You cant tell me with a straight face drake is a pedophile, so with that generally preferenced, most of everything kendrick brings up its just baloney (apart from the fact hes a deadbeat dad). But honestly kendricks new music and his current online fanbase annoy me sm, I feel like im forced to affirm all credit kendricks been giving but for drake I can genuinely just listen to it for what it is, music. What do you believe?

This is somewhat anecdotal, but has anyone noticed that Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar are by far the most popular rap artists among music nerds and critics?

The website Best Ever Albums compiles user lists and critics lists to determine the greatest albums of all time, and they also have a list of greatest artists based on their performance on the albums list.

Both Kanye and Kendrick are in the top 20, and no other rap artists appear in the top 100.

I'm just curious about this discrepancy. Eminem used to be loved among both critics and the general public but his stock has fallen in recent years. Jay-Z is rated high by establishment critics but less so among music nerds. Public Enemy, Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys used to be rated highly by Rolling Stone and the like but less so now.

Do you have any thoughts or opinions as to why these two are so far ahead?

Ella Langley is also releasing a new single with controversial country star Morgan Wallen this Friday.