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>>54326863
this dick ain't free

>>54326863
Thanks for running the nystique

King Kendrick!
I want to get down on my knees and service this black god!

>>54326889
>taking one lyric out of context
expert criticism! do you post Backseat Freestyle everywhere too?

>>54326863

all of the talking that resembles what an uneducated moron sounds like

"my faith in god man, I got money now so life is dope, this is some inspiring shit, I hope you include this as a 5 minute interview for no reason on your album"

>>54326863
Explain why this album is good without referring to the lyrics, because this is /mu/ - Music.

>>54326953
boy do i have news for you

>Are you really who they idolize?
>To pimp a butterfly

Seriously? Shut the album off right there

>>54326953
That's purely a subjective preference.
>>54326957
The production is dynamic, adapting to the mood of the song and Kendrick's mood.

>>54326863
ITT: 0/10 albums.

Fuck off you white apologist cuck, not everyone gets their tastes direct from p4k. Can't we have a /nigger music general/ containment thread for you faggots?

>>54326979

please tell me it. I want to like the album, I just don't understand what the hell is going on. I've only heard it once though. But seriously what is the justification for that long prolonged conversation on the closing track?

>>54326957
>>54326988
Also, if you think lyrics haven't been a crucial part of music, from Romantic artsongs to modern Rap songs, you know very little about music.

>>54326997
>Can't we have a /nigger music general/ containment thread for you faggots?

So the frontpage will be filled with metal, country and industrial?

cuck

>>54326997
>>54327025
you people don't like music

>>54327000
it was an interview with tupac
tupac is the whole reason why kendrick got into hip hop; he saw california love on TV as a kid

>>54326914
this meme is 9gag-tier.

>>54326997
This post is basically nothing but memes and buzzwords. Well done.

>>54327000
Its proof that tupac is alive.
Don't tell me its not or you'll ruin the mystique.

this album is about the dualities associated with race and wealth

>>54327008
They aren't. Lyrics aren't music.

Way too preachy near the end there.
>wahh im black feel bad for me

>>54327046
wow, how cool, everyone must know about this he probably wouldn't have become a rapman if he saw the song that was just after on mtv

>>54327020
don't forget emo!

>>54327046

okay, that's all well and good but how is that a justification for it to be on the album? please explain to me what that does for me. it's not at all enjoyable to listen to, if anything it's rather silly and pointless. what need is there for it to be on there? what does it add to the album?

>>54326863
there's no track that stands for itself, like a track you'd blast in your way to college ie.The album is better appreciated if listened to it's entirely.That's the con imho.Lots of flylo vibes on this, which might explain why.

>>54327077
Tell me why lyrics aren't important in an artsong.
Composers and musicians have always known the importance of text setting.

>>54326997
lmao you said nothing but fucking memes

>>54326863

It's shit because there are at least 6 open threads already on the catalog.

>>54327077
lyrics aren't music
lyrics are words
the way you say them is music

u dingus

>>54327081
if you can't see the thematic importance of having his hero talking about black pride and uprising at the end of an album that's virtually all about black struggle and learning to love ones self in spite of it then i'm afraid you've missed the point

and I'm not even a huge fan of this album, i like GKMC far more

>people are offended others don't like thing
Grow up. Popular shit like this will be memed and spammed to oblivion.

the lyrics aren't relatable to me as a middle class privileged white kid

the beats dont bang

done

>>54327088
see
>>54327125
also it's right at the end so you don't have to listen to if it bothers you that much

Zero energy, zero authenticity.

>>54327125

why do people think that saying something is thematically important is enough of a justification? just because something helps to make a point does not mean that it's incorporated well or interestingly or in any way aesthetically successful. if someone cannot make their point in a way that is also engaging as a work of art then they have failed. having someone read out the point of your album is just embarrassing and sloppy and resembles a mediocre mind

>>54327150
post a pic of yourself

>>54326863
Download it at

https://volafile
.io/r/BEEPi

Just use the search function

>>54327125
poor guys always getting hated, I wonder what would rap be about if they didn't have this handy leitmotiv

>>54327165
mad

>>54327163
I find it quite enjoyable and engaging so don't think you're an authority on anything.

>>54327163
what's important is that it's tupac doing it

the entire idea behind the album is that he's reading his poems to him at a critical point in his life

>>54327093
Because you can replace them with gibberish and not change anything musically. It will have the same impact.

>>54327119
Singing and lyrics are two different things.

>>54327165
okay, your turn

>>54327201
>>54327203

well fair enough then. I don't really like spoken word so I guess this album just isn't really for me

I haven't listened to it yet but Kendrick's voice really annoys me. The way he delivers his lyrics is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

>>54327205
>Because you can replace them with gibberish and not change anything musically.
You don't know anything about artsongs, then.
Composers regularly would add specific chords to emphasize words or ideas in the music.

>>54327209
W H I T E B O Y
H
I
T
E
B
O
Y

Album is too laid back at times like momma
Questionable lines in some songs

I do however love the outkast/g funk mix of influences

"i" is still one of his worse songs to date

>>54327233
hurry up and post a pic of yourself, shitskin

>>54327205
yeah that's what i was implying

words are sounds too

>>54327222
>Composers regularly would add specific chords to emphasize words or ideas in the music.
You don't need lyrics for that.

