NLU def carrying this, but this the thing! Even before the beef, if Drake was at 75 mil monthly listeners, Kenny was at 55 or sumn. On the strength of only 5/6 albums that are years apart and with fewer songs.
Yeah Kendrick always had strong streaming numbers. I would say “imagine if he released more consistently” but i think it’s better to have quality over quantity in Kendrick’s case.
if Kendrick just made "untitled unmastered" like a series of EPs that he released in between albums, we could get some more songs from him that he doesnt like as the perfectionist he is, but are surely bangers still (the leaks or throwaways from DAMN. to Mr Morale deserve to see the light of day 🤣)
I have been thinking about this, which is a very dangerous thing I know:
section.80 was 2011? gkmc 2012. tpab 2015 (a reasonable 3 year break). untitled unmastered 2016. damn 2017. black panther 2018.
COVID hits 2019. next album 2022 (4 years after the last album he curated, 5 years after the last album he made himself). he basically took a break when a lot of us were forced to take some kind of break.
it's not that he never released consistently, it's that his whole life ain't rap.
"Why would I call around tryna get dirt on niggas?Y'all thinkin' my life is rap? That's ho shit, I got a son to raise, but I can see you don't know nothin' 'bout that"
He was the 8th most streamed rapper last year without releasing anything,5th most streams in 2022 and did the super bowl that same year. The “next generation” knows Kendrick everyone does. And them saying he’ll be #1 on Spotify is straight delusion he’s not passing weeknd or Taylor swift😭
I've also read a lot of posts and comments of people saying they're listening to Kendrick for the first time 🤷♂️ I'm not saying Kendrick isn't well known. I'm just saying he's gaining new fans is all
Fr. If ever there was a time for a rapper to pull some shit out of his posthumous discography and get an album out, it’s now. If he doesn’t have anything ready just cut 30 minute West Coast remixes of NLU and BIITC
A lot rappers have a posthumous discog. If you make good, well thought out albums it can take 40 throw away to get 12 good tracks. Shit collects dust until you die. A perfectionist like Dot; I’m sure he has a ton of bangers that weren’t good enough for his albums
All we need is a well timed album, apparently hes working on a concept album and a normal one, if he released even one of those soon hed probably go #1
The best source I have is in an interview, DJ Hed or Mustard hinted at Kendrick having something he's working on but refused to speak on it. I think it was said in a recent BigBoy interview but I'm not 100% sure.
Alchemist also said he was probably going to drop this year.
The producers have been sending him tons of beats/instrumentation, so it sounds like they know he's been working.
And at the end of the day, there's probably a reason he chose to hop on Like That at this point, after being quiet for a long as time. He's a reclusive guy, but he knows you still need some press for an album release. Even the most avant garde artists still want numbers for their songs. Although I think this went better than Kendrick could have ever imagined lol. I don't think "break all kinds of music records about a song calling Drake a pedophile, while the west coast makes it their anthem for the year" was in his masterplan
Recent leaks point towards the possibility, over the last 5 or so years we’ve gotten a TON of music that would fit well in a single experimental / concept album
His record contract is likely set up for that. The really big artists that are on Republic are basically made to drop their albums at certain times through the year, as if it was a company releasing new physical products.
Ak was talking about this, and I actually think he was right about this one (for once). If you look at the Republic roster, feels like damn near half of the BIG artists in music are on that one single label. Ariana Grande, Drake, Taylor Swift, James Blake, Nicki Minaj, Post Malone, Morgan Wallen, Weeknd, and more. It's UMG's money making label, and it's the "you have to drop an album in mid September, as our shareholders demand a big drop then" label.
So Drake will drop, whether he has good material or not. Honestly this could be part of why he writes by committee so much these days, with the fleet of ghostwriters and regular writers. That's part of what Kanye was mocking Drake for in his Like That diss.
Basically, it's not that Drake is magically more prolific than others. It's more than that label specifically seems it's making Model T's but for music lol
Wait till you find out future has more songs than Drake and any other artist on the list . Xxx has the least amount of songs on this list and look at his numbers.
Which is why I do think Drake does deserve some credit. Like yeah, he drops a lot, but it is also hard to drop so much for so long and not have people get absolutely bored with your music. And some people drop even more than him but don't make the numbers.
Exactly that take of him more songs works in a positive and negative manner. NBA YB has a lot of certifications, a lot of streams but we can both agree that his music isn’t projected to stream in 10 years the same way Drake did. His time is over though !
