its insane that both TPAB and GKMC are arguably top 5 Rap albums of all time. one of the greats

One of the best things about Kendrick is that someone can list any one of his albums as their favorite and have their opinion respected

TPAB will forever be my favorite album of all time. But Kendrick genuinely has no misses every album is amazing

I think GKMC stands out so much because it’s so accessible but it doesn’t sound dated. It’s very rare to have a 10 year old album that hits the same way GKMC does.

I’m going to see Kendrick live in November! Cant wait man

Kendrick really dropped 3 classics in a row in TPAB, GKMC & DAMN, and 4 once MM&TBS ages.

One of the best discographies ever 🔥 🔥 🔥

GKMC one of my favorites of all time, definitely number 1 for me.

1. To Pimp A Butterfly 2. Good Kid M.A.A.D City 3. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers 4. Section 80 5. Damn This just my personal ranking. Everyone’s list will be different but we all can agree that Mr. Morale aka Kung Fu Kenny aka K. Dot has one of the best discographies in Hip-Hop.

1. To Pimp A Butterfly 2. good kid, m.A.A.d city 3. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers 4. DAMN. 5. Section.80

1. good kid, m.A.A.d city 15/16 songs liked - overall score: 93.75% 2. Section.80 14/16 songs liked - overall score: 87.5% 3. DAMN. 12/14 songs liked - overall score: 85.71% 4. To Pimp A Butterfly 13/16 songs liked - overall score: 81.25% 5. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers 15/19 songs liked - overall score: 78.94% The first list is strictly based of songs I liked more from album to album. My personal ranking based on themes and concepts would be: 1. good kid, m.A.A.d city 2. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers 3. DAMN. 4. To Pimp A Butterfly 5. Section.80 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers is Kendrick Lamar's deepest and most vulnerable album, and I think it will be his best album overtime. He is so expressive and open, although his breakthrough is messy, it’s necessary to live a healthy life. When I first came across good kid, m.A.A.d city, it had a huge impact in my life, I would play the album from beginning to end repeatedly. By far my most listened to album. good kid, m.A.A.d city can be summarized as a short concise story, told around the childhood of Kendrick Lamar and his rough up upbringing, shining a light into his adolescent years and the way his environment, friends and family have had an impact on him growing up. I feel like this albums sets up the way for his other albums nicely, which all cover the areas of his life where his personal struggles can all stem back to his life in Compton. DAMN. has an amazing theme, were Kendrick struggles between the duality of many familiar emotions, but I feel like Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers is like a sequel or the conclusion that Kendrick reaches to get over his own judgments that he had in DAMN. To Pimp A Butterfly is such a massive and dense masterpiece. The resentment Kendrick has throughout this album, his struggles he’s trying to break free of, and the challenges he faces is undoubtedly one of the reasons why To Pimp A Butterfly is so overwhelmingly loved by his fans. This album is by far his most artistic in my opinion, and the fact that it is so ambitious makes it the most challenging to try and get into. While Section.80 may seem to be his most underrated album at times, it certainly doesn’t lack anything thematically. The message is about letting go of the prejudice that often occurs in the black community, and to instead treat each other with respect. It focuses on the issues , and hardships the black community has faced during the Ronald Regan Era. The album is told in the perspectives of different individuals who have all suffered the same oppression, by the government and their own black community. This album explores the idea of building a strong community, which you realize if truly important especially when good kid, m.A.A.d city comes into place and how that album is a microcosm for much bigger things. Also please let me know if I didn’t mention something that you think is important for others to know.

TPAB & GKMC are both tied no.1. They change from time to time depending on my mood.

5) Section 80 - Hol’ Up 4) Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers - Savoir 3) DAMN. - DUCKWORTH. 2) GKMC - The Art of Peer Pressure 1) To Pimp a Butterfly - You Ain’t Gotta Lie

I love the creativity, Innovation,Production & Transition by GKMC & TPAB. Like those 2 Albums belongs to music history. Section 80 is a Album that vibes me. The UU album is beautiful the fact how he combined Jazz & Trap rap music. DAMN. becomes more mainstream yet a continuation of deep lyrics & content. MMATBS will ages so well. To say it’s a classic is to early, but it’s Kendrick‘s another great project & I appreciate more. Kendrick has one of the best discography in Music & in my Top 10 Artist ever imo.

