I like the song, wonder if it's a little bit of a headfake in the vein of "i" -- leading with a straightforward track and following with a more complex album.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 31 March 2017 17:00 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I like this but I'm not bowled over by it.
― The Roger Waters Experience (Turrican), Friday, 31 March 2017 18:47 (seven years ago) link
i think its liable to take off as a club record which means ppl will come around on it a lot
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 31 March 2017 22:27 (seven years ago) link
what does he have against Bismack Biyombo
― lettered and hapful (symsymsym), Friday, March 31, 2017 1:52 AM (sixteen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
can't un-hear
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 31 March 2017 22:42 (seven years ago) link
deej otm
― Tim F, Saturday, 1 April 2017 21:07 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, deej is right. Kendrick doesn't really do club songs but when thevibe is right, Allright will tear down any venue. This tries to do something with that same energy. I haven't heard it out yet but I predict it could be huge.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 1 April 2017 23:57 (seven years ago) link
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/album/id1223585496
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 7 April 2017 03:08 (seven years ago) link
I guess he's making up for Butterfly coming out a week early by making this one come out a week late.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 7 April 2017 03:30 (seven years ago) link
Track 1: K. Duckworth, D. Tannenbaum & Anthony TiffithTrack 2: K. Duckworth & M. Williams IITrack 3: K. Duckworth, M. Spears, D. Natche & Anthony TiffithTrack 4: K. Duckworth, M. Spears, J. Blake & R RieraTrack 5: K. Duckworth & M. SpearsTrack 6: K. Duckworth, D. Natche, M. Spears, Anthony Tiffith & T. MartinTrack 7: K. Duckworth, S. Lacy, A. Wise & Anthony TiffithHumble: K. Duckworth & M. Williams IITrack 9: K. Duckworth, D. Natche, M. Spears, C. Hansen, A. Sowinski, M Tavares & L. WhittyTrack 10: K. Duckworth, Z. Pacaldo, T. Walton, M. Spears, G. Kurstin & Anthony TiffithTrack 11: K. Duckworth, M. Williams II, D. Natche, M. Spears, Anthony Tiffith, P. Hewson, D. Evans, A. Clayton & L. MullenTrack 12: K. Duckworth & D. MamanTrack 13: K. Duckworth, R Riera, M. Spears, D. Natche, D. Tannenbaum, Anthony Tiffith & R. LaTourTrack 14: K. Duckworth & P. Douthit
I'm out
― Number None, Friday, 7 April 2017 06:17 (seven years ago) link
lol
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 April 2017 10:24 (seven years ago) link
I'm hoping it's something off Zooropa that's been sampled, rather than The Joshua Tree ...
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Friday, 7 April 2017 10:34 (seven years ago) link
"My Mami" feat Anna Wise
― Vinnie, Friday, 7 April 2017 11:33 (seven years ago) link
The U2 thing is apparently not a sample, but a track he sat down and co-wrote with them. Urgh.
That's a really, really bad sign for this record.
― jon123, Friday, 7 April 2017 12:21 (seven years ago) link
Or is it? Another news article says it's a sample. Hmmm.
― jon123, Friday, 7 April 2017 12:29 (seven years ago) link
Settle down everyone it's gonna be ok
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 7 April 2017 12:34 (seven years ago) link
I don't like "Humble" much – some of the rhymes sound second-tier to me and his flow awkward.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 April 2017 12:41 (seven years ago) link
Remember how Elton John ruined that ATCQ album?
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Friday, 7 April 2017 12:42 (seven years ago) link
maybe it will be like a U2 album because it will be in my iTunes as soon as it comes out
― neva missa lost, wednesday nights on abc (voodoo chili), Friday, 7 April 2017 13:03 (seven years ago) link
I hope it's a five minute interlude of bono dissing big sean
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Friday, 7 April 2017 14:20 (seven years ago) link
god forbid a rapper samples/collaborates with somebody uncool
― Raul Chamgerlain (Noodle Vague), Friday, 7 April 2017 14:22 (seven years ago) link
what a game-changer that would be
"humble" is great imo
― marcos, Friday, 7 April 2017 14:32 (seven years ago) link
i dig it a lot
was telling my wife the other night that career-wise, I think Kendrick Lamar needs a huge hit with his next record. Guessing the U2 collab is efforts towards that. Somehow.
