Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly (2015)

that's a really cool post I never knew I would make until now

lol yeah I thought the same thing

huh

the spread of weird evocative genre stuff on this record seems really interesting, a map almost; people are mentioning funk a lot, maybe there was less funk on other rap records lately idk, but just as much of it's built around jazz, built around bilal's d'angelo-y kinda chanting, west coast synths like on the last record, jumpy modern stonesthrow rips, &c. sorta surprised to see the flylo tweet about producing the first song, just cause so much else on it sounds like him too.

the spread of weird evocative genre stuff on this record seems really interesting, a map almost; people are mentioning funk a lot, maybe there was less funk on other rap records lately idk, but just as much of it's built around jazz, built around bilal's d'angelo-y kinda chanting, west coast synths like on the last record, jumpy modern stonesthrow rips, &c. sorta surprised to see the flylo tweet about producing the first song, just cause so much else on it sounds like him too.

― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Monday, March 16, 2015 9:23 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this flylo thing is true, but prob has more to do with thundercat being on everything (that sa ra guy as well). The sound of this album is pretty much the sound of a ton of la musicians right now. It's pretty shocking to me that an artist as huge as kendrick could really blow up this stonesthrow, brainfeeder, etc. sound.

been meaning to watch the stones throw doc on netflix...

oh shit it's on netflix

I mean at this point most of the current stonesthrow sound is defined by the poppier Leaving Records artists, so "stonesthrow" as a descriptor is just a huge shorthand

This sounds like New Amerykah-era Badu.

Dam Funk thinks an artist working with Dr. Dre is ripping him off by using funk on his album?

re: all the confusion over whether it's supposed to be out or not -

"The album has been taken off iTunes, though Top Dog Entertainment CEO Anthony Tiffith said he's 'working on getting the iTunes link fixed smh.' It's still available on Spotify."

not a fan of the live i

Listened to this a bit earlier, caught between finding it terrific and bizarre and finding it awkwardly mannered and self-regarding in a slightly dull way

Think I'm more in the pro camp though and expect further listens to confirm this

Appreciate its ambition & sonic palette

lol at the bungled release of this - is it out or not

This sounds like New Amerykah-era Badu.

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, March 16, 2015 11:40 AM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

definitely get this vibe way more than Dam Funk

also "funk pastiche artist calls out other artist's funk pastiche" lmao

man what the fuck is wrong w/ dam funk is he kidding

he's jealous he wasn't asked to collaborate on the album

Musicians shouldn't be allowed to be on Twitter. Literally all of them should be banned.

recurrence of funk as a blanket term on dam funk's twitter account is almost hypnotic
like it's like reading the verbiage of a religious sect & zoning into the weird talismanic value of Thetans or whatever
very abstract allegiance

seems like a good place to say that the one ongoing regret of my ~8 years writing about music is my review of good kid. was assigned it just hours before it was out/due, didn't give it nearly enough time to set in, gave it a 4...editor said the review read more like a 3.5. i relented. two days later, i would've given it a 4.5. it's honestly a 5.

that said...i'm on track four, and i legitimately hate this.

love dam but i don't think his thing would have really fit on this

This sounds like New Amerykah-era Badu.

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, March 16, 2015 11:40 AM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes

thundercat

It's kind of like listening to a twitter bot rapped out loud. I find his rapping quite annoying to listen to. That "For Sale" song is one of the most irritating songs I've ever heard. Keeps putting on these stupid annoying voices. His lyrics, when not talking about his dick, seem to trying to say something deep and meaningful but keep coming up short and pretty hollow.

boo boo

really gotta say i have no idea how "blacker the berry" is going to fit in here

xxp a bit harsh on his rapping but i find it the least interesting part of the album.

who let you in here

raccoons find their own way in

lol @ the number of updates in the pfork news item on this

A week ahead of its scheduled release date, Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly is up for sale on iTunes. For the moment, only the clean version is on offer. UPDATE: The explicit version is up on iTunes now. UPDATE 2: The album is now on Spotify. Listen here. UPDATE 3: The album has been taken off iTunes, though Top Dog Entertainment CEO Anthony Tiffith said he's "working on getting the iTunes link fixed smh." It's still available on Spotify. UPDATE 4: The album is back on iTunes.

kind of admire the brass neck, for when ilx feels it has carte blanche to unload its collective urge to anger on an individual it will do so - there might as well be reward posters up everywhere

still not sure it's not a troll account though

xpost
it's like a Glen Greenwald post

really gotta say i have no idea how "blacker the berry" is going to fit in here

― soyrev, Monday, March 16, 2015 1:41 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah it.....doesn't.

one listen but i wonder what songs are going to end up standing out. it's a very impressive piece of work but i feel like it's distancing itself somehow.

"You Ain't Gotta Lie" is the sneaky late-album earworm.

I feel Kendrick's whole style has been perfected here already

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewh8ksIVePA

i am v enthusiastic about this record

u is fucking crazy

this is a Good Album with no real precedents, feel like we're like 'check out the contours of this fingerprint' and everyone's like 'outkast has HAD fingers'

this guy loves it. and he doesn't even know how to boil water!

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/mar/16/kendrick-lamar-to-pimp-a-butterfly-first-listen-review

lol at the bungled release of this - is it out or not

srsly wtf

this is a major release by anybody's accounting, people need to get fired over how this has been handled

after filing that i immediately came down with a fever. kendrick made me ill!

(obvvvv i haven't remotely got my head around it but the opening three are quite some way to open an album)

(i like the live "i"; i had no attachment to the original but either version would have made sense at that point in the track listing; but i like the scratchiness of the live version, less polished than the original, in the context of this)

iovine leaves & interscope falls apart smh

I don't think the original "i" would have worked as well, at least not without a remix. It's too bright and peppy; the earthier tone of the album version is a better fit.

went through the album twice last night and the first half three times this morning, holding up very very well

Are we wasting time discussing its release (yawn) b/c we're still absorbing the album?

idk about what the standouts will be at the end of the day but i'd say the most accessible/standalone tracks all came out or leaked before the full album did

not heard this yet but just looking at the tracklisting, am getting a strong sense that this album is going to be pretty corny. did not want/do not want kendrick doing a funk album. or an avant-funk album. did not actually really want him doing a political album either. hes always seemed like someone who does introspection better than anything else. feel like it might be the massacre to good kid's get rich or die trying.

you're basing all that off of a tracklisting?

correct. also thinking dr dre didnt have much of a role on this album, which is also unfortunately why its likely to be kendrick's the massacre, or the doggfather.

i had never heard of rapsody before but her contribution is great

it's...pretty focused on introspection & how that plays into political/social attitudes, not really going on rants like someone trying to be the 2nd coming of stic.man (or worse, immortal technique)

/whispers/ dre didn't have the slighest role on GKMC other than bankrolling it & rapping on two tracks