Wu-Tang
― Οὖτις, Friday, 31 March 2017 00:42 (seven years ago) link
he cares way more about drake than he should, and manage to make tracks caring about drake sounds really really good.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 31 March 2017 01:10 (seven years ago) link
*whispers* this new song is not that good
― nice cage (m bison), Friday, 31 March 2017 04:41 (seven years ago) link
what does he have against Bismack Biyombo
― lettered and hapful (symsymsym), Friday, 31 March 2017 05:52 (seven years ago) link
Video is excellent
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Friday, 31 March 2017 05:58 (seven years ago) link
New song seems a real step backwards
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Friday, 31 March 2017 06:00 (seven years ago) link
i wouldn't say so. not what i expected from him, but i like it.
― dyl, Friday, 31 March 2017 06:25 (seven years ago) link
This video is great, but I can't imagine ever listening to the song.
― Benjamin-, Friday, 31 March 2017 07:36 (seven years ago) link
song is great. classic bay mobb beat >>>>
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Friday, 31 March 2017 07:41 (seven years ago) link
I like it. Obviously I would love another album of live band jazz weirdness, but this reminds me he sounds great over a str8-up banger. And it's only three minutes! Really succeeds at hyping me up for the new album.
― bunny slopes, Friday, 31 March 2017 08:18 (seven years ago) link
Kendrick is in at least three of this decade's ten best music videos.
― nashwan, Friday, 31 March 2017 11:29 (seven years ago) link
"The Heart Pt. 4" was definitely aimed (at least partly) at Drake, but I think this song is aimed more at Kendrick's competition as a whole. Though Drake will probably take it as a singularly personal affront...
The line "Watch my soul speak, you let the meds talk" could be directed at a number of rappers (Future?), but not Drake. Anyways, this video's been on repeat for me; favorite thing he's done since GKMC.
― Handsome Bookor, Friday, 31 March 2017 12:54 (seven years ago) link
I like this. I don't love it.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Friday, 31 March 2017 13:53 (seven years ago) link
The video is awesome tho
― Οὖτις, Thursday, March 30, 2017 7:42 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
was excluding groups like NWA, Wu-Tang, Goodie Mob because I guess I feel like they are groups not crews
(even tho marley did the juice crew all stars album but i don't feel like that counts, the Juice Crew were perceived as solo artists first and foremost)
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 31 March 2017 13:55 (seven years ago) link
rad video, bland song
― call all destroyer, Friday, 31 March 2017 13:58 (seven years ago) link
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Friday, March 31, 2017 2:41 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah love the beat, was thinking it could be an E-40 beat
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 31 March 2017 13:58 (seven years ago) link
humble def feels aimed at the rap market more than anything he's done since gkmc
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 31 March 2017 14:03 (seven years ago) link
UMS otm. Great video too
― Οὖτις, Friday, 31 March 2017 14:30 (seven years ago) link
people who like this otm
― Balðy Daudrs (contenderizer), Friday, 31 March 2017 15:48 (seven years ago) link
― Handsome Bookor, Friday, March 31, 2017 7:54 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Idk about this like but some of this is directed at big Sean. He even parodied one of his videos w the weird camera effects at the end
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 31 March 2017 15:58 (seven years ago) link
*idk about this *line**
Anyway I like this song.
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 31 March 2017 15:59 (seven years ago) link
What's his beef with Big Sean? He seems like a guy who can be safely ignored (by Kendrick, but also by me)
― neva missa lost, wednesday nights on abc (voodoo chili), Friday, 31 March 2017 16:02 (seven years ago) link
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
― 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
holy shit that hadn't even occurred to me... was listening on Apple Music and the difference between the Soundcloud mix is night and day. The Apple mix is so thin and muddy and clipped, almost sickly. I assumed it was some kind of extreme, deliberate aesthetic statement.
Think this is a fluke or should I be worried Apple Music does this to other tapes? I use it as my main streaming service for everything these days
― Evan R, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 17:50 (seven years ago) link
anyway rich forever 3 is better than most of the albums everyone's mentioned
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 17:51 (seven years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/news/kendrick-lamar-to-release-damn-collectors-edition-with-tracklist-reversed/
wut
― octobeard, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 01:41 (six years ago) link
Eh? That completely wrecks the transition from 'BLOOD.' into 'DNA.', for one...
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 19:56 (six years ago) link
wow, Humble is the 50th most played song on Spotify ever, Kendrick's first Billboard #1 too (not counting the Bad Blood feature), I hadn't realized this was his commercial breakthrough but I guess it is?
― niels, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:15 (six years ago) link
his pop breakthrough; TPAB hit #1 too.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:26 (six years ago) link
yeah his first album sold 250k in its first week, but this is the first album where it truly felt like he was the biggest rapper in the world
― Cat Person (Putting Out Fire) (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:35 (six years ago) link
Yeah, while the previous two (three if you count Untitled Unmastered) were big hits with hip-hop heads, critics and music obsessives, this has been the first album where I've started to notice people getting into Kendrick Lamar who perhaps would have found some of his previous work hard going.
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:43 (six years ago) link
yeah his first album sold 250k in its first week
weekly reminder to check out Section.80 everybody!
― Number None, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 22:53 (six years ago) link
"major label debut"
also, did section.80 release on CD before GKMC came out?
― Cat Person (Putting Out Fire) (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 23:02 (six years ago) link
this is a stupid stunt, what is the point of it.
― akm, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 23:27 (six years ago) link
Sell more records
― albvivertine, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 00:44 (six years ago) link
i think it's a cool stunt. i'd buy physical if i could.
and yes Section.80 came out on CD before GKMC was out. i saw a bootleg vinyl copy, too, i'm pretty sure.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 01:10 (six years ago) link
i mean if he really wrote this thing to go both directions, this is a *much* cooler reason to buy another copy than the "reloaded" reissue w/ 2 extra trax just in time for Xmas or w/e
― alpine static, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 01:11 (six years ago) link
you guys, the obvious difference is the advent of streaming ... hip hop in general is literally bigger (because hip hop's foot print is bigger) but its true size is also being more accurately measured ... this is true across the genre
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 04:25 (six years ago) link
that's interesting, do you have an article or smth to back it up?
― niels, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 05:59 (six years ago) link
it's been written about many times
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 11:42 (six years ago) link
Here.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 11:45 (six years ago) link
You can turn on Hot 97 almost anytime and hear a song off Damn within ten minutes and that’s been true for months.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 12:31 (six years ago) link
"i think it's a cool stunt. i'd buy physical if i could."
you can, go to a store and buy it. will you? i won't. I already bought the normal album. again, what's the point other than a rerelease?
― akm, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 13:17 (six years ago) link
Yes, Hip-Hop is more accurately measured now, but it still feels like Kendrick raised his status this year. His number way outsold and outstreamed More Life, which nobody would've predicted before the year
― Cat Person (Putting Out Fire) (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 13:24 (six years ago) link
re: the "reversed" version, it would have been cool if they'd mixed up the transitions to make it run a little smoother.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 13 December 2017 13:28 (six years ago) link
damn. is really the proper follow-up to TPAB and the release of “humble” was way more of an event in the immediate than either of the two singles that preceded TPAB. (it also only preceded its associated album by two weeks, so momentum was huge)
― maura, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 13:33 (six years ago) link
xp interesting article
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, 13 December 2017 13:36 (six 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
― 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