― Dominique, Friday, 7 April 2017 14:35 (seven years ago) link
I would have guessed the G. Kurstin credit on track ten would be his effort towards a huge hit.
― MarkoP, Friday, 7 April 2017 14:36 (seven years ago) link
he just sold 277K of untitled, unmastered which is more than a lot of rappers with hit singles sell and that's just an odds and sods comp
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 7 April 2017 14:48 (seven years ago) link
not really meaning in terms of sales alone, but breaking through into the next level of pop stardom a la Kanye, Adele, superbowl halftime, popular culture awareness stuff. ie the level at which my mom can hum a Kendrick Lamar tune from memory
― Dominique, Friday, 7 April 2017 14:53 (seven years ago) link
don't think the Hot 100 is set up to allow a hip hop guy that kind of cultural ubiquity anymore
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 April 2017 15:02 (seven years ago) link
can your mom hum a Drake tune?
did hotline bling get to that point?
my mom only listens to her Pandora Eagles station
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 7 April 2017 15:05 (seven years ago) link
what if the u2 joint is good
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Friday, 7 April 2017 15:07 (seven years ago) link
xpmaybe, I haven't asked her
― Dominique, Friday, 7 April 2017 15:08 (seven years ago) link
not really meaning in terms of sales alone, but breaking through into the next level of pop stardom a la Kanye, Adele, superbowl halftime, popular culture awareness stuff. ie the level at which my mom can hum a Kendrick Lamar tune from memory― Dominique, Friday, April 7, 2017 2:53 PM (forty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Dominique, Friday, April 7, 2017 2:53 PM (forty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I hope this never happens.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Friday, 7 April 2017 15:39 (seven years ago) link
Like, seriously, Kendrick Lamar is above all that kinda shit, IMO.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Friday, 7 April 2017 15:40 (seven years ago) link
the only way to get to that level is to suck on some level imo
― Οὖτις, Friday, 7 April 2017 15:43 (seven years ago) link
"Swimming Pool" only peaked in the top 20 but was pretty inescapable that fall
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 April 2017 15:49 (seven years ago) link
Tribe + Elton was somehow great so one never knows
― Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Friday, 7 April 2017 15:50 (seven years ago) link
"Bennie & the Jets" was a hit on R&B radio in the early '70s, which helps.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 April 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
U2 had a few tunes in the 80's iirc
― Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Friday, 7 April 2017 15:58 (seven years ago) link
but yes, reasonable point. U2 has not yet done a live collab with eminem tho so i call a draw.
― Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Friday, 7 April 2017 15:59 (seven years ago) link
‘Cause we need a little controversy‘Cause it feels so empty with or without you
― nomar, Friday, 7 April 2017 16:05 (seven years ago) link
i guess i don't feel like anything is inescapable anymore
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 7 April 2017 16:14 (seven years ago) link
of course it isn't we're all gonna die before 2020
― royce jung (slothroprhymes), Friday, 7 April 2017 16:19 (seven years ago) link
but hopefully not before we get to hear this album
― piramjida, Friday, 7 April 2017 17:41 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, that's kinda my feeling, that To Pimp a Butterfly was such a burst of creativity that I'd be very surprised if he followed it up with something more "complex" (for want of a better term) ... I'm very interested in where he goes from here, of course, but I'll be very surprised if the new record goes above and beyond what he's done so far.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Friday, 7 April 2017 17:49 (seven years ago) link
(I am expecting it to be good, though)
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Friday, 7 April 2017 17:50 (seven years ago) link
so weird to read ppl write about kendrick like hes some underground star instead of a mega celebrity
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 7 April 2017 19:06 (seven years ago) link
what if the u2 joint is good― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Friday, 7 April 2017 15:07 (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
http://i.imgur.com/UP5GqgW.jpg
― ||||||||, Friday, 7 April 2017 19:32 (seven years ago) link
lmao
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 7 April 2017 19:32 (seven years ago) link
our local station plays the radio version of Element and Loyalty a lot in addition to Humble
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 13:57 (six years ago) link
not sure if this is because "its true size is being more accurately measured" or because it's growing in size?
