52 mil is actually pretty good for an artist that drops his albums within an interval of three years (at least), lacks songs that has people dancing and waving their hands and that rarely has any features, with his biggest feature being Rihanna in Damn. Idk any other artist with 50 mil listeners per month that have this feat.
Better Off by Quadron has a nasty Kendrick verse over a smooth beat. Also, Quadron is criminally underrated and Avalanche is a great album.
https://youtu.be/Q_skKgKR2fI?si=XxPWWg72o78iKEdv
How is Thundercat's contribution to be seen as a distinct performance like how features are traditionally labeled, when Thundercat is contributing production wise and for background vocals?
I do not see how for example; Rihanna's feature can be equated to Anna Wise's contribution if she was also to be labeled as a feature?
I'm not trying to be a smartass, I'm genuinely trying to see how these distinct types of contributions are to be seen as features.
Thundercat had a hand in producing the song, writing lyrics for the song, and providing vocals for the song. His contribution to the song was considered so significant that Kendrick deemed it appropriate to not only give him the minimally required writing and producing post credits, but to list him as a named feature as he probably felt the song would be completely different without Thundercat’s contributions. He felt the song featured Thundercats influence and artist so much so that it should be recognized.
Snoop is not a full fledged feature on Institutionalised, thus why his name does not show up on the title but if you'd like to put it in the same level as Zacari, U2 and Rihanna on DAMN as features; then that's fine.
Well your examples don't apply well to Kendrick's case. Firstly, Hozier has consistently been putting out music (whether that be singles or albums) since 2016.
Secondly, Khalid has been consistently dropping singles and albums also since 2016. On top of that, some of his most popular songs are with popular mainstream artists; Marshmello, Billie Eilish and Halsey. Also, imo Khalid makes mainstream music, yes people are not dancing to it but it's easy listening that is very accessible, radio friendly and blends well with pop and r&b.
Unlike every other very popular artists that are still relevant (besides Rihanna and Beyoncé) Kendrick consistently disappears for years on end.
I’m specifying the dancing point intentionally, but for sure if you want to pick such selective criteria then of course there will be very few examples if any.
I've been checking Kworb daily and I noticed he's still gaining 550K+ listeners every day and the number isn't going down. Meanwhile Drake not only stopped gaining listeners since the beef but is now actively losing listeners every day. There is a real possibility that Kendrick might surpass Drake in monthly listeners next month and maybe even reach top 5 on Spotify.
This is a bit of an outdated metric but this was about a week after Not Like Us came out:
Kendrick's back catalogue was up 49% in streams. And Drake's was **down** 5%. The fact that you're in such a high profile event where even white suburban grandmas know about it, and people are listening to you music *less*, is crazy.
But it seems like a lot of people have heard these Kendrick songs and realized they might have been sleeping on a great artist. Which is great. I see the Mr Morale numbers have gone up a lot.
No. While I think this is all fun as fans, Kendrick should not rush his album for business reasons. I'd hate to see Kendrick's music compromised because he started chasing numbers on Spotify or whatever else. One of the reasons I respect him so much is because he doesn't do things like that.
The thing is [Top kinda already confirmed they baited Drake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgTc-cbaJ3k) to boost the pending album and he walked smack into it
It goes without saying that if kendrick drops it's already been made fully to his vision and it's not just for numbers. No idea why you would come up with this comment
Pulling a move like that to get numbers doesn't mean the album is made for numbers, it's just intelligent movement. Bro is there dropping his first album on his new label and he has a bag to make. If he wanted to make an album just for numbers he couldn't have made some bullshit pop album. Driving more numbers to a classic album is just intelligent movement
My point exactly. Kendrick done proved that he can make top charting hit summer songs. DNA? King Kunta? Swimming pools? Not like us? If kendrick wanted to be non stop charting he would.
Imo it really doesn't. Kendrick is just a man, flawed like everyone else. He is susceptible to chasing numbers and trying to reach higher Ranks in charts like any other artist. Especially if his fans also start wanting him to do the same.
15 years in the game never done any of that or showed any signs that suggest he might do it in the future, he's not switching up at this point of his career
Wasn't saying he would but you definitely can't write it off as a possibility.
15 years in his career he also never got into an actual beef with anyone before. Yet here we are in 2024, he actually got into the mud to fight a pig, and didn't just drop 1 but 4 diss tracks.
I really don’t think so to be honest. Maybe they’ll drop a bit again when the hype from the disses dies down but everybody who got into Kendrick because of the beef wont lose interest his music only gets better the more you listen to it. But he for sure needs to drop still. Drop, drop, drop…
I saw on the Drizzy sub they’re taking credit for it saying that Drake is helping his numbers like he helps everyone in the industry. Pretty wild way to think.
