Kendrick Lamar - 2017 Album - DAMN

smh

Dorky is another good word for his voice actually.

DNA is indeed a banger

DNA.
― ||||||||, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:00 (four days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

https://youtu.be/NLZRYQMLDW4

Kendrick is a long way away from James Brown. He doesn't dance, he isn't a born showman, he isn't a ruthless bandleader, and he's not crazy afaik. He's kind of a beta-male superstar with something to say, and his most endearing "voice" communicates vulnerability, not braggadocio (even when he's bragging). For me, this record is a slight letdown in the sense of its of production ambition and album-concept from what came before, but performance-wise, he's at the top of his game. IMO he doesn't actually need to produce "bangers" to have huge hits, he could do that with social commentary and love songs/raps. (guess I'm saying either Loyalty or Love should be a single)

this album is great!

so so great

both the video and the album, just f'in' great great stuff

no..... kendrick is definitely like james brown...

wait there's a video for humble too! gah where have i been

It might be partially due to being from Eastern Europe

https://i.giphy.com/VFYJXIuuFl6pO.gif

the posts itt are so off the wall dumb im agreeing w/ joan crawford and ulysses in an ilx rap thread

or kendrick is that good, however you want to spin it

m8 you're agreeing with me

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-kendrick-lamar-damn-album-w477376

BITCH I DID THAT

fantastic whiney

He's kind of a beta-male superstar with something to say, and his most endearing "voice" communicates vulnerability, not braggadocio (even when he's bragging

wth

smashingly good, cw

Good read yeah.

tunesmithery :D

http://i.imgur.com/GUhGgyZ.jpg

Whiney that is a fucking superb review

in tune with that classicism vibe I keep thinking of DAMN. related to Illmatic, the steady bang-bang-bang directness of both albums' flow

I've seen several comments about the blind lady in the opening story being Lady Liberty, which makes a ton of sense and fits his previous allegories.

or justice, which would make a lot more sense, no?

nice job wgw

Excellent review Whiney. The part about 'xxx' feeling like Rodney King-era revenge fantasies like Geto Boys etc so otm, too.

can we ban the phrase "beta male"

I'm sorry, I meant Lady Justice

xp we certainly can, and it doesn't even really apply to Kendrick, who can command a crowd of tens of thousands of people to his will. "He's short and has a high voice, so therefore he's less of a man." Just dumb.

The bag of sand quality of his sex raps is what makes him beta.

jesus christ

dude gtfo already , you aren't adding anything here xp

Yeah, true. Just being an asshole at this point.

BUT maybe don't get so defensive that even a (well meaning, in Whiney's article) "slight" like beta needs to get reconstructed as to not apply to Kendrick.

is what makes him beta.

― gospodin simmel, Wednesday, April 19, 2017 10:37 AM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

automatic FP for that shit, gtfo & go to reddit you dork

The harshest part of Whiney's review was my realization that my enjoyment of the Kendrick and ATCQ albums vs my indifference/lack of comprehension of lots of new hip hop artists is a clear indication that I'm an old fart pining for the 90s.

Commanding crowds of tens of thousands is a standard thing for pop stars, plenty of them betas. I can understand having an issue with the concept itself but I still find it useful. Specifically when describing how artists tackle sex. It's not "bad" to be beta in that sense but it is different from alpha.

god please eat shit with this "alpha" and "beta" garbage

seriously

just a harmless objective label, let's be cool

Like, it's a difference between Thom Yorke and Greg Dulli. We need words for that. But ok, I get "beta" and "alpha" have toxic connotations. Will shut up till I think of a better way of putting it.

no i'm ok with you just shutting up itt .

or if you're trying to say "great" and "good", maybe say "great" and "good"

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 (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i rescind this post

Beta male:2010s::f*g:1990s. Shorthand homophobic cipher for a male who doesn't live up to code, right? FFS.

Can we go back to talking about this excellent album? I have listened to Duckworth maybe 1000 times in the last day. It is my challopsy opinion that it is the best track.

oh it might be

Still feel tainted by that reddit comment. I'm just a sjw snowflake annoyed with Kendrick's voice, nothing sinister to it. Have fun people, sorry for the bullshit.

I'm just a sjw snowflake

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wrt to whiney's review i tweeted when tpab came out that kendrick basically got the world to embrace a 96 freestyle fellowship album

there's a lot of tradition of west coast lyrical/boho rap that kinda gets forgotten among the conventional telling of the west coast as the tale of gangsta rap and NWA

freestyle fellowship, aceyalone, rass kass, saafir, heiro, pharcyde, abstract rude etc, i think that stuff def informs kendrick

the good life cafe too

project blowed