It's very good and sometimes excellent.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 17 April 2017 10:33 (seven years ago) link
Alfred you played the Vai card, don't be surprised when Satch shows up to boogie
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 April 2017 12:19 (seven years ago) link
no longer vai-able
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 17 April 2017 12:37 (seven years ago) link
DAMN Good.
― DavidLeeRoth, Monday, 17 April 2017 13:22 (seven years ago) link
trigger warning: pinch harmonics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YADEU3FG5ZQ
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 17 April 2017 13:24 (seven years ago) link
http://www.okayplayer.com/news/kendrick-lamar-debuts-damn-songs-kills-the-coachella-stage.html
it'll get yanked since it's just a rip of the coachella livestream, but kendrick's entire set from the weekend is on a few sites for the minute
it's good :)
― a landlocked exclave (mh đ), Monday, 17 April 2017 17:10 (seven years ago) link
People who hate on Kendrick mainly do so because he has a very peculiar voice and he goes all self-righteous with it and it sounds awkward af. He sounds like a parody imo.
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 17 April 2017 19:09 (seven years ago) link
no u
― imago, Monday, 17 April 2017 19:16 (seven years ago) link
did you confuse him with j cole on the self-righteous part
― a landlocked exclave (mh đ), Monday, 17 April 2017 19:19 (seven years ago) link
sorry sorry trying to delete comment
― a landlocked exclave (mh đ), Monday, 17 April 2017 19:20 (seven years ago) link
Sorry, will remove bookmark.
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 17 April 2017 19:24 (seven years ago) link
I'm hounding everyone off ILX this week. Sorry, didn't mean to offend. Don't go. Your interpretation is valid
― imago, Monday, 17 April 2017 19:25 (seven years ago) link
kinda nice to see some slander itt tbf.
― Spottie, Monday, 17 April 2017 19:54 (seven years ago) link
altho the steve vai derail was better
Element sounds like Drakes back 2 back to me
― Spottie, Monday, 17 April 2017 19:57 (seven years ago) link
guys guys let's not criticize the dude with a song that contains the line "let me put the head in" multiple times
― na (NA), Monday, 17 April 2017 19:58 (seven years ago) link
that's one of my faves on the album so far, even if that's the most awkward repeated lyric since whatever j cole last did
― a landlocked exclave (mh đ), Monday, 17 April 2017 20:01 (seven years ago) link
i'm really angry about j cole existing again this week, sorry
has my enthusiastic support for this album triggered a backlash
― imago, Monday, 17 April 2017 20:01 (seven years ago) link
yes, as usual everything is a reaction to you
― na (NA), Monday, 17 April 2017 20:07 (seven years ago) link
Second half is better than first. And also, Blood is bullshit, and it's now second album in a row the devil is a woman, and after Sherane it's his third album in a row where the narrative thread revolves around a deceitful woman. And compared to How Much a Dollar Cost, why was the homeless man God, while the homeless woman is the Devil?
― Frederik B, Monday, 17 April 2017 20:10 (seven years ago) link
Just wondering Gospodin, if he sounds like a parody to you, what is it a parody of?
― On Some Faraday Beach (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 17 April 2017 20:12 (seven years ago) link
â a landlocked exclave (mh đ), Monday, April 17, 2017
bitch be humble!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 17 April 2017 20:22 (seven years ago) link
surprised u can't recognise a parody of self righteousness ;)
― imago, Monday, 17 April 2017 20:25 (seven years ago) link
That a dig, or...?
― On Some Faraday Beach (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 17 April 2017 20:27 (seven years ago) link
oh, reply to NA!
― imago, Monday, 17 April 2017 20:32 (seven years ago) link
wait no let me exercise my new found power. get out lbi, i hath commanded it ^_^
― imago, Monday, 17 April 2017 20:33 (seven years ago) link
xp He goes for the prophet vibe which makes him sound like a 2Pac tryhard (and Pac was already a tryhard himself). Also, a major source of frustration for me is that he has a very similar voice to James Brown but he is definitely not a James Brown. Even when he gets to work on something worthy like King Kunta he mucks it up with some corny shit like annie are you ok and baby woo woo. It comes down to yabish being probably my least favorite piece of slang ever. Like, just the way it sounds is awkward af to me. So I'm basically completely at odds with Kendrick's cadence.
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 17 April 2017 20:51 (seven years ago) link
Failing to be James Brown seems like a high bar
― Moodles, Monday, 17 April 2017 21:14 (seven years ago) link
I can kinda hear it but that comparison would never have occurred to me
― ÎáŊĪΚĪ, Monday, 17 April 2017 21:24 (seven years ago) link
Mystikal sounded like Brown too but with him it seemed like a virtue.
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 17 April 2017 21:24 (seven years ago) link
It kind of sounds like you've only heard King Kunta
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Monday, 17 April 2017 21:56 (seven years ago) link
I've listened to everything he's done sans mixtapes. Whatever he tries to do with his voice it always sounds corny to me hence parody. It might be partially due to being from Eastern Europe where the "ish" sound (as in yabish) is very common and has a clear infantile ring to it. Basically Kendrick sounds like a toddler to me.
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 17 April 2017 22:07 (seven years ago) link
how do you feel about skee-lo?
― Sufjan Grafton, Monday, 17 April 2017 23:21 (seven years ago) link
wish he was a little bit taller tbh
― ÎáŊĪΚĪ, Monday, 17 April 2017 23:22 (seven years ago) link
Love Skee-Lo!
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 17 April 2017 23:40 (seven years ago) link
Dude upthread is right about that part of the LUST hook being not-so-great, although imo a certain lyric on the falsetto part is worse. Rest of the song is cool tho.
Possibly just subject matter dude comes across awkward with for whatever reason, I've read people make that observation before
― nova, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 03:56 (seven years ago) link
wait I like the vocal hook on LUST, reminds me of George Clintonbut I agree Kendrick sounds like a secret virgin when he raps about sex
― bunny slopes, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 06:56 (seven years ago) link
wtf happened to this thread
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 07:10 (seven years ago) link
It got all Vaiied out
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 09:13 (seven years ago) link
Yes the "bag of sand" observation about Kendrick has been made before
― Number None, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 12:14 (seven years ago) link
Kendrick has no conception of cadence. He's as bad as Macklemore. Just jam as many words in a song as you can with no regard for meter or cadence. Ive tried twice with the new album and it's just not clicking.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 12:36 (seven years ago) link
so kendrick lamar has 1) a bad/weird voice and 2) doesn't know how to rap
good thread
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 12:38 (seven years ago) link
p much ready to bully everyone off ilx
― imago, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 12:39 (seven years ago) link
Kendrick's cadences are amazing. urs,a cadence fan
― imago, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 12:40 (seven years ago) link
damn you, difference in taste!
― niels, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 12:41 (seven years ago) link
this is more important than taste
― imago, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 12:42 (seven years ago) link
I've no doubt Kendrick is smart, hugely talented and doing great work - it's just not really my cup of tea. But it's not uncommon at all for a distinctive, trendsetting stylist to be divisive.
― niels, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 12:44 (seven years ago) link
It's not really my cup of tea either, but saying that Kendrick has no conception of cadence is weird. If that's the case, then 'cadence' doesn't meant what I think the word means.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 13:10 (seven years ago) link
Kendrick has no conception of cadence. He's as bad as Macklemore. Just jam as many words in a song as you can with no regard for meter or cadence.
This is 100% wrong. Also, for all the problems Macklemore has (and there are a lot), "no sense of cadence" isn't among them.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 13:29 (seven years ago) link