Almost a month later

It's objectively the GREATEST

>>72742952
SHIT

horrible album

Bought it for a friend. Complete garbage parading as talent.

>>72742878
It was alright. Not nearly as ambitious as his last two albums and not nearly as good in my opinion but it wasn't bad.

It's good to me. People seem to be calling it trash just to be contrarian. However I don't think it's great like some people claim it is.

>>72742878
it's alright. Has some 10/10 songs like Duckworth and some shit ones like element.

>>72742878
I bought it, listened to it, hated it, and gave it to a friend

>>72742878
mediocre

>>72743558
Element is pretty decent for a mainstream track for normies.

>>72742878
Has anyone figured out what the intro meant yet?

>throw on DAMN. the day it's released
>walking to work while bumping DNA
>literally have to stop walking to comprehend how awesome the second half is
>THIS ALBUM IS GONNA BE GOAT
>play through the rest of the album
>not a single song stands out until DUCKWORTH

weakest of his discography IMO

>>72742878
Compared to the rest of his stuff it is okay. The radio-friendly tracks are off-putting to me. 7/10. That being said, I bumped the shit out of it. Really easy to put on repeat. I mean is it really feasible at this point that he can actually top GKMC or TPAB?

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It was incredible.

It's great but not a lot of replayability, and i don't think it will hold up like his previous work

>>72742878
The Illmatic of the 10s

>>72742878
good.

>>72744114
same. I got so fucking hyped with DNA I did not expect anything from this album and it floored me. was underwhelmed with the rest but it was alright. LOVE was fucking garbage, it sounded like a Drake B-Side.

>>72742878
Mediocre
Neat concept and poor execution. Love is one of his worst songs yet.

Nowhere near TPAB lyrically or instrumentally

It's aight. Strong 6, light 7

10/10

>>72743943
2deep4u

I WUNNA BE WID UUUU

FEEL. FEAR. and PRIDE. are objectively the best tracks and the only tracks that can match the other albums.

Humble is such a godawful song

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>>72743144
this

>>72742878
What the fuck, it's already been a fucking month?

>>72742878
I think half of the songs on it is great. The rest varies from okay to bad.

DNA, FEEL, PRIDE, LUST, XXX, FEAR and DUCKWORTH are all good in my opinion.

>>72745376
Those are literally all of the songs that I kept on my version of the album except I also have Blood. If you get rid of Yah, Element, Humble, Love, and God, the album is really good

Why is humble so popular? It's literally the worst song on the album by a fucking milestone, it's not even close.

>>72745447
its very catchy

>>72745447
It goes hard. Period. It just gets people turnt. If you stay in the house all day you won't like it.

>>72742878
Mediocre. Definitely not bad. If any other artist made it, it'd be a good album. But, after Section.80, good kid, m.A.A.d city and To Pimp a Butterfly, it just doesn't compare. DNA. is a banger though.

>>72744218
this on the other hand fucking sucks
what is supposed to be good about magnolia? most boring trap song ever idgi

Tremendous. I loved nearly every song. Love is the only iffy one, and God. But I can enjoy them as well. Duckworth, Pride, XXX, are my faves.

>>72745554
Also worth mentioning, Rihanna came through for Loyalty. She was great.

THIS WHAT GOD FEEL LIKE

Extremely disappointing. When I first went through that album I felt like I was shuffling through the rap caviar Playlist on Spotify. Considering how much I connected with TPAB this just left a sour taste in my mouth. And his attempts at the Drake type songs were terrible. Solid 6/10

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>>72742878
8/10

not as good as tpab or gkmc but still really good.
forgettable as fuck though, I keep forgetting it exists

>>72743943
lucy

>>72742878
>>72745494
This but I'd say that for the whole album. 10/10 if you're ready to get turnt. Lots of low-T faggots who listen to The Microphones on here so I'm not surprised it's considered mediocre.

>>72745825
please tell me how pride will get anyone turnt up. if anything it will encourage suicide

>>72745825
bunch of fagtanno dickriders. Until his review dropped /mu/ was all over this album

>>72745853
Okay I'll give you one song that's a bit of a downer. Still a good song though.

>>72745896
yeah it's def a great song, just hardly what I'd consider turn up music.

