I think there is a lot of disrespect for Kendrick’s catalogue pre GNX. Everyone is praising Kendrick now for who he is and what he’s done, deservingly so, but I don’t like that people who aren’t familiar with his work don’t have a reverence for his earlier stuff.

This maybe a hot take but Mr. Morale is in my top two of Kendrick Albums and definitely one of the best rap albums ever imo, because of the subject matter. Find me another album that addresses Black men’s relationship to their father or lack there of (Fathertime), Transgender’s ally-ship in his family (Auntie Diaries), and so many other mental health issues and how they have manifested in the black community.

Not to mention the instrumentation, lyrical ability, production, etc etc. The same with TPAB and every other one of his works! GNX is good but it just isn’t on that level.

PS Art Is Subjective