haha, love the illuminating quotes
isnt that one of dom's special admirers iirc
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:27 (eleven years ago) link
saw the fact reviewer and skipped it
i know that guy probably tries his best more than most but sorry, just burn him with fire
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:30 (eleven years ago) link
itt non writing man bitches everyone out
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:31 (eleven years ago) link
obs capsule rvw word length is 100, grau is 180. it feels like a lot more
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:32 (eleven years ago) link
if you aint got anything insightful to say yet then maybe chill out and wait?
this week has def been pretty awful for showing up the limitations of musicjournalism2012 - makes me a bit sad that we're getting these kneejerk encomiums/judgements on lamar and swift instead of more considered appreciations after people have lived with them for a few months
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:39 (eleven years ago) link
for a few months? how often does that happen in the business though
― monotony, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:04 (eleven years ago) link
u guys lost me
― fanute da croupier (D-40), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
idk i could just be a little burnt out on it now but it seems to me fair comment that this album's rescreen (<- i use this word deliberately) value may be pronouncedly more limited than most (not that this detracts from its quality or that longevity should be a part of a critical toolkit)
― r|t|c, Tuesday, October 23, 2012 6:04 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yah i agree w this
― fanute da croupier (D-40), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
eh months is a different kettle of fish, a degree of live squirming is still desirable
fortnight seems fair
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:41 (eleven years ago) link
so now that kendrick lamar is everyone's favorite rapper he'll kill himself for money, right?
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
^ like
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
one thing i like about this album is that there's not many guest verses, and really only one guest verse - drake - that would be seen as "marketing" type guest verse (but actually like ppl have said drake feels pretty organic to that track -- the other ones are jay rock, who's in the crew, and mc eiht and dr. dre who are kinda like west coast legacy hall of fame spots....
― terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
I love that he got Eiht for that verse.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
fwiw several listens in, this is a much more coherent and appealing "album of the year" critical orgasm candidate than either My Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Fantasy or Frank Ocean's album
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Monday, October 22, 2012 10:19 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I love Frank's album still, actually think it's quite visionary, still, but always thought that 'Ye album wasn't as good as everyone was claiming it was at the time. But I should go back to it...
― king louie riel (rennavate), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
it sucks, it's like the aural equivalent of a guy that gakked out of his head on coke and WON'T SHUT UP
this album is getting a lot better for me...especially when i quit trying to think about how good it is and just vibe w/ it
― terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
My Overblown Ego Fantasy is a much, much better album if you don't try to listen to the entire thing at once; I really, really like pretty much every song on it in isolation but trying to sit down and listen to the whole thing generates a huge "SHUT THE FUCK UP" phobic reaction in me
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
that in itself is interesting to hear from someone who seems to listen to a lot of instrumental or dance-oriented music (although to be fair i have brought in the katz many times in my own life).
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Tuesday, October 23, 2012 3:43 AM Bookmark
Instrumental/dance music contains ~feelingz~ too! I mean, sometimes that feeling may be as simple as the desire to dance, but it's still there.
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
ehh i think you're stretching the idea of "finding the artist relatable" to its breaking point
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
can't wait to see what hilarious fake kanye album name you guys come up with next!!!
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
My Dark Beautiful Sarcastic Messageboard Post
― terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
KANYE WEST / BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 17:45 (eleven years ago) link
I'm hearing more than 200k in first week sales.
― O-Jah Da Lionmane (longneck), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
wow
― terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
oh definitely, at a minimum
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
ok so i'll actually listen to this since it'd be silly to keep posting on the thread w/o doing so
this album starts on track 10 huh. not that i've ever heard a song from his that sounds like a 'track 2'.
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
the way this guy raps in triplet flows the same way over every kind of beat is kind of annoying and eyerolling imo, he's like a teenaged guitarist who just learned a couple eddie van halen tricks and crams them into every song they play. learn some different tricks if you're gonna show off, dude!
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
this album feels much more like Late Registration that ATLiens to me. that's not a knock, though, i'm a bigger fan of the former than the latter.
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 20:15 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
disappointed in you man
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
nah i'm not about to morb it up over here
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
fantastic review deej
― tpp, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Tuesday, October 23, 2012 2:20 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
he actually quotes from "we major" on it
― fanute da croupier (D-40), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
xp thnx!
Agreed. Excellent review.
― O-Jah Da Lionmane (longneck), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
great review & the building it around "back in the day" by ahmad made me smile :)
― terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it's great
and because everyone here seems averse to actually linking things when they praise them
http://www.complex.com/music/2012/10/kendrick-lamar-good-kid-maad-city-review
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 20:31 (eleven years ago) link
yeah the Ahmad thing was a really good connection to make, as soon as i saw it i was like ahhh yes of course
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 20:40 (eleven years ago) link
damn deej -- that's terrific. Even the pullquote was well chosen.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 20:45 (eleven years ago) link
how old is kendrick?
like some of the best rap albums this leaves me feeling slightly ashamed of my past (and current tbh) immaturity
― tpp, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 20:45 (eleven years ago) link
i've listening to the album for hours now. so much better than section 80
― tpp, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
He's 25.
― O-Jah Da Lionmane (longneck), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 20:51 (eleven years ago) link
ok that makes me feel a bit better
― tpp, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
(not much tho)
well this is lovely
― let's have sex and then throw pottery (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
the skit/interludes are definitely immersive and scene-setting, if the dialogue is written/'staged' it works so much better than the usual rap skit m.o. of having dudes awkwardly recite lines in studio vocal booths
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 21:52 (eleven years ago) link
Heard a few tracks, is endearing
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 21:54 (eleven years ago) link
backseat freestyle is VERY kanye; i'm hearing a lot more college dropout than outkast on first listen too
― let's have sex and then throw pottery (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 21:58 (eleven years ago) link
xxp yeah definitely, i couldnt at all get my head around evan's beef about the skits being too heavyhanded handholdy
great review deej, your best work imo
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 22:02 (eleven years ago) link
o shit the janet sample
― let's have sex and then throw pottery (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
oh shit there's drake ugh
― let's have sex and then throw pottery (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
wow preciate that rtc
― fanute da croupier (D-40), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 22:38 (eleven years ago) link