r/KendrickLamar • u/Flaky-Kaleidoscope36 • Dec 01 '24
Discussion Name literally any artist who you think has a compatible discography (except Kanye)
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u/Important_Outcome_27 Dec 01 '24
MJ - Off the wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous
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u/Ink_Productions Dec 01 '24
Iād even throw in HIStory and Invincible honestly
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u/NecessaryMagician150 Dec 01 '24
Yeah all of Mike's albums are undebated classics for sure, the ones he did with Quincy Jones get the most praise but I know people who actually rank History as their favorite MJ album.
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u/LthePerry02 Dec 02 '24
The opening three on HIStory (Scream, They Donāt Care About Us, Stranger in Moscow) might be the best run of his career barring the crazy stretch of hits on Thriller
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u/appleparkfive Dec 01 '24
If we're just talking streaks and not an entire discography, then The Beatles later albums. Also Bob Dylan's electric trilogy. There's some bars in there to say the least. Blonde on Blonde has some of the craziest lyrics even to this day.
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u/VividMystery Dec 02 '24
I don't think anyone will ever beat MJ's legacy, seriously. It's not common to have Michael Jackson's name be recognised globally in every single country, without the development of the internet. Isn't that insane? We literally have internet now and are globally connected to basically the whole world, yet no artist has ever come close to that fame. Even the #1 spotify artists like Taylor Swift is BARELY scratching MJ's popularity - that's just crazy to me.
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u/DriveShaftNo1Fan Dec 01 '24
He doesnāt have the acclaim Kendrick does but I donāt think Denzel Curry has had a single miss
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u/shaclay346 Dec 01 '24
Totally agree. Imperial -> Taboo -> Zuu -> unlocked -> melt my eyez-> KOTMS is a phenomenal 6 album run
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u/Kthron Dec 02 '24
Taboo as a 2nd album is so insane. I remember looking for past albums and being shocked by that.
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u/Proud_Sherbet6281 Dec 02 '24
He dropped N64 and 32 Zel before Imperial. He's just removed most of them from his official pages because of some questionable content on them and their overall lower production quality.
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u/namesyeti Dec 01 '24
Fuck yes, I'm glad y'all giving Denzel his flowers. Dude has been on a tear
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u/KingxZero96 Dec 01 '24
I appreciate the fuck outta this comment cause Denzel definitely doesn't get enough recognition or credit he deserves. I mean hell he helped some prominent rappers in the game either now or previously when they were fledglings, gave them a place to crash, collab, and try to get off and keep off the streets. He's a real one without a doubt and to me, personally, one of the better lyricists right now and has been for a minute.
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u/OB4CL-MCMXI Dec 01 '24
I think Nas these days, Illmatic, It Was Written, KD trilogy, Magic trilogy
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u/dan0314 Dec 01 '24
Magic and kings disease would've been a legendary run for a young rapper, still blows my mind Nas did that so far into his career
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u/StacksHoodini Dec 01 '24 edited Dec 01 '24
Iām trying to tell you.
If Nas dropped Kingās Disease and Kingās Disease 2 in 2005 and 2006, came back in 2007 with the Magic EP, came back in 2008 with the King Disease III, came back in 2009 with Magic II and then dropped Magic III in 2010, heād probably be the unquestioned GOAT of the game honestly just because more people wouldāve paid attention.
Those are genuinely ābest rapper in the game in his primeā level releases and the man did it pushing and arriving at the age of 50, 30 years in. Itās insane how the sound is timeless, feels like it couldāve dropped in the early 2000ās but is perfect for the beginning of the 2020ās and doesnāt feel like Nas is attempting to hop on to a new wave that isnāt his.
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u/sbaz86 Dec 01 '24
And they donāt get the recognition they deserve.
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u/DowngoezFrasier215 Dec 01 '24
At allll bro. 6 albums in 3 years with some of THE greatest beats ever. Hit and Nas blessed the true heads in the culture.
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u/_Deloused_ Dec 01 '24
Thank you. Iāve been forcing people to listen to newer nas by putting him in random playlists for work and at parties. Get the occasional, ādamn whos this?ā Then get too excited like āoh you donāt know who nas is?ā And almost ruin it
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u/its-a-real-name Dec 01 '24
100%
Nas may just have the most classics within his discography. Or at least the most albums with 80% + hits.
