I just have to get this out of my head, but I keep imagining a Christmas viral parody video of "I" but it's Santa rapping at his workshop about how much his elves help him and have his back "I love my elfs"
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 18 December 2014 14:31 (nine years ago) link
ahahaha
― gbx, Thursday, 18 December 2014 14:34 (nine years ago) link
:D
― Dej & the Fommly Loaf (The Reverend), Thursday, 18 December 2014 14:54 (nine years ago) link
Kinda feel like Kenny is inching towards the free jazz album I called for on twitter a while back.
― Dej & the Fommly Loaf (The Reverend), Thursday, 18 December 2014 14:55 (nine years ago) link
the close-out breakdown on "i" is so ridiculously funky
it's from something else, isn't it? it reminds me of some classic break that i can't quite place
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 29 December 2014 11:24 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AhXSoKa8xw
― Number None, Monday, 9 February 2015 22:34 (nine years ago) link
Surprised to hear something so straightforward after the more serpentine last couple of tracks. (Apparently the still-untitled Colbert song will probably not be on it, which seems a shame?) Sounds like a solid album track.
― Simon H., Monday, 9 February 2015 23:08 (nine years ago) link
That Colbert song reminds me of Saul Williams or Guru. Hope it makes it. Has the new album leaked? I'm curious to see if the full thing sounds like that?
Also the last minute of 'I' is lovely, I'm hearing some dilla/flylo undertones might be just me. The guitar on the chorus sounds badly dated, though. I hate it... hope he had sticked to the Isley brothers sample without adding that obnoxious electric guitar on top of the mix... not sure how to feel about that single but the whole album could be interesting.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 9 February 2015 23:20 (nine years ago) link
The guitar is part of the Isleys sample.
― aybaybayfan (The Reverend), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 00:41 (nine years ago) link
just some of the sickest guitar ever
― Number None, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 00:46 (nine years ago) link
Nbd
― Steph def def (Spottie), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 00:55 (nine years ago) link
a whole lot of the guitar on the song, particularly the lead guitar on the chorus, is definitely re-played and not directly sampled. would love to hear the crazy Ernie Isley phase shifter guitar tone on the track but it might sound really messed up and out of place, for better or worse, on a modern track.
― some dude, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 01:21 (nine years ago) link
really dug "i" and the unnamed colbert song that might not go anywhere but this is def the best of the new tracks so far
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 01:24 (nine years ago) link
angry kendrick is angry but yeah, this is more interesting than anything else i've yet heard from him post bad city
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 01:38 (nine years ago) link
I dig itBurn down Babylon
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 04:16 (nine years ago) link
feel like kendrick high voice is low key one of the most controversial things in the world of art
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 04:31 (nine years ago) link
all three of these tracks are fucking incredible, though "i" is still head and shoulders above most anything, ever
where's a ratanuki when you need one?
― contenderizer, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 08:39 (nine years ago) link
The electric guitar that appears on top of it all in the chorus is most definitely not an Isley sample. The other guitar parts are a sample.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 10:47 (nine years ago) link
yeesh
http://uk.complex.com/music/2015/02/michael-chabon-annotates-kendrick-lamar-blacker-the-berry-lyrics
― Number None, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 08:59 (nine years ago) link
corn emoji
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 09:01 (nine years ago) link
these 3 songs (i, colbert, blacker the berry) are like O_O. i'm ashamed i ever thought he'd screw up his next album.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 09:21 (nine years ago) link
only 'blacker' is good though
― real hip hop for j dilla fans (o_sailor), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 13:54 (nine years ago) link
"the blacker the berry" is pretty incredible
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 14:00 (nine years ago) link
For sure. Can't work out who it reminds me of.
― Minaj moron (Re-Make/Re-Model), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 18:42 (nine years ago) link
This is the post-Michael Brown anger I was looking for and couldn't find in RTJ2 for some reason.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 19:49 (nine years ago) link
can't stop listening to all three of these
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 23:19 (nine years ago) link
― Minaj moron (Re-Make/Re-Model), Wednesday, February 11, 2015 2:42 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i know you hate me don't you makes me think of in between us every time
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Thursday, 12 February 2015 00:30 (nine years ago) link
reminds me of Eminem
― Heez, Thursday, 12 February 2015 00:33 (nine years ago) link
yeah eminem comes to mind but in a good way - sort of "the way i am" ish
appropriating dancehall for gravitas works a lot better here than it did on yeezus
i love how the beat seems to be tripping ahead of itself
― lex pretend, Saturday, 14 February 2015 08:52 (nine years ago) link
The decision to rap in this voice -- unsure if I like it yet.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 14 February 2015 12:34 (nine years ago) link
March 23, apparently:
http://pitchfork.com/news/58754-kendrick-lamar-announces-album-release-date/
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Saturday, 7 March 2015 00:10 (nine years ago) link
good news!
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 7 March 2015 02:28 (nine years ago) link
Ah, a good old-fashioned CD-capacity rap record
― Simon H., Saturday, 7 March 2015 03:51 (nine years ago) link
http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/news/58808/d47a5880.jpg
― Number None, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 10:53 (nine years ago) link
King Kunta is soooooo good, wow
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 14 March 2015 00:25 (nine years ago) link
agreed agreed
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 14 March 2015 01:32 (nine years ago) link
He made the NY Times Crossword Puzzle today.
(So did Taylor Swift and Baha Men).
― Josefa, Saturday, 14 March 2015 21:29 (nine years ago) link
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly (2015)
― scott seward, Saturday, 14 March 2015 21:51 (nine years ago) link
and Baha Men).\
nice
― lag∞n, Sunday, 15 March 2015 06:45 (nine years ago) link
promotional concert sounds hokey. i think i'm a hater
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 05:20 (nine years ago) link
i dunno man. big stars doing surprise hometown shows is always pretty cool imo.
― some dude, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 05:22 (nine years ago) link
do it for teh vine!
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 05:44 (nine years ago) link
i think the yeezus promotional stunts burned me on these. been too close to teh industry to enjoy them
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 05:45 (nine years ago) link
tired of stagecraft (maybe just old)
this looks too awesome for fronting on imo
https://twitter.com/RapFavorites/status/580595842018635776
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 05:46 (nine years ago) link
Brother Ali is an ISIS truther :/
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 10:37 (nine years ago) link
lmao joggers
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 11:44 (nine years ago) link
xp whaaaaaaat? that's awful
― are... are you saying you fucked a gazelle? (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 11:47 (nine years ago) link
oops wrong thread but yeah he was doing it on twitter last night
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 14:06 (nine years ago) link
what is the isis truther argument
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 14:14 (nine years ago) link