Um, I guess this album is good if you listen exclusively to memerap and meme indie.

Seriously why don't you all just cut out your frontal lobes and wire your veins directly to the nearest p4k reviewer's sphincter? It would probably save you a lot of day-to-day effort without making you any less valuable to society.

>>54327091
lel

>>54327222
So? Now replace the lyrics, the music won't change.

Why don't you explain why it's good if you're so opposed to people thinking otherwise? Why are you free of having to justify your opinion?

Better yet, why don't you make this post in any of the other dozen threads open at this exact moment?

>>54327259
Yes you do.
There's no way to know whether a diminished chord is referring to a specific word in the story without the singer singing on top of it.
>>54327302
It loses the effect. And loses the meaning in the music.

>>54326985
Fucking dumbass

>>54326988
>production

not this fucking word again.

>>54327359
He asked for a good quality other than the lyrics.

I probably could have said ANYTHING music related and idiots like you would shitpost.

its a real black soul funk type thing. im not black enough to enjoy this. theres no "money trees" or "bitch dont kill my vibe" or "big dick eiffel tower" songs on here that non-blacks like myself can enjoy :(

>>54327083
emo threads aren't filled with neo-nazi scum.

>>54327374
Saying production is useless when talking about a hip hop album because it's so completely general. Just say "I like the beats" because that's all you mean unless you can actually cite specific musical characteristics or are actually talking about mixing/mastering

>>54326997
obligatory >>>/pol/

>>54327093
>Kendrick Lamar
>artsong.

hip-hop fans everyone

>>54326934
I think he just wanted to reference that meme

>>54327294
whats the problem

>>54327413
How about you look at the words after production then
>>54327430
>lacking reading comprehension
Indie kids, everybody.
>>54327433
I guess so

anti-white

>>54326997
>>>/b/

>>54326863
>that picture
lol Americucks.

PROTIP: KENDRICK LAMAR IS ON THE UNIVERSAL MUSIC LABEL

>>54327443
>How about you look at the words after production then
>adapting to the mood of the song and Kendrick's mood
The mood of the song and Kendrick's mood should be the same. A songs music and it's lyrics should be expected to adapt to each other, unless it's going for ironic juxtaposition. I don't see how that makes a record's production good

This is an album for egotistical pretentious backpackers to gather around and spew their garbage opinions about garbage meme rap. There's nothing new or innovate about this album. It's just you're typical pop rap album with jazz and funk influences.

That's the fucking problem with meme rap fans. They attempt to ruin good music by spitting their chewing tobacco on other people's shoes and slapping their dicks across each other's faces. "WOW THIS ALBUM IS SO BASED" "KENDRICK IS A GOAT!" That's all I fucking hear these days. This is the last straw.

Now I'm not one to say that I enjoy mainstream music, especially hip hop. It's contrived and mindless and should not be considered art by any means, but this shit's gotten fucking ridiculous.

While all of you retards fawn over the meme rap that has been constructed by the shitty internet and mainstream rappers, what your really doing is taking all the music that is held so hallowed and "primo" and perpetuating it into an endless cycle.

Pretentious hipster backpackers that know absolutely nothing about musical composition or what it means to be a musician will shit out their memes and opinions like usually; thereby upholding it as musical "genius" even though it's not.

Eventually, this album will become irrelevant and the fool you all once fawned over will crash and burn because people will finally wake up and realize that fact that this is complete garbage.

Essentially, fuck you meme rappers. You're a paradoxical, shit-eating tactics of bastardizing music will come to an end and you all will suffer.

>>54327618
>The mood of the song and Kendrick's mood should be the same.
Shame that most rappers don't do that, let alone most popular musicians.
Just because you THINK it should be common doesn't mean that it is common.

Done my first listen and i can already tell, long-term, i'm going to look at this as his first truly great record.

Section 80 hasn't drawn me back to it that much, and as impressive as some aspects of GKMC were, the cinematic feel of it ended up working against it at times. Also, that album still had a couple of duds on it that were just hard to ignore (especially Real. jesus christ what an awful hook.)

First thing's first, i absolutely love the production on here. It's so dense and haunting. He sounds great over this sort of thing.

There are a number of highlights on here that i could point out, and the low-lights on here weren't nearly as bad as Real. But that last track... holy fuck, that thing was like the jazz/hip-hop equivalent of BBF3. I'm going to be returning to this a lot this year. Absolutely shattered my expectations.

>>54326863
Call it his Stankonia. Call it his Fear of a Black Planet. But these comparisons are of course easy to make. These albums were stellar left-hooks to already impressive uppercuts. Whether or not they were superior to their predecessors is irrelevant: the beauty comes in the fact that they're at least as good as them. And let's just roll with that for Kendrick.

The lyrics are personal, yet universal. Kendrick consistently darts the line between introspective reflection and extroverted demagoguery. It never feels forced, even when he sobs as on "u". Perhaps this is the greatest strength of the album: it's full, frontal honesty. Kendrick's come down to talk to us.

But even more impressive than his already-established-as-great lyricism is the production. Jazz and Funk influences are obvious, but more importantly DYNAMIC production that adapts to the track and the moods. The music knows Kendrick, and he knows the music. This forms a beautiful harmony that is the crux of To Pimp a Butterfly: Kendrick knows himself. He knows what is expected of him. And he fills that role spectacularly.