>>72745884
If you have to defend an album by calling all criticism melon headed dick riders than the album is shit, it's clear you have no real reasons to hold the album in high regard. I was disappointed as soon as I heard the album, I thought 7/10 was being generous

>>72745975
but i'm right. literally for every negative reaction there were 10 positive ones. /mu/ has become fagtanno's echo chamber, sadly. except for when it comes to kanye. damn is way better than TPAB because it has true replay value. end of

>>72743144
As a Kendrick fan this is true

>>72746015
>i'm right. literally for every negative reaction there were 10 positive ones


I'll take your anecdotal evidence and give you mine: I remember a lot of criticism on /mu/ the night it came out, because I had a multiple discussions on it with many people agreeing with me. Even my normie friends were disappointed.


>damn is way better than TPAB because it has true replay value


HAHAHHAHAHAHAH You can't be serious? Opinion discarded, don't bother replying I don't want to have any discussion or argument with you

>>72746127
tpab is hot garbage senpai

>>72744218
i seriously dont see the appeal for carti

i tried but i can't get into any of his shit

>>72746144
>it doesn't bump in the whip xD

>>72742878
Really good my man but not as good as TPAB or GKMC

>>72745825

Anything DG has done is 10x more testosterone filled than anything Kendrick has done. Why aren't they charting? Your point is moot.

>>72746127
>Even my normie friends were disappointed.

THIS. Everyone was waiting for a second one to drop on Easter or something.

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I liked it a lot, almost hit all the right notes for me. There are a few spots that I liked less than others but overall it's a great project with a strong replay factor

>>72746385
Not that anon but DG would be considered too abrasive if you're using the standards of the success behind HUMBLE, if that makes sense

>>72743943
Blind lady come on. Which character in symbolism could that refer to?

>>72745376
This

>>72746851
i feel the exact same way

i think he just gave us his equivalent of bob dylan's self portrait so he can just disappear and drop the most fire album since illmatic

>>72745376
Love and Loyalty are the only songs I got rid of.

>>72747712
What makes the Illmatic so great cannot get a achieved in any way by kendrick. He had that chance with GKMC, any second attempt will be unauthentic. Unless you mean "just as good" as the Illmatic than I guess that's possible, but I still doubt it, he'll peak with TPAB.

An album like the next Illmatic can only come from the unknown, new voice

I thought BBNG should've gotten a more prominent position in the sample

>>72742878
It is very good, I prefer it to tpab

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>>72743144
perfectly worded, anon

>>72744114

r u me

i just finished dna and i dont even like hip hop

i was fully on board the kentrain till i read this

>>72744114
Pretty much this

>>72742878
Objectively his worst album.

>>72745884
>I have a selective memory

>>72743943
America is blind in justice. Black people will die whether they try to help or not.

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>>72743869
>>72743090

>buying music

>>72742878
sick of fucking normies telling me that this is the best kendrick album because "it bangs".

I saw a fucking moron on /r/hiphopheads try and say it's the best because he's just rapping instead of doing awkward interludes because "he's the king of the rap game, not the king of the awkward interlude game".

Shit literally has more fucking sung songs than any other kendrick album.

>>72743144
+1

shit

>>72742878
Mediocre imo

>>72745494
>>72745825
/mu/ –Normalfag Central

>>72742878
First 4chan been obssessed with Xxxtentacion
After that they be praising Kendrick's new album
What's next? Some dead street rapper?

>>72744114
that's exactly how much i felt about it man

well said

its probably one of the best albums out there right now, better than more life.

>>72752456
You're a fucking idiot

More Life is a playlist and Damn doesn't even come close

Not his best, but I enjoy it.
No matter what I'll probably continue to listen Pride and Lust for a very long time, amazing songs.

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>>72753811
>More Life being better than DAMN.

I still bump DNA on the daily. It still goes extremely hard.

>>72743144
correct

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Sonically I'd give it a 7/10, but the vibe is 10/10.
Kendrick is becoming a mirror that he is holding up to hiphop. Self referential and strange.
There levels 2 it you and I know.

>>72751640
i like this

I can't stomach Loyalty, i don't know why.
The rest is fine, i guess

>>72742878
literally a meme album that's been taylor made for reddit

>>72743144

which makes all the stellar reviews all the more confusing to me. How any publication could rate this higher than TPAB is truly beyond me

>>72753811
kys

>>72745376
Are you me?

