The thing is Kendrick is a real spawn of hip hop. He’s not a rapper. Rappers are made. Hip hoppers are born. That’s the difference.
Drake emulates and duplicates. Kendrick… Kendrick creates.
Drake is talented as a rapper/singer (a pop artist) but the reality is he was manufactured. Which is why he needs ghost writers.
Where as you can tell Kendrick came through the rigors. There’s a process to this schit:
• It starts with your mom & dad’s life experiences that shape and influence YOU
• Then it moves on in the form of YOUR life experiences
• Then it’s those sleepless nights at your kitchen table alone, scribbling words in your marble notebook, talking to your inner self
• Then it’s your best friend you confide in, that you tell you got rhymes
• Then he believes in you and tells ninjas at your school
• Then the crew demands you spit for them. …and it’s HOT
• Which leads to banging on lunch tables making beats and spitting verses, until an acquaintance from another friend group thinks his man is better, and can top you
• You battle and body his man, …now you Top Dawg at your school
• Now it’s running on your block and meeting a challenge from somebody there until you the hottest in your hood
• Next thing you know, you got your boro and then your city on your back, and now you getting free studio time and free beats cuz everybody believes in you
• Lastly, since you rep the hood right, cats who put in work on the street see you as a hood representative, and now you can’t be touched without repercussions. So now you not just good in your hood, but you can move around cuz your hood representatives got reach (they name ring bells in other places too)
…Drake didn’t go through those rigors, man
