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I love that on his song with the longest spoken word section Kendrick raps about losing fans  I think the album was great but I'm a dorky white nerd who loves 80min concept albums. I have a feeling this album will flop horribly.
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I think it's fantastic right now but I can see how people could have problems with it. It really demands to be listened to as a coherent whole but the length could make doing that challenging.
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Mar 16, 2015 17:21
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I've never liked his spoken word so that's a miss for me. When he's rapping well he raps so well but the production and all the corny poo poo I could do without. It'll take a while to digest, How Much a Dollar Cost is the best song maybe
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Mar 16, 2015 17:21
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yea i like it less than gkmc but that was expected. album i would be better without the talky at the end, i think i actually prefer the radio version.
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Mar 16, 2015 17:24
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A Handed Missus posted:lmao I skipped the 12 minute track and I don't regret it after reading all this Yuzenn posted:TL;DR, King Kendrick has to take the King part from in front of his name, not a good product. I kinda agree with a lot of that (I'm pretty sure somewhere earlier in the thread I mentioned I hope Kendrick didn't take his rap savior stuff too far) but it works here for me. He is overboard, but he's always been that way going back to his earlier stuff. Like, it totally fits in with the rest of his stuff-it's just now he's able to get the producers/features he likely wanted to use on Section.80/O.D. Also I didn't get the tone that it was all about Kendrick being awesome at all. Also GKMC wasn't really a concert album either so I don't think that's gonna hurt it at all. Dude's trying to make a "modern" take on What's Going On/There's A Riot Going On/Mingus Ah Um or whatever-it's a protest/social commentary album. I wont lie-I think he could've cut about 15+ minutes out and had a much more impactful statement, but I'm not gonna hate on the album because it's too long because the rapping (which is way more than 15-20 minutes, although I can see how it would feel like that) is all top-notch and he's actually SAYING something. Also all his albums but O.D. were full of skits/interludes. It's somewhat similar to a bit more bloated The Ecstatic. You mention Andre 3000, but if you remember his last album had about 5 minutes of rapping on it, and the rest was him doing Prince/Rick James/Little Richard karaoke. And I can definitely see how dudes wouldn't like this album, but I think it's something that definitely deserves a bit more time than one listen or whatever, even with the bloat and everything it's a really well put together album. I know I like this better than GKMC upon first impression. Also I could end up wrong, but I think this album's gonna be all over critic lists and is gonna do decently in terms of sales. For critics there's just a whole bunch here to go over/talk about that will get all sorts of play, and the couple singles are catchy enough to get a less "rap fan" audience.
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Mar 16, 2015 17:33
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alright is like a better version of all day though.
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Mar 16, 2015 17:34
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Completely unrelated to Kendrick (and likely to get lost in this discussion) Yung Lean x Ballout - Wanna Smoke More SADBOYS x GLO Gang stuff absolutely needs to happen.
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Mar 16, 2015 17:44
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But can you turn up to Kendrick's album?
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Mar 16, 2015 18:22
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Masterpiece. The singles hit a lot harder in the context of an album.
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Mar 16, 2015 18:42
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lmao kendrick's album is loving atrocious and i cant wait for all the cool kids saying its the greatest record of all time something something jazz pushing raps boundaries
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Mar 16, 2015 18:53
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VisAbsoluta posted:lmao kendrick's album is loving atrocious and i cant wait for all the cool kids saying its the greatest record of all time something something jazz pushing raps boundaries its amazing, you jackass
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Mar 16, 2015 19:10
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It's going to be a pretty polarizing album for a lot of reasons. Opinions and poo poo.
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Mar 16, 2015 19:11
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alansmithee posted:The first 4:30 are ridiculous (before the 2pac talk and random spoken word stuff). I'm going to give this an honest to god listen through in the car to and from work (the only time where I can really give an album a good listen) cuz it wasn't easy to digest at work at all with everything going on. (My coworker busted out laughing in the next office when he heard THIS DICK AINT FREE, which was hilarious). Plus spotify is getting railed during this stream and its cutting in and out each track so that didn't help.
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Mar 16, 2015 19:16
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VisAbsoluta posted:lmao kendrick's album is loving atrocious and i cant wait for all the cool kids saying its the greatest record of all time something something jazz pushing raps boundaries
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Mar 16, 2015 19:26
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it is bad. really bad.
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Mar 16, 2015 19:28
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Yuzenn posted:I'm going to give this an honest to god listen through in the car to and from work (the only time where I can really give an album a good listen) cuz it wasn't easy to digest at work at all with everything going on. (My coworker busted out laughing in the next office when he heard THIS DICK AINT FREE, which was hilarious). Plus spotify is getting railed during this stream and its cutting in and out each track so that didn't help. Just as an aside, I laughed at "THIS DICK AINT FREE" as well...until about 1:30 when he does like a scat-rap (vocal style, not making GBS threads) over the jazz beat and it's like whoa. Also it's totally a protest song. Again, you still may not like it but I've been listening to it all day and the long/talky/skit parts blend in and disappear a lot more while his lyrics start popping out a lot more. I'm seriously loving this album.
