Kendrick Lamar will kill your favorite rapper for money

nice

here's the studio version that was actually sampled

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut5D6FXE2dM

Yeah, I just prefer the live version.

realize this is probably too soon or too corny but just going to throw this out there & see if anyone else is willing to take the bait: this is the best rap album in years

i'd put it right up w/ take care, flockaveli & book of david for best of the decade so far

yeah, to me it's distinctly better than "take care," but that's also the most easily comparable of those three; doesnt really make much sense to compare it to something as monolithic as flockavelli. 2 me this takes a lot the things that blew me away about tc (lush production, bummed out introspective vibe, as youve noted the entire aesthetic package) but much more in step with rap tradition esp west coast rap albums, it reminds me of reasons that i love rap, some that i havenèt thought about or felt in years. whereas tc was more a rejection of a lot of these traditions

prefer blaqkout (of /recent/ records) but this is still p.good

i think you could make analogies to both take care (sonically, point of view) & flockaveli (vision, singularity)

lol take care

i don't think this is anywhere near as singular as flockaveli. the miracle of the flock imo is that it's 70 minutes of relentlessly aggressive and repetitive music & yet is a total pleasure to listen to all the way thru the millionth time, good kid mad city is so cinematic

realize this is probably too soon or too corny but just going to throw this out there & see if anyone else is willing to take the bait: this is the best rap album in years

I will absolutely take that bait

so will I. This and The Book of David (my favorite album of 2011) easily in my top whatever.

the voice is still a huge roadblock for me, dude sounds like Kirko Bangz

It's been driving me nuts who he sounds like sometimes and it just hit me: beldar the weedsmoking alien from that devin the dude song

lol

fucking dammit, i was waiting to post that for three days >:(

i'm still on my honeymoon technically, so I'm not posting about how Kendrick sounds like Zeldar even though I've been sitting on that comment for three days now so

omg

Haha yeah that's probably the biggest issue for me too at the moment, love everything else about this album.

i'm cool with his voice honestly. he's fluent and interesting.
course, i love zeldar. and he shops at wal mart.

yeah, I love Kendrick's voice but the Zeldar thing is so on-point.

Ha ha sorry I almost feel bad now, sorry whiney, congrats btw...but it's perfect in some way that you were sitting in that

That was gonna be my big comeback post u_u

Christ this record is great

writers all like it bc he thinks like a writer

this Boom Clap Bachelors album is pretty dope tbh

in spite of their terrible name

Yeah, the VOICE. And the chameleon thing he has going on, they throw me. He had a verse on Schoolboy's last album and his voice was so scabrous and scratchy that I wanted to reach into the album and hand the guy a bag of Ricola

As a consequence I dunno if I can take the whole album in one shot - bought "Swimming Pools" on iTunes tonight. Also a Trae tha Truth song about being from Texas which is awesome.

writers all like it bc he thinks like a writer
― fanute da croupier (D-40), Monday, October 29, 2012

Human beings like him because he thinks like a human being too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6glR0bSb_4

Human beings like him because he thinks like a human being too.

― O-Jah Da Lionmane (longneck), Monday, October 29, 2012 1:46 AM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah but that applies to lots of rappers

Lol

Yeah, and I don't disagree with your assessment. But it's rare to see the almost universal support this album is getting. And I think what Noz wrote about it being easier to admire than to enjoy is factually wrong. From what I can tell, this is getting a lot of play from a lot of people who do actually enjoy it and enjoy it a lot. To me, it's one of those rare albums that I can put on at almost any time. It even works after the Sunday brunch with the wife and kids.

Is it cool if I mentally append "...ya bish!" to the end of every post itt?

And I think what Noz wrote about it being easier to admire than to enjoy is factually wrong

i don't think this is the sort of statement that can be factually wrong? where did noz write this?

i'm deeply suspicious of the rapturous 5/5 encomiums it's getting based on less than a week of listening but the across-the-board praise isn't surprising, it'd be very hard to argue that this is a bad album in any way - even the dissenters from the 5/5 praise (and there are some, thankfully) just think it's flawed or uneven.

i'd put it right up w/ take care

right up there! lol.

blaqkout >>>>> any of the albums you were mentioning

i don't think this is even the best rap album of THIS year

True. "Factually wrong" was overstating it.

Noz:

It's a completely exhausting listen, one that might prove easier to admire than enjoy. But at the very least, it's never anything less than fascinating. A master craftsman should be entitled to some degree of self-indulgence.

http://www.spin.com/reviews/kendrick-lamar-good-kid-maad-city-interscopeaftermath

I do think, however, that the writerly concept-album approach is something that allows this album to become really emotional and affecting without being too in your face/sincere. The epic distance that the storyline creates is liberating and in some paradoxical way makes this album more direct and, yes, lovable, than the no-filter approach of Section.80 could accomplish.

The epic distance that the storyline creates is liberating and in some paradoxical way makes this album more direct and, yes, lovable, than the no-filter approach of Section.80 could accomplish.

the paradox of craft. deej otm

i don't think this is even the best rap album of THIS year

― lex pretend, Monday, October 29, 2012 1:38 AM Bookmark

I'm not sure this is the best Kendrick Lamar album.

haven't heard the whole Meek Mill album yet but i like Caramanica's take on MM vs. Kendrick:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/29/arts/music/kendrick-lamar-and-meek-mill-rappers-with-debut-albums.html?ref=arts&pagewanted=all

good piece

wouldve been more impressed by a kendrick/taylor swift comparison but yeah

idk i guess i'll need to sit myself through dreams & nightmares again. i wanted a meekaveli though

Do you guys get paid everytime you mention taylor swift or something?

seriously

True. "Factually wrong" was overstating it.

Noz:

It's a completely exhausting listen, one that might prove easier to admire than enjoy. But at the very least, it's never anything less than fascinating. A master craftsman should be entitled to some degree of self-indulgence.

http://www.spin.com/reviews/kendrick-lamar-good-kid-maad-city-interscopeaftermath

I do think, however, that the writerly concept-album approach is something that allows this album to become really emotional and affecting without being too in your face/sincere. The epic distance that the storyline creates is liberating and in some paradoxical way makes this album more direct and, yes, lovable, than the no-filter approach of Section.80 could accomplish.

― O-Jah Da Lionmane (longneck), Monday, October 29, 2012 4:50 AM (5 hours ago)

i think there's some truth to the "easier to admire than to enjoy" line, it's a criticism that's pulled out sometimes for "important albums" like this - it's actually reminiscent of some of the criticism i heard of MBDTF, i actually could have sworn i remember noz writing that exact same thing about that album, but maybe it was someone else - but really WRT this line kanye's record is the reverse - MBDTF had some cool sounds and a good single or two, but the more you were exposed to it or really thought about it, the more you just rolled your eyes.

nah its bs standard rap blogger posturing

tedious statler & waldorf routine would've worked better if i actually was an avowed taylorette. unlucky guys

there ought to be more leeway in admire/love than the phrase traditionally invokes. i might not ever cherish this album but admiration can still be positive and meaningful

nah there's no routine more tedious than "bring up taylor swift out of the blue on non-country thread," was kind of appalled you went for it

there are plenty of albums i consider more of a creative or technical achievement than a joy to listen to and still value highly. at the end of the day i'm not sure how much of an achievement "drake album w/ street cred and better rapping" really is though.