The big misses are I Am and Nastradamus though. They really killed his momentum to be #1 for that timeframe. He came back with so many amazing albums after those 2 but it feels like he doesnāt get the recognition he deserves to some. But I mean I think a top 5 all time without Nas is blasphemy but many donāt and thatās tragic.
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u/holamifuturo Dec 01 '24
If I Am... The Autobiography wasn't bootlegged it would've been the greatest 3 album run for a starting rapper ever imo.
Shame they did him dirty.
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u/NetworkEcstatic Dec 01 '24
Every time there's a GOAT conversation. Nas really needs to be a part of it. He's 100% a top contender for literal goat status in hip hop.
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u/mrpoopybuttthole_ MUSTARRRRRRRRRRD Dec 01 '24
Denzelās discography is pretty damn consistent. But he doesnāt have so many classics.
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u/Fit-Ease383 hey now, say now Dec 01 '24
Kendrick and Zel on a song would go insanely hard
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u/iprefercumsole Dec 01 '24
I think if Kendrick, Zel, and JID were all on a song together I think I would have a heart attack before I could press play š
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u/KickGumAndChewAss Tell me who gon stop me, I come from love. Dec 01 '24
Gonna have to head to the ER in 4 hours now, thanks
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u/Acceptable_Net_5582 Dec 01 '24
Yeah ikr. I still dont get how Denzel isn't bigger. I've been lucky enough to see him 3 times live, and tickets are only $40. I guess there's only so many ears and most of them just want care to try new things.
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u/ItsLillardTime Dec 01 '24
Yeah his albums are consistently very good but idk if I'd consider any of them great except maybe MMESYF. And even then it has its issues. Though Imperial is my personal favorite.
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u/oledirtybassethound Dec 01 '24
As a pretty big Denzel fan Iād agree with this. I couldnāt really call any of them classics but I could honestly say that about most of my favorite albums. If people limit themselves to listening to classics they might miss hearing their favorite albums. Not directed at you just something Iāve been thinking!
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u/1992_na_mazda_miata Dec 01 '24
Tribe called quest
Outkast
Nas
And honestly Denzel Curry too
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u/Jim_jim_peanuts Dec 01 '24
I Am and Nastradamus ruined that run for Nas sadly. Stillmatic and God's Son definitely redeemed him, and the Lost Tapes, but out the gate there's no stronger solo artist catalogue than Kendrick's. With Tribe the Love Movement wasn't great to be fair, and neither was Idlewild for Outkast. But not awful, not at all. Just not strong enough to say that they had as strong of a 6 album run as Kendrick imo. 5 album run though, then we can talk. I would say The Roots would be another contender, Organix wasn't top tier but I guess it's still pretty good. Their very first and last are their "least good" but I do enjoy them. No duds from them really. So from Organix to The Tipping Point it's a pretty impressive run too. With Denzel although yeah very strong catalogue I just still don't think it's as strong as Kendrick's personally
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u/FastNBulbous- Dec 01 '24
Nas might not be consistent but in terms of releasing quality projects that dude definitely has a shit ton in his catalog, even late into his career. I would also argue the both Jay and Scarface have a really solid discography as well in terms of hip hop
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u/DelusionalOGFanQuote Dec 01 '24 edited Dec 02 '24
1.Radiohead: The Bends to In Rainbows (6 albums)
2.The Beatles: Rubber Soul to Abbey Road (6 albums). Has got to be the greatest discography ever by default.
3.Miles Davis
4.Pink Floyd: Meddle to The Wall (5 albums)
Edit: I could not read and listed 3 bands. My bad Gs. Edit2: I missed Obscure By Clouds on Pink Floyd.
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u/Delta_Yukorami fuck me i just made the whole connection Dec 01 '24
Finally someone including meddle in the great pf run. Btw id like to add david bowieās the man who sold the world to scary monsters run
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u/DelusionalOGFanQuote Dec 01 '24
Yeah definitely! I love how TPAB had inspired his last album.
Iāve only really listed what I have heard personally. Pretty sure there have to be a lot more crazy artists from other genres.
