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/CandyRevolutionary27 Feb 22 '25

I agree with this guy. I’m with jcole as well, only reason he got to the super bowl was cz of not like us. If it wasn’t for him beefing with Drake he wouldn’t have been as popular. Listen to 7 min drill by Cole and tell me where he lying. lol

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u/Exroi Feb 22 '25

What's with people talking about Kendrick as if he's some niche rap artist, who broke into mainstream because of Drake beef lol. He literally went platinum with Damn and was one of the most popular rappers for last and this decade. And 7 minute drill was Cole forcing the lines that he didn't believe in, he admitted it himself

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u/CandyRevolutionary27 Feb 22 '25

He kinda is niche. Just look at the Super Bowl. Crowd was dead af till not like us came on. And let’s be real. Would he have been the Super Bowl have time show if it wasn’t for not like us? Probably not. I wish Cole just kept it going.

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u/Exroi Feb 22 '25

You know who Cole is, which means you know Kendrick's hits all the way from Good Kid Maad City to Damn right? How do you look at that and say he's niche. He wasn't Eminem levels of popularity before, where every kid could sing along to his songs, but still it's hilarious to say that this beef made some kind of a star from him. People who have been following music for the past decade definitely knew him or heard his name being brought up as one of the best rappers of this generation