Yeah, for real. Honestly, I used to love Drake's music, but in the past few years, I have not felt any interest in checking his shit out when he drops at all. It's just like, "Right, the yearly Drake album, good for him. 👍"
Dropping constantly can have a negative effect too.
Yeah and his content never changes just the names of the women he speaks about . It was great when I was 16-23 , but I’m in the same boat as you . The last couple albums haven’t done it for me , he’s just dropping music to fulfill his contract obligations. When so far gone dropped nothing will change the amount of impact it had on people in our generation. I’m assuming you’re a millennial that graduated high school from 2009-2013 lol
Little bit later. Graduated 2015. But yeah, crazy days man. Shit is never going to hit the same though. Lately I feel if I do listen to him it is on some nostalgia shit lol
Don’t even care if he doesn’t become number one, mostly because I truly believe people should be able to listen to what they want.
What I’m tired of is listening to mental gymnastics from the other camp. If this was a battle, there was a winner. If there is a winner, there is a loser. The loser needs to take his L and just keep going. Otherwise that L just gets bigger and bigger.
That's definitely true. But I feel like this rap beef has so much traction specifically because the two people involved. Not because they're famous, but because they sort of represent the two sides of music. Kendrick being the "respected creative type with authenticity" and Drake being the "very rich pop star". I think that specific angle is why so many more people are involved in this one.
And I think a lot of people just really don't like Drake. He's really unlikeable for a lot of reasons, so that made this more of a weird internet faction thing as well as a normal rap beef
1.2/.97 - 1 = 0.23 bro. Kendrick needed 23% more plays. Drake has 371 songs, and Kendrick has 162 songs (not including features).
Drake has 2.29 times as many songs and is only getting 23% more plays.
That means on average a Drake track gets streamed 3.23 million times and a Kendrick track 5.98 million times.
My theory is Kendrick makes music that is timeless, Drake makes music that is trendy which ultimately results in him having to continuously drop music to stay relevant. Dot's music has gotten better with age. His best song imo is a deep cut from 2009 called "Bitch I'm In The Club" and if this was on streamers Kendrick definitely would have surpassed Drake's streams.
why are you so defensive? i didnt provide any commentary at all on accolades or quality or quantity or anything i literally just said that he didnt almost surpass him like the title says
Yeah, agree. And he definitely doesn't have the same "mainstream" appeal as many others on that list. Spotify streams isn't about who's the best rapper.
I always get curbed for saying this: but Cole is overrated. He did the pop rap thing when Drake made that cool, then he did the conscious rap thing when Kendrick made that cool. He’s just as much of a coattail rider as Logic, but he’s a very nice and humble person and he made 2014 Forest Hills so he’s made for life
I'm more surprised that Drake came out on top regardless of NLU,I listen to drake too but im wondering specifically what songs kept him up.I hope what I just said makes sense
its just a lot of his hits doing it like gods plan, one dance, work, in my feelings. and his newer hits like meltdown, rich baby daddy, first person shooter etc. and ofcourse the diss tracks are still doing respectable numbers though nothing compared to not like us. lastly drake just has a lot more songs that get more daily streams
Well first off the beef didn't blow up until what, late April? Any negative impact the allegations could have obvious wouldn't impact those months.
Second, Drake benefits from a pop audience. There are people who don't listen to rap who've listened to Hotline Bling hundreds of times. That's not a diss, just truth.
When people say “Less is more” this is precisely what they’re talking about. Disposal music and lukewarm fandom go hand in hand, and this is exactly why very few people are standing up for Drake. If You put out generic non substantive music, those are the fans you’ll get.
I’ve been seeing Drake fans complaining bout these posts like “HAHAHAHA they’re so obsessed with the streams 😭🫵🏼” when their king was the one that brought that shit up in the first place.
These 69 God fans are coping to astronomical levels.
Other than the fact that that’s just not true, it’s usually to point out that everything the man said during the greatest rap beef of all time blew up in his face. Forgive us if we still wanna have a good laugh at it.
I'd like to lodge a protest at the categorization. Drake is not a rapper. He is a singer that sometimes performs spoken verses of other people's terrible poetry.
NLU def carrying this, but this the thing! Even before the beef, if Drake was at 75 mil monthly listeners, Kenny was at 55 or sumn. On the strength of only 5/6 albums that are years apart and with fewer songs.