I was literally thinking today what I'd rank Kendrick's albums! 5. DAMN 4. Section 80 3. Mr Morale and the Big Steppers 2. To Pimp A Butterfly 1. Good Kid Maad City

The way the Kendrick will reference older lines/topic/words is so rewarding as a fan. It really immerses you into his body of work even more.

I wish Untitled Unmastered, The Kendrick Lamar EP, and Overly Dedicated were ranked. Even though they aren't studio albums, they feel like studio albums.

And Kendrick not finish yet I can’t wait for his future albums 🔥🔥🔥 I feel like dude just getting started especially since he has his own label now

1.TPAB 10 2.GKMC 10 3.Damn 9.3 4.MM&TBS 8.8 5.Section 80 8

Just take a minute to appreciate Lamar. Hip Hop wont be as it is rn without Kdot! 🔥🔥🔥

1) good kid, m.A.A.d city - Sing About Me 2) To Pimp A Butterfly- u / Wesley’s Theory 3) MM&TBS - The Heart part 5 / N95 4) Section 80 - Hiiiipower 5) DAMN. - ELEMENT. All of these are absolutely incredible and any ranking of these is completely valid. Kendrick is my favourite artist of all time his entire discography is incredible. Bro that first time I heard GKMC was amazing haha

5. Section.80 4. Damn 3. Mr Morale 2. TPAB 1. GKMC As objectively as possible, TPAB is his best album by far in terms of artistry, but as for pure personal opinion GKMC is my favourite

I love how much you guys put into these videos. The research and time you’ve put in is evident

Its so hard to say which album is better but this was the breakthrough like you said its amazing to think all his albums are amazing or perfect in the tear list

Great vid. If i had only one disagreement, its mr morale. I actually have it slightly above damn. Damn is a good album but there are couple songs that are weak for kendrick. Mr morale is rawer, more personal and more emotionally impactful. I think there are individual tracks on damn that are better and maybe even top 10 in his discography, but considering kendricks character arc and artistic growth, i might go mr morale.

My ranking based on how much I enjoy each album 1. To Pimp A Butterfly (My all time favourite album by the way) 2. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (Not better than good kid but I connect with it a lot more) 3. good kid, m.A.A.d city 4. DAMN. 5. Section.80

5. Section .80 4. Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers 3. good kid, m.A.A.d city 2. DAMN. 1. To Pimp a Butterfly Honestly, all of these are outstanding bodies of work and shouldn’t be overlooked including his work not included in the list. Each album is unique and special. Truly one of the best overall discographies ever.

It’s insane how much I’ve grown in regards to listening to GKMC and TPAB. I was 10 when GKMC came out and 13 when TPAB came out and admittedly I only resonated with GKMC because the radio appeal definitely made the album easier to digest. “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe”, “Swimming Pools” and “Poetic Justice” is such a fine example of not sacrificing meaning or story telling for a polished, radio friendly sound. At 13 I couldn’t grasp how dense TPAB was and the sound turned me away immediately. When I turned 15 my love of music grew to listening to entire albums and researching the meaning behind the projects and I returned to TPAB to give it a proper listen. My god I was floored. Reading people’s interpretation of the album, recognizing the poem being recited matched the theme of the songs playing, and him talking to 2Pac at the end blew me away. I went back to GKMC to give it a proper listen as well and I couldn’t believe what I missed. The story telling, the characters, the portrait Kendrick paints is unparalleled. Admittedly I revised TPAB more than GKMC because the jazz-rap sound of TPAB is addicting to me. “Alright”, “How Much a Dollar Cost”, “Momma”, “These Walls”, and so much more make the album for me. I’m 20 now and still I return to all these different albums and fully appreciate the music that Kendrick has made and it makes me appreciate the sheer amount of thought, care, and attention to detail a man can put into a project. I love the breakdown gents, keep up the great work!

Kenny's my favorite artist of all time, here's my ranking: 1.) TPAB 10/10 (Top Tier 10/10) 2.) GKMC 10/10 (Top Tier 10/10) 3.) DAMN. 10/10 (Second Tier 10/10) 4.) S.80 9.5/10 5.) MMATBS 9/10 Also shoutout to OD and UU. Which imo, are 7/10 and 8.5/10, respectively.