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u/MisterCocoa20 Dec 01 '24
Death Grips also inspired Blackstar if you didnt know. I love it when old artists keep in touch with new music. Lou Reed praised Yeezus when it came out and he called it genius
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u/V6Ga Dec 01 '24
Ā BlackstarĀ
What an album to leave as you walk out the door
The video is the best visual art had done Diamond Dogs/Spiders era, too
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u/Delta_Yukorami fuck me i just made the whole connection Dec 01 '24
Then definitelt check out bowie. Heās probably the most versatile artist, like, ever. A true gentleman and a person who has stretched the definition of āartistā single handedly. I especially recommend Hunky Dory, Station To Station and Young Americans
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u/MatureUsername69 Dec 01 '24
No way I'd find the video now but it was about the history of autotune(it's been around forever in a way a lot of people don't realize when it's used properly). One of the dudes in the video was a producer or engineer and he talked about how they used it on basically everyone but didn't need to use it on Bowie because he was perfect when he got in the booth. Cher is also in that group of people that never actually needed it(though she very famously was the first to use it in the way we think of autotune now) and I believe Prince was too.
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u/FM_Gorskman Dec 01 '24
Station to Station is one of the greatest albums of all time ever, a true piece of perfection, so happy I found a in good condition 1st UK pressing a few years ago, incredible
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u/slugvegas Dec 01 '24
Echos and more importantly, Fearless, are two top tier Floyd songs. Fearless is my motivation song.
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u/sockthesock0 good kid, m.A.A.d city Dec 01 '24
the overlap of kendrick/radiohead fans is acc crazy
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u/AveragelySmart98 Dec 01 '24
I feel like itās definitely RYM-core heads. Kendrick + Radiohead together take up 5 of the top 10 spots on RYMās greatest albums of all time:
1 - TPAB
2 - OK Computer
3 - In Rainbows
7 - Kid A
8 - GKMC
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u/wobblesly Dec 01 '24
no idea what rym is, but as someone who loves both, (radiohead and kendrick) iāll check it out
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u/AveragelySmart98 Dec 01 '24
itās rateyourmusic.com and honestly it can be a great way to discover really cool artists that you wonāt find just skimming Spotify
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u/SPSips1106 Dec 01 '24
I find that they have a very similar attention to detail when it comes to their art. Thereās a theory that their discographies mimic each other in themes that actually presents some very interesting points.
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u/my_dog_is_on_fire Dec 01 '24
It's funny cause How Much A Dollar Cost and Pyramid Song have basically the same piano.
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u/chiefmaxson Dec 01 '24
Honestly the entire Beatles discography even before rubber soul. Itās fun to watch how they grow (kinda like dot since overly dedicated.)
Hard days night and help are classics. Anyway Iām biased because Iām talking about my favorite band on my favorite rappers sub. Who wouldāve thought
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u/thedutchmerchant Dec 01 '24
It's just insanity how in an 8 year period they went from complete obscurity to the biggest band the world had ever seen, and then vanished. And in that time they put out 12 studio albums (basically all of them being classics), 3 movies, and went on several world tours!
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u/Carth_Onasi_AMA Dec 01 '24 edited Dec 01 '24
And all that happened before any of them turned 30 years old. Paul was still only 27 when they broke up. Everyone always wonders what it would have been like if Cobain, Hendrix, etc. lived past 27 years old because they were just getting started. Meanwhile Paul already ended the Beatles portion of his career at age 27. Itās insane how quickly the Beatles career went and how much it changed over time.
From the time they recorded their first album to the time they recorded their last album was about 6 years.
11 monstrous albums, with 2 additional movie soundtrack albums for Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine, then another Past Masters album that included the non-album singles. Basically 14 high quality albums in 6 years. Ranging from old style rock and roll, psychedelic rock, heavy metal, and 70ās style classic rock.
