quelle chris is mad underpraised!! but this will probably be better, let's see lol
― imago, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 11:59 (one year ago) link
within seconds of release other parts of the internet will be picking apart lyrics for clues and easter eggs like it was a season one episode of True Detective
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 13:46 (one year ago) link
do people really think that?― groovemaaan, Tuesday, May 10, 2022 10:55 PM
― groovemaaan, Tuesday, May 10, 2022 10:55 PM
do people really not think that?
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 14:27 (one year ago) link
it's not that it's pretentious but more that it's vague, abstract, generalistic, missing the quotidian profundities that would make it fun and real
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, May 11, 2022 5:30 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
the video helps–he's rapping from nipsey hussle's perspective and forgiving the man who killed him.
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 14:40 (one year ago) link
additionally, there's a ton of references to nipsey's neighborhood.
also it's funny to me-
(lifelong hiphop fan gets excited to hear highly anticipated new material by one of the music's acknowledged virtuosos.)
some of ya'll: ABSOLUTELY NOT
the collective listening experience is overvalued and if you've lost your enthusiasm for an event album like this, well . . . as a smarter person than myself once said: i can't do nothin' for ya, man.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 14:46 (one year ago) link
He's verging on becoming Too Important. I miss the fun, a little.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, May 11, 2022 6:07 AM (seven hours ago)
i think this is the discourse suffocating the actual art a bit. damn had some fun moments! "loyalty" was a great pop single, "DNA" and "element" are banger type songs. i don't love "humble" but it's a pretty fun single. he's obviously a serious and ponderous artist at his core but there's always a balance w/ his albums, even to pimp a butterfly there's "king kunta," "alright," "hood politics" etc. i wouldn't necessarily take the new song as some sort of strong indicator of where the album is going to go
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 11 May 2022 18:26 (one year ago) link
his guest verses on the baby keem album were definitely offbeat, and "range brothers" especially had lots of goofy moments ("top of da mornin'", k dot's ad-libs)
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 18:32 (one year ago) link
A crown or frickin’ thorns?
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 19:49 (one year ago) link
possibly the best rapper of all time is about to make his most important statement yet
Wait is this the Jack Harlow thread?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 19:56 (one year ago) link
i like how the cover echoes good kid maad city. he was the baby then, the father now.
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 20:17 (one year ago) link
kinda cool this hasn't leaked (or if it has don't tell me)
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 20:24 (one year ago) link
we don't even have a track list & he only just revealed the cover art
― ufo, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 21:50 (one year ago) link
i'm sure it'll leak whenever ufo and the rest of the aussies get it in full
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 22:13 (one year ago) link
Billy Woods has been my go to rapper since DAMN along with Ka. Very much looking forward to this, but indeed Kendrick is considered royalty, and the expectations had on this record and anything he drops is going to be up there with pre Yeezus Kanye or any other all timer you can name.
― octobeard, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 22:20 (one year ago) link
I mean the dude won a Pulitzer ffs
― octobeard, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 22:21 (one year ago) link
idk sometimes with these very big albums they hold them back for a worldwide release aligned with the usa
― ufo, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 22:29 (one year ago) link
xps we’re not sharing
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 23:34 (one year ago) link
It’s one thing to come into an album thread after listening to it and saying “eh, I’m not feeling it” but the mad dash a couple of you are making to let everyone know how over this as-yet-unreleased album you are is virtuosic ass-showing
― castanuts (DJP), Thursday, 12 May 2022 01:37 (one year ago) link
otm. also maybe kendrick is having tons of fun. sure sounds inspired on the new track.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Thursday, 12 May 2022 01:49 (one year ago) link
Has Kendrick done anything to make people acknowledge key hostile to him? I get why people can be annoyed by fan’s love, but they are fans. They’re excited.
― lilsoulbrother, Thursday, 12 May 2022 01:59 (one year ago) link
Omg, my autocorrect is a monster. I meant “has Kendrick done anything to have people low key hostile?” I apologize for the errors.
― lilsoulbrother, Thursday, 12 May 2022 02:00 (one year ago) link
Afaik he has nailed it in every step he has made. Also compared to other artists (ahem, Kanye) I appreciate how private he is about his personal life. I wasn’t even aware he had two children until I saw the new album cover.
