

[@irongiant2328]

he is the goat, people overrate the past too much, 2pac, rakim, biggie were great but kendrick has surpassed them easily

[@DigitalSubset]

Anyone who says otherwise is in denial...

[@TheRealitySam]

surpassed them easily lol what? c'mon he's the best in his generation but not all time. big and pac had way more influence than kendrick

[@luisolivas2487]

Sam Clingan that is not true

[@irongiant2328]

nah, big and pac had influence, but kendrick brought hip hop to a whole new level

[@aDyo4o5]

true

[@fishgrz125]

Wtf.... fuck that of this generation shit!!! This nigga Kendrick is THE GREATEST RAPPER EVER!! And I was born in '87, so I ain't no new school nigga or ol head. I know music. Nobody's wordplay, rhyme skill or consistency in hits comes close!!! TBE

[@fishgrz125]

Only Em....So say he's TBE....next to Marshall......either way, he's there!!

[@benzoyage7895]

Ab-soul, MF DOOM, RZA, Rakim, Eminem, KRS ONE, Immortal Technique that's for the rhymes skills

[@phar0ahad3]

yea when ems rhyming about raping old woman and what hes gonna do to his wife hes so conscious....em is trash.....kendrick can rhyme circles around him...white boys always think rhyming fast=amazing lyricism smh...

[@michaelsanchez2126]

fishgrz125 I have to words for your bitch ass lord finesse

[@Mike-hj7gg]

wrong

[@angrytoast1497]

I don't understand how people find it so hard to admit that K. Dot is GOAT. And have no problem saying that Eminem is one.

[@Mindyourbusiness122]

Angry Toast Northsyde 1. 2pac 2. kdot/ audre3000 3.Nas 4.Biggie 5. Jay-z/Shady And every1 else

[@comicconisawesome]

Angry Toast I have so much respect for you, because of this comment and because you have Julia as your profile picture lol

[@angrytoast1497]

Sebastian luna Lol, Hoolia is bae.

[@jordanjplayz1701]

because anyone with any sort of hip hop knowlege will never question why em is in the discussion, do your research outside of my name is kiddo

[@t0mmyt3llam]

I honestly used to love Eminem when I was growing up but now I listen over most of his songs and they are terrible there were childish and made zero sense I honestly can't stand him now only song I rate is Stan 😂

[@liamenglish5632]

Consistency, diversity, variety, quality, lyricism, sales, critical success are all traits attributed to Kendrick. Hes the product of Nas, Pac, Eminem, Ice Cube and Outkast. Like as if he was bred specifically to become an amalgamation of all the best before him. Id say he is definetly in contention for GOAT status.

[@ronaldhonore3454]

Kendrick ain't the g.o.a.t, he be saying shit other rappers already said .

[@ronaldhonore3454]

@abyss d Yeah

[@ronaldhonore3454]

@abyss d Nas did it on illmatic but after illmatic he came out with his own ideas. illmatic was more rakim ideas, and you could see how nas was influence by rakim. Kendrick needs to create his own ideas.

[@NejiNimbus]

Ronald Honore he has he literally based the ideas of his songs on growing up in Compton, the black community, comparing his status from the poor to the rich, etc. they may seem like similar ideas but in reality they are his

[@noahjnobaptiste7738]

Remember.....you can always teach them to be better than you

[@hiphopdx]

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[@guccistain9069]

HipHopDX Word tho, these comments are lit up! Kendrick Lamar is definitely goat material.

[@hiphopdx]

Lots of great points in a lot of directions. Ambrosia For Heads did a story on this video today and pointed out that 5 years in is when most artists start getting into goat consideration. kendrick's put out incredible work regardless of opinion on his alltime ranking.

[@guccistain9069]

HipHopDX Truly, I read a comment that said in ten years if Kendrick is still poppin' he could surpass Tupac level fame. I'm not one to speculate but either way, he's one of my personal all time favourites along with the late great Tupac.

[@Power-gc9cx]

can you do why nas is the goat

[@hiphopdx]

Definitely coming.

[@elwynmabila1385]

Kendrick is the goat, when a rap artist makes music that travels to africa (and all around the world), Cape Town, South Africa to be precise and his message touches kids like me that feel like we live in a madd city. That will always beat any grammy, BET award, chart topping single or streaming numbers, when an artist can bring your into his/her world by showing you that its just like yours, making you feel like you grew up in compton, when you in cape town. That is a true goat candidate if not sure thing.

[@hiphopdx]

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[@MrGreenAKAguci00]

Elwyn Mabila Exactly. I remember him saying in one of the interviews how much he was surprised when he found out his message is universal and reached so many people. I've seen him live twice already and there wasn't any spare space available. Audience was packed and shouting his lyrics together with him, It was in Poland and Czech Republic. He rocks the crowd regardless of place. if Doom is supervillain Kendrick is our super hero. Confident enough not to wear a mask.

[@JiminyCrickets]

@MrGreenAKAguci00 Uhmm...confident enough to not wear a mask? I sorry, brizzle, but I think your consciousness missed the point of the mask completely and hit the twin towers in 2001 instead. No hard feelings though, they were an eyesore anyways. But for clarity, check MF DOOMS lecture in madrid here on youtube around 15-20 min in. The man himself will explain it to you and trust that the message is solid and definitely has nothing to do with lack of confidence...rather, its quite the opposite: confidence in his craft negating the need to sell the person behind the mask, which to many in the music industry has become common practice...so much in fact, that most have forgotten to actually practice their talent (or lack of). I mean, one has gotta sell something if one dont got the skillz, I get that. Drugs and hookers are expensive. To me, MF DOOM and Kendrick are both GOAT material but for different reasons.

