D>TPaB

>>72162355
half of the songs on damn are barely listenable. And this is coming from something who thinks TPaB is a masterpiece

gkmc > tpab > section 80 >>>>>>> damn

Objectively:

TPaB > DAMN > GKMC > UU > S80

>Abbreviating a 4 letter title

please don't abbreviate a one word album title

Reversed beats like the Beatles. I make that comparison cos this is a really dope album. New classic for sure..

>>72162355
Look at this fag, he loves the D

>>72162355
>implying DAMN isn't the same amount of letters as TPAB and GKMC

>>72162355
>D

>>72162355
TPaB > GKMC > DAMN > S80

TPaB is closest to a perfect hip-hop album
GKMC is consistent as fuck, but it's too safe
DAMN has some of the best Kendrick tracks but some pretty weak ones too
S80 is his weakest, but still a great album

>>72162618
Well said desu

In the intro is the beat sampled from somewhere? It sounds so similar. Wish that was a full fledged song

I'm getting the feeling that GkMC will fall into the College Dropout territory. One of those albums that fell into the mainstream, but still was miles above the rest even in it's day.

Damn is a great album, but let's chill out guys. It's an 808s heartbreak right now.

All things exist in the context of Yeezus Christ.

I just woke up. Don't really listen to rap, unless it gets talked about a lot (Kanye/TPaB)-- is it any good? Was there a lot of hype leading up to this releasE?

>>72162673
Its pretty great 7-8 for me, second best kendrick album after tpab which is a 9

>>72162671
it's funny because GKMC and College Dropout are still the best albums by those two artists

GKMC>DAMN>SECTION 80>TPAB>UU

>>72162673
A lot of hype. I wasn't really that hyped but I knew it was going to be good. Which it is. I've only listened to it once but it's not as good as GKMC or TPAB for me personally. A little underwhelmed

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>I got royalty inside my DNA

>>72162673
not that good

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>>72162695
wtf even

>>72162692
>College Dropout are still the best albums by those two artists

I'll say GKMC is arguable still, but CD, although in my top 3, is rarely the top.

Anyone kinda wish they had a shitty life/childhood or like some horrific event in their life? It just seems (not limited to just rappers) that the best creatives have gone through some shit. Like I don't want to reduce Kendrick's obvious sheer talent but a part of me does think I'd be a wee bit more inspired if I went through what he went through.

You get me? Like I have no personal struggle, don't really have any unique opinions or takes or anything. Does anybody understand that?

>>72162744
Yes but I don't care because I can relate to Eminem at least

>>72162695
YOU MY FUCKİNG NİGGGG

>>72162744
Do you ever feel sad? Lonely?

GKMC>S80>=UU>>>>>TPAB

listening to Damn now, it's already much better than tpab.

>>72162744
I never actually care abou the lyrics in hip hop that much, unless they're really bad and cringeworhty (e.g. Eminem, Nicki Minaj). Even if the lyrics and flow are like the GOAT, if the beats are whack I can't enjoy it.

>>72162539

you have such terrible taste holy shit this makes me mad just reading it

>>72162671
>808s isn't the best
>college drop out is good
ya tried
>>72162744
no; you'd be a non-creative, weirdly envious faggot no matter what

>>72162818
>>72162766
I can relate to it fine. I don't think I expressed myself well. What I mean to say is that a lot of music (and arts in general) come from personal tragedy. I wouldn't trade my life for anything but at times I fantasies I go through some real shit so I can produce a fucking sick piece of art. Anyone else feel like that?

TPaB > GKMC > DAMN. > S80 > UU

>>72162744
I grew up poor and confused in the city. Fuck that shit dude. If you become smart enough to understand your place in the world and society, you realize and despise the fact you are born behind an eight ball. It's not fun. Few can boast about overcoming and what not, but the truth is most don't. Some have a chip on their shoulder about it, but it usually doesn't amount to much. Growing up knowing family who got shot to death and friends who fell away sucks. I'll have an uncle I'll never know. I've got friends who fell into gang life and just shitpost irl about their kids.