Only “controversial” bit I can remember is him threatening to leave Spotify if XXXtentacion music was removed.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 12 May 2022 02:13 (one year ago) link
many xps had not gotten the Nipsey Hussle references, that may open the song for me, thx
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 12 May 2022 06:19 (one year ago) link
that baby keem song still sounds great to me - prefer it to the new heart song thing
― clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Thursday, 12 May 2022 09:38 (one year ago) link
It doesn't seem to be on Spotify in New Zealand yet.
― aphoristical, Thursday, 12 May 2022 19:36 (one year ago) link
Kendrick is so wild because he's the only rappity-rap-rap rapper that cool-kid discourse hasn't completely abandoned or deemed an anachronism
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 12 May 2022 19:39 (one year ago) link
freddie gibbs? earl?
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Thursday, 12 May 2022 19:47 (one year ago) link
earl is kind of a avant-garde dude now but Gibbs is a good one
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 12 May 2022 19:49 (one year ago) link
What about Tyler the Creator? Or does he not really fit in a box?
― MarkoP, Thursday, 12 May 2022 19:50 (one year ago) link
i think what you guys are forgetting is that kendrick's "rappity raps" are better than anybody else's.
it's like daryl dawkins breaking backboards; lots of folks have done it, nobody rained glass down on people like him tho.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Thursday, 12 May 2022 19:59 (one year ago) link
Tyler did like a whole album with no rapping on it that won a Grammy
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 12 May 2022 20:05 (one year ago) link
Pusha?
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Thursday, 12 May 2022 20:20 (one year ago) link
pathetic pusha t moments
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 12 May 2022 20:22 (one year ago) link
Tyler did like a whole album with no rapping on it that won a Grammy― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, May 12, 2022 1:05 PM
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, May 12, 2022 1:05 PM
tyler fucked lucy for a grammy.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Thursday, 12 May 2022 20:23 (one year ago) link
yeah, but Pusha just got a 7.8 in p4k. Not sure if that's cool kid discourse anymore tho.
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Thursday, 12 May 2022 20:24 (one year ago) link
Yes, and then he put out an album last year that did have rapping on it, and also won a Grammy.
Unless, winning a Grammy disqualifies you from being part of the Cool Kid conversation, which is understandable. Grammys are for old out of touch folks.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 12 May 2022 21:59 (one year ago) link
kendrick has more grammys than tyler has albums.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Thursday, 12 May 2022 22:12 (one year ago) link
should've made that a link to dawkins shattering the backboard.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Thursday, 12 May 2022 22:14 (one year ago) link
not that grammys mean a fucking thing. but if that's the scoreboard we're going by . . .
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Thursday, 12 May 2022 22:18 (one year ago) link
not sure how legit this is.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Thursday, 12 May 2022 22:59 (one year ago) link
Bad Bunny’s release followed that same schedule so it was a surprise release worldwide so I think it could be true.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 12 May 2022 23:01 (one year ago) link
can a mod lock this thread if anyone else mentions the grammy awards?
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Thursday, 12 May 2022 23:01 (one year ago) link
make me mod and i'll lock every thread except this one. literal #onethread now what?
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Thursday, 12 May 2022 23:13 (one year ago) link
LEVITATELEVITATELEVITATE
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Thursday, 12 May 2022 23:14 (one year ago) link
okay, i'll stop now.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Thursday, 12 May 2022 23:15 (one year ago) link
his new song is really refreshing. i see what whiney is saying, and my thought is that rappity-rap-rap should come back in vogue.
― treeship., Thursday, 12 May 2022 23:24 (one year ago) link
How many rappity-rap-rappers must get dissed?
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Thursday, 12 May 2022 23:59 (one year ago) link
doesn't that make him something of an anachronism anyway or just that the others have been deemed more explicitly retro-throwback acts etc.
― ufo, Friday, 13 May 2022 00:25 (one year ago) link
Kendrick has never really seemed like a throwback though. When he did his Compton album it didn’t sound like gangsta rap, his jazzy album didn’t sound Soulquarian.
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Friday, 13 May 2022 00:35 (one year ago) link
there is realism at the center of his work which makes it contemporary no matter what sounds he is working with.
― treeship., Friday, 13 May 2022 00:52 (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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (four months ago) link