>>54327652
It is common

>>54327838
Most songs don't change chords/tempo/etc.

>>54327618
>m-muh art rules
>i-it has to w-work according to the rules okkkkK?

>>54327862
>Most songs don't change chords
I thought you were being genuine. Thanks for wasting my time

>>54327874
Nice reading comprehension. I'm not saying all music has to work like that, but that anon is saying music reflecting mood is something remarkable and I'm saying it's standard

It's just lacking so much while it's claiming to be "unique". Kendrick tries to show that he has all this talent and he's shoving it in your face, but it comes off as pretentious and mediocre. He also forces social commentary so much in this album it distracts from the sloppy production that i supposedly one of the highlights. It's fine if you like it whatever, but it's very overrated indeed as you can see from all these cancerous threads the mods choose to ignore.

>>54327894
i know your time is so precious since you're on 4chan right now

>>54327622
Man, some of you take this shit way too seriously. It's music, calm down.

>>54327944
Call it his Stankonia. Call it his Fear of a Black Planet. But these comparisons are of course easy to make. These albums were stellar left-hooks to already impressive uppercuts. Whether or not they were superior to their predecessors is irrelevant: the beauty comes in the fact that they're at least as good as them. And let's just roll with that for Kendrick.

The lyrics are personal, yet universal. Kendrick consistently darts the line between introspective reflection and extroverted demagoguery. It never feels forced, even when he sobs as on "u". Perhaps this is the greatest strength of the album: it's full, frontal honesty. Kendrick's come down to talk to us.

But even more impressive than his already-established-as-great lyricism is the production. Jazz and Funk influences are obvious, but more importantly DYNAMIC production that adapts to the track and the moods. The music knows Kendrick, and he knows the music. This forms a beautiful harmony that is the crux of To Pimp a Butterfly: Kendrick knows himself. He knows what is expected of him. And he fills that role spectacularly.

>>54327923
>it's claiming to be "unique"
[citation needed]

>but it comes off as pretentious and mediocre
In what way specifically? What specific lyrics would you cite as "pretentious", and why?

>forces social commentary
What is the difference between a record featuring social commentary prominently in the lyrics and social commentary being "forced"? Is it whether you enjoy it or not? What level of social commentary is acceptable to you?

>sloppy production
In what way specifically? Care to cite specific examples?

>overatted
It literally just came out

>>54327938
>being this irked
Get lost, nerd

>>54327046
I thought he was actually there when they were filming the video or something

>>54327143
>kid

Underage b&

>>54327250

/fit/ here

you guys meme harder than we do

Jazz and Funk are both fucking awful genres of music and I hope to god that more artists don't start copying the sound of this album

>>54327962
can someone just post this to reddit and see how it does

>>54328090
>Jazz and Funk are both fucking awful genres of music

This is the worst opinion i've ever heard. Worse than anything i've ever heard on RYM, Pitchfork, Sputnik, or Fantano.

>>54328090

'no'

6/10 at best
the only good rap albums from this decade are
Yeezus
RTJ2
entire Death Grips discography
entire Shabazz Palaces discography
that's it. we still have 5 years though, anything can happen

>>54328110
look at this le wrong generation faggot

jazz and funk are boring as fuck
they are not catchy
they are dull

>>54328140
>entire Death Grips discography
>entire Shabazz Palaces discography

white backpackers are so abysmal in their opinions and taste

>>54328144
What the fuck
How is this even an opinion
Get some Fela Kuti in you, boy

>>54326863
On my 3rd listen and I'm loving it
Can't really compare it to GKMC though
9/10

>>54328144
>look at this le wrong generation faggot

Actually i hate those type of faggots.

I don't even remotely care about the era that an album was release in. It's completely irrelevant. Whether TPAB was release in 2015 or 1965, doesn't matter. Music is music, sounds are sounds.

Hell, genres themselves aren't worth hating unless they're the objectively bad ones like k-pop.

>>54328140

>yeezus
>death grips

>>54328101
look up Boldfaure on there LOL same guy

>>54326863
KENDRICK A NIGGER HE BOOBOO AND YAMS NYSTIQUE POL WAS RIGHT

>>54328177
How new are you? Do you frequently type out this much for 0/10 tier bait?

ITT albums I'm not going to listen to

call it his stinkomia call it fear black people Kendrick did it

it sucks, the whole thing sacrificies song quality for some preachy topic about being black.

We get it Kenrick, you're black. Now go back to writing songs with hooks.

>>54328194
>How new are you?
I've been on /mu/ since 2011.

>>54328177
>they're the objectively bad ones like k-pop
while k-pop at large is a shit genre, atleast there are some catchy and ear pleasing k-pop songs

can't say same for jazz and funk, every track ever that belongs to those genres is a borefest

>>54328198
It's only one album. You must be retarded, sorry

>>54328172
9/10? personally i would give this 8.5 or maybe 8.2. what do you guys think? what scores would y ou give i am so fucking interested to hear what number you associate with this piece!! peace!

>>54328212
This opinion is a legitimate problem. I would suggest therapy.

>>54328212

0/10

8/10

>>54328212
How is it to be white?

>>54328211
How have you been here for four years yet still give a genuine response to: >>54328144

I don't believe you

>>54328234
>not being white
are you for real lol?

i have never known anyone who mainly listens to jazz and funk who wasn't a gigantic fedora lord

>>54328237
Because /mu/ desperately needs more people like me.

