Having children at an age where they parrot whatever they hear has cut down on the amount that I listen to this album but it's still my favorite of the year.
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Saturday, 26 August 2017 17:04 (six years ago) link
Believe me I get it. The only reason I even got to give this record a chance is that I now drive to work. And with that it was sill totally by chance that I flipped the radio one day to hot 97 and had a head explosion, pull the car over moment when the beat change in DNA happened
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Saturday, 26 August 2017 17:08 (six years ago) link
I've been impressed by its chart longevity too -- it hit #1 again a couple weeks ago and hasn't left the top ten.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 26 August 2017 19:30 (six years ago) link
xp the *drama* of this record is one of its biggest hooks - the gunshot cutting off BLOOD, the escalation in DNA, that bit in FEEL where he snaps and rants for a few bars, the rage in XXX. He's just at the top of his game.
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Saturday, 26 August 2017 22:43 (six years ago) link
So many high points on this album but that first verse in woozy-as-fuck Pride where his voice keeps subtly mutating lower and higher makes me seasick every time in just the best way. What a triumph.
― Fetchboy, Sunday, 27 August 2017 07:21 (six years ago) link
I think this is his best album, hits a middle ground between the strengths of Good Kid, Maad City and To Pimp a Butterfly
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 18 September 2017 14:31 (six years ago) link
It's his best album the way that Yeezus is Kanye's best album. It's not the album he'll be remembered for, but it's awesome and exciting and bold and perfect for what it is
― Evan R, Monday, 18 September 2017 14:39 (six years ago) link
I don't understand that comparison at all
― mh, Monday, 18 September 2017 14:40 (six years ago) link
in part because Yeezus is three quarters crap
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 September 2017 14:43 (six years ago) link
that's a good starting point for skepticism, to be sure
― mh, Monday, 18 September 2017 14:45 (six years ago) link
Half is Yeezus is very good and half of Yeezus is intolerable bullshit. DAMN. runs the gamut from "good" to "holy shit where has this song been my whole life".
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Monday, 18 September 2017 14:46 (six years ago) link
they're both lean, no-bullshit, hard-hitting, personality-driven mid-career album by an elite A-list rapper with several more "prestigious" albums already under their belt. Not really a stretch?
yeah if you think Yeezus sucks the comparison doesn't hold but thinking Yeezus sucks is a pretty bizarre position imo
― Evan R, Monday, 18 September 2017 14:48 (six years ago) link
That is 100% stretch considering the entire second half of Yeezus is filler.
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Monday, 18 September 2017 14:51 (six years ago) link
Also, if Yeezus is mid-career Kanye album god help us all
Again, the comparison won't hold at all if you hate Yeezus for some bizarre reason.
Yeezus has a few duds in the second half but it also has Send It Up, I'm In It and Bound 2. That's still pretty good for any side of a record. DAMN. has some silly shit in its second half, too, but it doesn't dampen my love of that record much either
― Evan R, Monday, 18 September 2017 14:54 (six years ago) link
yeah this album gets flabby towards the end c'mon. i think it's cool that he pulled back from the sprawling ambition of TBAP w/ a record like this, i would have guessed he'd keep going down that hole. i play this one a lot and about half of it feels canonical to me but i'd still rate it as his third best tho... even as an album of bangers i still think it's less good than GKMC.
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 September 2017 15:00 (six years ago) link
right now I want to say damn. is my favourite but I think that's just me being v immersed in it. his command of all the peculiarities of his voice feels virtuosic & agile, so many neat little hooks, phrases & flourishes. I always liked him woozy but this is comparatively breezy and I really love that about it
― ogmor, Monday, 18 September 2017 15:14 (six years ago) link
imo TPAB and the follow-up outtakes were where Kendrick really came into this fully-developed persona and DAMN is him going back to a more regular album format while sitting in that established position
― mh, Monday, 18 September 2017 15:16 (six years ago) link
better than GKMC, not as transcendently brilliant as TPAB
DUCKWORTH is one of my favorite songs ever, though
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Monday, 18 September 2017 15:28 (six years ago) link
jOrdan otm
― Spottie, Monday, 18 September 2017 16:25 (six years ago) link
for a guy who does a fair amount of guest verses he rarely if ever feels like he's phoning it in, this is great (and rapsody is great too)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVsehWDsoR0
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 22 September 2017 14:21 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I think To Pimp a Butterfly is a better record, but this is still one of my favourite albums this year.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Friday, 22 September 2017 15:25 (six years ago) link
I don't this album can be compared to Yeezus, which has a sort of comedy value for a couple of spins before it never gets played again, and rightly so because Yeezus is fucking terrible.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Saturday, 23 September 2017 09:37 (six years ago) link
I'm liking Yeezus more by the minute
― mh, Saturday, 23 September 2017 22:01 (six years ago) link
you can never compare an album to another album on ilx without someone chiming in with 'but that comparison is preposterous; i like one of these records and dislike the other!'