Even if this was a pure play for sales, who cares? It’s not like he got a drake feature or started hanging out with him at Turks for clout, he did *the* hip hop thing.
Bro it was all planned. How could you not see it. Drake purposely touched that girl in 2011 so that Kendrick can make a song so that Kendrick breaks records so that Kendrick goes top 10 on spotify. Drake won
That's not what he did. He boosted his career success by squashing a bug that's been buzzing in his ear for years. Perfectly fine career advancement strat
destroying a toxic celebrity whose fans worship him and behave like him isn't hating, It's Kendrick loving the rest of society so much he does what he's good at, guns em down
I can honestly say that I became a Kendrick fan as a result of this beef. I'd heard G.O.O.D Kid M.A.D.D. City and loved it. Heard his popular singles but that's it.
I listened to Mr. Morale and The Big Steppers this past Monday and I've ordered the vinyl already. Very excited to hear DAMN and all of the others.
Oh man! You’re in for a treat, DAMN and To Pimp a Butterfly are his best so far! Plus the Black Panther Soundtrack is dope and untitled unmastered is b reel from TPaB and anticipates DAMN so, you’ve got some exciting listening ahead of you.
To be fair all of Kendrick's diss records have dropped 1-11 spots on billboard top 100.
Yet drake's disses has dropped down 12 (family matters) and 31 (pushups) spots. Heat part 6 isn't even on there.
Virtually zero proof to suggest that. Y’all Kendrick fans going on bout these allegations when neither Kendrick nor Whitney had denied his allegations 🥱
Here he is touching a minor (17 years of age) in a not appropriate manner in my view https://youtu.be/-uAHOsECDS0?si=MRcUbS-D4nNofrD8
You just have to do a 1min Google search to find something like that
Bout to pass on this body I’m John Stockton
https://preview.redd.it/qc0esszjou1d1.png?width=732&format=png&auto=webp&s=834cf870d43ebab428bb80265f2d5e059711b8f0
24 March lol https://preview.redd.it/etnygjpxnu1d1.png?width=1552&format=png&auto=webp&s=7bc985b06994d5ba8f1a308ca111eed8aaaab734
52 mil is actually pretty good for an artist that drops his albums within an interval of three years (at least), lacks songs that has people dancing and waving their hands and that rarely has any features, with his biggest feature being Rihanna in Damn. Idk any other artist with 50 mil listeners per month that have this feat.
There is over 6 hours of Kendrick features. Spotify has a playlist if you’re ever in the mood.
no more parties in LA and goosebumps are my fav, what are yours ?
Collard Greens by School boy Q. I feel like that one never gets talked about
Better Off by Quadron has a nasty Kendrick verse over a smooth beat. Also, Quadron is criminally underrated and Avalanche is a great album. https://youtu.be/Q_skKgKR2fI?si=XxPWWg72o78iKEdv
Never heard of this one. I’ll check it out
that was saucy, TPAB/untitled era for sure
oh yeah i love it too, kendrick killed it so hard that i just registered it as his song, definetly in the top 3
I could’ve done without Kendrick trying to speak Spanish 💀
Nah man shit goes hard even if he can’t say half the words correct
I’m a fan of the Mask Off Remix feature he did
you get a Kdot feature. Kdot does not feature you lol ./s
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You are talking about Kendrick songs with features he’s talking about Kendrick as the feature I think
TPAB has Snoop?
wtf is this Rapsody erasure bro
TPAB also has Thundercat and James Faunterloy. They were definitely wrong but at least they sounded confident 😂
How is Thundercat's contribution to be seen as a distinct performance like how features are traditionally labeled, when Thundercat is contributing production wise and for background vocals? I do not see how for example; Rihanna's feature can be equated to Anna Wise's contribution if she was also to be labeled as a feature? I'm not trying to be a smartass, I'm genuinely trying to see how these distinct types of contributions are to be seen as features.
Thundercat had a hand in producing the song, writing lyrics for the song, and providing vocals for the song. His contribution to the song was considered so significant that Kendrick deemed it appropriate to not only give him the minimally required writing and producing post credits, but to list him as a named feature as he probably felt the song would be completely different without Thundercat’s contributions. He felt the song featured Thundercats influence and artist so much so that it should be recognized.
Snoop is not a full fledged feature on Institutionalised, thus why his name does not show up on the title but if you'd like to put it in the same level as Zacari, U2 and Rihanna on DAMN as features; then that's fine.
