Kendrick Lamar - "To ? a Butterfly"
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Mic Tyson was my AOTY for 2012. GKMC was cool but a little overrated. (? those drake and dre songs) I knew his 2nd album would be better.
So happy he put Rapsody on. Snoop's feature was crazy. And a Flying Lotus sighting!
He definitely took the Nirvana/Kurt Cobain approach to a sophomore album - "? commercial hits, let's get deep"
Any radio station playing the Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars joint could prolly play a radio edit of King Kunta tho. -
If you listen to "For Free?" & "For Sale?" you pretty much get what the internal struggle of the album is all about ... basically as a artist as a man in this country you work hard to cultivate and craft your art .. your skill ... whatever that may be .. so you take pride in it .. and obviously place value on it ..and since you don't wont to feel exploited .. you will go out of your way to make sure your not used "for free" in a literal sense ..
HOWEVER ... this society has its way of getting you by hook or by crook .. so when you go into "For Sale" its another internal struggle that an artist ..a man .. has to deal with ... you have to ask yourself .. well if your not for free .. then you must be "for sell" ... correct?? it has to be one way or another ... but the question is ...is there really a difference?? is the choice ultimately not just a double edge sword?? sure you get the money the fame the popularity .. all of these trinkets that the character "Lucy/Lucifer" has to offer ... but now your someones property .. your under someones control because your indebted to their cash flow for support ... you owe them your time your energy your life in a way ... and while most people will sign up for that all day .. there's real cost that come with that .. the detachment from the place & people that made you ...you... not being their for your sister who gets pregnant as a teenager when your preaching to crowds about self awareness ..having friends get killed and you cant even visit them in the hospital because of "obligations"
This album is essentially Kendrick explaining the complexities of what happens when you pluck a young black man out of an ostracized cast way land ..give him fame gratification and riches and tell him to adjust to this new world on the fly .. he is trying to deal with balance of "normalcy" especially coming from such humble beginnings ... cleverly he correlates his tale with that of another "rose from concrete" so to speak in Pac.. pretty much Pac is his guidance ..and he's telling the story of the album to him in bits and pieces stopping where every he see's a simularity with a situation Pac also went thru.. leading up to the end where he finally gets to talk to his guru ..but obviously a person can only lead/teach you so far before its time to tackle life on your own ..and that's where the album ends -
? the album is underwhelming and I don't care what your subject matter is if it's wack -
One of the worst albums I heard in awhile
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I Am Jay ? wrote: »One of the worst albums I heard in awhile
....Suffering From Poverty Eardrum Syndrome Perhaps? -
IceBergTaylor wrote: »
??? I dont even know what that means. Anyways You simpletons love gassin this ? up. Kendrick is nice..... he's doesnt have this huge distance over the field (J. Cole, Wale, Krit. Lupe) You sound like a dickriding ass ? .
Cole albums boring and he need to stop trying to make his own beats, but you already knew that.
Krit's major label albums haven't been quite as good as his self-released LPs.
Wale? ? please.
Lupe the only one on your list that belong in same breath as dude right now, thanks to Tetsuo & Youth....
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"I Need 40 Acres & A Mule, Not A 40oz & A Pitbull"
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Blacker the berry is the only song that jumps at the listener the production is unique but it's not great. the lyrics are good as is expected from Kendrick.
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Wasn't feeling the album don't be mad I have my own opinions and I am not a sheep. They forcing the hell out of Kendrick though like he the 2nd coming.......he took a step back with this album
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JDSTAYWITIT. wrote: »I Am Jay ? wrote: »One of the worst albums I heard in awhile
....Suffering From Poverty Eardrum Syndrome Perhaps?
No ? I just don't ? like the album that much -
Wish Wesley theory was in gta 5 lol
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Ya'll ? crazy. Kendrick went over ya'll heads. Go listen to Migos triple time over 30 trap beats that sound the ? same.
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Agreed. The ? was pretentious and self-indulgent. ? just doesnt sound good. Mufuckas doing too much and forcing ?
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this album is flawed and it's because of the production.
Loving the production on this album myself -
Migos are garbage I listen to a wide variety of music. Schoolboy Q is better than Kendrick
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Agreed. The ? was pretentious and self-indulgent. ? just doesnt sound good. Mufuckas doing too much and forcing ?
You know what I think you said it better than I did. that is exactly what I think is wrong with this album -
And ? Jenkins is better than them both.
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Swiffness! wrote: »Ya'll ? crazy. Kendrick went over ya'll heads. Go listen to Migos triple time over 30 trap beats that sound the ? same.
havent listened to the album and i like kendrick but this ? is weak and needs to be cut out. yall really look to be taught by these rappers, im tryna hear good music which im sure kendrick will provide, this a weak cop out when gettin mad that someone feels different. as if someone cant like kendrick AND migos. -
I Am Jay ? wrote: »Migos are garbage I listen to a wide variety of music. Schoolboy Q is better than Kendrick
So you think Oxymoron> -
I still remember when ? was on here talmbout how trash Late Registration was.....? hated the fact that Kanye went for a completely different sound and approach instead of rehashing the successful formulas from his first classic.
Same reason I used to HATE Bulletproof Wallets - I wanted another album that sounded like Supreme Clientele.
so yeah imho most of the criticism is coming from ppl that had GKMC on this special untouchable pedestal and basically wanted GKMC2. It'll grow on ya'll, watch...
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I dont know what yall ? talking about even his exaggerated emotional parts fit within the context.
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Agreed. The ? was pretentious and self-indulgent. ? just doesnt sound good. Mufuckas doing too much and forcing ?
Where you pulled pretentious and self indulgent from? -
That ? is lukewarm curdled assmilk... what a dilemna when wackness is hidden in emotionally cloying, pro-black, pseudo-deep subject matter. such manipulation smh
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I Am Jay ? wrote: »Wasn't feeling the album don't be mad I have my own opinions and I am not a sheep. They forcing the hell out of Kendrick though like he the 2nd coming.......he took a step back with this albumJDSTAYWITIT. wrote: »I Am Jay ? wrote: »One of the worst albums I heard in awhile
....Suffering From Poverty Eardrum Syndrome Perhaps?
No ? I just don't ? like the album that much
DAMMIT MAN!Agreed. The ? was pretentious and self-indulgent. ? just doesnt sound good. Mufuckas doing too much and forcing ?
Yess Yess ..Its Worse Than I Initially Thought... As I Expected ... It Looks Like We Have A Devastating TRIPLE Dose Case Of P.E.S (Poverty Eardrum Syndrome) On Our Hands Here ...UnFuckingbelievable Its Spreading Rapidly These Days And Unfortunately For You Young Fellas It Seems To Have Hit You Hard With No Signs Of Remission...
You Know I Just Pray You Dont Blame Yourself For Your ..... "Problem" ... And Dammit I Pray That You Dont Pass It On To The Got Damn Children!!!... They Dont Deserve This ? ... I'd Hate To See Your Seeds Fall Victim To Hereditary Defects Feel ME? -
If these bottles could talk