Yeah Kendrick always had strong streaming numbers. I would say “imagine if he released more consistently” but i think it’s better to have quality over quantity in Kendrick’s case.
if Kendrick just made "untitled unmastered" like a series of EPs that he released in between albums, we could get some more songs from him that he doesnt like as the perfectionist he is, but are surely bangers still (the leaks or throwaways from DAMN. to Mr Morale deserve to see the light of day 🤣)
I have been thinking about this, which is a very dangerous thing I know: section.80 was 2011? gkmc 2012. tpab 2015 (a reasonable 3 year break). untitled unmastered 2016. damn 2017. black panther 2018. COVID hits 2019. next album 2022 (4 years after the last album he curated, 5 years after the last album he made himself). he basically took a break when a lot of us were forced to take some kind of break. it's not that he never released consistently, it's that his whole life ain't rap.
"Why would I call around tryna get dirt on niggas?Y'all thinkin' my life is rap? That's ho shit, I got a son to raise, but I can see you don't know nothin' 'bout that"
“You got a million streams but you also dropped a million songs “
I’m out here thinking numbers don’t matter 🤷🏾♂️
matter to what? to the quality of music? yeah they dont. but they exist. we can comment on them. idk what youre even trying to say here
The next generation is discovering Kendrick. He'll be the #1 on Spotify soon enough, especially if he publishes new work
Y’all mfers gotta stop pretending Kendrick is some underground artist just now being discovered😂
I think what he’s saying is that younger generations are getting a lot more positive exposure to Kendrick than previously
He was the 8th most streamed rapper last year without releasing anything,5th most streams in 2022 and did the super bowl that same year. The “next generation” knows Kendrick everyone does. And them saying he’ll be #1 on Spotify is straight delusion he’s not passing weeknd or Taylor swift😭
I’m not disagreeing with you at all, just think this beef won Kendrick a lot more fans then he had previously.
I've also read a lot of posts and comments of people saying they're listening to Kendrick for the first time 🤷♂️ I'm not saying Kendrick isn't well known. I'm just saying he's gaining new fans is all
Nah the younger gen z only really know humble loyalty and dna and think Mr morale is mid
No he won’t 😂, 230 million isn’t a small number.
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Fr. If ever there was a time for a rapper to pull some shit out of his posthumous discography and get an album out, it’s now. If he doesn’t have anything ready just cut 30 minute West Coast remixes of NLU and BIITC
>posthumous 
A lot rappers have a posthumous discog. If you make good, well thought out albums it can take 40 throw away to get 12 good tracks. Shit collects dust until you die. A perfectionist like Dot; I’m sure he has a ton of bangers that weren’t good enough for his albums
Lol i get what you saying but “posthumous” means after death (eg Tupac’s posthumous song releases)
Yeah, that’s when most artists backlogs get released. I know what posthumous means, this is satire
Satire in what sense? I'm genuinely curious
You may know what posthumous means but I’m not sure about satire
Posthumous means after someone is dead. Unless you know some info from OVO Gertrude that others done, Kendrick doesn’t have any posthumous work.
And most artist’s backlogs release when they die. It’s a joke Edit: and OVO Gertrude wouldn’t stand a chance against pgLang Deebo
Delulu
That's where my gf shops lol
All we need is a well timed album, apparently hes working on a concept album and a normal one, if he released even one of those soon hed probably go #1
Sources on these?
Source: Trust me bro
Quite literally
The best source I have is in an interview, DJ Hed or Mustard hinted at Kendrick having something he's working on but refused to speak on it. I think it was said in a recent BigBoy interview but I'm not 100% sure.
Alchemist also said he was probably going to drop this year. The producers have been sending him tons of beats/instrumentation, so it sounds like they know he's been working. And at the end of the day, there's probably a reason he chose to hop on Like That at this point, after being quiet for a long as time. He's a reclusive guy, but he knows you still need some press for an album release. Even the most avant garde artists still want numbers for their songs. Although I think this went better than Kendrick could have ever imagined lol. I don't think "break all kinds of music records about a song calling Drake a pedophile, while the west coast makes it their anthem for the year" was in his masterplan
Recent leaks point towards the possibility, over the last 5 or so years we’ve gotten a TON of music that would fit well in a single experimental / concept album
Just speculation
I'm shocked that Drake has more than double the songs. I mean, I obviously knew he dropped more often but I didn't realize how big the discrepancy was
That’s what I don’t get with the streaming numbers comparisons. If they had similar amount of songs then yea ok, but it’s not even close…
Think it also includes features. Still a crazy difference, but one thing you can’t deny is he puts out content good or bad.