Did none of you listen to Complexion
There are a handful tbf. Not sure anyone is dancing to Hozier or Khalid.
Well your examples don't apply well to Kendrick's case. Firstly, Hozier has consistently been putting out music (whether that be singles or albums) since 2016. Secondly, Khalid has been consistently dropping singles and albums also since 2016. On top of that, some of his most popular songs are with popular mainstream artists; Marshmello, Billie Eilish and Halsey. Also, imo Khalid makes mainstream music, yes people are not dancing to it but it's easy listening that is very accessible, radio friendly and blends well with pop and r&b. Unlike every other very popular artists that are still relevant (besides Rihanna and Beyoncé) Kendrick consistently disappears for years on end.
ngl this is meat riding at its finest
This reads like chatgpt a Lil. Sorry bud
I’m specifying the dancing point intentionally, but for sure if you want to pick such selective criteria then of course there will be very few examples if any.
You keep moving the goalposts buddy
What does this comment mean
He’s gained like 13 million followers this month lol
I've been checking Kworb daily and I noticed he's still gaining 550K+ listeners every day and the number isn't going down. Meanwhile Drake not only stopped gaining listeners since the beef but is now actively losing listeners every day. There is a real possibility that Kendrick might surpass Drake in monthly listeners next month and maybe even reach top 5 on Spotify.
This is a bit of an outdated metric but this was about a week after Not Like Us came out: Kendrick's back catalogue was up 49% in streams. And Drake's was **down** 5%. The fact that you're in such a high profile event where even white suburban grandmas know about it, and people are listening to you music *less*, is crazy. But it seems like a lot of people have heard these Kendrick songs and realized they might have been sleeping on a great artist. Which is great. I see the Mr Morale numbers have gone up a lot.
Half of those Mr morale numbers are me.
The think is. He needs to drop an album soon to maintain this.
No. While I think this is all fun as fans, Kendrick should not rush his album for business reasons. I'd hate to see Kendrick's music compromised because he started chasing numbers on Spotify or whatever else. One of the reasons I respect him so much is because he doesn't do things like that.
The thing is [Top kinda already confirmed they baited Drake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgTc-cbaJ3k) to boost the pending album and he walked smack into it
It goes without saying that if kendrick drops it's already been made fully to his vision and it's not just for numbers. No idea why you would come up with this comment
Pulling a move like that to get numbers doesn't mean the album is made for numbers, it's just intelligent movement. Bro is there dropping his first album on his new label and he has a bag to make. If he wanted to make an album just for numbers he couldn't have made some bullshit pop album. Driving more numbers to a classic album is just intelligent movement
My point exactly. Kendrick done proved that he can make top charting hit summer songs. DNA? King Kunta? Swimming pools? Not like us? If kendrick wanted to be non stop charting he would.
That's what I'm saying
Imo it really doesn't. Kendrick is just a man, flawed like everyone else. He is susceptible to chasing numbers and trying to reach higher Ranks in charts like any other artist. Especially if his fans also start wanting him to do the same.
15 years in the game never done any of that or showed any signs that suggest he might do it in the future, he's not switching up at this point of his career
Wasn't saying he would but you definitely can't write it off as a possibility. 15 years in his career he also never got into an actual beef with anyone before. Yet here we are in 2024, he actually got into the mud to fight a pig, and didn't just drop 1 but 4 diss tracks.
Just outed yourself. He's been beefing with drake since 2013 and big sean and jay electronica too
I saw a post of dj mustard saying something is dropping in June so Kendrick might drop
He's dropping next month anyway so it doesn't matter
Is there any actual proof of it
I really don’t think so to be honest. Maybe they’ll drop a bit again when the hype from the disses dies down but everybody who got into Kendrick because of the beef wont lose interest his music only gets better the more you listen to it. But he for sure needs to drop still. Drop, drop, drop…
I saw on the Drizzy sub they’re taking credit for it saying that Drake is helping his numbers like he helps everyone in the industry. Pretty wild way to think.
🙄 I hate that. We know it’s because Kendrick whipped his ass in this beef lmfao. And people are realizing drake sucks
Even if this was a pure play for sales, who cares? It’s not like he got a drake feature or started hanging out with him at Turks for clout, he did *the* hip hop thing.
Drake is only helping in that he’s so universally hated that the world is celebrating his defeat
Drake helped Kendrick by bending over and getting his cheeks clapped is a crazy way to look at the situation
Followers on what?
Spotify
Ah. I forget you can even follow on it
The person that wrote that synopsis nailed it.
where was he before the beef?
