Kendrick Lamar is better than Soundgarden

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Tue April 18, 2017 11:09 pm

This whole album is good but I think "Yah" might be my favorite track. I just love the overall feel of that song.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Tue April 18, 2017 11:15 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Tue April 18, 2017 11:39 pm

I like how many releases there are nowadays that seamlessly intertwine rap with R&B -- Kendrick's albums, Chance's last mixtape, "Life of Pablo," "Anti," etc. Thinking back on the earliest definitions of both genres, they were always distant cultural cousins but pretty disparate musical ideas. By the '90's they'd become opposite ends of the "urban music" spectrum, with a lot of cross-population -- rappers popping up on Mariah Carey remixes, Mary J. Blige providing choruses for 80% of rap singles, etc. But now there is this effortless oscillation back and forth between the two styles that is just pure ear candy to me.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Tue April 18, 2017 11:47 pm

Fuzzcharger · Post by **Fuzzcharger** » Wed April 19, 2017 12:05 pm

DNA is a monster of a track. I actually thought it was separate songs when I had it playing in the background. Those tempo changes are so much fun.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Wed April 19, 2017 2:46 pm

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Wed April 19, 2017 5:25 pm

Current favorites: ELEMENT, FEEL, PRIDE, HUMBLE, XXX.

"PRIDE." sounds so much like Mac DeMarco.

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Wed April 19, 2017 11:46 pm

FYI Kendrick is selling autographed copies of DAMN. on his website for crazy cheap. I just ordered an autographed double red vinyl and a T-shirt for $50 shipped.

Kaius · Post by **Kaius** » Thu April 20, 2017 12:08 am

Holy shit

Kaius · Post by **Kaius** » Thu April 20, 2017 12:17 am

Ordered. That's awesome.

Fuzzcharger · Post by **Fuzzcharger** » Thu April 20, 2017 2:49 am

LoathedVermin72 wrote:FYI Kendrick is selling autographed copies of DAMN. on his website for crazy cheap. I just ordered an autographed double red vinyl and a T-shirt for $50 shipped.

I was just coming here to post this too. I got the same + a CD cause I'm old.

bodysnatcher · Post by **bodysnatcher** » Thu April 20, 2017 6:05 am

I did this for Butterfly and Untitled. Good deals. Heads up: his signature is just a squiggle

Fuzzcharger · Post by **Fuzzcharger** » Thu April 20, 2017 6:18 am

bodysnatcher wrote:I did this for Butterfly and Untitled. Good deals. Heads up: his signature is just a squiggle

So like a standard celebrity signed item after 200 autographs in a day

I can live with that. At least it'll likely be legit.

Kaius · Post by **Kaius** » Thu April 20, 2017 4:23 pm

FEAR.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Thu April 20, 2017 4:24 pm

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Thu April 20, 2017 4:30 pm

FEAR. is still one of the few tracks I don't love.

Kaius · Post by **Kaius** » Thu April 20, 2017 4:39 pm

I love how the beat sounds like a heartbeat when he's spilling his guts.

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Thu April 20, 2017 4:43 pm

Kaius wrote:I love how the beat sounds like a heartbeat when he's spilling his guts.

Spoiler: show: Ye did it better

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Thu April 20, 2017 4:45 pm

Orpheus · Post by **Orpheus** » Thu April 20, 2017 4:51 pm

It's funny to me to see some people say this is his big leap forward when TPAB was (to me) obviously a more ambitious piece of work. The "everyday rap listener" perception of this album has generally been that it's probably the easiest to listen to of any of his albums (along with GKMC). It definitely has the best pure rap beats of anything he's done, and it's a great album to bang in the car.

Honestly I think he wanted to show people that he's not gonna fade into some weird shit like Andre 3000 and can still bring the hammer when needed. When he's going in on DNA and the bass line drops even lower and you know he's about to take it up to an 11...fuck me is that just excellent shit right there. He's a genius, straight up.

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