kingjones29
All Star
expected does not mean he will do 500k, he does not even have a release date yethes expected to do 500k first week
Reasons why Kendrick's next album will flop
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I'm tired of people actually pushing that around (a song being everywhere) as if that's proof of the quality or reception of a record.
I want to be a Kendrick fan so bad, but, I can't stand this corny "he's a man of the people" following he has. The dude been gettin' a push by some of the most powerful people in the music industry since his first album.
"i" may have gotten a cold reception, but, after people hear it hundreds of times, they want to hear it, again. That's how Fancy became a hit. The biggest radio company in the country colluded (see On the Verge) to have it played a minimum 150 times across 850 stations (127,500 times!).
It's a work, b. It's all promo.
"i" is one of the most interesting songs I have heard these last few years. its crazy how it grew on a lot of people but I feel like they had to make the difference between pop, soul & funk music. the song has always been great, always.
tbh I'm glad "i" is finally getting its deserved praise
Now nikkas see what was happening with "Yeezus"
When dudes was talking bout it was a "dub-step" album, when there was 0 dub-step in it. Dude actually made a conscious effort to include no dub-step at all in the production of the album.
But of course the biggest critics of that album were the most musically ignorant. So it all made sense.
Now Kendrick dealing with the same thing.
The musically ignorant trying to box something he made in, so that it fits a genre or music that they THINK is within their frame of reference.
You can get as musically technical as you want, but the reality is that dudes who don't know any better gonna call it what they want.
It just is what it is
Now nikkas see what was happening with "Yeezus"
When dudes was talking bout it was a "dub-step" album, when there was 0 dub-step in it. Dude actually made a conscious effort to include no dub-step at all in the production of the album.
But of course the biggest critics of that album were the most musically ignorant. So it all made sense.
Now Kendrick dealing with the same thing.
The musically ignorant trying to box something he made in, so that it fits a genre or music that they THINK is within their frame of reference.
You can get as musically technical as you want, but the reality is that dudes who don't know any better gonna call it what they want.
It just is what it is
realfam2007
Rookie
These troll threads always get out of hand on sundays, nikkas got too much time on their hands
Interscope didn't promote kendrick until he went gold on his own. 50 cent even talked about it when he left Interscope, saying Jimmy was a bytch for this and this is true... I remember best buy & target saying the album was undershipped first week... and kendrick still managed to do 240K first week. I and all my friends had to buy it on itunes
LunaticVillage415
All Star
I agree. 90% of Kendrick's current fanbase didn't know who he was before GKMC. Including Cali nikkas. The Bay supports its own movement. But I know for a fact L.A. nikkas weren't fukking K. Dot like that when he had a baby underground mixtape buzz. GKMC is also criminally overrated. This new booty generation isn't used to a solid album they can listen to all the way through.
90% of Kendrick's fanbase aren't even from Cali and definitely weren't even checking for new West Coast rappers before 2011. 
And you are right about the industry co-signs. That Dr. Dre cosign historically seals the deal with the cac fanbase and has since N.W.A., Snoop and Eminem. K. Dot's cac fanbase is too stupid large to not sell. Cacs actually buy albums and go to concerts. Not to mention old head nikkas who want to say they respect at least one new age lyrical rapper. If you want a massive suburban cac fanbase, get yourself a Dr. Dre co-sign. Also, Compton is seen as some mythical ghetto of all ghettos in the minds of white people and nikkas not from Cali even though it ain't 1991 anymore. 
If you ask me, Kendrick has already reached a sort of Naus status with an army of stans. Saying you think Kendrick is dope has become a bullshyt prerequisite to being taken seriously as a "hip hop head". The only difference was back in the 90's if your album wasn't really a classic, the fans would let you know. Believe it or not, Nas was clowned for It Was Written and Nastradamus back in the 90's. Nowadays, with so much dumbed down industry garbage, solid albums are considered "classic". 
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verhonggen
All Star
he'll be fine... he made the consensus 2nd best hip hop album of the decade. not worry about him.
Kdot might be the last nikka who had people let you know his album was classic, people forced the critics to give it a high score.
Kdot might be the last nikka who had people let you know his album was classic, people forced the critics to give it a high score.
tbh. Reaction-wise, Hip-Hop has failed to produce a better EP, mixtape or album since GKMC was born on October 22, 2012.
Been listening to hip hop since 88 and gkmc is already one of my most played albums
I listened to GKMC and was like...
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This is it?" It's like the world isn't used to a good Rap album. It's good...that's it.And don't forget Jimmy Iovine.
I listened to GKMC and was like...
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And don't forget Jimmy Iovine.
we all have different musical tastes though, I don't like what you like so what?
gkmc was not just praised by new generation of fans, its universally acclaimed... it means publications from EVERY musical genre praises it.
Personally, its one of my favorite albums of all time and I'm not new to this genre. I'd even go as far as calling it a masterpiece
We ain't trying to hurt nobody