For what it's worth though, i don't post here as often as i used to, but that's mainly because i've found my taste. When i first came out, my tastes were growing, i was trying to find out what i like. And now i know. I do take a rec here and there, but for the most part, i would rather listen to music than talk about it.

>>54326863
wow that is demanding way too much from /mu/'s hip hop critics

>>54328278
>Because /mu/ desperately needs more people like me
Delusion

>i would rather listen to music than talk about it
So would everyone. Luckily for you they aren't mutually exclusive

d'angelo did this album better.

It doesn't offer any of the imagination that GKMC did and lyrically it feels lazy. His flows are still great, but how am I supposed to relate to Kendrick like I could in Real? For fucks sake even in m.A.A.d city he's still at least telling a story that anybody who has listened to any rap music can connect with him in some sort of way, and he also paints a character at the same time so even if you can't connect, he has this character made out for you like a true artist.

He's not shoving his black cock down your throat like he does in some songs here.

On the other side, this is why I love The Blacker The Berry. He's more of painting a character. Same thing with "u". Then I get to "i" and then this..

>I promised Dave I'd never use the phrase "fuck nigga"
>He said "think about what you saying, fuck niggas"

Seriously cringe-worthy. The reviews got to his head. Still a good album. Not great. Yes, it is already overrated. Believe me it won't be considered the masterpiece everyone thinks it is in about a month.

Remember when Fashion Week came out and some people would say "HOLY FUCK THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER", than not 2 days later all those posts died? The commotion will die. Section 80 and GKMC are both immensely better. Honestly I rather listen to Kendrication than To Pimp A Butterfly again.

>>54326863
>implying ive listened to it
>implying ill ever listen to it

>>54328316
>imagination that GKMC did
What imagination? It's not a bad album but retreading the themes already covered by Nas and The Wu-Tang Clan in years past isn't that inventive. Life's A Bitch and Tearz cover just about everything GKMC has to offer, conceptually.

>>54328316
the album tries to push black culture on the listeners way too much, it's off-putting

i feel like the jazz/funk influences are there only because they are genres of music where black people have always been prominent and it fits his overall (boring and shit) album theme of "LOOK AT US BLACKS BEING BLACK HUH"

>>54328317
>implying anyone gives a fuck

GKMC is objectively more accessible because it had records that related to all listeners of hiphop, from casual, to radio heads, to hypebeasts and to Patricians.

This album isn't bad it's just less accessible on a wider scale that's literally it. If you can relate, tolerate Funk/Jazz or understand even a semblance of black culture, then you had a good time with this album. That's it m8

>>54328234

probably the same as being a black person on /mu/ only I don't make posts asking people how it is to be white

>>54327209
Ew, white boy in college. Cum covered scum.

>>54328316
but how am I supposed to relate to Kendrick like I could in Real?

Real is awful though

>>54326863
I don't know I listened to this expecting at least a little memeing and was disappointed. Yeah, sure there are memes, but certainly not GKMC-tier. I miss the non-stop meme tracks like Memeseat Freememe and Botch Don't Meme My Herp Derp. Kendrick isn't the memester he used to be and basically, meme my cuck ass and shit down my dickhole.

>>54328329

>what imagination?

>Kendricks parents
>His friends
>His enemies
>Conflict with himself
>God

and he makes it all into an amazing character and narrative. Do you remember why the album was received extremely well?

Listen to Sing About Me, I'm Dying Of Thirst again

>>54328357

Ok then any of the other perfect feelsy songs

>The Art Of Peer Pressure
>good kid
>Dying of Thirst
>Collect Calls

>>54327413
LOL
O
L

Do you think Production is literally just the beat being rapped over? Jesus do you have some learning to do.

>>54328385
***WARNING***
THIS POST CONTAINS
HOT
MEMES
***WARNING***

>>54327088
The whole album is kendrick reading a letter to tupac. It stops at certain points to tell a part of the story (through song) of his depression and suicidal mindset post-GKMC. In the end, he finishes the letter to tupac who reinspires him.

Or that's what I got from it, I heard it twice at like 3am.

>>54328387
Oh, sure, he made it about his life & relationships, but the basis for them all (i.e. the regrets of leading the street life and wanting something more) is entirely unoriginal. He adds a little of himself to make it him, but the framework has already been laid out for years, and done better, dare I say.

>>54328340
You asked me fucktard

/board

http://youtu.be/apGVjWQm388

>>54328425

what about stupid stuff like THIS DICK AIN'T FREE

did he include that in the letter?

>people on /mu/ actually talk in a way that implies as if everyone here isn't white
lmao stop pretending you dumb shits

To Pimp A Butterfly confirmed meme-album of the year

>>54328212
>he can't into relaxing tranquil music and appreciation of timeless instrumentation

>>54326863

I hate this album so much. it's so aggressively awful to listen to I just can't stand it. It's like getting thrown into a wall repeatedly. Why does it sound like this? I despise it

>>54328345
You got it

what the fuck does "to pimp a butterfly even mean"

>>54328448
I'm hispanic

>>54328448
ayyy nigga ooga booga bix nood mufugah

>>54328458
I had a similar problem with Black Messiah. It's so sonically dry and sapped of all good melody.

