Rolling Stone (USA): The 50 Greatest Kendrick Lamar Songs

[sam.peeler]

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... 2-1247561/

50. "The Heart Pt. 2" feat. Dash Snow (2010)
49. "Keisha's Song (Her Pain)" feat. Ashtrobot (2011)
48. "The Recipe" feat. Dr. Dre (2012)
47. "Hood Politics" (2015)
46. "Kush & Corinthians (His Pain)" feat. BJ the Chicago Kid (2011)
45. "Let Me Be Me" (2009)
44. "Michael Jordan" feat. ScHoolboy Q (2010)
43. "P&P" feat. Ab Soul (2009)
42. "R.O.T.C. (Interlude)" feat. BJ the Chicago Kid (2010)
41. "She Needs Me" feat. Dom Kennedy and Murs (2010)
40. "For Free? (Interlude)" (2015)
39. "Ab-Soul's Outro" feat. Ab-Soul (2011)
38. "How Much a Dollar Cost" feat. James Fauntleroy and Ronald Isley (2015)
37. "Average Joe" (2010)
36. "Black Friday" (2015)
35. "Complexion (A Zulu Love)" feat. Rapsody (2015)
34. "DNA." (2017)
33. "The Art of Peer Pressure" (2012)
32. "DUCKWORTH." (2017)
31. "Ignorance Is Bliss" (2013)
30. "Institutionalized" feat. Anna Wise, Bilal, and Snoop Dogg (2015)
29. "Wesley's Theory" feat. George Clinton and Thundercat (2015)
28. "i" (2014)
27. "u" (2015)
26. "Look Out for Detox" (2010)
25. "Momma" (2015)
24. "PRIDE." (2017)
23. "Poe Mans Dreams (His Vice)" feat. GLC (2011)
22. "Westside, Right on Time" feat. Young Jeezy (2012)
21. "FEAR." (2017)
20. "FEEL." (2017)
19. "ELEMENT." (2017)
18. "Untitled 07 | 2014-2016" (2017)
17. "m.A.A.d City" feat. MC Eiht (2012)
16. "King Kunta" (2015)
15. "Cartoon & Cereal" feat. Gunplay (2013)
14. LOYALTY." feat. Rihanna (2017)
13. "Untitled 02 | 06.23.2014" (2016)
12. "The Blacker the Berry" (2015)
11. "Sing About Me (I'm Dying of Thirst)" (2012)
10. "Rigamortis" (2011)
9. "Ronald Reagan Era (His Evils)" feat. RZA (2011)
8. "HUMBLE." (2017)
7. "Untitled 05 | 09.21.2014" (2016)
6. "A.D.H.D." (2011)
5. "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe" (2012)
4. "Swimming Pools (Drank)" (2012)
3. "Backseat Freestyle" (2012)
2. "Alright" (2015)
1. "Money Trees" feat. Jay Rock (2012)

[hero]

As a Kendrick Lamar fan is always fun to see a list like this. Even though I don't agree with much of the choices. Feels a bit weird to med that King Kunta has fallen so out of favor since its release when it was the most acclaimed song for Lamar. I think maybe that's the song that aged best, even if i understand the movement around Alright. Also a track like How Much a Dollar Cost should be way higher imo.

[Sliemy]

Michael Jordan is awful. And the fact Real is nowhere to be seen...

[prosecutorgodot]

HiiiPower doesn't even make the top 50??? This list is full of sh*t.

[StevieFan13]

HiiiPower doesn't even make the top 50??? This list is full of sh*t.

I dunno. I don’t think it’s full of sh*t. Or shit, for that matter.

[Jackson]

Not a perfect list, but Money Trees is an awesome number 1!

DNA's low placement is really strange, I think that song had more of a lasting impact than HUMBLE.

[Harold]

DNA's low placement is really strange, I think that song had more of a lasting impact than HUMBLE.

#'s 32-34 are all personal favorites, so it's odd for me to see all of them so low (agree with the prior comment on "How Much a Dollar Cost" as well). Strange in general to see the top 20 so thoroughly dominated by good kid, m.A.A.D city (6 tracks, including #1) over To Pimp a Butterfly (only 3 tracks, albeit the right 3!). In fact, DAMN. has one more song than TPaB in the top 20, while Section.80 and untitled unmastered also have 3.

[Nick]

HiiiPower doesn't even make the top 50??? This list is full of sh*t.

I think this is a great list, but a lot of my favorite Section.80 tracks got snubbed.

"A.D.H.D." is probably my favorite song from that mixtape, and I'm glad that song made it, but my #2 through #4 favorites ("HiiiPower", "Hol' Up", "Fuck Your Ethnicity") all didn't. Oh well.

[Nick]

I'm also glad that this list seems to suggest GKMC > TPAB, which is against the conventional wisdom but is something I agree with.

[VacantJoy]

(2021)