

With all that covered, let’s get into it. Features on other artists tracks are also not eligible – good news for Big Sean, who only recently recovered from getting bodied on his own track in 2012. Due to the presence of multiple lyric pages for each song, we have found each songs page by searching for the whole album, then selecting the page at the top. So sadly, ‘Cartoons & Cereal’ doesn’t make the list and neither do any tracks from his curation of the Black Panther soundtrack. Having had some time to digest the record, we put our heads together to rank his greatest releases.įor the purpose of this list, we’re only including official solo commercial releases. It followed the Pulitzer Prize-winning DAMN., To Pimp A Butterfly, untitled unmastered, good kid, m.A.A.d city and Section.80. In May of 2022, the pgLang co-founder put an end to five years of speculation by releasing his fifth studio album and final record on TDE Mr. To put it plainly, he’s the most magnetic rapper of the last ten years. As demonstrated in the past couple of years, even when he’s completely silent, the merest rumour of new music has the Compton rapper’s name trending on Twitter. When he’s in release mode, his name dominates headlines, his words are the subject of breakdown videos and stan twitter goes in to verbal ping pong matches to decisively crown him the greatest of all time. Kendrick Lamar’s grip on the music game is air tight.

Morale & The Big Steppers, we’ve ranked the Compton rapper’s greatest songs. Still, here he shines a light on the developmental stages he's gone through as an artist, a trauma survivor, and a Black man with his fianceé Whitney Alford at his side.After the release of his long-awaited fifth studio album, Mr. Ab-Soul & Jay Rock) IntroKendrick Lamar One two, one two, one two One two, one two, one two One two Turn the headphones up Ali. Notoriously more private than his peers, Lamar rarely delves into details of his relationship. The third track on the first disc dives into stories of disassociation, promiscuity, and grief. 'Worldwide Steppers' sees Lamar highlight his shortcomings and reject efforts to reduce art to analytics Score: 10/10 If there's something more dependable than Walker having a "forget all y'all, I'm out" attitude, I haven't seen it yet. The rapper and actress act out an argument that seems like it was pulled straight from somebody's IG Story after they've been recording their neighbors going at it again.īest lyrics: "Bitches starin' at me in Zara, hoes scratchin' my cars up / Shoulda followed my mind in '09 and just moved to Georgia"īest Lyrics: "Summer in the storm, I cannot conform / I just might love you still, just think I love me more / It ain't love if you gon' judge me for my past / No, it ain't love if you ain't never eat my ass / It ain't love if you just only tie me down because you seen me in my bag / That's why I'm anti-everyone before this mask" Lamar and "Zola" actress Taylour Paige go back and forth on this record where they spit jabs, co-written by The Alchemist, Bēkon, Florence Welch, J.LBS, and Lamar himself.

'We Cry Together' centers Lamar and Taylour Paige as they show us exactly how stupid we sound in an argument Score: 10/10 Some people I love are still disappointed that I let "them put that thing in my arm," so it felt validating to hear Lamar rap about suspicions surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine in the Black community. It often indicates a user profile.īest lyrics: "Seen a Christian say the vaccine mark of the beast / Then he caught COVID and prayed to Pfizer for relief / Then I caught COVID and started to question Kyrie / Will I stay organic or hurt in this bed for two weeks? (You really wanna know?)" Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