Mine Would Go: 1) TPAB (Masterpiece + Classic) 2) GKMC (Masterpiece + Classic) 3) MM&TBS (Masterpiece) 4) DAMN. (Masterpiece + Classic) 5) Section.80 (Great Album)

Gkmc imo is kendricks best peice of work. Timeless classic Kendrick is deffo one of the greats of this generation. Great vid nfr 💯

5. Section 80 4. Damn 3. MMATBS 2. GKMC 1. TPAB Great video btw guys! 💯

My Ranking 5. DAMN 4. MMTBS 3. TPAB 2. Section 80 1. GKMC Although so much to enjoy of all of Kendrick discography from the descriptive imagery of his personal life & finding a sense with God it’s always have spoken throughout his career. Especially on TPAB while I believe it’s his best project spoken word poetry, Live jazz instrumentation and neatly woven together concepts on Caterpillar coming from the cocoon and awakes of the nest it’s the butterfly where solely represent pimping the struggles of the livelihood of the industry. GKMC has always been my favorite of his work where I’d find it somewhat relatable to myself. Great Breakdown NFR podcast keep up the great work.

For me I’m neck and neck between GKMC and TPAB. GKMC has so many bangers and everyone song can be enjoyed out of the album context, but as an album TPAB is just so well made. It’s so hard to choose one

Waiting for you guys to do this ranking. Kendrick has one of the best discographies in rap given how relatively small it is compared to others.

You guys are doing great! Loving the conversations 🙏

Kendrick Lamar is the only rapper with 2 top 5 rap albums.

To me especially the 2010 era he came up in. It’s amazing to me we got such a varied artist that wasn’t just an underground loved MC, wasn’t just a overlooked artist in the mainstream, but no matter the years it changes with the culture and music he retains almost a mythological reverence as not just a hip hop MC but an artist. The skill and talent it requires to literally break all boundaries, catapult to the top, have the respect and be as loved and anticipated is something we don’t see, as it’s happening for that generation . We look back on greats much later and after they have created their greatest works, it feels like the legends are often in and from the past, but I feel happy I witnessed someone like Kendrick during his rise and reigns on dominance in music period

Great video! So many interesting insights

5. DAMN 4. Section.80 3. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers 2. Good Kid, MAAD City 1. To Pimp a Butterfly All grade A albums. Just levels of A. One of the few artists with no misses.

My ranking would be: 5. SEC.80 4. DAMN. 3. MMATBS 2. GKMC 1. TPAB

Mr Morale was a better listen than DAMN in my opinion!

I just went to the big steppers tour and that concert is an experience I will never forget.! If you have the opportunity to go, please do yourself a favor and see the masterpiece live

GKMC is my favorite bc of the way Kendrick can paint a picture with words and delivery and the instrumentals. Maad city still gives me goosebumps bc it puts you right there in the moment with the violence and horror bc of Kendrick’s delivery and the instrumental.

5. Section.80 4. DAMN. 3. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers 2. To Pimp A Butterfly 1. good kid, m.A.A.d city

This might be controversial but my order is... 1. Good Kid mAAd City 2. DAMN 3. Section .80 4. To Pimp a Butterfly 5. Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers

Tbh mmatbs has been slowly becoming my my fav Kendrick album

I have to go with GKMC. I still remember when I first went through the tack list. I felt like I was with Kendrick as he was telling the story.

My list; 5 Section 80 8/10 4 DAMN 8/10 3 MMATBS 8.5/10 2 GKMC 10/10 1 TPAB 11/10

I’d put Mr Morale over Damn, but just barely. Butterfly, Damn, Morale, and Good Kid are almost all tied for me. They’re so close to me in quality, and my ranking changes from week to week.

5. Mmatbs - Purple hearts, n95, silent hill 4. section 80 - ronald reagan era, hiipower, rigamortus 3. damn - fear, duckworth, xxx 2. tpab - hmadc, wesleys theory, these walls 1. gkmc - maad city, samidot, the art of peer pressure, money trees

GKMC is deff a top 5 album of all time, But TPAB is quite literally a mesterpiece. Probably the greatest music album of all time period. Also, i would put MR morale above DAMN.

Can we get a luca voice crack compilation video ?

