Not really, if you like an album and you never actually back to listen to it then you dont really like the album imo.
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Not really, if you like an album and you never actually back to listen to it then you dont really like the album imo.
Anyone else a fan of the Taylor Swift and Kendrick track?
I genuinely think Kenny is the only rapper alive who could have pulled that off.
Tech N9ne.
If I watch a film once and don't watch again for 2 years does that mean it wasn't a good film?
Two different things.
Not with Kendrick's last albums two albums IMO, same point can be made about Illmatic, yes it's my favourite rap album ever but I haven't listened to it for months and there's other albums I enjoy very much which I haven't listened to for years.
Illmatic came out 2 decades ago, it's understandable and I'm guessing those other albums aren't less than 6 months old,so you probably had enough time to replay them over and over again when they came out. TPAB came out in March, if it doesn't have replay value after 2 months then you probably just love Kendrick more, for a "classic album" TPAB's replay value isn't that great from what I've gathered...unlike GKMC, people were hooked on GKMC for a long time - now this is just from people around me so it's probably not valid everywhere else.
I agree with your point about people having to digest a lot of materials,although I also think It doesn't apply to the top artists.
I very rarely listen to music on loop for longer than a month because I would probably go insane (especially this album yeesh), TPAB is way better than GKMC in terms of actual raps and constructing an entire thematic piece but it's also far less accessible for the same reasons. Do people really listen to albums like this on loop in the same way they'd listen to a hit song on loop and even then after a while hit songs become irritating?
Only fun conscious albums get played on a loop, the Lupe's and Common's of the world...that hard hitting conscious rap is not for this era, you may be hailed as a genius and the album might be recognised as a classic and all, it still won't get that playback like a Drake project or GKMC, people just want to have a good time man.
Jayrock needs to leave TDE.
That is not true, everything needs balance.
Exactly, most of the time but now and again you might want to sit down and just want to think.
New Jay Rock:
shit is hella chilled.
Was 'bout to post it myself, great track from Jay, can't wait for his album to drop at last.
That song @ 2 mins ish though, could Kendrick do a DMX and drop another album this year? Or could it even be a Black Hippy song (hence the 4 of them sitting in the car)?
That video is classic.
On the introduction song: I doubt he's releasing another album this year, but I'd love to be wrong.
Jay Rock's album will be sometime next month anyway.
On the introduction song: I doubt he's releasing another album this year, but I'd love to be wrong.
Jay Rock's album will be sometime next month anyway.
Kendrick keeps teasing all these verses though, I think his next album will come relatively sooner than we expect (i.e. within a year of TPAB).
I wouldn't be surprised, he spoke recently on knowing the direction he's taking for his next project.
'The one in front of the gun lives forever'
Excellent video. Wouldn't surprise me if Kendrick did some sort of exclusive EP for the Apple streaming service this year.
Looking forward to Jay Rock's album, I have high hopes for that.
Looking forward to Jay Rock's album, I have high hopes for that.
@ArmchairCritic is doing God's work in this thread.
1. feck you Kendrick, for teasing us with that snippet.
2. The video is awesome. Masterfully put together. This blended a lot of concepts from the album. I love how he harnesses the energy of the crowd (think Snoop and Dre's videos in their heydeys). What's up with him flying though?
3. This guy is the best alive at what he does right now. Period.
4. We gonna be alright
1. feck you Kendrick, for teasing us with that snippet.
2. The video is awesome. Masterfully put together. This blended a lot of concepts from the album. I love how he harnesses the energy of the crowd (think Snoop and Dre's videos in their heydeys). What's up with him flying though?
3. This guy is the best alive at what he does right now. Period.
4. We gonna be alright
Shoutout to Kendrick for the Nef the Pharaoh cameo, that's some very niche Bay Area love right there. I think the flying is supposed to represent his spirit, hence after he's shot down by the police (trying to kill his spirit?) he still smiles because they can't because we gon' be alright, IDK.
New Jay Rock.
You know it's getting ridiculous when even fecking Dr Dre is dropping an album before you.
Rock needs to drop this fecking soon.
Rock needs to drop this fecking soon.
Drops next week.
So 90059 is out and it's incredible.
Go get it, you won't be disappointed.
Go get it, you won't be disappointed.
Is it?
Leaked today, out officially tonight/tomorrow.
After the hype Kendricks and Dre's albums got I'm a bit wary to get excited for anything these days. Don't get me wrong they where 2 great albums but they certainly weren't the masterpieces they where made out to be.
Kendrick's "Classic man" verse is still the verse of the year.
Got zero motivation to listen to this Rock album, terrible album rollout.
