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
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.
― 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
more Ezra pics plz
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 April 2017 19:39 (seven years ago) link
Lamar launches at No. 2 on the Hot 100 with "Humble.," marking his fourth top 10 and first in a lead role. (He's tallied one No. 1: as featured on Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" in 2015.) "Humble." blasts in at No. 1 on Streaming Songs (49.8 million), the audio subscription services-based On-Demand Streaming Songs chart (33.2 million on-demand U.S. streams) and Digital Song Sales (111,000). The track is Lamar's first No. 1 on the two streaming tallies and second on the sales chart (following "Bad Blood").
Impressively, "Humble." is the first rap song to debut as high as No. 2 on the Hot 100 in nearly seven years, since Eminem's "Love the Way You Lie," featuring Rihanna, also bowed at No. 2, on July 10, 2010.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 April 2017 21:51 (seven years ago) link
those stats are meaningless
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 10 April 2017 21:56 (seven years ago) link
most chart stats are. in short the single is catching on and fairly quickly (tho surprise surprise, radio is going to lag far behind)
― dyl, Monday, 10 April 2017 22:02 (seven years ago) link
It's not that they're meaningless - more that meaning is changing. The fact that Kodak Black has had the most streamed song after Ed Sheeran for two weeks only to be replaced by Kendrick surely tells us something about the new market. It's more that we'll probably see a new record set every week, more or less, as the new chart era consolidates itself.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 10 April 2017 22:07 (seven years ago) link
yeah this is why i hate billboard chart 'records' that are almost never evaluated in the context of how the data is (and used to be) compiled wrt major market shifts that have occurred. sadly tho that kind of trivia has been a fixture of the culture surrounding chartwatching since like the 80s afaict? and it's the kinda shit that gets lots of rts/shares on social media now so billboard will prob keep churning those factoids out.
― dyl, Monday, 10 April 2017 23:08 (seven years ago) link
i came around on humble over the weekend
― Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Monday, 10 April 2017 23:12 (seven years ago) link
I forgot he was on Bad Blood.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 04:25 (seven years ago) link
So did he.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 10:23 (seven years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/news/72459-kendrick-lamar-enlists-rihanna-and-u2-for-new-album-damn/
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 11:29 (seven 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