[@jeharrington1]

Dude, do you really think an artist such as, say, Tupac didn't have his music go global as hell? Every continent? I live in South America right now. Medellin, Colombia, but I'm from Chicago. I see Tupac shirts everywhere and hear his shit. Pac was global before the internet too. imagine if he'd come up in the early 2000s. Pac is just one example of how others went global. I saw tons of Biggie shirts in Brazil, his music too

[@Carlos777-z7x]

lamar's music is appreciated in Morocco as well

[@basslayer000]

been telling people. but everybody wanna say " he needs this, he needs that. no" name someone better at this time? y'all tripping. snoop handed the nigga the torch. approaching mj's record with the Grammys. and even deeper than that this man's music truly saved my life. high power. its real, its always sound from a english standpoint, listen deeper to the music

[@quilesnoel98]

Jacoby Criswell we gotta wait to see Nas new album then we can judge lol no one has yet to touch Nas imo illmatic is ruthless

[@hendog7322]

Noel Quiles. mos def albulm has and llcool j where he had no features

[@dee_3562]

Jacoby Criswell who is snoop Dogg he make alright music but he can't pass nobody a torch maybe on the west coast?😂😂

[@eliansuarez4331]

Jacoby Criswell J. Cole... I wouldn't say better but they're on the same level

[@justiceblunt1444]

Elian Suarez j cole is overrated trash

[@TheWarlordDrake]

I just came back here after listening to DAMN. If Kendrick puts out another classic album or 2, he won't just be one of the greatest but THE greatest. No rapper ever had such a great album run and if he follows up DAMN. with another great album he basically owns the game. Sure, Drake has more hits, but what makes Kendrick great is that he makes us KNOW that he CAN make hits but he chooses not to. Instead he is slowly building one of the strongest fanbases based on consistency. My personal GOAT Nas didn't even do that. To summarize, he only needs to make 1 more great album and he is undoubtedly the GOAT.

[@keatonnnn]

But DAMN was nothing compared to TPAB. DAMN was good, but he needs to do better than that to be the GOAT.

[@ramonce_yt]

Dude if you consider DAMN a classic album then for you, he already put out 3 classic albums.

[@HandjobHandsome]

Damn is nowhere as good as maaad city or tpab

[@oziwittheshot4571]

DAMN was a great album, if you look into the meaning of certain songs, but not a classic. It was a mainstream album. much like how Jcole makes song like No role modelz, or Work out.

[@TheWarlordDrake]

I agree that TPAB is better than DAMN, but does that make DAMN bad. TPAB is a really tough project to beat. I didn't even say that DAMN is a classic, I said that it is a great album. And if you take a GOAT contender like Eminem, Kendrick has a stronger catalog in my opinion yet somehow Eminem is always put miles ahead of him in GOAT conversations.

[@randm-5281]

Saying he is the " Greatest Rappper Of All Time " is a stretch. There are so many great rappers,you just cant point at him and say hes the greatest.

[@ellievampmtf]

Yeah there really hasn't ever been a "GOAT" (ignore my profile pic xD ) there are just some super dope, influential, lyrical rappers. I would argue though that Kendrick has by far one of the best flows, but of course MF Doom just about has everyone beat on dope word play c;

[@dezzcarter5987]

Kidknapped DOOM Has everyone beat not on just wordplay but as being lyrical as a whole. he's way more complex than any other

[@Mindyourbusiness122]

that guy Northsyde 1. 2pac 2. kdot/ audre3000 3.Nas 4.Biggie 5. Jay-z/Shady And every1 else

[@deven1310]

The reason Kendrick is considered the G.O.A.T. is because his message is so much bigger than just hip hop. He sends a message that transcends above all of us, a message that completely contrasts the music that we listen to today. In an era where we bump shit that just sounds fly, Kendrick rises above to speak on actual problems that exist within our own communities. He uses his platform for something greater, something that everyone else is too ignorant to see.

[@hiphopdx]

That's my favorite thing about him.

[@plmnjioqazzsw7962]

But i dont care about his message ........ i dont need that message ......... for you he is greatest ..... not for others

[@Icycoldonthetrack]

I was hurt when you said he was a better lyricist than Pac... but its true

[@geraldjordan6419]

Nas a better lyricist than both

[@martinmedrano6304]

true but nas doesn't have a four album run as good as kendrick's

[@WastedBananas]

Reshard Watson Pac is not a good lyricist

[@hampusragnarsson9876]

MF DOOM are probaly the best lyricist of all time

[@arrynbeacon8077]

no its not true you fucking idiot

[@pranavmore2066]

Rakim Nas Eminem Kendrick Four Era's, four lyrical geniuses.

[@thepremonator8571]

Yeah true

[@abdoonyt9049]

Replace Eminem with DOOM and Nas with André

[@officialdcw3360]

@@abdoonyt9049 ?? You know that Nas came way before Andre right lmao

[@giacomocampo2358]

@@officialdcw3360 nah outkast released SPCM in 94 same year as Illmatic

[@officialdcw3360]

@@giacomocampo2358 they were not even close to Nas’s popularity at the time it’s like saying Tupac and Em were the same era because Em dropped Infinite in 96

[@bigazi8935]

my top 5 1.kendrick lamar 2.kdot 3.good kid 4.sherane 5.king kunta

[@bigazi8935]

6. halle berry

[@mrstanley7]

+BigAzi halle berry?

[@CHINGONJUICE]

6. Negus

[@bigazi8935]

listen to the song money trees by kendrick lamar

[@0xd34dx0]

BigAzi I gotta put Cornrow Kenny at number 4, fuck that Std having bitch Sherane

[@toongoon9778]

Nice to see the Madvillain vinyl posted up in the back.

[@hiphopdx]

One of my all time favorites. Super classic.

[@devindraco3594]

Matthew Melhuish And Food and Liquor

[@pilotperry4525]

I listen to that album everyday.

[@jpeg204]

Cheetos Doritos and Fritos

[@kevincastillo3625]

hip-hop lives cause of kendrick Lamar

[@hendog7322]

kevin castillo what about mf doom and j.cole

[@kenu3884]

Halim Muhammed j cold doesn't do shit. You can't release one great album and keep hip hop alive.