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Mar 16, 2015 19:33
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It's his grammy album.
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Mar 16, 2015 19:42
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I haven't had a chance to listen to it but I like social commentary type albums like greatest story never told and experimental albums like MDTF. Does it have anything going for it similar to those?
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Mar 16, 2015 19:49
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It sounds like he listened to a lot of FlyLo and the new D'Angelo album
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Mar 16, 2015 19:50
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The jazzy stuff is p bad somehow though. I usually love that type of thing but it's not doing it for me first couple of listens
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Mar 16, 2015 19:51
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Dr. Pancakes posted:I haven't had a chance to listen to it but I like social commentary type albums like greatest story never told and experimental albums like MDTF. Does it have anything going for it similar to those? He interviews tupac and tupac unironically says "eat the rich".
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Mar 16, 2015 19:53
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sudo rm -rf posted:He interviews tupac and tupac unironically says "eat the rich". Tupac is dead bro.
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Mar 16, 2015 19:57
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Hey guys go check out reddit and 4chan, they're eating this poo poo up. A 80 minute concept album entirely about race/social justice issues written by a guy who's signed to Interscope living in a wealthy LA suburb? That ends in a fake interview with a rapper who's better than Kendrick will ever be who's been dead for 19 years? With SPOKEN WORD?!?!?!?! AND JAZZ???!!!!!! JUST TAKE MY MONEY ALREADY Anyone want to start a betting pool on what pitchfork will rate TPaB? I'm going with 9.7/10 The beats were alright though. Forgettable and generic, but listenable. Kendrick pretty much raps in the same flow/cadence the entire album though which annoyed me, and it seemed overly edited. He should have thrown the album in the trash and started over a third time. Color me unsurprised the album sucks though, Kendrick is stuck in probably the worst record deal in hiphop and you can tell in interviews how apathetic he is about the whole ordeal. He has no motivation to make it good. I've never really been a fan, but this album really feels like a mix of all the worst parts of section 80 and maaad city without any of the magic. HEY VAPER fucked around with this message at 20:47 on Mar 16, 2015 |
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Mar 16, 2015 20:44
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yeah, reddit, paragons of social justice where Young Thug did an IAMA about being a rapper and one of the most popular questions was "how old are you and what crimes have you committed"
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Mar 16, 2015 20:46
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I guess he forsook the rest of TDE? Not even an Ab feature????
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IM DAY DAY IRL posted:yeah, reddit, paragons of social justice where Young Thug did an IAMA about being a rapper and one of the most popular questions was "how old are you and what crimes have you committed" they'll buy TPaB in droves because White Guilt
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IM DAY DAY IRL posted:yeah, reddit, paragons of social justice where Young Thug did an IAMA about being a rapper and one of the most popular questions was "how old are you and what crimes have you committed" lmao
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if you ever thought Kendrick Lamar was a good rapper read this http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.15954/title.kendrick-lamar-recalls-having-a-vision-of-tupac-shakur-in-his-sleep
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Quantum of Phallus posted:I guess he forsook the rest of TDE? Not even an Ab feature???? Top said Jay Rock's album is still on the way Keep the dream alive
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Mar 16, 2015 20:53
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I'm not sure how i feel about all this jazz inspired rap stuff on Pimp but 'How Much A Dollar Cost' is amazing and really nails the theme.
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Mar 16, 2015 21:01
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So why is kendricks record deal lovely
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Mar 16, 2015 21:07
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New Slaine track: http://2dopeboyz.com/2015/03/16/premiere-slaine-the-graveyard/ Good stuff, looking forward to this mixtape
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Mar 16, 2015 21:36
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HEY VAPER posted:Anyone want to start a betting pool on what pitchfork will rate TPaB? I'm going with 9.7/10 They're overdue for a 10/10. Just a feeling.
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Mar 16, 2015 22:13
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this album will be really good when im really high grilling in june but right now i think it is Very Bad and the jazz/funk samples are dumb and heavy handed and sound like kendrick was really self conscious that he isnt flylo or d'angelo. to be clear i think his rapping is good but the aesthetic is the god drat worst.
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Mar 16, 2015 22:14
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If they cut all of the skits/spoken word/half baked jazz and funk parts then it would be a pretty good EP
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Mar 16, 2015 22:18
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Real Name Grover posted:They're overdue for a 10/10. Just a feeling. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17380-kendrick-lamar-king-kunta/
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Mar 16, 2015 22:21
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Really, people are getting a "He wants to save everyone" vibe from this album? This album seems way more like him trying to process his fame and rap/spoken word through his own personal depression and personal thoughts. "u" nails the self-loathing and anxiety of depression goddamn perfectly.
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Mar 16, 2015 22:32
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I want to touch Kendrick's mouth with my mouth.
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Mar 16, 2015 22:41
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I think every pitchfork review I've read was just them comparing an artist to a bunch of other artists. Also Kendrick's voice sounds feminine as hell on some of these songs.
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Robert Analog posted:Also Kendrick's voice sounds feminine as hell on some of these songs. After about five repeated listens my feelings on the album are generally positive but I can't abide by that thing he does with his voice on "u" and "i"
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