Kendrick Vs. Eminem

Hey guys,

The reason i'm opening this thread is becauze i just had a 2 hour conversations with friends about it,

In which it began by one of them saying kendrick is lyrically better then any other rapper at the moment (minus NAS, 2Pac, Biggie, LL Cool J) but they did compare him to eminem and believe he is lyrically just as good, if not better.

I took side of eminem , and i supported it with a fuck load of proof, but they think kendrick is like martin luther king on political issues at the moment making him have much more influence on the rap game then eminem.

They back this up with his songs that began chants, but those chants began because it was taunting a group that already had an almost seal-broken rage due to the killings that were occuring at that time, so it didn't take much for it too occur.

Opinions, please not unintellegent comments, i mean sure go ahead, but i'll be responding to good opinions and proof provided

My opinion; due to Space bound, when i'm gone, Stan, toy soldiers, cleaning out my closet, mockingbird, and i could list more which i won't. Eminem has had a much larger lyrical impact to this day.

Cheers

Great insight provided by Speckt:

 

You can't really compare the two considering the different points at their careers they are at, Eminem simply has much more content out there than K dot does.

 

I'd have to say Eminem for the time being because of a few hit singles he's made.

In all honesty, I'd have to see more from Kendrick to be able to differentiate my opinion.

 

Kendrick is probably the most lyrical mainstream artist in history. Tupac is ridiculously overrated as a lyricist. I'd give Kendrick the nudge in front of Eminem.

 

Both solid. At this point Eminem but cause he's been around for some time. Give it a little and maybe K comes on top of him (more than likely).

 

100% disagree with tupac being overrated, but too each his own.

Don't get me wrong, i love Kendrick, but when have you stopped and been like "woah, that was an amazing lyric"? Can you truly remember a line off the top of your head or a full song that moved you?
I mean some of Em's verses' even in song's he featured
i.e Forever by Drake, i believe Em's verse was what made that song so deadly.

Maybe, only maybe, will Kendrick get ahead of Em, but as far as i've listened, you don't know the meaning or some of the lyrics behind Kendrick's song's unless you know his childhood, and his perspective behind the song's he writes.

Whereas, Eminem's songs are open-ended and can be understood without knowledge of previous past experiences of his, or even any research needed.

I'm loving the input though guys! p.s. for the next mod/admin who reads this, can i get that BOGLA event shit removed off my user title. Cheers.

 

Tupac was real, that's what seperates him from artists today. He spits about hardship and the troubles around his neighborhood, people relate to that and understand that he's genuine. Now a days we have to deal with bozo one hit wonders who talk about hoes and money claiming they're from the hood but they've never had to struggle. Tupac was and always will be a Legend. As for Kendrick, he's a great lyricist but not as good as Eminem. Eminem is and has been the best in the game for a long time now.

 

I actually 100% agree with this. I am going to add this to my OP.

 

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"I know some rappers using big words to make their similes curve,
My simplest shit be more pivotal."

Em's verse in Forever was hot tho, there's no way to discount that.

Tupac is 100% the most overrated artist probably ever... Kendrick has rapped about those first two sentences of your post better than anyone in the last two decades... just check HiiPower for instance

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eminem no doubt,, not even close between these 2

 

Kendrick

 

At the moment, Kendrick has a lot more impact on the game than Eminem. Overall, Eminem has had a lot more impact on the game than Kendrick. I love them both, but Kendrick is hot af right now and more recently, I think his lyrics have been "better" than slim's.

 

Hmmm i'm missing something in K dot's lyrics... I just don't feel the rap done by him..

 

Kendrick is the new version of hip hop/rap, whos trying to collect the rest of the fans who r still into old school.

new generation screwed it up , -.- tight pants , ugly lyrics , unqualified beats.

 

I'll just leave this here.

 

Eminem has good songs. The Eminem Show was amazing for the time (2000).

Bitch Please, and especially fuckin... Drips by Eminem and Obie Trice. !!

 

2015 was Kendrick's year. and all he did was drop an album

Obviously in terms of influence the two are incomparable but even in terms of the Eminem songs you listed as influential, those were all influenced by CD in terms of pushing hip hop into predonimantly gangster shit into that soulful sound

 

Why just Eminem vs Kendrick? Loads of great rappers out there right now, those 2 are just a few in a great bunch.

 

Eminem, Kendrick isn't that great imo. Eminem is str8 godly

 

Music is subjective and I don't think we can objectively say someone is better than someone else. In my opinion, I think they are both good story tellers and Kendrick Lamar mentions politics in some of his songs. On the other hand, Eminem has extraordinary vernacular and is able to come up with witty rhymes and stories. I think Eminem's Prime was during the early 2000s but I pick Eminem for sure.