I love the fact there are rappers who paint the ugliness of this. Do what you can.

>>72162856
Yeah I get that but the majority of people who go through shit don't become anything and there life becomes ruined. Rather than them being able to turn it into something good. That's pretty rare

>>72162856
>having so little talent you want a terrible life
>thinking so little of yourself that you fantasize about living in other peoples real problems

no you fucking weirdo.

>>72162744
you can replicate it by doing a shitton of drugs and partying every day

>>72162860
>>72162618
only right answer desu

I'm listening back to TPAB and Damn doesn't even compare. Not to say Damn is bad but TPAB is arguably the best rap album ever.

>>72162601
kek

>>72162930
garbage taste nigga

>>72162962
t. 16 year old white boy from wisconsin

>>72162539
This is right

>>72162744
lmfao

>>72162978
>not 16
>not white
>not from Wisconsin

try again nigger.

>>72162744
>Anyone kinda wish they had a shitty life/childhood

Seek help, faggot.

GKMC > TPAB > DAMN > Sec.80

I can't see how anybody could disagree with that, though GKMC and TPAB could be swapped around based on general taste

Also not to say sec.80 was bad, just not as good as the rest

>>72162930
what is Tha Carter III

>>72163006
this is also my opinion and i enjoy this

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>>72162991
>not white

>>72163010
a giant mess by someone with at least 5 better projects, one of them close to the best ever

>>72162744
Develop empathy. Use it to put yourself in someone else's shoes. Now write your emo shit.

>>72163006
I don't like TPAB at all. I seriously do not understand why people like it at all.

>>72163006
Personally prefer TPAB put yep that's the order.
But I think that a few listens and time will tell how good DAMN is. Juging an album on the first listen can be flawed

>>72163035
Because it's really good

>>72163020
When I first heard TPAB I thought it was the best but to this day I still listen to GKMC, haven't listened to TPAB in its entirety for a few months, still an amazing album though

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DAMN is not even comparable to TPaB.
Dissapointing album desu

>>72163035
Give it another try then because it may be the best album of all times

>>72163039
It's no where near the greatness that is GKMC. It's not even in the same league, imo.

yes quite easily, he finally made a no frills rap album that isn't trying to please rockists and 90's fetishists

>>72163038
Yeah I mean it took me 4 listens for me to fully appreciate TPAB, I agree with that, but I knew from humble straight up that this wasn't gonna be on the same level as his other albums

>>72163035
You don't get it then

>>72162355
Calm the fuck down it's not even been 15 hours

Listened a couple times, feels like a sequel to section 80, which is great imo

TPAB felt too over the top and tried to do everything at once, I prefer this Kendrick

>>72162828
I'm glad

Damn = TPAB = GKMC

ALL 10/10 YAWK YAWK YAWK YAWK

>>72163078
Well, obviously.

What's the untitled unmastered? Is that an album?

People only like this shit because they think they should.

>>72163035
Although I've personally never been too much into jazz, afew of the tracks on that album really resonate with me, specifically how much a dollar cost and U, it's just so refreshing to hear that sort of music in mainstream hip hip

>>72163103
mixtape that dropped last year, it has some good tracks

>>72162744
Yeah man, my life has been so fucking boring desu, not even had anyone around me die or anything, painfullly dull desu

LOYALTY is the most generic song I've heard this year, disgusting.

Definitely the worst kendrick release since Overly Dedicated. Huge letdown

>>72163103
It's a playlist

really dissapointed in this album honestly, a 6/10 at best from me.

>>72163140
What about Humble?

GKMC is way better than TPAB but I like both. This was a bit disappointing to be honest, but I still liked a couple of tracks.

