Albums Kendrick Lamar - GNX (Official Album Thread)

[Theo Penn]

section 80 is his best project.

 

[Stir Fry]

I don't know why but the Mac Dre lyric, "I'm like a grand national, they don't make them like me no mo" has stuck with me ever since this album dropped




I'm sure kendrick would have made a reference to it if it was his inspiration though

 

[Taco]

Great album. This has something for everyone. Classic samples used, bangers, conceptual, R&B etc.. If Jay puttin Kdot on a Super Bowl, and Nas the only one congratulatin isn’t the passing of the crown idk what is. This and Lupe’s are the top albums for me this year.

 

[areohbee824]

Got that dodger blue vinyl too

 

[LevelUp]

homie really called himself ass cheek

Thats not how its pronounced breh.

He broke down the meaning actually.

 

[QBN]

Kendricks pen on s80 wasn't nearly as polished as it was on GKMC. Both in lyrics and song structure. He was great on section 80 but he elevated to all time great on Good Kid. When I first heard "Money trees" I was in complete awe. That's when I knew he was the one. Nothing on section 80 was on that level from a pure song writing standpoint.

Section 80's sequencing and production was also all over the place. I hold s80 in the same regard as OutKast southernplayalistic. Elite potential shown. But still very unpolished as an overall artist. Everything just came together on good kid and he never looked back. Section 80 was a necessary step in his journey, but I will always place it last in his catalog. Kendrick is a completely different level than he was then.

That's a fair assessment regarding the song writing. I disagree on the sequencing and production for Section 80.

But technicals aside, there is what I call "the replay factor" and whether or not the album makes you feel good enough to want to revisit it repeatedly over time.

For example, there's no question Kendrick's production, lyrics and songwriting abilities are light years ahead on Mr. Morale compared to Section 80. But Section 80 is a better album to me. It's a better listen.

I can vibe to it, remember what was going on in my life at that time, and I remember thinking "wow this kid is going to be great" and he proved that one year later with GKMC.

This is all subjective and I respect everyone's right to what they consider their fave Kdot album.

Section 80 is an incredible debut album and there's no way I could put it last in his catalog when Mr. Morale exists.
To use your Outkast analogy, that would be like putting Speakerboxx/Love Below over Southernplayalistic. I can't see it

 

[FunkDoc1112]

Big respect for that Section 80 placement! I feel like there's a segment of fans that don't really know Section 80 or maybe they came on only after GKMC and so they don't rank it as high.

Plus there was a crazy narrative that Section 80 "doesn't count as an album" because he released it independently

It's a full blown album not a mixtape. It's a great album.

That's what made me a Kendrick fan... @dizzy4111 can tell you, back in 2010 on the IGN boards there was this one LA cat that was hyping Kendrick up as the one back when overly dedicated was out and would bring him up at every opportunity, and you know how hype backlash goes...everybody was like "Yeah okay breh " and we started finding nitpicks like his voice is too weird or that jazzy shyt is corny. Section.80 comes out I'm like "Sure, I'll give him a chance to see if he's worth the hype." fukk your ethnicity comes on, I'm still like "Ehh" cuz it's kinda weird...


and then Hol Up comes on and Completely flipped my opinion of him. Was a fan from then on.

 

[krackdagawd]

King of NYC quoting Biggie every time I hear it

 

[Not Crodie]

Kendricks pen on s80 wasn't nearly as polished as it was on GKMC. Both in lyrics and song structure. He was great on section 80 but he elevated to all time great on Good Kid. When I first heard "Money trees" I was in complete awe. That's when I knew he was the one. Nothing on section 80 was on that level from a pure song writing standpoint.

Section 80's sequencing and production was also all over the place. I hold s80 in the same regard as OutKast southernplayalistic. Elite potential shown. But still very unpolished as an overall artist. Everything just came together on good kid and he never looked back. Section 80 was a necessary step in his journey, but I will always place it last in his catalog. Kendrick is a completely different level than he was then.

Yeah, and thats a big difference between what you subjectively enjoy more on a personal level, and what is better.
For example, I don't know which kendrick albul I enjoy the most between s80 and Morale, but Morale is a better album for sure.

 

[Not Crodie]

DjHed saying this tour is gonna be historic

 

[RennisDeynolds]

Ab soul speaks on the heart part 6

He need to speak on replenishing the paper towels and soap in the TDE bathrooms

 

[Paper Boi]

heart part 6 is my favorite track.

classic classic classic

 

[boogers]

Thats not how its pronounced breh.

He broke down the meaning actually.

its just jokes man

 

[Braman]

I’m gon listen to this. It takes a loooot for me to hear an unknown feature and start fw with a new cat. I heard the feature on Blue Lips and

Then Peekaboo Ok let me find more from dude

 

[Nuuko]

Sofi stadium completely sold out on day 1, and almost sold out for the 2 other days