Kendrick Lamar-good kid, m.A.A.d city-2012 (CLASSIC)

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gluvnast said:
and to THINK everyone was crying about just a week ago about there wouldn't be any black hippy joints in this muthaf*cka! :youngsabo:
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technically its not :yeshrug:, its only on the deluxe edition at target which they didn't even have at my store :smh:
 
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Jimmy ValenTime said:
Hating drake wins you cool points on a message board but

Drake gave this kid a solo song on the highest selling rap album of last year and took him on tour in front of a 100K people


letting him spit a verse on his major label album seems like a fair exchange :manny:
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Once I heard Kendrick on Drakes album I knew it was automatic that Drake would be on his.:yeshrug:
 
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HacksawJimThuggin said:
haven't read through the thread, but considering the audience, I imagine there's a lot of ridiculous hyperbole like "by FAR the best album of the year" and "Kendrick the GAWD blessed us with an instant classic"

I imagine I'm in the minority, because I don't think it's the best thing since sliced bread. I'm a big fan of Kendrick's, listen to all of his work regularly. Also, the concept of the album, while admirable, could've been executed better. If you're gonna make a prolonged narrative, Lupe's Michael Young History is the gold standard IMO; and this isn't even close to that. This feels more along the lines of The Roots' Undun, where it's a running narrative, but some songs are a cop out because they're songs the artist would make anyway, they're just now slapped in between two actual story-driven songs almost as a "filler", but don't do anything to drive the supposed story along (this is typically where stans reach and try to make some philosophical connection between the filler song and the overarching theme of the album)



with that said I thought it was good, not great... I really like the "sound" of the album, the beats are great and the mixing is amazing, sounds great on high end headphones


the hooks are TERRIBLE imo... like really really bad... I dealt with them the first few spins because I wanted to hear it front to back, but after that, I found myself skipping songs because I couldn't deal with the atrocious hooks

the next fault isn't really Kendrick's fault, but still a knock against the album... his voice just isn't pleasant on the ears... I know he's one of the best spitters out, but at its core, on the most basic level, music should sound good to your ears... his voice sounds different here and is more nasally than it was on say Overly Dedicated... some songs got him sounding like the hip hop Keith Sweat, it literally sounds like he's speaking through his nose


bars are solid, though a bit underwhelming... the good songs are REALLY good... again, I'm gonna assume I'm in the minority, but I liked the bonus tracks a lot more than some of the ones on the retail


with that said, "Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst" is CLEARLY the standout track on here... one of the best songs of Kendrick's career, up there with stuff like Keisha's Song, Growing Apart, Ignorance Is Bliss, etc.... I wish there was more songs like that on the album, would've been much better to me; same goes from Black Boy Fly... THAT'S the Kendrick I wanted to hear, and it wasn't prevalent enough on the album








cool album, nothing spectacular though; certainly not on the same level as F&L2, Life Is Good, or A Dream Deferred to me... I'd give it a 3.5/5



*waits for the neg rep and "shut up fakkit, Kendrick dropped a classic, get your ears checked" stan brigade*
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Its funny you say it is not on par with The Cool as a concept album when Lupe failed to deliver the concept of The Cool effectively. He abandoned the concept and it was far from being cinematic and cohesive as this project.

People complain about Kendricks voice but I for one think its refreshingly different than most rappers and helps with his rhymes schemes and different flow a la Eminem on Relapse.
 
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Klos2God said:
Why are people always trying to compair albums to others like.. Its not better than LIG or this or that? Its a very good debut from Kendrick lets just hope he keeps building.. Props to K.Dot for giving Hip Hop a real West Coast album.. Best since DA IMO...
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c/s

Let the album just breath sit back and enjoy and listen. I think Ill compare it to this years top releases weeks from now but lets just soak it in for now and not try to over analyze. Its music first and foremost.

Today, I would only compare it to other concept hip hop albums like (OB4CL, AMERICAN GANGSTER, THE COOL, BLACKTRASH)


I still feel this is the best debut album since F&L. The creativity and the effort put into this sets it apart from a lot of rappers. Nas would def be proud.
 
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