>>54328469
It's a meme

i don't care about lyrics... but the music just seems like some mediocre brainfeeder nu-funk shit

>>54328345
Bingo!

This is 10xbetter than GKMC

Sure GKMC had the fantastic singles, but this overall feels more thematic and cohesive.

u is one of the best produced songs I've heard in a while.

Too bad we won't be able to have legitamite discussion about the album once pitchfork gives a 9+ / fantano gives it a 7.

best album of all time

>>54328495
>Listening to a rap album
>I don't care about lyrics

You're free to leave right about now.

>album talked about a lot of /mu/
>automatically a meme

sometimes i just wish this board went back to being a post-rock circle jerk

>>54328500
GKMC >>> TPAB

and this is coming from a black person who likes tpab

>>54328447
Double entendre, boy.

>>54328523
>black person
prove it

>>54328469
>derrr i dont pay attention to songwriting in the album

>>54328534
id rather you think i was a white person pretending to be black

>>54328433

What is original about this shit?

>>54328495
i feel the same way after one listen. there is very little to hold onto. king kunta being the exception.

>>54328500
TPAB > GKMC > Section 80 > OD
Literally gets better with each release. That Cole collab will be Godlike.

This coming from a black person who likes GKMC

>>54328542
i haven't listened to the album

the second half of this album isn't fucking around. it's got nice oldschool/ish str8up boombap production on tracks like blacker the berry.... kendrick can flow and he's actually rapping, so i'd imagine the superficial haterade brigade prolly likes pop music more than rap.

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>>54328345
Quality post, sir.

>>54328546
>originality being important
>only Nas has experienced racial struggle
See you in a couple of years when you learn more about music.

>>54328447
I can't tell, but I don't think so. He starts reading after King Kunta. I'm assuming the first two songs are set in the period after GKMC came out but before he was depressed? The album is very boastful up until the end of King Kunta

It's immaculately produced. That being said, I personally like the aesthetic of GKMC way more. I like the use of modern hip-hop banger tropes (808s and ridiculous synths) in contrast with poingant lyrics and the evolving narrative of a growing-up Kendrick. TPaB is so well put together but does precisely what I have been annoyed with modern backpackers, which is doing the 90's throwback production boom-bap style with all "conscious" lyrics. That being said, Kendrick does it better than anyone has and despite fanboying GKMC, he has crafted a very impressive follow-up. It's also not my place at all to police his direction, especially considering his position (inb4 TUMBLRINA)

>>54328553
>be me
>see my favorite hood rap artist kendrick lamar has released a new album
>flap my hands excitedly and go to wake up mommy
>"MOMMY MOMMY KENNY LAMAR DROPPED A NEW CLASSIC I NEED MONEY TO BUY IT"
>"honey it's 11 pm i'm tired
>"MOMMY I NEED TO HEAR THE NEW BANGERS!"
>"you know i don't like you listening to that black music in the house
>start stomping feet and chanting
>"BANGERS! BANGERS! BANGERS! BANGERS!"
>mommy sighs and says fine
>buys the album
>settle in with pizza rolls to hear the latest Fire
>play track one
>no trap cymbals
>no deep bass
>no funny memes
>"WHAT IS THIS? I WANTED BANGERS NOT FUNKY MONKEY MUSIC!"
>start screaming as loud as i can
>"BANGERS NOT FUNKY MONKEY! BANGERS NOT FUNKY MONKEY! BANGERS NOT FUNKY MONKEY!"
>kept this up til 4 am
>deleted the rest of the album
>next day mommy calls kendrick a nigger on twitter
>black twitter doxxes her and she loses her job at the preschool
Serves that bitch right.

>>54328582
>It's also not my place at all to police his direction, especially considering his position
who the fuck puts this kind of disclaimer shit in their post in 4chan

get back to reddit

>>54328316
>It doesn't offer any of the imagination that GKMC did and lyrically it feels lazy

If there's one thing GKMC wasn't, it's 'imaginative' considering it was literally based on a biographical experience of Kendrick's life. Even if you mean imaginative as creatively forward-thinking, GKMC is just a typical Buldingsroman.

As for the "lyrically lazy" charge, I notice you keep comparing to stuff on GKMC, but this is a completely different side of lyrical. GKMC had thematic, narrative lyrics and this album is more geared toward abstract, poetry-esque lyrics. He literally reads a poem throughout the entire album. It's different because hip hop heads are always talking about "story raps," and while TPAB doesn't get rid of "story raps" or characters, it uses these devices for a broader aesthetic aim.

If you missed all this, then GKMC is still out there, you don't have to stop listening to it. But admit that TPAB is really not even comparable to GKMC; they're working toward different things.

>>54326863
That is literally the most meme album of 2015

>>54328556
>>54328523
>coming from a black person

>>54328607
I specifically said it because of what he said.

>>54328582
>It's also not my place at all to police his direction, especially considering his position
You're a fucking nobody with the power the police absolutely jack shit. Stop neutering your opinion because you think your status as an oppressive white slave massa might hurt someone's feelings.

black people are great
black people are great
black people are great
black people are great
black people are great
im black
fuck white people
black people are great

>>54326863
i haven't listened to this album but the title is so lame that it is off-putting

MEME BALLS CUNT FART SHIT POOPOO PEEPEE MEMES :^)

>>54328623
You should leave right about now.

