Kasaan Dawkins

Mr. Vega

Period 5 English

March 14, 2012

Kendrick Lamar One of the Best Rappers Ever

Rappers on the radio aren’t talking about anything but money nowadays. Everything they say is pure garbage to me that is why I don’t listen to the radio anymore and prefer to listen to underground rap music. There is this one rapper I particularly enjoy listening to a lot his name is Kendrick Lamar the Six Foot Giant.

Kendrick Lamar is a good rapper because he can kill any beat with his lyrical word play and clear pictures he creates through the stories he tells. He also is very intelligent and knows what he’s talking about. He proves this through many songs but “Ignorance is Bliss” stands out a lot. Kendrick Lamar takes his mistakes in life and shows them to us so we don’t go down the path he took.

I really listen to songs about his life when he talks about his life in Compton and how most of his friends were gang affiliated but he didn’t bother with that and played basketball instead. When he got to his senior year in High school he was only 5’4 and couldn’t take basketball any further. He began to rap and became pretty good at it after he put out the song “Look out for Detox” Dr. Dre a famous producer and Former NWA rapper wanted to sign him. Kendrick Lamar didn’t accept the deal and wanted to make it big his own way.

Even though Kendrick Lamar is The Great rapper he is I would like to see more diversity in his beats. All I n all Kendrick Lamar is a great rapper to listen to if you are fed up with the garbage on the radio.

Top 5 Songs

Ignorance is bliss

West coast Wu Tang

Phone Home

Look out for detox

Six foot 7 freestyle