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Kendrick Lamar Complex: "To p---- A Butterfly isn't a conventionally enjoyable record"

Started by boyz n the suburbs, Nov 3, 2015, in Kendrick Lamar Add to Reading List

  1. what
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    what .

    Nov 5, 2015
    I've listened to TPAB more than any other Kendrick album. And I played the f--- outta section.80
     
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    Meero Ay ay ay

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  3. Xaos
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    Xaos Jax Teller

    Nov 5, 2015
    I f---ing love TPAB
    Album of the year
     
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  4. SHUDEYE
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    SHUDEYE Kerser is the sickest.

    Nov 5, 2015
    I think the album is fantastic. It doesn't have much replay value though - you've got to be in the mood to listen to it however that doesn't take away from me rating thr actual quality of the work.

    There's a lot of movies I'll only watch once or twice, it doesn't mean they're not still classics.
     
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  5. shahidah
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    shahidah watch me work it JT

    Nov 5, 2015
    Idk WTFuck they talkin 'bout....

    I've listened to this whole album front to back plenty of times since its release AND not once felt like it was too much..


    With GKMC Kendrick was speaking about Compton life, which is something he knows like the back of his hand.
    In TPAB he's speaking on his most recent experiences, and unfortunately for Kendrick we as the audience didn't share those experiences the past couple of years so we didn't get to witness the change in thought.

    I can imagine critics picking about TPAB like they did GKMC....without understanding this is Kendrick 2.0

    Edit: not sure where I was going with this??
    But I enjoy the album every time i listen to it
     
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  6. soul intent
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    soul intent The dude tho

    Nov 5, 2015
    I listened to this album in its entirety yesterday :idk: I loved it when it came out and I still do.
     
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  7. jewtheiii
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    jewtheiii

    Nov 6, 2015
    I'm serious. Why wouldn't someone use the adjective enjoyable to describe a listener's interaction with the album?
     
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  8. DKC
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Nov 6, 2015
    I relistened to this yesterday for the first time in awhile, it holds up very well for the first half, but gets really bloated in the back end. Take out Momma, How Much A Dollar Cost, You Ain't Gotta Lie, and Mortal Man and it's much more concise. I think TBTB then i is a much better transition even though I like You Ain't Gotta lie...I've always felt like it was kinda out of place there. Obviously taking out Mortal Man and making i the last song gives the album a different message at the end, but I think it works really well.
     
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  9. Narsh
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    Narsh

    Nov 6, 2015
    momma is actually interesting rapping wise tho
     
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  10. DKC
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Nov 6, 2015
    momma makes me :emoji_sleeping:
     
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  11. Narsh
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    Narsh

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    most of the album makes me wanna sleep but thats besides the point

    my tracklist might have to be something like:
    1. Wesley's Theory ft. George Clinton and Thundercat
    2. For Free? (Interlude)
    3. King Kunta
    4. Institutionalized ft. Bilal, Anna Wise and Snoop Dogg
    5. Complexion ft. Rapsody
    6. Hood Politics
    7. For Sale? (Interlude)
    8. u
    9. You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said)
    10. Alright
    11. i
    12. The Blacker the Berry
    13. Momma


    wow just did that on the spot and its fire.
     
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  12. DKC
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

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    @Narsh I'ma go with:

    1. Wesley's Theory (ft. George Clinton & Thundercat)
    2. For Free? (Interlude)
    3. King Kunta
    4. Institutionalized (ft. Bilal, Anna Wise & Snoop Dogg)
    5. These Walls (ft. Anna Wise)
    6. U
    7. Alright
    8. For Sale? (Interlude)
    9. Hood Politics
    10. You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said)
    11. Complexion (A Zulu Love) (ft. Rapsody)
    12. The Blacker The Berry
    13. i
     
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  13. theBluekiD
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    theBluekiD BlueWorld

    Nov 6, 2015
    Ah, my friend was telling me about this review, and basically just started shi--ing on complex
     
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