"good kid, m.A.A.d. city" - Kendrick Lamar (Oct. 22nd, 2012)

[King Lance]

its like an indirect message though
btw...

heard that Kendrick won the title of best lyricist @ BET Awards 2012 against jay-z, Nas, J cole and Kanye

[Man1x]

Should be Nas!

No

[Man1x]

Kendrick deserved it this year tbh, Nas has been regurgitating the same album for nearly twenty years.

Anyway, I don't think an iTunes copy is coming out on October 2nd... I think "early copy" actually means pre-order. I hope I am wrong.

[Man1x]

Kendrick deserved it this year tbh, Nas has been regurgitating the same album for nearly twenty years.

How so? He didn't really do anything this year.

He dropped MANY guest verses, two singles, and some of his songs leaked. Plus, if you count last year (which they may be, I don't know), he dropped Section.80

[Man1x]

Lord forbid Kendrick get an award, damn... I'm just making the case for why he deserves it. Personally, I think he does. He dropped 40+ verses this year alone (2012). You don't need to drop an album to be nominated. Nas dropped Life is Good, cool. It's a solid album, but can get boring. It also sounds like he is still trying to recapture that Illmatic sound and feel, but once again failed. You think he'd learn after nearly twenty years. J Cole didn't drop an album, and almost no verses this year anyway (2012), Kanye only dropped some verses on Cruel Summer and some verses here and there, and Jay-Z had only a few guest verses. So, if you're talking about quantity, K. Dot got it. Also, I personally believe if you talking about quality, K. Dot got it.

Tech N9ne wasn't even the discussion in and, like you said, he wasn't nominated. Personally, quality over quantity, so I don't even care if he dropped four projects. They didn't pick Tech N9ne for a reason, and I agree with it. Okay, you already know I think E.B.A.H. sucked bar two tracks, the collaboration album lacked in major replay value (except Slave, I bump that a lot still), All 6's & 7's was a solid album but not the best of it's year or even top 5 (also gets boring, I can't listen to it all the way through like every Tech project), and Klusterfuk is seriously the only reason I would see him even being nominated. However, he wasn't.

[LIL_B]

Man1x bout to go ham

[Man1x]

Well, you walked into a conversation where I was saying he deserved the award and said I dick ride Kendrick, so I gave you a response. If you maintain your last response then your first one was off topic and irrelevant.

Life is Good is a modern verison of everything Nas has ever done. Maybe the beats sound a little more mainstream, but the tone and overall sound hasn't differed since he began rapping. The only time he has ever truly stepped out of the Illmatic formula was on Distant Relatives. Look at it this way, Distant Relatives was a U-Turn into the right lane, every other album by Nas before and after (except Illmatic), was Nas trying to get into the HOV lane. Instead, he kept on getting side swiped off the road to start at ground zero.

Now, I enjoy nearly all of Nas's work and I'd say he's one of the best, but to say he doesn't live in the shadow of Illmatic means you are just blind. He has never stepped out of his comfort zone except for once. Has he ever topped Illmatic? No. Will he ever top Illmatic? Not if he chases it every album he puts out.

Anyway, Nas doesn't sing his own hooks like Eminem does, so he sucks...

[I'mShady]

I don't think this shit will come out online on the second. He said early copies, hence the ones from the pre-orders,
and then the rest on the 22nd...

[Man1x]

@Rev, well then that includes Section.80 and just strengths my argument.

[Ruffryder247365]

If any of you guys think Kendrick doesn't deserve the "best lyricist" award then you're just in denial. He's so lyrical and deep at the same time that it reminds me of Em on his first 3 LPs. K. Dot filled this void in hip hop that's been there for a while, to me. I'm hoping Eminem really comes back on his next album and blows me away but lately it just hasn't been there. I'm not the "bitching" fan type either and I'm willing to be patient and wait for Em's next LP. But I'm so glad I have Kendrick to fill that void or I don't think I would even listen to hip hop. If I was going to get accused of dickriding any mc, I would definitely want it to be Kendrick. I haven't heard a bad guest verse from him this year and 90% of the songs he's put out have been top quality.

[King Lance]

Preview of a new song :
produced by Hit-Boy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... Zijf06V9k0

I need the CDQ

[Man1x]

Tbh, I was just about to post that. Apparently he preformed Money Treez too

[King Lance]

Tbh, I was just about to post that. Apparently he preformed Money Treez too

only kdot is fater than me
btw, if kdot won the award of best lyricist, its because a lot of people voted for him and they think kdot deserved the award, more than any other artist from that group

[Man1x]

"Martin had a dream, uhhhhhh, KENDRICK HAD A DREAM!"

[King Lance]

by the way, I'm searching on some 2pac's forums and when ppl are asked who is the best west coast rapper at the moment, they (all) say at first : Kendrick lamar then school boy Q , jay rock and other artists