Kendrick Lamar will kill your favorite rapper for money

whiney, it's the best first-week sales since Eminem in 2002, and anyone who considered Em's an anomaly then was inured by Backstreet Boys-Nsync.

Swift's, that is.

whiney wasn't talking about swift, though

in fairness whiney is just randomly hating at this point

it's only a lot of hate if you factor in the lower hate threshold of post-wedding era whiney, not really impressive by 2009 standards

some dude cruising 4 bruising w/dual "mellowed by love"/"mellowed with age" combo. watch this space for fireworks

ha i just mean he's been relatively chill this week!

242,000 in sales would make it the 10th-biggest debut of 2012. Second-highest rap debut after Roman Reloaded.

"Second-biggest," that is. (Minaj sold 253K in her first week.)

Schoolboy Q is def some of the most unpleasant and joyless 'smart' 'good' rap i've ever heard, can't stand that guy

― Victory Goon (some dude), Tuesday, October 30, 2012 6:56 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

feelin this

Q can be boring in his lesser moments, but I don't get the "joyless" thing at all.

Usually he sounds like he's just having fun messing around with weird adlibs and whatever.

And I've never taken him for someone trying to be a "cerebral" rapper in the vein of Kendrick.

he makes my fav individual songs although i didnt really get into the one from this yr as much

"hands on the wheel" is one of my least fav rap "hits" of the year

hits? that's not even in the better half of the album at any rate. tbh "Druggys With Hoes Again" might be my favorite rap song this year and "Nightmare On Figg St" isn't that far off.

Guys rap basically sucks now so take what you can get when you can get it, take it from the guy that's just spent the night getting drunk and listening to the new neil young record

what about that one song

"hands on the wheel" is one of my least fav rap "hits" of the year

what's wrong with it!

i cant stand that song either tbh

it's really pleasant ear candy to me

It's a song I feel like I should like but don't really. Habits is a pretty good album and Q is a good rapper but I can never get all the way through it for some reason. I think the reason is that Q lacks imagination. His world is so small.

And he raps with a frown.

Schoolboy THERE HE GO

I prefer Q and Ab soul to Kendrick but I know I'm in the minority on this

All three will prob make my singles list this year tho

And what about jay rock, i always thought about him as the fifth wheel, but his great verse on money trees is making me reconsider this.

i like jay rock, he reminds me of shouty generic rappers from the late 90s (like shyne!) that i've always enjoyed.

shyne is shouty?

I haven't heard much jay rock yet honestly

yeah i mean the fact that he sold 20% as many units as Taylor Swift last week is pretty remarkable for almost anyone besides Taylor Swift, especially a rap album and especially a debut album

― Victory Goon (some dude), Tuesday, October 30, 2012 10:25 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there you go with the t swift comparisons again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It0Dtm1gFFQ

the taylor swift album is p dope

maybe shld have said shouty/gruff voiced

lol k3vin

ay, the Meek Mill is like a million times better than this.

granted Kendrick doesn't say "running shit... dihaerrea" but still

it's not

pissed that the KL went on Spotify right on its release date but MM ain't up after two days. should just buy it anyway, my car needs new yelling rap.

I got it on eMusic

I should prolly buy a hard copy tho.

his PR sent me a physical PR copy for some reason i haven't quite figured out yet

uh a physical RETAIL copy

Posted up in the back of a Halloween party by myself waiting for Big Freedia to play.

Shit, I haven't checked my mail in a Grizzly Bear.

THAT'S TWO WEEKS

lol

haha whiney

lmbo

bwahaha

the meek isnt as good as the kendrick but its not really that much worse either. its grown on me, i think initially i found it underwhelming but its much, much better than DC2 imo