Kendrick Lamar will kill your favorite rapper for money

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New album titled United States Of A.L.A.R.M.

september! single coming soonish then i hope?

First single features Imagine Dragons and Drake.

Haha loving the 1998 Public Enemy album title

Oops, it's fake. Thanks, Rap Radar.

First single features Imagine Dragons and Drake

I read this as Advanced Dungeons & Drake

don't give him any ideas

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look yeah, but don't touch

Can't wait for the Glee version.

It's basically a Brother Ali song, but tight.

i really wanna like this but the beat is rubbing me the wrong way and there's not really much of a chorus there

i sort of admire him for making a "happy" grab

it feels like talib kweli ft santana. i'm down

that's a good argument in favor

Wish the whole song was like the last third.

i thought i'd hate it but its sort of great. very early-mid 90s vibes.

Kendrick Lamar will hug your favorite teddy bear for enlightenment

Don't hate it, but I won't be mad if it ends up as a bonus track.

Overrated artist.

you like travis scott

anyway its easy to be cynical abt this record and i'm getting arrested development vibes but i still kinda dig this, it'll sound fun in the mix if it gets some radio traction

Arrested Development otm

lol oh dear

it's... okay? bonus track seems about right.

Do we know who produced it?

as much as like the song, i hope this isn't the 'cartoon and cereal' of his next album

waiting for an artist to record a track so that he gets the inevitable "Posdonus ft. Eric Clapton" vibes

It's produced by Rahki.

The second half of the song is immeasurably superior to the first

the "jesus walks"-y bridge is kinda cool

i don't really mind this

Thundercat!

yeah i don't dislike it, sounded aight on the radio when i heard it just now (although they cut off like the whole last 30 seconds, which was a shame).

still, to take a year plus to release a new single after "Control" and come with this seems just asking for backlash from the exact audience that got him to platinum last time.

i think the slightly but not hugely polarized response will work in his favor ultimately, and radio seems to be eating it up (heard it twice in 30 mins)

xxp it's gotta be him right? Haven't seen any confirmation anywhere though.

yeah i feel like strategically this is smart, it's a bold move rather than a measured one

The guitar sound the Isleys used in the original is one of my favorite unique tones in all of music, so even if it's a little corny I don't mind hearing it here.

xp Yeah the audience for huffy, real-rap gymnastics is pretty much the same as the audience for happy late-'80s/early-'90s throwbacks, so this probably isn't too much of a risk. But it feels like a huge shift anyway, and the upbeat outlook (even if just on this one track) will help distinguish the album from GKMC's sober moralism

There was a kind of corny 3 Feet High-ish Kendrick track on the last Eminem album that seemed like a lark at the time but now seems like it laid the groundwork for this

From what I gather almost everyone is enthusiastic and it would take a real clunker to end the public's honeymoon with Kendrick.

you like travis scott

And you live for Gucci Mane, shall we continue?

Kendrick is just plain mediocre. Give me Eddie Kendricks, or Kendrick Jeru Davis.

you forgot Anna

i will take gucci & kendrick over travis scott, yes

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makes me think of something from those early kanye mix-cds, or his 'touch the sky' even. the last third is very fly-lo/thundercat.

Yeah first part definitely made me think of early Kanye too. It's the obvious soul sample x once-patented Insane Conga Rolls

Touch the Sky is a good comparison, upbeat, famous soul sample. There's some Stankonia thrown in there as well.

Snap judgement it's better "Touch the Sky" but not as good as Stankonia