How can any self-respecting white person listen to this album?

Every second song is about how white people are evil, and all of them should be shot/raped on sight

Are you guys this much brainwashed into loving BBC?

>>54328623
>>54328623
Yes to most of that, nope to the end, reroll.

Production is boringly regressive. Almost every track has some unnecessary choir, horn, or other jazz / soul cliche on it. It's almost like the producers made their tracks then Kendrick was like, "Okay, go back and add a bunch of shit." Flying Lotus should have been more prominent. Dude can honor the past while still being massively progressive.

Lyrics are on some Sociology 101 shit. His flow is nice, but he tries doing different styles and it just comes off as if he's grasping. I just want Kendrick to do Kendrick and not try to imitate an 'era' or style of black music.

The interview with Tupac at the end was cringe-worthy and basically summarizes everything I disliked about the album.

>>54328644
why? cuz I'm black?

>>54328645
>>54328623
More people who didn't actually listen to the lyrics in the album.

Great job guys.

>>54328645
Kekerino there, neighbor

>>54328664
enlighten me then

>>54328664
"Life ain't shit but a fat vagina"

Wow what an insight, such poetry

Really great conscious lyrics

Totally not typical nigger talk

IF DUBS TPAB IS A MEME AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED A SERIOUS ALBUM ON /MU/ ALL YEAR CHECK 'EM OR WRECK 'EM MY NIGGAS

>>54328574

lol did you even read the reply you fucking dense cock, the original person was calling GKMC unoriginal.

>>54328653
Fucking this

>White people being threatened and put off by this album.

Good. Fucking thank you Kendrick. Maybe white people will fuck off from rap and hip hop now, and it can go back to what it once was.

>>54328645
Exactly. This album is a public attack on the white race, and people are cheering on it.

>>54328693
and we're the racist ones

>>54328693
Its ours now.

>>54328623
Thank you, idiot, for being a shining example as to why this album is absolutely necessary.

/pol/ pls

>>54328693
You only exist because we let you, never forget that.

We can appropriate any aspect of your culture and take it as ours and you will be able to do nothing about it but invent something to claim as yours so you can pretend to have identity

>>54328702
Ho-lee-fuck, crawl in a hole, ya fucknigga.

>>54328693
But I like it, anon

>>54328676
Are you illiterate? When did I say the lyrics are great or something.

I'm arguing that half of you faggots think you're hearing
>fuck white people

Learn to fucking read you 7th grader

>>54327150
>>54327209
and what the fuck exactly is authentic about you? your fucking hair?

>>54327392
>I'm not black enough to enjoy this

Exactly my sentiments.

I grew up a Mexican kid in LA, his experiences in GKMC and mine are pretty much interchangeable. But TPAB is too black for me to relate to.

>>54328723
#ferguson :^)

>>54328727
I just wanted to quote some post chill out dweeb

I want Reddit and KTT to leave

>>54328598

I also forgot to mention that I think this album has made GKMC feel like a generic blockbuster for me. In comparison to TPAB, GKMC feels entirely like a "sell-out" album done to appeal to as many people as possible. TPAB has the most genuine Kendrick we've seen so far.

Anyone else get a big D'Angelo vibe with the soul samples?

A lot of them sound like they could have been on Black Messiah.

>>54328594

this is for black people only my niggas
i love niggas yo

>>54328778
BANGERS! BANGERS! BANGERS!

>>54328695
All white people? No. Just white supremacist assholes like you.

>"Shit don't change until you get up and wash your ass nigga"
>"Shit don't change until you get up and wash your ass"
>"Shit don't change until you get up and wash your ass nigga"
>"Oh now, slow down"
Damn what a great hook, really makes you think of the uhh society and like racial tensions and like how uh blacks need to like start the change from like within you know like really super insightful shit yeah I feel so enlightened..

Jesus christ what a joke of an album

Kendrick is the most overrated artist in all of history. The result of a modern rap community that sensationalizes things more than Fox News, and think anything with any sort of meaning is insanely deep. Kendrick is no doubt good and talented, but he's being measured against the most garbage state of a genre right now.

>>54328785
where in the album does he make the distinction?

>>54328719
Too bad you are all dying out, no longer reproducing and/or marrying non-whites. The pendulum will swing, my brother.

:^)

To Pimp A Meme

>>54328789
taking shit out of context is easy huh. man this board is garbage

>>54328212
>Hi I'm Matt! I work at Target and I have a very serious condition that makes me woefully unable to think about the same thing for more than 15 seconds at a time. Sometimes it's hard being me, but luckily, with the help of Adderall and the support of my friends and family, doctors say I can go on to live a normal and fulfilling life.

ITT: Niggers and wiggers. Essentially all that /mu/ is these days.

>>54328781
lol try hard

>>54328645
He never even paints the white race in a negative light lmao

>>54328803
Hispanics largely identify as white tho, and they're (we're) racist as fuck. Shit sucks.

the album is really good but it only came out today.

every judgment is a rushed one. the meme jokes come out when people make rushed judgments, i've noticed.

haven't listened yet, but from what I'm hearing, is Kendrick trying to maximize black to white fan ratio with this album? It's always cringeworthy to me when really black culture rappers have large white fanbases

>>54328818
>>54328818
True shit right here.

