I love the bass lines on this record.
PRIDE. for example has such a dope intro.
The harmonizing.
That bassline creeping up on you.
The way that simulated vinyl pop fades in slowly.
The way the bass line falls out and comes back in on FEEL.
I get those James Jamerson vibes. The bass is tasteful and
always serving a purpose, adding to the groove and keeping the
listeners intenterested. Listen to how it becomes more prominent
in the track's mix as it goes on especially once you hit 2:49 and
Kendrick's whole flow gets hurried and urgent.
LUST. So many shades of Outkast and Beastie Boyz, love the basslines on that song.
DUCKWORTH and it's intro.
XXX and it's intro then that mean ass bassline once the beat switch hits.
Every time this dude drops an album, you get some (or really quite a few) songs that are
fukking masterclasses in constructing a great song top to bottom regardless
of Genre IMO.
The musicality here is great to me and that's without talking about what he's touching
on in these songs.