BrooklynWHAT Member since Jun 15th 2007 85073 posts
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5. "its such a left turn." In response to Reply # 1
i suspect it will be very popular on here. feel a lot of kast on here. feel a lot of the roots before they quit trying on here. lot of it sounds like some flylo stuff but surprisingly he has no credits on it from what i've seen so far.
not feeling it outside of TBTB though. not after GKMC.
19. "RE: Electric Circus is kinda dope in hindsight lol" In response to Reply # 16 Mon Mar-16-15 12:38 AM by jswerve386
lol.. youre kinda right. I just remember hating the hell outta that album for years.. I just recently went back and thought some of the joints i thought i hated at the time were actually pretty dope.. THIS SHIT RIGHT HERE THO? I dont know.. Im really not feeling this Kendrick joint on first two listens. Very disappointed.
25. "i listened to about a minute of each track..meh, no thanks. " In response to Reply # 19
sounds way too soft & *out there* for me
just a weird ass gremlin cartoon voiced rapper over a bunch of weird ass "picking flowers in the garden" ass beats (except for sale interlude, hood politics, these walls, & blacker the berry)
everyone making Roots comparisons in here..maybe "ATYSYC Roots..definitely not the Roots of past albums...
he was spittin on "these walls" & "blacker the berry"
the rest ..straight ZzzZZZzzz
6.5/10
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98. "my issue is that its a record that doesn't make me WANT to" In response to Reply # 21
>impossible to fully digest after one listen >this will take a while to fully get.
there are some records that i can't wait to begin unpacking after a single listen this one has a ton to unpack, but its not enticing me to do so I don't know if thats because of how meandering it is sonically or if its not as rap-heavy as i wanted it to be but I feel like the process of getting to know this record is going to feel like more of a task than a pleasure.
32. "Putting a "live" version of "i" on the record is an interesting choice." In response to Reply # 0 Mon Mar-16-15 01:32 AM by ZooTown74
As is the decision to end the album with Kendrick pretending to "interview" Tupac...
P-Funk influence (that beat on Wesley's Theory is straight out of late 70s Parliament) meets spoken word.
I like it, upon first listen. Get ready to read a bunch of reviews that talk about how it's a "challenging work" that will "polarize casual fans" of K. Dot.
Eh, whatever, I'm grown, I'm digging it and will have to burrow further into it...
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34. "I see that this one will require repeated listens" In response to Reply # 0 Mon Mar-16-15 01:36 AM by ramaj1
It's too dense and esoteric to have an instant verdict on. I feel like I'll need to give this one multiple listens before it clicks (or doesn't click).
After a first listen, I will say that it is a very bold album to release in the wake of a platinum pop-rap debut. Whereas GKMC had a Drake feature and catchy hooks in Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe and Swimming Pools, To Pimp A Butterfly has very little pop or radio appeal. Now, I see why he released 'i'...it's the only thing that leaned towards accessible on this.
Gimme another week or so and I'll have an official opinion...
35. "I wish there was less pressure to "transcend rap"" In response to Reply # 0
The best rappers these days seem afraid to just put out an album where they just rap for 12 songs. I never hear wakka flocka cluttering his album with live instrumentation and experimental breaks/a funk homage.
That being said, he won me over through the course of this album. Yet another album that is not what I wanted, but a great listen nonetheless.
I hope it accomplishes whatever he wanted it to professionally.
38. "Love it after three listens..." In response to Reply # 0
reminded me alot of Outkast, specifically 3000 on my first listen but you can just tell dude is a fan and is inspired by him. So far for me You Ain't Gotta Lie is on repeat though Hood Politics cracks me up with the 'boo boo'...lol
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50. "He bout to get my money twice" In response to Reply # 0 Mon Mar-16-15 08:28 AM by Nick Has a Problem..
It's been said already but FlyLo's hands are all over this album even though he only produced the first track. It's basically a continuation of You're Dead! production-wise. I don't see this being as successful as the last album commercially but I'm diggin' the hell out of it.
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61. "YUP. Considering same happened to Bjork, Madonna recently" In response to Reply # 60
and they just rode that wave, if it leaks, you release it to salvage those sales(and use the hype of the leak to help push them). I can't imagine what media blitz they had planned thats worth losing these sales, lol.