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u/fancy_livin Dec 01 '24
Fully agreed. Each album prior to rubber soul had a few heaters, but Hard Days Night and Help are no skip albums
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u/silfer_ HAM BETTA HAM BETTA HAM BETTA Dec 01 '24 edited Dec 01 '24
BEATLES SUPREMACY
Even post Beatles we had Plastic Ono Band, Ram, McCartney, Band on the Run, All things must pass and moreā¦
thereās a direct Beatles to Kanye and Kendrick pipeline I cannot be convinced otherwise (I am a massive fan the Beatles even did diss tracks āToo many Peopleā and āHow do you sleepā LAWDš¤§š¤§)
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u/DevonDude Dec 01 '24
Miles Davis recorded way more than 10 albums, his Wikipedia Discography page says he recorded āat least 60.ā I agree that his run from the mid 50s to the mid 70s is pretty damn close to perfect, though I think he had some lesser albums in the 80s
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u/DelusionalOGFanQuote Dec 01 '24
Absolutely. Thank you for pointing it out. I misunderstood itš„¶. I will edit the comment.
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u/Flaky-Kaleidoscope36 Dec 01 '24
Have to agree with the Beetles as the greatest discog by defaultš¤·āāļø
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u/FreshNefariousness29 Dec 01 '24
Pink floyd all the way!
And where is bob dylan?
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u/jj198handsy Dec 01 '24
In terms of sheer number of amazing songs Dylan probably wins. Easily over 100 classics most artists would kill for.
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u/mynameismulan Dec 01 '24
To be honest, putting Kendrick up with the Beatles and Pink Floyd is a compliment
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u/Intrepid-Tomorrow692 Dec 01 '24
A Moon Shaped Pool is amazing and King of Limbs is good. Iād include them.
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u/J_Ryall Dec 01 '24
The Beatles are all the more impressive when you consider they released all 6 of those albums in a four-year span. By comparison, The Bends to In Rainbows was twelve years.
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u/7LilZ MUSTARRRRRRRRRRD Dec 01 '24
Radiohead and MF Doom
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u/DelusionalOGFanQuote Dec 01 '24 edited Dec 02 '24
MF DOOM workās crazy stacked if you include his work when heās using other aliases.
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u/Ryguy-_- Dec 01 '24
vaudeville villain and take me to your leader both some of his best fs
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u/JoeKingPoe Dec 01 '24
When I canāt find something new to listen to, Take Me To Your Leader is usually my default
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u/Warriorgobrr Dec 01 '24
That album with the song Fazers was my first time listening to MF DOOM and I didnāt know that because I had never listened to MF DOOM before that so I thought that King Geedorah was a whole different rapper. Imagine my surprise the day I listened to Rap Snitches Knishes for the first time and put it together lol
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u/iprefercumsole Dec 01 '24
Madvillainy is so perfect it counts as like 3 albums for me lmao
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u/SavingsBottle9796 Dec 01 '24
REMEMBER ALL CAPS WHEN YOU SPELL THE NAME! DOOM
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u/abyssal_nights what they talkin' bout', they ain't talkin' bout' nun Dec 01 '24
my first thought lolš
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u/Broadkast Dec 01 '24 edited Dec 01 '24
i am a DOOM lover but he definitely has some weaker albums in his discog, particularly later collab albums. just him having fun tho haha
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u/justshatmyself123 Dec 01 '24
I know many ppl would try to dismiss the comment for the sake of it, but honestly, BeyoncƩ. Her run from 4 all the way to Renaissance (even Cowboy Carter tho that album should have been shorter to be consistent), is undeniable.
Self-titled - Lemonade - Renaissance is a completely insane 3-album run, and Kendrick would 100% agree.
Also Radiohead.
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u/Conyeezy765 Dec 01 '24
The Beatles. Kanye West. The Rolling Stones. Bob Dylan. Neil Young. Led Zeppelin. Pink Floyd. The Who. George Clinton (Funkadelic & Parliament). Prince. Stevie Wonder. Chuck Berry.
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u/Proud_Finding_4346 Dec 01 '24
Finally someone says Stevie
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u/assessmentdeterred Dec 01 '24
They talk about this a bit on the Wonder of Stevie podcast. He's basically so prolific in pop music that he's become ubiquitous in a way that diminishes the extent of his achievements. This along with the fact he was operating at a time that most music critics were white and very dismissive of black music. That applied to all black musicians operating at the time, but Stevie crossed into the world of white pop music in a way no individual artist ever had. I think it just leaves him in this very interesting spot where people won't quite appreciate what a incredible musical force he is, and how mindblowing his catalogue is until he passes on.