>>72163140
>tfw really really like loyalty

Welp

>>72163208
Generic too but at least it has some energy

>>72162671
holy shit these comparisons do not work quit trying to connect artists' achievements in their timeline to one another all the time because your opinion's credibility is just thrown out of the window

>>72163247
turns out people can have different opinions than yours. wewe

holy shit, this is the worst album of 2017

>>72163271
Both are shit imo, Humble is incredibly weak as well. YAH and Duckworth are cool, but many songs on the album aren't so good, some of them bad

Same as TPaB, u and Momma really stand out

>>72162744
>my life was TOO easy

kendrick fans, everybody

>>72162355
I thought HUMBLE was absolute shit, but so far this albums fucking lit, i'm only at PRIDE tho

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>>72162355
OD > GKMC > S80 > TPAB > UU > Damn


This is the objective non-hipster rating.

>>72162373
if you seriously think that you must have the attention span of a fucking goldfish and only listened to tpab cus of melons review lol

TPAB>GKMC>Damn>UU>S80
honestly i prefer listening to UU than Damn but Damn is a better album.

Kendrick and J.Cole are such disappointments...
Their features always get me hyped, but when it comes to their recent albums they're just shit

XXX feels like the only truly ambitious song on the album desu

U2 sounded great strangely enough

>>72162744
that's why lil dicky is popular, he relates to that middle class struggle.

>>72163421
>U2 sounded great strangely enough
Because not liking/enjoying U2 is just a meme.

S80>D>UU=GKMC>TPAB

>>72162539
Objectively true

>>72163421
U2 is great

Somehow I guess I was listening to wrong Drake, because I fucking love ELEMENT and LOVE, but never could get into anything of Drake because of how "normie" he sounds, but everyone throws around those two songs being basically Drake ripoffs.

PRIDE is a really fucking dope ballad. I love that with DAMN. and Atrocity Exhibition there is some hip-hop/rock crossover going on now. Like not just usual rock features, but actually borrowing some songwriting tricks from rock.

The album itself is kind of grating though, too raw for me I guess. There were so much instrumental earworms on TPAB, it was so lush that it was a pleasure to listen to it, but DAMN. feels more like a once-a-week listen, even though the lyrics are good.

>>72163572
this desu. YAH sound super drake inspired, so much so you can virtually play any drake song next to it and will blend

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>>72163617
>https://twitter.com/PigsAndPlans/status/852693303892082689?s=09
thats spooky. dude, i feel like im going to die

>>72163572
Nothing sounds like drake to me tbqh.
Even if it does,drake is shit,this is not.

>>72162539 yes

why is everyone calling it "D" and not "GD?"

Okay so for realsees.

I don't get. I just don't fucking get it. Everybody is talking like TPAB is a perfect album, when half of the songs have barely listenable good beats because everyone of them is just a lazy jazz sample.

I get it, the structure and lyrics are dope. But the music is okay.

It's definitely not the worst, but still it's just okay. Not better than The Life Of Pablo

I rather listen to Run the jewels which have beautifully produced beasts

S80>TPAB>GKMC=UU>DAMN

TPAB > DAMN > GKMC > UU > S80

this will be the general consensus

>>72163775
RTJ3 fell off though, too slow, multiple songs with the exact same topic and trash features

RTJ need to stop having features other than Zack and gangsta boo because they've all been trash

I'm just over half way through my second listen and its getting better the more I listen to it

>>72163852
Same here, I'm on my 5th listen and I keep enjoying it more and more. Loyalty and God still suck tho lol

>>72163841
>Not liking the boots feature
What is wrong with you

>>72162618

this

>>72163041
personally i love GKMC's localised concept - it's a deeply individual and personal album with excellent storytelling. not to say TPAB isn't amazing either, it's more a personal pref

>>72163872
Loyalty is fucking sick. The beat is beautifully produced

>>72162618
correcto

LOVE.FEAT.ZACARI reminds me of something Justin bieber would put out

>i got loyalty got royalty inside my DNA

WE

Guys
The second half (Nation) isn't even out yet.

