i know you didn't mean it in a bad way! i'm arguing it from a qualitative perspective
― fanute da croupier (D-40), Monday, 22 October 2012 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
i guess if we're operating under some kinda strawman definition where backpacker rap is 100% bitching about whoever is on top of the rap charts, reciting journal entries about ex-girlfriends, and recipes for tofu stir fry it's not backpackerish
― terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 October 2012 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
(i think my actual favourite track is "m.a.a.d city" - the switch-up midway through is amazing
― lex pretend, Monday, October 22, 2012 11:39 AM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah same here.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Monday, 22 October 2012 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
btw pharrell's beat on this album is terrible
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Monday, 22 October 2012 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
its weird & not a standout but not distracting or anythingalso i dig the roy ayers interpolation
― fanute da croupier (D-40), Monday, 22 October 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
i love that beat and that track
― lex pretend, Monday, 22 October 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
Definitely not terrible.
― O-Jah Da Lionmane (longneck), Monday, 22 October 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
I get get he Outkast vibe a little, but its not like majorly overt or anything.
Probably the most clear on The Art Of Peer Pressure which is like the Art of Story Telling Part 3 basically.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Monday, 22 October 2012 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
― terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, October 22, 2012 2:49 PM (30 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol but yes. i mean, i think everyone here is right? there are tracks where it feels very andre, very outkast, very long-form narrative southern beats etc. and there are moments where it feels very much like...
idk Blu. you know? who i might describe as a backpacker. and like Black Hippy and Blu have that Miguel connection from back in the day. something like 'good kid' feels not too far from 'Below the Heavens'
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 22 October 2012 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
I did not realize the three different deluxe versions of this have different bonus tracks
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Monday, 22 October 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_kid,_m.A.A.d_city#Track_listing
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Monday, 22 October 2012 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
welcome to the world of contemporary pop music
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Monday, 22 October 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
the CD album has fully replaced the CD single I guess
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Monday, 22 October 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
NME is on the case: http://www.nme.com/reviews/kendrick-lamar/13799
― O-Jah Da Lionmane (longneck), Monday, 22 October 2012 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
please stop m@ttsplaining, it has been decreed that this thread is not about backpacker rap
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Monday, 22 October 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
― O-Jah Da Lionmane (longneck), Monday, October 22, 2012 11:56 AM (47 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha this is how it read before the edits were made:
"Chicago rapper Kendrick Lamar has, somehow, bagged guest spots from Lady Gaga, Drake and Dr Dre for his major-label debut. But like the cover art – which shows baby Lamar on the knees of his gangster uncle in Compton – ‘Good Kid, MAAd City’ is a record more about homeboys than celebrity friends. ‘Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe’ must be the most understated Gaga collab ever, while ‘Compton’ with Dre is all hometown swagger. ‘The Recipe’, meanwhile, is a stoner tribute to the West Coast (only available on the deluxe edition). It might lack the raw appeal of Kendrick’s 2011 mixtape ‘Section.80’, but it’s also a big-budget reminder that the 25-year-old hasn’t forgotten his roots."
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Monday, 22 October 2012 18:58 (eleven years ago) link
god the version I've got has the titles on the wrong songs; I've been googling lyrics for the last 24 hours trying to match them to tiles.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 October 2012 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Monday, October 22, 2012 12:49 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
really? i think it's his best beat in ages, great walking bassline, but we can thank ayers for that i guess
― heiswagger (rennavate), Monday, 22 October 2012 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, October 22, 2012 2:59 PM (22 seconds ago)
welcome to the wonderful world of rap mixtapes
― all mods con (k3vin k.), Monday, 22 October 2012 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
every pharrell beat is the best pharrell beat in ages to someone
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Monday, 22 October 2012 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
welcome to the wonderful world of Pharrell beats
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 October 2012 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
that review is hilarious
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Monday, 22 October 2012 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
First word is false.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Monday, 22 October 2012 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
this review is hilarious?
― all mods con (k3vin k.), Monday, 22 October 2012 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
Haha
― Regional Tug (irrational), Monday, 22 October 2012 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Monday, October 22, 2012 1:57 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol @m@ttsplaining, i wish i would have started this thread so i could boss u guys around :(
― terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 October 2012 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
Fennessey:http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/60251/bright-lights-mad-city-kendrick-lamar-is-about-to-release-the-best-rap-album-of-the-year
Someone I know called Kendrick "the male Nicki Minaj" after hearing Backseat Freestyle and meant it derogatorily. But Fennessey kinda hits on that in a good way.
― O-Jah Da Lionmane (longneck), Monday, 22 October 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
oh hey, there's a remix of The Recipe too
http://www.hiphopsince1987.com/music/kendrick-lamar-the-recipe-black-hippy-remix-ft-school-boy-q-ab-soul-x-jay-rock/
― Number None, Monday, 22 October 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
wait a minute, i didn't like section.80
man i'm getting old
― all mods con (k3vin k.), Monday, 22 October 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
― O-Jah Da Lionmane (longneck), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:10 (20 minutes ago) Bookmark
heh at some point last year yela and nicki and others briefly got me thinking about like the project blowed-ification of rap in its battles of the attention wars. kinda wanted noz to pick up the signal really
― r|t|c, Monday, 22 October 2012 19:40 (eleven years ago) link
i was dreading the song "poetic justice" but that janet sample saves the day!
― terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 October 2012 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
'good kid' is legit the (least punchable therefore) best pharrell thing in years, stop fronting
while i'm at it let the records also show i fully cosign the "failed banger status" judgement for 'the recipe'
― r|t|c, Monday, 22 October 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
like many have said, the recipe is kendrick karaoke, and i have no use for it
― heiswagger (rennavate), Monday, 22 October 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
i like "good kid", the beat i wouldn't really peg as pharrell if i didn't know, so that's good...almost sounds like they sampled some old james bond song
― terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 October 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
How many rappers use their real name for artistic purposes?
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 22 October 2012 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
― r|t|c, Monday, October 22, 2012 3:43 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
my dude
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Monday, 22 October 2012 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
― Van Horn Street, Monday, October 22, 2012 2:50 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
trying to think of who was the first....gotta be someone before keith murray
― terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 October 2012 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
Kendrick went by K-Dot for a while. Made the right choice in fairness
― Number None, Monday, 22 October 2012 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
his song credits are to Kendrick Duckworth though, guessing that's his last name
― boxall, Monday, 22 October 2012 19:55 (eleven years ago) link
^^
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Monday, 22 October 2012 19:55 (eleven years ago) link
Also has anyone used 'lonny breaux tell 'em' as a display name yet?
― boxall, Monday, 22 October 2012 19:56 (eleven years ago) link
Well yes, Talib Kweli. What a lazy question. Sorry guys. Good album, etc.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 22 October 2012 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
keith murray is before talib
but i think there's someone before keith, this is really bugging me
― terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:06 (eleven years ago) link
grandmaster flash?
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:06 (eleven years ago) link
"Mr and Mrs Flash, it's a boy!"
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:09 (eleven years ago) link
roxanne shanté?
― lex pretend, Monday, 22 October 2012 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
Lolita Shanté Gooden on November 9, 1969
― terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
notorious BIG really was big
― all mods con (k3vin k.), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
god i'm STUPID haha
erick sermon
― terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
lol @ me he was even in the same crew as keith