[@hendog7322]

KENU. Nas can but ik that but you should respect j cole an mc that's not funded by any high coparation

[@eliansuarez4331]

Omar Nasser and J. Cole

[@dmetriusmarch]

Omar Nasser saying jcole is average would lead me to believe u dont listen to bru alot if there was no kendrick lyrically jcole would be the best mainstream rapper tbh

[@Yoko-oe3cv]

8 years later, I can say that Kendrick Lamar is the Greatest Rapper Of All Time

[@thecasualreviewer2148]

He's the greatest rapper of THIS time. And nothing wrong with that.

[@thecasualreviewer2148]

Only thing about Rap these days is that people aren't actually 'listening' to it. They are watching videos. Teenagers listen to the crappiest songs because they have good vids. Then the songs go out of style in 6 months to a year (if even that) So yeah, Kendrick compared to other Crap-Rappers is an easy comparison on a critic's level. He has ZERO COMPETITION. He stays real and a lot of his sound is organic. I personally think he'll get even better and come close to reaching that 2Pac/Biggie mark. He won't be remembered like that obviously, but still, he's a hero in the midst of all these Mumble/Fake Rappers.

[@kevinkatula2379]

To be honest the most lyrI call rapper of this era is Montana of 300

[@aidenwood2273]

I'm just curious who you think is better from the past

[@mrcheckhammmer]

Kendrick is a hip-hop legend. I feel like we're in a time, where we are scared to say anything is as good or better than the classic 2PAC, Biggie, Andre 3000, Wu Tang, A Tribe Called Quest, Eminem. But honestly, we gotta accept that change. Like Eminem was regarded as a legend 3 years after he came out, and Kendrick's been in the game for 6 years almost and we ain't got shit to say to him? No legend status, just a ''he's making moves, got big things ahead of him''. Kendrick is a hip-hop legend and an iconic rapper. He is as good if not better than the guys I listed before.

[@tupacshakur3745]

there is no way that he's the greatest ever though. there's so many more lyrical rappers. it shouldn't be about the number of albums you've released either. and there's no wonder he's so good, I'm his biggest inspiration.

[@BudIce32oz]

You can't be the GOAT if you have writers.

[@user-ml1tw6xx4r]

Cire kdot has writers?

[@BudIce32oz]

Dat Lite Skin Nigga Justin was mentioning Kanye, Drake, etc. during this video as names that come up in GOAT convo today

[@bryce3855]

+Cire He writes his own.. lmao

[@BudIce32oz]

Bryce Cannedy I wasn't talking about Kendrick. See my response above to the guy who deleted his comment lol

[@BGLito]

Facto

[@conor8472]

Nas G.O.A.T video?

[@BigDaddyLante]

Boxing B one great album doesn't make you the goat

[@chillazaraka]

what album aint good at all? tf are you on?

[@suinegdiagne]

Lol so It was written I am and Stillmatic are not good?

[@Kryptdegen]

It was written and stillmatic are classic fuck yall talkin bout? Nas got one of the best catalogues in hip hop. The lost tapes was a near classic album

[@TheTinyTimmyTimTim]

it was written, still matic, and gods son are all classics.

[@JayJulesDRC]

It's been clear, but now it's solidified. GOAT

[@Dodgerz_McFly]

He's too overrated for that title lol

[@thaboinnocent6641]

Kendrick Lamar is GOAT man , anyone who disagree don't know Kendrick and his music .

[@bmst8236]

this is the go to statement for kendrick fans. "You just dont understand" lol

[@TheBigJizz]

Cause its true. If you've only heard singles or radio tracks of ANY artist how can you truly judge their skill or sound? You gonna judge someone based off one song on a 13 track album, then judge them for that one album/mixtape out of 10?

[@Mutezable]

you don't understand he hangs out with famous people, performs in MTV awards, features in MAROON 5 ffs! you can't understand how good of a rapper he is

[@bmst8236]

TheBigJizz But what if the person listened to the whole catalog and still isnt blown away? some of us have heard better music then kendrick's. He just isnt what his hype is.

[@Ekofrennzy]

Thabo Innocent kendrick is not the greatest.

[@paulanicolethomason7252]

This aged well. So well.

[@francisblanc7245]

If biggie after 2 albums can be considered a G.O.A.T then kendrick can easily be put in that convo

[@ashsusjsjekwek8282]

4 albums technically

[@SC-wx6qd]

And many more songs

[@neverstar22]

Biggie is Legend and had his own legacy. That doesn’t mean Kendrick gets the same walk in to the GOAT convo just because biggie did he’s not even from the same era as biggie

[@koolkai4299]

​@Neverstar-X Kendrick is a superior rap artist than Biggie and achieved more in an era that does not value lyrical dexterity and glorifies ignorance on the mainstream level. Longest charting hip hop album ever on the Billboard 200, first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize, largest grossing Hip Hop tour of All-Time. Time to wake up.

[@aldrianspalding4157]

6 years later... Kendrick is the GOAT.

[@bronnsteven4572]

Trash

[@aldrianspalding4157]

@@bronnsteven4572 touch grass

[@450Flamezz]

Listen...I'm a major k.dot supporter it's no question that he's the greatest of this generation. Lyrically unmatched, artistically creative, concept albums, flawless production, raw performance, social awareness and just a pure student of the culture. However, to say he's the G.O.A.T is a bit concerning. We have to consider other amazing careers like Andre 3000, Nas, Tupac, Scarface, Jay, Big, Em etc. He's easily in my top 10 but it's not a stretch to say he has some more work to do and is on his way.

[@jazzjr9594]

Rod Markie true true, but he definitely has the potential to be the greatest

[@Mindyourbusiness122]

Rod Markie Northsyde 1. 2pac 2. kdot/ audre3000 3.Nas 4.Biggie 5. Jay-z/Shady And every1 else

[@450Flamezz]

Of course he's been showing that for years

[@iblameabel]

Rod Markie Lyrically unmatched? Joey would murder him, so would Chris Rivers.

