Kendrick Lamar - 2017 Album - DAMN

I'm halfway through and this is really good. "Feel" is a great track and "Pride" has this dreamy Prince vibe

Really? After three listens this sounds like at best a mixed bag. The album runs aground on "Pride," "Lust, and "Love." I don't want slow from Kendrick Lamar.

I love "Pride."

The version on Spotify has some noticeable differences from the leaked version.

The Zacari one is the first track I'm not keen on

Rihanna track is fire tbh

unsurprisingly this sounds great

not even Bono can ruin XXX

I liked that one. first impression is that is kind of a "smoke break" record for Kendrick, like the exhale before his next BIG project

I liked that one. first impression is that is kind of a "smoke break" record for Kendrick, like the exhale before his next BIG project

My brother texted me this morning and said there's rumors of another album on Easter (the M in DAMN on the cover makes devil horns, next cover would include an O I guess and act as a halo).

This is great!

First passthrough, DNA is my favorite. Kung Fu Kenny breathing fire.

DAMN

i am loving this

https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/14/15300170/kendrick-lamar-new-album-damn-sunday-more-music-conspiracy

DNA also the standout for me first time through, but that could be just because of its placement on the album. as with his other albums, I think it's gonna take me a few listens before it really sinks in but it had that quality that makes me want to go back to it

My brother texted me this morning and said there's rumors of another album on Easter (the M in DAMN on the cover makes devil horns, next cover would include an O I guess and act as a halo).

next record will be called DANIEL!

why are we speculating about another album so much? we have a new one today and it is excellent

http://www.okayplayer.com/news/kendrick-lamar-double-album.html

dumbasses on the internet are gonna be disappointed that we didn't get TWO new Kendrick albums

Wasn't U2's last album supposed to be 2 parts too?

wait a minute...
U2 is on the album.
U2 has the number 2 in this name.
Kendrick dropped 1 album today

WHERE'S NUMBER 2???

*its name, not this name

yea it is just so dumb. if he drops another that would be dope but people have immediately moved on to anticipating the next thing when the fucking album dropped TODAY

currently on LUST. and am digging this a lot

although, surprisingly, I'm not sure I'm digging it enough to knock Drab Majesty out of its current "must play once a day" spot in my routine

(Of course, what this means is by the end of the day I will be proclaiming this the best album ever recorded and listing every track as my favorite.)

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm holy shit @ XXX (I have not gotten to the Bono part yet)

Yeah, I'm still into it even after Bono's entrance, ppl like hating I guess

Bono's appearance is pretty good! His persona has subsumed his music for so long that people forget that he actually has a really cool sounding voice. It helps that he's the most subdued he's been in decades.

this is a fine record, looking forward to ignoring all the whig history people will be spouting over the next few weeks, Bono kinda doesn't even sound like Bono good work tick tick tick

i didn't even notice Bono when I listened to this last night

yeah me neither. success!

I'll spare you the track-by-track review my 12-year-son and I posted on FB, but here's the sum-up:

Dad: If GKMC was the launch and TPAB the triple backflip with a twist, DAMN. is the well-stuck landing. With a few logy exceptions, it’s terse, focused and fierce. He’s as good as he thinks he is, and where he has weaknesses, he knows those, too. 8/10

Zoller: A good album it has its weak points yes but when the good tracks come in you are in for a treat. If you could get past the weak tracks, I would recommend the album for you. 8/10

(Tracks we both awarded 8/10 or better: DNA, ELEMENT, FEEL, PRIDE, HUMBLE, LOVE)

U2 lay back and did what they had to do, not really worth talking about tbh

this is a really good spring for new music

http://www.spin.com/2017/04/kendrick-lamar-fans-are-already-spinning-conspiracy-theories-about-a-second-new-album/

Let's not talk about that. Let's talk about this album.

It bangs. I am falling in love with it. I want to play DNA. 800 times in a row.

http://www.spin.com/2017/04/kendrick-lamar-fans-are-such-ungrateful-dorks-that-they-already-forgot-about-this-dope-album-released-today-and-are-being-corny-as-fuck-spinning-conspiracy-theories-about-a-second-new-album/

lol the same thing happened with Radiohead last year

Yah, Feel, LOYALTY. Lust, Love, so many highs on this and I haven't even made it to the end!

HEY YOU KNOW WHAT BE EVEN COOLER THAN A NEW KENDRICK LAMAR ALBUM??? TWO ALBUMS!!!! HAAA!!! A MORPHEUS MEME!!!

The beat in the middle section of XXX is amazing. Holy shit. The only bad thing about the U2 collaboration is that it interrupts this beat and that's a minor miracle. Good Friday, indeed.

Fear/God/Duckworth is some of Kendrick's best storytelling.

DNA.

DNA.

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Duckworth is definitely a highlight and a crazy story if true (which it prob isn't)

i love the sound of the sexy line on ELEMENT.

I'd love to see a rundown of all the Drake jabs on this album.

I'm on my third listen already and it's getting better with each listen. Also, marcos OTM, people have been waiting quite a while for this album to come out, so I'd rather see discussion about it without it being hijacked by some idiot hipster Pitchforkian psuedo-Radiohead-fanboy conspiracy theory rumour mill bullshit.

This album rules.

yea this is really good

those keyboards on GOD

DNA.

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