Kendrick Lamar Do you think any of the songs on TPAB are better than Sing About Me, Im Dying Of Thirst?

Started by Jaba24, Mar 17, 2015, in Kendrick Lamar Add to Reading List

  1. Jaba24
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    Mar 17, 2015
    Do you think any of the songs on TPAB are better than Sing About Me, Im Dying Of Thirst (or in your opinion the best song on GKMC)?
     
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  2. spurs19
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    Mar 17, 2015
    No not as stand alone songs
     
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  3. scott677
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    Mar 17, 2015
    Not sure he'll have a song that'll top it
     
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    Mar 17, 2015
    Nope.
     
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    Mar 17, 2015
    It comes close, kendricks story telling is always on form but Sing About Me I'm Dying Of Thirst is going to be hard to top, not only for kendrick but for any rap artist
     
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  6. Boos
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    Mar 17, 2015
    Don't think any are better than Sing About Me, Dying of Thirst, mAAd City, or Money Trees tbh. But as a whole it might be better than GKMC
     
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  7. DKC
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    Mar 17, 2015
    Most of them are better than dying of thirst.

    Institutionalized is definitely as good as Sing About Me IMO.
     
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  8. Peter Parker
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    Mar 17, 2015
    and everything is better than Real and Compton imo. I don't know about Sing About Me though (or MAAD City/Money Trees), too early for that (listened 2 times only)
     
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    Mar 17, 2015
    all of my top 3 from the other thread
     
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  10. Fazers
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    no track on tpab can touch money trees, m.a.a.d city, sing about me, the art of peer pressure

    although that is subject to change over time
     
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  11. Old Account
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    Mar 17, 2015
    I look at it like this

    Similar to Kanye's "Runaway" and Eminem's "Deja Vu" : Sing About Me, I'm Dying Of Thirst was a song that was created without knowing the absolute top-tier it would be held at. I consider it a flawless song. The type of track that comes a few times in a lifetime.

    I'm not expecting another one as good as that. So no, there aren't any. But mAAD city and money trees are arguably surpassable by a few tracks on TPAB
     
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    Only song close enough to SAM/DOT is "u" imo :idk:
     
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    Mar 18, 2015
    Mmm relistening to SAM, might have jumped the gun saying institutionalized is as good as it. still think it's one of the best on TPAB though. It's better than dying of thirst no question.
     
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    Mar 18, 2015
    I brought this up as an observation on the JCN chat thread but no song on this album is as weak as the low points of GKMC but the strong points of GKMC blow away anything that's on here. As a whole project I think this one flows better but I might have to revisit GKMC to clarify this.
     
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  15. Narsh
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    I don't think anything on TPAB (at the moment) is better than Money Trees, maad city, and Sing For Me

    But I think a majority of TPAB is as good, if not better, than the rest of GKMC
    Nothing is being blown away m8 chill
     
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    Fire Squad Boss Don Biggavel

    Mar 18, 2015
    Outta curiosity would any of the verses here crack that top 15 you made?
     
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  17. Narsh
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    Mar 18, 2015
    Actually, scratch that -- there are defintely going to be a few songs on here as good as the best of GKMC. For sure...they just keep better with each listen, so they gotta be at some point right??

    For real tho, even the interludes on TPAB are better than a lot of GKMC. And this isn't even a slight on that album.
     
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  18. Narsh
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    Maybe one of the verses from u? Idk actually...have to listen to this album a lot more m8
     
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  19. Kold
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    Nah. SAMDOT is absolute greatness. No diss to TPAB but no song on its is touching it.

    Lyrically, feel-wise, the perfectly executed concept, the bone-chilling skits>>>>>

    Wouldn't be surprised if it goes down as his best song ever.
     
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    Fire Squad Boss Don Biggavel

    Mar 18, 2015
    Maad City, Money Trees, The Art Of Peer Pressure...Maybe we still need to give it more time like @Narsh said but man those songs left such an impression both initially and to this day, I just didn't get that from TPAB which is still a great piece of work in it's own right.
     
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