Don't make sweeping judgements about Damn.nation yet

>>72162618
this

>>72162618
Nope

Damn > GKMC and arguably better than TPaB

>>72164045
This

Most people who suck TPABs dick haven't listened to the album in months

Listen to GKMC and TPAB back to back and try and fucking tell me TPAB is better with its over produced over the top jazz shit

Nothing will top Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe as an album opener either

>>72164092
>Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe
>album opener

>>72162695
I love s.80 but switch that with tpab
80 had good tracks but some were BAD
Tpab had a more cohesive feel

>>72164092
>Listen to GKMC and TPAB back to back and try and fucking tell me TPAB is better with its over produced over the top jazz shit

I listened through the whole Kendrick discography last night and TPaB is better.

UU > GKMC > S80 > TPAB = DAMN.
Fight me nerds

>>72162744
Nah son, you just need empathy.

>>72164343
Wtf even

>>72162539
I support you, anon.

we wuz da reel jewz n sheeeit nigguh

[spoiler]it's pretty good though[/spoiler]

>>72163406
J Cole went TWICE double plantium with NO features.....

>>72162355
Im halfway through Damn and its easily kendrick's best album. The beats and flow are ridiculous. I honestly have no idea what people see in TPAB.I think its literally bad, like not even poor from Kendrick but genuinely bad music. Damn and GKMC are on another plane musically. TPAB is white guilt, its not stimulating musically speaking.

>>72164343
I can hear why you would think this, but I'd think you'd love DAMN. because it sounds more like UU and GK. Also how anyone can claim that S80 is better than any of his albums is beyond me.

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and tpab was my album of the year when it came out

but this is just not very good

>>72164445
HUMBLE sticks out like a sore thumb, especially right in between 2 sombre guitar tracks, isn't it?

>>72164389
He doesn't mean he's literally Jewish. He's referencing how the Jews fell out of favor by worshiping other Gods and disobeying his laws, so they were forsaken by God. He's basically trying to tell society to honor God again

>>72162618
Pretty much this. DAMN. might be better than GKMC but needs way more listens to make that decision

>>72164484
i didnt even want to this listen to this album after hearing humble

First we need to appreciate the fact that kendrick lamar is consistently this good

>>72164092
>Most people who suck TPABs dick haven't listened to the album in months
I listened to it just last week and listen to it at least once a month. Also what the fuck is this supposed to mean. There are plenty of albums that are all time favourites and I haven't listened to in months because I listen to new music more.

Get better taste faggot. TPAB is the biggest pleb filter.

>>72164508
I was bracing for a "ironic but better in-context" thing again, but it is just actually not good and clashes sonically with the whole album. Basically Nikes all over again, but instead of it being the first track, it's actually slap in the middle and really ruins the flow.

>>72164484
It does. The other songs have some kind of theme going on and then Humble just comes along.

>>72164092
TPAB is good but it has too many duds to be above GKMC. I really don't want to listen to Momma or You Ain't Gotta Lie anymore, those are really boring songs and I'd argue Complexion is up there too.

>>72162355
subjective ranking
Section. 80>GKMC>DAMN>TPaB
I like them all

>>72164555
Those three are my favorite songs from TPAB. Huh. Are those generally unpopular or something?

>>72164092
>opener
Even if Bitch don't kill my vibe were the opener which it ain't
Wesley's Theory and Fuck your Ethnicity are better

>>72164555
That's it really. GKMC is tighter and more concise and TPAB meanders after Alright.

>>72162355

OFFICIAL RANKING:

GKMC=DAMN
SECTION.80
TPAB

TPAB IS THE MOST OVERRATED ALBUM IN THE PAST 10+ YEARS.

>>72164599
I wouldn't know the rankings of those songs, but I don't like them, they feel really boring and uninspired in a way.. For reference, I love Wesley's Theory, Alright and Hood Politics

>>72164410
and? just because he has stans doesn't mean his albums aren't boring and not shit.
None of his albums are noteworthy at all

>>72164599
Not that anon, but I feel kind of the same (Except for Complexion). For me the 3 forgettable ones are Momma, Hood Politics and You Ain't Gotta Lie. Fantano also wasn't feeling You Ain't Gotta Lie too.