Listened to Rock's album, nothing spectacular after first listen but it's solid. Beats don't cut it for me though, think I liked Follow me home better so far.
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan what.
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan what.
Jay Rock's album slaps, really like it.
Amazing performance, with Thundercat, Bilal and others in the band/background.
He will be GOAT, no doubt in my mind.
I personally feel it was lacking in verses to be a classic.
Someone @ me if that snippet off the Alright video ever gets released as a full song
It was a boring album. It's gonna be this century's Sgt. Pepper's.
An album that's very clever and gets lauded by critics in its own time, but that eventually gets seen as a bit lacking. There's far too much shit on there that I can't wait to get past. And even the 'good' bits aren't as good as GKMC.
Was really looking forward to Rock's album but found it nothing more than decent.
Brilliant!
Brilliant!
I got a chance to see one of Kendrick Lamar's "Kunta Groove Sessions", where he performed almost all of TPAB backed by a live band. I typed up a review. It's long as feck. You may be interested.
This is a review of Kendrick Lamar’s “Kunta Groove Sessions” at Terminal 5 in NYC on November 2, 2015. This critique is independent of the chatter surrounding the Complex article. I tried to make this short as possible but it’s still long; feck you.
Original tickets to the show at Webster Hall sold out within minutes, with black market prices reaching $400. feck that. By an act of providence, I got an email alert notifying me the concert had been moved to Terminal 5. I snagged a ticket at face value of $80 with the quickness, as a real G would.
Fast forwarding to the night of the event, I arrived at the venue, only to be greeted by a line that wrapped around 3 sides of a Midtown Manhattan block. So much for the idiotic suggestion that Kendrick’s popularity was overstated. Rolling solo I had nothing better to do than note the composition of the crowd (artsy hipster kinds of all races), and eavesdrop conversations around me (the couple in front of me had no tickets, but heard door tickets were available). Shoutout to the dude casually hawking weed brownies.
As we near the venue, some guys offer a pair of free tickets. The couple in front of me asks for them and gets them. I’m happy for them. We get to the ticket scanner. They were given fakes. I curse the progeny of the guys that passed on fake tickets, dashing the couple’s hopes. My shits worked, so I’m good. 5 minutes and a Tanqueray and Tonic later, I’m ready to go. All the single women I see here don’t look like they are willing to get down. Guaranteeing my focus tonight will be on the music 100%. Schoolboy Q, Ab Soul and SZA’s music are being played on the speakers.
At 9 PM the DJ comes on stage, introduces himself and brings out Jay Rock. I shall admit, I have not listened to much of his music. I loved his verse on Money Trees, but I felt he didn’t come hard enough on Money Trees Deuce. Still, I eagerly awaited his set, and he didn’t disappoint. You know the wack rappers that can’t get the crowd hyped on the merit of their music, energy and performance alone, so they start asking the crowd to jump and scream and shit? Not Jay Rock; he dragged us kicking and screaming into a good mood.
His set:
Money Trees Deuce
Necessary
Easy Bake
Hood Gone Love It
Gumbo
His verse off YG’s “I Just Wanna Party”
The Ways
Vice City
Unfortunately Kendrick didn’t perform any of his verses on Jay’s shit. I thought “Hood Gone Love It” was a Jeezy song. I’m a retard. His story at the beginning of “The Ways” was funny as hell; imagine Biggie at the end of “I got a story to tell”. He has me sold at Vice City; big booty bitches gon be the death of Yours Truly also. Weed smoke is ascending from the crowd. Every song had the crowd moving. I’m convinced now. Jay Rock is the truth. It pains me how he was the pacesetter for TDE yet doesn’t get his due props. I hope he gets his soon. If this review wasn’t about Kendrick Lamar I’d expound more on Jay’s set. I’m definitely buying the album to support. He finishes his set to great applause, and we’re all primed for Kendrick now.
The stage rearrangement takes about 15 minutes. When the curtains are lifted a drum set and piano are visible on the stage. It takes another 15 minutes for the musicians to come out and take their places. I count a pianist, bassist, guitarist and drummer. They start riffing to some 70s tune as the lights come on. A giant neon arrow with the inscribed words “PIMPS ONLY” hangs over the stage.
Kendrick comes out, to deafening applause and cheering. Chants of “Kendrick” fill the room. He’s wearing a black sweater over black sweatpants. No bling or accessories. He’s still rocking the cornrows he had in the album art. His plainness doesn’t detract from the larger than life command and self-confidence he exerts over the crowd and band.
He comes to the mic and makes to speak, but pulls back from the mic; this drives the crowd mad. He does this several times, teasing the tension in the room to the point where it can be cut with a knife. On his 4th trip to the mic, he’s about to pull away when he shouts,
“THIS DICK”
And the crowd shouts back…
“AIN’T FOR FREE!!!”
fecking tease.
