"rich spirit" instant classic― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Thursday, May 12, 2022 10:35 PM
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Thursday, May 12, 2022 10:35 PM
― "Why is the voice of reason treated as the unreliable narrator?", asked (Austin), Monday, 27 June 2022 01:33 (one year ago) link
definitely my favorite song of the year. beat is the sci-fi synth funk of the promised land and verse 3 especially is very rhyme of the month/hiphop quotable-
Frat brother, real n/gga, that brotherWe just upped the score, give me dap, brotherSpirit medium, I don't rap, brotherWe headed there now, are you strapped brother?Ayy, peacemaker, but I'm not naive, brotherAyy, gotta watch your homies and police, brotherAyy, clout chasing hell of a disease, brotherI'm fasting four days out the week, brotherI pray to God that you realize the entourage is deadI pray to God that you not lackin' when you off the medsI pray to God she know them Cabo trips don't last foreverBet she argue with her momma, go and get them kidsI pray to God you actually pray when somebody diesThoughts and prayers, way better off timelinesFalse claimin' not cute, I'm mortifiedThe new Earth in hot pursuit, two-hundred lives
the little mannerism he takes on in the section i emphasized still makes me giggle. his charisma and ability to deadpan such convincing satire remain unmatched. sounds like paul mooney the rapper sometimes. love love love.
― "Why is the voice of reason treated as the unreliable narrator?", asked (Austin), Monday, 27 June 2022 02:34 (one year ago) link
Once I took "We Cry Together" out of the track listing, this album is very very very good. "Father Time" and "Purple Hearts" probably my favorites but there's a lot of songs near that level, like "Rich Spirit"
― Vinnie, Monday, 27 June 2022 03:22 (one year ago) link
literally just now realizing that the song is called "mother | sober" not "mother i sober"
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 28 June 2022 21:17 (one year ago) link
hahaha I also thought it was mother i sober
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 28 June 2022 21:59 (one year ago) link
real n/gga
― JackMyFruit, Wednesday, 29 June 2022 15:49 (one year ago) link
flagged
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 29 June 2022 17:06 (one year ago) link
Father Time is killing me tbh
― bury my heart in wounded kieth (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 29 June 2022 17:33 (one year ago) link
I need to come back to this again soon, but right now kinda stuck in TPAB mode because of Sequoia Maner's new 33 1/3 book about it.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 29 June 2022 17:34 (one year ago) link
I have been playing this on headphones a lot and it's really, really satisfying
― castanuts (DJP), Friday, 1 July 2022 13:56 (one year ago) link
This often leaden mess is my favorite Kendrick release since 2015.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 July 2022 14:01 (one year ago) link
Basically a double LP (running over 73 minutes), at minimum there's enough for a really good 50 minute LP, maybe even a great one.
― birdistheword, Friday, 1 July 2022 14:19 (one year ago) link
I no longer believe in trimming double albums, sorry! Keep everything.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 July 2022 14:38 (one year ago) link
I actually agree with that sentiment in principle - unless they were simply clearing the vaults or the scraps off the floor, an artist (usually) puts out a double album for good reason, like this is everything they want to say and every piece has its place. But in practice, that still doesn't stop me from hitting the arrow on my remote.
― birdistheword, Friday, 1 July 2022 15:00 (one year ago) link
somebody better tell these musicians that people out here can press arrows
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 1 July 2022 15:05 (one year ago) link
ghostface's verse on "purple hearts" is just too good. he's the best rapper ever.
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Friday, 1 July 2022 15:20 (one year ago) link
xp for better or worse, it's like a presidential veto in button form
― birdistheword, Friday, 1 July 2022 15:25 (one year ago) link
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili),
The way he folds "Elohim" into the verse.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 July 2022 15:26 (one year ago) link
it's a beautiful, ecstatic moment, and ghost does the "my voice is cracking because i just can't handle all the things i'm feeling" delivery better than anyone.
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Friday, 1 July 2022 15:31 (one year ago) link
otm!