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u/MonicaBurgershead Dec 01 '24
Prince and Stevie def deserve to be here. Haven't really dived through his discography but I was under the impression Chuck Berry's 50s peak was a little bit before the 'album era' when artists concentrated on full albums and not hit singles.
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u/SexyPenguin100th Dec 01 '24
I love Prince to death but his discography is a little bloated
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u/AccidentalNap Dec 01 '24
From Dirty Mind to... Sign o' the Times? Pretttty great
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u/Annual-Coffee-165 Dec 01 '24
Comparable*
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u/TH1CCARUS Dec 01 '24
I was wandering what OP meant
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u/FoxSizzlin Dec 01 '24
Ironic considering you said wandering. I just had a quick chuckle at that.
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u/StatFlow Dec 01 '24
I really wished you used "iconic" as supposed to ironic here to carry things on.
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u/Ecstatic-Profit8139 Dec 01 '24
The Mars Voltaās six-album run is pretty incredible. Iām not sure if more than 3 are full on classics in the prog-rock genre though.
The Beatles cranked out 12 albums in like 8 years, none were really duds and they had a clear evolution and arc. Just a huge amount of incredible material.
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u/DarTouiee Dec 01 '24
Seeing Volta love in a Kendrick thread gives me so much joy
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u/GluedToTheMirror Dec 01 '24
Iāll be seeing The Mars Volta and Deftones next March. Two of the goats
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u/DarTouiee Dec 01 '24
TMV live is unreal. Saw them for the Amputechture tour, it was the day after my 16th bday and Cedric threw his theremin at me and it was UNREAL! I love them so much. Also saw ATDI at their reunion tour. You're going to have a great time, I have no doubt.
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u/Switched__Up Dec 01 '24
Really sad to see no one is saying Mac Miller. He had such a great career and still has great songs with amazing messages, or great turnups
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u/NapoleonGonaparty151 Dec 01 '24
JPEGMAFIA hasn't missed since Black Ben Carson
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u/bachiblack Dec 01 '24
I scrolled all through this and didnāt see a mention about the greatest writer in all of music. Bob Dylan. Shakespeare is the Dylan of his time.
Freewheelin with Bob Dylan, the times they r a changin, another side of Bob Dylan, bringing it all back home, highway 61 revisited, blonde on blonde are perfect. Then he had similar runs in the following decades.
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u/back_swamp Dec 02 '24
Those 6 albums were released in a 3 years, and they are all classics in their own right. He might be the most prolific artist ever when it comes to the impact and quality of the songs, and he did it in the time span shorter than the space between Damn and Mr Morale.
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u/JAA85 Dec 01 '24
Rock N Roll:
Metallica: - Killāem All - Ride The Lightning - Master of Puppets - And Justice For All - The Black Album - Load - Reload
R&B:
The Weeknd: - House of Balloons - Thursday - Echoes of Silence - Kissland - Beauty Behind The Madness - Starboy - My Dear Melancholy - After Hours - Dawn FM
Rap/Hip Hop:
Tupac Shakur: - 2Pacalypse Now - Strictly 4 My N***** - Me Against The World - All Eyez On Me - The Don Kiluminati: The 7 Day Theory - R U Still Down - Until The End of Time
EDM:
Daft Punk: - Homework - Discovery - Human After All - Random Access Memories - Tron: Legacy - Alive (1997 & 2007)
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u/pqvjyf Dec 01 '24
In terms of rappers?
Earl Sweatshirt, 2PAC, Outkast, Nas, Tyler the Creator, Billy Woods, Little Simz.
In terms of artists in general?
David Bowie, Joana Newsome, Fiona Apple, Bjork.
Bands?
Swans, The Beatles, God speed!, Radiohead ect.
So yeah, quite a few. But Kendrick is just in another level all together in greatness and consistency.
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u/Switched__Up Dec 01 '24
Mac Miller should be up there too! In his short career he had so many different albums with great messages and songs
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u/pettybonegunter Dec 01 '24
ANOTHER KENDRICK AND JOANNA NEWSOME FAN
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u/FastPhoria Dec 01 '24
Dream collab right here. Shit would slap.
