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
Just read it, awesome work, nailed it, etc.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
yeah definitely, i couldnt at all get my head around evan's beef about the skits being too heavyhanded handholdy
I'll be interested to see what people think of the skits once they've lived with the album for a couple of weeks. I think they gum the pacing of an already pretty slow album and seriously cut into the record's replay value
― Evan R, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 23:12 (eleven years ago) link
i just wish they were separate tracks so i could remove them instead of having to reach into my pocket every time
― flopson, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 23:13 (eleven years ago) link
how long are the individual skits at most? 30 seconds? they feel pretty short and unobtrusive
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 23:16 (eleven years ago) link
There's a stretch of three songs in a row that each end with about a minute of dialogue (mostly leading into the next track). It gets overbearing.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 23:18 (eleven years ago) link
no skits on this are as obtrusive as the biggie dick sucking / fucking skits on certified classic 'ready to die'
― fanute da croupier (D-40), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 23:19 (eleven years ago) link
they're not obtrusive they're just not preferable to actual music
― flopson, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
I ended up skipping them on my second play. Sue me.
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 00:41 (eleven years ago) link
it's really not a huge deal
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 00:50 (eleven years ago) link
i'll listen to good skits anyway some of the time
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 00:51 (eleven years ago) link
they're not that bad, and if it's really killing you there are edits floating around online with the skits cut off into separate tracks for easier rapp access
― no love spud webb (fadanuf4erybody), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 00:59 (eleven years ago) link
(excellent review by the way deej, one of the few really substantive pieces i've seen on this album so far)
― no love spud webb (fadanuf4erybody), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 01:00 (eleven years ago) link
Are there any reviews yet that discuss the religious motifs that run throughout the album? It's pretty upfront for a rap album.
― O-Jah Da Lionmane (longneck), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 11:48 (eleven years ago) link
These are some of the least obtrusive skits ever, they fit the atmosphere and flow of the album perfectly, so even though I've stopped paying much attention to the content I haven't once felt impelled to skip them.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 12:41 (eleven years ago) link
Great job on the review Deej.
I love on the first skit that his dad is "where's my motherfucking dominos at?" then when informed that he's got kendrick's voicemail and not kendrick himself he's "oh..where's my fucking dominoes at?".
― pandemic, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 12:43 (eleven years ago) link
I really like this so far. I've spent all week respinning other recent-ish Black Hippy stuff and decided that Section.80 was my least favourite but I think I can come to love this once I really give it some time. The skits seem really quite immersive imo, esp. how they are murkily lost in the sound like you tend to get when rap/r&b albums do the tape machine thing (mjb's debut and hard to earn come to mind but this is spread out in small doses whereas they are one offs) and not totally in yr face like most rap skits.
― a hoy hoy, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
so hey is there any meaning behind how the title is stylized or is 'm.A.A.d city' just an eyerolling affectation
― burrito smalls (some dude), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 18:31 (eleven years ago) link
http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2012/10/the-meaning-of-good-kid-m-a-a-d-city-as-explained-by-kendrick-lamar
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
so, both
― burrito smalls (some dude), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
OK, this drives me nuts:
Next up, all we need is Kendrick or a literary genius to fully explain Sherene, the van and the storyline of the album.
Do these things really need MORE explaining? Do rap listeners really need Cliffs Notes for everything?
― Evan R, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
"I really love what Kendrick's going for, but if only he made some effort to explain the album's storyline, because I am totally lost!" - the dumbest human being ever, who I refuse to believe exists
― Evan R, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
Rap Genius is still working at furiously decoding The Who's Tommy
― burrito smalls (some dude), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
what is this "spinball lizard"
― let's have sex and then throw pottery (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
"How can there be a Sgt. Pepper without a Col. Salt?"
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
xxp that dumb person doesnt exist, it was just a tossed off magaziney closing zing chill out
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
tbh I think Kendrick Lamar thinks this person exists. He strikes me as a super smart dude who doesn't think much of his audience, the way he walks them through every self-explanatory plot point
― Evan R, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
whatever man
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 19:26 (eleven years ago) link
concepts are for suckers
― flopson, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
i didnt even need the skits to tell me what was going on, it was all there in the smart marketing campaign
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
― Evan R, Wednesday, October 24, 2012 2:59 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark
complex did do a gallery where he essentially explains every song
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
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― terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
oops hey guys that wasn't meant for the kendrick lamar thread
― terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
wrong thread and yet the perfect thread
― burrito smalls (some dude), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
fans overanalysing lyrics and What Songs Mean is hardly a new or surprising phenomenon
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
though swift and lamar are tied together in this regard as well as leak and release dates
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
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― terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
Salon:
http://www.salon.com/2012/10/24/the_great_american_rap_album_has_arrived/
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
ok fuck that headline
― seasonal hugs (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
it's a quote from another review
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
but matt think of how american is slacking behind all those other rap countries, like switzerland and uganda and uzbeckistan
― a hoy hoy, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
i thought wilco made the great american rap album
― let's have sex and then throw pottery (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
didn't you mean Beck?
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 21:28 (eleven years ago) link
Lupe Fiasco @LupeFiascoReminds me of "Kid A"...yeah like a rap version of RadioHead's "Kid A"...
― Number None, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 21:32 (eleven years ago) link
Shyne chiming in
http://www.egotripland.com/shyne-kendrick-lamar-twitter/
― Jean-Luc Poncey (lpz), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
ladies and gentlemen, the gangsta yankee hotel foxtro--
― don't trust the lil b in apartment 23 (fadanuf4erybody), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 21:34 (eleven years ago) link