[@DanielGarcia-vu2md]

Abel Abitia between joey and k.dot I'd have to give it to Kendrick honestly. i love joey to death and what he's been doing, even his new style that everyone seems to be hating on but kendrick takes the cake for me. chris rivers tho is a beast on the mic, he deserves more attention

[@yagrammylemons]

In my opinion Kendrick Lamar can GE considered the goat because of his lyrics.He constantly talks about his past and doesn't stray away from who he is. He call things like he sees it in his eyes,he isn't afraid to talk about police brutality on an album or have a controversial performance.Maybe his music doesn't reach the top because most people nowadays just seem to want rappers to talk about how they have money,girls,cars and drink till they pass out.Kendrick doesn't follow down this path instead he give an honest account about life. In his To Pimp A Butterfly album he completely went political while everyone else was just being another rapper mumbling or talking about how they have all of the girls money and liquior

[@hiphopdx]

Great point.

[@grantman552]

word norris

[@yagrammylemons]

HipHopDX Wow thanks I wasn't expecting a response. I appreciate it.

[@hiphopdx]

We're all a part of the same community. Conversations go both ways and you dropped knowledge. I appreciate you.

[@yea4663]

They should replace drake with jcole. Why is drake even in the GOAT conversations?

[@boujeezombie1001]

lol....why is drakes name here. The best rap song i heard from drake was in lord knows ft rick ross in 2011. thats the only time he really went hard. kendrick goes hard all the time.

[@Aeddy35]

Madden Mobile Toots J. Cole can't compare with Kendrick either.

[@yea4663]

Aeddy35 he's 1,000X better tho

[@Aeddy35]

Madden Mobile Toots No he's not LOL

[@Northsyde21]

J Coles average asf

[@djnicksnii6616]

1 2 3 4 5 I AM THE GREATEST RAPPER ALIVE

[@JustJoseph0001]

I'd say Kendrick is the best current rapper of all time

[@Jsmoove8k]

Joe Miller as a lyricist , drake is the better artist overall

[@JustJoseph0001]

King$upreme drake a better hit maker and has a bigger fan base but as a MC and a artist K dot destroys drake no question

[@hugocabrera2971]

Joe Miller agree

[@Ornstam]

well said

[@3rdeyefocused]

"the best current rapper of all time"????? lol im done....

[@ADAJ3KINGANGEL]

Serious question, does a rapper need pop hits to be considered one of the greats?

[@MrMetalbandit]

ADAJ3 Unfortunately with this society of hypebeasts. Yes

[@mastamenace9401]

ADAJ3 No, but to be noticed, yes.

[@TraverseRaps]

not at all, but it'd help. Just like how I think Diabolic is one of the greatest lyricists of all time

[@EagleZtoTheGrave]

You kind of do. It doesn't measure skill as a rapper, but it does say a lot if you can be true to yourself and whats real and get people to vibe with it, ESPECIALLY in a culture and society where its hard for good topics of discussion to get noticed in hip-hop, so it counts for something.

[@bmst8236]

of course, or the rapper in his moms basement that is secretly alot better than kendrick would be the greatest of all time, social effect is a major part of hip hop and discussions of the best in any art or skill

[@bboyfan22]

lyrically and flow wise he's not as good as the greats. period. he's got an important message but he's not fucking with dudes like Nas, Pun, Rakim and Em lyrically. and if he's not as good as the greats he can't be the greatest. of you compare him to his contemporaries, then hes one of the best but that's not the standard I hold him too

[@dasanigga9654]

IniTial91 He's definitely better than Eminem lyrically. He has 3 classic albums, while Nas has 2, and 3000 doesn't even have a solo project. Rakim has 1 classic. And and Rakim are arguably better lyricists, but flow wise, only 3000 is better than Kendrick. Kendrick has delivery, poetry, conceptuality, and storytelling over all of them though. Eminem doesn't even deserve a top spot. He's overrated to be honest.

[@martinmedrano6304]

But to be the greatest I think it goes beyond lyrical ability. You have to be able to put together great songs and more importantly great ALBUMS. While the people you listed are definitely better than him lyrically, I think Kendrick has a more solid discography than all of them (maybe excluding Nas).

[@dasanigga9654]

IniTial91 did you just delete my comment?

[@CephuGaming]

L

[@ilovegodongod8979]

He sure as hellllll is fucking with Pac......

[@abdulkhafidenesi7889]

Kendrick crying on that stage after Snoop, Game passed the west coast hip hop torch to him shows just how much he cares about the genre and the art in its entirety. Respect!

[@KontryBoy706]

ONE OF the greatest of THIS generation.

[@CrzyClips]

KontryBoy706 I agree

[@GrownUpKid94]

KontryBoy706 The best of this generation. Post-2005 for sure.

[@jamesperry6751]

Braven Carlsen best wit wat? wats the best song? best sells? best verse? yall funny

[@gerrinehill6992]

+Rich Chigga Yea if he drops three classics in a row the "Game" is over!

[@Gsteele4321]

Rich Chigga Why? It can be argued that Jay and Nas have 3 classics to their name. Kendrick made his one after the other.

[@MrKing8050]

he is definitely on his way to becoming that, his discography has better track record than most of the mainstream rappers today, I think he is one of the few rappers that definitely would fit that Golden Era

[@pinkricky4016]

MrKing8050 his first 2 albums (not counting section 80) are better than every other rappers first 2. Only rappers with his type of early catalog are Kanye, B.I.G and maybe Nas

[@guero2931]

Pink Ricky Eminem first 2 albums are classics(not counting infinite). Krs 1 was in criminal minded and return of the boom dap. Redmans first 2 albums were dope. Wu tangs first two albums dope. Many rappers have had two really good albums man

[@pinkricky4016]

efren gonzalez of course but Kendricks first 2 are on another level, GKMC is up there with Ready to Die and College Dropout as in debut album impact. TPAB is a masterpiece and will later be seen as the greatest album of all time. No other rapper really has that kind of early catalog

[@Northsyde21]

MrKing8050 Yalll forgetting section 80 and Untitled Unmastered, those are 2 more great albums.

