I feel like this was directed to me so I will respond.
Before I read the rest of your post, let me clarify my post wasn't directed at you, it was general, and the "post a verse" shyt has mainly been a way to discredit Andre from Outkast for years now, which creates this Benny Hill type of frenetic goofiness where someone posts a verse they think is dope, then the person who wanted the proof of lyricism simply dismisses the verse and then posts a verse by Biggie or Nas or Prodigy or whomever and says "now that's what a lyrical verse is."
First off I always said I liked the cd and it was good music, just not "amazing" as a lot of people on here are saying. As far as his voice, i don't even think it's his voice, just the way he uses some of his words or the random "my nikka"s or "ya bish" just comes of as immature and corny to me.
I don't actually like that "ya bish" shyt either, nor his Macho Man Randy Savage growl of beeyotch on Backseat Freestyle. I damn near stopped listening to Section 80 the first time I tried as soon as the song "Hol' Up" came on because of the way he was pronouncing that shyt.
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It might just be some west cost stuff but these dudes remind me of the suburban black dudes who tried to be "gangsta" just for fun. The entire story about riding on a nikka in your moms van comes off as corny to me. Growing up if nikkas was robin and shootin it was cause they had to in order to survive, not cause they homies told them to. We didn't have "moms vans" to ride around in. Or parents at home supporting our dreams.
I'd be interested in someone from around Compton verifying whether Kendrick, Q, Ab-Soul, and Jay-Rock are suburban kids. Kendrick definitely has that annoying hipster style, but a lot of hood nikkas have adopted that shyt these days so I can't call it.
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OnlyInCalifornia? @@Megatronbomb? Can someone hood check these nikkas real quick and provide some info?
As far as the "post some lyrical lyrics" shyt goes. That was a response to people saying he is an amazing lyricist and better than nas lyrically. So I said prove it and the stans couldn't.
Oh, the overreaction is amusing to me too. I can't really speak on Nas, because the way cats have put him on a pedestal, Nas ain't even as good as Nas.
With all that said he is talented this is a good album, great for a debut in today's climate. But not as "amazing" an groundbreaking as his stans make him out to be.
I respect that take. If I was directly addressing you I would've quoted you. I didn't even notice who posted "show me a verse" or if it was more than one person to be honest. I've never been a huge Kendrick fan, just thought of him as talented but a little off. Album really shocked me in a good way. And young nikkas and hip hop in general really need and deserve a breath of fresh air, so I'm happy for that too.
For years I've been hearing albums like Common's
Be called classics off the bat, then I give them a listen and they're depressingly "eh" to me. I started to realize every few years hip hop is desperate for a new universal classic, and fans try to force the label on a lot of projects. This album feels like a cohesive whole to me, an actual project, something that at least makes me think "shyt, is this a classic for this day and age?" Most albums people call classics these days, I don't even get that far, I can listen to them and just chuckle at the notion they're classic.
I'm also really impressed that Kendrick and his camp had a vision and stuck to it. The label is really pushing the shyt out of this kid and his album, and that's without any obvious radio smashes and no image he can trade on. He's just some little Ewok looking nikka who sounds funny and can flow his ass off. Frankly, I'm shocked he's getting the kind of push he's getting.
He only drove the van to Sherane's house.
People get confused because out in California the style is that jeans and t-shirt or surfer/skater type, no one is running around in khaki suits with flags in their back pocket like its the 90s. Been off that forever now.
