>like, Kendrick is getting love and sales for an album that
>ppl feel is genuine, rooted in a real street level experience,
>which, in hip-hop, means something
>
>Drake is cool, but folks see him as a manufactured pop star
>who can rap good, but whose story of child-star rise to rap
>fame (in Canada no less) weakens his cred in an artform born
>in the streets
>
>Canada... isnt jus lyke Compton?

Where is the evidence of Drake's envy of Kendrick? What does he have to be envious about? He's more successful commercially and just as acclaimed critically. He is well respected in the eyes of the public, critic and his peers.

I think GKMC is better than NWTS or any of Drake's albums, but Drake has a solid body of work as well. Drake's commercial success makes it easier for an artist like Kendrick (also very cerebral and self aware) to pop commercially. Not to mention Drake being on one of Kendrick's highest topping singles...

Drake came up acting, as we all know, but he has paid his dues. He came up in the Houston rap scene and is tied to one of rap's longest tenured crews. And in 2014, is rap even still street anymore? Regardless, what does he have to be envious about?