There are tracks worth going back to LASERS for. What does T & Y have?
Murals? Prisoners?
Kendrick Lamar hype.... I don't get it.
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There are tracks worth going back to LASERS for. What does T & Y have?
Murals? Prisoners?
Madonna, Prisoners 1 & 2, Deliver. Some say Chopper too, but I don't really fuck with it.
Chopper
Body of Work
Prisoners 1 and 2
Lasers only had
The Show Goes On
Words Thar I Said
the rest of Lasers was garbage :/ :/ :/
Ill give you this: all black everything was the best track on Lasers.
Tetsuo has Murals, Prisoner 1&2, Little Death, Deliver, And adoration of the Magi as standouts.
Come on now Marty, cmon b.
Edit: peeped the fresh edit there marty, throwing in Prisoner 1&2
Lasers sucks, but at least list All Black Everything and I'm Beamin.
Haha, I feel you. I was mostly kidding. My dark secret is that I'm sort of a Drake stan, but he's not profound or anything and I get why some people aren't into his stuff.
.Florida_Man_5000
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I don't listen to much hip hop but TPAB is transcendent of genre. So much variety: voice, inflection, tone, beats, themes, historic reflection, etc. That song where you here the glass and ice cubes clang, while he "cry raps" that was emotional shit, I don't care what you say about that. That is just one small but poignant example of a man with a powerful message.
I forgot it existed until I pulled up the track list
I do not know about everyone else, but almost every single on Lasers stands fine by itself. The monumental failure is the album as a whole.
With Tetsuo, I would only ever want to re-hear maybe 2 - 3 track tops. And that would be fine if the entire thing did not ALSO fail as an album. Just happens to be mediocre this time instead of Lazers' awfulness.
And tbh, i used to like two tracks of his, old tracks though, for whatever reason, they were catchy. It was more about the mood than the lyrics contained within.
But of course, i can understand why people like him, and dont knock it anymore. Except for when one comes out and calls the rare rap album that has substance "corny". Insane.
Can't wait to hear Drake follow in Kendrick's footsteps with his own "sob bars."
I forgot it existed until I pulled up the track list
I do not know about everyone else, but almost every single on Lasers stands fine by itself. The monumental failure is the album as a whole.
With Tetsuo, I would only ever want to rehear maybe 2 - 3 track tops. And that would be fine if the entire thing did not ALSO fail as an album. Just happens to be mediocre this time instead of awful.
We have to agree to disagree then. Though i will say this: "they reminisce over new" and "Madonna" couldve been cut from the album.
Tron feels like a bonus track and Maddona is forgettable.
Maddonna alone is more cinematic and more pleasant to the ear than most tracks from TPAB.
Tell me, what are your favorite Rap albums. Hold on no, what are the rap albums you think are influential to this day?
The For Free 'hook' is probably the one thing that hasn't grown on me like the rest of the weird voices have. Which is a shame because I've come to really like the rest of that verse.
I actually really like Institutionalized though.
2pac is pretty corny but at least that's just on the end so you can ignore it and just take the message from the first few times you sat through it.
Not that much of a fan of boo boo either. '...and your new bitch, boo booo' makes me crack up but not in a good way.
breakfuss
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Yup, gave me the same kind of feeling. Not sure why you feel 9th messed up what they had going there, though.
Not even 2 weeks yet...
Man but this shit is timeless though. Over the span of "2 weeks" I've listened to it more than I have any album in the last 2 years so your point is moot. Is there some sort of cooldown period before I can make the claim? Yesterday, it was announced Lauryn Hill's record would be inducted into the Library of Congress and I expect the same to happen with TPAB. Calling that shit now lol. This is truly one of the best, most ambitious projects I've experienced. Not for everyone and that's okay!
Swimming Pools is trapesque. trapue-like.
The 'boo boo' is my only annoyance with the album, actually is pretty distracting from the entirety of the track, its just annoying af.
pseudocaesar
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I agree with the op. Decent album but nothing like the second coming they're making it out to be
I'm just going to guess the last album that had this kind of impact on you was Good Kid, Maad City? I never even said I don't like the album, but it's not a 10/10, maybe not even a 9/10.
For what it's worth, Pinata is a much more enjoyable listen but it's hardly ever going to be considered a "classic" album given the stature of the album.