― flopson, Sunday, 24 September 2017 01:50 (six years ago) link
Lol
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Sunday, 24 September 2017 07:16 (six years ago) link
Okay, I'll put it another way: if you think Yeezus is anywhere near in the same league as DAMN. then there's something seriously wrong with you.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Sunday, 24 September 2017 08:11 (six years ago) link
one day, turrican will learn that taste is subjective, and only then will we all be beamed up
― flappy bird, Sunday, 24 September 2017 13:00 (six years ago) link
Not before you learn that while taste is subjective, there is still such a thing as objectively good and/or bad music.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Sunday, 24 September 2017 13:15 (six years ago) link
"objectively" lol no, there isn't
i like this album
― flappy bird, Sunday, 24 September 2017 13:34 (six years ago) link
Of course there is, else the entire globe would be jacking off to Playing With Fire by Kevin Federline instead of rightfully calling it out for the piece of shit it is.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Sunday, 24 September 2017 13:51 (six years ago) link
Hey friend please stop
― Rob Lowe fresco bar (m bison), Sunday, 24 September 2017 14:23 (six years ago) link
I want you to read that sentence out loud to a loved one or pet of advanced intelligence and then justify to that person why you wrote it.
― Rob Lowe fresco bar (m bison), Sunday, 24 September 2017 14:28 (six years ago) link
Half the globe jacking off to Kevin Federline.... This is the future liberals want
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 24 September 2017 14:32 (six years ago) link
Lmbo!!!!
― Rob Lowe fresco bar (m bison), Sunday, 24 September 2017 14:48 (six years ago) link
There is no such thing as objectively bad music but come on, Yeezus is a good album only in comparison to The Life of Pablo.
― Marcus Hiles Remains Steadfast About Planting Trees.jpg (DJP), Sunday, 24 September 2017 16:22 (six years ago) link
is turrican geir's son
― k3vin k., Sunday, 24 September 2017 16:27 (six years ago) link
yeezus has cool production, while the beats on damn sound like they are made out of legos
― sleepingbag, Sunday, 24 September 2017 16:27 (six years ago) link
is turrican geir's son― k3vin k., Sunday, September 24, 2017 4:27 PM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― k3vin k., Sunday, September 24, 2017 4:27 PM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Oh, do be quiet.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Sunday, 24 September 2017 16:39 (six years ago) link
yeezus has cool production, while the beats on damn sound like they are made out of legos― sleepingbag, Sunday, September 24, 2017 4:27 PM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― sleepingbag, Sunday, September 24, 2017 4:27 PM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I can understand why one may think that about parts of Yeezus, but otherwise I couldn't disagree more... while DAMN. production isn't as daring as that on To Pimp a Butterfly, it's still an impeccably put together and great sounding record. Yeezus sounds like arse, and at its worst sounds thrown together.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Sunday, 24 September 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link
― sleepingbag, Sunday, September 24, 2017 11:27 AM (seventeen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I have no idea what this means
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 24 September 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
xpost:
*DAMN.'s
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Sunday, 24 September 2017 16:46 (six years ago) link
"bastard sons of geir" would be a good d/n
― mh, Sunday, 24 September 2017 17:21 (six years ago) link
still my #2 of the year I think, am relistening now
― imago, Sunday, 24 September 2017 18:14 (six years ago) link
people negatively comparing this to TPAB are missing the point, which is that this guy is operating at god level all of the time now, and is master of his choices
― imago, Sunday, 24 September 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link
huh?
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 24 September 2017 18:22 (six years ago) link
"If you like this record less than TPAB, you've missed the point of Kendrick."
fine to like it less, but being critical, treating it like a step back rather than part of a brilliant continuum is kind of annoying, that's all
― imago, Sunday, 24 September 2017 18:24 (six years ago) link
imago is one of Kendrick's day ones, TDE 4 lyfe
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 24 September 2017 20:03 (six years ago) link
i like this one slightly less than TPAB, even though lots of people were down on its 'jazziness' at the time i feel like that made it more distinct than much of this record
i love 'loyalty' though, great song
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Sunday, 24 September 2017 20:55 (six years ago) link