>>72744889
Ive been saying this since the release of the album thank you

>>72745431
Yah is pretty decent anon

>>72743144

>>72742878
it's ok

what >>72743144 said

TPAB = GKMC > DAMN > S80

>>72756503
TPAB > GKMC though

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track ratings:

>BLOOD.
skit/10
>DNA.
7/10
>YAH.
4/10
>ELEMENT.
5/10
>FEEL.
6/10
>LOYALTY.
2/10
>PRIDE.
8/10
>HUMBLE.
5/10
>LUST.
6/10
>LOVE.
1/10
>XXX.
4/10
>FEAR.
8/10
>GOD.
2/10
>DUCKWORTH.
7/10

>>72757539

>>72744114
>completely dismisses pride, feel, lust, fear, and XXX

>>72742878
He never made a good album

It's cringe tier teen hop propaganda

>>72742878
literally normie-core.

When you hear white teenagers blasting it out of their shitty cars at 9pm on a Friday night through your middle class area, it loses any integrity or credibility.

>>72759272
I don't understand this shit, you motherfuckers act like TPAB and GKMC wasnt populer with that crowd. I remember when I was 18 and GKMC was out for a couple of months some of the kids who I hung with at the time fit that stereotypical mold and they bumped songs like Mad City and Backseat freestyle all the time.

>>72745447

mike will made it

>>72759413

this. everyone and their momma knew swimming pools when it came out. and to some extent Bitch dont kill my vibe and Backseat freestyle

>>72759413
what a lot of words.

what are you trying to say?

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>>72759486

wHaT aRe YoU tRyInG tO sAy

>>72759540
Someone explain this meme to me

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>>72744218
>I think the xans tryna tell me somethin

>>72759565
sOmeOnE ExPLaiN ThiS mEmE tO Me

>>72742878
7/10

>>72742878
Kinda good, has its moments. Nothing overly redeemable in the long run though.

>>72742878
only really listen to Duckworth and Fear now, sometimes DNA/Element and others

>>72742878
good to mediocre

I understand how some enjoy it a lot. Lyrics are clever, a lot of the flow is consistent, and the sound of it is decent as far as current rap trend goes, but it all blends as one to me, compared to To Pimp A Butterfly, which is a lot better as far as individual songs go.

It's pretty good. Some of the songs feel like filler.

>>72745447
I didn't really like it at first but I guess its a song that grows on you, its catchy I guess.

>>72743144
this

>>72757539
Feel and Duckworth are 9/10 for me

>>72742878
randomly select any rap album from 1993 and it would banish kendrick to the shadow realm. he sounds like a lispy retard and his beats are basic as fuck. the shit you faggots will consume is mind boggling

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Great for solo listen but decent for a group listen

>>72744114
I like
FEAR.
FEEL.
DNA.
DUCKWORTH.

This album was Good.

>>72742878
AOTY

>>72746172
I think its just cause he's friends with Uzi.

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>>72765291
This

>>72765291
yeah

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>>72751788
>supporting artists whose music you enjoy

>>72743144
>>72745376
Truth.

GKMC > TPAB > UU > DAMN > S80 personally

I think To Pimp A Butterfly is much better. Wesley's Theory is chaotic and wonderous.

>pick up this album so I'm familiar with what my friends are listening to
>favorite song is GOD
>nobody likes GOD

>>72743144
yea

Ehhhh

TPAB was way better

>>72745538
It's catchy as fuck (the beat). I don't like any other song on the album, but magnolia gets my foot-a-tapping

>>72767471
">the beat xD" sounded like something a handicapped soundcloud beatmaker would upload on is page like every other day

>>72751640
Literally the go-to generic explanation someone who hasn't heard the album would give

The edgy tasteless provocative lyricism we saw so much of on Section.80 is back in full force, and its not being channeled towards anything appropriate or interesting like in TPAB. Kendrick's ability to ruin a fun poppy mood with some joyless line about the whole world hating him despite being the most successful artist in the world is more suffocating and self-important than ever. I can't stand this guy's personality at all.