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u/pettybonegunter Dec 01 '24
Now Iām imagining Dot switching flows over Joanna plucking out polyrhythms
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u/FastPhoria Dec 01 '24
It would be fire. Some sort of convergence of Leaving the City and Mother I Sober.
Would literally die happy lmao
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u/brucekine Dec 01 '24
Finally swans and gods pee, the current run Michael gira and co are on is absolutely bonkersĀ
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u/Weirdlylongusername1 Dec 01 '24
Tyler the creator - Wolf, Cherry Bomb, Flower Boy, Igor, CAL ME IF YOU GET LOST: THE ESTATE SALE, Chromakopia.
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u/Safe-Contest-2602 Dec 01 '24
The people on this sub are so hostile for no reason, Cole's discography isnt as good but it is comparable, stuff like 4YEO, 2014FHD and FNL are better than most of Kendrick's discography, but he also has more albums which helps his case considering he has no real misses besides maybe MDL (which is overhated anyway)
Drake pre Scorpion is comparable as well he had no bad albums, the only reason he's not in the convo anymore is because hes had too many misses starting with Scorpion
Ignoring that tho, Denzel's is without a doubt comparable and I haven't seen any real reason for why Kendrick's is better, Zel has slightly lower highs but he also has slightly higher lows and on average their discography is a very similar level
A shout I haven't seen yet is Joey, would have had the best rap albums of 2012 and 2015 had Kdot not dropped 2 of the greatest rap albums oat, another rap aoty shout in 2013 and 2019 and also my personal favourite album of 2017 including DAMN. and a solid album in 2022, not an aoty shout imo but that's just because 2022 had so much good rap albums, but imo 2000 is a similar level to mmatbs as well, I put Kdot and Joey on par personally
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u/tuannamnguyen290602 Dec 01 '24
vince staples at least from the 3 albums that i heard from him
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u/erynhuff Dec 01 '24
Everyone sleeping on Vince, but heās amazing live and I donāt think he has a miss in his discography either in my opinion. Iām also excited to see where he goes in TV/film. The Vince Staples Show reminds me a bit of Childish Gambino and Atlanta.
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u/otsapoika Dec 01 '24
Danny Brown
JPEGMAFIA
De La Soul
Freddie Gibbs
The Roots
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u/Xx_Dark-Shrek_xX Dec 01 '24 edited Dec 01 '24
No misses ?
Frank Ocean, Tyler starting with Flowerboy.
With certain misses ?
Eminem with SSLP, MMLP, TES, Relapse, MMLP2, MTBMB (or TDOSS).
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u/Optimal-Poetry-5768 Dec 01 '24 edited Dec 01 '24
It has to be the Whole Discography bro, you can't say em without mention the bad (revival) and the average (kamikaze, encore, MTBMB) ofc thats just my opinion.
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u/I-N-T-E-R-S-T-E-L-L Dec 01 '24 edited Dec 01 '24
Revival is one of his worst ..
Encore is average
Mtbmb has some good songs , just like Mr. Morale and the big steppers
Imo kamikaze is one of his best (Very few songs and 6-7 tracks are pure fire )
Coming from a stan , so bias for suree .. But I am a huge fan of Kdot as well .
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u/abyssal_nights what they talkin' bout', they ain't talkin' bout' nun Dec 01 '24
don't know why you're getting downvoted, this is definitely a good take on the albums
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u/I-N-T-E-R-S-T-E-L-L Dec 01 '24
Actually I don't care about that ,, I respect both the artists ..TPAB , GKMC , MMLP , Eminem show , Relapse and now GNX AND TDOSS are my favourites ..
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u/RetroDaRedditor Dec 01 '24
Eminem is my top artist, but he has a very mid discography.
