Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly |OT| It's The American Dream
- Thread starter CountBlack
- Start date
- Status
Who is this loser? Shit taste. If he wants to listen to some "catchy choruses", he should go listen to some Katy Perry or Justin Bieber.
people are more about consumption these days than really getting inside of a work of art
breakfuss
Member
Momma is so good. It didn't grab instantly like the others but now I can't stop listening. Such a densely layered beat. Samples Lalah Hathaway!
MidnightCowboy
Member
The end of King Kunta reminds me of Gorillaz a lot, and that is a very good thing
The last part of Momma...smh why rappers do that shit?
The spitting be glorious, but they want to fade it out leaving me wanting more...
Keeps you thirsty.
PhoenixDark
Banned
Sounwave interview on the creation of the album. Says they went through three phases of the album, which seems to confirm my view that Kendrick scrapped an album before moving in a drastically different direction.
http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2015/03/sounwave-kendrick-lamar-pimp-butterfly-interview/
Could it be Dre? Before the album came out Sounwave tweeted "track 11, Dre back" but quickly deleted it. He also is credited for this. Love that track.
http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2015/03/sounwave-kendrick-lamar-pimp-butterfly-interview/
Could it be Dre? Before the album came out Sounwave tweeted "track 11, Dre back" but quickly deleted it. He also is credited for this. Love that track.
Thornton Reed
Member
That needle drop review high fucking praise indeed
To quote anthony
Insert Walter White you're god damn right gif here
To quote anthony
Insert Walter White you're god damn right gif here
spindashing
Banned
remove the word "rap" and insert the gif twice, one in slow-mo
Watching the video now. They tried to set up young boy.
sorry Dre, but.... Shit, this album made Kendrick my favorite artist now... Go-...GOMENNASAI!
interesting interview... yea, I'm a fan of Sounwave's work.
interesting interview... yea, I'm a fan of Sounwave's work.
dying of thirst
Sounds like Dre...especially "How much a dollar cost". I know Dre's snares.
Grover Cleveland
Member
Those drums on How Much a Dollar Cost definitely sounded like Dre's.
Dre releasing Detox with a different name as some unknown producer dude would be the greatest troll job in the history of music.
This is so good on my home stereo, been running through it a couple times now. Glad I waited for the CD, but for some reason a couple of the tracks didn't rip cleanly to my PC. Might be my drive, cuz the CD is running fine, and for some reason it was ripping Mortal Man forever.
where is this from?
mambadragon
Banned
Boy I'm dumb, Before reading reviews I thought Mortal Man was Kendrick talking to his father (because of the offspring comment) and other parts didn't make sense to me. Knowing it's Tupac quotes it makes much more sense.
Grover Cleveland
Member
Dirk Nowitzki married a Kenyan-born woman and they decided to wear traditional Kenyan garb for the wedding.
LOL!
I love how they separate For Free musically from the rest of the album to show Kendrick's attitude before he made it. when Kendrick is rapping it's over some pretty standard jazz changes with the instrumentation being drums, a double bass, and piano. pretty sure it's the only instance on the album where a double bass is used instead of an electric one. it's also a chord progression that would be right at home in a pre-kind of blue world. I know Kendrick said he was big on Miles while making this album. this makes the music sound dated compared to the rest of the album because it is and so is that Kendrick. that Kendrick doesn't exist anymore, or has at least evolved to where the older version of himself seems very different. of course the music is dramatically different when lucy is yapping because, well, she's the fucking devil.
boredofcanada
Member
Yoooo just got around to this. This album is FIRE. Kendrick is seriously fucking talented.
It makes for an album that will quickly be forgotten and it will be.
Lmaooooo
Imma say it. Been listening more and I feel like this album is a bit on the pretentious side, rather than something actually meaningful. The ending of Mortal Man in particular, felt gaudy and didn't evoke anything substantial for me.
The album's concept just doesn't feel genuine. Where as GKMC had so much soul to the album.
The album's concept just doesn't feel genuine. Where as GKMC had so much soul to the album.
yea tell that to the people that listened to the album 9 million times on spotify...
Battersea Power Station
Member
Right, unlike all those Lil Jon and Ying Yang twins albums full of club bangers.
I think Kendrick is too self-criticizing on the album to be pretentious. He's definitely insanely talented either way.
tpab is Kendrick's soul
I dont know what to think. The album isn't bad, but it doesn't live up to my expectations. A lot of the songs share too much with each other, ill be listening to a song on the second half that I swore I already listened to. Album needs more variety.
GKMC >>> Butterfly > Section 80
The Blacker the Berry and Hood Politics at my favorites.
I'm gonna keep listening to the album because I have liked it, but just not how I wanted to.
GKMC >>> Butterfly > Section 80
The Blacker the Berry and Hood Politics at my favorites.
I'm gonna keep listening to the album because I have liked it, but just not how I wanted to.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
"11 Brand New Kendrick Lamar Lyrics Prove He's the Most Visionary Man in Hip-Hop"
http://mic.com/articles/113046/11-b...um=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_facebook
Pretty cool to see the verses alone.
http://mic.com/articles/113046/11-b...um=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_facebook
Pretty cool to see the verses alone.
Zantetsuken
Member
I was thinking Mo Better Blues as well.
Zantetsuken
Member
Why, because it doesn't have the hard bangers you're looking for? The bangers are plentiful on this album though in my opinion, lyric and production wise.
Barnaby_Jones
Member
Yeah, I'm feeling this now.
Getting deep vibes from this. When you string together the chain of events and emotions from start to finish, it becomes a masterpiece. Man. I feel like Kendrick went on a soul searching mission and this is what he produced from it.
Getting deep vibes from this. When you string together the chain of events and emotions from start to finish, it becomes a masterpiece. Man. I feel like Kendrick went on a soul searching mission and this is what he produced from it.
Rastafarian42
Member
After a couple of days I'm still having a difficult time selecting a favorite song the album flows so well I'm just beginning to really grasp the lyrics and narrative that runs throughout the project.
I'm dying
It's too early to claim that this album will be forgotten but I hardly doubt that.
Definitely one of my favorite albums.
After listening to the first few tracks I had a feeling how the rest of the album was going to play out. I wasn't too fond because I expected a GKMC 2 and didn't get that. By the end of the album I was shook. I didn't realize he was talking to Tupac either until my brother pointed it out. After my second full playthrough of the album it clicked with me. I've listened it so many times and I think at this point Wesley's Theory is my favorite track followed by How Much A Dollar Cost. Good job Kendrick. I'm glad you took a different path and made another timeless classic. You made an album I didn't know I wanted.
After listening to the first few tracks I had a feeling how the rest of the album was going to play out. I wasn't too fond because I expected a GKMC 2 and didn't get that. By the end of the album I was shook. I didn't realize he was talking to Tupac either until my brother pointed it out. After my second full playthrough of the album it clicked with me. I've listened it so many times and I think at this point Wesley's Theory is my favorite track followed by How Much A Dollar Cost. Good job Kendrick. I'm glad you took a different path and made another timeless classic. You made an album I didn't know I wanted.
Holy Order Sol
Member
Crixus what is this madness
Pinko Marx
Banned
Pharrel tho. Producer of the generation.
theignoramus
Member
Bwahahahaha. I lost it when he said he couldnt relate to King Kunta.
City of Dis
Member
Best hip hop album since Aquemini.
Pitchfork prediction: 10.
Pitchfork prediction: 10.
- Status