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[Champagne]

Thundercat blessed this album.


My lord.

 

[Trey]

google play letting me down right now

 

[RBK]

Damn institutionalized.


Damn damn damn

Meh.

 

[crazyprac]

Alright is my jam right now

 

[Chance Hale]

It's not up on Tidal either, been meaning to try out the service so I just downloaded it. Oh well, to spotify we go!

 

[Gila]

@ Alright

 

[potam]

the end of for free?... gg

 

[Byakuya769]

Fuck. It's still not downloading!

 

[Eos]

Fuck sakes, I got it pre-ordered on the canadian itunes but it won't download yet

 

[FZZ]

Crossposting From GAF-Hop thread. Note that this is the clean version.

Alright listening chronologically now. Will update as I progress.

Spoiler

Wesley's Theory is funk as fuck. Yeah I dig this track.

For Free is jazzy, decent for an interlude. Girl reminds me of the same girl from The Workout Plan "free ninety-nine" And ironically song is called "For Free." Hah. Kendrick's rapping contrasts the jazz and build ups. Slows down into King Kunta pretty fittingly.

King Kunta makes a lot more sense now. Combined the jazz and funk from the first two tracks. Still fuck the vocals and cartoon sound effects. But so far cartoony wouldn't be wrong description for the album.

Institutionalized starts slow, too slow. Kendrick quoting Forrest Gump. These flutes and violins are GOOD. I mean the production makes sense, but when Snoop sounds better on the track than you do you're lacking in your sound. His lyrics are good, but it doesn't compliment the production. He should've rapped softer.

These Walls is the weakest track to me so far. Some Keyoard shit goes on at 3:17 leads into Kendrick's monologue. Last two minutes better than the first three, song definitely redeemed itself. And now u starts with the song coming full circle.

u begins with Kendrick screaming "Loving you is complicated." That two minute intro was grating, now a Hispanic maid has arrived. Kendrick sounds drunk as fuck. Don't like this song. At all.

Alright starts off alright. Kendrick starts straight up spitting around 1:50-2:00, definitely a fan so far. Expecting a lot of people either hate this track or love it, but that's most of the album tbh.

For Free starts off with Kendrick breathing like he's on Yeezus or something. Song is pretty dreamlike. Stays dreamlike till the end, with the last 30 seconds continuing the theme of Kendrick talking as if he is an addict and it becomes less dreamlike and more beautiful nightmare if that makes sense.

Momma makes you think. And then the last minute switches up the whole flow and raps at a higher pitch and much faster.

Hood Politics bounces. "OBAMA SAY WHAT IT DO" love the song for that one line. Helps that it's a great song too.

HOLY FUCK THESE STRINGS ON HOW MUCH A DOLLAR COST. HOLY FUCK THIS SONG. Definitely my favorite song so far. Fuck. Love this song definitely getting repeats.

Complexion is 90s-early 2000s as fuck. Not my thing, but it isn't a bad song per-say. Can't critique it since I just don't like songs like this. "We all on the same team blues and pirus no colors ain't a thing" stuck out.

I love this new sample for the intro of The Blacker The Berry. Something so simple made the song even better imo.

You Ain't Gotta Lie is smooth. Not much else to say. I like it.

i is better than the single. I can vibe to this. This poetry at the end is fire.

Mortal Man is 12 minutes of Last Call lol. Nah but it is a fitting end, too long to describe. Raps at first, convo in the middle, monologue at the end.

 

[zychi]

Waiting for actual physical purchase release. Got this and Bronson the same day.

 

[cory64]

DAMN at alright.

This is going to be everywhere.

This is going to be a smash.

Hot track but when I saw the title for a second I thought that he was going to make having a Janet sample on his albums a tradition.

 

[RP912]

These Walls....

stick to your ribs good...

 

[Azalean]

Keep calm. All is well.

From Kendrick's Twitter.

 

[Nintendoga]

How Much a Dollar Cost. God damn.