The band snaps into a scat jazz interpolation of “For Free”. The concert starts.
List Set
For Free??
Wesley’s Theory
Institutionalized
Backseat Freestyle
Swimming Pools
These Walls
For Sale
Hood Politics
Complexion
Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe
Money Trees
Interlude
M.A.A.D. City
U
Interlude
King Kunta
Momma
I
Intro to How Much a Dollar Cost
Blacker the Berry
Mortal Man
Spoken Word
End?
Original tickets to the show at Webster Hall sold out within minutes, with black market prices reaching $400. feck that. By an act of providence, I got an email alert notifying me the concert had been moved to Terminal 5. I snagged a ticket at face value of $80 with the quickness, as a real G would.
Fast forwarding to the night of the event, I arrived at the venue, only to be greeted by a line that wrapped around 3 sides of a Midtown Manhattan block. So much for the idiotic suggestion that Kendrick’s popularity was overstated. Rolling solo I had nothing better to do than note the composition of the crowd (artsy hipster kinds of all races), and eavesdrop conversations around me (the couple in front of me had no tickets, but heard door tickets were available). Shoutout to the dude casually hawking weed brownies.
As we near the venue, some guys offer a pair of free tickets. The couple in front of me asks for them and gets them. I’m happy for them. We get to the ticket scanner. They were given fakes. I curse the progeny of the guys that passed on fake tickets, dashing the couple’s hopes. My shits worked, so I’m good. 5 minutes and a Tanqueray and Tonic later, I’m ready to go. All the single women I see here don’t look like they are willing to get down. Guaranteeing my focus tonight will be on the music 100%. Schoolboy Q, Ab Soul and SZA’s music are being played on the speakers.
At 9 PM the DJ comes on stage, introduces himself and brings out Jay Rock. I shall admit, I have not listened to much of his music. I loved his verse on Money Trees, but I felt he didn’t come hard enough on Money Trees Deuce. Still, I eagerly awaited his set, and he didn’t disappoint. You know the wack rappers that can’t get the crowd hyped on the merit of their music, energy and performance alone, so they start asking the crowd to jump and scream and shit? Not Jay Rock; he dragged us kicking and screaming into a good mood.
His set:
Money Trees Deuce
Necessary
Easy Bake
Hood Gone Love It
Gumbo
His verse off YG’s “I Just Wanna Party”
The Ways
Vice City
Unfortunately Kendrick didn’t perform any of his verses on Jay’s shit. I thought “Hood Gone Love It” was a Jeezy song. I’m a retard. His story at the beginning of “The Ways” was funny as hell; imagine Biggie at the end of “I got a story to tell”. He has me sold at Vice City; big booty bitches gon be the death of Yours Truly also. Weed smoke is ascending from the crowd. Every song had the crowd moving. I’m convinced now. Jay Rock is the truth. It pains me how he was the pacesetter for TDE yet doesn’t get his due props. I hope he gets his soon. If this review wasn’t about Kendrick Lamar I’d expound more on Jay’s set. I’m definitely buying the album to support. He finishes his set to great applause, and we’re all primed for Kendrick now.
The stage rearrangement takes about 15 minutes. When the curtains are lifted a drum set and piano are visible on the stage. It takes another 15 minutes for the musicians to come out and take their places. I count a pianist, bassist, guitarist and drummer. They start riffing to some 70s tune as the lights come on. A giant neon arrow with the inscribed words “PIMPS ONLY” hangs over the stage.
Kendrick comes out, to deafening applause and cheering. Chants of “Kendrick” fill the room. He’s wearing a black sweater over black sweatpants. No bling or accessories. He’s still rocking the cornrows he had in the album art. His plainness doesn’t detract from the larger than life command and self-confidence he exerts over the crowd and band.
He comes to the mic and makes to speak, but pulls back from the mic; this drives the crowd mad. He does this several times, teasing the tension in the room to the point where it can be cut with a knife. On his 4th trip to the mic, he’s about to pull away when he shouts,
“THIS DICK”
And the crowd shouts back…
“AIN’T FOR FREE!!!”
fecking tease.
The band snaps into a scat jazz interpolation of “For Free”. The concert starts.
List Set
For Free??
Wesley’s Theory
Institutionalized
Backseat Freestyle
Swimming Pools
These Walls
For Sale
Hood Politics
Complexion
Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe
Money Trees
Interlude
M.A.A.D. City
U
Interlude
King Kunta
Momma
I
Intro to How Much a Dollar Cost
Blacker the Berry
Mortal Man
Spoken Word
End?