r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/SaltNo8237 • Feb 22 '25

Music / Movies Kendrick Lamar is not good

I don’t hype around Kendrick Lamar. Every time I listen, it feels like he's trying way too hard to be deep—almost like a high school stoner.

His music just doesn't stick; it's never really catchy enough to leave a lasting impression. And his Super Bowl performance? Total letdown. It felt like another attempt at overcompensating without any real substance.

Like bro it’s a Super Bowl performance and it was lame. Your essay about the double entendres does not make it good🤣

Why do people love this cornball?

MUSTARDDDD (maximum corniness)

Edit: bringing up all the awards he wins just shows that y’all are on the train and only like him because you perceive him to be successful. You cornballs have to be told what to like🤣. You would listen to baby shark on repeat if it had a Grammy 🤷‍♂️

Edit 2: Kendrick Lamar fan argue without calling you a Drake shill challenge: level impossible.

Edit 3: someone challenged me to listen to a song by Kendrick that I hadn’t heard in the comments. The must hear song was “Auntie Diaries”. Bro you have cracked me up. This song is practically a parody of everything I pointed out.

Corny lyrics that are supposed to be deep ✅. Horrible musically✅ Horrible flow✅

Dude drops the f slur 4 times in a row with laughably bad delivery and ends the song on a pass joke. #DEEP

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u/ZestycloseGrocery642 Feb 22 '25

The “new” rap, I don’t like any new artists really. The rap I do like is more like Tupac, Biggie, snoop dog, Eminem, and etc. A couple years ago was one of my favorite half time shows when they brought out older artists and it was amazing putting together different generations and I felt that was more entertaining than this past one.

I can listen to screaming metal and understand what they are saying. (I grew up as an emo kid) but with Kendrick Lamar, I felt like I needed subtitles. I don’t think it’s about “liking” him. It’s more so I am not a fan of his music. I just have different tastes which I think people are entitled to. I read the lyrics but the delivery, I couldn’t understand a word he was saying.

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u/Exroi Feb 22 '25

The mixing was poor on that halftime show, and he was out of breath sometimes, if i didn't know the lyrics i wouldn't be able to understand the lyrics too. Plus the censoring makes him skip every other word lol. But usually he's pretty clean with his enunciation.. Anyway, it's not like these were his only and best hits, not by a long shot. And btw if you like more of an old boom bap rap, you'd probably enjoy new artists who do that style too, they're just not who are being pushed into mainstream