Sorry I ever doubted you K-dot.

 

[Azalean]

Loving These Walls.

 

[Gila]

How does Rap Genius already have the lyrics for the entire album

 

[RP912]

loving you is complicATAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

 

[MThanded]

How does Rap Genius already have the lyrics for the entire album

Nukkas do the most and they aint done shit.

 

[potam]

so...why did they release this early?

 

[Floridian]

The interludes are

...

 

[ElectronicOldMen]

i sounds SO much better now. Like, can't even describe how much better. If this was how the song was released last year it would have been one of my favourite singles of 2014, I think.

 

[neptunes]

This is kendrick's "Electric Circus"

 

[overcast]

so...why did they release this early?

To be found out.

 

[Floridian]

How much a dollar cost is a fucking smash

 

[MThanded]

Everything is boo boo

We going hard like we used to

 

[Courage]

Kendrick doesn't have the charisma to ride this type of production. He doesn't have an impressive voice, his inflections border annoying, his screaming is grating.

FOH.

 

[Syphon Filter]

This is kendrick's "Electric Circus"

huh it just released...

 

[overcast]

huh it just released...

Well we're gonna see a lot of crazy opinions cause of that lmao.

On all sides.

 

[MercuryLS]

Kendrick doesn't have the charisma to ride this type of production. He doesn't have an impressive voice, his inflections border annoying, his screaming is grating.

FOH.

Yeah, this is just weird so far and not in a good way.

 

[RP912]

The second part of U......ugh :/ :/ :/


Alright though

 

[Assanova]

Still waiting on that Google Play stream...

 

[RP912]

This is kendrick's "Electric Circus"

lmao no...

 

[Champagne]

This one's a special one.

 

[HabeeNo]

Ow shit it's out on Spotify

Finna listen to it tmrw, tired af rn

 

[Spider from Mars]

How long until the fuckboiz start whining about lack of bangers?

 

[Item Box]

Alright listening chronologically now. Will update as I progress.

Spoiler

These Walls is the weakest track to me so far. Some Keyoard shit goes on at 3:17 leads into Kendrick's monologue. Last two minutes better than the first three, song definitely redeemed itself. And now u starts with the song coming full circle.

no way, song is fire and the last 2 minutes is just icing on the cake

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

I'm gonna assume this is alright at best because I haven't seen much ridiculous hyperbole

 

[Face it Tiger..]

How long until the fuckboiz start whining about lack of bangers?

check out the GAF-Hop thread.

 

[bobbychalkers]

Just finished up....great fucking album, I'll sleep on it to see how it lands in the morning. Alright needs to be a single.

 

[neptunes]

huh it just released...

I can't imagine everyone appreciating this.

I can already see the "what the hell is this boring crap?" reviews on twitter tomorrow.

radio friendly it is not (not like that's a bad thing)

lmao no...

you don't think the departures from their respective previous albums aren't similar?

 

[RBK]

How long until the fuckboiz start whining about lack of bangers?

Bangers is a necessity.

 

[Syphon Filter]

I can't imagine everyone appreciating this.

I can already see the "what the hell is this boring crap?" reviews on twitter tomorrow.

radio friendly it is not (not like that's a bad thing)

i dont care about everyone or radio.

 

[Fry]

Is Kanye's album out this month too?

 

[Future Foundation]

How long until the fuckboiz start whining about lack of bangers?

what the fuck was kendrick doing for 2.5 years. this is terrible.

@infraredsix touring almost every fucking day and butchering "yak yak yak" at festivals smfh

It's already begun.

 

[Floridian]

This album definitely needs another listen tbh.

 

[Forceatowulf]

Wait, am I tripping or is the explicit version up on google play right now??

 

[beanman25]

Track #1 is amazing. This album is going to be amazing. Saving the rest for tomorrow.

 

[Chris R]

Mamma

 

[Floridian]

You ain't gotta lie