[@vukaleksic3550]

lol Kendrick would be going waaay over people's heads in both the 80s and 90s. TPAB is one of the few albums that actually take time to understand, plus it's layered with incredible instrumentals from the jazz greats of this age--it would've been pretty amazing even without Kendrick on it. Y'all nostalgic af

[@ManUMinute]

To people who say Kendrick is not a GOAT i ask you this. Why is he the only one of this Generation who is consistently compared to and placed above the greats of the past? Like the fact we are even having this conversation about him surely means something

[@chrisd2430]

Tanaka the people who say he's not just don't know what their talking about lol

[@AttaMan]

Lupe

[@hiphopdx]

Agreed. Lu's incredible. He's the reason why I write about rap. We did a Breakdown on him too. Would love to hear what you think.

[@AttaMan]

***** I've watched your breakdown of Lupe. I use it to justify putting him in my top ten when debating with my friends. So thanks for that video.

[@hiphopdx]

Wait til we release the Lupe GOAT piece...

[@BirdGang6]

It’s insane what nostalgia will do to these old heads. Kendrick is far and away the greatest to ever do it and there isn’t a close second.

[@iDenosis]

My personal opinion I think DOOM is the background GOAT then Kendrick

[@goattalk2697]

you mean underground

[@DmizzMOB]

MF DOOM goes hard but monotonous rap is hard to feel it's not soul less but it's is a bit hard to like for some people .

[@martinmedrano6304]

I might not agree, but I understand.

[@20DollarGoldPiece]

mf doom is madly underated

[@3rdeyefocused]

i agree, MF DOOM is very slept on

[@poprocks187]

Here's how I see it: Kendrick thinks Nas is one of the greatest to ever do it. Now Nas is most revered for his debut, Illmatic, arguably one of the best hip hop albums ever made. But Nas hasn't ever topped Illmatic since, despite putting out decent records since and having fame with the jay Z feud. Yet Kendrick still looks at Nas as one of the greats. So I think we should judge on whether a rapper is a goat not just from their discography but on their life outside the album, since that's what is their literal source material. Not only has k dot come through with classic worthy albums, but he has done incredible live performances on Colbert and the Grammys. He held a live concert in the streets of LA on a moving stage (it's on KZbin). He's doing more than the more single chatting rappers that get more radio play. Even if people don't like kendricks music, they respect him because they know his raw talent. Looking at all that, I think that makes him a legend in the making.

[@hiphopdx]

Dope analysis.

[@gdiggedy9]

Kendrick was only 7 years old when Illmatic came out. I'm sure he didn't grow up listening to it. So why would Kendrick refer to Nas as one of the greatest if he only made "decent" albums post-illmatic? It does take more than a great discog, but I think you're giving Nas' catalog the short end. It's a myth that Nas has no classics after Illmatic. He didn't top it, but barely anyone has. So Kendrick has classic worthy albums, while Nas has "decent records". In 2012 Kendrick said Nas' Life is Good was the best album to drop that year. Nas was 39 then. Decent indeed.

[@gdiggedy9]

+Sir Brian exactly! Imagine I Am dropped right now in 2016, the year of Mumble Rap. That album would embarrass anything that dropped this year. It would sound like a masterpiece in today's climate. The bar back then was so much higher.

[@CCullen95]

I hate when people say "Nas has never topped Illmatic". The man produced arguably the greatest hip-hop album of all time, it's a near impossible task for anyone to ever top it, never mind Nas himself. If Kendrick dropped TPAB first, if Kanye dropped MBDTF first (although I personally prefer Late Registration), if DOOM dropped Madvillainy first, people would say the same thing; "Why has he never topped his first album". It's pretty difficult to top near perfection, people need to cut Nas some slack.

[@pvkbro99]

Conor Cullen thats a fair point man. Can't argue with that one.

[@marlenrodgers5279]

Even with all the accolades and awards, I still believe Kendrick Lamar is underrated. that's how great he is.

[@hiphopdx]

Marlen Rodgers agreed. That's wild to think about

[@MaRover66]

Marlen Rodgers yea he should get more recognition for the content he brings out because he talks about real issues and all of his messages have went over peoples heads

[@ianburgess9141]

he is the goat if tupac was here he would approve

[@tupacshakur3745]

u thought wrong

[@ethan_wtn4407]

Tupac Shakur Stop your fucking act man. You look like a child with your Tupac account, you give Tupac fans a bad name. No one gives a shit what you think Tupac would say. Tupac was amazing and is definitely a legend but he’s gone. You can’t just dismiss every GOAT conversation with *but ma Tupac*.

[@jimmynunez2584]

Honestly, the reason i believe most people don't want to put Kendrick in the goat conversation is because hes form the new school. So many people especially the old heads see anything form this era as not up to par with absolutely anything from the 90s, which is ridiculous to me. Personally I already consider K. Dot the goat.. And he's just getting started...

[@Ornstam]

yeah for sure, there is almost a wierd fetishising of the 90's in the hip hop community. I mean sure, there were many greats and the 90's were a fantastic era for hip hop, but this time is as good IMO. To see people build on the tried and true foundations from the 90's to make something even better is as rewarding an experience as anything imo

[@jimmynunez2584]

agree

[@SHADOWxSN1PER]

Ikr, those people annoy the fuck out of me too, and somehow, my younger brother who was born in 2001, never listened to rap a few months ago, developed the mentality of a 90's kid. Now I can't listen to Kendrick or J cole, or Logic, without him saying they suck, and claiming Biggie and Tupac are better.

[@docrussojr]

I'd say he's top 2 of 2010's. LONG SHOT Calling him GOAT of all time.

