"kingdom come" might be one of my favorite flips ever. that's a great beat. the song's drab but that ain't the beat's fault
― Roland Pemberton, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
this album is kind of amazing
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
leaked?
― bass, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
allegedly
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
damn
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
love this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COYgGpUjz2A
― boxall, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
yea, jay rock's verse on that is amazing
― bass, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
yeah album's highlight
― sisilafami, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:48 (eleven years ago) link
Jesus Christ. Sorry for the skepticism, Kendrick.
― no love spud webb (fadanuf4erybody), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:54 (eleven years ago) link
after one listen it seems that the 1st half > second
― sisilafami, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
i'd agree with that. i think the really long song at the end is great tho.
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
for some reason the Baltimore station only plays a weird mixtape version of "Swimming Pools" with Lloyd on the first minute or so of it. at least it makes the most tedious rap hit of the year more bearable, though.
― some dude, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
why does he have to say "bish" like that? otherwise good song
― i dox in yellow gox dox socks (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
this is pretty amazing guys
― heiswagger (rennavate), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 22:34 (eleven years ago) link
for some reason the Baltimore station only plays a weird mixtape version of "Swimming Pools" with Lloyd on the first minute or so of it.
this is very weird
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
This is awesome. The best boring album in forever.
― Gelados n cream (longneck), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 23:00 (eleven years ago) link
tbf this is the same great but sometimes ass-backwards station that plays the EP version of "Adorn"
― some dude, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 23:15 (eleven years ago) link
― Gelados n cream (longneck), Thursday, 18 October 2012 00:00 (49 minutes ago) Bookmark
haha i'm 2/3 through and this is exactly what i needed to read
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 23:50 (eleven years ago) link
it's very subdued, i think the vibe is dope. it's like an album for people who aren't lifestyle potheads that listen to wiz khalifa
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 18 October 2012 00:22 (eleven years ago) link
― i dox in yellow gox dox socks (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, October 17, 2012 6:23 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
he is into weird vocal tics and pronunciations for w/e reason i.e. pronouncing "that" as "thot" on "adhd". idk, i think he can get away with it
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 18 October 2012 00:23 (eleven years ago) link
He can get away with it, but it's kind of annoying imo
― i dox in yellow gox dox socks (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 18 October 2012 00:28 (eleven years ago) link
the way he overemphasizes the last letter of any word that ends with a 't' or 'p' is annoying as fuck
― some dude, Thursday, 18 October 2012 00:32 (eleven years ago) link
i dunno it's his thing, i don't it. he's a dork (in a good way), no weirder than other vocal things rappers do
― heiswagger (rennavate), Thursday, 18 October 2012 01:26 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah his weird rapping style is the draw for me, although it was kind of wtf at first.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Thursday, 18 October 2012 05:07 (eleven years ago) link
without investigating too far admittedly i hadnt hitherto found this dude especially engaging (even yesterday i thought he sonned himself next to wc ogs on the bet cypher tbh) but this is a great compelling persuasive proper album and what i'm not drawn into on radio / youtube / discussion / whatever i am here
likewise i really don't find "1st half > second" applies, it starts light, simmers, boils over, and finds peace and troubled redemption as intended. 'good kid' and 'maad city' are the heart of the album (somewhat obviously to say)
kinda maybe getting shades of a more expansive, feeling sitting on chrome although i guess that might just be the interludes talking
― r|t|c, Thursday, 18 October 2012 12:19 (eleven years ago) link
(also i havent heard s.o.c in forever so who knows what my imagination might have turned it into)
― r|t|c, Thursday, 18 October 2012 12:21 (eleven years ago) link
dre really did a hell of a job exec producing this
― r|t|c, Thursday, 18 October 2012 12:28 (eleven years ago) link
probably more than that judging by 'good kid' which i highly, highly doubt the neps came up with all by themselves
― r|t|c, Thursday, 18 October 2012 12:36 (eleven years ago) link
I like kendrick, I just think there needs to be standards about how rappers say bitch, perhaps a senior counsel chaired by too short could hand down rulings
― i dox in yellow gox dox socks (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 18 October 2012 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
― r|t|c, Thursday, October 18, 2012 6:28 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
You sure it's Dre that should be getting the credit and not Kendrick himself? I mean, section.80 was all Kendrick, and that had a great flow, production choices, et cetera.
― heiswagger (rennavate), Thursday, 18 October 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
yeah ok fair point, i didnt say it to depreciate kendrick's input but i thought i heard some telling dre touches in there is all
― r|t|c, Thursday, 18 October 2012 15:57 (eleven years ago) link
i pray my dick get bick as the eiffel tower/so i can fuck the world for 72 hours
:|
― flopson, Friday, 19 October 2012 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
does he say "bick" for "big" or was that a misprint?
― i dox in yellow gox dox socks (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 19 October 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
i like that line lol
― fanute da croupier (D-40), Friday, 19 October 2012 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
i like the idea/image of the eiffel tower fucking the world
― flopson, Friday, 19 October 2012 20:12 (eleven years ago) link
i like that line too!
― lex pretend, Friday, 19 October 2012 20:13 (eleven years ago) link
lil wayne has ruined every and all images of "fucking the world" for me
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Friday, 19 October 2012 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
haha i was gonna say that's such a post-'08 wayne kind of pun
― some dude, Friday, 19 October 2012 20:38 (eleven years ago) link
really though WHY is "cartoon & cereal" not on this? why?
― lex pretend, Friday, 19 October 2012 20:50 (eleven years ago) link
i don't see the big deal about it being left off. i don't really get why in this era we really need songs to be on albums. we all have that song, it has its own, uh, legacy or w/e. it still exits & we can all still play it at our leisure.
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Friday, 19 October 2012 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
even the duller songs on here... still worth it for his unpredictable flow.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 19 October 2012 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
I wish Cartoon & Cereal was on here in the place of Real.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Friday, 19 October 2012 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
i think i read somewhere that the cartoon sample in cartoon & cereal couldn't be cleared...
― sisilafami, Friday, 19 October 2012 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
that would make sense
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Friday, 19 October 2012 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
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― let's have sex and then throw pottery (forksclovetofu), Friday, 19 October 2012 21:57 (eleven years ago) link
otm
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Friday, 19 October 2012 22:01 (eleven years ago) link
Well it's not just one sample but many. All the little cartoon samples were too much work to clear and Kendrick didn't want to use it without them is what my guy tells me.
Do you guys think the concept/story thing lifts this or keeps it back though? I'm undecided. (Not that it matters much.)
― Gelados n cream (longneck), Friday, 19 October 2012 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
it has a concept?
― j., Friday, 19 October 2012 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
It has a story that evolves from track to track. There's this huge nerdy thing explaining it all that I could copy paste if anyone's interested.
― Gelados n cream (longneck), Friday, 19 October 2012 22:10 (eleven years ago) link
develops i mean