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174771, RE: Hopefully it's much better than this...
Posted by murph71, Fri Apr-14-17 06:46 AM
>I'll digest this more before commenting but after listening,
>I'm noticing two things in reviews,
>
>There are people that made their mind up that it a classic
>before hearing it
>
>And then there are people who are going to listen and listen
>and "force" themselves to feel that it's great just because
>it's Kendrick.
>
>Ultimately, if anyone else released this, it would not be well
>received period.


Or...there are folks that actually like the album....

What I'm really finding is a lot of the more conceptual heads who loved the left field direction of TPABF and the thematic, storyline feel of Good Kid are having a hard time accepting the more straight ahead MEAT AND POTATOES,-rapping-on-Mike-Will-Made-It-Beats Cornrow Kenny. There's a good segment of the fans who rolled with Lamar because he came off like an underground, experimental emcee who happened to be a platinum rapper.

Now along with the high praise and even handed criticism, I'm seeing some of the Kenny STANS complain about dude making records with Rihanna or rocking straight off of a Trap Beat without the "socially conscious" element to balance it out.

It's kinda interesting....