Albums Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. (Discussion Thread)

Izanami

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LOVE needs to be his next single.

Drake the homie but he dropped the same album 5x meanwhile Kendricks first 4 sound nothing a like. That versatity is unmatched. You could give solid arguements on why each album is the best.

Dudes saw RiRi and U2 on the track listing and was like :hhh:


Meanwhile I'm quiet like :youngsabo:
Never doubted


Remember hearing the Heart of.4 and was like :why:how you going to rap a couple bars on that second beat? Few weeks later I look forward to hearing the ALC beat, FEAR comes on and I'm like :banderas:


Remember back in 2015 when Drake sent a sublime @ Kung Fu Kenny on some, " I would have all your fans if I didn't go POP and stay on some conscious shyt" his fans was like :gladbron::mjlol:.
2 years later Kung Fu Kenny drops an album doing nikkas style of music. I know Drake stans heard GOD and LOVE like :ohhh::mjcry:

Meanwhile KDOT fans who been up from OD and section 80 like :ufdup:






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So are we going to address that on xxx his man called to get kdot to pray for him since his son was shot and his answer was you should clip the nikka then throw the blower in his lap, then banged on him to speak at a convention :deadmanny:
"I can't sugarcoat the answer for you, this is how I feel:
If somebody kill my son, that mean somebody gettin' killed."

:manny:

Told his man he'd wait outside the church to catch dude then told him he'd have to call him back because he's speaking at an anti gun violence event :picard:
 

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Its too early to say how it will age for me but I think this might be my favorite album from him... even though it doesn't reach the highest highs of the other albums.

OD was pretty good.

S80 good for the time but overrated and is uneven in places.

GKMC was great piece of work (especially at the time) with some really high moments to me but the concept dominates the music sometimes.

TPAB great focus and message but his voice and the music was just off for me a lot.

This doesn't commit any of the above fouls. don't think it has a money trees, alright moment but damn shyt is good. Gonna be playing this a lot over the next few weeks. :ahh:
 

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Still living with the album but what I can say is that it's very strong. It's not the single heavy album I thought it would be after Humble dropped but there are definitely radio singles here to last through the summer. But this is a very chaotic, DARK album. There are spots of brightness and fun like Loyalty but overall it feels like the creative work of someone who is battling demons and remains depressed. There was a message of perseverance on TPAB, of overcoming. "We gon be alright." But the view here is far more dim, and apocalyptic. Not only is it not going to be alright, we're damned. But the least we can do is make the most of our time on earth.

Four albums in and it's clear Kendrick has a knack not just for cohesive well thought out albums but also standout, seminal tracks. Keisha's Song, Sing About Me, Alright, and How Much A Dollar Cost come to mind. You can add Fear and Duckworth to that list. I knew Alchemist and 9th would bring it but I didn't expect THIS. Fear is hypnotic and terrifying. Duckworth is another master class from Kendrick on how to tell a story.

I'm not going to compare this album to others. It hasn't even been out for a weekend yet. But I feel that this might be his strongest album lyrically, and perhaps the most concise. The abstract lyricism is still there but it's going to be hard to hurl "he's not saying anything" troll criticisms at this project.

Production wise he once again picks the perfect tracks. The trap beats don't feel out of place, and the more experimental shyt compliments his vision. And he's got bangers again. Loyalty is going to be everywhere soon. DNA is blowing up. Love blows my mind.
 
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