His record contract is likely set up for that. The really big artists that are on Republic are basically made to drop their albums at certain times through the year, as if it was a company releasing new physical products. Ak was talking about this, and I actually think he was right about this one (for once). If you look at the Republic roster, feels like damn near half of the BIG artists in music are on that one single label. Ariana Grande, Drake, Taylor Swift, James Blake, Nicki Minaj, Post Malone, Morgan Wallen, Weeknd, and more. It's UMG's money making label, and it's the "you have to drop an album in mid September, as our shareholders demand a big drop then" label. So Drake will drop, whether he has good material or not. Honestly this could be part of why he writes by committee so much these days, with the fleet of ghostwriters and regular writers. That's part of what Kanye was mocking Drake for in his Like That diss. Basically, it's not that Drake is magically more prolific than others. It's more than that label specifically seems it's making Model T's but for music lol
Wait till you find out future has more songs than Drake and any other artist on the list . Xxx has the least amount of songs on this list and look at his numbers.
Which is why I do think Drake does deserve some credit. Like yeah, he drops a lot, but it is also hard to drop so much for so long and not have people get absolutely bored with your music. And some people drop even more than him but don't make the numbers.
Exactly that take of him more songs works in a positive and negative manner. NBA YB has a lot of certifications, a lot of streams but we can both agree that his music isn’t projected to stream in 10 years the same way Drake did. His time is over though !
Yeah, for real. Honestly, I used to love Drake's music, but in the past few years, I have not felt any interest in checking his shit out when he drops at all. It's just like, "Right, the yearly Drake album, good for him. 👍" Dropping constantly can have a negative effect too.
Yeah and his content never changes just the names of the women he speaks about . It was great when I was 16-23 , but I’m in the same boat as you . The last couple albums haven’t done it for me , he’s just dropping music to fulfill his contract obligations. When so far gone dropped nothing will change the amount of impact it had on people in our generation. I’m assuming you’re a millennial that graduated high school from 2009-2013 lol
Little bit later. Graduated 2015. But yeah, crazy days man. Shit is never going to hit the same though. Lately I feel if I do listen to him it is on some nostalgia shit lol
Metro Boomin my favourite rapper
Doja Cat my favorite rapper fr
Don’t even care if he doesn’t become number one, mostly because I truly believe people should be able to listen to what they want. What I’m tired of is listening to mental gymnastics from the other camp. If this was a battle, there was a winner. If there is a winner, there is a loser. The loser needs to take his L and just keep going. Otherwise that L just gets bigger and bigger.
You aren’t in any camp tho. You’re a fan
That's definitely true. But I feel like this rap beef has so much traction specifically because the two people involved. Not because they're famous, but because they sort of represent the two sides of music. Kendrick being the "respected creative type with authenticity" and Drake being the "very rich pop star". I think that specific angle is why so many more people are involved in this one. And I think a lot of people just really don't like Drake. He's really unlikeable for a lot of reasons, so that made this more of a weird internet faction thing as well as a normal rap beef
“Almost” just shy of almost half a billion is all
I wouldn’t call 320 million almost surpassing him lol, there’s a bigger gap between Drake and Kendrick than there is between Kendrick and future at #6
if you take into account the amount of work put out per artist still an impressive feat
didnt say it wasnt impressive, just saying that the title is blatantly incorrect
1.2/.97 - 1 = 0.23 bro. Kendrick needed 23% more plays. Drake has 371 songs, and Kendrick has 162 songs (not including features). Drake has 2.29 times as many songs and is only getting 23% more plays. That means on average a Drake track gets streamed 3.23 million times and a Kendrick track 5.98 million times. My theory is Kendrick makes music that is timeless, Drake makes music that is trendy which ultimately results in him having to continuously drop music to stay relevant. Dot's music has gotten better with age. His best song imo is a deep cut from 2009 called "Bitch I'm In The Club" and if this was on streamers Kendrick definitely would have surpassed Drake's streams.
why are you so defensive? i didnt provide any commentary at all on accolades or quality or quantity or anything i literally just said that he didnt almost surpass him like the title says
That's this sub in general lmao everybody got that Kenny dick far up their throats
Still astounded that X still gets so many listeners
Bro XXX and Lil baby are NOT that good 😭
X was a generational talent man, wham on the other hand is aight
It's that old adage: Quality, not quantity.
Thankfully there can be both as shown by the boy 🦉
Agreed! Gotta love a 31 year old singin “High school pics, you was even bad then” immortalized forever
If he officially released Cartoons and Cereal, it would be over
So Kendricks's biggest year cant even beat a random Drake one?
