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
― marcos, Friday, 14 April 2017 15:50 (seven years ago) link
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
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Friday, 14 April 2017 15:51 (seven years ago) link
(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.)
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Friday, 14 April 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm holy shit @ XXX (I have not gotten to the Bono part yet)
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Friday, 14 April 2017 15:56 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I'm still into it even after Bono's entrance, ppl like hating I guess
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Friday, 14 April 2017 15:58 (seven years ago) link
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.
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 April 2017 16:24 (seven years ago) link
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
― Raul Chamgerlain (Noodle Vague), Friday, 14 April 2017 16:25 (seven years ago) link
i didn't even notice Bono when I listened to this last night
― flappy bird, Friday, 14 April 2017 16:52 (seven years ago) link
yeah me neither. success!
― Οὖτις, Friday, 14 April 2017 16:57 (seven years ago) link
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)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 14 April 2017 17:15 (seven years ago) link
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
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Friday, 14 April 2017 17:56 (seven years ago) link
http://www.spin.com/2017/04/kendrick-lamar-fans-are-already-spinning-conspiracy-theories-about-a-second-new-album/
― flappy bird, Friday, 14 April 2017 18:29 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Friday, 14 April 2017 18:43 (seven years ago) link
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/
― marcos, Friday, 14 April 2017 18:48 (seven years ago) link
lol the same thing happened with Radiohead last year
― flappy bird, Friday, 14 April 2017 18:48 (seven years ago) link
Yah, Feel, LOYALTY. Lust, Love, so many highs on this and I haven't even made it to the end!
― JacobSanders, Friday, 14 April 2017 18:48 (seven years ago) link
HEY YOU KNOW WHAT BE EVEN COOLER THAN A NEW KENDRICK LAMAR ALBUM??? TWO ALBUMS!!!! HAAA!!! A MORPHEUS MEME!!!
― marcos, Friday, 14 April 2017 18:50 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Fetchboy, Friday, 14 April 2017 18:53 (seven years ago) link
Fear/God/Duckworth is some of Kendrick's best storytelling.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 14 April 2017 18:56 (seven years ago) link
DNA.
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― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 April 2017 19:21 (seven years ago) link
Duckworth is definitely a highlight and a crazy story if true (which it prob isn't)
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 April 2017 19:33 (seven years ago) link
i love the sound of the sexy line on ELEMENT.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 14 April 2017 19:37 (seven years ago) link
I'd love to see a rundown of all the Drake jabs on this album.
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 14 April 2017 19:39 (seven years ago) link
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.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Friday, 14 April 2017 19:43 (seven years ago) link
yea this is really good
― marcos, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:46 (seven years ago) link
those keyboards on GOD
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― marcos, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:58 (seven years ago) link
even the cover art is growing on me a lot
someone will have to point these out to me, since I remain blissfully oblivious to the nuances of Drake's output
― Οὖτις, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:58 (seven years ago) link
cover art suits the album. no frills just good rap
Slate has an article that Damn is "Finally available" today. Yes, this album we found out about a few weeks ago by an artist with two releases in the past two years is probably the new Chinese Democracy.
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:25 (seven years ago) link
In a world...where Future drops two albums in two weeks...
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:29 (seven years ago) link
PRIDE, foks
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 14 April 2017 21:28 (seven years ago) link
lol Geraldo
http://pitchfork.com/news/72880-geraldo-rivera-responds-to-kendrick-doubles-down-on-rap-criticism/
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 14 April 2017 21:40 (seven years ago) link
my friend over gchat today: "Lighting ones head on fire is the only reasonable response to this beat"
― royce jung (slothroprhymes), Friday, 14 April 2017 21:49 (seven years ago) link
cant remember if that was about DNA or HUMBLE but either way it was in praise of mike will made it, and it is correct
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Friday, April 14, 2017 4:25 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
slate is bad
this album is great
i enjoy listening to it more than TPAB i would not necessarily say that means "better" but w/e
― royce jung (slothroprhymes), Friday, 14 April 2017 21:51 (seven years ago) link
I know it's a lyrically dark album, but some of these beats ("Feel," "Pride," "Duckworth" "God," the end of "XXX") give me such a warm, fuzzy feeling. It's like he stretched out "Momma" from TPAB and made it into a whole album.
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 April 2017 22:39 (seven years ago) link
Obviously, on the flipside, he's got beats like DNA, Humble, Element, that are impossibly hard.
I'm gonna enjoy living inside this album for the next few days.
I love that this album is tighter and seemingly simpler but still has a solid conceptual framework. best of both worlds.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 14 April 2017 23:20 (seven years ago) link
Album is spectacular. Also, I like Humble about 300x more than I originally did, and I liked it initially anyway.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 14 April 2017 23:30 (seven years ago) link
Not as obviously dazzling as TPAB, but I appreciate the stripped down beats and greater focus on his raps.
― Moodles, Friday, 14 April 2017 23:31 (seven years ago) link
Agreed. And Humble makes so much more sense to me, both sonical and the lyrics, in the context of the album. Booming album. Couldn't have wished for more tbh.
― On Some Faraday Beach (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 14 April 2017 23:32 (seven years ago) link
(xp but not xp)
Kendrick totally neutralizes Annoying Bono, and makes it work. No small feat.
― On Some Faraday Beach (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 14 April 2017 23:48 (seven years ago) link
seriously. I will never doubt k-dot again
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 14 April 2017 23:49 (seven years ago) link
HE IS SO CORNY!!! Yeah, I know all of you hear it but somehow go pass it. TPAB was so impressive I couldn't front but this is just a regular album.
― gospodin simmel, Saturday, 15 April 2017 00:07 (seven years ago) link
YOU'RE corny
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 15 April 2017 00:15 (seven years ago) link
Hi racoon tanuki
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Saturday, 15 April 2017 01:04 (seven years ago) link