But But, Kendrick's Album Came and Went
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iliketurtles
Do Right And Kill Everything
Then why make an album like this if he's too p*ssy to speak on it? Seems like a fraud
Speak on what? Not addressing politics stops him from talking about one or two songs from the album. What do these songs have to do with politics:
Complexion
Momma
u
How Much A Dollar Cost
King Kunta
Alright
i
For Sale
Mortal Man
Most of the album is Kendrick dealing with his own depression, guilt, and resentment. Those issues are paralleled with what's going on in his own city of Compton and America in general. Some of the songs like "Wesley's Theory" are political, but for the most part TPAB doesn't even talk about political issues.
Exactly. People are trying to make him a political leader and criticize him on those grounds because his fans are acting like it. Kendrick glanced over a couple race topics with minimal depth.
I swear you dudes are a trip.
I'm on record saying I didn't like "TPAB" but this is the same board that criticizes rappers for speaking outside of their comfort zone in interviews. "Just stick to the music".
But then people turn around and criticize Kendrick for not wanting to get into a bunch of political shyt in interviews. Maybe he acknowledges that he can't sit there and have a protracted exchange about all that? Maybe he just wants to touch on it in his music....since he's a rapper and all.
Fred.
I'm on record saying I didn't like "TPAB" but this is the same board that criticizes rappers for speaking outside of their comfort zone in interviews. "Just stick to the music".
But then people turn around and criticize Kendrick for not wanting to get into a bunch of political shyt in interviews. Maybe he acknowledges that he can't sit there and have a protracted exchange about all that? Maybe he just wants to touch on it in his music....since he's a rapper and all.
Fred.
JayBaldacci
All Star
Thankfully TPAB is anything but mediocre.
Breh do you read ?
"it'll stand the test of time" implies that going forward it'll be playable.
Nowhere did I imply "6 months" was all it took.
No, I don't actually.
The Roots are Hip Hop.
The Coup are Hip Hop.
Boo Yaa Tribe are Hip Hop.
TPAB not being entirely dependent on Samples doesn't mean it's "Less Hip Hop"
or "Worse".
Well the MUSIC professor was focused on yah know...the MUSIC
And he thought it was fantastic
The praise it gets is appropriate which is why people who don't "get it", feel salty
That's the thing. There's nothing to get. I get the album, it's just not that great.
It's not worse because it didn't depend on samples, it's worse because beats aren't great.
We'll see about the test of time 10 years from now.
Like I always said....he wants to profit from the black conscious community through his music
But c00ns it up when he's presented with a platform.
Insensitive
Superstar
There's plenty to get, you've convinced yourself there's "nothing to get" as a
way to save face even after basically being told you're wrong.
You asked "what is it doing that's next level ?", once explained, you try to diminish it.
It's the sorta irrational response I expected.
Nah, it IS that great. If YOU don't like it though that's fine.
I don't think I have to wait 10 years to see you're on the wrong sideof history on this one.
The beats are fantastic.
I don't have to wait 10 years, the shyt is hot NOW, it was hot six months ago, and I'm confident it'll still be hot another 6 months from now.
That's bullshyt.
What rapper has gotten rich appealing to the relatively niche "Conscious community" ?
I'll save you the time and effort you'll put in and tell you right now.
NOT.
A.
SINGLE.
ONE.
iliketurtles
Do Right And Kill Everything
Kendrick Lamar don't care about his own ppl these r facts
JayBaldacci
All Star
There's plenty to get, you've convinced yourself there's "nothing to get" as a
way to save face even after basically being told you're wrong.
You asked "what is it doing that's next level ?", once explained, you try to diminish it.
It's the sorta irrational response I expected.
Nah, it IS that great. If YOU don't like it though that's fine.
of history on this one.
The beats are fantastic.
I don't have to wait 10 years, the shyt is hot NOW, it was hot six months ago, and I'm confident it'll still be hot another 6 months from now.
