The success of Cole doesn't mean anything to you?
Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D City Snippets
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bordeaux
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f+l2 singles sucked though. ill be purchasing kendrick's album b/c he's a great rapper and ya know, the music actually sounds good.
thernbroom
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Piff Perkins
Veteran
To be fair I don't think Cole needed much help - he has a lot of female fans who were going to buy his shyt regardless. Kendrick doesn't have such a female dominated fan base, and thus will rely more on hip hop fans like us. Sure he won't bomb like Big KRIT, who apparently had no female fans, but he'll probably only do like 70k due to this.
I'm buying this album. I think we're in a time when these artists are releasing so much dope free stuff that it's only right we give them $10-12 when they release their actual album. If not, what's the point of sitting around complaining about no real shyt being on the radio. Even Kendrick's radio song has a message, AND is dope. He wasn't forced to put out a Gaga or Skylar Grey single. But if he flops....his next album will have something like that.
Cole's success and a pretty strong overall 2011 gave me hope that things were getting better and a balance could be reached, but again, Cole World wasn't a 100% lyrical tour de force in the manner of a F&L2. Cole can craft some pretty catchy songs and his album had a nice mixture but that Lupe album DESERVED widespread support and neither the fans who were crying about Lasers nor the people crying about "real hip hop" went out and copped it. It's crazy to me that Lasers can be considered such a huge dissapointment and went onto become his highest selling first week album but F&L is a TRUE return to a natural form for him as an artist but can't crack 100k
Cole's success and a pretty strong overall 2011 gave me hope that things were getting better and a balance could be reached, but again, Cole World wasn't a 100% lyrical tour de force in the manner of a F&L2. Cole can craft some pretty catchy songs and his album had a nice mixture but that Lupe album DESERVED widespread support and neither the fans who were crying about Lasers nor the people crying about "real hip hop" went out and copped it. It's crazy to me that Lasers can be conserved such a huge dissapointment and went onto become his highest selling first week album but F&L is a TRUE return to a natural form for him as an artist but can't crack 100k
Personally I bought the album, but I felt like the actual CD and the case was worthless. I'm not saying I buy CDs purely for the artwork and all that, but to literally have nothing, but a CD that I actually had to name the tracks for myself is kinda fukked up to consumers.
As far as the actual music, he completely delivered. The problem with it is music fans are fickle. When you have one misstep some of the fans that you spent YEARS building up lose faith in you. It seems ridiculous when you think of all the stuff he has gave us, that one bad album could deter so many, but I think thats what happened here.
I do agree with you though. We as fans of hip hop lost for that. When you have people that will complain about the current state of hip hop and then not even support someone really doing something real you have to shake your head at it. The labels basically pulled the card of hip hop fans. "
You wonder why we push this pop, bubble gum nonsense? It's because it sells."
bordeaux
xxx
I still believe Dre doesn't have one beat on this joint but is exec producing it
i wouldnt be surprised if he didn't hav one beat on his own album at this point.
thernbroom
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kingdarius
Wtf u talkin bout? Ya Bish
maaaan i gotta pay 15 bucks just to get enuff points for wackass zune smh yet i do it happily for this audio meth 
im hoping for some good ol
once i hit play, and i doubt kendrick disappoint
im hoping for some good ol
once i hit play, and i doubt kendrick disappoint