[@mastamenace9401]

I just don't think no one will EVER have the impact Pac had on the soul, mind, culture, etc. Listening to his music and interviews literally changed my life.

[@connar8852]

MastaMenace tupac is overrated

[@tupacshakur6345]

MastaMenace imagine if Kendrick was speaking out on every platform like pac was , would he then be considered "THE GOAT"??

[@emmanuelmondesir1314]

MastaMenace 2pac was great as far as personality goes but his skills were meh

[@mastamenace9401]

Emmanuel Mondesir That's why I always say Nas is the greatest rapper, Tupac is the greatest artist.

[@mastamenace9401]

southpawmusicgroup I agree. It's just what he spoke about outwieghs everything else for me. But if we're talking actual rap, Nas is GOAT.

[@jordanjplayz1701]

He's right. Only in this generation would an album like TPAB get bashed. He's the last of a dying breed and sadly , this generation doesn't deserve this man. An era that prefers simplistic, watered down content over material that breaks through previous generational standards isn't a generation that deserves to be taken serious

[@SKULLKR3W]

aged so well

[@lovelyla85]

!!!

[@kingjason354]

There is no such thing as a GOAT in music. Music is subjective

[@Ornstam]

But it's still a fun discussion to have (:

[@jordanjplayz1701]

shut the fuck up

[@altaiirmedunamun2761]

Miskeen

[@idkyobro]

STFU you poor excuse of a human

[@xanzibar]

kingjason354 Don't make the children mad.

[@synthdott7954]

Imo When a rapper claims to be GOAT it takes away from their magic

[@monsterwith21faces92]

@LostItt Eminem

[@yokingstream1005]

@@monsterwith21faces92 Eminem is good but not the goat

[@monsterwith21faces92]

@@yokingstream1005 then who is goat

[@jacobm9436]

You, sir, are a gem. This series is amazing.

[@hiphopdx]

Salute. Thank you, Jacob.

[@Jiturra01]

Speaking from the future with an update on Dot....... BAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 🐐 👑

[@bellegarde7822]

best rappers of all time 1 frank ocean 2 lil yachty 3 Kendrick Lamar

[@dv2976]

tyrone nice joke bro

[@Mrkevi123]

Good list from a crack head.lok

[@ynwa8459]

tyrone your a fucking idiot. Lil yachty? are you fucking joking?

[@dillon7981]

this dude just said lil yachty, i can't. lmfaoooooo

[@whooptywhoop7680]

tyrone where's slim Jesus 😡

[@JaeRocReacts]

Geminis are just the greatest. Period. Tupac. Biggie. Kanye. Andre 3000. Kendrick. Lauryn Hill. ect ect. No one can match our natural intellect & imagery

[@tupacshakur6345]

Truly Makel I'm coming back

[@Lilyakiimo]

Truly Makel Earl Sweatshirt Aquarius

[@conduitofthegospeldarrellb9154]

Vic Mensa is too. He's on his way to being a legend. Wait and see.

[@BRobMint]

Lupe Fiasco is an Aquarius...

[@SupahKamiGuru]

Till Vic drops an album he ain't shit.

[@jaywilliams1861]

drake is in g.o.a.t conversations?LMFAO who have you been talking to?

[@cytona]

P Money Eminem the biggest rapper ever

[@raymondsaenz5646]

jay williams hes a pop star not a rapper he should never be in the GOAT convo with other rappers

[@bruhhll8137]

Tupac the biggest rapper ever

[@mozuesolympian2988]

He is in this video because one of kendricks top songs had drake i. It and was a main reason it was so damn popular

[@hto560]

Drake is one of the most popular we'll know enjoyed hip hop artist of all time

[@newmooninlibra]

This definitely aged well❤️

[@moneyvoice24]

kendrick is one of this generations king...jay-z jump on a track with him from his first album he wasn't even super mainstream

[@tupacshakur6345]

Jay Esteban even jay knew that back then

[@718World]

when was jay-z on kendrick's album?

[@prestonstanley4086]

+Clayton Cummings g.k.m.c. on bitch don't kill my vibe remix

[@Mindyourbusiness122]

Jay Esteban Northsyde 1. 2pac 2. kdot/ audre3000 3.Nas 4.Biggie 5. Jay-z/Shady And every1 else

[@KingJTheGr8]

someone finally got the right list

[@villewayy1040]

WE NEED A NEW BREAK DOWN‼️ THIS MAN IS NOW THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME💪🏾👑

[@k.e.l.l8358]

All i have to say to everyone saying "he needs to put out atleast 1 or 2 more great or classic albums" kendrick already has 2 great/classic albums... how many classics did nas,pac,biggie,em,and all the other greats have before they started getting recognized as goats. Its time that we start appreciating the great artist that he is before his music is gone but sadly not that many will appreciate him until the music stops...

[@jessebenitez9583]

Well I feel like what they mean is that we still need that one missing piece of the puzzle longevity and with 2 or 3 more albums that are consistent with his others then that is when we should all consider him the goat

[@postmastersgt1670]

"KENDRICK LAMAR" Training Day (2005) No Sleep 'Til NYC (w/Jay Rock) 2007 C4 (2009) Overly Dedicated (2010) Section.80 (2011) Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012) To Pimp a Butterfly (2015) Untitled Unmastered (2016) Damn (2017) Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)

[@moses2626]

My Top 5. No particular order. 2pac, Eminem, Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, and Biggie.

[@TheKingFromBelow]

Eminem and 2pac aren't as good as everyone thinks. Eminem fell off after the Marshal Mathers LP1.

[@moses2626]

Ryker Vivier my top 5 is not your top 5. For me it's not a debate. I listen to who I relate to. As should you.

[@2pacobama626]

lol burnn

[@TheKingFromBelow]

B L V C K H O L E S M V T T E R burned me soooo hard

[@2pacobama626]

Ryker Vivier He said #MyTopFiveMyG #FoH

[@dudesupremeX]

Thank you Kendrick Lamar. 🐐

[@samguy7654]

The great thing with Kendrick is that he's phenomenal on so many levels which makes him a truly great MC

[@hankbank5172]

I just noticed Kendrick Lamar is not about Materialism, Bragging, Objectifying Women and Money his message is about tremendous & delightful wisdom!