>>54328814
>>>/pol/

oh man this is a great taste of the epic memeing that will come when So Help Me God is released

>>54326988
>discussing why an album is good/bad
>subjective preference
Are you serious, anon?

>>54328792
When the average rap lyrics are along the lines of "im black and i like pussy and weed and im a tough guy too" then this sort of sociology 101 commentary that Kendrick offers is seen as super insightful and deep by comparison

just the way it is, doesn't help that blacks are so illiterate and probably are actually for the very first time hearing some of these age old and boring insights about society from some rap album

>>54328816
ey bruh dont know whatchoo talkin bout fam

we niggas finally got our own album ya digg?

things be lookin up fo us

thanks you king kendrick

i've never seen people talk so little about the actual music on an album since i've been in a kpop thread

>>54328789
>cherrypicking
Oh I love when they do this.
Next time why don't you quote 2 or 3 words said at the end of the album and question those 2 words based on the theme of the album

Yea that'll show 'em!!!

>the ground is gonna open up and swallow the evil

>>54328839
>Implying I go to that shit board
>Implying I'm somehow wrong in my assessment

>>54328846
it's really not sociology 101.

you gotta admit the subject matter is at least an interesting conversation. i don't see him doing a holier than thou sort of thing, it's just him talking about what he knows.

lots of rappers have done it, it's not groundbreaking but i've only heard the album once and i thought it was really good.

>>54328879
reminder that there are 15 year old niggers out there listening to that line and finding it profound

>>54328900
id love to know what you find profound

>>54328782
took you 36 seconds to reply. someone has strong feelings and it's okay!

there are two ways to produce hip hop

1. bangers
2. thundercat wanking over wind chimes

>>54328888
you do and you are. nice quads tho.

>>54328140
agreed

>>54328839
>>>/lgbt/
>>>/reddit/

>>54328936
You only wish I did so you could somehow invalidate what I said. Typical nignog behavior.

>>54327209
Hot

>>54328900
yeah go listen to king crimson and masturbate

katie disapproves of kendrick lamar

>rapping ignorantly ironically makes you deep

someone tell Kendrick that he needs to stop

>>54328955
i'm brown

I want /tv/ and /pol/ to fucking leave

Lupe Fiasco's The Cool or Good Kid Mad City?

>>54328986
>>54328988

>all these triggered shitskins
muh discrimination

>>54328924
the indian guy who works at subway let's me get bacon for free on my sub. he good people

>>54329000
>>54329004
>>54329027
>>54329028

it isn't bad but it has flaws like everything ever does

in this case the music on the album is honed so much to focus on lyrical prowess that it comes at the cost of having no really immediately memorable or catchy songs save for 'King Kunta', 'The Blacker the Berry' and the single version of 'i' due to the lack of conventional song structure

it doesn't make it bad just IMO it means that it's difficult to separate and digest/enjoy the individual songs on their own, especially if you're not a hip-hop fan

frankly I think the world would be a better place if all the white people died

>>54329039
BANGERS

>>54329039
>>54329043

>>54328988
It's all the same. Liking Mr. Lamar makes you a wigger or some derivative of nigger. It's OK. The good part of society will continue to judge you and your shitty music.

faggots are just still in shock that there are no radio songs or "bangers"

Kill whites

>>54329057
Yeah, lol.

>>54329051
>>54329056
>>54329057
>>54329064

>>54329043
i suppose if your idea of utopia are hunterer gatherer societies because thats probably what the human race would devolve to without whites calling the shots

FUCKING WHITIES
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>54329068
>>54329082
>>54329083

>>54326863
THE FIRST LETTER OF EVERY SONG SPELLS: WFKITuAFMHHCTYiM

BEWARE THE NIGGER-JEW CONSPIRACY

>>54329082
Satire? :)

>>54326863
can anyone provide link to dl?

Nothing but white teens praising the album.

The beats do not provide enough nigga nodding. Momma and How much a dollar cost are the only ones.

Really disappointed.

>>54329082
>whites
>calling the shots

Chinese people aren't white

>>54329102
>>54329104
>>54329110

its good, my first listen but ive just got to mortal man and this shit is cringeworthy

>>54329110
just go on Spotify you lazing fucking cuck

Finished my first listen. Probably won't give it another full listen since it's 78 minutes long.

What is this album about?
I get that it deals with transformation, guilt, depression, among other things, but I'm not sure I fully grasp the theme that brings it all together.

Anyone have thoughts on this?

>>54329119
>>54329121
>>54329129
>>54329140

>>54329129
its funny because it shows how kendrick thinks he is today's tupac, arrogant fuck

>>54329140
i hate spoti

>>54329142
>>54329148
>>54329155

>>54329039
I'd have to generally agree with your post

But I'm sure the majority of people here would agree that listening to the full album at once is the only way to do it anyways.

>>54329102
Well, it is well known that WFKITuAFMHHCTYiM is the Hebrew word for what Muslims call 'jihad'. I think you might be onto something, anon.

Kendrick's calling for a Black Jihad. I for one welcome our new black overlords

>>54329142
something something being black something something racism

i mean the album title is a nod to to kill a mocking bird

>>54329166
>Implying I'd waste my time listening to this trash
Stay pleb

>>54329190
:^)

>>54328657
nocuz ur stupid

>>54328594
kekking.

Thanks

>>54329183
That's definitely part of it, but there's more to it than that.
I feel like no one fully "gets" the album yet.