What pisses me off the most is that all of these tracks are in the 2nd half, and also 2nd half has the best songs on it, so it's like an inconsistent mini-album inside of an album. At least Everything pre-Alright is kind of consistent.

>>72164627
You are the bizarro version of me.

>>72162373
>half of the songs on damn are barely listenable.
Wat.
I still haven't come around to some tracks on TPAB, while pretty much all of DAMN sounded great first listen.
Dunno how it'll hold up yet, but "barely listenable"

>>72162618
Yep, you got it bud. Shit like DNA, FEEL., PRIDE., XXX., FEAR., and DUCKWORTH., are some of his best songs.

But LOVE., is one of the worst songs I've heard all year

>>72164445
What is the template for this? I always have a problem trying to rate albums number wise because i don't have this

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GKMC>TPaB>UU>S80>DAMN.
Not very interesting, reminds me of Drake 2 years ago. Love is probably the worst Kendrick song in memory. The album loses too much energy after Element, and only finds it again at Humble, on the subject of which I agree with this guy- >>72164484, then it's back to sleep until XXX, which is too little too late. Fear could have been cut out and I wouldn't feel a thing missing except for the little speech at the end which was interesting. God has a bit more of going on, a bit more to, like, listen to, tho I'm not sure how much I like the verses themselves. Duckworth is a good closer, Kendrick wakes up a bit, I like the lyrics a lot and the beats is superb. Wish the whole album was as energetic as DNA, Humble, XXX, and Duckworth. Don't get me wrong, I can dig chill, but nothing about these other tracks really grabs me. The beats are a bit barren when in comes to sound variety and layers, and while Kendrick is as good a rapper as always and does have some good bars on this, his flow and voice are just not exciting enough to breath life in to these tracks.
All in all I can't say I hate it, but it was pretty underwhelming at first listen.
Will give it some time to settle come back to it though.

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>>72162539
This.

>>72162539
>>72162618
These desu.

Some of the songs are really samey

>>72163322
>Attention span of a goldfish
>A quarter of the songs on D have hooks that are half the song.
>Trash bars
SADASDASFSAD

>>72162373
>And this is coming from something who thinks TPaB is a masterpiece
So someone whose opinion can be safely ignored

TPaB>GKMC>DAMN.=UU>S80

>>72163035
It's "complex", has socially conscious lyrics and a jazz influence. What better way to make plebs think they know shit?
Anyone who thinks it's the best rap album ever is fucking retarded.

>>72165604
Subject to change if he drops a 2nd album on Easter Sunday.

>>72162539
DAMN. > GKMC >= TPAB > S80 = UU

>>72164555
>I really don't want to listen to Momma

kill yourself you fucking faggot

TPaB doesn't have the song LOVE.
TPaB > DAMN

>>72165236
>The album loses too much energy after Element, and only finds it again at Humble

haha wow, tremendously shit taste. Humblefags proving themselves as garbage again

>>72162618
Most accurate ranking ITT

>>72165729
Seriously, Feel, Loyalty and Pride are all top tier.

What's your most stand out lyric from the initial listen /mu/?
Can "stand" out in a good, bad, shocking, any way

>>72162588
I saw your RYM review and you have shit taste

>>72165803
the voicemail

>>72165803
Idk why but that news report sample on the first track gave me fucking chills

>>72162673
I just finished LOYALTY. it feels pretty meh so far, I hope it gets better

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>>72164620
skimming through TPAB and i dont understand why people swear its his worst.
how can one listen to songs like i, u, for sale, alright, these walls or institutionalized and think its bad? I feel like if these songs were on any of his other projects they would be praised.

