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
idk sometimes with these very big albums they hold them back for a worldwide release aligned with the usa
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
it also sets him apart from many other rappers on the radio who trade in fantasy.
― treeship., Friday, 13 May 2022 00:53 (one year ago) link
oh yeah i shouldn't have said 'explicitly', he's not a throwback, just still very distinct in the current landscape
what i was trying to say more is that 'if he's the only one of those left isn't that in itself something of an anachronism'
― ufo, Friday, 13 May 2022 01:01 (one year ago) link
18 songs, 73 minutes, let’s do this
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Friday, 13 May 2022 04:01 (one year ago) link
Quickly glanced the track list to see what kind of wild guests would be on this
And motherfucking Beth Gibbons is on the penultimate track
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Friday, 13 May 2022 04:10 (one year ago) link
oh it's shorter than TPAB lol
― ufo, Friday, 13 May 2022 04:15 (one year ago) link
about the same if you chop off that tupac “interview”
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Friday, 13 May 2022 04:17 (one year ago) link
yeah just funny bc this is the one that's being presented as a double, just shows how meaningless the distinction can be
― ufo, Friday, 13 May 2022 04:19 (one year ago) link
GFK :)
― brisk money (lukas), Friday, 13 May 2022 04:24 (one year ago) link
good kid was a double cd in its bonus track version, like 90 plus minutes
― thewufs, Friday, 13 May 2022 04:24 (one year ago) link
first two tracks sound excellent
― ufo, Friday, 13 May 2022 04:36 (one year ago) link
gonna have to listen twice to actually process this. mostly just processing the decisions he made right now lol
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Friday, 13 May 2022 04:45 (one year ago) link
kodak the last poet, ok, sure
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Friday, 13 May 2022 04:46 (one year ago) link
hmm "auntie diaries" is well-meaning but a real fucking mess
― ufo, Friday, 13 May 2022 05:22 (one year ago) link
yah there are some real o_0 moments on the album, but that’s the one that just 100% totally misses the mark for me
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Friday, 13 May 2022 05:23 (one year ago) link
i can at least grant that it's well-intentioned just like... totally naive still and he'd rightfully never give some well-meaning-but-naive white person a pass for taking the same approach re: race
― ufo, Friday, 13 May 2022 05:27 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/vwzCXPo.jpg
"rich spirit" instant classic
he sounds more conflicted than ever. the way it ends is brilliant. a lot to process on one listen, but it immediately hits me as his most consistently personal work. oh, it's good tho.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Friday, 13 May 2022 05:35 (one year ago) link
it’s very heavy and very busy and much too much for me to process at 1:45am lol
the beat on “silent hill” is sooooo good. and im comfortable saying that the first, penultimate, and final tracks on here are career highlights
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Friday, 13 May 2022 05:44 (one year 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