>mfw reddit is already butthurt about the lyrics

https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/comments/2z8tzg/discussion_lets_talk_about_the_elephant_in_the/

>>54329204
I cant be stupid

I'm black

>>54329190
go back to /dgg/ you filthy casual

>>54329148
and kanye thinks he's god. so what? i think you've mistaken arrogance for confidence. kendrick has earned the right to act this way. he's the best rapper alive right now and it's not even close

>>54329051
essentially yes, a lack of "bangers"

but there are plenty of great tracks on it i.e. Institutionalized, These Walls, and How Much a Dollar Cost, the production is still immaculate and the lyrics are still rather thought-provoking, so it's still excellent just idk if GKMC > TPAB or TPAB > GKMC

>>54329166
indeed give it a week or two and we'll figure it out the p4k rating will definitely help some people lmao

>>54329196
(but don't feed the trolls)
(don't give them any attention)
(no replies or anything)

>>54328594

Severely underrated post

>already getting 5s on RYM
jesus, time to delete my account i guess

>>54329214

i wouldve thought reddit would be praising it for this

maybe im wrong about reddit

>>54329214
>one person is offended and makes a thread about it
literally every other person in the thread isn't offended

>>54329219
>Implying I listen to an equally as plebby artist like Death Grips
>Implying hip hop in general isn't a pleb genre
/mu/ really has taken a turn for the worse over the past couple years.

>>54329252
>RYM

:^)

>>54329266
What do you even listen to?

>>54329276

probably likes kpop

>>54329252
>RYM

>>54329266
>calls others plebes
>implicitly boasts about having been here for two years

Oh dear, anon. Is it time for your tendies :^)

>>54329294
Motherfucker I've been here since 2008. This board used to be 90% metal threads and it was terrible. Now it's fucking hiphop.

>whities complaining about King Ken rapping about racism
u guys are like caricatures

Fuck off with these cats seriously man

>>54329316
>boasts explicitly about having been here for around 1/3 of my entire life

I just finished porking your mother, anon. She said to go tell her special little manlet that his tendies are ready :^)

>>54328212
b8

>>54329276
Avant-garde psychedelic jazzcore and progressive dreamfunk.

>>54329398
>Being this new
I feel sorry for you.

>>54328653

I feel the same about having more Flying Lotus production and the repetitiveness of the instrumentals.. especially on the first half.

>>54329452
>feeling sorry for someone who has seen and penetrated a vagina consensually in the missionary position

These tendies aren't going to eat themselves, anon :^)

Heard the first half of album and its good so far gotta hear rest and again but only real stand out track is first track but JESUS that song Kendrick + Flylo + Old school west coast = fucking me in the ears and mouth.

http://youtu.be/apGVjWQm388 Look enjoy and subscrive :)

>>54329452
man thats lame

>>54328479

I had this problem until I listened to it high.

>>54328763

Ctrl F'd Black Messiah in this thread just to see if anyone else felt this

If you're a middle class white dude than you're probably not gonna like the album cause it wasn't set out to make bangers.

It's simply thought provoking music. The shit that you'll have to listen to multiple times to understand. Then again you'll be even better if you understood black culture/struggles some more too.

And the beats are jazzy because from my understanding it's supposed to combine all forms of black music, like jazz. Because, after all, this album is black centered and catering to blacks because that's the demographic it's aimed towards.

That's just the way I see it....

You you use accessibility as a point in why an album is good or bad?

>>54329708

I think you're completing over-estimating how thought provoking this shit is. There's no new ideology being represented.

>black centered and catering to blacks

ayy lmao, it's catered towards "conscious" whites, a bunch of cornballs who take cultural marxist stances as a way to promote their own "tolerance". In the end, they're ego-driven and easy to cater to.

I mean, I'm sure there are a ton of blacks who fancy themselves intellectual that will eat this shit up as well since it caters towards the ideology they eat up without thinking. A bunch of college-educated people who got scholarships because of the color of their skin and still cry about privilege.

And, I like this, but it isn't deep or thought-provoking.

>>54329818
no, i'm not a prole

>>54327622
Lol i dont like the album either but you need to shut the fuck up

Also Kanye albumwill destroy this and the best album or mixtape to be released in the last year is pic related

>>54326934
defensive.

>>54329708
it's a handjob to black culture that the black community and suburban white kids will think is "conscious" "deep" and "thought provoking"

>>54329869
come on man, you're on /mu/ here not on ktt, if you can't help being a total pleb at least pretend not to be

>>54328582
Production isn't boom-bap or throwback at all bro c'mon that's not even close to being true

I swear people think anything that isn't 808s and 3 note synth melodies is 'throwback' or 'boombap'

>>54328594
u ok m8?

>>54329853
I know it's nothing new in terms of deep meanings and shit. I'm just saying the fact that it is thought provoking (maybe not to you and I) and that millions of people, black people especially will be listening to this is why I think it's a good album ya know?

These tracks(excluding For Free) can have a positive influence on the hip hop genre and black culture altogether. I'm black so I'm probably guilty of over looking this right now tho lol

>>54328436
whats the broken-line border?

>>54328582
>fanboying GKMC
what does that mean?

>>54328582
You sound like a pussy ass bitch.

(how) does the album version of i differ to single?

and, what(in italic) about oprah?

his dad die?