What’s crazy about this video is that I’ve been a Kendrick fan, but i’ve never ever dived this deep into his albums or storytelling, this video makes me want to explore deeper into his discography and explore the messages, the themes, the stories, everything. People call him a GOAT, but in all honestly I just don’t think I understand. I think I typically look for music that gives an instant gratification to the sounds and bars, but this is inspiring to look at music more as someone’s individual art, and that I need to challenge myself to dive deeper and try and understand all these things I mentioned above.

So excited for the big steppers tour

My list 1. Damn 2. Tpab (very close second) 3. Gkmc 4. Mmtbs 5. Section 80

my top 5 based on personally how much I connected to them would be: 1. Good Kid, mAAD city 2. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers 3. To Pimp a Butterfly 4. DAMN. 5. Section 80.

Imma be biased and say all his albums are dope af! Listening to them in order in terms of growth, skill, perspective, and producing, man I have to say he is a legend. All favorites albums can appeal to anyone one way or another

Should've put O.D. and UU as well. They deserve the mention and discussion.

Section 80. Is my favorite kendrick album for the fact it was my intro to kendrick back in 2012...I think his best best project is TPAB but damn "you can have all my shine I give you the light" will forever be legendary!

I love MM&TBS, as crazy as it sounds, there’s a huge part of me that wants to put it at number 1, but GKMC and TPAB are so good. I love theater and it’s so theatrical and so personal, plus it’s got great bangers, but it’s just not better than GKMC or TPAB

TPAB & GKMC are both great hip hop albums. Unbiased, TPAB has replay value ofc and good tracks, currently still growin on me. GKMC is timeless, bars are crazy, nostalgia effect, and workin with dre. My favorite kendrick album is GKMC

Kendrick makes songs that make me wanna cry because they’re so beautiful or hit so god damn hard like my two favorite Kendrick songs, FEAR and Alright

1. TPAB. Favourite song: how much a dollar cost? 2. Section .80. Favourite song: Ab Souls Outro 3. GKMC. favourite song: sing about me 4. Mr Morale. Favourite song: mirror 5. Damn. Favourite song: FEEL.

Gkmc is the best, the messages in it as well as being very accessible definitely makes it a timeless classic

5. DAMN. 4. Section.80 3. Good Kid M.A.A.D City 2. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers 1. To Pimp a Butterfly

This is amazing hearing you guys talk about the best rapper alive and the meanings of it all great takes and kendrick has always been great poe mans dream got me into kendrick but listening to all his music even his early work his ep overly dedicated training day unreleased stuff like cartoons and cereal look out for detox shit like that

You guys are awesome. I agree with every ranking even though it's like ranking children. Gkmc has really aged recently to really be the best. Tpab and damn were higher in mind my over the past couple years. But yea this is good content. You guys are spot on. So fortunate we have this channel. But hey. Mmatbs could grow. I listen to this everyday still. It's great

I know this probably is a hot take but MM&TBS > DAMN.

Imo it goes: 1) TPAB 2) GKMD 3) MMATBS 4) Damn. 5) Section 80

I prefer TPAB. Like y'all have stated that it is one of Kdot's best produced albums. I will say though, I do have a bias to this album. It was really my first album that I really listened to when I first got more into searching for music instead of just listening to the radio. TPAB was the first I ever really listened to, already being a big fan of Kendrick. With it having a story/concept in it, I took from this album that other albums can be as beautiful as this. Of course I learned that not all albums have a story/concept like this lmao, but I compared every album after this I listened to, to this album. Great video guys!

Love the GKMC poster in the background, any recommendations where to buy them?

I haven't fully watched the video yet, but my listing is: 1. TPAB 2. GKMC 3. MM&TBS 4. Section 80 5. DAMN. TPAB got me through a lot, it was always on my rotation during the summer of 2015. I'm emotionally invested into that album. GKMC is just phenomenal top to bottom. I know MM&TBS is new, but I'm still listening to it everyday top to bottom. I just really like this album. Section 80 is insanely underrated, and it shows his roots. Finally, I have DAMN. Let me be frank, Kendrick Lamar has not dropped a bad album. They're all great. I just don't go back to DAMN. as much anymore. I honestly can't listen to humble or DNA that much anymore, especially humble. With that said xxx is still one of my favorite songs. I love all his bodies of work though!

1. TPAB 2. Damn 3. GKMC 4. Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers 5. Section 80 I know GKMC is probably a “better album” but I just love Damn, I think damn is his best sounding album behind TPAB and it still has that signature Kendrick Lamar story telling.