>>72745431
Blood is just stupid. Don't lie to yourself. Element is the best track on the album

>people rank s80 lower than tpab

Meh. I liked it the first few times I heard it but now I just don't want to listen to it. Album is fine just no real replay value for me

>>72768099
section 80 has aged pretty badly and has some of Kendrick's weakest lyrics/themes. It's still a good album but for a Kendrick album it's p low

>>72768099
They're right. S80 has some hidden gems that a lot of Kendrick fans have never heard but it also has some pretty shitty songs *cough*No Makeup*cough*

literally havent been able to stop listening to it

element is my anthem

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>>72766138
>Thinking an artist's pay is based on what you give to their corporate masters

>>72769968
I guess I have normie taste because DNA is my favorite. It just brings so much energy, I can listen to it forever

>>72769070

Wait, how is No Makeup shit? It's not brilliant but surely shit is going too far.

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>>72766138

>deciding to have less money than you could

Now that's just silly.

Above average.

Had any other rapper made this album nobody would have rated it this highly.

Feels like a low effort after TBAP and GKMC.

DNA, Humble, Feel, Element, XXX, Loyalty are great tracks. But the album is not good

>>72743144
(you)

>>72770785
>liking Humble and Loyalty

Your opinion is irrelevant

BLOOD
> 3/10
DNA
> 12/10 (best song)
YAH
> 6/10
ELEMENT
> 8/10
FEEL
> 6/10
LOYALTY
> 6/10
PRIDE
> 5/10
HUMBLE
> 10/10
LUST
> 4/10
LOVE
> 8/10
XXX
> 8/10
FEAR
> 9/10
GOD
> 5/10
DUCKWORTH
> 9/10

The Heart Part 4
> 8/10

>>72742878
bumps in the whip/10

>>72745376
this

>>72742878
His best album to date.

The only other release of his that was this consistent was UU.

>>72766557
Agreed about Wesley's Theory. And yet that track is followed by the worst track he's ever made.

TPAB is such a frustrating album.

>>72745376
my nigga

It's alright. Kendrick Lamar loves putting dumb shit in his albums, though, like all that "KUNG-FU KENNY, AIN'T NOBODY PRAYING FOR ME" and Black Israelite shit on this, and that shitty poem he had in TPAB.

>>72743144
this. I pretty much only listen to Fear now.

>>72742992
You forgot the period.

>>72743943
Kendrick is actually in a coma and the whole album is his comatose dream.

>>72743943
listen to the album from back to front

>>72745376
man this thread is just packed with facts.

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XXX. was the only good track. DNA. was decent. Rest were shit bangers.

>>72773702
>it doesn't bump in the whip xD

>>72742878
mediocre at best

>>72743144
WRONG

>>72770891
Why is Humble so highly rated anon

>>72742878
I really like it even though I realise it's mediocre at some points. Overall, the best album for me this year so far.

DUCKWORTH objectively best song

>>72774437
It isn't better than More Life

>>72774506
ha
hahaha
AHAHAHHAHAHHA

>>72774506
KEK

More Life is fucking irredeemable garbage and this is coming from someone who thinks IYRTITL is a good album

>>72774542
>>72774550
Teenage Fever is better than any song on DAMN.

>>72774650
>taking the chorus off a popular hit (which is not good in the first place)
>singing whatever shit around it to make it a full song

kys

>>72742878
AOTY

>>72774695
You're not seeing the genius that went into that decision. Drake took a song by a very shitty artist and made that shit dope.

>>72758077
XXX is so good, goddamn

>>72774884
wew lad really fired my neurons

>>72770891
holy shit what

lust is unquestionably the best song on the album

>>72745376
this so much

>>72774506
I actually agree

>>72776859
kys

>>72745376
>no Yah

>>72770891
>rating the goofy U2 collab higher than GOD
come on now

>>72769981
wats independent bandcamp

Possibly his yeezus...falls flat of mediocre

>>72777464
it's mediocre as fuck

>>72771387
7/10

>>72742878
Its like a 6.5/10, however if there was a second album it could have been a 8.5-9.5/10

>>72759565
its a bad meme, no more explanation needed

>>72777464
>>72777919
>Fuck Republicans, the song

It's garbage

Definitely his Yeezus. I love it.

>>72769981
Yes, I'm sure labels will want to sign artists who don't sell any albums, very good thinking, anon!

