Kendrick Lamar [POLL]GKMC or d---, Cement your L

Started by Oldboy, Apr 16, 2017, in Kendrick Lamar Add to Reading List

whats better?

  1. GKMC

    70.6%
  2. d---

    29.4%
  1. The Lyricvore
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    The Lyricvore My balls are gone.

    Apr 16, 2017
    When you hit the blunt and realize the same person that dropped d--- put out GKMC,TPAB & section 80. Like all those albums came from the same person.
     
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  2. Winne
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    Apr 16, 2017
    Voted gkmc, don't really feel d--- atm but i think it will grow on me when i listin to it more
     
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  3. The Lyricvore
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    The Lyricvore My balls are gone.

    Apr 16, 2017
    When I first heard TPAB I felt like I had to listen closely so I wouldn't miss anything. This album I didn't feel like I HAD to but I could. It's such a fun album to listen to but it has the classic Kendrick back story. GKMC was that west coast s--- that put Kendrick in the main lane and people knew he was going to be a problem. GKMC had songs I didn't like off first listen and never had liked. d--- doesn't have one track where I dont like. And I can show people this album. With TPAB you needed a required taste. Even though it was beautiful the jazz influence can surely push people away. In 6 months when koolo bumps this thread I think more people will accept that d--- stood on it's two feet.
     
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  4. truthless
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    truthless Today is the day I follow my intuition

    Apr 16, 2017
    It doesn't make much sense to pit both albums against each other. d---. just came out. Let it sink first... It's too early. I don't think anyone can already tell which album is "superior". Time will only tell.
    I will just enjoy d---. and will analyze the lyrical content next weekend after I'm done with my last exam.
     
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  5. YiT
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    YiT Kornrow Kenny

    Apr 16, 2017
    i really didn't want to touch this thread ugh

    If gkmc didn't have money trees tbh I would say d--- is better, but I have to give gkmc the slightest edge. d--->tpab tho
     
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  6. Soldier
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    Soldier big cuntry's alias

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  7. Intel
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    Apr 16, 2017
    Voted d---., i feel like Kendrick improved a lot lyrically and vocally and because the vibe of the whole album gave me a strange good feeling/mood when i heard it for the first time.
     
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  8. rapmusik
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  9. Charlie Work
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    Charlie Work Level 5 Goblin

    Apr 16, 2017
    GKMC is best experienced in one daunting listen from start to finish. d---. makes you want to start it up to hear DNA., and you can put it down then come back to it more easily imo. I don't think they scratch the same itch.
     
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  10. Big Dangerous
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    Big Dangerous World Heavyweight Champion

    Apr 16, 2017
    d---. best Kendrick album
     
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  11. DKC
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Apr 16, 2017
    Voting d---. I agree with most of what you said. GKMC is a masterpiece, but it's pretty straightforward and still has a weak point at the end with Real and to a lesser extent Compton. d--- has no weak point as far as I can tell, and like you said it has Kendrick doing stuff he's never done before. I'm a big fan of artists innovating and going outside their comfort zone.
     
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  12. Pixel
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    Pixel Hiiipower

    Apr 16, 2017
    This true, d--- the only kendrick album where i dont feel bad for just listening to one or two songs at a time, s80 only one that came close to that, but at the same time d--- is very rewarding to listen through start to finish as well with tracks like duckworth and fear
     
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  13. DKC
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    Apr 16, 2017
    YAH is amazing
     
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  14. Charlie Work
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    Charlie Work Level 5 Goblin

    Apr 16, 2017
    I think it has to do with GKMC being a linear narrative, and d---. being a bunch of different types of songs built off of common themes. This visualization of d---. really captures that, even despite there being a lot of incidental links.

    http://www.alej.hiphop/d---/
     
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  15. DKC
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    Apr 16, 2017
    Like you said @Koolo when we listened to TPAB a bunch then took a 24 hour break its flaws started to seep through. When I did the same for d--- it only got better.
     
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  16. Pixel
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    Pixel Hiiipower

    Apr 16, 2017
    Haha holy s--- kendrick fans can be intense, thats pretty cool though
     
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  17. Fazers
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    Apr 16, 2017
    GKMC's highpoints >>>> d---.'s
     
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  18. Oldboy
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    Apr 16, 2017
    d--- last 4 songs is something else

    Add the fact it has element feel and pride and hesus christ
     
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  19. Pixel
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    Pixel Hiiipower

    Apr 16, 2017
    Element got one of the best hip hop hooks ever i swear to god
     
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  20. Curtis Lamar Jackson Jr
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    Apr 16, 2017
    d---. > TPAB > GKMC
     
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