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Originally Posted by h8kurdt
That's always to be expected no matter how good the person/band is. If something gets too big that they liked early on then there's the reaction against them. Eminem got it, still does tbh.
I've seen it with Kendrick too. I've no time for people who suddenly rile against something just because they've become a massive success.
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Well, it's not even that so much. Or rather, that's not exactly what I've been seeing. Instead, I've seen a lot of folks come out of the woodwork and say things like, "I really don't get why everyone thinks this guy is so good. [Insert name of unsigned regional, underground rapper here] can rap circles around this guy! I'd better see this much hype when the new [insert name of rapper nobody knows from Detroit or whatever] comes out."
I'm sure what you're saying is true about former fans turning their backs on Kendrick because they don't want to be the kind of person who listens to #1 records (only unsuccessful music is good!), but what I'm noticing is that there are, like, a SHIT TON of people who haven't paid much attention to Kendrick until now, and think that this level of success happened overnight.
That's startling to me because
To Pimp a Butterfly was hyped ceaselessly for all of 2015, and
good kid, m.A.A.d city got the same treatment in 2012. But it really seems as though this album is Kendrick's real "breakthrough" record. Suddenly people are bitching about how he's not that great, as though he's new or something.
He's just in a new bracket now I guess. This could actually be a not-great thing for his career. Some fans of his earlier work are certain to be turned off by the sound of this album, and fans of the album will not necessarily appreciate
Section.80 or
Overly Dedicated. Puts him in a bit of a precarious place.
But that's industry politics, and it's all bullshit ultimately. Just something I've noticed. His long-term fans seem to be pretty down with the new shit.