Some of my favorite hip-hop albums of all time? Oneirology, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Stankonia, SSLP, Doctor's Advocate, Food and Liquor, Return of 4Eva.... Just to name a few.
thecoolFNF
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Lol nope. T&Y is a fire album bro.
blame space
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finally listening to this
first track sounds outkast influenced, dripping wet.
first track sounds outkast influenced, dripping wet.
Majestad, you were so cool, laying down the smack over at gaming, but here you are repping corny shit like MBDTF.
how the mighty have fallen
blame space
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mbdtf is the crowning artistic achievement of humanity
I haven't even listened to To Pimp A Butterfly yet, but Kendrick has been amazing from the beginning.
And you're really coming at his music concerned about what others think about the "shit you bump"? Scared it might sound "corny"? His voice not as deep as other rappers? Really? C'mon. Maybe you need to listen closer.
And you're really coming at his music concerned about what others think about the "shit you bump"? Scared it might sound "corny"? His voice not as deep as other rappers? Really? C'mon. Maybe you need to listen closer.
Messofanego
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At least this rap thread is talking about mainly the music.
rokkerkory
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who is kendrick lamar
No Cadillactica though :/
breakfuss
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lolol that's funny. I really liked GKMC so probably. The last hip-hop album I'd designate as "classic"? Only going back 10 years? I'm sure I'll overlook something. Maybe Late Registration, MM..Food, How I Got Over, The Listening, Friday Night Lights...I don't know. Not going to front, I even enjoyed Bastard. These are albums I listened to over and over without getting bored. I like cohesive projects. It sucks because a lot of my all time favorites came out before 2005. That isn't to say there hasn't been a lot of really great stuff released since, but "impact" is an entirely different thing.
Also, if you look in the GAF-hop awards thread you'll see I voted Pinata as my #1 choice. So yeah, I love that album as well, although I do think much of it is carried by Madlib.
When I say TPAB is a classic I don't mean to discredit his contemporaries. I like tons of rappers out right now.
T&Y was pretty good from what I remember but it just didn't hold my attention for very long and Lupe has become an insufferable little shit. The Cool is better anyway.
And im a fan of all those you mention except i havent heard Return of 4Eva. Throw in all of Tribes discography except the Love movement, (yeah even "Beats, Rhymes, and Life) plus others, and we're 95% in same taste.
Very surprised it didnt jive with you, but Butterfly is miles FAR from corny.
I love that track....that sax though.
adversesolutions
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huge rap fan here but i thought the album was awful as well
I love Kendrick and really do like the album, but I will say I think it's getting overrated a bit. My primary issue with it is while it does tell a story, it puts the story over the actual flow of the album. There's too much bloat that after you get the message and know the story, it ends up becoming a chore to listen to it. I've listened to it a ton, but it got to the point that now I've edited out a lot of the filler to condense it into primarily the actual song portions.
PhoenixDark
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I have to agree. I've streamed the album all the way through 5x now and I just don't see it. You have people losing their damn minds over the album, but over what? I read people on GAF saying KL has already surpassed BIG.
Nah bruh. Nah
Zantetsuken
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What is a banger to you?
Nothing wrong with replaying an album that's considered good to the person. My mom used to play the living hell out of her Deniece Williams album.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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GKMC was an exceptionally well-produced album, but its narrative wasn't much more than an off-the-rack "escaping the ghetto" movie like the Wayans parodied 20 years ago.
To Pimp a Butterfly is an exceptionally OVERproduced album, with like five times as many hooks as it needs, and while Kendrick is certainly skilled like few are in terms of his spitting, his lyrics have about as much depth as an Oprah book.
To Pimp a Butterfly is an exceptionally OVERproduced album, with like five times as many hooks as it needs, and while Kendrick is certainly skilled like few are in terms of his spitting, his lyrics have about as much depth as an Oprah book.
tycoonheart
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I don't either. His album that just dropped is average at best. His last album was average as well. A few good tracks but that is about it.
The worst thing about him is his voice. It's terrible for what he tries to do. He would be better suited trying to mimic qtip's career under Tribe. As it stands, for me personally, his music is as average as it gets.
The worst thing about him is his voice. It's terrible for what he tries to do. He would be better suited trying to mimic qtip's career under Tribe. As it stands, for me personally, his music is as average as it gets.
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