>>72165803

IF I SLAP A PUSSY ASS NIGGA IMMA MAKE IT LOOK SEXY

>>72162575
this
wtf

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>>72162355
>D

>>72162539
>objectively
show me your lab results.
oh, it's not scientifically provable? Then it's subjective. fuck off.

TPAB > GKMC > DAMN > UU > SECTION.80

>>72162671
>College Dropout is better than 808s
stop posting

It's bad, you'll all be saying so to come a couple of weeks

>XXX FT. U2.

Wait, like Bono U2?

Wow "lust" is incredible.

>>72166586
it's just a little tongue in cheek brother

DNA goes so hard

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>>72162355
>listening to in right now
>just finished the first track
What am I in for lads

>>72166852
listen to the album and find out dumbfuck

I hate Drumpf as much as the next guy, but Jesus is it possible for Kendrick to rap about anything other than how much he hates Donald? Humble gave me some hope, it seemed like he was gonna go in on mumble rap and shit, instead this is just a rerun of the worst parts of TPAB. I'm sure Fantano will love this.

>>72166641
i just realized the same thing a minute ago and i have so many questions.

>>72167001
/pol/ please go. he mentions trump like 2 or 3 times. although i maybe falling for bait rn

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GKMC > TPAB > S.80 > OD > UU > .... > IYRTITL (Drake) > .... > More Life (Drake) > DAMN.

I'm right, you're wrong, fuck you people this album sucks. Nothing worse than apologists.

>>72162355
loved all of his past albums and the singles he dropped leading up to this but what the fuck was this trash.

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>>72162539
AGREED.

>>72166586
let me show you the lab results

*unzips dick*

here. now lick it

Still only rapping about police brutality? That's so 2016.

>>72164620
this to be perfectly honest. I'm a fucking kendrick stan but holy shit. It's gotta be the effect of losing the grammy the previous year that started this nonsense. It's got a few tracks that are great but it's mostly a jumbled and inconsistent mess.

>>72162618
TPAB is a great piece of work but it has no replay value compared to GKMC. For this reason I say

gkmc > TPAB > Damn

honestly think damn is his best

>>72167284
You can't fucking unzip a fuck, retard
Proofread youre fucking posts before going 0 for 2

>>72167320
Yeah and he clearly hates white people too. But can you blame him? If I grew up in a shit hole with only my own race I would probably be equally as pissed. I mean I look at people with his message and generally see them as annoying mice, but if I empathize I understand. He makes good music though so that's what matters.

>>72162355
>D

>>72167551
My biggest gripe is that he's wasting his talents on a regurgitated message. A minute into the album we're already getting into how all police are evil and will kill you for no reason. Couldn't help but roll my eyes. Who is years this shit in 2017 and thinks "Wow, never thought of it that wake, I'm #woke now"?

>>72162671
808s had the biggest influence though

>>72167726
>A minute into the album we're already getting into how all police are evil and will kill you for no reason
Did we listen to the same album or is this next level bait?

>>72162991
>14
>White
>From Indianna

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>Look up to Kendrick for a large part due to his "humility"
>Listens to FEAR
>mfw the truth


DAMN

>>72163140
every single bad thing said about this album is b8

>>72162409
>>72162409
>>72162409
^^^^^

>>72162373
TPAB and GKMC are great but there not masterpieces. Complexion and You Ain't Gotta Lie were, let's be honest, kinda fucking bad. The rest of that album is better but shit, GKMC works better as a whole album and has a ton of good ass material tacked on to the end with (bonus tracks) Damn has 1-2 really not noteworthy song, kind of like TPAB and GKMC. I didn't expect to like the whole thing at all, and I don't. However I do think this album has some of his best work to date.

>>72169531
they're* sorry

>>72162373
So you just don't like hip hop then?

