Good kid mad city being compared to Illmatic? WTF

[King Of The Greater Los Angeles Area]

not even close...i mean wow i like kendrick but seriously wtf

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/editorials/id.2012/title.the-west-coast-illmatic-good-kid-maad-city-the-evolution-of-hip-hop-storytelling

[Gamestarr]

GKMC had better beats.

[BiggBoogaBiff]

even tho the Gap in Hip Hop has to be bridged its kind of like a catch 22 the way the media always tries to say you can either like 1 style or another.  


i agree with u as far as comparing the two albums go, its rediculous.  Kendrick should be compared to great Music, not a 9 track classic album from almost 20 years ago.  in theiry theyre pretty close, but u'd have to take the best of the Deluxe Edition and coup it with "Cartoons & Cereal" to make it work

[Sccit]

the mods here are excellent.




as for "illmatic" vs "gkmc".....obviously, any1 comparing the 2 is either a.)and idiot b.)a 90s baby or c.)both

[BlueSwan]

I'm 37 years old. Nas is easily in my top 3 of all time, might even be #1. Still, I think "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" may very well be better than any album Nas ever put out. Sure, one shouldn't judge an album too early, it may not stand the test of time. I believe this one will, though. On the flipside, I think one should also try not to put classic albums on too much of a pedestal. Yes, they are classics for a reason, but a large part of it is also nostalgia and the time it was part of. Doggystyle might be my favourite hip-hop album of all time, but would I rank it that high if it was released today? I'm not sure...

[Sccit]

I'm 37 years old. Nas is easily in my top 3 of all time, might even be #1. Still, I think "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" may very well be better than any album Nas ever put out. Sure, one shouldn't judge an album too early, it may not stand the test of time. I believe this one will, though. On the flipside, I think one should also try not to put classic albums on too much of a pedestal. Yes, they are classics for a reason, but a large part of it is also nostalgia and the time it was part of. Doggystyle might be my favourite hip-hop album of all time, but would I rank it that high if it was released today? I'm not sure...

u couldnt be more off....if doggystyle was released today, it would be even better, since there is no music of that caliber being released nowadays, whereas there was great shit droppin left and right when doggsytyle came out.

[King Of The Greater Los Angeles Area]

I'm 37 years old. Nas is easily in my top 3 of all time, might even be #1. Still, I think "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" may very well be better than any album Nas ever put out. Sure, one shouldn't judge an album too early, it may not stand the test of time. I believe this one will, though. On the flipside, I think one should also try not to put classic albums on too much of a pedestal. Yes, they are classics for a reason, but a large part of it is also nostalgia and the time it was part of. Doggystyle might be my favourite hip-hop album of all time, but would I rank it that high if it was released today? I'm not sure...

u couldnt be more off....if doggystyle was released today, it would be even better, since there is no music of that caliber being released nowadays, whereas there was great shit droppin left and right when doggsytyle came out.

exactly, doggystyle shits on anything thats come out within the last 10 years

[Hack Wilson - real]

  im starting to dislike Kendrick based off the hype

[Will_B]

im starting to dislike Kendrick based off the hype

Hang in there

[dubsmith_nz]

It's gonna be looked at as this generations Illmatic.

[operation stackola]

I'm 37 years old. Nas is easily in my top 3 of all time, might even be #1. Still, I think "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" may very well be better than any album Nas ever put out. Sure, one shouldn't judge an album too early, it may not stand the test of time. I believe this one will, though. On the flipside, I think one should also try not to put classic albums on too much of a pedestal. Yes, they are classics for a reason, but a large part of it is also nostalgia and the time it was part of. Doggystyle might be my favourite hip-hop album of all time, but would I rank it that high if it was released today? I'm not sure...

u couldnt be more off....if doggystyle was released today, it would be even better, since there is no music of that caliber being released nowadays, whereas there was great shit droppin left and right when doggsytyle came out.

You sound like my grandpa

[Hack Wilson - real]

I'm 37 years old. Nas is easily in my top 3 of all time, might even be #1. Still, I think "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" may very well be better than any album Nas ever put out. Sure, one shouldn't judge an album too early, it may not stand the test of time. I believe this one will, though. On the flipside, I think one should also try not to put classic albums on too much of a pedestal. Yes, they are classics for a reason, but a large part of it is also nostalgia and the time it was part of. Doggystyle might be my favourite hip-hop album of all time, but would I rank it that high if it was released today? I'm not sure...

u couldnt be more off....if doggystyle was released today, it would be even better, since there is no music of that caliber being released nowadays, whereas there was great shit droppin left and right when doggsytyle came out.

You sound like my grandpa

maybe if your grandpa listens to songs about killing cops and fucking bitches

[Sccit]

I'm 37 years old. Nas is easily in my top 3 of all time, might even be #1. Still, I think "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" may very well be better than any album Nas ever put out. Sure, one shouldn't judge an album too early, it may not stand the test of time. I believe this one will, though. On the flipside, I think one should also try not to put classic albums on too much of a pedestal. Yes, they are classics for a reason, but a large part of it is also nostalgia and the time it was part of. Doggystyle might be my favourite hip-hop album of all time, but would I rank it that high if it was released today? I'm not sure...

u couldnt be more off....if doggystyle was released today, it would be even better, since there is no music of that caliber being released nowadays, whereas there was great shit droppin left and right when doggsytyle came out.

You sound like my grandpa

your grandpa's an og

[Sikotic™]

Can I be honest for a moment?

good kid maad city is an okay album that is mad overrated by people.

and so is illmatic (I'm a Nas fan btw).

[eurowigger]

One huge difference is that Illmatic was written by a teenager. Kendrick is rapping about his teenage years, but is an adult..