Kendrick Lamar How is an album like TPAB is made? What's the process?

Besky · Dec 28, 2015

Dec 28, 2015

Clive said

You should view how Michael Jackson made his albums. Apparently he would make a song but with a ton of different versions and dwindle it down to the EXACTLY what he wanted the beat to do or sound. A perfectionist if you will.

But otherwise basically they'd come up with a thought process, a message they want to convey and write. Could be influenced from stories or experiences in life which usually occurs. You hear artists go on trips to places in the world and it helps them to open up or to write about different experiences.

One thing is for certain, it's not rushed and well thought out. But experimentation and being open to different sounds help.

This is why Dr. Dre's sound is so good, he doesn't just listen to hip-hop that's one dimensional. He listens to a different blend of genre's to see what works and what doesn't.
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true

EmilChristensen · Dec 28, 2015

Dec 28, 2015
by being a genius

Besky · Dec 29, 2015

Dec 29, 2015
^ also true

gorealsteady · Dec 29, 2015

Dec 29, 2015

Besky said

yeah, I read that in another terrace martin interview, he said that Kendrick and his team were working on the colors instead of the "sound"... this is exactly what Kanye said during an interview with sway, he said that when he listens to music, when he makes music, he sees colors and he tries to develop this idea/concept.
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Wow yet another similarity!!

JAKEMCCNASTY · Dec 29, 2015

Dec 29, 2015
d--- this was a great and instructive thread

Besky · Dec 30, 2015

Dec 30, 2015

be2sane said

Wow yet another similarity!!
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EmilChristensen · Dec 30, 2015

Dec 30, 2015

Besky said

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h Allu · Dec 30, 2015

Dec 30, 2015
OP is never coming back

Malvo · Jan 6, 2016

Jan 6, 2016
threads like this are the reason why sxn80 is goat

EmilChristensen · Jan 21, 2016

Jan 21, 2016

Jeremih said

threads like this are the reason why sxn80 is goat
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Tripstarr · Jan 21, 2016

Jan 21, 2016

Clive said

You should view how Michael Jackson made his albums. Apparently he would make a song but with a ton of different versions and dwindle it down to the EXACTLY what he wanted the beat to do or sound. A perfectionist if you will.

But otherwise basically they'd come up with a thought process, a message they want to convey and write. Could be influenced from stories or experiences in life which usually occurs. You hear artists go on trips to places in the world and it helps them to open up or to write about different experiences.

One thing is for certain, it's not rushed and well thought out. But experimentation and being open to different sounds help.

This is why Dr. Dre's sound is so good, he doesn't just listen to hip-hop that's one dimensional. He listens to a different blend of genre's to see what works and what doesn't.
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Dre's sound is so good because he doesn't do s---

Thhuglife · Jan 21, 2016

Jan 21, 2016

be2sane said

This further feeds into my suspicion that tpab is heavily inspired by kanye's creative approach to yeezus!
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Besky · Jan 24, 2016

Jan 24, 2016
I miss be2sane

Revolutionary · Jan 24, 2016

Jan 24, 2016

Besky said

I miss be2sane
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f--- this clown, he doesn't want to admit that encore > yeezus

zeerax · Jan 24, 2016

Jan 24, 2016

stainzz · Jan 24, 2016

Jan 24, 2016

Besky said

Also Bilal said that kendrick was singing the melodies of the beats, he was telling them exactly what he wanted the songs to sound like.

I can't find the original article but I found another interesting one (for Bilal's contribution):

The creative process:
A lot of this is Kendrick's genius. He kept speaking about having a big sound, aParliament type of thing. And I'm all about that because George Clinton is my favorite artist. For a lot of the material, Kendrick had a sketch idea of what he wanted. He would sing out the melody and some of the words, and I would just interpret what he was telling me. On the songs where I added backing vocals, some of it was freestyle; just adding color to make it a fuller sound.

Why Butterfly resonates:
It's a different style than what's going on. Kendrick brings musicians to light on this project, letting Thundercat, Terrace and the others stretch out. That's very good for music as he marries a lot of sounds together. Message-wise, he's really no-holds-barred about what he says. As far as he was willing to dig musically, he also did that lyrically: just going totally against the grain. It's thought-provoking -- and I miss that in music.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/c...ck-lamar-bilal-to-p-----a-butterfly-interview
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thats actually quite interesting

There's also this video:

Tripstarr · Jan 24, 2016

Jan 24, 2016

Besky said

I miss be2sane
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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx · Jan 24, 2016

Jan 24, 2016

Revolutionary said

f--k this clown, he doesn't want to admit that encore > yeezus
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you're a waste of a person

stainzz · Jan 24, 2016

Jan 24, 2016

YoungDirtyBastard said

you're a waste of a person
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Dude, I have already see that guy in ur pic... on instagram or something like that

Thy · Jan 24, 2016

Jan 24, 2016
OMG. Such a gnarly thread broham!

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