wow that is *very* 90s west coast-sounding
― Οὖτις, Friday, 13 March 2015 22:59 (nine years ago) link
cant be mad at that, i love that sound, but doesnt quite live up to the description of the production given upthread...
― StillAdvance, Friday, 13 March 2015 23:08 (nine years ago) link
you gonna trust Pharrell's testimony after recent events?
― Number None, Friday, 13 March 2015 23:10 (nine years ago) link
Probably best of the new trax
― 龜, Friday, 13 March 2015 23:14 (nine years ago) link
Yeah deej thats the one, also this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1VO9TahbE4
― Steph def def (Spottie), Friday, 13 March 2015 23:26 (nine years ago) link
"Every producer I’ve ever met was sending me stuff, but there was a one-in-a-million chance you could send a beat that actually fit what we were doing."
this guy's memory obv doesnt go back past 2000.
after hearing blacker the berry and kunta, is this whole album going to have kendrick doing his angry voice? i guess this album is him playing at being angry, rather than actually having turned into gunplay or MOP, but not sure thats going to make it that enjoyable to listen to. the whole 'album to be studied in colleges' thing doesnt fill me with enthusiasm either, but this might be the most politicised/aggressive mainstream rap album for a long time.
― StillAdvance, Friday, 13 March 2015 23:32 (nine years ago) link
"playing at being angry"?
anyway the three songs released so far all sound p tonally and sonically distinct from one another to me
― Simon H., Friday, 13 March 2015 23:38 (nine years ago) link
i mean, it sounds kinda affected. thats prob just the issue i have with kendrick, i dont always *feel* him as much as i admire him, but even so, yeah, its like hes decided he has to or should sound angry, so hes in that 'mode' for this song. for some reason i keep thinking of prince pauls prince among thieves lol
― StillAdvance, Friday, 13 March 2015 23:43 (nine years ago) link
part of the reason I balk at that is that a) "i" doesn't fit into that at all and b) the anger in "Blacker" and "Kunta" sound very distinct from each other to me.
― Simon H., Saturday, 14 March 2015 00:15 (nine years ago) link
im still looking fwd to this, dont let corny ppl on twitter keep you from appreciating dope music
― deej loaf (D-40), Saturday, 14 March 2015 00:38 (nine years ago) link
same
― some dude, Saturday, 14 March 2015 01:05 (nine years ago) link
this one is fantastic
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 14 March 2015 01:25 (nine years ago) link
Don't feel like anyone talked about catch a fade here? did i miss that? anyway, that was one of the better guest bits imo that was bathed in bayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6TaZiRDqNM
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 14 March 2015 01:31 (nine years ago) link
it took a couple listens to get what he was trying to do with "The Blacker..." but as a pure aural experience I love this one immediately.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 14 March 2015 01:58 (nine years ago) link
kendrick can do no wrong in my eyes rn idc
― brosario nawson (m bison), Saturday, 14 March 2015 02:39 (nine years ago) link
I'd much rather hear Suga Free on the king kunta beat though, kendrick is really boring to me.
― grant holt (prettylikealaindelon), Saturday, 14 March 2015 11:47 (nine years ago) link
De La Soul is Dead is bloated imo.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, March 11, 2015 7:29 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hey i pay my taxes i shouldn't have to read this kind of shit
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 15 March 2015 03:48 (nine years ago) link
Ha
― Steph def def (Spottie), Sunday, 15 March 2015 03:51 (nine years ago) link
De La Soul Is Dead And Bloated was a little more graphic than its predecessor, i didn't care for that
― some dude, Sunday, 15 March 2015 04:37 (nine years ago) link
matt otm
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 15 March 2015 04:47 (nine years ago) link
I want it to sound like you’re driving past something.
― j., Wednesday, March 11, 2015 12:09 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― lag∞n, Sunday, 15 March 2015 06:47 (nine years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Zjwo4h.jpg
― some dude, Sunday, 15 March 2015 11:15 (nine years ago) link
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, March 14, 2015 11:48 PM
you paid your taxes but not your DUES
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 March 2015 12:06 (nine years ago) link
man this is the shit
― flopson, Sunday, 15 March 2015 14:14 (nine years ago) link
I had like 5 vhs tapes filled with yo MTV raps episodes #paidthecosttobetheboss
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 15 March 2015 15:56 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/JC76P0o.png
― Number None, Sunday, 15 March 2015 21:50 (nine years ago) link
Given the features, "These Walls" miiight be the Colbert track.
