like, it won 2 grammys...?
― jaymc, Monday, 16 March 2015 04:31 (nine years ago) link
wesley's theory is great
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 March 2015 04:32 (nine years ago) link
that sound you just heard is the entire world unchecking the second track on itunes
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Monday, 16 March 2015 04:37 (nine years ago) link
not so sure about the "this dick ain't free" interstitial but the vibe he's going for here is pretty wow
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 March 2015 04:38 (nine years ago) link
heh, yep.
"i" was pretty divisive with rap fans. it missed the top 10 of rap/R&B radio when his last album had three top 10s, a lot of people that loved all his other stuff vocally disliked it.
― some dude, Monday, 16 March 2015 04:39 (nine years ago) link
goddamn, the guy wanted to make a parliament album
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 March 2015 04:48 (nine years ago) link
vocal hooks on this album are totally my shit
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 16 March 2015 04:50 (nine years ago) link
"these walls" !
yup
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Monday, 16 March 2015 04:51 (nine years ago) link
https://twitter.com/flyinglotus/status/577329338946719744
― lil urbane (Jordan), Monday, 16 March 2015 04:51 (nine years ago) link
hey remember when people were worried the album would be wall-to-wall hoarse, shouty Kendrick
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Monday, 16 March 2015 04:53 (nine years ago) link
love all the clustering harmonies
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 16 March 2015 04:54 (nine years ago) link
alt i truthers otm
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Monday, 16 March 2015 04:54 (nine years ago) link
plus also i need some kind of map for this record
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Monday, 16 March 2015 04:55 (nine years ago) link
So...did Interscope do this inadvertently and then own the mistake and release it on all platforms or did they really just pull the rug out from under Kendrick and his team on purpose?
Listening now. It's awesome. Glad it's out today. But...
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 March 2015 04:55 (nine years ago) link
hoarse kendrick on "u" is excellentthis album is fuckin' DENSE on first contactlooking forward to marinating
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 March 2015 04:58 (nine years ago) link
lotta outkast impact
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 March 2015 05:00 (nine years ago) link
sorry to liveblog but shit, this is really quite good! "alright", alright!
"For Sale? (Interlude)" thankfully much better than the other one
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Monday, 16 March 2015 05:04 (nine years ago) link
looking forward to marinating
the abundance of it - so long, so sprawling, so many change-ups in single songs -like it will be a whole other record when i know it
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Monday, 16 March 2015 05:04 (nine years ago) link
it's an album, even moreso that good kid/bad citybrace yourself for a zillion thoughtpieces
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 March 2015 05:06 (nine years ago) link
even more of a movie than gkmc too
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Monday, 16 March 2015 05:06 (nine years ago) link
just so self-assuredreally seems in full control of what he's trying to say and how he wants to say it
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 March 2015 05:08 (nine years ago) link
lol "i" sounds so fucking great at the end of this?
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 16 March 2015 05:11 (nine years ago) link
wow, "momma" wow this album
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 March 2015 05:12 (nine years ago) link
i can absolutely see how "i" in context works here
oooh Killer Mike shoutout!
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Monday, 16 March 2015 05:15 (nine years ago) link
momma -> hood politics -> how much a dollar cost
damn
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 16 March 2015 05:16 (nine years ago) link
on Hood Politics: "everybody wanna talk about who this and who that / who the realest and who wack / or who white and who black / critics wanna mention mention that they miss when hip hop was rappin' / motherfucker if you did than killer mike would be platinum"the continuing impact of raccoon tanuki
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 March 2015 05:19 (nine years ago) link
What is this "County Building Blues" track on spotify??
― "The embodiment of a milkshake" (Whitey on the Moon), Monday, 16 March 2015 05:20 (nine years ago) link
old GKMC bonus track iirc
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Monday, 16 March 2015 05:21 (nine years ago) link
bonus cut off good kid that was just put on in anticipation of the new album
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 March 2015 05:21 (nine years ago) link
wow, "how much a dollar" is just lovely
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 March 2015 05:23 (nine years ago) link
billboard people on Twitter were saying that everything was planned, idk what top dawg's tweet was about
― J0rdan S., Monday, 16 March 2015 05:26 (nine years ago) link
this rapsody lady sounds good on "complexion"; anyone know her other albums?
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 March 2015 05:28 (nine years ago) link
hahaha, yeah remixed "i" as a victory lap makes perfect sense within the scheme of this album
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 March 2015 05:39 (nine years ago) link
huh, totally different "i", more explicit statement than song; still don't think i want to listen to this for fun but he earns it dunno about the questionable etymology lesson but "mortal man" is on and i'm not worried about it
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 March 2015 05:46 (nine years ago) link
i really love the monologue that slowly builds through the middle of the record? and which certain songs seem to be specific expansions of?
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 16 March 2015 05:54 (nine years ago) link
yeah I'm nowhere near parsing out any of that
Who is he talking to at the end of the album?
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Monday, 16 March 2015 05:56 (nine years ago) link
wait til the end
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Monday, 16 March 2015 05:56 (nine years ago) link
just got it that he's interviewing pac in mortal man, very clever, very ballsy
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 March 2015 05:58 (nine years ago) link
Ahhhh. I misheard the very end before.
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Monday, 16 March 2015 06:00 (nine years ago) link
goddamn, this poem at the end is right the fuck onand oh i c he calls out to pac at the end
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 March 2015 06:00 (nine years ago) link
this is a pretty brilliant album; i am looking forward to listening the shit out of it
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 March 2015 06:02 (nine years ago) link
So good so far, and only at These Walls.
― warm winds and clear skies, Monday, 16 March 2015 06:08 (nine years ago) link
oh awesome
― brimstead, Monday, 16 March 2015 06:25 (nine years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Monday, March 16, 2015 1:26 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i'm thinking that was about the clean version being on itunes like an hour before the explicit version and people just misinterpreted it
― some dude, Monday, 16 March 2015 06:29 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, that makes the most sense.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 March 2015 06:36 (nine years ago) link
Haven't listened to this yet but can't believe knxwledge has a beat on this
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 16 March 2015 07:13 (nine years ago) link
Pretty cool
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 16 March 2015 07:15 (nine years ago) link