>>72777671
>>72778880
How the fuck is this his Yeezus? It's his most mainstream album and isn't "experimental" at all

>>72779086
>he thinks the point of Yeezus is experimentality
yikes

>>72767821
The whole theme of the album is that black people have been damned by god

>>72779086
By that...it's pretentious and far fetched. Tries to sound greater than it really is...fuckers going out of his element

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>>72743144
dubs of truth

>>72742878
good

>>72742878
Overall decent but I usually come back to a few songs I really like and not the entire album

>>72745376

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>>72772155
>For Free
>Worst track he's ever made
>not the best shit ever
You's a off-brand-ass nigga

>>72742878
NOBODY PRAYING FOR ME

>>72742878
Whoever said this guy is the best musician of this century needs to be executed.

>>72742878
Pretty mediocre.

>>72742878
1

>>72742878
not as consistently good as his previous albums but when this album is good, its really damn good

>>72742878
Like some people said, it has some horrible tracks. They're really off-putting and drags it down even though it has really good songs. It's funny how most of them are fan favorites. The album is way better cut down to 8 songs or such.

>>72782121
this guy gets it.

>>72742878
It's not his best album, but still really good.

leaving blood out because it's a skit. pretty good tho.

patrician.
duckworth
XXX
loyalty
Lust
God

good.
humble
fear
feel
pride
dna

kdot why would you do this
love
element
yah

here's mine desu

>top tier
DNA
ELEMENT
FEEL
PRIDE
LUST
XXX
FEAR
DUCKWORTH

>mid tier
YAH
LOYALTY
HUMBLE
LOVE
GOD

there is no lower tier, album is the shit and a great addition to the discography.

>>72783570
>patrician
>Loyalty and God

FUCKING KEK. Kys

>>72769981
Chick on the right is hot, who is she?

>>72783675
well anon, i have news for you. you aren't a patrician.

>>72742878
In the context of K Dot's discography, it is mediocre. In the context of this year, it is amazing.

>>72742878
GIMME GIMME SOME GANJA

>>72778972
You know most records are basically just advertising for concerts, right?

>>72783870
GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME

>>72742878
*deletes Yah, Element, Loyalty, Love and God*

now it's 8/10

>>72784574
This

>>72784574
I like Element, but otherwise, I agree

>>72784574
add humble to this list and I agree

>>72742878
Greatest hiphop album since Rodeo.
also heres how I rank kendrick's albums
damn > gkmc > tpab >>>> uu >>>>>>>> s80

>>72784574
all of those except god are good tracks you fuck

>>72772155
>And yet that track is followed by the worst track he's ever made

imma get uncle sam on yo ass

>>72742878

The only reason that Kendrick is not considered a silly joke on the level of Corey Feldman, Kevin Federline, or Brokencyde is that he is a coal black nog picked out by record producers to be propped as an autere. He is very, very similar to Beyonce.

>BLOOD.
skit/10
>DNA.
8/10
>YAH.
7/10
>ELEMENT.
6/10
>FEEL.
6/10
>LOYALTY.
5/10
>PRIDE.
7/10
>HUMBLE.
8/10
>LUST.
9/10
>LOVE.
2/10
>XXX.
8/10
>FEAR.
10/10
>GOD.
7/10
>DUCKWORTH.
8/10

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>mfw I really dont get the hype around HUMBLE

>>72785417

>t.someone who doesn't remember syrup sandwiches and crumb allowances

Why is the general opinion here that God sucks? is it the Aaaaaaaahaaaaaaa thing he does or what? Cause I think the track is one of the better ones

>>72785488
because it does

>>72785488
/mu/ can't turn up. Same reason humble isn't appreciated around here.

>>72745825
I listen to The Microphones and love this album

>>72785839
wtf i hate kendrick now

>>72742878
damn.....

>>72785417
it goes hard as fuck

>>72745825
t. xxxtentacion fan

>>72786209
>Boring piano beat
>Hard
Pick one
I like his flow in it, but I mean come on. The instrumental is just too weak to be consistently entertaining.

>>72786478
iIt's like, hard reduced to it's most fundamental parts and it works. gets people lit at clubs

>>72786521
>gets people lit at clubs

wew senpai what a legit reasoning