Kendrick Lamar is better than Soundgarden

[tragabigzanda]

[washing machine]

I had to skip We Cry Together too. My two-and a half son was in the car and I couldn't in good conscience expose him to that kind of raw intensity on the way to pick up his flu meds.

I really don't see myself returning to that track except to experience the whole heft of the album again.

[Teeeeeekay]

Favorites so far:

N95
Mr. Morale
Silent Hill
United In Grief
Savior

I’m really enjoying this. Baby Keem kills it again. And I can honestly say I’m happy to hear some solid verses from Kodak. I don’t know hardly anything music of his but I like him. Haha.

[Teeeeeekay]

I had to skip We Cry Together too. My two-and a half son was in the car and I couldn't in good conscience expose him to that kind of raw intensity on the way to pick up his flu meds.

I really don't see myself returning to that track except to experience the whole heft of the album again.

This was my first thought upon hearing this song. I cannot let this play around them. The Alchemist beat makes it repeatable you me. And it’s a pretty amazing performance.

[epilogue]

I'm not sure there's a way to understand, digest, and appreciate this album without We Cry Together.

[epilogue]

4 listens in I think it starts and ends strong but is too long in the middle. We Cry Together is crazy intense and they nail what he’s going for but I can’t listen to it. Listened twice, that’s enough. That’ll be an easy skip from here on out.

My initial impression is this will feel more like an artistic achievement than an album I repeatedly listen to.

Still haven't listened all the way through, but this is my experience with TPAB: About half the songs slay me; the other half feel like a really bold work of art that I don't necessarily want to listen to all the time.

I do wonder how this album might be digested once it's split up as a double album across four LPs. Any thoughts here?

I think the division is thematic. I still can't pretend to begin to fully digest it but it feels very meaningful after two full listens. This isn't even his longest record. So, clearly there's something else at work here.

[epilogue]

And I agree this is certainly a piece of art more than a pop record.

[epilogue]

But it's still gonna take a long time to process and work through this thing. This is a heavy, dense, and purposefully uncomfortable record.

[verb_to_trust]

I'm not sure there's a way to understand, digest, and appreciate this album without We Cry Together.

That's okay. I added the one song I thought was good to a rap playlist and called it a day.

[Jorge]

And I agree this is certainly a piece of art more than a pop record.

I hate this album now!

[daft twat]

I listened to We Cry Together and Mother I Sober. How does this even qualify as music?

[Jorge]

How does it not?

[Dev]

I just listened to We Cry Together and now I'm emotionally exhausted.

[verb_to_trust]

I listened to We Cry Together and Mother I Sober. How does this even qualify as music?

Hypebeasts on the internet

[epilogue]

And I agree this is certainly a piece of art more than a pop record.

I hate this album now!

[tragabigzanda]

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

[tragabigzanda]

[epilogue]

Seems like people aren't high on Die Hard or Mr. Morale but I think those are two of my early favorites.

[daft twat]

How does it not?

To be clear, I’m not trying to be a dick. Admittedly, I don’t listen to much rap, but I like some of his past stuff.

I don’t mind tough content, but I like melody, maybe a hook. Prison Sex by Tool is a good example of a song that is a tough listen if you really think about the content, but it’s also a song that I want to hear again. These two tracks are unpleasant to my ear in every way.

I’m always happy for anyone to find music they connect with and genuinely love. This just baffles me tho. Then again, people enjoy Mars Volta as well.

[epilogue]

It's neither as focused as DAMN, nor as sprawling as TPAB. But it's more raw and angry than both and after one listen, I'd say it's Kendrick exorcising his / his community's demons in a public setting. None of the lyrics were at all upsetting to me, because I just see them as an extension of his reality. [...] Still want to experience this in context of 4 LPs.

All of this feels right to me as of right now. But we'll see what living with it reveals. I happen to love that it's not as focused as DAMN. nor sprawling as TPAB. It's its own thing. I like the schizophrenia of the record. I think that's all part of the themes being explored.