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Sunday, 15 March 2015 22:00 (nine years ago) link
part of me was hoping "i" was just a throwaway track lol
― dyl, Sunday, 15 March 2015 22:25 (nine years ago) link
It's track 15 on a 16 track album. It may as well be.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 15 March 2015 22:27 (nine years ago) link
Bilal!
― Steph def def (Spottie), Sunday, 15 March 2015 22:54 (nine years ago) link
the album version of "i" is nearly 2 minutes longer than the one previously released, and considering that the outro is everyone's favorite part of the song, i could really see them making an effort to kinda redeem public opinion of the song with an extended version.
― some dude, Sunday, 15 March 2015 23:05 (nine years ago) link
I bet the "I" in the album tracklisting is different from the "i" single that we all know of.
I might be overthinking this, but:
1. The single was lowercase. The "I" above is the capital letter, which would go along with the "U" title.2. Usually, with iTunes, when there's a single/previously released song that corresponds with an album, the single/previously released song can be bought as a stand-alone song in the album tracklisting but with "I", no.
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Sunday, 15 March 2015 23:08 (nine years ago) link
And yeah, different track lengths.
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Sunday, 15 March 2015 23:09 (nine years ago) link
It's the same song, Kendrick has said as much. Likely (as sd suggested) with an extended outro.
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Monday, 16 March 2015 00:33 (nine years ago) link
also, it's grown on me a lot, and it's complemented/contrasted nicely by the other tracks we've heard so far.
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Monday, 16 March 2015 00:37 (nine years ago) link
I'm excited for the George Clinton feature, love it when growls all over a hip-hop track
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Monday, 16 March 2015 01:14 (nine years ago) link
for yo sorrows>>>>
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Monday, 16 March 2015 01:15 (nine years ago) link
it's cool that between "King Kunta" and the Clinton feature he seems to be embracing funk with this record -- if he'd done it on the last album it might've seemed kind of obvious like oh west coast rapper signs with Dre and brings back G-funk, but it seems to be happening now as a more as a personal choice he came around to organically.
― some dude, Monday, 16 March 2015 01:17 (nine years ago) link
Not to mention the Isleys sample on "i"
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Monday, 16 March 2015 01:26 (nine years ago) link
Guess that's not "funk" per se
I wouldn't look too much into the difference between "i" and "I". Could just be an iTunes thing.
― MarkoP, Monday, 16 March 2015 01:36 (nine years ago) link
the snippets on itunes and the songs are the same. "u" and "i" are both lowercase
― J0rdan S., Monday, 16 March 2015 03:29 (nine years ago) link
clean version appears to be downloadable on itunes, normal version remains MIA
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 16 March 2015 03:43 (nine years ago) link
That is certainly one release strategy.
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Monday, 16 March 2015 04:15 (nine years ago) link
maybe this is the normal version and kendrick has forsaken swear words, so the explicit version just has schoolboy q intermittently yelling "fuck" over the album.
― some dude, Monday, 16 March 2015 04:15 (nine years ago) link
I could definitely see that happening a few more LPs down the line.
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Monday, 16 March 2015 04:23 (nine years ago) link
"these walls" !
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 16 March 2015 04:25 (nine years ago) link
Explicit is now up, apparently.
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Monday, 16 March 2015 04:26 (nine years ago) link
https://play.spotify.com/album/7ycBtnsMtyVbbwTfJwRjSP
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Monday, 16 March 2015 04:28 (nine years ago) link
the album version of "i" is nearly 2 minutes longer than the one previously released, and considering that the outro is everyone's favorite part of the song, i could really see them making an effort to kinda redeem public opinion of the song with an extended version
wait i thought everyone loved "i"
― jaymc, Monday, 16 March 2015 04:29 (nine years ago) link