[@thegooseinator9614]

Maybe Kendrick isn't the greatest, but the "he needs to put the work in" argument is bullshit. Biggie Smalls, probably the most obvious choice for GOAT, only made two albums before he died. Eminem and Nas have both had their careers defined by one Albums. Hell, by having two certified classics, Kendrick already has a leg up on a lot of people mentioned among the greats.

[@gdiggedy9]

Em and Nas both have more than 1 classic. Nas set an impossible standard for himself on Illmatic, but many feel It Was Written is even better. You could argue that GKMC is better than TPAB. Does it mean Kendrick is falling off? No. So I can see where you're headed with Em, Nas argument. I agree with your point on Big though. He was phenomenal but his catalogue is too small.

[@hendog7322]

TheGooseinator biggie flow was the best everyone flowed like him after he was dead

[@gdiggedy9]

+Halim Muhammed good point. In the brief time Big was alive his rhyme style and flow was very influential. Kendrick's been putting out music since around 2005 and his style hasn't had nearly the impact. Kendrick doesn't have a great style to mimic. I think the messages in his music are more influential than his style.

[@hendog7322]

gdiggedy9 true

[@onedeadpixel10]

Potatoes69 4 cemented classics? he has 3 cemented classics by my count. Illmatic, It Was Written, and Stillmatic. what's his fourth classic?

[@troyterry3226]

Kendrick is my favorite rapper of the decade but bruh is nowhere near the goat. He needs like 3 more great albums to be in that convo. This is just my opinion tho.

[@hiphopdx]

hes got at least 2 certified classics. arguably 3. regardless of longevity, very few artists have ever reached that.

[@nick9249]

Biggie has two classics. Kendrick has 2-3.

[@chief-long-john]

Troy Terry dude is the most consistent rapper of this decade wtf.

[@roccoSH5]

Jacob Garcia biggie perfected the craft of rapping though, emceeing and flow. 1 album was the greatest double disk hip hop album and one is the few albums let alone debuts to go toe to toe with Illmatic. Plus biggie influence is everywhere. How many people bite his lines, Sample him, Pay homage to him, use the album cover baby in some sort of way, in the convo for best rapper skill wise too. I think BIG the goat due to clear quality over quantity unfortunately, but the quality was def there nobody can deny that. Plus he arguably never been out-rapped.

[@atomicvoid3549]

he needs 6 albums to be considered a GOAT but Biggie has 2 albums and he's already a goat, the hypocrisy is real with this one.

[@omololamohammed2331]

Kendrick Lamar is the greatest rapper to ever exist.

[@MetallicAddict15]

Kendrick and Run the Jewels are the only hip-hop artists that I've truly loved in the past 10 years at least. So what if they don't have chart-topping singles? I want Kendrick to keep up his level of musical quality, originality and devotion to lyricism and message, rather than selling out with catchy but superficial and predictable party songs. If he does that, he will have an undeniable claim to the title of GOAT.

[@MrManCube]

Lyricism and message is boring. Even in the 80s and 90s ppl hated that

[@itsX2024]

Beat selection & Delivery > Lyricsm. Always.

[@ramonce_yt]

Agreed and I like how he selects his music quality on his albums (except for DAMN.) and his lyricsm on his songs that connects together for a storyline (with great beats made by Soundwave, Thundercat, etc.) is what makes him great.

[@mrcheckhammmer]

Wow Kendrick really winning. Biggest most talked about rapper nowadays with great lyrics and incredibly deep meaning, at the same time backed up with great beats and undeniably GOAT voice and delivery. Just perfection

[@jpeg204]

X listen to gkmc and tpab, kendrick has master both

[@KristoffTitan]

I think there should be an update on this story. He just had a number 1 and a number 4 hit both on the same album.

[@samt1352]

he's one of the greatest period

[@footlettucebk2168]

Kendrick will always be the king and the best rapper of all time

[@hustedr5]

"Diss me too Kendrick" Well um, no. You don't want that.

[@upshawjohn94]

This is a pre-DAMN video so imagine what he’ll say today .

[@BreaktheBarrierclips]

HE IS THE GOAT. He's a poet and that's what makes him unique, and man if anyone dared to diss him, he'd diss them so bad it'll end their will to live

[@hebrew26commandmentspower55]

Saul Ruiz Go listen to Killah Priest - The Psychic World of Walter Reed .... that 1 album by Killah Priest destroys Kendrick .... don't believe me go listen ;)

[@jackeichel1901]

go listen to Eminem

[@ixviah]

Jack Eichel you stupid ass nigga

[@majestyarchives16]

Jack Eichel Eminem not the goat

[@yom7720]

dont say that kendrick will diss anyone so bad because eminem had a movie made about him and why you shouldnt diss him. and evey beef he has had he has destroyed. he ended careers buud. And just listen to his beef with mgk, mgk was so scared to reply to killshot that he said he didnt want to "cause to much conflict"

[@eduardorazo2727]

Why is common sooo under rated??😖

[@gdiggedy9]

Common's catalogue is sick!! Resurrection, One Day, Like Water, Be, Finding Forever, Dreamer/Believer. Has longevity. He definitely deserves more shine for sure!

[@poolandmusic]

because Common is a bit of a sellout now and albums such as like water for chocolate get forgotten while he is samboing on the oscars spittin corny mess with John legend. Common has the skill no doubt but yeah he made his choice for the hollywood game. No disrespect it's just the choice he made.

[@triplebasic]

All these Breakdown videos are excellent! Just super well put together and every detail is nice. Well done.

[@ItsMoneyMakingMitch]

damn I subscribed! This might be my new fav channel! I love what you're doing!

[@hiphopdx]

Thank you!