>Yeah it may have been released by mistake, but people were >paying for it. > >A lot of people have it now, so they delay it another week for >everyone else just means it'll really be bootlegged like >crazy. > >Should have just left it out there.
67. "I'm doing that now" In response to Reply # 63
Was really hyped for this, got in to work this morning and saw it was released already and almost broke my fingers going to itunes to buy it. Read that it was pulled.
Now I'm pissed others got to purchase and listen to this and now I have to wait to hear it even though I was willing to spend money on it right now.
Dunno what they're thinking
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64. "Different departments with their heads up their ass" In response to Reply # 62
after they get their head togethers it will probably be out by the end of the day again...but your risking alot of dudes sharing zippyshares on a bored monday morning...
>It's already out there and being talked about. Now if >somebody wants to join the discussion they have no legal means >of doing so. > >They already started selling it, why stop when it's trending >and wait a week?
80. "KL made an album for 19 year old blog interns from suburban Seattle" In response to Reply # 76 Mon Mar-16-15 09:33 AM by Orbit_Established
He wanted to deliver some "authenticity" with some "retro" and some "funk" and "art"
D'Angelo and Bruno Mars' success probably didn't help the direction of this record
It's the worst kind of retro-mix
Just a confused, frustrated mess
KL will sell about 10X as many as Lupe, so good for him.
But the album is dogshit.
Lupe is making music for a genre that doesn't exist anymore, though, which is why his days as household name are done (he will eat for decades off of what he does, though, just not like KL)
This is 2015: We like to hear J.Cole be 30 years old and make songs about getting boners at the school dance in 10th grade
So this album is fine
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99. "RE: Lupe's album is fantastic. What in the entire fuck" In response to Reply # 87
Yeah Lupe got the best rap album of 2015 hands down but I don't agree with OE on this Kendrick album. He definitely didn't make this for hipsters. Shit, he might lose some of those hipsters with this album. Nigga pulled a DP Blowout Comb Pro-Black type of album.
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75. "3rd times a charm: When did we become armchair A&R's instead of fans" In response to Reply # 0
This isn't just stuff that's not gonna find easy radio play in 2015, but in the 70's it would be everywhere..he's a much more improved songwriter and the songs are ultimately stronger.
The thing is that it's not in a pop music verse chorus verse format, add to the fact it's alot of live sounding instrumentation which is in stark contrast to the Mile Will Made it world we live in now... This album will do numbers at least initially because of the sneak attack, but it's gonna be interesting to see how it plays out.
Considering he stole a bunch of Flying Lotus in Captain Murphy mode beats, i wouldn't be surprised if we don't have a more straightforward rappity rap release coming up.
That said, it's great. There should be equal slobnobbing here for Lamar as there was for D'Angelo. Didn't know he would go full Soulaquarians, lol
82. "Can you not troll this post & get it shut down like you did Lupe's post" In response to Reply # 77
It's fine to not like the album, and talk about how/why you don't like it. But this shit right here is unnecessary as fuck and how you got 2 Lupe threads locked. I thought/hoped you had turned a corner and gotten (back) to actually talking about music.
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84. "You guys are making it sound like he's rapping over free jazz" In response to Reply # 78
All the songs have logical hooks and verses, etc. Are they 3 and a half minute pop songs? Nope. But the Roots, Badu, Common, etc weren't doing that either. OutKast were fantastic POP song writers in addition to being great MC's, "Hey Ya" wasn't exactly an anomaly for them.
It's just interesting how he made an album aimed straight at what this websites traditional tastes are and everyones like, 'Where's the radio single?' lol. You had J.Cole, then Drake, and now Lamar dropping their darker then most/non pop friendly records in the past 3 months and it seems we have a barrel of mad only for Lamar.
86. "what the fuck is wrong with you?" In response to Reply # 81
are you going to try to ruin this post by antagonizing every single reply thats not bashing the record? lets see how fast you can start some shit and get it locked. SMH.
I'm actually not a fan of this album... like at all I can still hear how well made it is - but that doesn't automatically translate to being an album that I love (or even like nec.)
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