There isn't anything to get. It's an album influenced by funk and jazz that discusses social issues. If the beats were truly fantastic they would be able to stand up against the best beats of any decade, but they cant. Again, you were giving props to how the production was put together, rather than how than the quality. I don't dislike the album, it's just not as good as advertised.
And yes you do have to wait for time to go by to say it stood the test of time, that's what a test of time is.
There's plenty to get, you've convinced yourself there's "nothing to get" as a
way to save face even after basically being told you're wrong.
You asked "what is it doing that's next level ?", once explained, you try to diminish it.
It's the sorta irrational response I expected.
Nah, it IS that great. If YOU don't like it though that's fine.
of history on this one.
The beats are fantastic.
I don't have to wait 10 years, the shyt is hot NOW, it was hot six months ago, and I'm confident it'll still be hot another 6 months from now.
That's bullshyt.
What rapper has gotten rich appealing to the relatively niche "Conscious community" ?
I'll save you the time and effort you'll put in and tell you right now.
NOT.
A.
SINGLE.
ONE.
He doesn't need to appeal to the conscious community....he shouldn't front amongst us....these 'white publications' ask Kendrick those questions for a reason for him to ignore and even be afraid to say white supremacy is appalling
Insensitive
Superstar
Lupe's Album wasn't better 
because obviously you didn't get it 
The album doesn't just discuss "social issues", it discusses his own personal issues as well.
In an attempt to dismiss and dissuade people you're showing that you don't really know what you're talking about breh
And at this point we're arguing in circles and what we're arguing about is highly subjective anyways.
You don't like the album and that's fine but I personally feel that the musicians who contributed to this project
can hang with any Hip Hop hero you can muster when it comes to sheer musicianship.
I said the production was fantastic and that the album sounds great.
I said it was next level musically and explained why, I also said music doesn't have to be "next level" to sound great.
I never once implied that the production and quality were separate things or that, that was the case with TPAB.
However it's painfully obvious you're using "time" as a way to discredit the album.
I'm pretty sure people heard albums like Purple Rain or Thriller and noticed the immediate cultural impact they left.
If Kendrick were some underground rapper toiling away at music that only a few would hear, you'd have a point.
But his impact is a real, tangible thing that clearly appeals to a sizable amount of people.
They hear it, I hear it and going forward I think many will hear it because TPAB is likely going to be on
many "Albums you must hear" lists.
Either way, I don't care to continue to go back and forth about this, think what you like.
I'm sure those magazines are really apart of the evil PR wing of White Supremacy
There is plenty to get
because obviously you didn't get it The album doesn't just discuss "social issues", it discusses his own personal issues as well.
In an attempt to dismiss and dissuade people you're showing that you don't really know what you're talking about breh
The beats are fantastic
And at this point we're arguing in circles and what we're arguing about is highly subjective anyways.
You don't like the album and that's fine but I personally feel that the musicians who contributed to this project
can hang with any Hip Hop hero you can muster when it comes to sheer musicianship.
That's not what I said at all.
I said the production was fantastic and that the album sounds great.
I said it was next level musically and explained why, I also said music doesn't have to be "next level" to sound great.
I never once implied that the production and quality were separate things or that, that was the case with TPAB.
No one said you didn't.
However it's painfully obvious you're using "time" as a way to discredit the album.
I'm pretty sure people heard albums like Purple Rain or Thriller and noticed the immediate cultural impact they left.
If Kendrick were some underground rapper toiling away at music that only a few would hear, you'd have a point.
But his impact is a real, tangible thing that clearly appeals to a sizable amount of people.
They hear it, I hear it and going forward I think many will hear it because TPAB is likely going to be on
many "Albums you must hear" lists.
Either way, I don't care to continue to go back and forth about this, think what you like.
This post sound like something a PCT would write.
I'm sure those magazines are really apart of the evil PR wing of White Supremacy