>>72162539
Some plebs
GKMC > TPAB > UU > DAMN > Section 80

Damn, nigga still hasnt released any bad albums yet

>>72162744
holy fucking shit dude

>>72162618
>TPaB
>perfect hip hop
What the fuck

>>72162355
TPAB > GKMC > S80 >>>> Damn

both TPAB and GKMC are finely done and are worth of being called modern classics

S80 is okay for it's time

Damn is shitty derivative trap garbage for chads and white guilt hipsters (aka 60% of /mu/)

>>72169656
>Damn is shitty derivative trap garbage for chads and white guilt hipsters
The irony is so in my face right now I can barely breathe.

>>72169531
What's wrong with Complexion and You Ain't Gonna Lie?

>>72169609
what's perfect hip hop to you ?

>>72162539
Pretty much TPaB is his Sgt Pepper. Damn is the white album.

damn everyone hating on LOYALTY, i think the beat and chorus are chill as fuck and leads nicely into PRIDE which is one of the best tracks on the album imo.

ok i've listened to it for 10+ times now but i still can't figure it out. what is the sample in the background of the 2nd verse in DNA saying??

>>72169778
I like loyalty as well. they probably don't like rihanna being there and they just hate the whole song

>>72169794
GIMME SOME GANJA

>>72167001
It could have been a lot worse

His ratio of trump mentions are way lower than what you see basically anywhere else

I hear more about politics on social media and in day to day conversation by such a huge margin it's ridiculous

>>72162355
i prefer overly dedicated
attack me

>>72169760
The only good hip hop is a dead hip hop

>>72169842
Delete your facebook. Your life gets so much better without seeing everyone deriding or defending every single thing Trump does on your social feed.

>>72165673
Absolutely this

>>72165673
UU > S80 and then its perfect

>>72162539
>>72162618
>>72163356

Damn > GKMC > TPAB > UU > S80

I'm liking Damn so much just for how messy it is. It's kinda like how after MBDTF Kanye decided to just get loud and weird for his next album. I don't want Kendrick to keep trying for masterpieces. There's so much creativity in him that's not gonna be as clean as TPAB and I wanna hear all of it.

Also I'm liking how pop-y and energetic he got on this one, the whole album's wavy af

TPAB>GKMC>UU>DAMN.>S80

dont @ me

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>>72167726
>be me
>white man
>hardcore conservative
>listen to Kendrick Lamar
>"police be shootin' niggas for real"
>never thought of it that way
>mfw he's right
>I hate the police now

HOW THE FUCK IS ELEMENT A DRAKE RIP OFF WHAT THE FUCK ARE RETARDS ON TWITTER AND KTT TALKING ABOUT FUCK

>>72162355
>he actually listens to U2 pleb shit
ISHYGDDT

>>72170563
get some test filthy pleb

>>72165673
finally some goddamn sanity on this board

the discussion is over

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>Duckworth
what a twist

>>72170693
sanity would be calling anyone listening to this garbage a fucking pleb.

>>72162744
what a faggot

>>72167726
I mean, conservative or not, there is more than enough reason to believe that, given your race, you are more or less susceptible to police brutality. A lot of the times it's just because of the anti-authoritarian push that comes from ostracized black communities, so you get people that don't behave when the police come around (and of course higher overall violence as well due to poverty)- but that feeds into the stereotype that causes police to, perhaps accurately, assume worse of people of color. Not because people of a certain race are worse people, but because the given probabilities lead to conclusions that, while in general true, aren't always accurate. The result is that, inevitably, more innocent people of color are shot to death or beaten proportionate to white people.

It's a two sided issue- police have to act, and sometimes they have to shoot or subdue someone. They're not going to take the risk of having a guaranteed innocent die over the suspect- and as human beings they'll try to preserve their own lives as well. But quick action often relies on instinct, which often draws on stereotypes both accurate and inaccurate. The only real solution to this whole dilemma is to fix black communities, and liberal policies, I would argue, are a big part of why they're hurting. Obama represented Illinois for however long and his hometown was Chicago, yet south Chicago is still a piece of shit. Politicians don't care about black people as long as they get their votes.

