Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (Discussion Thread)

[semicko82]

My point went over your head then. I'm not questioning Kendrick's commercial success/ability.

My bad then

 

[Dad]

This album is based on Eckhart Tolle? If so it makes sense now

 

[FunkDoc1112]

My first impression of this is a lot better than Damn 5 years ago though. Took me a few months to really feel that one and even now there's stuff on there I wish wasnt

 

[Shadow King]

Kanye has one of the greatest discographies in all of hip hop. He fell off on the last couple but every album up to Pablo was undeniable.

Now if you were one of those people who was bytching about MBDTF not sounding like College Dropout or demanding he just make soulbeats for his whole career, then that speaks to your music preferences.

But Kanye is pretty much the best example of a hip hop artist evolving their sound in ways that were both artistically and commercially successful. He fell off eventually because all artists fall off.

I been around a long time. I've seen people in mass shyt on Stankonia, Hell Hath No Fury and Like Water for Chocolate for being too different or weird or whatever. These albums are now remembered as classics. Time reveals all in the end.

Now I don't even know how good this album is. It's too early. It could be his best or his worst. There's still a lot to marinate on, and there's things on this album that may not work or maybe it'll grow on me. But ya'll are fighting a losing battle if you expect someone like Kendrick to repeat himself or do some corny shyt like name his album GKMC II like these washed rappers trying to revive the past. And that doesn't mean you have to like it. I can totally get why people wouldn't like the stuff he's doing on this album. But it annoys me when some fans (not saying you btw) act like an artist is obliged to just make the same shyt time and time again. And then if they do that they get shyt on for being derivative or repeating themselves lol

tl;dr ;i think i like this album lol

Yeezus is far from undeniable. Graduation and 808s are also somewhat divisive.

 

[Not Crodie]

Yes its impossible to digest this album in a day, let alone in a month...so many layers, but all the critics giving it a 10/10 after a few hours had the album a while ago.

 

[Not Crodie]

Nah. GKMC is and at this point looks to always will be his best album. It was a perfect album. Theres a case that the best songs from TPAB are better then best ones from GKMC. As a overall body of work though its GKMC all day. Thats his undisputed classic album. Damn isn't even in the conversation for me. That album was average.

Nah...objectively this is incorrect...it's just your personal preference

if we're talking about quality, objectivity, then TPAB (and now this new album) is his best album by a long shot, his undisputed classic.

GKMC is very flawed musically but is a great traditional rap album for casual consumers that don't know music that much. It's still his worst album. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying its bad, it's a fantastic project, but all his other albums are simply better from an objective angle.

 

[Not Crodie]

Tpab is the most acclaimed rap album in music history (96/100 mc), DAMN is the 2nd highest rated rap album ever (95/100 mc), watch this album being around 96/95 as well, I wouldn't be surprised tbh, it is THAT good.

kendrick was right to take a break, it paid off, came back with his magnum opus.

Only album I feel like isn't "perfect" in his catalog is gkmc

 

[Nuuko]

I never thought he would top gkmc but he did it with TPAB. I didn't think he would top TPAB and he just did it with Mr. Morale.

This kid is special... 4 straight masterpieces in a row. As a music lecturer, I've never seen such a talented artist.

 

[Nuuko]

Joe Budden is right, Kendrick now has the best catalog in hip hop.

TPAB: 10/10
Mr Morale and the big steppers: 10/10
DAMN: 9.5/10
s80: 9/10
GKMC 8.5/10

 

[bigde09]

Album is gonna take a while to digest but I enjoyed it.

 

[Thanos]

Nah...objectively this is incorrect...it's just your personal preference

if we're talking about quality, objectivity, then TPAB (and now this new album) is his best album by a long shot, his undisputed classic.

GKMC is very flawed musically but is a great traditional rap album for casual consumers that don't know music that much. It's still his worst album. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying its bad, it's a fantastic project, but all his other albums are simply better from an objective angle.

Worst, Crack Cocaine.

 

[CarltonJunior]

Finally finished it. Gotta sit on this album for awhile. I'm not ready to rank it.

It's arguably the least "rappy" albun he's ever dropped.

 

[valet]

Citing 1 album disputes what I said?

It was commercially viable, his most commercially viable album really was DAMN. And it's known that GKMC was the compromise made with Interscope to give him the platform he has now.

Understanding the importance and science of commercial viability does not necessarily make one a commercial artist.

Well when I made my statement it was really commenting of how wasn't continuing the route of Damn. Which as you said was his most commercially viable album. So what did you mean when you said he wasn't a commercial artist? Because my point was more about the album not the type of artist HD was.

 

[nairdas]

Standouts for me

Rich Spirit
N95
Father Time
Purple Hearts
Count Me out
Savior
Die Hard
Mother I Sober

 

[Nuuko]

Kendrick always takes risks, yet always gets the critical acclaim he deserves.
Take note other artists, this is what a special artist does. make great music and you'll get the rewards you deserve.