[@mudlup5094]

I feel like after Humble he won't be able to be ignored much longer, just saying

[@colinm3416]

humble was ass

[@ramonce_yt]

King Kunta Yeah it is but it brought more people into his music (like me)

[@invertexto.]

kdot can be the best of all time if he puts out 1 to 2 albums on the level of GKMC and TPAB. He's the best rapper of this generation already but of all time, he'll have to do that

[@tupacshakur6345]

Myles John next album finna be more consciously aware then the last haven't you noticed?

[@ryerock32]

The question is why does he need to have more albums on that level. Section 80 is arguably his best work. Pac had 2 great albums. Biggie had 2 great albums. Nas had 2 great albums, Jay had 2.5-3 great albums, Wayne had 2. The only people in the GOAT conversation with more than 3 classics are Outkast and Kanye.

[@deedizeldafreak]

ryerock32 so illmatic , it was written, stillmatic & god son ? that's 4

[@ryerock32]

DeeDiZeL Stillmatic and God's Son aren't widely considered classics. Nobody bases their argument for Nas being the GOAT off of God's son and Stillmatic (and keep in mind I consider Nas the GOAT).

[@KaizerMan]

The thing is Kendrick's two classics are concept albums more focused on telling a story and delivering a message than showing his skills. He's different to all the previous legends. Let's be honest, if he made two albums full of verses like his Control verse or his Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe remix verse then he'd be mentioned alongside the greats.

[@EayuProuxm]

4:21 All money aint good money. Kendrick doesn't shine bc of his associations, or his antics or his relationships with women. He shines bc of his lyrical skill and musical accomplishment. That's his brand! Sounds like a certain other rapper REALLY NEEDED to hear that, but missed it.

[@afeghali21]

He is on his way to becoming the GOAT no doubt 1000%

[@michaelosoro563]

Everyone has there opinion on who is the greatest. That's why Hip Hop is Great. But the fact that ILLMATIC pops up in all these conversations and it was released in 94' says a lot about the album and the artist.

[@quilesnoel98]

Michael osoro that's what I'm saying. I wasn't even born when illmatic came out but it's got to be the best album I heard all my life

[@jayskemanoa9482]

Nas is in the top 2 greatest of all time. Undeniably

[@dave132f]

Tupac is the G.O.A.T there is no debating

[@Mindyourbusiness122]

Ace Austoom Northsyde 1. 2pac 2. kdot/ audre3000 3.Nas 4.Biggie 5. Jay-z/Shady And every1 else

[@comicconisawesome]

Ace Austoom tupac is overrated af

[@wais_45]

no he's not pac is top 3 locked

[@geraldvounas6082]

nah k dot for life

[@bruhhll8137]

nah nigga tupac is most influential. He wrote 4 tracks in a hour and finished album in a week. Hes best songwriter

[@AlexM-gs4ud]

Kendrick is definitely one of the greatest of all time. It's just nobody wants to admit it because he's new school. In the near future people will look back at Kendrick's work and say he was one of the greatest to ever touch a mic.

[@FS-gt9ww]

Kendrick Lamar is the greatest rapper of this generation!!!!

[@theclick6865]

lyrical ability is not enough to make you the GOAT

[@MTA077]

To be considered as a GOAT you must be dead. Sad, but true.

[@ronalddregan5661]

Michael Jordan

[@MTA077]

Ronald Dregan or retired. you are right bro.

[@jessieworld7875]

Na Nas is the goat.

[@vinelpgfx]

andre 3000 ? eminem? jay z? nas? ghostface? doom?

[@robbingel3139]

Tom Brady

[@kh7688]

As a 30 year old, the cynic in me doesn't want to admit it but this guy is something truly special. He isn't the greatest yet but his trajectory is such that barring any major speed bumps, he will finish in the top 10 of all time. However a part of me does feel that the hype around him is a little extreme. There isn't anyone on his level so naturally he shines that much brighter. Also I feel as though there's room for only one conscious rapper at a time these days. I can't remember the last time two great lyricists have enjoyed concurrent success. This isn't to take anything from Kendrick. He is great but he could do with some serious competition. Please don't throw in names like Drake, Big Sean or J.Cole. One is a popstar/actor, the other is an above average punchline rapper and as much as I love J.Cole, he isn't Kendrick. We had Rakim, KRS ONE, Big Daddy Kane and LL. We had Pac, B.I.G, Snoop, Ice Cube, Nas and Jay We've even had DMX, Andre 300, Eminem, Kanye, Mos Def, Common and Lil Wayne. I know I've missed so many out but my point is all these guys cultivated legendary status' despite the stiff competition. Unfortunately Kendrick doesn't have that and as such we're latching onto him like he's the last of a dying breed...maybe he is and maybe that's what makes him even more special (I know I've just reneged on everything I'd written, what can I say? I'm a contradiction).

[@justicedarling8149]

Kendrick will forever be my favorite rapper ever since I first heard to Pimp a Butterfly. I loved his previous albums but its hard to top Em in two albums

[@leon-kx1ex]

Slim shady LP>section 80 Mmlp

[@pungkhagoyary8983]

@@leon-kx1ex clean your ears please

[@HiBrid9]

@@leon-kx1ex revival isn't trash it's ok and kamikaze was fine and mmlp and gkmc are even

[@rem6952]

@@HiBrid9 And revival was terrible you'd have to be a real stan to think not

[@HiBrid9]

@@rem6952 I'm not stanning it was different it wasn't bad

[@dj-fuzz]

Daaaaaaaaaaaamn. That moment of "passing the torch" really got to me.

[@jopiemackey]

Kendrick lamar #1 the king hell yes

[@wozing]

I haven't seen that outro clip before. It almost brought me to tears. To have a heavyweight like Snoop Dogg tell you to "run with it, it's yours," must be one of the greatest things you can hear. That means that you not only have the intellectual and musical talent, but you also have the eye of pop-culture. With those two combined, the only thing that could hold you back is yourself.