Mar 24, 2015

So yes I'm still quite confident in my assertion that this is a good album but not a truly great one

 

Mar 24, 2015

Jake Hole equals the people's champ!

C'mon you pretentious music snobs! s--- on me and Cole!! Show me the Metacrtic stats!!

 

Mar 24, 2015

You pretty much nailed it. I've been a Cole fan since his mixtapes days and literally he's shown minimal growth and it's really turned me off from him. I mean the fact that Wet Dreamz was from a recording session for one of his mixtapes (or at least that's what I read) and yet here he is slapping it on his 3rd studio album says it all. It's like he's scared to venture out of his comfort zone or something.

 

Mar 24, 2015

People really falling for bait these days lmao...I don't want to derail this thread away from discussion about K.Dot's latest & greatest but I'll just give some quick thoughts. Cole earned a nice place for himself in the hip-hop community and to me finally made a studio album that lasted in my rotation for more than a month, I see him still developing as an artist and hopefully he'll continue a nice upward trend. By comparison Kendrick flew out the gate swinging with incredible consistency and is the apotheosis of his generation. I celebrate both of them along with a few others at a time where for whatever reason people actually believe hip-hop is declining.

 

Mar 24, 2015

I remember the days when I didn't know who was better, Cole or Kendrick... now it sounds ridiculous

 

Mar 24, 2015

Not that bad. We had an estimate going around 325k since last thursday.

Drake is an international/global artist. Kendrick isnt at that level yet.

These are amazing numbers for a Kendrick album first week, let alone on a surprise release with very little promotion. I hope it platinums around June.

 

Mar 24, 2015

319k only can't believe! so unfair people support trash a--- Drake but not Kendrick smh.

Real rap lost

 

Mar 24, 2015

There will a diss song to @WPG for sure.

 

Mar 24, 2015

these walls and you aint gotta lie are how singles should be made while remaining classics

 

Mar 24, 2015

shut your whor- mouth

 

Mar 24, 2015

oh im dumb i see what you mean

i just listened to it...it kinda like he is saying im no immortal man...but cant be sure

 

Mar 23, 2015

la weekly put sectioneighty in their review (anthony fantano part)

http://www.laweekly.com/music/nobody-hates-kendrick-lamar-5437598

 

Mar 23, 2015

Is it possible to make mentions work for edited posts? I saw Fried mentioning me after he edited his post but I didn't get a notification, that sneaky son of a b----

 

Mar 23, 2015

@Narsh
@Bot @FreeAgent @Trackz @BigCountry

who got the tag?

 

Mar 23, 2015

because this statement is 1) false and 2) the actual quality of the album (and all that there is to love and praise about it) will get lost in the mix

With how much you love the album, is that something you really want? Wouldn't you rather keep talking about what you love about the album, rather than the critical reception?

Wouldn't you rather the highlight of the album standout, rather than have them be overshadowed by pointless discussions about ratings?

Wouldn't you rather have good posters like @Brubbles and @Swizz (who both like the album) joining in and adding their 2 cents about what they love, rather than having them sit in the corner and roll their eyes, or join in just to be contrarian and balance out your/others focus on the critics ratings?

There's definitely a place to discuss the album's reception, obviously, but I feel like we've done enough of that. lets stop it.

it really is making my head hurt lol

 

Mar 23, 2015

Don't forget MixedByAli, his mixing skills are above genius. The whole album sounds clean as f---

 

Mar 23, 2015

 

Mar 23, 2015

Dude what the h---? The song is perfection. It ends it so nicely.

 

Mar 23, 2015

weird..i swear i told you to stop trolling?

let me ban you from this section real quick