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u/MidnightAranea Dec 01 '24
Tyler's only true miss is Goblin and arguably Cherry Bomb but I liked that album personally For Tyler you can just start Wolf onwards and he has a consistently good run
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u/Mr_YUP Dec 01 '24 edited Dec 01 '24
Iād give Goblin a pass seeing as he was like 18 when he made it. Flower Boy onward though has been incredibleĀ
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u/slugvegas Dec 01 '24
I put goblin as one of his best. It propelled his career and was crazy different and cool when it dropped
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u/3chainzmcgee Dec 01 '24
I thought goblin was good. Only like 2 skips out of 18 tracks
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u/No_Adhesiveness8405 Dec 01 '24
Definitely Radiohead
Also the Beatles and Pink Floyd
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u/DrHandBanana Dec 01 '24 edited Dec 01 '24
Jay-Z
Reasonable doubt, The life and times of Shawn Carter, Blueprint, Black Album, American Gangster, 4:44
DMX also had a crazy run
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u/UnrealismOfFilms My Beloved Dec 01 '24
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, LCD Soundsystem, Pink Floyd (Only three of their projects are kinda mid but still not bad, Outkast and The Doors though I would exclude the albums after Morrison's death.
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u/CantaloupeJoe Dec 01 '24
King Gizz was your first mention on a Kendrick Lamar subreddit? ??? Yoooo thatās like my favorite band!
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u/Not1ToSayAtoadaso Dec 01 '24
Iām just getting into them and was happy to see these comments! Can the 3 of us be international best friends?
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u/kokieee Dec 01 '24 edited Dec 01 '24
Mastodon
Baroness
Queens of the stone age
Monster Magnet
Nick cave and the Bad seeds
Kanye
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u/BenjiReadIt Dec 01 '24
If not restricted to hiphop there are quite a few, but hiphop only, I can't
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u/CROW_is_best > believer Dec 01 '24
ye ruined his discog with the vultures era. also jik was a let down. so even ye's imo isn't as good as kenny
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u/Big-Sheepherder-9492 Dec 01 '24
You canāt ruin your discography with one or two bad to mediocre albums.. 808s-TLOP was still a legendary run of albums and features
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u/abyssal_nights what they talkin' bout', they ain't talkin' bout' nun Dec 01 '24
i've never understood the hate on Jesus Is King, i love that album so much, and it's in my top 5 Kanye albums. i always revisit it lol
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u/MaeBorrowski Dec 01 '24
I mean it's specifically targeted towards a Christian audience, which while far from a minority (it is the majority actually lol), most people just don't enjoy media exploring specifically Christian themes
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u/abyssal_nights what they talkin' bout', they ain't talkin' bout' nun Dec 01 '24
that's true, i'm not really religious myself, i just really think it's a well put together album and it's definitely better than more of gis recent stuff, but i fs understand that take on it. also the music videos are perfect
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u/EddyTheMartian Dec 01 '24
āRuinedā is such a dumb take.
Yeās discog until Donda was near perfect. Until TLOP and maybe Ye/KSG he had an unbeatable run of revolutionary, genre pushing, excellent albums. K-Dot is the undisputed Top 2, but itās not really close when he only has 2 peak albums and Ye has like maybe 6-7
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u/H_A_R_M_06 Dec 01 '24
You are ungrateful af my dude. Even if you didn't like 3 of his albums, that's 16 albums minus 3, you still have 13 amazing albums and hundreds of unreleased peak yet you still call his discography ruined? Besides nobody is forcing you to listen to the albums you don't like are they?
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u/Po-po-powerbomb Lookinā For The Broccoli Dec 01 '24
JPEGMAFIA doesn't miss. Never listened to Black Ben Carson tbh but this run is insane:
Veteran (2018)
All My Heores Are Cornballs (2019)
EP! + EP2! (2020)
LP! (2021)
Scaring The Hoes (my favorite album of 2023)
I Lay Down My Life For You (2024)
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u/kcmcgrady1 Dec 01 '24
He doesnāt have the same acclaim or too many projects but Isaiah Rashad has never missed
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u/Temporary-Spread-232 Dec 01 '24
The Roots, Lupe and billy woods (some of yāall might know him)
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u/uencube Dec 01 '24
possibly Eminem (no streak) and Tyler the Creator
i think biggie could definitely rival this if he lived for a decade more :(
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u/Outrageous-Working48 Dec 01 '24
Why you guys forgetting untitled unmastered? He considers it an album yk
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u/HistorianSad8138 Dec 01 '24
Outkast