Kendrick Lamar Just Recieved The Prestigious XXL

[Mindfield333]

No, not at all
I like the album for the most part, I deleted a few songs but I kept a lot of them.

It does not deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Illmatic, The Infamous, or 36 Chambers

And this album aside, his skill as an artist and his overall persona/image is not deserving of all this hype that he's receiving. There are quite a few "new" artists that are more skilled technically and stylistically - Freddie Gibbs first comes to mind. Kendrick's raps aren't special, his production is average, and his personality as an artist is

There's no reason he should have this much hype to be on all these music shows and gettin all this critical acclaim. It's one of the most obvious example of what good marketing can do for an average artist

Freddie Gibbs??? I know hes dope but he has 1 flow. 1.

 

[pete clemenza]

This nicca Kendrick might as well run for President while he's at it. They just handin' him everything +the kitchen sink right now. might as well go all the way with it

 

[Yoda]

Havent heard the album. However kendrick's money influenced buzz >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> his real buzz amongst the street word to mouth etc.
What i dont like about j.cole,drake,k dot and recent others is that when i 1st start hearing about accolades and supposed greatness it was via,award shows,tv personalities that i'm very confident were paid off and people of that world. I'm 33 and i've bared witness to artists who didnt have a major industry push,yet were being talked about heavily by people despite and had very popular music on a street level.
i'm not impressed. i remember when brother lynch dropped season of da siccness and EVERYONE was talkin bout "it's ebk everyday all day to the day i die,i'm creepin through ya hood....." I'm in cinci,dude is west coast but every whip had this shyt bumpin despite zero/very limited radio play/video play nationally.
I expect young nikkas to be impressed but i'm not. I've seen too much. I havent heard his full catalog,but i've heard songs. He can rap good. But i dont believe him. The songs are not convincing to me like a pac,cube,nas,eminem,P.E., Face and geto boys,paris,dmx.
Just havent heard anything powerful. Send me a youtube link if you're a fan and think i missed something.

if you listen to this song in full.... i think youll turn red in how WRONG you just are.

 

[StatUS]

Seems like Kendrick is bringing out a difference between old heads and young bloods.

That's star quality right there

 

[Los Angeles]

bytch don't kill my vibe














ya bish

 

[Da Jungles]

this is what a great album can do for you

Went ahead and fixed that for ya playa

 

[El Jefe]

This mf Dre hittin Diddy status

He dropped 2 features and not 1 beat and it will go under as another artist / classic to add 2 his belt

plus make him relevant with the new generation without liftin a finger

either way salute Kendrick !!

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d City (ft. MC Eiht)(Good Kid m.A.A.d City) - YouTube

if you listen to this song in full.... i think youll turn red in how WRONG you just are.

2min in. Song has not changed my opinion at all. Song is not convincing and sounds very corny.
4 min in still not impressed
Song over,opinion not changed.
I dont feel him,mainly his voice and flow take away from what he's trying to say.
Link me to a masterpiece ala Regulate,str8 up menace,how to survive in south central,welcome to the ghetto, etc. That song is microwave music.

 

[Mike Otherz]

XXL rates albums from "S" (poor) to "XXL" (classic). Initially, editors awarded XXL status to only nine albums:

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill
The Blueprint by Jay-Z
Get Rich or Die Tryin' by 50 Cent
Be by Common
Late Registration by Kanye West
Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West
Life Is Good by Nas
good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar

A later issue in December 2007 re-rated and retroactively rated some albums and gave XXLs to:

The Chronic by Dr. Dre *
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan *
Illmatic by Nas *
The Diary by Scarface *
The Infamous by Mobb Deep *
All Eyez on Me by 2Pac *
Reasonable Doubt by Jay-Z *
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory by 2Pac *
Life After Death by The Notorious B.I.G. *
2001 by Dr. Dre
The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem
The Lost Tapes by Nas
The College Dropout by Kanye West

Asterisk (*) denotes an album that was released before the existence of XXLe, meaning this is their original rating, not a re-rate.

smh at Get Rich getting an XXL score out the gate.

 

[seemorecizzy]

smh at Get Rich getting an XXL score out the gate.

it isnt a classic in my opinion
but most fans and even rappers think it is
or thought it was during dat time period

 

[tremonthustler1]

I don't get why we still care about their ratings. When I was younger and couldn't afford to listen to everything and one of my friends didn't cop the album, yea I would care about their rating, but now as an adult when I can, and probably have listened to everything they have reviewed I don't see the purpose of holding their reviews for some 'prestigious' standard. I knew when I heard this album the very first time it was a fukking problem. I didn't need someone to tell me that

The only thing that matters to me is the metacritic score if you want to talk about critical acclaim or the general consensus

Like anything, a genre always seeks a platform that can provide some sort of validation

 

[Ukbrotha]

Well deserved.

 

[prophecypro]

Dude is like the Derrick Rose of Hip Hop right now (pre-injury)
He's ascended faster to the top of the ranks than people expected and most people are still trying to get their heads around it and figure out what to make of him.

Cant say he's a legend already but he's more than just the best of the younger and newer guys, he's already as good as the vets right now.

 

[NYChase718]

It is either that good or the industry been flooded with corny shyt like tyga and drake for so long that its a breathe of fresh air

 

[Jesus]

Prestigious