Kendrick Lamar Do you think Kendrick can top TPAB?

Started by odd, Jan 5, 2016, in Kendrick Lamar Add to Reading List

  1. Mr Moses
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    To answer OP, I don't think he can because TPAB is just way too good :sweatt:
     
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  2. Thhuglife
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    No..

    I'm confident his next album will be more safe and more mainstream but Tpab will probably become his masterpiece.
     
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  3. Mr Moses
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    Can you even imagine an artist topping one of the most acclaimed albums of all time for legitimate reasons by dropping a better album? that s--- would be crazy :sweatt:
     
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    To be fair I have that feeling that he gave us everything on TPAB, this is pure, this is artistry
     
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  5. slim shed
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    I'm pretty sure he can top GKMC with his 4th album, but not tpab or even s80.
     
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  6. Groovy Tony
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    If Kendrick tops TPAB then he'll solidify his place in history as one of the GOATs
     
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  7. Goldy
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    I sure hope so...
    It wouldn't be that hard
     
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  8. Mr Moses
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    maybe you don't like it, but tpab is one of the best albums of the decade, in any genre, and it is being praised for that.

    I have a hard time seeing him topping this album. I'm gonna be honest, I already consider his next album to be worse than TPAB because I don't see how someone could top his best album, specially when its praised as one of the all time greats.
     
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  9. Goldy
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    Ya I know a lot of people love it, and a lot of people are like me too. Imo GKMC is his best, and is a classic. I hope he takes a different direction on his next project than he did on TPAB so it attracts a larger audience.
     
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  10. Sizzza
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    This is not happening. You could say that TPAB is a contender for GOAT album and it wouldn't be an outrageous opinion.

    It may not be for everyone, but in this hiphop/jazz/funk fusion there's no doubt that kendrick did everything right, the album is brilliant.
     
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  11. Sizzza
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    Tpab & gkmc are for different audiences.. however, it doesn't mean they're on the same level. Tpab excels in this fusion of jazz/hiphop/funk more than gkmc does in hip hop.

    And if you ask me, I want kendrick to stay in this lane, gkmc is definitely for a larger audience but it's also not as good as tpab,
     
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  12. Mr Moses
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    well, when you take everything into account there's no doubt that they're both classics, tpab probably more so than gkmc when you look at the impact, praise and all that s--- but imo tpab s----s on gkmc.

    And attracting a larger audience = dumbing it down
     
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    He already is in my mind.
     
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    We'll see. I think he'll do whatever his heart tells him, I have faith in him. He never lets us down.
     
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  16. Chigzzer
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    Depends on what :
    Telling a story : Deffo
    Replay value : Deffo (section 80 is my most played album, that s--- is repayable)
    However or many other aspects no.
    Overall : I feel he can but it will be extremely difficult and I feel if he does it won't be his next project but the one after that, that could beat tpab
     
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    Good kid, mad city evil in my heart
From the blood n----s f---ing with me, crip n----s tryna k--- me
Malcolm X mind state, if I raise the crime rate from the EP
    Malcom X mind state = s80

    This is bigger than life, this is Kendrick Lamar
This is Jimi Hendrix guitar on tour, bonjour, I mean war like that! = " Jimi Kendrix performing, this f---ing studio haunted (Ah!)" Black Friday

    He mentioned d-ck ain't free on buy the world & 1/2 off the stuff on " Never Catch Me "
     
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    God I hope so
     
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    Well GKMC & Section.80 are better so yeah, he can definitely top TPAB.
     
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  20. HowHigh
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    yes easily
    just need to go gkmc route more than tpab and he good
     
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