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 1 July 2022 23:37 (one year ago) link
This album is astonishing.― castanuts (DJP), Tuesday, June 14, 2022 10:37 AM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
― castanuts (DJP), Tuesday, June 14, 2022 10:37 AM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
OTMFM
I am not here for any take that doesn't start with "we are lucky to be alive when a talent like Kendrick's is around"
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 14:31 (one year ago) link
Pretty much yeah. I haven't listened to GKMC in a couple years now, but Mr. Morale might honestly top it for me - hard to believe. Maybe it's just that I haven't played out the new one yet
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 15:16 (one year ago) link
this is me and i'm blessed.
anybody fightin through the stress?
― ミ💖🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💖彡 (Austin), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 16:35 (one year ago) link
I guess this isn't the thread to admit that I think the album is mostly astonishing with a few significant flaws that I'm having a hard time dismissing as easily. Will wholeheartedly cosign the "we are lucky to be alive when a talent like Kendrick is around" part though, absolutely.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 16:58 (one year ago) link
jon that's disappointing that you feel like it's not appropriate to discuss music on a music discussion board. sorry if i did anything to make you feel like that.
i.e. i would like to hear your criticisms and i welcome them with open ears. i like listening.
― ミ💖🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💖彡 (Austin), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 17:36 (one year ago) link
(also: yes, this album has some major problematic elements. that's part of what makes it so engaging.)
― ミ💖🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💖彡 (Austin), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 17:38 (one year ago) link
xp - no worries, I was being a little sarcastic wet to JCLC's line drawn on takes.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 17:48 (one year ago) link
This guy's run right now is like Radiohead's run from The Bends up to Amnesiac.
Which reminds me - is Radiohead the biggest, most canonical band without a double album? Kendrick joined the club with Morale... might make a good thread.
― octobeard, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 19:26 (one year ago) link
No need to be insulting.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 19:27 (one year ago) link
saying "we are lucky to be alive when a talent like Kendrick's is around but this album could be edited down a bit and be better" would fit with JCLC's parameters ha
― octobeard, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 21:11 (one year ago) link
true
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 21:15 (one year ago) link
oh yeah, i'm total fanboy for this album but skip certain tracks every time, for reasons.
however none of those tracks has ever been, is not now, nor will ever be "rich spirit", which i find to be just as delightfully classic presently as i did the instant i heard it. i suppose you could say it was an instant classic.
― ミ💖🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💖彡 (Austin), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 21:47 (one year ago) link
It’s a double album? 78 minutes is like a Redman CD in the late 90s
― F'kin Magnetometers, how do they work? (President Keyes), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 22:05 (one year ago) link
yo shoutout to redman, pioneer of longass albums😄
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 22:38 (one year ago) link
When Helen Mirren said "you texted me at two o'clock in the morning" there were a couple ways it coulda gone and honestly I wish it'd gone the other way.
― death generator (lukas), Friday, 16 December 2022 18:54 (one year ago) link
"United in Grief" is such an an amazing song
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 7 September 2023 17:33 (nine months ago) link
it's nice to go back to these type of "event" albums and listen to them after all the discourse is over
seemed like the discourse was over with this one a few days after release
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Thursday, 7 September 2023 17:36 (nine months ago) link
"Rich in Spirit" is still such a jam, one of his all-timers.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 September 2023 17:41 (nine months ago) link
yeah that's great
"Father Time" sticks out to me more now, the way that jazzy beat keeps morphing is really cool
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 7 September 2023 17:51 (nine months ago) link
the Kodak Black part could still go though
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 7 September 2023 17:55 (nine months ago) link
Man did I sleep on this. Got this email at 10:30 am but didn't see it until now:
KENDRICK LAMAR LIVE & IN PERSON AT ROXY CINEMA, TONITE!
Kendrick Lamar will be joining us TONITE for a Q&A after an exclusive screening of his documentary THE BIG STEPPERS TOUR: LIVE FROM PARIS. Get your tickets now for what promises to be an unforgettable evening!
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 12 December 2023 23:59 (six months ago) link