>>72170439
I don't agree with you but good post

>>72164486
he's basically dropping redpills

Listening right now, FEEL is the best track for me

>>72170823
>Politicians don't care about black people as long as they get their votes.
This has absolutely nothing to do with racism though. almost 50% of these cops are black themselves. black people turn to violence a lot faster than white people do thus making cops more anxious when approaching them. cops are people like you and me as well and they are being cops because it is their job. they're not going to get themselves killed because some piece of shit who just robbed a convenience store wants to fight instead of putting their hands behind their back.

>>72162539
I'm tempted to go with this.

But if Damn didn't have the Rihanna song on it, it would be a much tougher choice for no.1. Can't think of a single track on TPaB that actually stands out as sub-par.

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>>72164445
>and tpab was my album of the year when it came out
>hating the most popular song on the album

>>72170961
agreed anon although i think GOD. < LOYALTY.

>>72171000
yeah, GOD is definitely a strange one, but I feel like there's something more to it, whereas Loyalty is just not that interesting

If you get what I mean...

>>72162373
NO TASTE

>>72162671
This clearly took influence from pablo tho

>>72162744
UGH STRUGGLE.IS.NOT.LIMITED.TO.BEING.A.POOR.NIGGER.

>>72169773
shitty comparison but aight

I dig the Radiohead "this is his Hail to the Thief" comparison more

>>72171178
ic ic, idk i just think the delivery on GOD. is corny af, loyalty is just a standard pop rap song

>>72170941
Yeah, I know. Reread my post anon, I literally said the same thing. You basically just quoted the thing I said about politicians and then states the entire context around what I had already said.

The only thing that's different is this bit:

>This has absolutely nothing to do with racism though

Racism can stem from many things- making assumptions that are reasonable, even if incendiary, doesn't equate to racism, nor did I ever claim it did, nor did Kendrick. Wanting those things to be true, or turning a conclusion about a general populace into one that MUST be true about everyone in that populous is racism (i.e. I believe that, because blacks are generally more violent, every black person is violent). Some of that is part of the issue, some of it isn't. I wouldn't even claim the politicians are being racist- it's a hard issue to solve or even make steps towards solving. You can try throwing money at it, but then you get communities dependent on Federal aid that have no motive to climb. You can try gentrification, but that just psuhes the problem elsewhere. You can try enticing businesses to move there by reducing the tax, but for many people in that community they'd make less money as they'd A. not be qualified for some of those jobs and B. make more money from black market trade (drugs, prostitution, guns, etc). My point about Obama was simply that even he did nothing about the problem, and he had more reason to that anyone else, theoretically, because he'd be the most empathetic (literally a black person from south Chicago).

The only thing I can see that could help is to completely revamp our correctional system. Too many people are buying and selling things that shouldn't be illegal, and if they weren't illegal, would entice less violence; private prisons (really privately run federal prisons since the money they get is entirely federal) have a profit motive to entice recidivism and in turn eliminate in prison education.

>>72170823
>>72171547
You're too smart for this place. Get out while you still can.

>>72162539
What the fuck, since when did /mu/ prefer TPaB over GKMS?

>>72171619
Been here since 2009. I'm in this until I'm dead.

>>72162355
TPAB>DAMN=GKMC>S80

>>72162539
this is objectively correct nice ranking anon

>>72165673
>>=
patrician
I agree.

>>72171724
ty

>>72165673
This

TPAB > GKMC >> UU > S.80 >> DAMN

GKMC > TPAB > DAMN > UU > S80

>>72165673
Yeeeeeeessssss. I kind of liked UU more but that's just my taste

>>72162618
where does UU fit into this?

>>72163447
too bad he's shit.

>>72162355
I dont respect an artist who can't do better than his debut

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objective ratings for this trash

>>72162539
nigga you are dumb forreal
GKMC>TPAB>S80>UU>DAMN

>>72163087
Actually lold at this for some reason

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It's good, but DB's record was definitely better.