In many ways, the fact that we're still debating/talking about GKMC years later, in comparison to a new album, is proof of its longevity. Kendrick really did set the bar every other emcee of his generation would be measured against. Cole's 2014 Forest Hills Drive re-ignited the conversation around GKMC. I should have written this article then, but it just never felt like the right time-I had more pressing, very important things to write about - until now when J. And somewhere in between the 200th and 4,000th listen even the most logical, rational, Spockian-emotionless part of my brain accepted GKMC as a classic. I listened to it to get hyped at the gym, I listened to it washing the dishes, I listened to it after my father-in-law died. So I played the album.and played it.and played it. I had a literal professional obligation to wait before making any grand proclamations. ![]() Still, though, while my soul was already picturing still listening to "Money Trees" in the retirement home, my head was pumping the brakes.
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