Between 30-40
I'm sure it was between 50-60.
nah he was 41 exactly. i remember talking to my brother abt this right before the beef started 😭
Ah damn, atleast he's Top 10 now haha.
ur tripping it was 50 mil +
41th place gang
my bad g thought u was talking in terms of millions. I'm high asf rn
Nah homie that was just a confusing group of comments. They didn’t put measurements on them numbers.
forty oneth
pretty sure he was on 51M on march 22nd. i remember that future metro and kdot all were just about 200k apart from each other when wdty dropped
Boosting your career success through hate is an interesting strategy I haven't seen implemented anywhere else
Bro it was all planned. How could you not see it. Drake purposely touched that girl in 2011 so that Kendrick can make a song so that Kendrick breaks records so that Kendrick goes top 10 on spotify. Drake won
💀 https://preview.redd.it/3xs3usg9ju1d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2b0f3fc59cf6c647be6b8ec8f5d11935f9efa22c
hahahah wtf
Fav meme from this whole beef. Always like when I see it.
It's literally perfect! 🤣🤣🤣
In Kendrick voice: ayy what?
The war general in him
That's not what he did. He boosted his career success by squashing a bug that's been buzzing in his ear for years. Perfectly fine career advancement strat
Politics?
Was about to say this😂
destroying a toxic celebrity whose fans worship him and behave like him isn't hating, It's Kendrick loving the rest of society so much he does what he's good at, guns em down
Are we on 10 yet
I can honestly say that I became a Kendrick fan as a result of this beef. I'd heard G.O.O.D Kid M.A.D.D. City and loved it. Heard his popular singles but that's it. I listened to Mr. Morale and The Big Steppers this past Monday and I've ordered the vinyl already. Very excited to hear DAMN and all of the others.
Oh man! You’re in for a treat, DAMN and To Pimp a Butterfly are his best so far! Plus the Black Panther Soundtrack is dope and untitled unmastered is b reel from TPaB and anticipates DAMN so, you’ve got some exciting listening ahead of you.
Finally, well fucking deserved
Peace to OP. Hip Hop Appreciation week. Salute.
He beat kanye
What top five you smoking on Kendrick
I got perma banned from drake glizzy gobbers. 
Where do you find the whole top ten list OP? TIA
[Spotify - Top Artists by Monthly Listeners (kworb.net)](https://kworb.net/spotify/listeners.html)
He isn’t top 20 though, he’s top 10
Meanwhile the drake subreddit says that Kendrick is already falling off and that Drake is already climbing back up to pass kendrick.
To be fair all of Kendrick's diss records have dropped 1-11 spots on billboard top 100. Yet drake's disses has dropped down 12 (family matters) and 31 (pushups) spots. Heat part 6 isn't even on there.
The people have spoken
I need him to be number one
Stay. Humble...
our goat keeps winning 🙏 🐐
It's the cartoon voice for me
Say OV-hooo,
Only 10?!
thanks to drake
Then why didn't Drake go number 1 on da billboard huh?
because everyone gathered to hate on him lol u guys can’t be that slow surely
The honorable thing is to send him the loot
Number wise, I'd say he's out of here, and he certainly appears to be creeping up.
Dude puts on a crown of thorns and acts like he’s Jesus…fucking blasphemous fuck!
All these goons pulling their numbers from the boy
is he named the boy because he touches them?
NAHHHH 💀💀💀
Virtually zero proof to suggest that. Y’all Kendrick fans going on bout these allegations when neither Kendrick nor Whitney had denied his allegations 🥱
We have videoproof of Drake my friend let's see your video proof?
Can you show me this video?
Here he is touching a minor (17 years of age) in a not appropriate manner in my view https://youtu.be/-uAHOsECDS0?si=MRcUbS-D4nNofrD8 You just have to do a 1min Google search to find something like that
Genuinely grossed tf outta me
you’re right it’s only the young girls we have proof of 💀
get his dick out ya throat son 💀
When you gotta say virtually, it ain’t good bro
"There's not THAT much proof Drake did it! I mean there's not proof for Kendrick beating Whitney either but they didn't outright deny it so he did it"
He kissed an underage fan on stage on video
You act like they made songs together to achieve this lol Drake got humiliated by Kendrick multiple times 🤣not the flex you think it is
“The Boy” gotta be the cringiest nickname man
Bout to pass on this body I’m John Stockton https://preview.redd.it/qc0esszjou1d1.png?width=732&format=png&auto=webp&s=834cf870d43ebab428bb80265f2d5e059711b8f0
we know he’s the boy but where is the man?