It’s impressive when one you consider one of them makes conscious music and the other one makes pop and has twice as many songs.
Crazy how Cole is so low
Is it really that crazy though?
Cole got a discography that can only be compared to Kendrick. To me he is a close no. 2 and will always be. One of the goats. Don’t disrespect him
What in J Cole’s discography is close to TPAB?
He’s alright. Definitely got some bangers and might be 2nd but not THAT close of a 2nd bro.
Yeah, agree. And he definitely doesn't have the same "mainstream" appeal as many others on that list. Spotify streams isn't about who's the best rapper.
He has sold more than Kdot
he has one classic and even that’s debatable tbh, and this is from someone who loves cole
I always get curbed for saying this: but Cole is overrated. He did the pop rap thing when Drake made that cool, then he did the conscious rap thing when Kendrick made that cool. He’s just as much of a coattail rider as Logic, but he’s a very nice and humble person and he made 2014 Forest Hills so he’s made for life
2014FHD and 4YEO are directly.... inspired by GKMC and TPAB but Cole is at least going more for the vibe than outright stealing like Logic
I'm more surprised that Drake came out on top regardless of NLU,I listen to drake too but im wondering specifically what songs kept him up.I hope what I just said makes sense
its just a lot of his hits doing it like gods plan, one dance, work, in my feelings. and his newer hits like meltdown, rich baby daddy, first person shooter etc. and ofcourse the diss tracks are still doing respectable numbers though nothing compared to not like us. lastly drake just has a lot more songs that get more daily streams
Well said,makes sense
Drake songs are still played in various playlists
Well first off the beef didn't blow up until what, late April? Any negative impact the allegations could have obvious wouldn't impact those months. Second, Drake benefits from a pop audience. There are people who don't listen to rap who've listened to Hotline Bling hundreds of times. That's not a diss, just truth.
Where's Uzi
He’s a pop star tho
Damn ASAP Rocky is on this list?
Could not care less about numbers when discussing music
Impressive considering Drake also has the little girls and soccer moms in his audience
Doja Cat?😂😂😂
W
Drake is pop .
Kendrick is rap 😏
So if you only include rappers Kendrick is number one.
Okay the word "almost" is doing a fuck ton of work here lmao, 200 million streams off is not almost.
So what you’re saying is Drake had more streams than Kendrick last month…
A bit unrelated but it’s actually crazy just how many streams XXXtentacion is **consistently** getting. Gone too soon fr.
Who in the fuck is still bumpin Drake’s weird ass like that
Sorry guys but 300m difference in steams is not “almost surpassing”.
Cant believe X is that high up!
Considing Drake has 2.5 times more songs it’s very impressive by Kendrick to have those numbers
Drake has over 9x more songs than Kendrick. Kendrick has sonned him so hard in every way possible
Amazing !!! Anybody know where Kendrick was at for the month of May?
Not sure but Drake has been the top every month this year, including May 🦉
When people say “Less is more” this is precisely what they’re talking about. Disposal music and lukewarm fandom go hand in hand, and this is exactly why very few people are standing up for Drake. If You put out generic non substantive music, those are the fans you’ll get.
I’ve been seeing Drake fans complaining bout these posts like “HAHAHAHA they’re so obsessed with the streams 😭🫵🏼” when their king was the one that brought that shit up in the first place. These 69 God fans are coping to astronomical levels.
What's there to complain about. You guys talk about Drake more than you do the person your sub is about. That's pretty cool.
Fr
Other than the fact that that’s just not true, it’s usually to point out that everything the man said during the greatest rap beef of all time blew up in his face. Forgive us if we still wanna have a good laugh at it.
Nothing to forgive, you like talking about Drake. It’s understandable.
I’m confused on what your point is exactly.
That midget better show thanks to the 6 God.
Not surprised given how often Drake runs to Atlanta
I'd like to lodge a protest at the categorization. Drake is not a rapper. He is a singer that sometimes performs spoken verses of other people's terrible poetry.
I think if Kendrick reveals proof against Drake committing crimes, he should be able to surpass him
Remenber kendrick drops when he wants to. If he dropped every year like drake, the numbers would be different.
Yall Kendrick fans are so focused on Drake it’s so funny 😂😂😂😂😂
Half the posts in the drifty Reddit is about Kendrick too.
Yet the Drake fan is on this sub 😹
What in the cope is this. Lmao participation trophy
OVO stay on top 🦉
Yeah that’s what attention does….
Seriously now. Why the hell Eminem is *that* popular?
Houdini. Without it, he would be below kanye.