Has potential. he is freshest rappers in the last few years

Posted by MusicMan on Friday, 05/17/2013 @ 00:01am

If Kendrick gets in, he'll be the last rap artist possibly ever to make it in. It's too early to tell if he's a HOF artist, but I can see him managing to squeeze in, he's innovating west coast rap with songs like "I".

Posted by Kendall on Friday, 11/28/2014 @ 18:14pm

Section.80, Good Kid Maad City, To Pimp A Butterfly...

One of the best three-album runs in history. All hail the King.

Posted by GFW on Saturday, 05/2/2015 @ 16:54pm

He's becoming quite a pressing concern as far as rap goes. To Pimp a Butterfly is easily a worthy follow-up to good kid, m.A.A.d city and Section.80.

If he's able to nail one more album like those three, I would actually be comfortable calling him a front-runner for this year in the Hall of Fame.

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 05/3/2015 @ 16:55pm

We haven't even had a chance to vote in To Pimp a Butterfly and he's already released the fourth album in a solid four album run with untitled unmastered.

We can't vote it in, due to the compilation rule, but the effect stays: Kendrick Lamar's a front-runner, and barring him doing something stupid, his induction is a likely possibility.

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 03/12/2016 @ 19:44pm

I don't get why everyone is talking about Lamar like he's good. Look at Swimming Pools, it sounds like every other song of it's time, and his flow is horrid on the rest of his first album, and for the rest of his career his delivery is very hit or miss... To put it bluntly Kendrick isn't that good of a rapper. I vote a strong no

Posted by Michael on Wednesday, 06/22/2016 @ 17:42pm

Rappers don't belong in the Rock Hall of Fame any more than Beethoven does.

Posted by Mitt on Sunday, 04/28/2019 @ 22:37pm

Kendrick Lamar did to rap what Bob Dylan did to rock. So yeah, he deserves a spot.

Posted by Liam on Monday, 06/15/2020 @ 12:36pm

It almost feels silly to put a lot of these "younger" and "newer" artists up here. However, Kendrick Lamar is a exception here. He is simply special. The comment above me compared him to Bob Dylan and I would agree with this comparison. Both are Pulitzer winners and are extremely talented songwriters. They both might not be everyone's cup of tea with their voices but their song writing is where they sell it. Now back to Lamar; his discography is already great. He is a lock to be in the rock and roll hall of fame already. To Pimp A Butterfly is probably the greatest album in the past 20 years and the greatest rap album of all time. Do I need to say anymore?

Posted by Thomas on Tuesday, 05/11/2021 @ 03:16am

He's this generation's Tupac. An absolute yes from me.

Posted by Henry on Sunday, 11/7/2021 @ 01:58am

If any modern artist deserves it, it's him.

Posted by Kyle on Monday, 07/4/2022 @ 02:59am

If Not Like Us and after his whole Drake beef doesn't solidate this, I dont know what will. He is the greatest musician of the 2010s and 20s so far--almost without a doubt, besides maybe Taylor Swift for her influence alone. He's been "in" since he showed he can do anything with DAMN.

Posted by Xander on Monday, 08/12/2024 @ 21:02pm

if he isn't a first year inductee then idk what the committee is smoking. kendrick's influence is actually insane, and denying him of this honor would just be wrong.

Posted by matt on Monday, 11/18/2024 @ 10:18am