GKMC 12- Real 11- Compton 10- Poetic Justice 9- Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe 8- Good Kid 7- Sherane 6- Swimming Pools 5- Art of Peer Pressure 4- Backseat Freestyle 3- Money Trees 2- mAAd City 1- SAMIDOT

1. To Pimp A Butterfly 2. Good Kid maad City 3. Mr Morale and The Big Steppers 4. DAMN. 5. Section.80 6. Untitled Unmastered

This may be unpopular but I absolutely love DAMN. FEAR and DUCKWORTH are my favourite tracks. Both are very pleasing to the ears and both a very sombre tracks. The plot twist at the end of DUCKWORTH. left my mouth wide open. I love DAMN. My least favourite track is probably HUMBLE. or GOD. Yet I still enjoy both tracks. I can't put GKMC over TPAB nor TPAB over GKMC. Yet I have yet to listen to TPAB fully. MM&BS is good, I love father time and auntie diaries. We cry together is another good one. I have yet to Section 80 fully aswell. Here's my ranking: 1. DAMN. 2. GKMC/TPAB 4. MM&BS 5. Section 80

TPAB~GKMC ( I think TPAB is the better album but GKMC is more accessible to me ) > DAMN >= Mr. Morale. > Section. 80 > UU

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5. Mr Morale & The Big Steppers 4. DAMN. 3. Section.80 2. good kid, m.A.A.d city 1. To Pimp A Butterfly

tpab might be the greatest album of all time.

This is my personal ranking, but here is it: 8. Overly Dedicated 5/10 7. The Kendrick Lamar EP 7/10 6. Black Panther 7/10 5. DAMN 9/10 4. section.80 9/10 3. Good Kid, MAAD City 10/10 2. To Pimp a Butterfly 10/10 1. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers 10/10

You guys are phenomenal. Next time you do album rankings, go for Nas discography, I really wanna hear your take on Nas discography... Keep the videos coming ❤️

1. To Pimp A Butterfly 2. Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City 3. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers 4. DAMN 5. Section.80

Kendrick is one of the only artists I've heard that's only made masterpiece albums, 0 bad albums in his discography

My Ranking 1.GKMC 2.TPAB 3.Section 80 4.MMATBS 5.DAMN

1. GKMC 2. Damn 3. MMBS 4. TPAB 5. Section 80

1. To Pimp a Butterfly 2. Good Kig M.A.A.D. City 3. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers 4. Section 80. 5. DAMN.

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Here’s my ranking: (in terms of my enjoyment not as an album) 1. GKMC 2. Mr Morale 3. DAMN 4. TPAB 5. Section 80

personally i thinl the reason kendrick is so consistent is bc he doesnt release that much like nas for example has more than 15 albums kendrick has 4 (without section 80) it makes sense he doesnt have misses he just keeps a good rep so whatever he drops it won't be received badly

Honestly has any hip hop artist ever had a 5 project run (or 6 including UU) like Kendrick Lamar? I genuinely can’t think of another artist who has maintained that level of quality over so many projects

I was wondering what your thoughts were on his discography now. After a few weeks of his last album I think I'm comfortable with my list now. 5. Section 80 4. DAMN. 3. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers 2. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City 1. To Pimp a Butterfly

My Ranking 5. To Pimp a Butterfly (Overrated) 4. Section 80 3. Damn 2. Mr Morale & The Big Steppers 1. Good Kid Maad City (Classic)

It’s insane how for the past decade kendrick had stayed consistent with pure top tier quality. TPAB and GKMC can both be argued as the greatest oat and his other albums are classics besides MMATBS (only bc of time it will most likely become a future classic.) Kendrick really is a goat. Also the poem for TPAB starts at king kunta 🔥

5. S80 4. DAMN 3. MM&TBS/GKMC 2. GKMC/MM&TBS 1. TPAB It's funny to see how different everyone's lists seem to be, just goes to show how solid of a discography Kendrick has built not even counting UU.

1.TPAB 2.GKMC 3.DAMN. 4.S80 5.MM&TBS all being fantastic albums that will go down not just in hip hop culture but in musical history as a whole

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I truly believe that MM&TBS is at worst #3 behind TPAB and GKMC

TPAB is his best but my favourite is GKMC