Dé grootste muziek lyrics site van de wereld Genius.com heeft de Top 10 bekend gemaakt van hun jaarlijkse Rap Genius Of The Year lijst. De 10 hiphop artiesten zijn verkozen door meer dan 2500 bezoekers van de site. Kendrick liet o.a. Drake, Future en Vince Staples achter zich.
Dit is wat Ben Carter van de site over de nummer 1 Kendrick Lamar had te melden:
“Kendrick Lamar is 2015’s “Rap Genius.” While some rappers coerced a similar feeling, and even added great intellectual flair to their conscious message, Kendrick’s voice was unfiltered and raw. Artists like Drake relied on pop-sensibility to muscle their way into the conversation, but Kendrick let his heart and soul become the conversation itself.This is what separates him from the rest.His relative silence outside of the music proved that the power he could muster with mere musical presence was stronger than any campaign. There was no major press run, no memes, no beefs stoked purely for camera clicks and tongue wagging. 2015 belonged to Kendrick Lamar, and all he had to do was release an album.
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Dit is de rest van de Top 10: Lin-Manuel Miranda (composer en ster van de Broadway musical ‘Hamilton’) (10)
Lupe Fiasco (9)
Vince Staples (8)
Skepta (7)
A$AP Rocky (6)
Travis Scott (5)
Young Thug (4)
Drake (3)
Future (2)