that is, if streaming is driving "sales" and young people stream more than old people and young people prefer contemporary genres (not rock) then this would make hip hop bigger, wouldn't make it retroactively bigger tho (unless the argument is that urban genres were always bigger but didn't have sales to match because they were either radio or DJ genres or in some other way their popularity was not sales drive)
― niels, Wednesday, December 13, 2017 7:36 AM (eight hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is a chicken & the egg kind of argument. There was very popular rap music that was largely ignored by industry gatekeepers until streaming allowed them to measure it, and once they did measure it & have something verifiable to base decisions on, they proceeded to magnify its popularity further
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 22:32 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfCqMv--ncA
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 5 January 2018 12:09 (six years ago) link
bad
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 6 January 2018 09:09 (six years ago) link
this is kind of boring but it's alright. it sounds like a good song to rollerskate to.
― akm, Sunday, 7 January 2018 15:44 (six years ago) link
It sounded great at the halftime show last night, he really amped it up. The whole performance was strong, just him alone on stage totally commanding a huge crowd.
Watch Kendrick's full Halftime Show performance for the CFP National Championship. pic.twitter.com/zGgzU3pKRA— DUCKWORTH TDE (@DuckworthTDE) January 9, 2018
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 14:52 (six years ago) link
hmm I'm happy for Kendrick but I don't find it a particularly convincing performance, not interested in an mp3 of this...
but then very few concerts on American tv from the past 20 years have made much impression on me, don't know why they all have such bad sound when there are hundreds of radio stations with amazing live recordings (w video footage too!) on youtube
― niels, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 18:13 (six years ago) link
kendrick over classic dre beats, hell yeah
https://audiomack.com/album/dj-critical-hype/the-damn-chronic
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:07 (six years ago) link
yeesh that Don't Kill My Vibe mashup is terrible off though
― niels, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:21 (six years ago) link
BREAKING: Kendrick Lamar has won the Pulitzer Prize for music for "DAMN" the first non-classical or jazz artist to win the award.— The Associated Press (@AP) April 16, 2018
should post it here tbh
― omar little, Monday, 16 April 2018 19:18 (six years ago) link
one album too late, but holy shit, congrats k dot
― stormzy daniels (voodoo chili), Monday, 16 April 2018 19:21 (six years ago) link
I started a thread about it: Kendrick Lamar Wins 2018 Pulitzer in Music
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Monday, 16 April 2018 20:12 (six years ago) link
new album 05/13 - Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers
https://oklama.com/step
― Murgatroid, Monday, 18 April 2022 18:40 (two years ago) link
my excitement is immeasurable and my day is made.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Monday, 18 April 2022 19:09 (two years ago) link
until you see Biebs + Dua Lipa in the "ft." credits
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 April 2022 19:11 (two years ago) link
hey if i sat through u2 on the last album, that's nothing.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Monday, 18 April 2022 19:12 (two years ago) link
Fucking made my day.
― brisk money (lukas), Monday, 18 April 2022 19:29 (two years ago) link
"Deep Fake: DEEP VOODOO"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAPUkgeiFVY
also ??? at him thanking the South Park dudes in the notes
anyway, good song
― Murgatroid, Monday, 9 May 2022 00:25 (two years ago) link
sounds like a barry white song and i mean that with the most enthusiasm bc barry white is the god
― terence trent d'ilfer (m bison), Monday, 9 May 2022 02:07 (two years ago) link
it's a marvin gaye song.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Monday, 9 May 2022 02:46 (two years ago) link
oh looool
― terence trent d'ilfer (m bison), Monday, 9 May 2022 03:26 (two years ago) link
i knew it sounded familiar, right time and genre at least
― terence trent d'ilfer (m bison), Monday, 9 May 2022 03:27 (two years ago) link
he announced he's making a film with them earlier in the year
kendrick lamar - mr. morale & the big steppers (2022)
but we should use the new album thread
― ufo, Monday, 9 May 2022 03:35 (two years ago) link