Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly |OT| It's The American Dream
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Grover Cleveland
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350-375k is the number being thrown around, but considering the fact that the record went on sale a week early on digital (and then was taken down temporarily on iTunes) and has had a staggered launch for the physical, his numbers being slightly lower (relatively speaking, 375k in 2015 is a huge first week in rap) was to be expected. He's going to have a giant second week number though. I expect platinum by the end of April.
His Spotify numbers are ginorminous too, so he has that going for him. As of yesterday, 11 of the 16 tracks were still in the Spotify Top 50.
At some point the RIAA is going to have to create a certification standard for streaming.
I hope that happens this year.
The Sarcastic Dude
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What video is this gif from?
Nah, just messin' with people.
When we look at sales, it's Drake - when we look at the art, it's Kendrick.
Love this video.
I like what Cole brings though. Kendrick is just on another level, and yeah, Drake has the appeal.
Well deserved. Fantastic album.
As much the hater in me wants to say no, it's pretty much a lock.
Grover Cleveland
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To be fair to Cole, he's about to go platinum with a CD that got 3 weeks of promo and has zero rap features.
That's a MAJOR accomplishment.
But yeah, no one in the new school is seeing Drake on the sales tip. Hell, the only guy who outsold him first week since Nothing Was The Same without cheating (looking at Jay-Z) was Marshall.
And I think Kendrick's solidified himself as the musical Leader of the New School with TPAB.
That's a MAJOR accomplishment.
But yeah, no one in the new school is seeing Drake on the sales tip. Hell, the only guy who outsold him first week since Nothing Was The Same without cheating (looking at Jay-Z) was Marshall.
And I think Kendrick's solidified himself as the musical Leader of the New School with TPAB.
Dreams-Visions
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word. Kats are gonna have to go back to the studio and rethink/retool their 2015 releases if they want a shot at Grammys this year.
Dot is going to clean up.
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breakfuss
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Damn!!! So this means it should have surpassed Stankonia as the all-time best reviewed rap album. Annnnnd its overall ranking will have gone up from #8 as well! Wow. Man, again, I'm so happy for him.
EDIT: Yep #2 best reviewed album on Metacritic lolol. Yall this is crazy.
Seems low.atm
Thornton Reed
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Has there been a non rerelease scored higher?
Only 1, which is a jazz album that I doubt anyone has heard. For a mainstream release, and especially for a rap album, that's a mighty impressive score.
CountBlack
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man the numbers would've been much better if they didn't botch the whole release.
Absolutely nothing ended up happening on March 23rd lol
Absolutely nothing ended up happening on March 23rd lol
Thornton Reed
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they need to announce that vinyl edition
that's what I'm wanting.
PhoenixDark
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full numbers aren't in yet. I'd guess he'll do 380-400k
Yep. I need a vinyl copy.
Thornton Reed
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It will be taking pride of place on my living room wall in one of these bad boys
art vinyl play and display
I have one of these already with a temptations record and they look great
The Incarnation
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Never even heard of this dude before today.
God damn. The Michael Jordan song I'm loving right now.
God damn. The Michael Jordan song I'm loving right now.
In the end it wasn't even that fucked up.
Album ended up getting 7 days of tracking on sales instead of 6.
Only thing fucked up is that the physicals were only on sale for 3 days first week.
Seriously! I suckered down and bought the CD, but would preorder a vinyl in a heartbeat.
Is this real life?
By April? That'd be pretty crazy given the circumstances and genre of music he's in.
GKMC had great legs, so I wouldn't count out TPAB, especially with all the massive critical acclaim
I been lookin for you my whole life, an appetite
For the feeling I can barely describe, where you reside?
Is it in a woman, is it in money, or mankind?
Tell me something think I'm losing my mind, AH!
I say where you at, from the front to the back
I'm lookin' for you I react, only when you react
Ah, I thought I found you, back in the ghetto
When I was seventeen with the .38 special
Maybe you're in a dollar bill, maybe you're not real
Maybe only the wealthy get to know how you feel
Maybe I'm paranoid, ha, maybe I don't need you anyway
Don't lie to me I'm suicidal anyway
I can be your advocate
I can preach for you if you tell me what the matter is
y u do dis Kang Kendrick?
For the feeling I can barely describe, where you reside?
Is it in a woman, is it in money, or mankind?
Tell me something think I'm losing my mind, AH!
I say where you at, from the front to the back
I'm lookin' for you I react, only when you react
Ah, I thought I found you, back in the ghetto
When I was seventeen with the .38 special
Maybe you're in a dollar bill, maybe you're not real
Maybe only the wealthy get to know how you feel
Maybe I'm paranoid, ha, maybe I don't need you anyway
Don't lie to me I'm suicidal anyway
I can be your advocate
I can preach for you if you tell me what the matter is
y u do dis Kang Kendrick?
lastflowers
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I need to rectify my love of the album with a cd purchase. I was planning on vinyl, but someone told me vinyl shipments for lots of records were delayed due to shortages. I'll double dip for sure, this is going to be a banger car album for me on long drives
lastflowers
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God damn. Between this album and Sufjan I might become suicidal
Just_myles
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RBK said:
Might mean blacker the berry's last few bars where he mentions michael jordan endorsements. So maybe yes.
Grover Cleveland
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If he truly hasn't heard of Kendrick before today, Overly Dedicated would be a great place to start.
Track his progression from there through the three LPs. He sounds like a totally different dude in 2015 compared to where he was then.
EDIT:Or he's talking about The Blacker The Berry as indicated above.
CountBlack
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y didn't he let it finish ;_;
That's honestly very interesting w/ the correlation, especially since both albums has jazz elements. I'd probably check out Ten Freedom Summers but that userscore isn't very convincing.
It's very good if you are a jazz enthusiast. Extremely ambitious project, produced over 34 years and recorded in 2011. It's a history lesson for Jazz essentially, but if you aren't a big fan of Jazz, then it will probably be a tough listen, lot of free jazz, and tracks to represent social themes. Extremely important musical project though.
I think the user scores might just be troll scores, I doubt the majority have listened to a 4 Disc Jazz epic. Probably just backlash at the high scores.
Johnlenham
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Ah good to see im not just blind and unable to spot it online
TheGreatDirector
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Man I've just been repeating How Much A Dollar Cost. The buildup and story is just too good.
Christberg
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Yep, this needs a vinyl version stat. I stanned it up and bought in on CD already but I'd vastly prefer some wax for home use.
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