Kendrick Lamar Best Posts: What are the effects d---'s incredible commercial success might have on Kendrick's sound?

  1. shahidah
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    shahidah watch me work it JT

    Nov 19, 2017
    You're askin ppl to predict another's success or failure...which is pretty difficult to do since we r not psychics lol.


    Ultimately one could guess that it will just open more doors for Kendrick for example he signed that Nike deal which I'm not sure if that was done before or after..
    I guess..

    More ppl would want to work with him
    Maybe a couple of grammy's

    And like Biggie said

    "Mo money, mo problems."
     
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  2. OwI
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    OwI I was riding on a bike on a very late night

    Nov 19, 2017
    I rly love d---. and still enjoy it to this day! adding to the globally critical praise it gained, the album landed with around 600k sales first week! a top charter hit song "Humble" and a very successful pop duet with rihanna "Loyalty"! this is really really huge for anyone's carrer but it made me wonder! what's are the possible effects this huge success will have on Kendrick's future music sound! will he ever have the balls again to go completely left with a project and risk sacrificing an impressive commercial performance? will he ever make something fully raw and unexpected as TPAB? or something really gritty, Hard, raw and kinda mainly directed to the hard-core hip hop community as much as GKMC was? idk but I feel like whenever an artist reaches that diva status they'll refuse to comeback to thier older selves and the lane they was previously on. it's easy to understand cause all of us have our egos and we can't deny the music world is a popularity contest for the most part! i mean it's all about evolution and we should be happy that the artist we love Is winning overall! and I'm personally satisfied as long as he keeps giving me good music! however all I was trying to point that imo d---. is the transition point in Kendrick's carrer and what we're having now is the modern new Kendrick Lamar which is not necessarily a bad thing! oh and he has a stylist now too
     
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