But only one person is putting out grade A "popular" music; YM has Nicki, Drake, and Wayne plus Tyga getting some play. TDE is not sustainable IMO. And also, I think Kendrick is going to see a drop in popularity with his second album regardless of how good it is, simply because he's not really a "hit maker."
Obviously TDE has Jimmy Iovine in their corner which goes a long way, but they need to capitalize on their position. They wasted 2013 doing nothing. In fact if it wasn't for Kendrick's Control verse, no one would be talking about them this year.
Yea 2013 wasn't their biggest year, but it does setup a great 2014.
Oxymoron Q1.
Ab-Soul's project is pretty much done so that could come whenever they think it's right to drop it.
Isaiah Rashad's project Cilvia (debut mixtape lol) is supposed to drop too. Shot you Down and Ronnie Drake are two tracks from the tape, and I think they're both dope.
Jay Rock gotta do something instead of scratchin his ass.
SZA will probably have a project too. Her TDE debut song Teen Spirit was dope.
As for Kendrick, I don't know how he'll try to top GKMC. I know he mentioned wanting to make a short film out of the Album using the album as a soundtrack for the film. All I'm seeing is maybe a single then the album coming Q4 or 2015.